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OtherInbox: Spam management made easy!
OtherInbox is an innovative solution to solving problems with signing up for online services. Rather than giving out your actual email address, you will give out your OtherInbox id and use that for managing emails.
This can help you block unwanted marketing offers (a.k.a. spam) without having to change your actual email address.
The service is currently [...]
Top 25 Hottest Indian Web Companies
A video taken from YouTube covering the Top 25 Hottest Web Companies [via vinuthomas.com]
I’m not sure if this is an accurate list or not.
I would have loved to see companies like iXIGO and AskLaila on this list. Maybe, I’m a little biased towards these two services since I use it a lot.
Firefox 3.0.5 released. Supports Bengali and Hindi
Firefox 3.0.5 has been released and it officially introduces support for two Indian languages – Bengali and Hindi, besides several other international languages.
The release also has several bug fixes. Also, the End-User License Agreement has been replaced with a new “Know Your Rights” [...]
Free text messaging from Gmail chat
Yet another new feature from Google Labs for Gmail. A couple of days ago we covered the new To-do List (Task List) feature of Gmail. Today, we are covering the free text messaging service.
Gmail Text Messaging is currently available for US phones only. Hopefully, they will extend this to other countries soon! Besides the regular [...]
Using DNS caching to improve site load times
One of the major bottlenecks of most ISPs is their DNS server. In simple terms, a DNS server is nothing but a mapping between the site name and the IP address assigned to it.
For instance, www.google.com could have an IP address of 74.125.19.99. Whenever you type in the web address in your browser, the name [...]
Task Lists in Gmail
Google Labs is introducing some neat features into Gmail at a rapid pace. The latest one being the ability to store Task Lists in Gmail.
From the Gmail Blog:
People use Gmail to get stuff done, so we’ve added a lightweight way to keep track of what you need to do, right from within Gmail.
To enable tasks:
Go [...]
Gmail on your desktop
The Google Gadget for Gmail enables you to have Gmail running in your Windows sidebar.
You need to have Google Desktop 5 installed for this to work.
Not only can you read your emails, but you can do most of the Gmail operations — Compose, Forward, Reply, Mark as Spam, etc.
Google Desktop is available on Windows, Linux, [...]
Google Reader gets a facelift
Google Reader got a face lift a few days ago. The new interface and features are good and make it more usable.
The new Google Reader provides much improved performance, besides introducing a host of new features like collapsible navigation panes. Other features include hiding unread counts and more feed bundles.
Google Reader is the RSS Feed [...]
Opera 10 Web Browser is in Alpha
An alpha version of the Opera 10 browser is available for download. [via TechCrunch]
This version introduces uses their Presto 2.2 rendering engine which provides improvements in speed, performance and security. It is also standards compliant and is 30% faster than its current version.
You can visit the Opera 10 page to get a list of other [...]
WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 available
I’m a little late is posting this news item. WordPress 2.7 RC 1 is available for download.
This version introduces significant changes as covered before, especially a completely revamped Admin UI.
I wouldn’t recommend this on production sites yet, but do give it a try on your test servers.
Download WordPress 2.7 RC1.
