Well, this isn’t exactly a hack, but nevertheless lets you reap a load of valid email Id’s off Twitter. If you’re a spammer / email marketer (pun intended) you know what that means. Typically, people who’re concerned about privacy would not publish their email ids on twitter. But there are many who does. I assume they’d like some attention, which is why the ids are published on their profiles. However… Continue reading
The Best of Funniest Yahoo Answers (and questions) !
Yahoo Answers is intended to help people find solutions to common questions, the crowd sourcing way. Sometimes, they get a bit awkward. And these are the best of those awkward ones. One silly question, one damn good answer ! Helpful Yahoo members The simple way out is… Stupid questions. Getting realistic Justin Bieber better not hear this Not so funny ! A YouTube question Photoshop won’t help The Capslock problem… Continue reading
Alternate ways to search Google better!
Searching Google is an art. While Google is the best search engine out there, not everyone can make the best of it, simply because they don’t know to utilize it best. While Advanced search operators are one way of searching Google better, there are simpler ways that we often forget. Well, take a look at these examples and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Google Search Bad Example – “How… Continue reading
An E-Commerce Shopping Store theme on WordPress
This theme just goes out to say how versatile the WordPress platform is. The most important thing you notice is that when you use this theme on your WordPress site, it won’t look like a blog at all. It looks like a shopping site with some lovely design ! Even though your backend is WordPress and every entry you make is just like your typical post, you can set custom… Continue reading
What is it like working at Facebook ?
No, its not about lurking around private data on people’s profiles, if you thought. Pedram Keyani, a facebook employee writes a detailed blog post about his three years of working at facebook on their blog. Its interesting to read. Pedram writes about how he quit Google and managed to get into facebook and how on the second day of his job, started working on live features. Interestingly, he says that… Continue reading
Android phones gets gesture search from Google
Another innovative app from Google is out for Android phones – Gesture Search ! It lets you search by writing out characters on the touchscreen of your Android device by doing a “double flip”, or flipping your phone away and then back. This eliminates the need to activate Gesture Search from a home screen shortcut. You can also turn the feature on or adjust its sensitivity from the Settings menu… Continue reading
Cool Vintage Ads of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Skype
Found this on the interwebs today and this was too cool that I couldn’t stop sharing. Moma Propaganda, a Brazilian Ad agency has come out with a campaign supporting Maxi Midia with a tag line – “Everything ages fast”. The Ad’s art direction is brilliant. It shows the social networks as a thing of the past, more like something from the 80’s, while actually having a touch of future with… Continue reading
How are Infographics made ?
Infographics are the hot favorites in social media. Great infographics are like viral videos, they spread across networks and the shareable value is very high like no other product. I love them ! Reason ? They’re easy to comprehend, puts numbers into perspective and are a treat for the eyes. Any boring statistics can be made fun by making infographics out of it. There are websites that have shot to… Continue reading
Use Google multiple IDs simultaneously – Now live !
If you’re the type of guy who has one Google ID for email, another for Webmasters and multiple IDs for other purposes (or anything faintly similar) then you’ve got help ! Signing in with multiple IDs to Google services was a pain in the a@# ! So much that I used multiple browsers for each, just for that purpose. I use one Google ID for email, another for Webmasters and… Continue reading
Meanwhile: YouTube banned in Russia!
The internet Gods are angry ! Or so it seems. While most of us were busy at work, authorities in Russia have decided to ban parts of the internet including YouTube. Most parts of Russia now are without access to YouTube and other sites that lets users upload videos / content. The reason: because one odd user had uploaded a video deemed problematic on grounds of ultra-nationalism. So, that’s probably… Continue reading
Top Mashable Editor Ben Parr’s website hacked (and he doesn’t know?)
I was doing my research on top tech journos on the web and stumbled up on this one ! And I’m glad I did. Ben Parr, the lead Editor at Mashable has got his personal blog hacked. Take a look at this Google search result and you’ll see the "trouble". Ben probably is a victim of one of those infamous SERPs injection attacks, that he couldn’t have known about it… Continue reading
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Dell support technician in India, downloaded my nude pics without permission – says woman
This is an embarrassing case for Dell. Tara Fitzgerald, a Sacramento based woman trusted the Dell technician in India, when she called up the customer support – that’s the mistake she did. When some pictures was missing in her computer, she called up the Dell technician in Mumbai, India for help and granted him remote access to her PC. And while he was trying to help her, she claims that… Continue reading
How not to use Twitter ? Learn it from Twitter employees
I wouldn’t expect Twitter employees to spend a lot of time on Twitter, of course they’re busy with the servers and codes. But if someone ever asks me how not to use Twitter, I’ll point them to my Twitter employees list, without any doubt. Okay, if you thought that was lame, you might be on the wrong side here. Before making such criticisms, one should understand that Twitter is very… Continue reading
SocialMedia & Government – The Open Government Project Potential
Social Media is going places and today as we speak, your government is probably thinking about incorporating Social Media into its governance policies and execution. When I first heard this topic, it sounded a bit awkward to me. Because Social Media always resonated with fun, while Government as obviously, quite the opposite. So, the question was, would Social Media and Government turn about to be a Oil in Water exercise… Continue reading