Monthly Archives: August 2009

Digg Rolls out Sponsored Ads : Will you like it?

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Digg, one of the most Buzzing Social Bookmarking service recently Rolled out their New Advertising Model, Sponsored Diggs. It has been released to small set of users, and then slowly it will propogate into all user accounts.

It’s Pretty Simple how it works. There are various ad placements where you will be viewing Stories with a Digg Submit Button and the will be marked as sponsored ads. So if you Digg it the Advertiser will have to pay less for the ads, but if you bury it then the advertiser will have to pay more and if it is buried many many times, it will be kicked out of their Ad inventory.

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Well, i think this is would work quite better because this would be completely user controlled. If people like it will be viewed more, if many people don’t like it, You can give it a GoodBye Bury.

Facebook’s Latest Version 3.0 for iPhone : Pictorial Review

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Last Morning i checked out the App store on my iPod touch and found an update for FaceBook App. I just hit the install button and found out that there seems to be a lot of improvement from the Previous FaceBook App.

  • It Starts with this. Very Easy for me to manage Friends, Notes, Etc.

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  • Then Come Updates, Inbox and so on. Facebook has improved on it. A lot.

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  • Profiles. Nothing Much has Changed.

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  • Finally, You can like Statuses.

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  • Replying to Messages just got easier.

    IMG_0122Pages are added. Manage your Pages Easily!IMG_0119

  • Photo Management also made easierIMG_0112
  • News Feed is also improved. (Real-time!)IMG_0114
  • Not many Changes in the Chat.IMG_0115

Thats All what it is about. Well Did you use it? Whats your take?

Watch + Cellphone = Future? (Must for Geeks!)

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Have you ever wondered if you could just check out the time and along with that, You Mail, Answer Calls all in one without even putting your hand in the Pocket?

Well, times changed. Earlier we had cellphones of Sizes equal to your Umbrella. Now We have cellphones which are size of your watch i.e Watch + Cellphone!

I am a Gadget G33k, and it’s obvious that Gadgets do turn me on. This one’s what i really love. Well this gadget is Merlin’s Mobile Watch which can surely replace your cellphone. 

Here’s are the features of this Amazing Cell Phone Watch 

 

  • 1.55 inch TouchScreen
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • Keypad + Handwriting input
  • Web Camera, Voice Dial Up, Voice Recorder
  • MP4 and MP3 player
  • Telephone directories: 500 groups of contacts, support incoming call with photo display, group ringtone
  • Messages & Multimedia messaging: support 200SMS, 100MMS

And much More!

 

 

Well The best thing about this watch, Looks! It Rocks :) The Design is Just perfect. So if you want one of these Watches then it’s available at Merlin Digital at their Stores in Dubai or You can buy it online too.

Facebook goes through a few minor design changes

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The Facebook team has made a few minor tweaks. These changes are more oriented towards the design aspect of Facebook. These changes which happen to be of minor nature do not affect the core and major functionality of facebook. The changes that have been made are:

  • Rounded rectangles have been replaced with square corner roots. This change comes after quite a debate was carried out in the Facebook Design team regarding the rounded rectangles and the squared corner roots.
  • One change which you  may have already have observed is  that the Blue colored Facebook Header now appears to cover the whole width of your screen. Also small changes have been made to the items within the header.
  • Language used for posting feedback on Facebook Ads has been changed. “Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down” has been replaced with “Like/X”.

 

 

Commenting System Disqus launches version 3

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Yesterday, advanced commenting system Disqus announced the release of the Version 3 of its product.

The biggest change is the separation of the Disqus system into Disqus Profiles and Disqus Comments. Disqus Profiles is intended for the people who comment on various sites using the Disqus system. Disqus Comments is intended for the publishers who install the system on their site/blog.

The new version introduces many changes to the cohttp://www.etiole.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1590mment system:

  • A new theme (named ‘Narcissus’):

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  • Real time updating. This means that the page doesn’t have to be reloaded to show new comments. This is similar to JS-Kit Echo.
  • Faster Social Media Reactions. Reactions from other services such as Twitter, FriendFeed and Digg also show up on the page itself.
  • A new moderation panel which makes heavy use of AJAX and is simply awesome:

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  • New filters and tools which provide advanced control.
  • A new settings panel:

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However, what’s really new is the Disqus Profile:

  • The profiles now have vanity URLs, i.e. public profiles can be accessed by going to disqus.com/’username’. For example mine is disqus.com/sjdvda.
  • A new redesign like the rest of the service:

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  • A ‘connections’ panel where additional services(Twitter, Facebook, OpenID, etc…) can be added:

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  • The ability to import comments that were written when you were not logged into your Disqus account.

Bottom line: Disqus V3 features many changes, is more aesthetically pleasing and works better under the hood.  I use it on my personal blog and I’m quite excited about it. I’m glad I switched from IntenseDebate some months ago. :)

You can read the official announcement on the Disqus blog.

http://disqus.com/sjdvda/

Windows XP outsmarts Windows 7 when it comes to consuming battery life on Netbooks

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This might come out as a surprise but it is true. The news is that Windows 7 may be a better player than Vista but it lags behind Windows XP when it comes to battery life consumption on Netbooks.

