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Best time to share on Facebook and Twitter

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

According to bitly,

Posting links to Twitter between the hours of 1 pm and 3pm EST will give you the highest click count.Posting after 8 pm should be avoided.The peak traffic times for Twitter are 9am through 3pm, Monday through Thursday.Avoid posting on the weekends.

Posting links to facebook between the hours of 1 pm and 4pm EST give you the highest click count.The peak time of the week was on Wednesday at 3pm.Avoid posting on the weekends.
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Safari 5.1.7 released

Post last modified:May 10, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Safari 5.1.7 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

OS X Lion:
Improve the browser’s responsiveness when the system is low on memory
Fix an issue that could prevent webpages from responding after using a pinch to zoom gesture
Fix an issue that could affect websites using forms to authenticate users
Disable versions of Adobe Flash Player that do not include the latest security updates and provide the option to get the current version from Adobe’s website.

Windows:
Improve the browser’s responsiveness when the system is low on memory
Fix an issue that could affect websites using forms to authenticate users
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PHP 5.4.3 released

Post last modified:May 10, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.4.3 is now available for download.

Fixed Buffer Overflow in apache_request_headers (mod_php and php-fpm are not vulnerable to this attack)
Fixed Improve fix for PHP-CGI query string parameter vulnerability (PHP 5.3 series is not vulnerable to this issue)
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Facebook App Center

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
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Post author:Manikandan

Facebook has announced the App Center, a new place for find high quality apps.People will able to access the App Center on the web and in the iOS and Android Facebook apps.This gives developers an additional way to grow their apps.

Eligibility for apps:

An app on Facebook.com in a canvas page
A mobile app built for the web, iOS or Android that uses Facebook Login
A website that uses Facebook Login and has an immediately logged-in, personalized experience
An App for Pages built to manage or enhance other companies’ Facebook Pages
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Howard Carter’s 138 birthday google doodle

Post last modified:May 9, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Howard Carter’s 138 birthday with a collection of archaeological structures on its homepage.
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Howard Carter was born in London, England, the son of Samuel Carter.
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Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released

Post last modified:May 9, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Apache OpenOffice 3.4 is now available for download.As of December 2011,OpenOffice is officially known as Apache OpenOffice.

What’s new in this version?

Faster Startup.
Improved ODF 1.2 encryption support.
Spreadsheet: Renamed “DataPilot” to “Pivot Table”.
Spreadsheet: New CSV export option, “Quote all text cells”
Improved CSV export
Unlimited number of fields in Pivot Table layout dialog.
MailMerge: Scan rows for correct type information for Text databases.
new option to save only used symbols for each formula.
Formula: Automatic baseline for Math objects
and more
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Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta released

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta is now available for download and testing.What’s new in Free Download Manager 3.9.1 Beta release?

FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it’s required.
Fixed List of downloads could not be saved in some cases
RTSP/MMS downloads
A pack of general bug fixes.

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PHP 5.4.2 released

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

PHP 5.4.2 is now available for download.
Fixed PHP-CGI query string parameter vulnerability.(unnoticed for at least 8 years).If you are using Apache mod_cgi to run PHP you may be vulnerable. To see if you are, just add ?-s to the end of any of your URLs. If you see your source code, you are vulnerable. If your site renders normally, you are not.
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Keith Haring’s 54th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:May 4, 2012
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Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Keith Haring’s 54th birthday with a new google doodle on its homepage.Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.Haring achieved his first public attention with chalk drawings in the subways of New York. These were his first recognized pieces of pop art.
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GIMP 2.8 released

Post last modified:May 4, 2012
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GIMP 2.8 Source code is now available for download.what’s new in this version?

New single window mode
Multi column dock mode
The dockable drag handle has been removed and the dockable menu button has been moved up to the tabs
saving and exporting images now are separated activities
introduction of layer groups
All tools rendering on canvas have been ported to Cairo
On-Canvas Text Editing
Enhancements in size entry widget

We need to wait a bit for windows and mac builds.
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