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The New Twitter now open for everyone

Today Twitter has announced a New revamped Twitter that they had been calling the New Twitter. Although many users had already experienced it some while ago, the rest hadn’t got a chance to see what it looked like. The New re-engineered Twitter has a lot of features and you’ll love it for sure.

Create an online store with Vendder and sell products online

Do you want to sell things online from your own website? Creating online site can require professional knack for things just about necessary. But with Vendder, you can create your own online store and sell your products from there. Its very easy to create categories and subcategories for your products and the interface is very user-friendly.

Is Facebook bringing forth a new design?

Is Facebook bringing forth a new design?

Facebook has undergone a lot of changes since its establishment. They bring new designs and adds components time to time on Facebook. Facebook could be rolling out a new design very soon as evident from the small changes being seen in Facebok. And it sure is likely that many users will protest the redesign.

5 ways to view documents online without signing up

Documents are shared generally in formats like PDF or .doc over the internet. Generally we all have standalone software like Acrobat reader for viewing PDFs and Microsoft Word for viewing and modifying word documents. But, documents on the web can also be viewed on your browser without having these software installed on your computer. Here are some options for viewing documents online or in your browser without installing any of these. Moreover, these don’t require sign-ups either.

Start a conversation about your content with Sharebacks

Sharebacks is an online service that will help you start a conversation on Facebook regarding any of your content and show it on your website. Integrating Sharebacks will keep your visitors more engaged in your site and they can give their own insights and share media as well. Sharebacks is the best option to enhance interaction in your blog.

Vectorfinder – A one stop place to look for vectors

There are plenty more other places to search and buy off the vectors. So, generally people would end up searching through a number of these sites until they find the suitable one. Searching vectors through Vector Finder spares you this trouble by pulling the designs from the major stock vector websites and letting you search through them from a single place.

Download Ratios for Ebooks by O’Reilly

O’Reilly media’s books on computers and technology have been the favorites of nerds and noobs. O’Reilly offers multiple DRM formats for download. PDF, EPUB and Kindle compatible books are the most popular formats. People prefer to read the books off formats and O’Reilly has produced a neat graph showing the popularity of these file formats.

The Social Network – A movie about Facebook released

The Social Network – A movie about Facebook released

Facebook, the state of the art social networking website has been made into a movie now. The movie entitled, “The Social Networks” was directed by David Fincher and was released yesterday. The screenplay was adapted from Ben Mezrick’s non-fiction novel, The Accidental Billionaires. No members of the Facebook family including Mark Zuckerberg were involved in the project.

Google’s URL shortener even shortens URLs, previously shortened via other services

Google’s URL shortener Goo.gl was introduced last December as a part of Google toolbar and Feedburner and there wasn’t a direct way to shorten URLs via this service, like the Facebook’s URL shortener fb.me. Goo.gl was then integrated for most of the popular services from Google including Picasa, Blogger, Maps etc. A few days ago, Google opened the URL shortener for everyone, i.e. you can open up Goo.gl on your browser and shorten any URL on the fly. But Goo.gl accepts links previously shortened through other URL shorteners as well which is uncommon among other URL shortening websites. Like if you take a link shortened via bit.ly and insert it into the shortening field of Goo.gl, it still accepts it, unlike other URL shortening services which mark such practices as spamming.

Turn your blog into a book

Are you a regular blogger and write about things that interest you? Blogging is a good way of archiving your thoughts and ideas. Wouldn’t you love to have your blog in the form of a book? Or, if you believe you’ve mind boggling content, wouldn’t you love to get your blog published as a book? Anthologize is a great tool that gives you the power of converting a blog into a book.

Twitter fail whale necklace, cake and more

Every Twitter user must have come across the Twitter fail whale when Twitter datacenter is over capacity. This whale landing on your screen means that you’ll be deprived of using Twitter for a couple of seconds or even minutes. The image also known as “Lifting up a Dreamer” actually comprises of a giant white whale, ten small birds and a blue sea with orange waves. The twitter whale was ubiquitous during the World Cup 2010 when the football fans where busy tweeting regarding the great football festival. The fail whale is immensely popular among Twitter fans and it has been sculpted into various forms.

AOL to buy Techcrunch network of sites

AOL to buy Techcrunch network of sites

AOL announced today that it will acquire Techcrunch Network of Sites. Techcrunch and its associated properties will come under AOL’s umbrella while the editorial independence will be retained. The announcement will be made on stage at Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, CA.

Now OAuth support for Google Apps

Now OAuth support for Google Apps

Now onwards, Google Apps will support OAuth Login. Google Apps provides a secure and reliable platform for your important data. Google Apps administrators had to sign requests for calling the Google Apps API previously by the aid of their username and password. But this put them into the risk of sharing password across websites which may or may not be trustworthy.

Wolfram Alpha App now coming to Android

With the upsurge in developments of new Android applications, Wolfram Alpha has announced the release of Wolfram Alpha app for Android. The company has announced in its blog that the Wolfram|Alpha App for Android will be avaialbe on October 6, 2010 and they have teamed up with T-Mobile to launch the app. The app will be available for download on the T-Mobile channel for download on the new T-Mobile G2 phone.

Learn everything new from Google via Google New

Google being the Technology Giant it is, keeps launching lots of new services now and then and keeps adding new features to the already existing ones. But unless you keep regular tabs on the major blogs by Google, you won’t know what Google came up with recently. Even the technology blogs do not cover everything new by Google. Google new is a page on the Google’s website that lists all the new services by Google.

Compare Android Phones via Droidthing

Android phones are some of the trendiest gadgets in the market. There are lots of Android phones produced by different companies and if you go out to buy one, you won’t be sure, which one to buy. You’ll be looking for something which is the optimum choice in regards to price, features and overall quality. Droidthing lets you compare every Android phone and tablet released or available in the market. It is a database of all android phones and their features so that people could find the perfect device for them. You can compare Android phones with Droidthing based on a number of features.

How to preview post as you type in WordPress

How to preview post as you type in WordPress

In the draft mode in Wordpress, you click on the Preview Post link to see how your post would look like after being published. But isn’t it a bit tedious to preview the post each time while drafting? Wouldn’t you love it if you could “see as you type” how your post would appear on the blog? A few modifications in the stylesheet and a few tweaks here and there will let you have the benefit.

Ubuntu reacting to changes in physical environment

Ubuntu reacting to changes in physical environment

Although the dawn of the touchscreen devices has lowered the usage of keyboard and mouse a bit, they still reign over. These days, many ways of input into a system have been devised with the hardware sensors. Now how about controlling a system without any of the popular input devices? Cannonical has been working on a technology that can enable users to control a system via their body movements and Face recognition.