Laptopmag conducted a test by running Windows 7 on a Toshiba Netbook NB205 and the results were quit surprising. Windows 7 provided just 6 hours of battery life whereas Windows XP provided an impressive 6 hours battery life.This is what Laptopmag stated:

When we ran our standard battery test on the Toshiba NB205 under Windows 7, it lost more than 3 hours. Under XP it got an amazing 9 hours and 24 minutes, but with Windows 7 it only lasted for 6 hours and 15 minutes. Installing new Win 7 drivers from Toshiba only resulted in an extra half hour or so (6:53). We also noticed a bit of a drop-off with another netbook we tested: the MSI U123. This time it was less dramatic: 8:14 in XP vs. 7:41 in Win 7.

Seems like Windows 7 needs to buck up to Windows Xp because Windows 7 Browser speed is also less compared to Windows Xp. After all there is some reason why this saying is famous – “Old is Gold” :)

Image Credit : BeingManan

Top 5 Reasons Why Constructing Hype for Product Fails

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Creating Buzz is Good, but till some Extent. This is something very Common which is happening all over the internet today. People are trying to create Buzz but actually they just unnecessarily hype up things.

  • iPhone’s are considered the most trendy and advanced Mobile Phones Ever. So? People start blogging about it thinking that people might like to read about it (What latest Apps are released, updates on HardWare :) and so they make up hype but actually there are more Nokia Phone owners than the iPhone ones. But Why? It’s simple, people don’t go according to reality but to what they think is right, i.e here it is iPhone.
  • Now the next thing, Apple’s Tablet. Apple has not spoken a word about any of the upcoming products still the internet full of blogosphere posting news. It’s very funny because it seems like we are advertising a product of which we arent sure even if such product exists.
  • How can i forget Google Wave. I bet you know what Google Wave. Well It’s Being considered as the Next Big Thing on the internet. But there are still months remaining for the Launch and people who haven’t had a preview of the service start posting about Google Wave, the features and so on. 
  • Google Chrome OS, this ones much related to Google. People claimed Chrome OS to be Microsofts Competitor, but the product is about a year away from its launch. Now how can you possibly state something as Microsoft’s Competitor when you even don’t know how it is like, especially when it’s 1 year away from public release? Funny isn’t it?
  • I shouldn’t be saying this But this time it’s Twitter. It’s not anyones fault but yes Twitter is creating a lot of Hype for various different things. Like the Commercial Accounts thingy, yes its been in news for quite some time but the release is actually quite far from what is being suggested. The Commercialization of Twitter is also something which is being talked about and rumors being thrown about when there is no official word from the Company

All this hype is practically useless and create unnecessary confusion among consumers and also sometimes may put them in wrong impression of certain products. Also its a waste spending time talking and predicting future about things which are not even existing! 

This Hype is useless as this remains for short time and rarely benefits companies if they are trying to promote such things. So what we find common here is that people do things which they think will be liked by the others. Let me Put it in Simple Words.

I am a Blogger. I think it will be useful posting content about tips and Tricks on iPhone when 3/4 of the population visiting my Blog owns a Nokia Phone

The thing is This Sometimes we don’t need to go on with what we think is right but we have to look at it from the other perspective too.

Inspirations Drawn from Ankesh’s Post.

iPhone shot with a 9mm and burnt to the core! : True Anger!

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People can’t control their anger against Apple over various things they did. Theres this one guy who bought all three generations of the iPhone on the launch day. But now after then Ban of Google Voice App for iPhone from the App store the guy lost his temper.

He Shoots his iPhone with a 9mm and then burns it off! This kind of thing really need guts!

I have bought all three generations of iPhones on launch day, but I cannot take it any longer. In the end, it was rejection of Google Voice from the …App Store that drove me to this point, but that was just the tip of the spear.

Well probably this Person Doesn’t know that Google Voice is coming to the iPhone! Anyways, check out the Video its Damn Fun!

Thanks Chidimar.

Apple’s Snow Leopard 10.6 was out on Apple’s Online Store : Kind of!

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Mac Box Set version of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was recently up on the Apples Online Store. The product was up for sale and delivery was to be made in 24 hours but now, there is no such page online on the Apple Store. The Box has iLife 09 and iWork 09 with it and was priced at $169.

Apple also stated that the users who update from Leopard 10.4 will have to upgrade by buying this set whereas people running Leopard 10.5 can buy the the Single OS priced at $29. Well if you really don’t want to pay $169 for Leopard, better upgrade your Mac to 10.5 and the simply by the Stand Alone OS.

Well the thing is not about this but the fact that Snow Leopard will soon be released the public. Many Rumours are floating around the web. Apple Announced that Snow Leopard will be out in September while many sources claim it will be out as soon as 28th August.

Snow Leopard Build 10A432 is being claimed as the final release of the OS and also many Photos of it have been leaked over the Internet. We’re not sure if they are 100% genuine but it makes us believe that they are genuine.