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YouTube plans pay-per-view films

YouTube plans pay-per-view films

YouTube According to report Google’s YouTube is in advanced negotiations with Hollywood movie studios to launch a streaming pay-per-view online movie rental site before the end of this year.  The Rental site would be either be connected to YouTube or could be a standalone new service  which Google would promote directly to its massive search and video empires users. This new service will [...]
Facebook promotes Narcissism – Study

Facebook promotes Narcissism – Study

Facebook A study result  conducted by a  psychologist about  Facebook was shown to have some interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults.The current study examines how narcissism and self-esteem are manifested on Facebook. Self-esteem and narcissistic personality self-reports were collected from 100 Facebook users at York University. Participant Web pages were [...]
Apple’s media event on September 1st – is it the debut of Apple’s iTv?

Apple’s media event on September 1st – is it the debut of Apple’s iTv?

Apple TV Apple has earlier used a September event to release new iPods and announce upgrades to the iTunes service. Keeping with the tradition –  Apple will be holding a media  event on September 1st out in San Francisco, and we think that it is for  new Apple TV everyone is talking about. Apart from a  Apple TV release, which is expected to be relaunched with a naming change to Apple [...]
Google brings phone calls to Gmail offers free calls to US and Canada

Google brings phone calls to Gmail offers free calls to US and Canada

Calls on Gmail Now  you can make phone calls from Gmail without visitng  your Google Voice page. Google is bringing Gmail and Google Voice together with the launch of phone call integration within Google Chat and Gmail, the goods news doesn’t stop here – the calls are free to US and Canadian landlines only. The initial testing with Skype showed that the new Google’s service has [...]
Mozilla releases beta version Firefox 4 introduces data Sync

Mozilla releases beta version Firefox 4 introduces data Sync

Firefox Mozilla has released a new beta version of its browser Firefox. Firefox 4 includes two very interesting features namely Firefox Sync and Panorama Tabs. The new features allow users to sync their settings and create tab sets. Firefox Sync, allows users to access the  bookmarks, history, awesome bar settings, passwords, form-fill data and open tabs across multiple computers and mobile devices [...]
ASUS N Series –  N53JN and and the N73JN

ASUS N Series – N53JN and and the N73JN

Asus ASUS, the Taiwan based  notebook and  motherboards vendor  announced two laptops in its N Series range — the 15.6” N53JN and and the 17.3” N73JN. The new N Series from ASUS is the first ever range of laptops to address the problem of sub-standard audio on portable PCs. Both models features the latest NVIDIA® GeForce 400M 3D chipset with Optimus™ technology for outstanding power source-optimised [...]
Facebook to change  Page Width from today

Facebook to change Page Width from today

Facebook Facebook will implement a long delayed tab width reduction on Pages. The official reductions begins today. The change has been announced by Facebook back in October 2009, but was delayed. After the reduction, the maximum width for any Page tab is 520 pixels, down from 760 pixels. Applications and canvas pages will need to be reformatted or else they will appear broken. The change [...]
Facebook releases version  3.2.2 for iPhone mends Jailbroken devices issue

Facebook releases version 3.2.2 for iPhone mends Jailbroken devices issue

Source : Facebook If you have one of those jailbroken iPhones which are unable to access Facebook – we bring great news for you. Facebook has released a  new version for iPhone – 3.2.2 – and this edition fixes login issues for users of jailbroken iPhones. The new version of the app is available via the Updates tab in  iPhone’s App Store application. Facebook’s Engineers have initially [...]
Apple’s move to disabling Jailbroken iPhones

Apple’s move to disabling Jailbroken iPhones

Steve Jobs Since the U.S. government has legally authorized jailbreaking we were wondering about Apple’s steps to counter this move. Apparently, Apple is trying hard to get its monopolistic hold on the iDevices, it has applied for a patent covering various methods for identifying and disabling unauthorized use (which includes jailbreaking) of its popular iPhone and iPad products. Apple’s  [...]
Facebook Places promotional video

Facebook Places promotional video

Facebook has published a promotional video for Facebook Places online, it’s a glimpse into how the company hopes users will utilize its new location service. The video shows Facebook employees talking about  the value of Places for enhancing everyday life. They cite examples of where Places can help connect friends or tell stories about what others did at places like the Golden Gate Bridge [...]
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