Iphone OS 3.1.2 update released...

The new Iphone OS 3.1.2 is released yesterday for all generations of Iphones. It is a pretty huge 241 MB download but there are no new features included into this version. Instead there are a few fixes for some bugs and Apple says there are urgently required for your safety.

* Resolves Sporadic issue that may cause iphone to not wake from sleep. * Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart. * Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming.

You can download it by connecting your iphone to the itunes software and that's it, you are ready to fix some bugs reported by Apple.

Via Gizmodo

War of the Social Networking sites - Guess the winner!!!

Here is a chart of comparison between the social media gaints Twitter, facebook and myspace and the number of unique visitors to these sites. Just saw this somewhere on the huge web and thought to share with you guys. Facebook is growing without any bounds and Myspace as usually has got its loyal visitors but what is interesting is the growth of twitter, that is now a days a bit on the down side, may be that's just a hiccup.

Via chicagotribune

Google Homepage minimalistic to the core...

As I mentioned yesterday that Google is working on some new functionality with its homepage, it came out to be true and it is widespread now. From Yesterday morning Google homepage is minimalistic to the extreme. In the morning itself, I experienced this approach of Google.


I don't know what good is this function gonna do to Google except for some graphic work that might slow it down while loading or it might be the one that helps in faster loading of the page, I seriously don't know what's happening. Your comments are always welcome...

Windows 7 Launch Party Gift Boxes started arriving...

Previously I told you about Windows 7 launch party and the perks that Microsoft offers you, if you are one of those lucky winners who will host the Windows 7 launch party. Now the packs have started arriving and Gizmodo got its hands on one such gift box and guess what they have shown up those pics that were hosted on one of those lucky guy's website. Here they are.

As the pics are self explanatory, I am not detailing anything. But let me point out what is what. There is the party box which includes the contents of the box, a Windows 7 poster, a bag that is tattooed with Windows 7 logo, four streamers, some balloons, Win 7 cocktail napkins and of course the best part is here. You will also get a Windows 7 Ultimate signature edition - signed by Steve Ballmer himself. That's a catch isn't it???

Working with Google Wave (shortcuts explained)...

Guys at LifeHacker aren't allowing the Wave of Google wave to subside. They just want to inject the fever like a virus into each and everyone of their readers. Here is an edition on what is hot and what is not in Google Wave and they didn't stop at that but they dug through it like a maniac and they are still digging. This of course had made life easier for lots of other users of Google Wave.


In this new edition they have discussed about the keyboard shortcuts that are supported in Google Wave. That's a cool thing actually or atleast I think it is cool!!! Also they pointed out a lots of other stuff like filtering out waves, making a wave public, bookmarking a wave outlet and making your wave look beautiful. Also they have marked out some actions that don't work with the Wave. Just follow the link below to read out what all they said about Google Wave.

Via Lifehacker

Yahoo logo makes a sound similar to "Yahooooooooo" !!!

Someone was telling me today about their new catch. Whenever you get a chance, go to the Yahoo search homepage and if you can see the exclamatory mark that ends the Yahoo logo. Try and locate the dot in the exclamatory mark and click exclusively on it. You will hear the dot screaming out "Yahooooooooo"!!! in a sweet lady voice.

Remember to pump up the volume and definitely it is not safe for work, remember this...

Google Fading Homepage - Minimalistic to the extreme...

Google is said to be testing out the new functionality of minimalizing its homepage to the extreme. They are said to be testing out a new fading in functionality(don't know why?) for their home page of Google Search. You will now be seeing just the google Logo and the search box. You can no more see the "Google Search" button or the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. These buttons are dropped from this experimental new Google Home page design.

This is said to be just an experiment and can't say if they stick to the same design. But there is this functionality where-in these buttons will return back when you move the mouse. Just check it in the video above.

Via techcrunch

HTC HD2(Leo) specs leak out from Spain...

Engadget Spanish has got its hands on the yet to be released HTC HD2 also known as the LEO and they have shared the specifications to the core. If you visit their website you will see how they got it reviewed on a video as well. Below are the specs for the phone.

Display - 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive display(800X480 pixels)

Processor - 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon processor

Operating System - Windows Mobile 6.5

FM - Integrated FM radio

Cam - 5-megapixel camera with autofocus

Bluetooth Support - Bluetooth 2.1

Audio Output - 3.5mm headphone jack

GPS - Yes (Garmin)

Via engadget

There is a "Map" for that - says Verizon...

This is the video featuring the Verizon ad that mocks Apple Iphone and in turn its competitor AT&T and just not that. Verizon just simply comics AT&T saying that it is the nation's no.2 wireless company. Below is the video that is an ad for Apple Iphone featuring " There is an App for that"...




