New Google+ – New design and features

Google+ rolled out its secound major redesign on wednesday.And According to Google, Google+ has now 190 million active Google+ stream users and 390 million active across Google (+1’ing apps in Google Play, making video calls in Gmail, sharing videos from YouTube) users.

What’s new?

A multi-column layout – one, two, or three columns of content depending on your screen size and orientation.
Photos and videos can fill the entire width of the stream.
The sharebox bounces, the menus slide, and the cards flip and fade.
Messaging is richer, and more responsive.
With conversation history, you can swipe back in time.
No more annoying notifications.

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New Google Maps

Google has announced a new version of its popular Maps application at its I/O conference.

New features:

A Whole New Look.
new user-contribution feature called Map Maker.
zoom in on maps and see 3D renderings of buildings while searching for locations.
Users will now be able to see whether their friends have rated places using a new five-point rating scale.
new Explore feature.
Google Offers will now be integrated within Maps.
live coverage of incidents from around the world.
Dynamic rerouting in traffic view.
includes a schedule viewer for train and bus arrival times.
Google Earth have also been integrated into Maps to see famous landmarks and dynamically view 3D renders of them.

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phpMyAdmin 4.0.1 released

phpMyAdmin 4.0.1 is now available for download.This is a bug fix release.What’s new in this version?

Fixes:

Import broken for CSV using LOAD DATA
When login fails and error display is active, login data is displayed
Web server upload directory import fails
Server upload folder import file name missing in success message
Add retry button on connection failure with config auth
Provide feedback if no columns selected for multi-submit
Incorrect select field change on ctrl key navigation in Firefox
display_binary_as_hex option causes unexpected behavior
Git commit links to Github missing
CSP WARN in Firefox console

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Thunderbird 17.0.6 released

Thunderbird 17.0.6 is now available for download. Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

What’s new in this version of thunderbird?

Fixes:
Thunderbird now supports the Twitter API version 1.1 ahead of Twitter closing the 1.0 version.

Security fixes:
Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer
Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent
Use-after-free with video and onresize event
Privileged access for content level constructor
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:21.0 / rv:17.0.6)

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Mozilla firefox 21 released

Mozilla firefox 21 stable is now available for download from Mozilla’s FTP site. It is currently not available on the firefox official homepage but expected to be available in May 14.

What’s new in this firefox 21?

Enhanced three-state UI for Do Not Track (DNT)
Firefox will suggest how to improve your application startup time if needed
Preliminary implementation of Firefox Health Report
Ability to Restore removed thumbnails on New tab Page
Add-ons History API removals in Places
CSS -moz-user-select:none selection changed to improve compatibility with -webkit-user-select:none
Graphics related performance improvements
Removed E4X support from SpiderMonkey
Implemented Remote Profiling
Integrated, Add-on SDK loader and API libraries into Firefox
Added support for < main > element
Implemented scoped stylesheets
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SkyDrive adds new photo timeline

Microsoft announced some new features to SkyDrive website.

New features:

1.All of your photos in SkyDrive across all your albums and folders based on a timeline view.
2.TPhotos are organized into groups by event and time.
3.scroll down to navigate through all the images.
4.quickly navigate by a month name.
5.view all your photos in the filmstrip view, and then watch them in a slide show.
6.2-3x improvement in upload times for photos.
7.Windows Phone full-resolution camera upload.
8.new thumbnails layout for PowerPoint and Word files.
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Google offers 15 GB of free unified storage between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos

Google announced that shared storage capacity across Drive, Google+ and Gmail is now 15GB.
Google also updated the Google Drive storage page with anew pie chart breaking down your own personal storage over each platform. Users can upgrade to 100GB of storage for $4.99 per month and 200GB of storage for $9.99 per month.
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