Google takes browser wars to print in India

Google sponsored a big advertisement on the last pages of  The Times of India, the largest selling English newspaper in India and also in The Economic Times a Financial daily.


The advertisement was as seen below, covered  the entire last page.

The Timing
The timing for the advertisement was perfect as the readership for the English daily was high due to the anticipation of Ayodhya case judgement.

It seems Google does everything with great research and impeccable timing.

What is Google Chrome?
Google Chrome is a web browser to browser popular websites like Facebook and Gmail. To know more about browsers see this link.

Google Chrome is free and available for download at Google Chrome website

Remove Powered by Blogger from your Blogger blog

How do I remove the Powered by Blogger from my Blogger blog?
In order to remove you will need to edit the blogger template and delete the attribution widget.

Please see this updated post for new Blogger Interface: Remove Powered by Blogger from new interface

Please backup your blogger template before you make any changes to it. This helps to revert back to the original template when something goes wrong while editing your template. The steps for backup and restore are discussed here in detail.

Steps to remove the Powered by Blogger text from your blog:

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard. Click on  Layout. Click on the Page Elements tab for your Blog.

2. Click on Edit HTML and select the Expand Widget Templates checkbox.

3. Search for Attribution widget.

Remove the selected code from your blogger template carefully.

4. Press the Save Template Button.

The beginner's guide to today's mobile or cell phone technology

We just can't live without mobile or cell phones today.

The new generation of touch screen phones have changed how we perceive a cell phone. So what are the various things related to this revolution?

View Source of Google.com

The homepage of the number 1 search engine is home to crazy doodles, bizarre games and also the most visited page in the world (although Facebook is catching up fast).

So I decided to check out what the page looks 'under the hood'.

The curious case of VLC player

The best open source player available VLC is now available on Apple iPad as an app.

The media player has fought with bigwigs like Microsoft and Real for years and finally it is showing its true worth.

The player plays everything well almost everything.

How to save your Facebook account from the OMG Guy Clickjacking Attack

Facebook is now under attack from new clickjacking scam called OMG Guy Clickjacking. 
An infected user account has a link to the following words:
 “OMG This GUY Went A Little To Far WITH His Revenge On His EX Girlfriend.”

Using the power of Cloud computing to backup your photos, videos, documents and other files

With the advent of cloud computing it is quite possible to store your files such as  photos, documents and videos online. Gone are days where you needed a lot of space on your hard disk.

Make pictures or photo albums as private in Facebook

Sometimes you don't want to share your photo album in Facebook with the world, not even with your friends. Thankfully, Facebook allows a user to mark an album as private so that only the user can see the photo album or only to select friends.

Facebook can learn from Google to make green data centers

Greenpeace recently blamed Facebook for its decision of building a coal-powered data center in Prineville, Oregon in an open letter . To add to that Greenpeace has also created a group on Facebook.

Google plans to go big in India with Tata

Google is keen to get the Indian market for its cloud computing offering a.k.a. Google Apps.

 The search engine giant has now join hands with Tata Communications to offer high end cloud computing solutions to Indian consumers.

After announcing the strategic partnership, back in July, Google has recently announced it plans to its Google Apps users in India via email, as seen here in this picture.

Disable Google Instant Search

Google recently introduced a service called Google Instant which allows users to see the search results as they type a query. However, it can be irritating at times.
How to disable Google Instant option?
 Steps to disable Google Instant:

1. Go to google.com and click on Settings and select Search settings.
2. Select the Do not use Google Instant option

If you want these changes to be permanent, just log in to your Google account and follow the above steps.

Adding a Twitter Button to show followers on your website or blog

Twitter allows a variety of widgets, buttons and mobile applications that can be added to blogs, mobile devices and websites. However it is important that you add gadgets that are provided only by Twitter.

Google Instant to take realtime search to real time find

Google recently announced a new feature called Google instant on its official Google blog.
 What is Google Instant?
With Google Instant you get the search results as you type.

Multiple Google accounts but the same browser

If you have multiple Google accounts it is possible to use them simultaneously within the same browser. To do that just enable the feature by going to this link of Google Accounts.

When multiple sign-in is turned on, you can click the arrow next to your address (at top right) to switch between accounts with these Google products:

1. Calendar
2. Code
3. Gmail
4. Reader
5. Sites
6. Voice

iTunes 10 and Ping from Apple

Apple recently launched iTunes 10 with a new logo and a new service called Ping. Ping aims at integrating your social networks like Twitter and Facebook.

So what is the Ping service in iTunes 10 by Apple?

Ping allows users to follow others, just like Twitter. You can follow artists or your friends to find out what they’re listening or what they’re creating.

Should I use iTunes 10?

The answer is no. Don't download it yet as it is believed to have a lot of problems. Wait at least for a couple of days, before downloading or using it.

It took a lot of time to download and the download is of size
71.4 MB for the PC.

Quick download link to download iTunes 10:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Always download from the official website of Apple :www.apple.com.


References:

1. http://mashable.com/2010/09/01/apple-ping-itunes-10/
2. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/itunes-10-with-ping-mercifully-becomes-available-for-download/
3. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20015396-71.html

A post on how to be secure on social networking sites and instant messengers and recovering your system from a virus

Today, everyone is hooked to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and also to instant messengers like Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk and Skype. But what do you do when somebody hacks into your account? How do you prevent your account from being hacked?