Need for Speed : Google Pwns OpenDNS with its own DNS…
Google seems to be getting everywhere. They are there in just about every corner of our online life, and now they have taken a step further by launching Google Public DNS. Google Public DNS aims at making the web faster for you, by using a high speed, public DNS server. Here’s what DNS does in simple words : Say you type in the Wikipedia.org in your browser window. The DNS then converts the URL you typed into machine readable IP address and returns it to you. Only after the actual... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Preview Google Chrome OS Easily
Google Chrome OS, the Operating System being currently built by Google for people who would like to work in the cloud has been in the wild as public test builds. It wasn’t isn’t that easy to get Google Chrome OS running on your machine keeping in mind the limited hardware support, and the relative complexity to get it installed. However if you still want to try out Google Chrome OS, don’t fret Chrome OS Diet is here. The biggest change is the 300 MB download, a far cry from the... Read The Rest →
#DailyApps Giveaway : Google Wave Invites
Google Wave seems to have been dominating the tech blogosphere headlines for quite some time now. Almost everywhere I go people are talking about how Google Wave is going to be the next big thing on the internet. Am not quite sure if Google Wave is ready for primetime yet, because in my opinion it needs a lot of fixing up to do. At the moment Google Wave is kinda buggy and slow (faster than other web apps of course, considering the high standards Google has set for itself). But... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Preview the Next Google UI Before Anyone Else!
Google Search Engine is a constant changing one.. Recently after the successful internal testing of Caffeine, Google has decided to deploy it in the wild starting next year. But these are under the hood changes that most of us may not notice. But over the past few months, Google has also been secretly testing a new UI and look for the Google Search engine, which has essentially not changed much since its inception. Do you want to be one among the secret testers, to have a sneak peak of the... Read The Rest →
Yahoo Caves In! Partners With Google For Ads
Finally Yahoo decided to cave in and has decided to partner with Google to display relevant alongside its search results in the US and Canada. This surely is the beginning of the end of the ambitious Panama project. If you remember Yahoo had announced a similar deal a couple of months back that was more of a test to see the returns from the ads by Google. From what I’ve heard, Yahoo was extremely satisfied with the returns and that’s why this deal is happening today. Yahoo has spent... Read The Rest →
Add Google Reader To Firefox Sidebar
Google recently updated the mobile version of Google Reader. The New version works very well with iPhone and other smartphones. The good news is that even if you don’t have an iPhone you can enjoy the mobile version of Google Reader from your Firefox Sidebar. Like other web apps that are designed for the iPhone interface, Google Reader fits very well in Firefox (and other browsers) sidebar.
Take Google Reader To Your Desktop With ReadAIR
For those of you who are big fans of Google Reader, here’s an app that you must check out. You’ll love this new Adobe AIR app called ReadAIR that completely syncs with Google Reader and has the same basic layout as Google Reader, so you should have no problems starting out.
[Rejoice] Microsoft Finally Gives Up On Yahoo!
Finally it looks like Steve Ballmer and his team found too much of trouble running behind Yahoo for the past three months. Microsoft considers Yahoo to be its golden goose, and it feels that it will lay golden eggs in the future of online advertising.. I had written a post detailing What A Combined Microsoft Yahoo Looks Like weighing all the pros and cons if this deal went through. Somehow Yahoo managed to push Microsoft to such an extent that it had no choice but to accept defeat. Now that... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Find The Most Obscure MP3's Using Google
photo credit: RossinaBossioB Music sharing has been of the most common file sharing activities on the internet. There are many ways you could find the music you were looking for by using tools like Limewire, BitTorrent etc.. But most times nothing beats a Google search does it? Yes you heard that right.. Google may as well be your best friend if you are looking to find music freely on the Internet. Just follow the instructions below, and you will be on your way to find the music that you otherwise... Read The Rest →
Wednesday Fun : Play Monopoly The Google Way!!
I’m sure all of you have played Monopoly at some point or the other in your lifetime. When I was a kid it was one of my favorite board games. Very similar to Monopoly is Googolopoly created by Phil of the Box.net fame. Googolopoly (Google+Monopoly) is extremely creative monopoly board game inspired by Google. You can download the game sheet as a PDF and print it on your home computer.
