CallingAllGeeks

Google and Google products – How many do you use

April 26, 2009

I’ve been using Gmail since 4 years now, that’s the service I use most often, along with that its Google Analytics for checking stats of CallingAllGeeks, Adsense to keep a check of my earnings and Google Reader to keep track of my feeds. Occasionally, I surf YouTube.

Leave Tips for the content you love using TipJoy

April 25, 2009

Accepting donations for blogs, websites, digital content using Paypal has been around for some time now. TipJoy is a new startup which makes giving tips as easy and effortless as it can be.
You can add TipJoy to your website, blog using a widget or create a custom CSS button code.

Best time to move on to Self Hosted Wordpress Blog with unlimited space and bandwidth for $10 only

April 24, 2009

As my friend Harsh, pointed out in in his tweet. This is undoubtedly the best time to switch over to a self hosted Wordpress blog.

Its special because of two resons :

Dreamhost is offering a discount of 92% with a promo code of 777 giving away unlimited web space, unlimited bandwidth and a free domain only [...]

Twitter, Facebook on iPhone

April 24, 2009

Users with jailbroken iPhones who are also Twitter and Facebook users should check out a new app called qTweeter. It’s a pervasive app that runs in the background, and lets you fire off a quick Twitter and/or Facebook status message without exiting whatever application you’re using.
To use it, you simply drag down your finger from [...]

Complete Reference – Java by Herbert Schildt

April 24, 2009

This book is for everyone who wants to start learning Java from scratch, if you have no prior knowledge or experience of programming, this book will help you understand Java Core. Although this may not be sufficient if you plan to start developing your own applications but is good enough to give you a strong [...]

Create your Google Profile and make yourself more searchable on Internet

April 24, 2009

I finished creating my Google Profile. A Google profile is simply how you present yourself on Google products to other Google users. It allows you to control how you appear on Google and tell others a bit more about who you are.

Internet connection: The top 10 countries

April 23, 2009

At the end of 2008, approximately 19 per cent Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps — a 21 per cent increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007.
This is according to the State of the Internet report, a quarterly study by Akamai Technologies, the US-based [...]

Check Google Analytics stats from your desktop

April 23, 2009

Google Analytics is a useful tool for any webmaster. Using a Adobe Air based application : Polaris you can check your website statistics in real time.

Are Hard Disks on their way out?

April 22, 2009

There have been a lot of changes in the computer arena since the first (affordable) PC came out in late 1980s. Some of the things that have changed :

Monitors – From big bulky CRT to the sleek LCD

Processors – From the 8386 to the Celerons then Pentiums and C2Ds

RAM – from the wimpy 16MB to [...]

10 Best websites to get you started on the Internet– Part 1

April 19, 2009

Below is the list of websites I feel everyone, including even uncle Ben should visit. Internet is vast. You can never have enough of it. There exists some sites which are ,well, better than the rest. Those that give you a sense of purpose to have visited it. It makes your surfing a bit more [...]