New Orkut Redesigned

Orkut, one of biggest social network of its time is redesigned now showing some competitiveness to its rival Facebook. This new version is specifically redesigned with the help of Google WebTool Kit (GWT). So whats new with New Orkut?

1. Fewer pages with fast Browsing
2. More simpler interface
3. Profile, Homepage personalization with colors and style
4. Easier Navigation for other Google Apps like Images, Videos, Gmail, Maps etc.
5. All in one notifications for Friend request, testimonials, community requests, Birthday announcements
6. Status updates
7. Friends updates on homepage
8. Latest Activity updates
9. Video Chat
10. Easy scrapping



Requirements: Google chrome, Firefox, IE 8 (IE 6 not supportable)

Check out new www.orkut.com (requires invitation). For limited invitations fill out this form with your email address and answer a small question, "ORKUT IS ___".

Download Android 0.3 live

Android is a mobile platform Operating System. It is open source and linux based. Like Ubuntu LiveCD, Android 0.3 LiveCD is bootable in PC. Download the .iso version and burn on CD with PowerISO or UltraISo. Check out its snapshots

Download Android 0.3 Live

Chrome OS 0.4.223 Beta by SUSE

The brand new Chrome OS 0.4.223 Beta has debut its appearance for the public by SUSE. This was the much awaited product. Its importance can be judged from the fact that its an Open Source and a hard competitor for Windows and Macintosh and Google OS. And yes, its a Browser based Operating System. Which means that you will be controlling your whole OS through Google Chrome browser. The main reason for introducing a browser based OS is its easy to access applications from web. Its features include

1. GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
2. Google Chrome 4.0.223 web browser
3. Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager New!
4. OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
5. GIMP 2.6 image editor
6. Flash Player 10.0 plugin


System requirements:

Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
RAM: min. 256 MB
Hard disk: min. 1 GB
Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cards

Download Chrome OS 0.4.223 Beta

Google Map Navigation for Android 2.0

With Google Mobile based Open source Operating System Android 2.0 just announced and here we are with probably a first killing application for Android 2.0. Whenever a new product is announced from Google it always give a feeling of two bits i.e 0 or 1. We know that despite of much rumors and publicity of Google Wave it could not reach users hearts. Although there are a huge number of best features included with tremendous effort from Google Wave. But it seems that it is somehow a more professional and advanced purpose application.

After a huge success for Google maps, they have finally decided to kick start the wireless. Google Map Navigation beta just launched is determined to be a much better app than its predecessors. Unfortunately its for Android based devices but still its going to have a one on one war with paid Apple apps like TomTom for iPhone. The first phone to get this treat is none other than Motorola Droid. Google Map Navigation for Android 2.0 features include

1. 3D Navigation
2. Updated maps
3. Search in English
4. Search by Voice
5. Shortest Path First
6. Satellite View
7. Street View
8. And lastly its FREE

Watch Video below to have a close look

Android 2.0 Announced

Google open source OS for mobile, Android 2.0 SDK is announced recently. Also known as Eclair, it is going to be competitive. Android 2.0 features include

1. Multiple accounts for email and contact sync.
2. Instant access for contacts
3. Better search option for SMS
4. Camera options
5. Android Virtual Keyboard
6. Enhanced Browser features
7. Bluetooth 2.1 support

Check out Official page for a comprehensive list of features.

Android 2.0 screenshots



Android 2.0 Video



System Requirements for Android 2.0 SDK

Download Android 2.0 SDK

Backup Google Chrome

Previously we covered two ways to Backup your Firefox data. Now we will show how to back up Google Chrome. In order to backup your Google chrome settings and passwords so that you don't have to make Google Chrome re-remember passwords, install Google Chrome Backup. Just run the wizard choose the backup file path and backup Google Chrome. To restore Google Chrome add the profile, right click and select 'restore this profile'. Multiple profiles can be created for different purposes.

