How to Connect iPod to your Television
This is a quick video guide explaining how you can connect your iPod video to your TV using the iPod AV cable.
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Google’s URL Shortener Supports Custom Aliases
Google’s URL shortening service – goo.gl – supports custom aliases just like bit.ly and tinyurl.com but it appears that they have enabled this feature only for internal use. For example, the URL goo.gl/mattcutts will take you straight to Matt Cutts’ blog. Some people have managed to reverse-engineer the goo.gl API by reading the Google Toolbar’s(…)
How to Make Scrolling Credits in PowerPoint
You have seen scrolling credits in most movies, now learn how you can create such a similar effect using Microsoft PowerPoint. The text rolls from bottom to top but you may change both the direction as well as the speed of the scrolling credits. Create Rolling Credits with PowerPoint
How to Edit Photos in PowerPoint
@slhice shares some very interesting photo manipulation techniques that would let you change the colors and backgrounds of photos right inside PowerPoint without requireing Photoshop.
How these Free iPad Scams Work on the Internet
This video from Sophos explains how these “Free iPad” scams work on the web. The scammer will promise to ship you an iPad for free as long as you become a fan of their Facebook page and also invite all your friends to that page. Once you complete these steps, you are taken to a(…)
Typewriter Effect in Microsoft PowerPoint
This quick video tutorial explains how you can achieve the famous Typewriter Effect inside your PowerPoint Presentations.
Should You Create a Facebook Group or a Facebook Page?
This is a common question – you are a fan of some TV series or some sports celebrity and want to connect with other Facebook member who share the same interest. Should you create a Facebook page or a Facebook group? Nick Pineda explains the difference between Facebook groups and Pages: Facebook Pages are visible(…)
How Much Money Do People Make on Twitter
Sponsored Tweets, Ad.ly and Magpie are some popular advertising companies that pay Twitter users for every ad that they tweet. The advertising rates on Twitter are largely dependent on the number of Twitter followers you have so a Twitter user with 1000 followers is likely to earn more dollars per tweet than someone with 200(…)
Why Are TED Talks 18 Minutes Long?
If you ever wondered why TED Talks are exactly 18 minutes long, here’s a clue from TED curator Chris Anderson: Q: Why are the talks only 18 minutes? A: It’s long enough to be serious and short enough to hold people’s attention. It turns out that this length also works incredibly well online. It’s the(…)
Barbie Doll as Computer Engineer (Geek)
The famous Barbie doll, who celebrated her 50th birthday last year, will soon be portrayed as a Computer Engineer. The career was selected for Barbie by fans on both Twitter and Facebook. The wardrobe and accessories for Computer Engineer Barbie include a binary code patterned T-Shirt, and she is seen carrying all the latest gadgets(…)
How to Defragment the Hard Drive of your Windows Computer
This quick video tips explains why disk defragmentation is essentials and how you can quickly defragment your computer’s hard drive. The video screencast uses Windows 7 but the steps and concept applies to previous versions of Windows as well.
How Hackers Managed to Crack Your Twitter Password
Twitter says that torrent sites were used by hackers to crack the Twitter login credentials of multiple users. Here’s how: Twitter discovered a number of compromised “torrent” sites that had been set up specifically to skim usernames and passwords. Scammers were then able to use the data to gain access to Twitter and other sites(…)
How to Animate Object Movements in PowerPoint
In this video screencast, @tom from Articulate discusses different ways by which you can move objects (and people) around a path inside PowerPoint slides. My favorite animation style is “Flash Once” as it lets you control position and angle of the object at every step.
Zoho Revenue – $40m/year, Profit – $1m/month
Forbes has a profile of Sridhar Vembu, the man behind Zoho who is also known for turning down an acquisition offer from Salesforce. Vembu has stretched this virtue to extreme limits, and added layers and layers of creativity upon it. The result? A 100%, bootstrapped, $40-million-a-year revenue business that sends $1 million to the bank(…)
Office Yoga for Computer Users
If you work on the computer all day, these simple yoga exercises may help you reduce that burning sensation in your eyes as well as reduce pain in your wrist and arms. Office yoga video from Rocketboom features Tara Stiles.
Market Share of Top Book Publishers
This chart from Michael Hyatt represents the market share of the top 10 book publishers* in the US. Random House is the top publisher in US followed by Pearson. Pearson, which includes Penguin among other imprints, has remained at #2. Hachette has moved up from #5 to #3, no doubt as a result of the(…)
Create Pan and Zoom Effect in Microsoft PowerPoint
This video screencast describes how you can create impress pan and zoom effects in your PowerPoint presentations using motion paths.
WordCamp India: Conference for WordPress Users
WordCamp India is a conference for WordPress bloggers. These events include discussions and presentations on everything WordPress and the one happening in New Delhi, India should be no different.
Blog Conference – Venue and Dates
I am conducting a blog training program in Agra next week to share blogging tips and techniques that may help you become a more successful blogger.
All HTML Tags and Elements on One Page
Below is just about every HTML element you might want to use in your blog posts. Check the source code to see the many embedded elements within paragraphs. Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 Heading 5 Heading 6 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, test link adipiscing elit. This is strong. Nullam dignissim convallis(…)