Twitter Suggests Followers

Sunday, August 1, 2010 0 comments

New Twitter feature suggests people to follow.

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Twitter has introduced a new feature on the main page, that offers suggestions of people to follow.

If you are on the profile page of a particular person, then you will get suggestions of similar users you can follow. The suggestions will appear on the lower-right corner. 

Related Reading: Twitter Tips

Track If Your Email Has Been Read

Saturday, July 17, 2010 0 comments
WhoReadMe – a free service to keep a check on whether your emails are being read.

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Do you often send emails and want to know whether they are being read by your recipient(s)? Give WhoReadMe a try.

WhoReadMe is a free (they also offer premium services) website that informs you of important information regarding the receipt of your emails.

It will return you a report of the time and location of the opening of that email.

Just connect your email account with WhoReadMe and send a mail from the website itself. Alternatively you can add ‘whoreadme.com’ as a suffix on your recipient’s email address. 

Once your email is opened, WhoReadMe will send you an instant email report of the activity. For the free version, it offers ten notifications.

Epic Web Browser

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An India-themed web browser from the folks at Mozilla.

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Mozilla have come out with a web browser that has been designed keeping India in mind. The India-themed web browser has a similar interface to the popular Firefox web browser.

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It also adds extra features, like the ability to write in Indian languages, view live cricket scores and open a summary of news headlines from various Indian news sources. The themes and wallpapers it offers are India-special.

The browser also provides social networking services like Facebook, Twitter and Orkut on it’s sidebar that makes it easier to directly access these popular websites.

Epic browser is available for a free download from it’s website. [Download Epic Browser]

Check URLs for Viruses and Malware

Sunday, July 11, 2010 0 comments

Before opening a webpage, check if it contains malicious content.

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Saf.li and URLVoid are two services that allow you to scan a URL’s (website address) content before you go on to open the website.

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Websites that contain malicious content or spyware can directly harm your operating system. Especially if it is one that isn’t well-known.

However, even well-known websites can be phished and it would be a good idea to check with these services before opening them.

[Note: The screenshots are from URLVoid.]

Windows Live Messenger For iPhone

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 0 comments

Download the official Windows Live Messenger for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. For free.

Microsoft has released an official edition of the Windows Live Messenger for users of its Hotmail service.

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You can download the app for free from the App Store. The service is also linked with Facebook, where in you can comment on your friends’ statuses from Windows Live.

Download Windows Live Messenger for the iPhone here.

Related Reading: More Apple Tips