What factors are propelling the adoption of cloud storage?
Cloud Storage Services and Private Clouds are really two different things with two related but different sets of influencing factors, but in general both are affected by three main factors.
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Top 3 Business Apps for iPhone
If you’re a business owner who’s passionate about Fair Trade commerce (a community-oriented cooperative that ensures workers receive ethical compensation for the products they’ve developed), the Fair Trade Finder (free) app is a helpful mobile tool to find out where Fair Trade products are sold and take advantage of networking opportunities made available by a crowd sourced directory.
5 Best Android Phones on the Market
Android is one of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices out there. With the only other serious competitor being Apple’s iOS, it’s difficult to say otherwise. Being perhaps the most popular operating system out there, there are a ton of phones currently running it. With such a huge selection of phones running Android, how can you pick the best one? Well, in an effort to make the choice easier on you, I’ve put together a list of the five best Android phones out there right now.
How to tag a friend or a page on Facebook on mobile devices or with Javascript turned off
Its been long since Facebook let users tag their friends or like pages in status updates or comments. The feature first came to status updates and later on to comments as well. You can simply type the @ symbol and start typing the name of your friend and select one from the autocomplete. But this feature won’t work if you are using Facebook from a mobile browser that doesn’t support Javascript or if Javascript is turned off on your browser. But still, you can tag your friends using an alternate method.
How to Pick a Usenet Service Provider
We’ve all been there, waiting for hours while a file finishes downloading. The little green bar of progress slowly crawling its way toward completion. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There is a way for you to download at speeds as fast as your Internet provider will allow. And that way is Usenet.
Crowd-sourcing comes to the aid of homeless Hermit Crabs
Crowd-sourcing is seeking to put right one of humanity’s many wrongs against nature. To be fair many people, especially children, wouldn’t imagine that collecting shells would have any major effect on marine life but the hermit crab is losing out.
Microsoft says no cupcakes for Firefox 8
Microsoft seems to have decided against its tradition of sending cupcakes to Mozilla for each version of their Firefox release. For the latest release of Firefox i.e. Firefox 8, Microsoft didn’t send any cupcakes Mozilla’s way.
Yet another Easter egg on Google search
All of you must be familiar with Google’s “do a barrel roll” easter egg by now. Search for “do a barrel roll” on Google(without the quotes) and you will see your results do a full 360 degree turn. Would you love to see some more easter eggs on Google? Well then try searching for “tilt” or “askew”.
Open Google and Type “Do a barrel roll”
Want to see some easter egg on Google. Well then go ahead and open Google and type “Do a barrel roll” without the quotes and voila!
Embed SWFs easily using Embed-SWF
How often do you need to embed a Flash file to a webpage that you’re creating? If you have experience embedding flash files, you must be familiar with the parameters that you have to deal with while embedding them. You need to mention everything from ground up, including width and height, quality or the Flash version required to play it. If you want to make embedding Flash SWF a breeze, you can give Embed-SWF a try.
The New Gmail is here
Google has announced the new look for Gmail’s interface. Back in July, Google had allowed users to have a preview of their new interface. Users will see an option to switch the new look in a few days at the bottom right of Gmail.
Hard Disk Drive Failure and Data Recovery
If you’ve lost or deleted files, you’re probably in a panic. If you know why you lost data, it can help you come up with a way to do data recovery safely. Keep in mind that if you have hard disk failure, you need to exercise caution in doing data recovery. Data recovery can actually make matters worse if you’ve lost data due to hard disk failure.
Quickest way to know your IP Address
Your IP address generally varies depending on your internet service provider. Some ISPs(Internet Service Providers) give you a fixed IP that doesn’t change while some others may provide you with IP address that changes...
Get rid of CSS prefixes with PrefixFree
CSS3 is becoming increasingly popular among web designers as the browser support for it grows. But the vendor prefixes like -moz-border-radius, -webkit-animation etc. can be annoying at times. Many experts have been ranting about dropping these prefixes or to collapse all such vendor specific prefixes to a single prefix. Its evident that designers don’t feel like writing these prefixes to accomplish things, big or small. But the usage of prefixes is a very vital part of CSS. So, the best option would be to find a solution where one would be able to write functional CSS codes without using vendor specific prefixes. Therefore, Prefixfree tool can be a good solution.
Download your data from Google using Google Takeaway
We all are thankful to Google for the hordes of services they provide ranging from Google Search itself to Gmail, Picasa, Buzz and more. Google offers Google Takeaway, a service that lets you download your data scattered across various services from Google.
Manage your posts only Reloaded WordPress plugin
Guest blogging has become very popular these days. But many of those who want to get guest posts wouldn’t want the contributors see the posts by others or the number of posts that are on the site. Wordpress lists all the posts that are on the website on the dashboard of the user. Well if you don’t want the contributors to see the posts by others, Manage your posts only reloaded plugin can be of use.
How to install Internet Explorer 8 in Windows XP virtual machine
Internet explorer 9 has already become one of the favoured browsers among Windows users. But Internet Explorer 9 only works on Windows 7 or Windows Vista and not on Windows XP or any older version of Windows. Its because Internet Explorer 9 uses Direct2D for hardware acceleration which is not available on Windows XP. But don’t worry you can still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. But if you are running Windows XP on a virtual machine, you might have noticed that your system doesn’t show any updates for the existing Internet Explorer 6. Well here is a workaround for that.
Using Transparent wallpapers on Windows Phone
You can find lots of transparent wallpapers for your smartphone running Windows phone. A member on xda-forums by the name of RKlenka has devised a cool way to use transparent wallpapers on Windows Phone.
Reddit overcapacity message
You must have seen picture messages that show up on sites when they are overcapacity. Just forget the rest, most of you must be familiar with the Twitter Fail Whale image. Today while using Reddit, I also came across a very peculiar overcapacity message on Reddit.com.
Keyboard heatmap
Do you ever wonder which letters you type the most on your keyboard or simply put, what keys you hit on your keyboard the most? This largely depends on your language and the type of text. Generally, the most number of strokes are concentrated towards the center of the keyboard. Would you want to visualize the keyboard heatmap while you type a certain piece of text? Well here is a cool keyboard visualization tool.