Yahoo! Mobile New Design Launched

by Haris on July 29, 2009
in Internet, Yahoo

yahoo-logoJust a few days ago, Yahoo! launched a new home page design which offered much moe customizing options, and removed all the usless links and services that you’d never bother to use.

Today, Yahoo! Mobile got redesigned and now features much more eye-candy.

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GV Mobile on Cydia for iPhone

by Haris on July 29, 2009
in Gadgets, Mobile Apps

google-voice-iphoneApple is very strict about what apps it allows in the App Store and what not. Many times we see apps not getting approved for the App Store because they don’t comply with the App Store policies.

Google Voice gives you one phone number for all your phones, voicemail as easy as email, and many calling features for free.

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How to Print your Twitter Timeline

by Haris on July 29, 2009
in Tips and Tricks

twitter-logo-birdieThere are many people on Twitter, who instead of updating their Twitter with random ramblings actually post what they’re really doing at that moment.

This helps in keeping a check on one’s activities and you can keep a record of what you do. So what if you need to print them all?

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Palm Pre Giveaway on Facebook

by Haris on July 28, 2009
in Gadgets

palm-preWho doesn’t like giveaways, right? Whether it’s an iPhone giveaway or a free app license, I always participate in case my luck shines some day!

Today while randomly browsing Facebook groups, I came across an interesting comment by a user which gave link to the official Palm Pre group where you could win a free Palm Pre.

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Firefox 4.0 Screenshots Revealed

by Haris on July 28, 2009
in Browsers, Firefox

firefox-logo-newI remember when Firefox 3 was released making a world record for most downloads in 24 hours, the guys at Mozilla had already started working on the next Firefox. I even got a glimpse of the Firefox 4 Alpha 1 from their FTP, but not sure if that was the official one.

Just like there was a new interface in Firefox 3, the FF team is again working on a new and much-improved interface for Firefox 4.

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How To Change Your Facebook Username

by Haris on July 25, 2009
in Facebook, Social Networks

Last month, Facebook introduced vanity URLs for all its users where they could have a personalized URL for their profile pages. This was previously available only for celebrities that were on Facebook.

Thanks to vanity URLs, you can now easily share your profile URLs with friends and on other online networks. When choosing our username for the first time, Facebook recommended to choose that carefully, because you won’t be able to change it later.

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Manage Chrome Addons with Extension Manager

by Haris on July 23, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks

google-chrome-logo1Even though no official announcement has been made about the availability of Google Chrome extensions, developers are working fast on coming out with new extensions almost every day.

We can try out those Chrome extensions, but still the browser lacks a proper menu and extension manager similar to Firefox’s Addon Manager.

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How to Run Live Android on PC

by Haris on July 22, 2009
in Android, Tips and Tricks

android-logoSince my post about Live Android (Live Android 0.3), I’ve been getting lots of emails on how to run it on PC or netbooks. The official site does have a how-to page, but that doesn’t explain well about how you can run Live Android on your PC.

Instead of testing Live Android on a VMware, Virtual Box or any other virtualization application, I burned the liveCD ISO and boot up my PC from it.

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Create a LiveUSB of Live Android

liveusb-creator-logoI just shared about Live Android, the live disc image of Android, Google’s mobile OS. You can downloadthe ISO file to burn on a CD, and it should probably work for live USB too.

But according to Live Android team, the live disc image of Live Android 0.2  is not yet ready for live USB. There are some problems with it. Live Android 0.3 will have live USB support and for that, you’ll need a live USB tool.

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