Top 5 IPhone Apps You Don't Know About Yet

1. SNAPTELL EXPLORER (FREE) - Like to be an educated consumer who can confidently make purchases at the lowest price? SnapTell is your new best friend. Utilizing the iPhone's camera, you can snap photos of items on a store's shelf and almost immediately be given links to price searches, wikipedia information and other websites. Works on DVDs, CDs, Videos Games and Books and queues links to Google, eBay, YouTube, Amazon, IMDB and more. As impressive to friends as it is helpful to you.


2. JOOST (FREE) - Looking for Free Streaming Media? This is the App for you. Joost is hopefully just the tip of the iceberg for media streaming (come on Hulu!). Sporting an impressive collection of content, including full length movies like Men in Black, Karate Kid and Ghostbusters and TV Shows like Friends and Gilmore Girls, Joost holds its own on even the EDGE network. Great for lunch breaks and killing time, this is a must have for anyone who doesn't like paying for video content.

3. DOCUMENTS ($3.99) - One of the first fully functional Word Processing and Spreadsheet applications for the iPhone. Easy to use, easy to organize, Documents finally allows iPhone users to create Text and CSV files on the go. Files can be uploaded to your existing Google Docs account and accessed from any computer. Built-in folder system is a wonderful touch.




4. AROUND ME (FREE) - Location-aware software that tells you what's in the area. Great for finding Gas Stations, Restaurants, ATMs and more.
5. EASYTASK MANAGER (FREE) - Of all the To Do Lists and Task Managers available for the iPhone, this is one of the only ways that follows David Allen's famous Getting Things Done system (GTD!). A revolutionary and simple plan for maximizing productivity, this App is perfect for David Allen followers. Beta testing has begun for wirelessly syncing with your Mac.

Facebook dismisses rumors that it will charge its users any fee!!

The rumour about Facebook charging for its content appears to have come from a hoax email circulated on the site.

Both groups collectively have nearly 200,000 members and believe that the site will soon begin charging somewhere in the region of £14.99 for use of the social network.
The more popular group, entitled: “We will not pay to use Facebook – we are gone if this happens”, now has over 140,000 members and aims to get 300,000 members to sign its petition.
“This is a petition to stop Facebook from charging £/$14.99 a month starting from July 2010.
“Because of Facebook's huge popularity, Mark Zuckerberg [founder and chief] is getting a lot of offers from people wanting to buy Facebook - people who WILL turn it into a paysite.
“Let’s all stick together on this one and let them know that we will leave Facebook if they decide to charge us to use it," says the group's manifesto.
However, Facebook flat out deny the claims. A spokesman for the company said: “We have no plans to charge users for Facebook's basic services. Facebook is a free service for its 350 million users.”
 (source-telegraph.co.uk)

Google Earth in 4d

Google skipped right past the third dimension and landed directly in the fourth (time) by offering historical maps on Google Earth. Now you can travel back in time — for example, I am looking at the globe of 1790. Don't expect detailed high resolution photography from days gone by, but it's still interesting to see old maps overlaid on the satellite imagery of today.

Playing with layer transparency on the overlaid maps gives you a good sense of how things have changed over the years — especially when looking at more detailed maps like New York 1836 or London 1843.

Currently, maps are available for:

• World Globe 1790
• North America 1733
• United States 1833
• Lewis and Clark 1814
• New York 1836
• San Francisco 1853
• South America 1787
• Buenos Aires 1892
• Asia 1710
• Tokyo 1680
• Middle East 1861
• England, Wales 1790
• London 1843
• Paris 1716
• Africa 1787
• Australia Southeast 1844
• Various other maps from Map Finder(source-zdnet)

Here is sample video of london eye in google 4d

Update your Flash Player Right Away !!!!

Microsoft has shipped a security advisory with an urgent message for Windows XP users: Update your Flash Player immediately.

The Adobe Flash Player 6 that ships by default in Windows XP is vulnerable to multiple code execution vulnerabilities that could lead to PC takeover attacks, according to the advisory.

Here is the warning

Microsoft is aware of reports of vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 6 provided in Windows XP. We are not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerabilities or of customer impact at this time but recommend that users install the latest version of Flash Player provided by Adobe.

The Adobe Flash Player 6 was provided with Windows XP and contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page. Adobe has addressed these vulnerabilities in newer versions of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft recommends that users of Windows XP with Adobe Flash Player 6 installed update to the most current version of Flash Player available from Adobe.

This issue affects Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. The warning is also applicable to users running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2.

Adobe discontinued support for Adobe Flash Player 6 in 2006. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is 10.0.42.34.

(source-zdnet.com)

Nexus One Unboxing: The Google Phone

Nexus One Unboxing: The Google Phone

Here is the video that explains the first look on nexus one when you order online and it comes to your home !

You can see that what will you get in the google box in case you have questions .