Via youtube

Google chrome Themes by Artists.... Cute Move....

Slowly but steadily Google Chrome is winning hearts of net users. It is now targeting the areas where Firefox has been dominant and trying to master the trade. One such move is made yesterday and it involves Google Chrome 3, which comes with themes that you can download and install. Now they have intro-ed a new section called Themes by Artists.


This new addon to Google Chrome is such a cool thing. Its more like the themes addon for Firefox but here it is something different as you don't need to go to some other section and download them and install them. Chrome does all this for you and you can enjoy freely all the themes available. When you just press the "Apply Theme" button below the themes, Chrome automatically downloads the theme and installs it for you.


If you are in a doubt about how to access the themes in your Chrome browser, first update your browser to chrome 3.0 and then go to the tools section on the top right corner and then go to the "options" field and then select "Personal stuff" tab and in there you will find the "Get Themes" button. Upon clicking this button you will be directed to the themes page where you can play around.

Evolution of Cell phone - By Benj Edwards...

Here's an interesting article written by Benj Edwards for PC World website about the evolution of cellphones and he has got some great stuff about how the cell phones and their technology have evolved over time. It is one of the fastest growing areas of technology and definitely, we need to keep an eye on what's happening, what has happened and what will be happening. Here is a glimpse of the article "Evolution of The Cell Phone" by Benj Edwards.

In his Words, "From enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets, mobile phones have come a long way. What once cost thousands, weighed 2 pounds, and packed 60 minutes of battery life now costs $99, weighs 4 ounces, and packs 5 to 10 hours of battery life and also includes a full-fledged computer, a video camera, audio/video playback, and high-speed Internet access." This is what he says about the evolution of cell phones.

This article interested me a lot and I thought it might be as interesting to you as well. Just thought to share with you. Follow the link below.

Pcworld

Foxytunes - Media players at your mercy !!!

If you are one of those guys (like me), who listens to music 25 hrs a day and still want to be productive, then, here's a solution exclusively for you. If you use firefox or Internet Explorer as your default browser for your work, then just download this addon called foxytunes which slips in like a banana and will help manage your media players efficiently.


Foxytunes is a small little addon that works both with IE and firefox. It just sits there silently and automatically syncs with the media player that is presently active and shows up what content is playing around. That means you don't always need to go to the media player window to see what's the song that is being played or you dont need to go back to the player everytime to skip a song or to skip forward and backward.

Foxytunes does all that stuff for you. You can simply play/pause, skip forward or go back directly from the small tab bar that sits in your browser. Just not that, foxytunes integrates itself with almost all the known media players and is efficient to the core. You can also control the volume of your system from the browser just by clicking on the foxytunes tab bar, how cool is this!!! The surprises just don't end there, you can also control online media players like youtube, rhapsody, last.fm, yahoo media juke box and lot others as well with just a click. Just follow the link below to download and enjoy your music...

foxytunes

Women are ruling the social web, How Cool !!!!

At last there is some justice being done to the women folk and this justice is not done by the mere souls of men but by women themselves. We know that everywhere Women are suppressed and are made to lay low, but slowly the world is changing and women are asking for equal rights and just not that, they are fighting for their rights tooth and nail.

The above picture depicts how the women have been faring in the web front in the United States of America. They have surpassed men in almost all the websites usage except for a few and just not that, these websites are mostly from the technology background or from the social networking side. Technology once believed to be the man thing is now being ruled by the girls. Way to go women folk. Love you all...

Via Mashable

Google says "Microsoft will pay you 245.00"!!!

Just type in "Microsoft will" into the Google search engine and there you will see the suggestions by Google that say, Microsoft will pay you 245.00. Crazy stuff. Just type in whatever you want and you will see some silly stuff coming up. Just thought to share with you. Stay cool and enjoy your weekend.

What if one day Google goes down??? Any alternatives !!!

What would happen if Google goes down for some time, may be a few days or a few weeks or months? What would you do? Don't panic, there are a lot other options even if Google dies out permanently. Here is a list of few of the apps which are a substitute to google's apps.

Gmail - Hotmail, Thunderbird, Yahoomail

Blogger - Wordpress

Reader and Pages - Netvibes, Bloglines

Docs & Spreadsheets - Zoho Office Suite

Picasa - flickr

Orkut - Facebook, MySpace.....and the list goes on...

YouTube - Yahoo Video, Metacafe

Calendar - Yahoo Calendar, MobileMe

FeedBurner - Feedo

Adsense - Adbrite, Clicksor

Knol - Wikipedia

News - BBC, Yahoo News

Talk - Messenger, AIM, MSN, Skype

Maps - Live Search Maps

Checkout - Paypal

Chrome - IE, FireFox, Opera, Safari, Maxthon

Search - Yahoo Search, Bing Search

But let me tell you something, before you migrate to any of these services, just backup whatever work you have in the Google apps, so you don't have to be sorry later to urself...

