Web Services

New Adsense Interface Coming Up!

Google follows a set of philosophies. “Don’t be evil” being one of the most controversial but at Google these philosophies are aggressively followed and this is what puts them ahead of the competition.
One of the other less known philosophies is “Focus on the user and all else will follow”, while all the [...]


Related Links and Script Converter Live on Google Labs!

Google just added two new tools, “Related links” and “Script Converter” to Google labs.
Related links, the name is pretty self-explanatory. It’s a widget that shows all the related links/articles/content that’s published on a particular domain.
WordPress and other CMS package plugins have been offering this plugin since ages now. The only difference is [...]


New Orkut Coming Soon – Take a Listen to Shashi and Poppy, the “Orkut-crazy Googlers”!

While Shashi and Poppy might spend a lot of time approving or rejecting friends requests with the launch of “New Orkut” community, Orkut expects to bring back users who’ve switched/switching to services like Facebook or Twitter with the upcoming launch.
Recent stats from Alexa show Orkut is not doing as well as it [...]


Amazon PayPhrase aims at Making CheckOut Simpler and Secure!

Quite a few companies including Google, ebay and others have tried to shorten the steps involved in shopping/checking out as short and simple as possible.
Today Amazon launched a new service as part of Amazon Payments which makes checking out a little more easier and secure.
Amazon introduced something called Amazon Payphrase which [...]


WordPress Plugin Compatibility Beta – With WordPress Things Only Get Better!

One of the main reasons I do not upgrade to the latest version of the WordPress is because of the fear that few of my plugins might not work.
For this I have a dummy TNerd setup where I install the latest version and mirror TNerd on it to see if all [...]


Find and Register Domain Names for Local Businesses Using GeoDomain Map from Godaddy!

With everything going local from a search to shopping to selling to dating to, well you get the point! It was time for the process of registering domain to go local!
I have been a Godaddy customer for a long long time, superbowl ads being one of the reasons
I am sure [...]


Google Audio : Google’s Music Service Coming Soon?

Google is reportedly launching a new web service that could twine Google as a strong competitor to online music giants. Likely to be called as “Google Audio”, this Google web service is certainly going to be a highly acclaimed music extravaganza, by all justifiable presumption.
It (Google Audio) is aimed at bringing music streaming and free [...]


@MicrosoftHelps Goes Live on Twitter – Get Real-Time Support From Microsoft

Microsoft officially launched a customer service ID on Twitter, @MicrosoftHelps. Initially this ID will only help with and answer questions related to Windows 7, however, the service will later expand to cover other products Microsoft offers.
@MicrosoftHelps feed has been quite active and we can already see quite a few tweets in [...]


Is Twitter Down? Is Obama the President? 10 Sites That Answer Such Questions!

Technology is not all about WORK WORK and WORK it’s also about fun and ease of use. Here is a list of sites that tell you exactly what you need to know, answer that ONE specific question you might have!
IsTwitterDown.com: You have 100k followers on Twitter and none of your followers replied to [...]


Google Wave Notification Plugin for Firefox – Alerts in Browser for New Wavelets!

Google Wave continues to create waves across the tech community. Though many who registered for invites are still awaiting their turn to experience the nirvana others are enjoying the pleasure of being invited early.
As expected we are starting to see the developer community kick into action and release tools of their [...]