Nexus one is having lot of hope for google And i am hopeful that you will see Google NexusTwo pretty soon !!

Google Nexus One V/s Iphone

This video explains well about google nexus v/s iphone .
Now you decide

Gspace add on for Mozilla - I recommend

This gives you lot of free space on gmail that you can use as your storage online .

Top Addons for Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is the browser of dreams for many people (myself included). One of the great perks of Firefox is that there are tons of extensions that enhance the functionality of the browser. With over 1500 extensions in existence, there are many that can be used to improve your productivity. The following is my take on the top 10 extensions that will keep you focused, reduce distractions, streamline your daily work flow, and improve your productivity.

I strongly recommend that you download all these add ons to increase productivity .

1. Customize Google

Customize Google is a very robust extension that lets you customize many features of the services provided by Google. Customize Google lets you block advertisements on pretty much any Google page (including Gmail). It remaps Google Images search results to point directly at the images (no longer will you need to click through the originating site). Customize Google lets you add links from other search engines directly into your search results. It can also block Google click tracking and allows you to connect to Google Calendar and Gmail securely (https). Give it a try, you won’t be sorry.

2. Gspace

Gspace is a content management extension that lets you turn your Gmail account into an online mass storage space . Gspace integrates nicely into your browser and lets you drag and drop files into Gmail for backup or storage purposes without interrupting your work flow. If you use Gspace, I recommend adding a tag in Gmail to your files so they can be filtered and accessed quickly. The following is the description of Gspace from its homepage: “Gspace turns the 2GB of your Gmail account into free online storage. With Gspace you can manage unlimited Gmail accounts to store all type of files within its simple, user friendly interface. Listen to your favorite stored music directly from your Gspace, view your collections of pictures and manage your Gdrive files as well. Download Gspace now and transfer files between your computer and Gspace at anytime, from everywhere!”

look at this video made by me that explains gspace in detail

3. Flashgot/DownThemAll
The default download manager built into Firefox is very handy; however, there are many occasions that you’ll find that you need more flexibility with your downloads. This is where Flashgot or DownThemAll comes in handy. The features of Flashgot and DownThemAll have their differences; however, they generally provide finer-grained control of your downloads. My personal preference is Flashgot. I recommend trying at least one of them.

4. Greasemonkey + Stylish + Ad blocking per Gozer
Greasemonkey is an extension that lets you add scripts that alter the web pages you visit. Using Greasemonkey and Stylish and Ad blocking per Gozer together will block pretty much every advertisement from any Web site you visit.

5. Flashblock

The Flashblock extension by default blocks flash from playing when a Web page is first opened. Most (distracting) advertisements are written using flash. Flashblock is particularly useful because it replaces the flash from a Web site with a “play” button so you can watch the flash if it something useful (like a video at Youtube) and leave it blocked if it is an advertisement.

6. Download Statusbar

Download Statusbar manages your downloads in the status bar instead of the Firefox Download Manager. I find that the download manager that comes with Firefox to be very intrusive. Download manager tucks your download progress bars into the generally unused status bar of Firefox. This lets you download care-free without the Firefox Download Manager popping up and interrupting you.

7. URL Fixer
URL fixer will replace the common typos you enter when typing a Web site into the URL bar (i.e., http://www.tech-rs.blogspot.ocm, htp://tech-rs.blogspot.com). The auto correct feature of URL fixer is very helpful. “[URL Fixer] will correct common misspellings of .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, and .mil, as well as the protocol (http:, https:). It will also correct errors in country code TLDS such as .com.XX, .net.XX, and .org.XX.”

8. Tab Mix Plus
Many of the features of Tab Mix Plus were incorporated into the release of Firefox 2. However, Tab Mix Plus allows you to add finer-grained control of your tabs. The following is a description of Tab Mix Plus: “Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.”

9. Scrapbook
Scrapbook is extremely useful for researchers and students. Scrapbook saves blurbs from Web pages to your hard drive along with the URL of the originating Web site. It allows you to organize and categorize your blurbs in a format similar to your bookmarks so that when it comes to creating a bibliography or works cited, you won’t waste any time.

10. IE Tab

I find myself using this extension less and less as more Web developers code their Web sites following standards. However, occasionally you will find it necessary to open a Web site using Internet Explorer in order for it to render correctly. Rather than taking the time to launch a separate browser, just choose “View Page in IE tab” and an Internet Explorer tab opens in Firefox. This is very useful if you like to have multiple Gmail accounts open and active on one computer.

That’s my take on the extensions that will improve your productivity. Like I previously mentioned, there are tons of Firefox extensions. What extension didn’t I mention that you can’t live without? Please tell us about your favorite productivity-enhancing Firefox extension in the comments.

Facts that you don't know about technology

I saw this video at youtube and found very interesting and thought it is a great idea to share with you !

