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Ada Lovelace’s 197th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:December 10, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Ada Lovelace’s 197th birthday with the evolution of computers doodle on its homepage.

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.she is sometimes considered the world’s first computer programmer
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No more free google apps

Post last modified:December 7, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has announced that it will no longer accept any new sign ups for their free version of Google Apps and the option to switch to this version will no longer be available in 30 days.This will not affect customers who are already using the free version and they can continue to use it for free.

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Google+ hits 500 million users

Post last modified:December 7, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google+ now has Google+ has 500 million users and more than 135 million (only in stream) people and 235 million (+1’ing apps in Google Play, hanging out in Gmail, connecting with friends in Search…) are active on the service each month.
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Youtube – a new look

Post last modified:December 7, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Once again google is changing the look and feel of the video hosting site youtube.

What’s new?

The subscription Guide is now everywhere, and it showcases your channel activity to your fans.
All the video information and engagement are consolidated below the video player.
Now its easier to subscribe with enhanced channel recommendations.

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WP Social Share

Post last modified:December 6, 2012
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

WP Social Share is a wordpress plugin to share blog posts directly from your blog to social network sites like facebook, twitter, linkedin etc.

Main features:

It supports:Twitter,Facebook,Google Plus,Linkedin,Stumbleupon,Digg,reddit,Evernote.
enable/disable any of the above social share buttons from admin panel
Options for Category/Home and Post pages
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WordPress 3.5 Release Candidate 3 released

Post last modified:December 5, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 3.5 Release Candidate 3 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this RC?

Final UI improvements for the new media manager.
Show more information about uploading errors when they occur.
When inserting an image into a post, don’t forget the alternative text.
Fixes for the new admin button styles.
Improvements for mobile devices, Internet Explorer, and right-to-left languages.
Fix cookies for subdomain installs when multisite is installed in a subdirectory.
Fix ms-files.php rewriting for very old multisite installs.
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Yahoo Acquires OnTheAir

Post last modified:December 5, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

OnTheAir video chat broadcasting app has been acquired by Yahoo for an undisclosed sum.Yahoo is acquiring OnTheAir not for the product itself, but for the talent behind it.Five team members are coming along to work on the mobile team at Yahoo.
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Facebook Messenger for Firefox

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla announced the launch of Facebook Messenger for Firefox,which is built on a new Social API for the Web.

Main features:

social sidebar with your Facebook chat and updates
like new comments and photo tags
get notifications for messages, friend requests and more

To enable this feature
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Email Tweets Directly From Twitter’s Website

Post last modified:December 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Email Tweets Directly From Twitter’s Website

Twitter has started rolling out the new feature, email tweets from twitter.com.This new twitter feature allows you to send a tweet directly to someone with comments.

To email tweets to your friends

1.Hover the tweet and click the more link beside the Reply, Retweet, and Favorite links and select Email Tweet.

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TeamViewer 8 released

Post last modified:December 4, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

TeamViewer 8 is now available for download.What’s new in this version?

Session handover
Comment on sessions
Group sharing
Remote printing
Schedule online meetings easily in Microsoft Outlook
Session recording, including sound and video
Remote sound and video
Remote account logout
Automatically log out of operating systems after remote access
Completely new TeamViewer Management Console
Modern Multi-Touch gestures
Improved Windows 8 support
Retina support
QuickSupport with your TeamViewer account data
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