Archive for June, 2011

Google makes easy for small businesses to create mobile websites

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

A small business man uses Google Sites to take his business mobile. In a recent study by Google they found that 61% of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site that they had trouble accessing from their phone, and 40% go to a competitor’s. Google has launched a new tool that makes it easy for businesses to create mobile-friendly websites incredibly quickly with Google Sites. With Google Sites mobile landing pages, you can build yourself a professional mobile landing page in minutes, for free and without any coding experience. The new mobile templates for Google Sites is a

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What Makes People Want to Follow a Brand – Infographic

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  1 Comment

Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by participating in a contest or by ‘liking’ a brand on Facebook – tend to not only purchase the products, but also make recommendations to their friends and family. via

Watch “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ premiere live on YouTube

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Entertainment, Movies  |  No Comments

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 premieres on July 7 in London, and fans of the franchise can check out the action on the red carpet live on YouTube. The event will go down on YouTube’s Harry Potter channel from 8 to 11 p.m. PT and will feature the cast of the film as well as author J.K. Rowling. In preparation, YouTube has packed the Potter channel with all seven films (which one can rent), behind-the-scenes footage, parodies and interviews. Still, this premiere really shows off two of YouTube’s latest innovations: its expanded livestreaming platform, and the addition of

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The Internet in 2015 – Infographic

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

It’s common knowledge that the amount of online rich media consumption is increasing exponentially on an annual basis. But how much video traffic is projected over the next five years? And what does this growth really mean for global residential, business, and mobile subscribers and the service providers that support them? Well, to begin, we need to expand our traffic terminology. Today we live in a world of petabytes and exabytes but according to the latest findings from the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI), we’ll need to add the term “zettabyte” to our vocabulary by 2015. A zettabyte is roughly 1000

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Use KeepMeOut to control your internet addiction

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Sites, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

KeepMeOut a web service that can help you to get over your addiction to certain websites (read Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, MySpace). How to use KeepMeOut #1 Lets say you want to get rid of Facebook. #2 Go to KeepMeOut #3 Type Facebook in the text box below Warn me if I go to. #4 Select the time frequency in the next text box say you want to stay away from a website for say 1 hour. #5 In Advanced Settings you can set it for everyday or on weekends. #6 Move the slider to set the time preference. #7 Select Submit #8 Save the created link as a

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Happy fourth anniversary iPhone – Infographic

June 29, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Four years ago today, Apple released the original iPhone. In four years, the iPhone has utterly transformed the mobile industry. The iPhone not only transformed the mobile industry, but changed Apple as a company. In 2007, Apple was nearly 10 years into a fantastic business turnaround. Propelled by the early success of the iMac and pushed further into the black with the iBook, iPod, iTunes and the transition to Intel processors, the iPhone took Apple into an entirely different direction. Thanks Mashable

Google Takeout download your Google data in one click

June 29, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Amidst all the fan fare the search giant launched Google Takeout which allows you to export your data from several Google products in one simple download. Currently Takeout supports mass exodus from Buzz, Contacts and Circles , Picasa Web Albums, your Profile, and Stream. Google Takeout lets you take your data out of multiple Google products in one fell swoop. Moreover, you’ll find that all your data is in portable and open formats‚ so it’s easy to import to other services quickly. Just sign in, select which Google services you want to back up, and then click Creative Archive. Each

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Google cooks up Swiffy which convert SWF files to HTML5

June 29, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites  |  No Comments

Google Labs has built up Swiffy, which takes an SWF file and created an HTML5 version that will run in most current browsers (Chrome and Safari). The converted file is pretty close in size to the original; however, however Google quotes that the project is in infancy so it won't convert your entire Flash library as of now. Though it still makes existing animations useful without starting from scratch. Simply save the HTML file that is generated and include it on your website using an < iframe > tag. When using the "Save as" option of your browser, use

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What Tau Sounds Like – Video

June 28, 2011 |  by  |  Video  |  No Comments

After the sound of Pi this time musician interprets the mathematical constant Tau to 126 decimal places. Michael Hartl is a mathematician on a mission, a mission to get people away from using Pi and to start using Tau. His manifesto opens: Welcome to The Tau Manifesto. This manifesto is dedicated to one of the most important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most important: the circle constant relating the circumference of a circle to its linear dimension. For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant captures the geometry of the circle in a

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