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Orkut vs Facebook vs MySpace
2007-11-05 05:42:00
Yeah! Okay, so what if MySpace has joined the Opensocial league. It is still a competitor which uses more Google ads than any frigging thing on the web 2.0 universe. So here I have the Alexa comparison of the three sites for the last three months.Another thing, I tried to add the javascript widget code on the Alexa page.It doesn't work on Blogger.Clearly,Myspace is the winner,followed by facebook and then Orkut . Hail Brazil!.Right now, because Orkut has only added a very lame app so far, Opensocial just seems more hype than substance. But it is still early days to say.And you know what? I am through with these posts on Social Networking . I think I should get back to the Apple groove.LOL.
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Rock you post
2007-11-04 09:42:00
Okay, so the API is out. And we all have been drooling over what next in ORKUT or the other sites? Orkut has just added one lame app called the Ask Friends, yeah much like the one in Facebook.Only it appears on your squeezed sidebar. No customization to your Orkut template so far. I even tried registering to Bebo just for the sake of it. And I found this new app called Rock You.com which lets me create a slide show of the movies I like....as in the posters. I did create the slideshow widget and the code was ready to be pasted, and bam.There is an option to include it in Orkut.Wow. So, how do I do this. F#$K. It says, you gotta paste it in the scrapbook. How lame!!!! Not in the profile but in the scrapbook like the other html stuff we have been doing on MySpace and recently in the scrapbook. I tried doing it just for F's sake, and you know what I found out.The code was more than 1024 characters so Orkut wouldn't let me paste it. Oh Sweet mother of Lord!! So here I am back to square...
More About: News , Hacks , Social Networking , Resources

Yet another hit by Orkut
2007-11-04 05:16:00
We all know the dark side of social networking. We have even seen many live examples of it. Amidst all the buzz about Google 's Opensocial and the Facebook deal, this story takes place at Pune on Nov 3,2007. Front page on TIMES OF INDIA. The first report came here. A Software Engineer from Bangalore,Lakshmana Kailash K was arrested by Pune police on Aug 31st,because he allegedly uploaded a blasphemous matter about Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji on the social networking site Orkut . This had caused a huge uproar in the state and even had taken matters to a level of riots. (India is getting tech savvy).The twists to the tale. It seems the police got the wrong man. The police took over 10 months to trace down the alleged source.Google who owns orkut, gave them the IP address,, and the further details by Airtel,the ISP. And after spending 50 days at the Pune Yerwada jail, Lakshmana was released, because Airtel provided the wrong IP. This is what Airtel had to say:We are sorry a...
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Yahoo-Where are You?
2007-11-02 21:47:00
Surf through each of the posts that I have posted on this blog so far. 73 total posts, excluding this one and do you know what connects them all,besides Techkeyla? 0% Yahoo . Yep. Yahoo has been quiet for a long long while. And it is high time to see Yahoo spring back in action. I mean c'mon who are we kidding? Let's list the online arenas:Search:There's a verb for it -GoogleIM: AOL,MSN Live,Gtalk and Skype,...can't remember what I'm missing here. Oh yeah Yahoo too.Just because we have been using our messengers for so long.Social Networking: Not a player, yeah ok delicious! That's social bookmarking. (Dumb me)Photo sharing: Yahoo rules here with Flickr. It is in fact the only place which reminds me of the Yahoo logo, well, during signing in.Competitors include Picasa,imageshack,photobucket et al.So is Yahoo joining Opensocial? I should sleep now.Pics Courtesy:generationexe
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Opensocial communities rolling in.
2007-11-02 20:58:00
Yeah, they are known as Communities not applications(ala Facebook). Go to the Opensocial Page and scroll down to look at the widget sort of box with the title:Communities.The list so far includes:Emote:Author:Rock YouJimi Hendrix Gadget:Author: Muse SotrmFoto Flexer Live: Author:FotoFlexerVisual Bookshelf: Author: Hungry MachineRise of Atlantis: Author: Oberon MediaMy Music:Author: QloudFan Site:Author: ProtradeSongs iLike:Author: iLikeFlixster:Author: FlixsterNot surprised here, facebook apps Flixster and iLike have adopted the Opensocial API. More rolling ,rolling,rolling.
More About: News , Google , Social Networking , Intro , Rolling

