Suggest a Profile Picture on Facebook

by Haris on October 26, 2009
in Facebook

Facebook introduced the new homepage yesterday, which was in works for quite some time. People have been complaining about the live news feed ever since it was released.

The latest homepage features separate feeds for news feed and live feed. You can switch to whatever you find more appropriate for yourself. Even this design hasn’t been received well by the Facebook users.

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blackra1n RC2 Released – Download Now

by Haris on October 26, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks, iPhone

iphone-jailbreakRemember, back in 2007 when iPhone was first launched, GeoHot was the first one to jailbreak it and yet again, he was again the first one to come out with the jailbreak app for the iPhone OS 3.1.2.

blackra1n RC2 has just been released and it fixes all the issues that you might come across while jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch with blackra1n RC1.

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How To Remove Explore In Google Reader

by Haris on October 25, 2009
in Google, Tips and Tricks

Google Reader is the best online feed reader with lots of features that one would need in managing and reading feeds.

Today they introduced a new feature/label in Google Reader that show you the popular feeds and recommends you to read them.

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Contacts Blast: Better Contacts Manager for Android

by Haris on October 24, 2009
in Android, Mobile Apps

android-logoHow many of you think the current contacts manager in your Android phone (G1, HTC Magic)? Well, it is not that bad, but a few more features could have been definitely made it a lot better.

Contacts Blast is the revolutionary and fun new way of organizing your contacts. It seamlessly integrates with the Android contacts book and extends it allowing you to create groups and assign contacts to them. Read more..

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

by Haris on October 24, 2009
in Freewares, Windows

microsoft-storeThere are many small utilities and tools to create USB versions of Windows and other OS, but we never had one officially by Microsoft, until yesterday.

Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool for users who want to install Windows 7 from a USB stick or DVD on their computers.

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Download HTC Hero Kernel Source Code

by Haris on October 23, 2009
in Android, Gadgets

htc-developer-logoHTC Hero is no doubt the best Android phone currently available and features the cool Sense UI for Android phones by HTC.

Today, HTC has finally released the Kernel Source Code for HTC Hero. Developers can now make use of it and develop more extensions, and modify the phone in whatever way they want.

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How to Hide Highlights in Facebook Sidebar

by Haris on October 23, 2009
in Facebook, Tips and Tricks

A while ago, Facebook introduced a section of Highlights in its right sidebar which shows the most commented photos, coming events, notes and what others are doing.

Highlights section got a neutral response from everyone. Some liked it, but others found it as an addition to the ever growing clutter on the Facebook homepage.

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Google Wave Desktop Client

by Haris on October 22, 2009
in Freewares, Google, Tips and Tricks

waver-logoI hope you liked my previous articles/tips on Google Wave, which were how to add Wikipedia in Google Wave and how to find your wave ID.

Google Wave experience is still being quite boring and useless. The web interface also has some glitches, which I’m sure would be fixed as time passes because Google Wave is still in beta preview.

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Tweet and Monitor Computer Usage

by Haris on October 22, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks

TweetMyApps-logoEver wanted to tell your Twitter followers which applications you use the most on your PC and for how long? Well, that’s not difficult at all with this small application.

TweetMyApps records in real-time as a time-tracker which application you have been using and for how long. And then you can share it with your Twitter followers.

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