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Facebook Compared to Google+

Mark Sullivan writing on PCWorld has posted an interesting article “9 Reasons to Switch from Facebook to Google+” suggesting good reasons to switch from Facebook to Google+. “The reason Google calls it the “Google+ Project” is that Google+ will become a central part of Google’s whole identity. It will reshape […]

Getting Started On Google+

Wired has posted an interesting article “Get Started On Google+” by Terrence Russell., on how to get up and running on Google+. The article, covers: 1 Get Invited 2 Go Public 3 Establish Your Circles 4 Check Your Settings 5 Everybody Into the Pool! 6 Gather a Huddle 7 Master […]

Android Phones Get Skype Video Calling App

Skype has announced an updated version of its Skype for Android app – Skype for Android 2.0, bringing Skype Video Calling to the currently fastest growing mobile OS*. With the new version, users will be able to make and receive free** 1-to-1 video calls over Skype between their Android phone […]

Netkiller Cloud Desk for Google Apps

Netkiller Cloud Desk is a help desk and case management solution for Google Apps. The Netkiller Cloud Desk is not only effective and easy to use, but also has customizable features to accommodate all types of service requests from your internal & external customers. The Netkiller Cloud Desk help desk […]

Google Apps to Require Modern Browsers

From August 1st, Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites are all unsupported unless you’re using either the current or last major release of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari. Each Each time a new version is released, Google begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version. As of […]

Google Announces +1 Buttons for Third Party Web Sites

Google is rolling out its +1 recommend button across third-party web sites, as well as to Google properties, a day after Twitter introduced a “Follow” button for third-party sites. The +1 recommend button was first introduced in March for Google search results and advertisements. “Today, we’re releasing +1 buttons to […]

Mozilla Plans to Force Firefox 3.5 Upgrade

Mozilla plans to push 12 million users of Firefox 3.5 to a newer version next month by automatically upgrading their browser, according to PCWorld. “While it will continue to “dangle the carrot” of Firefox 4 to those users — Mozilla started offering an upgrade to Firefox 4 to people running […]

Bing Adds Facebook Recommendations

Bing Adds Facebook Recommendations to Search writes Edmund Lee on AdAgeDigital. “The deal was initially announced in October, but since then Google has upped the ante by adding its own form of social recommendations to search results, including a “plus one” button that allows users to vote up pages in […]

Google I/O 2011 Keynotes on YouTube

Both of Google’s I/O developer conference keynotes have been posted to YouTube, in up to 720p resolution. Google I/O brought together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such […]

Offline Gmail Google Calendar and Google Docs Planned

Google’s Sundar Pichai revealed that offline Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs are planned for this summer according to Techcrunch. “All of this is a long time coming for Google. They’ve had options for going offline in the past with things like Gears, but it wasn’t perfect. And actually, Gears […]

Microsoft to Buy Skype

Microsoft Corp and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of […]

File Hosting Sites Not Safe For Private Data

Academic researchers say they’ve uncovered weaknesses in dozens of the most popular file hosting sites that allow people to gain unauthorized access to data that’s supposed to be available only to those selected by the user, reports Dan Goodin writing on Theregister. “The services, which include sites such RapidShare, FileFactory, […]