Opensocial is Live
2007-11-02 09:27:00
The last few days have been a long wait for me. Since Mr. Arrington (techcrunch) reported about the "Maka Maka" project by Google and the name Opensocial came up surging a high on the most keywords search list on Technorati, I have been waiting for the URL of the Opensocial API to go Live . And as promised, Thursday is over. And here we are. Opensocial is here .For the details of the project and more, go to the official blog: http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com written by authors:Amar Gandhi and Peter Chane. The first post is a wonderful read, and it declares that the Orkut Sandbox is open officially. No surprise, that the Opensocial page asks you to write "your first social gadget for Orkut". Myspace,hi5, Salesforce, Ning will soon be open for the developers.Woohooo is what I say!!!The tag goes:The web is better when it's social. Sweet.But did we see any changes in Orkut yet? Nope , not in India. But yeah, we do expect Facebook only apps like iLike and may be the Vampire hugs,and We...
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Google Combat. K.O. Facebook?
2007-11-02 05:55:00
Google was certainly pissed after the 240 million $ deal of the Facebook pie which went to Microsoft.Opensocial is the name which has been making all the news all over for the last couple of days. And it is ready, almost, to hit in the face of Facebook. Opensocial is an API, or rather a set of 3 APIs which together bring the entire concept of social networking to another level. Michael Arrington (techcrunch.com) puts it this way:OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks:* Profile Information (user data)* Friends Information (social graph)* Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)See this post on Techcrunch for all the details.Now the big news is , who are the players joining in? The Google Opensocial umbrella has already raked in Salesforce, LinkedIn, Ning, Hi5, Plaxo, Friendster, Viadeo and Oracle besides its own social networking Giant -Orkut. ...
More About: Google , Social Networking , Combat

My new Gmail 2.0
2007-11-01 04:53:00
It's here. I noticed it last night itself. But I was too tired to post about it. Another thing, it doesn't work in IE 6(Haven't tried out IE7). It works on my Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.Okay now for the proof of the new Gmail 2.0.Here's how it is before:And after:The url for the new Gmail is http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2 and its ui=1 for the older one. It does load faster than the older version and just wait and watch as I show you more before and after shots.But before that, just another flaunt shot of my IMAP enabled.Okay back to the Before shot:This time its the Contact page, coz that is the only other difference I've been able to figure out yet.Before:After:Another feature:(if you can call it that)The yellow bannered text which appears when you complete a task, like send a mail, or delete spam, or when the mail has gone corrupt etc., is now a shade lighter..or is two shades lighter. Well, you have to see it for yourself. I don't really want to test that.Did you like the n...
More About: News , Google , Blog

What's up Google?
2007-10-31 19:18:00
I have had a lot of posts here talking about the Tech giants Apple,Microsoft and the new hottie Facebook. But well, nobody can deny the fact that we just can't do without Google . Whether it be search, or mail, or News , or Gadgets, or Code, or for this Blog. Google is the King , the Emperor and the Czar of all. But of late, Google has been quite silent, or has it? Ok, I do agree the IMAP support from Gmail did create a buzz, but compare that to the iPhone Jailbreak or the 240 million dollar Deal. So how is Google actually doing these days? Are Larry and Sergey upto something bigger,greater and NEW?Of course they are!!! Take this. Hold on, bring your glass of wine, and Cheers first. Google is in talking terms with Verizon on letting them use their yet-to-be released Operating Systems on cellular phones. That is a big shocker for Verizon rival AT&T. How this goes down,well ,I'll be definitely keeping an eye on it.Next in line, coming this Friday is : Opensocial(Link to be live o...
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My Page on Google Search
2007-10-31 18:16:00
I don't know why but it has happened. Google India kinda doesn't like me , neither does the home website:Google.com. But the European Google digs me, big time.First have a look at this, a page on Google.gr, that's Germany I guess.My blog on the queue for the Leopard Tee has featured on the first page, and am the 6th link. Woohooo. Source:of course , MyBlog LogAnd then this one from the French Google.My iPhone review is being featured here.So, Party tonite!!!!!!!
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WishList: Apple Mac OS X 10.5 aka Leopard
2007-10-31 12:33:00
Have a look at this pic.I didn't blink my eyes for a whole 2 minutes. I swear.
More About: Apple , Mac , Leopard , Wishlist , Apple Mac

How to Save Pics when Saving,Right-Click is Disabled?
2007-10-31 10:26:00
Ok this is one of those extremely simple hacks which I discovered by myself in Firefox . Am yet to figure out the IE option, primarily because I hardly use it. Opera got uninstalled and Safari, well you read it in my previous blog. Anyway, the hack is here9if you can call it that).So if you had a flickr page with no option of saving the picture, what you can do is, go to Tools(by pressing Alt T, go to Page Info. Go to Media. What you see now is a list of the various media available on that very page. Select the pic url you were looking for and press Save as and voila.Hail Firefox!!!
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