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Official Facebook Like and Share Extension for Google Chrome

Arun — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:20:17 +0000

Facebook crossed 800 Million active users and the Google Chrome has 200 million users using its ultra fast browser. Definitely most of them are crazy Facebook users and to improve their Facebook experience on chrome, Facebook has introduced a official “Like” extension for the Chrome browser.

We already have third party Facebook Like plugin for Chrome. But this official Facebook Like Button is very secure and it shows how many others have clicked Like on the page we are viewing.

Facebook Like Button Plugin for Chrome

- Once installed this extension Users can Like, share or recommend web pages, images, videos (html5 only) and audio (html5 only) on Facebook.

- Users can see a thumbs up icon in the top right corner of their Chrome browser. Liking a page is as easy as clicking on that button, which also displays the total number of likes associated with any website you are viewing.

- Users can also right click on any page to like, share or recommend content from the Facebook Like Button menu. If users choose to share content, they can add a comment and control who sees their post.

Download Facebook Like Button for Chrome

How to Create Google+ for Business using Google Apps

Arun — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:49:08 +0000

Google+ profile for Business is finally available. Now users can create Google+ business profiles using their Google Apps for Business. Many of the IT Organizations, Online Firms, Tech Blogs are using Google Apps for Business as their email service. Now they can create their Google+ profile using their Google Apps account.

How to Create Google+ for Business using Google Apps

To create a Google+ profile, one thing must be done by the Google Apps administrator account of the Organization. Google+ service must be enabled manually for the users by the IT Admin ( Google Apps Admin account). Here are the steps to enable the service to create Google+ for Business.

Step 1: Log in to the Google Apps administrator control panel.and Click the Organization & users tab. Select the business accounts you want to enable Google+ from the “users” link and click “Services”.

Step 2: Click the “On” button of Google+ which is listed on the services. A pop will open to confirm the terms and conditions. Read the conditions and click “Turn Google+ On”

Step 3: Now to Google Docs or Google Calender Page using your Google Apps Account

Step 4: Now Click your Business Profile in the Upper Right Corner.

Step 5: Now Create your Public Google+ Business Profile for your products,Business Team, Web Sites and Tech Blogs.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 Specs Features Release Date

Arun — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:44:50 +0000

Next Version Google Phone Samsung Galaxy Nexus announced by Google. This time google switched from Nexus S series to Galaxy series which is a popular and successful smartphone series by Samsung. Until the launch of Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S II was the most high tech powerful android smartphone. But Google and Samsung launched Galaxy Nexus with a bigger screen than Galaxy S2.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Galaxy Nexus runs on Android 4.0 Ice Scream Sandwich Mobile operating system. Android 4.0 ICS gives a complete new look to the Galaxy Nexus with some new features. The lock screen, widgets, notifications, multi-tasking and other native features are completely refined to give a better Android OS which is very simple with awesome performance.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Release Date and Price Details

Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be available in the U.S., Europe, and Asia beginning in November. The pricing of Galaxy Nexus is Rs.33,500 (Approx). Official price and pre order details will be updated soon.

Galaxy Nexus Full Tech Specificatons

4.65 inch (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Display
Multi-touch input with 0.01ms Response Time
Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU
RAM: 1GB
OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Memory: 16/32GB storage
5 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection
Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash
1.3 MP Video Calling Camera
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 3.0, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC

Galaxy Nexus Features Look Up

Face Unlock : Unlock your phone with a smile. No need to set and remember difficult passwords. Just switch on your phone and look into the camera to quickly unlock the phone.
Android Beam Near Field Communication: share contacts, photos, apps, maps etc using NFC. To use the feature, you need a NFC enabled device like Nokia 603.
Galaxy Nexus lock-screen is similar to Honeycomb tablets.
Voice Typing: You can use your voice to type your quick sms,email and Notes. Touch the microphone on the screen and use your voice to send emails and sms.
Built in Google+ App
5 MP Single-Motion Panoramic Camera with zero shutter-lag, automatic focus
720p HD 4.65″ SUPER AMOLED display
4G (LTE or HSPA+) support

Galaxy Nexus S Features Gallery

Download Google Music web app for iPhone and iPad

Arun — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:31:59 +0000

Google Music App for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) available now. The App comes with Web interface. Once the user signed up for a Google Music account with his iPad or iPhone, he can get the mobile interface.

Users can upload up to 20,000 songs from thier personal music collection to listen on their iPhone or iPad.

How to get Google Music App for iPhone and iPad

Currently Google Music in in beta and with limited time free offer. You need an invite to use the service as well as the iOS App.

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Google Plus Tweaks – Improve the Design and Usability

Arun — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:40:08 +0000

Google Plus is still in beta and we all expected that it might come in the month of September or October. But Google+ team updating lots of new features every week. There is no confirmed sources about its nearby arrival. One side, G+ Team improving the Google Plus design. But we have lots of chrome extensions to do the same.

The simple design of Google+ appreciated by lots of bloggers. But a common user still finds difficulty in seeing the comments and wall posts because most of them were super heavy users of Facebook. Earlier we posted a list of 15 chrome extensions to improve Google plus experience. One of the plugin Usability Boost got lot of updates and it became one of the top plugin to tweak the user interface of G+.

