We covered it earlier when Facebook hit 57 languages and within a month, Facebook has grown to 64 languages now. This is all done with the help of the community based translation mechanism used by languages application. Note, the new languages include فارسی (Farsi), that is the most common language in Iran. Following is the […]
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MCB Announces the launch of millions of branches!
MCB Mobile Banking and Payments – Review MCB has recently launched their mobile banking and payment solution. It is an Internet based service that runs on your mobile phone’s browser. You can link your MCB account with your phone number and that’s all you need to use the service. The basic set of services provided […]
Windows 7 to ship without Internet Explorer in Europe
After a consistent pressure from European Union Microsoft has decided to ship Microsoft Windows 7 without its web-browser Internet Explorer 8. The browser-less Windows 7 is called “Windows 7 E”. This will be first version of Windows after Windows 3.11 for work-group to be shipped without Internet Explorer. This decision has for sure been taken […]
Gmail and fellows are no more Beta now!
We all have been used to this fact but have always been wondering as well, when will Gmail come out of beta? Finally the day has come. Google announces that following services are no more in beta state: Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Talk Actually these services combine to comprise google apps.
Google’s new OS announced, and its not Android guys
A real Windows Killer is here!! Google today announced its new operating system named Google Chrome OS. I’m sure they are putting some real effort in promoting Chrome brand and come up with some new software under the same flag soon. Google Chrome OS is an open source light-weight operating system targeted at Netbooks initially […]
Google Voice, One number for all your calls, sms, voicemail and much more …. totally free!
I’ve been waiting for Google Voice to launch since Google acquired GrandCentral exactly two years ago. The service will allow you to redirect all your voice calls and text messages to one number. Depending on your preferences, you can then configure this number. Calls will land on your global Google Voice number and that can […]
Transliteration at its best, Google does it again.
I just stumbled upon this page on Google Beta labs that offers indic transliteration for several languages. The languages supported by this tool include Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. All of us have grown up using Internet in only one language. Now is the time, things are changing […]
Facebook BlackBerry app upgrade available – and I love it
All Facebook users who also carry a BlackBerry must rejoice and should try out version 1.6.0.17 that is out now and is available to download. Simply go to the existing Facebook application and select to upgrade. If you don’t have the app on your BlackBerry phone already, you can download it from here. I have […]
Microsoft.com is down or what?
Microsoft.com is down fellows. I just realized, when I go to Microsoft.com, it takes me to a page showing “Page not available”. Result is the same for microsoft.com and www.microsoft.com. It eventually shows me the error and a following bing search searching for “en us default aspx”. Strange is’nt it? See the screenshot below. The […]
Face Gestures for browsing web.
Opera 10 with Face Gestures You may have seen this already, but I come across it now. New Opera 10 has a “Face Gestures” feature that allows you to make face gestures at your PC to control common browser commands. You can go to “Home”, go next, back, speed dial and do other stuff with […]