By Saumya Aggarwal on
11/21/2010 2:38 PM
The much-awaited Facebook email service (Project Titan) was finally announced on Monday. Facebook email is actually part of a larger, simplified communication system called Facebook Messages. Facebook Messages will have email, SMS, chat conversations with your Facebook friends under one thread.
I have to respectfully disagree with my colleague, Nikhil Pradhan, and his views on how Facebook email could actually beat Gmail -- but in all fairness, his article was written before Facebook's email announcement. Although Facebook email (and Facebook Messages) definitely has convergence and simplicity of use going for it, but from the evidence of Facebook's...
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
11/6/2010 3:13 PM
Google Inc will begin blocking Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users' information , highlighting an intensifying rivalry between the two Internet giants.
Google will no longer let other services automatically import its users' email contact data for their own purposes, unless the information flows both ways. It accused Facebook in particular of siphoning up Google contact data, without allowing for the automatic import and export of Facebook users' information.
Facebook, with more than 500 million users, relies on email services such as Google's Gmail to help new users find friends already on the network. When a person joins, they are asked to import their Gmail contact list into the social network service. Facebook then tells the user which email contacts are also on the social network. ...
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
11/5/2010 11:19 PM
A lot of Gmail users are noticing a major drop in the performance of the user interface in the recent times. A small trick which can really help in slow connections:
- Turn on Offline Gmail.
- Turn on Flaky connection mode.
- That’s it.
This process would cache the recent emails on your machine. They would be loaded from the cache instead from the web. There is a major improvement in speeds.
Source: http://www.saumyaaggarwal.com/2010/11/slow-gmail-just-follow-this-trick.html
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
11/5/2010 11:07 PM
The biggest search engine in the world has decided to take on the US government, suing it for anticompetitive practices. Certainly big news, it still isn’t much of a shocker, as Google seems to be rather justified in its stance.
Google is suing the Department of Interior (DOI) for not considering Google Apps for its web-based document and messaging needs in its Request for Quotation, which stated that the solution had to be a part of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite. This according to Google is “unduly restrictive of competition”, and an "arbitrary and capricious, and abuse of discretion, and otherwise contrary to law" requirement.
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/16/2010 7:50 PM
The company is offering their connection for just Rs. 888 (plus Rs. 300 for installation) that comes with one month long subscription of their diamond package.
There is another option that costs Rs. 1390 (plus Rs. 300 for installation). It comes with four month subscription of their diamond package.
The diamond package itself is worth around Rs. 292 so this is an incredible value for money deal.
Industry set to see price war, we as consumers will be benefited!
Source: http://www.saumyaaggarwal.com/2010/10/indian-dth-industry-to-face-price-war.html...
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/16/2010 7:49 PM
Adobe is set to release new products on 18th September, 2010. It is probably related to Adobe Acrobat 10! As an exclusive reader of www.saumyaaggarwal.com, you get to see the invitation of Adobe.
Note: It is open for all. A must attend for sure.
Date: 18th September, 2010
Time: 11a.n. onwards
Venue: Yantra, The Park Hotel, 15- Parliament Street, New Delhi
Source: http://www.saumyaaggarwal.com/2010/10/adobe-new-products-launch-on-18th.html
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/15/2010 7:36 PM
Opera has announced a full-fledged Opera Mobile browser for smartphones running the Google Android OS. Opera Mobile for Android, which is slated to arrived within a month, will feature hardware acceleration and pinch-to-zoom functionality.
So far the company offered only Opera Mini for Android, a scaled-down version of its browser, designed for less capable phones. Instead of translating and compressing pages through a server before reaching the user, Opera says Opera Mobile for Android will be a full-fledged browser, on the par with Android's built-in browser or Safari on iOS.
Opera claims hardware...
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/15/2010 11:35 AM
Facebook Inc expanded its partnership with Microsoft Corp.s Bing search engine, letting people automatically see what their Facebook friends think about the topics they're seeking information on.
Bing's new search...
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/15/2010 11:15 AM
Nokia today announced that it was launching the C5, an inexpensive touchscreen phone that runs the Symbian^1 OS found on phones like the 5800 XpressMusic and the N97. Nokia made the launch announcement through its blog, Nokia Conversations.
The blog clarifies that today's launch is the C5-03 variation of the Nokia C5 model and will have a 3.2-inch touchscreen with Wi-Fi, 3G and assisted GPS along with free Ovi Maps support. The C5-03 also has a 5MP camera with no flash, has 40MB of internal memory and supports upto 16GB of microSD cards. Although, there is no mention of when it will be hitting stores in India, Nokia mentions that the expected price will be €170 (Rs. 10,700 approx.)
Here are a couple of pictures of the C5, helpfully provided by the Nokia Blog:
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By Saumya Aggarwal on
10/15/2010 1:32 AM
Internet Explorer ebook tips and tricks ebook authored by me. Please promote it.
IE9 - Tips and Tricks
Source: http://www.saumyaaggarwal.com/2010/10/ie9-tips-tricks-ebook.html...
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