1.Evernote (Productivity App)

Create notes, click photos, record voice memos,clip web notes...put it all together. Evernote is an app that promises to get your digital life organised in a jiffy. You can download it on your PC and use a web browser plug-in to create web notes. There is a data limit - 40MB a month on the free version Want it? Visit: www.evernote.com
Available Platforms: iPhone, Android,Palm Pre and Windows Mobile.

2.Layar (Augmented Reality App)

Everyone is talking about it. You can find out just what the heck Augmented Reality is with this free app. Layar takes your mobile to the cool zone. Not just any cool,we are talking "Minority Report" cool here. Convert your mobile phone into a mmoving visual encyclopedia. Curious? Visit www.layar.com
Available Platforms: Android and iPhone 3GS

3.Google Goggles

Point your mobile phone camera, click at a well-known landmark or the cover of a book, and allow Google to fill in the details about the image. Google Goggles is a cool free app that is a must experiment for all Android users. What's more it can even scan visiting cards for data and add it to your contacts. How cool is that?

Here are some of the best websites which offer some awesome content related to literature:

The New Yorker: www.newyorker.com - Fiction and poetry from new and established authors.

Able Muse: www.ablemuse.com - Traditional(rhyming) poetry.

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal: www.asiancha.com - Featuring the work of Asian writers.

Soundzine: www.soundzine.net - Readings of prose and poetry.

Short, Fast and Deadly: www.shortfastanddeadly.com - Literature for those with little or no patience.

Nthposition.com: www.nthposition.com - Poetry, prose, reviews and opinion.

1. Dropbox

Dropbox is a great cloud service that automatically syncs a folder of files between multiple computers (Windows, Mac, or Linux). This app extends Dropbox to the iPhone and includes a built-in reader within the app for PDFs, image files, and Microsoft Office files.

2. Evernote

Once you get used to typing on a virtual keyboard (and it honestly took me over a year to do it), then these devices are great for note-taking, and Evernote is a great note-taking app. It is similar to Dropbox in that it saves data locally but syncs it across all your machines and devices.

3. 2Do

There are a ton of to-do apps on iPhone but I prefer 2Do because of the great interface and the fact that it can sync with the online service Toodledo.

4. Tripit

I love Tripit. It is by far the best app I’ve found for keeping track of all my travel itineraries. It runs off some great backend systems. You simply forward your confirmation emails for your flights, hotels, rental cars, and more to Tripit and it automatically organizes them into trips with all your details and confirmation numbers.

5. Analytics App

For some reason Google doesn’t have an official app (for either iPhone or Android) for Google Analytics. The best one I’ve found to get deep into all of the data is Analytics App.

6. Ego

Even better than Analytics App for a quick-glance dashboard is Ego. It shows basic data from Google Analytics as well as a bunch of other sources, including Squarespace, Twitter, and Feedburner.

7. Twitter

The official Twitter app (formerly known as Tweetie) is still the best Twitter client on iPhone (although Osfoora is catching up), and Twitter is an amazing instant-intelligence engine.

8. MobileRSS

Twitter has largely replaced RSS for me for finding and filtering the latest news. However, I still track some RSS feeds and the best tool I’ve found to do it with is MobileRSS Pro, because of its clean UI and integration with Google Reader.

9. ProPublica

I don’t use many specific publication apps to get news. I mostly get news from Twitter and RSS, but the one major exception is ProPublica, the non-profit investigative journalism site. Excellent reporting and a very good app.

10. Amazon Kindle

I never warmed up to the Amazon Kindle e-reader, but I’m a big fan of the Kindle iPhone app. Since it was released I’ve read a lot more books simply because my phone is always with me and I can pull it out and read a few pages anytime.

We are all used to seeing Google’s homepage logo change throughout the year, depending on what event is being staged at that time. It could be a logo at Halloween, Christmas, Father’s Day,New Year. But today its their own occasion, we will see an image of a “Birthday Cake”. This is to celebrate Google’s 12th Anniversary.

There has been a little confusion as to exactly when Google’s birth date is? In the past the search engine has celebrated on September 7, and although its domain was officially registered on September 15 1997, reports have suggested that today, September 27, is the day that we can show our appreciation for Google.

The huge search engine serves as an information and advertising service to millions of users each day, and since its release, the site has now added Gmail e-mail software, social networking tools and Orkut. As well as this, Google have extended its service to the desktop with applications such as “Google Chrome” web browser, “Picasa” photo software and “Google Talk Instant Messaging”.