G+ Usability Boost Chrome Extension Features :

- Fixed Top Notification Bar
- Displays a direct link to mute post (very handy)
- Ability to star a post so that you can read it later

Download Usability Boost for Google+ ( Chrome Extension)

History and Evolution of Browsers and Web Technologies

Arun — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:45:17 +0000

Google Chrome successfully completing its 3rd year on the Web browser market. When it comes to competition of web browsers,apart from speed and performance it will be the reign of browsers on Web technology and innovation. The Evolution of browser’s closely associated with its early adoption of following technologies HTTP and SSL, HTML 1.0 to HTML 5.0, Transformation of CSS to CSS3 3D, Java, XML, Ajax, Flash and WebGL.

Google chrome team released an interactive infographic, HTML5-powered presentation on Evolution of Browsers and Web Technologies. The chrome team going focus on Speed, Simplicity and Security to lift the Google Chrome browser to the top spot. So we can expect lot of Chromium Changes in the future to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox.

3 Best Ways to Cross Post Between Google Plus Facebook Twitter

Arun — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:28:27 +0000

Google Plus Beta is improving all its areas and features before its availability to the public. Recent additions like Google Plus Gaming, Top Fixed Floating Bar and many other changes makes Google Plus as one of the powerful Social Network. Still People are finding ways to involve in top three social networks Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter. It will take some time to adopt one favorite from the three.

Here are some best ways to auto post or cross post (Two way) your Wall posts and shares from Google Plus to Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin etc.. Earlier we posted a set of Chrome extensions to improve Google+ Experience.

Two Way Sync Cross Post for Google Plus Twitter Facebook

This is a best chrome extension, provides two-way syncs between Google Plus, Facebook ,Twitter and Plurk. It supports cross posts for article, video, pictures and web links. It also supports sharing function which users are able to share whatever public content in Google+ to: Linkedin, Digg, Myspace, facebook, Twitter etc.

Publish sync for google+ & facebook (Green Edition)

SGPlus

SGPlus is one of the regularly updated chrome extension for Google Plus – Twitter -Facebook cross posting. It integrates your facebook and twitter accounts into G+ for cross posting. SG Plus also streams your feeds inside Google Plus.

Agent G+

Agent G+ is a new bot for Google+ to Sync Google+ to Twitter, Identi.ca and Facebook. Agent G+ when connected to Twitter and Facebook can post to these services automatically from Google+ without the use of any extensions.

To configure this service, open the site http://gplus.sagg.im/ and then connect with your Twitter and Facebook.

20 Highly Expensive Google Adsense Adwords Keywords List

Arun — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:22:20 +0000

Google recently posted their unaudited revenue of $9 billion from the second quarter of 2011. Many of you wonder,From where Google making all its money because Google’s top services like YouTube, Gmail and Google search are free. Well all their top services are covered by advertisements. Yes, 97% of Google’s money comes for Advertising. Mostly from the text link ads in Google search, Gmail and YouTube

Here is an infographic that lists 20 Most Expensive Keyword Categories In Google AdWords.

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Official Google+ App for iPhone in iTunes App Store

Arun — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:36:41 +0000

Finally Apple approved the official Google+ App for iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G. Google+ App for Apple iPhone available in the App Store. Earlier we shared a Google+ desktop client. So Google+ App for mobile covers both Android and iOS now. So we can expect more mobile users in the Google+ closed beta.

The Google+ App got many downloads as soon as it was available in the App Store. According to a G+ user, the App Store started serving a previous test version of the App which didn’t have the stability and fixes that the latest version had. It started serving the correct version a little later. If you downloaded within the first 1 hour 40 mins, you may have downloaded the older test version.

Features of Google+ for iPhone

Circles let you share the right things with just the right people.
Stream is where you can get updates from your circles or see what people are saying about things nearby.
Huddle is super-fast group messaging for everyone in your circles.
Better support for blocking unwanted messages in Huddle
Better support for attaching photos to a post

The app is available as a free download [iTunes link] from the App Store.

Google+ Keyboard Shortcuts and Cheats

Arun — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:21:41 +0000

Google+ updates are regularly posted in our blog. Best extensions to improve G+ experience, Desktop App, Themes, 3D G+ icons packs and Tips and Tricks. To add more in our list, here are some very useful Google+ keyboard shortcuts and Google+ cheats. I personally checked all these shotcuts and cheats. I will add more to the list as soon as i found them.

Google+ Keyboard Shortcuts

q – Add people to the G-Talk .using Chat Search box
Space – Scroll down stream by regular intervals
Shift + Space – Scroll up stream by regular intervals
Enter – In the Post window It will take you to the comments box.
@ – mention someone in a post
+ – mention someone in a post
Tab: To scroll through comments.
Tab + Enter – Post a comment or End a comment.
J – Scroll down the stream
K – Scroll up or Move up the stream

Google+ user Simon Laustsen shared a Google+ Cheat Sheet, an improvised list of cheats and shortcuts.

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