Read Your Google Reader Subscriptions Offline with RSS Bandit
Are you looking for a desktop client to manage your RSS feed subscriptions inside Google Reader ? Look no further than RSS Bandit.
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Lower your Amazon S3 Bill and also Improve Website Loading Time
This is a money-saving tip for web publishers who use Amazon S3 for hosting images and other static content like CSS, JavaScript files, etc. Your site will also load relatively quicker since the number of requests to Amazon S3 will be reduced.
Backup and Sync Google Docs with Office Documents
Do you want to create a local backup of all your Google Docs documents. Or are you looking for some easy solution to automatically synchronize Google Docs and local Microsoft Office files? Check out Syncplicity.
Zoho, slowly but surely, Trying Hard to Make Inroads into Web Email
You normally associate the Zoho brand with web office and as a company that is both innovative and makes really good products. But they are now working hard to promote their web email program.
Get Opera like Speed Dial Homepage for any Web Browser
Speed Dial, which is like a visual 3×3 grid of web links, is an extremely useful feature in Opera browser as it lets you open your favorite sites very quickly.
How Does a Color-Blind Person See Your Site ?
If you are interested in designing an accessible website or are curious to experience websites from the eyes of a color blind, ColorBlindMe will help. It helps you view web sites like a color blind person would see them.
Web Domain of MakeUseOf Hacked but Recovered
The web domain of MakeUseOf was hacked and the hackers transferred the domain ownership from GoDaddy to some Dubai based web hosting company.
Google AdSense Ads in Pop-Up Windows
Google AdSense policies prohibit users from placing Google ads in pop-up windows. It says: "Ads are not permitted in any window that is not initiated by a user’s click.
Friendfeed’s URL shortening service ff.im
Instead of relying on a external URL shortening service like TinyURL, FriendFeed have created their their own service called ff.im.
Google Blog Search Now Reads Links on Web Pages
If your search query resembles a web address (URL), Google Blog Search automatically uses the link: operator and shows list of blogs that have earlier linked to the web address mentioned in your query.
Create Quick Polls through Email, SMS or IM Clients with Notifu
Notifu lets you create polls or surveys online and users can cast their votes via email messages, SMS, voice mail or IM clients including Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live and AOL.
How Long Does it take for an Home Computer to Break your Password
Password cracking programs typically use the dictionary attack or the brute force method to break your strong passwords. And they don’t really need a super-computer for guessing passwords, just enough time depending on how strong or weak your original password is.
What is the Most Searched Color Online ?
Picitup, a visual shopping search engine that allows you to search by color, has just released data on the most searched colors.
Private vs Public Flickr Albums by Country
Yahoo has released this interesting chart that shows the privacy settings of a sample of a million Flickr users from 2005.
Search by Location in Google News
Google News supports the location: search operator that lets you find news articles from a particular country or a US state.
Twitter Search Meets LinkedIn Applications
The initial set of LinkedIn Apps are provided by SlideShare (for uploading Office documents), Box.net (for sharing files), Google Docs (for PowerPoint presentations), Blog Links (for reading blogs) and Amazon Reading List (for sharing books you are reading).
Wikipedia Search gets “Did You Mean” feature
If you’ve ever felt the pain of searching Wikipedia for something you did not know how to spell, this one is for you.
Google Alerts gets RSS Feeds
As expected, Google now provides the option to get Alerts via RSS feeds as well. Just go to Google Alerts, create a new alert, and select the “feed” option.
The 1:1 Exchange Rate Bug in Google AdSense
The last week of every month is quite exciting for AdSense publishers because that’s the period when Google issues payment for the preceding month.
Google Reader Gets Individual Feed Statistics
Google Reader today added individual feed statistics which displays the posting frequency and your reading frequency.