Google's Apps Status Dashboard - Just a share...

Google has provided an Dashboard for it's Apps, which indicates more or less the health reports of it's major Apps. This has come in the wake of Gmail's failure to launch on 26th of February. Though the problem was there just for few hours but it still affected a lot of users. Hence, this comes as a welcome gesture from Google to let it's users know the status of some important apps like Gmail, Spreadsheets, Calendar, Sites, etc.

Last week there was some problem with Gmail and I was first among those who discussed about the Gmail Outage and they have immediately updated on this apps dashboard regarding the issue and cleared it off pretty soon. Way to go Google.

Apps status Dashboard

Nokia N900 hardware and software reviewed...

Nokia is still basking in the glory of N97 but they haven't left their creative heads to sleep. They have worked out silently on this new model Nokia N900 and now the specifications of this new mobile from Nokia are out. This phone is equipped with a high performance OMAP3430 processor, hardware gfx and lots of memory.

It sports a 3.5" WVGA touch screen with a slide-off hardware keyboard for your texting purposes. It is a 3G device and still supports VOIP and has full support for GPS. It has high quality camera and video recording and has an in-built fast and reliable browser. Other specs include but not just the bluetooth, FM transmitter, voice navigation and syncronization, and above all it sports an FM radio.

Via my-symbian

What is Google Wave - Slight introduction, my way!!!

Yesterday every where in the news channels to newpapers to facebook and twitter, everyone was buzzing about the new Google Wave and its 100,000 invites but what exactly is Google wave. I will definitely not tell you what it is all about but can guide you to someone with more knowledge about it or someone who got hands-on this one.

Actually I was one of those early birds who asked Google for the new Google Wave access but haven't yet received any invite from them. It's ok I am not upset or something like that, by the way who cares for one............ Baaaaahhhhhhhhhhh I want an invite!!! BAAhhhh I want an invite, I am desperate, the world is gonna end....


Ok seriously in the words of Mashable, Google Wave is a real-time communication platform, which combines the aspects of e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, web chat, project management and wikis. Waves can be embedded on any blog or website. Just like a facebook application, developers can build their own apps within the waves.

Google Wave is an open source application which means it will be easily innovated and can be adopted by developers with less trouble. You don't need to upload a file or attach it, you can just drag and drop the files so that everyone else can access it. That's so easy.

Right now I don't have access to one account of Google Wave, hence can't divulge much information about it to you. But once I get access to it, I will give maximum information about it. Keep cool, you will get access pretty soon as well....

Google Wave

Want to see hearts and a ninja in ur Google Reader???

Do you want a ninja to watch over the subscriptions of your google reader and do you want to see hearts dancing around when you click " like this " button in the reader posts. Here is a small trick to get some cool hearts signs in your Google Reader. When you press the unlike button then you can see a heart broken flying away. This is so cool but definitely it is not a part of the plan.


Press this combination when you are in your Google Reader page and you will witness the same and if you want to revert back just press the same buttons::

UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A.

Via Labnol

Why should we blog???

Why should anyone blog? Is blogging a fashion, is this a trend, is blogging done just to impress your girlfriend or to make others around you look stupid. None of the above is my answer. Why I started blogging? I clearly don't remember but I surely can say that it was my evergrowing curiosity to know what's new. This curiosity of mine has pushed me, rather dragged me into this trade.

Firstly, it was like a hobby for me to write some stupid things in my blog, then entered the new softwares that I used. I even blogged about politics, sports and stuff like that. But in the initial days, I did not take it seriously. But once my audience increased I started blogging on different issues and most of the time the words in the blog came from my heart rather than my mind. But I never thought this to be a fashion, trend or something like that. That's the main reason that I did not tell to anyone about my blog unless asked by them. A very few people know about my blog till date. But let me tell you, who ever knew my blog, they know one thing that there is no unrelevant hatred, questionable voilence, unreasonable use of filthy language.

But these days when I visit some blogs, they are either solely maintained for money or just as a fashion statement. I rarely find genuine blogs except for a few, where the blogger keeps his heart out when he writes something and you can very rarely find an objection in the blogs. But actually why should we blog?

Blogging brings out the inner self in you. You might want to show your anger on some issue, you might want to write what you like about a movie, or you might want to show your feelings on some issue but can't say that publicly. Here is a solution, the blogs help you vent out your anger, spread your love and show your feelings to the entire world. One final word, blog more not to hog the limelight but to flag off your inner feelings and race towards the eternal truth "Living Life King-Size"...