Download Google Chrome Backup

Google Offline Gears

Wonder what you might do if you go suddenly Offline doing some important assignment on GMail or Google Docs. Well if you are on a laptop or using UPS for Desktop you can get help from Google Gears Offline installer. Google Gears allow you to back up your GMail and Google Docs to work in Offline environment.

For Offline GMail:

1. Go to your GMail account
2. Click Settings > Offline tab
3. Check 'Enable Offline Mail for this Computer'
4. Install Offline Access for GMail
5. Now there will be a new option at upper right hand before 'Settings' named 'Offline'.
6. Click it, Allow access, choose shortcuts and start Offline installation.

For Offline Google Docs

1. Go to Google Docs page
2. Click Get started with Google Docs
3. On upper right hand corner before 'Settings' click 'Offline'
4. Allow access, choose shortcuts and start Offline installation.
5. Now you can modify your Google Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Form.

You can also download your Google Docs in PDF HTML etc format.

Waver - Tiny Google Wave Client

Waver is a tiny Google wave Client. It is an AIR APP which allows you to Wave through your desktop as well as from your iphone. It features

1. View to a list of waves
2. Reply to waves
3. Create a new wave
4. Manage wave contacts

It is a free application which support Windows and Mac platforms.

Requirements: Adobe AIR, Google Wave Account

[Download Waver]

Download and save Google Map Images

Google Map saver is a free and easy to use utility which avoids the hassle of using site for finding particular location. It allows us to download any location searched to be saved as .png, .jpeg, .bmp format images. We can search images by entering location or co-ordinates. The images can be saved in many resolutions from window size, iphone to custom 4096x4096. Another good option is that it supports different map view like Hybrid, satellite, terrain. To activate free copy just follow the pic below.

This small application is directly runnable and don't need any installation. More over it supports all Windows platform including Windows 7. For Mac users they would need to install WineHQ in order to use it.

Download Google Map Saver (400KB)

Android 2.0 (Eclair) screenshots Leaked

Android is a Linux based mobile OS developed by Google. Some of features to be expected in Android 2.0 (Eclair) are Microsoft Exchange compatibility, unified Inbox, Maps with layers and built-in multi-touch gestures, redone entry URL bar, built-in feedback, functionality for contacts.

Follow leaked screen shots below

View Google Docs in GMail

GMail allows you to view Google Docs right from the Email. You don't have to switch tabs for a Google Document preview. The only thing you want to do is to enable it.

>Go to 'Settings'
>Open 'Labs'
>Enable 'Google Docs Preview in Email'
>Create a Google Doc
>Click 'Share' and then 'Email As Attachment'
>Add recipient email address
>Now to use this feature you'll have to select 'Paste the document itself into the Email message' (This will send the document context only not the Google document file)
>Enter subject, message and click send.
>If you want to send the Google Doc as a file then don't change the default option 'Attach Document as'.

Google Wave AddOn

Many of the GMail users have not yet received Google Wave Invitations. And there are no further invitations available with Wave users. This is same like when first GMail was launched. Only a limited number of users were given the Invitations with additional 50 or 100 more invitations to each account. But to those lucky Wave users spicy top ups are starting to come up. Google Wave AddOn v 0.0.1 is the first among them.

This AddOn is more like a GMail or WebMail Notifier. However this is an experimental AddOn which means it can include some bugs, and also can crash Google Wave but still, it is a must have one. You just need to provide your Google Wave username and password. Whenever a new Wave is created or a message is send to you, it will be colored and show the content.

Requirements: Firefox 0.9-3.7a1pre

Install Google Wave Firefox AddOn

Google Earth 3D Modeling

Google Inc. has initialized a new tool named Google Building Maker. You might have seen 3D buildings on Google Earth. These buildings depict their physical structure with acurate measurements. Although these are very short in number. Now Google puts this task for you to implement this feature where it is applicable. To use this tool you should have a GMail account, and Internet Access. Sketch feature is available online and includes line sketch, boxes, rectangles for exact plot measurement. Once you are done with sketching you can save the 3D drawing and submit to Google Team.