How to watch youtube on PC or WII

Dim the lights, sit back and pass the popcorn. Browse over to a special version of the YouTube website that makes it easy to watch and share your favorite YouTube videos with the whole family.

• 

  Media Center PC:

  Plug your PC to your TV and go to youtube.com/xl from your web browser.
• 

  Wii:

  Select "Internet Channel", click on "Web Address", and enter youtube.com.

Vimeo will start HD jan 2010

New York-based video service Vimeo announced Wednesday it will roll out 1080p video (also known as "full HD") to its members by the end of this month.

In order to both see and upload 1080p clips, users will have to be members of Vimeo's paid Plus service, which costs $10 a month, or $60 a year. Regular users will simply see a lower-resolution version of those videos.

here is the link top watch HD videos at Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/hd

Nexus one

Google today took a step into online retailing with the launch of its new smartphone, the Nexus One, and a webstore to sell it directly to consumers.

Calling the touchscreen phone a "superphone", the internet search giant is aiming to challenge the supremacy of Apple's iPhone and offer consumers a new way to purchase their mobiles.

At the launch in Mountain View, California, Google.

You can also buy from T-mobile with plan for a price of $179 .oo

As This is backed by google , you can expect lot of free applications and there will be lot of fun ahead.
I will strongly say that if you are planning to buy iphone , also consider looking at this phone .
Demo phone are available in T-mobile store.

Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time

Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G

Standby time

Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

Internet use

Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

Video playback

Up to 7 hours

Audio playback

Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer

Size and weight

Height

119mm

Width

59.8mm

Depth

11.5mm

Weight

130 grams w/battery
100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen

800 x 480 pixels

100,000:1 typical contrast ratio

1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash

5 megapixels

Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

2X digital zoom

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Buttons, connectors and controls

Front / Top

[1] Power

[2] 3.5mm stereo headphone jack

[3] Charging and notification indicator

[4] Illuminated capacitive soft keys:
Back, Home, Menu, and Search

[5] Tri-color clickable trackball

Back / Bottom

[6] Camera

[7] Camera flash

[8] Speaker

[9] Dock pin connectors

[10] Micro USB port

[11] Microphone

Left side

[12] Volume Control

Additional features

• Haptic feedback
• Teflon™ coated back
• Second microphone for active noise cancellation
• SIM card slot
• Micro SD slot
• Proximity sensor
• Light sensor

Graphics, video and audio

Audio decoders

AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)

Image

JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP

Video

H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)

Audio encoders

AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz

Language support

Display

English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian,

Keyboard

English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil),

Top Free Weather Mobile apps

The following are free weathe apps for your phone . I am posting here only the free apps as i don't think that you should be paying for these anyway .

AccuWeather (FREE)

Features: Video forecasts, Radar, Severe Weather Alerts, and Weather Indices

This app’s user interface was by far my favorite, but at times it still felt a bit flawed. AccuWeather should have integrated typical iPhone gestures into the application as I often found myself wanting to swipe or enlarge something, only to discover that those features had not been implemented.

Despite this app’s shortcomings, AccuWeather still impresses me by the plethora of weather and climate information it provides. I love when things give me more than I need, it doesn’t matter what the product is. If I get more than I asked for, I am a happy customer, and AccuWeather sees to this.

One of my favorite features is its risk monitoring system, which breaks down severe weather conditions (rain, ice, fog, wind, etc.) and shows the chance of each of them happening over the course of the next 8 hours. Another feature that set AccuWeather apart was its indices feature, which shows UV, Air Quality, Flu, and Arthritis indexes for the day.

Weatherbug (FREE)

Features: Severe Weather Alerts, Weather Cameras, Radar, and Maps

I’ve always been a fan Weatherbug’s desktop variants, and was pleased to find that the iPhone version was comparable. Weatherbug has all the typical bells and whistles you would expect from a weather app, with a few extras, one of which is a real-time wind tracking, which is updated every few seconds, showing wind speed and direction. I don’t fly many kites or participate in many nautical activities, but I still find this to be a cool feature. It has the simplicity of Apple’s Weather app, but with a few extras, and unlike other free weather apps, it isn’t ad-supported.

The Weather Channel (FREE)

Features: Location-based Forecasts, Radar, Severe Weather Alerts, Video Forecasts, and Traffic Cameras

Being the No. 1 free weather app in the App Store comes with a bit of scrutiny. But what can I say? They are The Weather Channel, and they know what they’re doing. This app doesn’t give any more information than the Weather Channel web site, but it’s great to have such information at your fingertip while on the go. The map feature of this app uses Google Maps with a live update of radar, clouds, temperature, precipitation and UV index. I have very few complaints about this app, but my biggest is the large banner ad on top of the application. I understand that it’s a free app and they have to make money, but it’s a bitobtrusive at times.

