If everywhere, everyone has been flooded with this image showing an article on INSOMNIA, it is so because KNOL is out for the public now. KNOL is Google’s knowledge base ( a way to tackle Wikipedia) of articles written by people ranging from specialised ones to bloggers to anyone stung by the writer’s bug. As [...]
Knol is no Wiki
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · google
Tags: analysis·blogging·google·intro·services·web 2.0
Happy Birthday GMail Blog
July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · blog, google
GMail Blog turns ONE today and the celebrations have just begun. The blog has been one of the most read blogs of the Google family of blogs, and with the feed addition of GMail blog on the homepage of GMail, this has gone up and up. Looking back at the one whole year of providing [...]
GMail spiced up. And it looks tasty
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · google
With the launch of the GMail Labs last week, GOOG has already started rolling out the first set of what Labs has to offer. To enable Labs, go to Settings, and then the Labs Tab. You’ll get a list of the available tweaks and all you need to do is enable them as you wish. [...]
Tags: gmail·google·services·web 2.0
How to behave on an Internet Forum
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · how to, web 2.0
Netiquettes as we call it, is an essential part of our virtual lives-something which we have started to be quite dominantly participating in. As for geeks like me, I have been more inclined towards virtual lives and online social networking because you get to experience comments, suggestions and information which is independent and free of [...]
Tags: analysis·how to·internet·web 2.0
How to Sprout? A step by step guide
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · blogging, how to, web 2.0
Sprout is an online content creating tool which enables users to create sophisticated multimedia web content on the fly in a very quick and easy way. It is as easy as probably MS Paint. Just drag and drop. Sprout is for free and the best part is you can just go ahead and create your [...]
Tags: blogging·how to·internet·resources·web 2.0
Microhoo is no more
May 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · google, internet, microsoft
Open up today’s Techmeme and you will see this splashed across almost throughout the entire page. Because this is HUGE news. Microsoft has withdrawn its plans for buying out Yahoo, more popularly known as Microhoo in the speculative blogosphere. So what does it mean finally for us?
Does it mean that we can actually breathe a [...]
Tags: google·internet·microsoft·web 2.0·yahoo
All About Facebook Chat. It is HERE!
April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · internet, web 2.0
Awright!!! It is finally here. Facebook IM. It is cool, it is handy and it’s almost non-existent, at least by the looks. It is really cool , coz you don’t have to actually browse away to some other application to chat with your buddies. And this is what you get. On your Facebook page, on [...]
Tags: facebook·news·resources·social networking·web 2.0
Facebook App Blogfriends is Down Forever
April 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · blogging, web 2.0
I use a very few of those Facebook apps…NOT. I actually use quite a lot of them. Right from the different walls, to the Addicted to TV Series , and Flixsters and iLike etc etc. But I was glued to BlogFriends due to the wonderful functionality of letting your Blogposts known to your Facebook pals. [...]
Tags: blog·blogging·facebook·resources·social networking·web 2.0
GMail Blog Notifier on the GMail Homepage
April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments · google
Here’s what I mean by the headline! Look at the pic below.
GMail as well as Google is for sure going through a lot of changes and has been continuously trying to improve and implement innovations in their wide range of services. This one is definitely a welcome change,which will prompt more people to read [...]
Tags: blog·gmail·google·news·resources·web 2.0
Orkut walks the Facebook Way. Adds the Opensocial Apps
April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · google, web 2.0
Okay, I will not wrap this up in any form of introductory bullshit. Lemme get this straight and right to the point. The Apps on Orkut are ALIVE..finally. I was buzzed on my GTalk today by my friend Praxy, who told me that he noticed certain changes in Orkut, right as we were speaking. It [...]
Tags: analysis·comparisons·facebook·google·intro·opensocial·orkut·social networking·web 2.0