Here's how it will work
*You should select a city from around the world.
*Google provides you some photos. You have to start creating buildings with those.
*After completing, save and submit it. Google Earth Team will review and publish on Google Earth.
*Initially 50 cities are being introduced.

Watch Video Below



Go to Google Building Maker

WOT Extension for Google Chrome

WOT (Web of Trust) is a powerful security snippet which warns about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver spam or malware and avoids phishing scams. It also shows community rating for the website you visit and hence its trustworthiness. All the Google Extensions are available for developer channel of Google Chrome.

Requirements: Dev Google Chrome

WOT for Chrome

Try WOT AddOn for Firefox users.

Install Artist themes on Chrome

Google Chrome team has introduced a new way to make you happy with Chrome browser. Now you can make your Chrome more personalized with Artist themes. There are many artists themes available to choose from like Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Karim Rashid, Jonathan Adler, Oscar de la Renta, Anita Kunz, Tom Sachs, Kate Spade, Donna Karan, Kid Robot, Casey Reas, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Graves, Todd Oldham, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Mariah Carey to name a few. Watch the Video below for the artistry in the making of this project.


You can download the Google Chrome (if you don't have) and check out the Theme Gallery.

Last Pass Extension for Google Chrome

Previously a comprehensive introduction was given for Last Pass. For our new readers, Last Pass is an easy way to manage your accounts passwords with a single password. It is very familiar to Digsby Social concatenation system. Up till now it supported only Firefox and IE. Recently LP extension for Google Chrome has been released. Since Chrome extension feature are available only on developer build Google Chrome, so it needs to downloaded first in order to user LP.

Download Google Chrome dev build

Install LastPass

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Convert Internet Explorer to Google Chrome

Internet Explorer is under much criticism due to factors like performance issues, unsatisfactory JS performance, security loopholes etc. The latest IE8 is far better than IE6 or even IE7. However there is no upgrade available for IE6 from Microsoft.

Most of the users have Windows XP installed on their PC's which comes with built-in IE6. Due to some official/personal restrictions they are bound to use IE6 which is painful for browsing. Google has developed a 557 KB plug-in for IE users named Google Chrome Frame. This snippet allows users to convert their existing IE into Chrome Browser. It inserts latest Chrome 10MB download-able files with JS features and HTML 5 support.


It seems like Google is gearing up maximum for Google Wave Launch. Way to Go!

Requirements: IE6, 7 or 8, Windows Vista or XP SP2

Download Google Frame

Get Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta Now

Google released its much waited web browser Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta which is available for download. Apart from security fixes it includes some improved and new features listed below:

• New Tab Page

• One Box everything (address bar suggestion)
  

• HTML5 support

• Shortcut for your applications

• Thumbnails of your top sites

• Incognito mode (private browsing)

• Instant bookmarks

Download Google Chrome 4.0.211.4 Beta Now (11.5MB Freeware)

How to Beat the Tech Pace

Are you tired of remembering each site of your interest?
Do you lag behind the up coming's?
Do you want to beat the pace of technology war?
Do you want to be the first one to publish "New" through your blog?

Here's is an easy to use solution. You might have come across links/images (shown below) on almost every site now a days.

It is called an rss (really simple syndication/rich site summary). It helps you publish frequently updated content like blog entries, news headlines, audio or an video from audio/video sharing site so that you don't have to go to site every now and then.

The tool used for this purpose is called rss reader. 'RSS Reader' application run's on your computer which fetches all the content fed to it. 3 popular readers are listed below which can be downloaded from their respective sites. But first you will have to download .NET Framework 3.0 from Microsoft site (for 1st two only).

1. RSS Reader:
2.Feed Reader:
Copy the 'rss link' and '+ (add) it in reader. You can add multiple links.

Google Reader is also among the most used. The most important feature of using Google Reader is its integration with GMail account.