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Google has introduced a ‘research pane’ feature in its online word processing program Google Docs. This sidebar tool can help users in searching any specific information on the search engine without leaving the Google Docs. Accessing the research tool Users can access the research pane from the ‘Tools’ menu by right clicking on a selected word that users want to learn more about or use ‘Ctrl’... Read More »

Google has announced the release of newest version of its popular Chrome web browser after fixing 18 security glitches and has also added a easy-to-use new feature for its customers. Updating Chrome Seven of the vulnerabilities that were fixed in the Chrome version 19.0.1084.46 were classified as high-risk flaws, which means that they could be exploited to take control of infected systems. The users... Read More »

Facebook has announced that it intends to make further some changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government. This move has been seen as an inadequate attempt to subdue privacy concerns prior to Facebook’s planned initial public offering by privacy advocates. Will there be any major changes? The proposed changes, which the company put out for public comment... Read More »

Apple is all set to replace the Google Maps with its own navigation app from the next versions of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices that run on iOS platform. According to several media reports, the iPhone-maker is going to completely remove Google Maps from its platform and will instead use its own mapping data. Google has provided the back-end data to Google Maps on the iPhone since it was introduced... Read More »

The passwords of thousands of Twitter users were exposed this week by hackers. Twitter is investigating this data breach, which resulted in the posting of user names and passwords of Twitter account holders on Pastebin, a favorite site for hackers to showcase their ill gotten achievements. What Twitter has to say on this Twitter spokesman Robert Weeks said: “We are currently looking into the situation.... Read More »

Apple has issued security patches to answer four security vulnerabilities in Safari, and has blocked the outdated versions of Adobe Flash Player from running in its browser. The four security flaws fixed were similar to those that were patched a few days before in iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. All the vulnerabilities were termed as bugs in WebKit, the open-source rendering engine... Read More »

The popular social networking platform Facebook has announced the release of its own app store named App Center from where users can browse high-quality games and other useful apps for their Android or Apple’s iOS-based mobile device. Facebook will only host the apps, to download them the user has to go to either Google Play or App Store. Launch of App Center The new App Center, which Facebook... Read More »

The self-driven cars of Google Inc. will soon be seen on Nevada roads as the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has approved the nation’s first autonomous vehicle license. The self-driven car in question here is a Toyota Prius that Google modified with its experimental driver-less technology, developed by Stanford professor and Google Vice President Sebastian Thrun. The license... Read More »

Google+ is making the live Hangouts broadcasting feature available for all its users. The feature was till now available to a limited number of professional broadcasters only. With Hangouts on Air, the user can broadcast live video publicly from a Google+ stream, a YouTube channel or embed it on a website. Is this simple video streaming? Hangouts on Air is more than simple video streaming. When... Read More »

It will be possible for you now to know which people have read your messages while group chatting with friends or colleagues via Facebook Messenger. Facebook has updated its Instant Messaging service with the ‘Read Receipt’ feature. How it will benefit users? With this update Facebook Messenger will become more transparent and at the same time it will make it harder for a user to ignore someone’s... Read More »

The social networking platform for professionals LinkedIn is all set to acquire the content-sharing site SlideShare for US $119 million in a move designed to boost the content available to its members. The buyout will enable LinkedIn users to utilize SlideShare’s popular presentations feature. Functionality of SlideShare SlideShare portal allows its users to publicly or privately upload presentations,... Read More »

Popular social networking platform Facebook has added a new feature for organ donors. The new feature makes it easier for users to register themselves as organ donors. Initial response of users The new option was announced on 01st May by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with an objective to boost the number of potential organ donors. By the end of the day, 6,000 people had enrolled through 22 state registries,... Read More »

To enhance its standards in offering online editing tools, Google Inc. has added more than 450 new fonts and over 60 new templates to its word-processing program Google Docs. Now the users can select those fonts in which they are most interested and import the same into their collection for access from the usual font menu. The users just have to click on the ‘Font’ button and select ‘Add Fonts’... Read More »

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and chat service Skype is investigating a potential security threat that can expose a person’s last known Internet Protocol (IP) address. “We are investigating reports of a new tool that allegedly captures a Skype user’s last known IP address,” said Adrian Asher, Skype’s director of product security. Steps taken by Skype Skype, which is owned... Read More »

Microsoft Corporation’s security research team has discovered a new malware that exploits an old bug in Microsoft Office. The strange thing about this malware is that instead of attacking the PCs, the bug is actually targeting Mac OS X systems. The vulnerability, which was categorized as critical when it was discovered and patched in 2009, allows the attackers to execute remote code, which enables... Read More »

Software giant Microsoft Corporation will from now onwards be paying more attention to the icons, titles, and content of the apps that are available on its Windows Marketplace, and expects them to get more subtle and modest in the imagery used. Content policy for app store According to the recent official blog post, Microsoft’s content policies for the app store do not allow apps containing “sexually... Read More »

If you are an ardent fan of Facebook, then you may soon notice a new feature that “could save lives” on your popular place of hangout while in front of a computer. Various media reports indicate the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce this new feature while making his appearance on the network television. It is still a mystery what the tool will be, but Zuckerberg’s schedule... Read More »

Cube, which is a game about Google Maps, has been finally released by Google Inc. The game was in news since January this year, when a teaser trailer of the game was released. The game was scheduled to be officially launched in February, but after some tests and trails the game has finally be released now. The game can be found at www.playmapscube.com. Game Objective The game takes the player through... Read More »

The app market for Apple’s Mac named Mac App Store has crossed the milestone of 10,000 apps, say various reports making round on the Internet world. This feat has been achieved by the app store within a time period of 15 months. The Mac App Store was launched on 6 January, 2011 with just 1,000 apps. Apple has not confirmed the report yet. The 10,000 plus apps include both paid and free-to-download... Read More »

If you are using the Twitter app on your iOS or Android-based device then there are some good reasons to cheer. Twitter has updated its mobile app and has introduced a number of features and improvements. A new Discover tab, improved search functionality, and support for push notifications for interactions are some of the key highlights of the latest Twitter mobile update. With the introduction of... Read More »

Google Plus now has added a ‘Share’ button whose function is similar to the ‘Share’ button of social networking platform Facebook and microblogging website Twitter. The new white and red ‘Share’ button of Google Plus will now allow the users to spread the content on the Google Plus social media scene. The users will see the ‘Share’ button attached to all the favorite blogs and articles... Read More »

The social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with security solution providing companies like Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos, and Symantec Corporation to enhance the security of its users. The social networking platform has gained the attention of hackers and malicious code designers due to its massive popularity. As Facebook is planning to go public next month, it has taken this step... Read More »

Do you remember the date you joined Facebook? Have you ever thought about the number of status messages and comments you hold on your profile? If you are a true Facebook freak and have been on the platform for long, then you can easily understand the volume of comments you have accumulated till date. Most of these old comments and status messages are useless and clutter up your profile unnecessarily. Now,... Read More »

Facebook is going great guns and it has grown really big. According to the recent S-1 filing submitted to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), the social networking site presently caters to 901 million active users monthly. Facebook user base rose by 33% in the last one year. Facebook is visited by about 526 million users every day that comes down to 58.3% of the total active users. In addition,... Read More »

A move that can be termed interesting as well as bold, Facebook is experimenting with the implementation of a new social news reader widget named ‘Trending Articles’ on its platform. It will allow the users to access popular trending stories in the form of news feeds. Trending Articles will display around five news stories from different news platforms. Each story will include a small picture,... Read More »