Weathereye (FREE)

Features: Weather Alerts, Hourly forecasts, Traffic Information & Cameras, and Radar

This app is brought to you by The Weather Network, which is a Canadian company. Therefore, this app doesn’t have many of the smaller U.S. towns and cities. Regardless, I still liked it. It’s very similar to Apple’s Weather app in that it is as easy as “swiping” your finger across to switch locations. However, like many of its counterparts, Weathereye is ad-supported.

This app does a great job of covering Canada as well as larger U.S. towns and cities. If you live in rural America…sorry, you’re out of luck.

Pascal Dreer: AeroWeather (FREE)

Features: Altitude, Wind Speed/Direction, Sunrise/Sunset Times, Location Awareness, and Runway Reports

I have dabbled in aviation in the past, and have always found it interesting. In the end, my pursuit of aviation was a short-lived one. When I was up there, I could only imagine how crucial knowing the weather could be — literally life or death.

Pascal Dreer took this into consideration by giving us AeroWeather, an iPhone weather app designed with aviation in mind. AeroWeather is a full-service app that displays wind speed/direction, altitude, sunrise/sunset times, runway reports and more. This is the perfect weather app for anyone in the aviation field.

AroundMe iphone app free

AroundMe allows you to quickly find out information about your surroundings.

How many times have you found yourself in need of finding the closest Gas Station?
AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi.

AroundMe shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have tapped on along with the distance from where you are.

For every listing you can choose to see its location on a Map, view the route from where you are, add the information to your contact list or even email the information to a friend.

The Nearby listing allows you to find information using Wikipedia about what is around you.

Fast, easy and accurate. AroundMe is your ideal day to day companion.

Thanks to Jerry for uploading this video for review of around me iphone app

Evernote for iPhone Free App

Evernote for iPhone lets you create notes, snap photos, and record voice memos that you can then access any time — from your iPhone, computer, or the web.

Features

• Create text, snapshot, and voice notes any time
• Snap photos of white board, business cards, or wine labels and Evernote will recognize the text in the images
• Turn your iPhone on its side to scroll through an endless stream of notes.
• Quickly find your note by location using Evernote's map view

Specifications

• For iPhone and iPod Touch
• Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Download

Get it from the App Store

Watch video Evernote Video for better understanding that what you can do with this application-

I recommend Vonage

I switched to Vonage about few months back and i am quite happy with service and voice clarity .
The following video is courtesy of Break.com and it shows how vonage works ..


There are few features on Vonage that most people are not aware of -

1. You can check weather free by just calling
1-700-WEATHER
The following video explains vongae features in detail-


2. Three way conferance calling - You can do three way conferancing by calling other two people . How to use this feature-
During the call, press the flash button or switch hook. When you hear a dial tone, dial your friend's phone number. After they answer, just press that flash button or switch hook again and talk to two friends at once! If one person needs to go, all they have to do is hang up. You'll still be on the line with your other friend.

3.Vonage Enhanced 411- with Call Connect provides residential and business listings, even if you don't know the name or address. Can't remember the name of that restaurant you adore? You don't need it! You can search for whatever you're looking for using categories and keywords.

Enhanced 411 with Call Connect also puts other 411 directory services to shame by providing additional information like:

* Movie listings
* Airline flight times
* ATM locations
* Weather reports
* Sports scores
* News
* Stock quotes
* Lottery results
* The time of day
* Horoscopes

If you have questions ,concerns or comments please post ...

Top Threee Email Providers

Gmail

Gmail free email service is one of the most popular global email service. Google designed Gmail free email service for both email and chatting online. Gmail offers nearly unlimited storage and many different search functions for when you are looking for past emails or emails with a particular subject. Another feature of Gmail free email service is the system puts relevant advertising next to any emails read. The interface is smart and precise that is why this is our number one pick for free email providers.

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Mail free email service has a multitude of features and benefits. A few of the features of Yahoo! Mail free email service is SMS text messaging, instant messaging, RSS news feeds and unlimited storage. A few of the very few criticisms were that the spam filter could be a little tougher on junk mail and it would be a good feature to offer smart folders that you can label as you wish and with multiple tags as well. Although Yahoo! Mail offers keyboard shortcuts which is a pretty cool feature. As far as the spam filter goes, Yahoo! Mail grabs and collects any junk mail in a spam folder with 15 filters for incoming mail. The keyboard shortcuts act like desktop interface and give attention to detail. These features nearly make up for the lack of smart folders and weak spam filtering protection.

Hotmail

Currently Windows Live Hotmail offers 5 GB of online storage. This storage capacity is constantly changing and growing however. Windows Live Hotmail does not have a very effective spam folder nor does Windows Live Hotmail have IMAP access to online folders. Windows Live Hotmail does however have fast search capabilities, an extremely easy and user-friendly interface and POP access. The security with Windows Live Hotmail is standard email security.