Category Archives: Updates
Facebook Attempts To Simplify Privacy Settings
Facebook and privacy concerns always make news together. Since the launch of Google+, Facebook has attempted to simplify its privacy settings. There have been many changes over the past year or two. The latest in this series of changes is a shortcut to privacy setting right in the fixed header.
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Google+ Introduces Interest Based Communities
Google yesterday announced the introduction of Communities in Google+ with a post on its official blog. You can read the post here.
The name of the feature itself is pretty much self-explanatory. Communities are like Facebook groups. You can join or create groups focussed on any particular topic and More »
World Is Moving Away From Windows and Microsoft Is Only Helping
Let me start with a disclosure, I have used Windows 8 Consumer Preview for about 5 minutes, yet I am writing about it. I had used the developer preview a lot, 5 minutes were enough to show that MS hadn't resolved any of the issues that I had been complaining about. So there was no use testing it further. More »
Redesigned Dropbox Web Interface Review
Dropbox recently redesigned its website in an attempt to make it simpler and more intuitive. While the earlier design itself was pretty simple, novice users did face some difficulty some times. Let us take a look at the redesigned interface.
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Timeline view now available for Facebook Pages
Facebook’s Timeline view was made available to all users in December 2011. While the more enthusiastic users activated it as soon as it was available, most people have been waiting for it to be activated automatically.
Timeline has not gained universal acceptance. While most people, including me, More »
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Now Available for Download
Windows 8 has been much anticipated and much talked about OS. The developer preview has been out for some time now. There has been some criticism, a lot of which hasn't been positive. Microsoft has made quite a few changes based on those feedbacks and has now released the Consumer Preview of Windows More »
