Combatting Twitter Spam and protecting your account
I bet each and every one amongst us would have got followed by numerous porn stars and ‘make $1000 from home’ guys on Twitter. As every internet medium grows bigger one of the biggest challenges would be to combat the spam. Initially Twitter didn’t impose any follow restrictions and as the early bird gets the [...]
9 user powered sites that track social habits
Tracking the social habits of people is one of the interesting things that has been made easy by social media. There are many user powered sites where people can voice out their views by making a status update like in Twitter or sending a text message or uploading a picture. Most of these sites make [...]
Die IE Die!
If there is one thing which annoys every web developer and designer it has got to be Internet Explorer and more importantly IE6. The sad fact is that a good percentage of internet users still use the age old browser either out of ignorance or force. There are many companies which use IE6 for the [...]
Proof that celebrities rule social media!
It is really hard to spot a person who does not tweet or have an account on face book. Every one loves to tell the world about what they are up to and at the same time curious to know what is happening with their friends, family, colleagues etc. Celebrities belong to one big breed [...]
7 tweets that got people into trouble!
Every single word which a person posts on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook is documented in one way or the other and at times it may even spark controversies. With the media and the weblogs craving for attention even the smallest of the controversies will spread on like a wild fire. Here are [...]
Students can get Windows 7 for $29.99!
Most of the PC users are anxiously waiting for the final release of Windows 7 but one thing which will stop a good percentage of them from buying it is the big price tag attached with the new operating system from Microsoft. If you are a student there is one more reason to smile! Microsoft [...]
Building your online reputation
It is really important to have an online identity because the first thing which a prospective employer or a customer or a business acquaintance is going to do is to perform a Google search for your name. You don’t want to have some of your drunken pictures or bad comments showing up when your name [...]
Look before you follow
One good measure of authority although not accurate in the social media world is the number of twitter followers a person has. To make your Twitter time line interesting, informative and interactive you should follow the right folks. Deciding whom to follow and who not to follow is not an easy task. Doing a keyword [...]
Enabling Social Sign On
Remembering numerous passwords is really hard and having a same password across various sites is risky. It is really tedious to create accounts by filling the registration forms in various sites and the perfect solution to this comes in the form of social sign on. The single sign on solution Open ID created a lot [...]
Getting the best out of PayPal
PayPal is undoubtedly one of the biggest and the most common systems used for online payments. Although there are some payment gateways from prominent players like Google and Amazon, PayPal continues to rule this space despite its high transaction fees. PayPal also lacks proper customer service and most of the tech forums will have a [...]