It also ventured into Smartphone OS Market With its 'Android' which is 2nd in the market already,the list goes on and its sure that there is lots more to come, So lets hope Google keeps us saying 'Wow!' forever.

Happy 12th Birthday to Google!

1.The code name for the new launch was Phoenix (Kind of funny when you think of the metaphorical bird rising from the ashes. As long as in this metaphor the ashes are the fail whale.)

2.The new Twitter.com is a full Twitter client using the company’s APIs. It was built on the @anywhere platform, which helps pull information about profiles and other data in order to be displayed in JavaScript.

3.The new Twitter.com doesn’t include user streams — the real-time updates of tweets that clients like TweetDeck are now offering — but Twitter is working to add this.

4.Another big platform project, Annotations, has been put on hold, because the infrastructure team was working on the New Twitter.com launch.

5.On the new Twitter.com, when you click on a tweet in the left pane, in the right pane you’ll see things like tweets with the same hashtag, or tweets in the same conversation, or tweets in the same place. That’s part of a separate product made by its own team at Twitter called Related Tweets. At some point in the future, Related Tweets will be available for other Twitter clients, including those from outside providers.

First thing first whatever Google does, it hits bullseye with its simple and cleverly engaging design and absolutely no non-sense. For instance you look at the google home page you have what you want and nothing else, understanding user needs and innovating is the USP of Google's dream run in the WWW.

Google is renowned for its interest putting its hand on almost everything on the Tech world, it has its own Social Network Orkut, its own cloud OS Chrome(one of its kind), its own Browser Chrome, its own Smart Phone OS Android, its own Messenger Gtalk, its own blog service Blogger, its own Mail Gmail, its own location service Google Earth, its own Video hosting site YouTube, the list goes on now the point is in each thing mentioned above google has revolutionsed the field and topped some as well.

There no stopping Google and its Innovations, it continues to impress one and all, Fact of the matter is that it is here Stay and Rock.

The stories on how each of you hate IE in your own way never ends,here are 3 browsers which will make you dump IE

1.Mozilla Firefox

The Most Trusted and the one with Most Users is Really a Comprehensive browser. The USP of Firefox is its thousands of 'Add-ons' which lets you have Fun and Geekier Browsing Experience. The next thing is that Firefox is a 'Complete' browser with very good JavaScript support and faster page loading, And to add to that it is secure browser with absolutely no loopholes.

2.Google Chrome

This browser from the Internet giant Google is the is the one to watch out for,with its simplicity and clever design,overall support makes it real contender for Firefox.Its Support for JavaScript is awesome,thus it makes Social Networking faster and not to forget that its a Cloud browser,so you can call it the Most Secure browser. Something that will make you say 'Wow!!' is that it is the Fastest browser along with Opera. The Add-ons support is really good as well. So a browser that you should try.

3.Opera

Opera is a 'Mixed-bag' ,it has its ups and downs. It is the joint fastest browser as mentioned earlier, But still it lacks on fronts like JavaScript and 'engaging' Add-ons. But still it does things that other browsers dont do,for instance this feature is 'Wow!!' stuff for sure: You can host a file in your PC and let your buddy download it, or even you can access content from your PC when you are on the move and thereby you can play a server with 'Opera Unite' that is offered by Opera.

1. Facebook

Once an ugly looking, but now - as of version 3 - a social-network-aware swan, Facebook is a triumph. The revised grid-based 'home screens' provide speedy access to regularly visited sections (news feed, notifications, and so on) and pages, and the experience is such that it in many ways beats the browser version.

2. Gorillacam

Pretty much from nowhere, Gorillacam arrived in December 2009 from the creators of the Gorillapod tripods. It mashes together a slew of features to hugely improve an iPhone's camera (timer, multi-shot, spirit-level, on-screen grid, 'press anywhere' capture), meaning you can bin a half-dozen standalone apps that offer similar things.

3. RunKeeper Free

The prospect of Nike+ but better and for free might sound unlikely, but that's what RunKeeper Free provides. The app uses an iPhone's GPS capabilities to track your jogging route, and provides mapping and details of pace and calories burned. Activities can be shared online, and treadmill runs can be entered manually.

4. Skype

It's imperfect and annoyingly lacks push notifications, but Skype is still an essential download. The interface is pleasingly simple and usable, enabling anyone with a Skype account to make free calls to other Skype users and cheap calls to anywhere in the world. If you're on Pay and Go, this is particularly handy, but the app also enables iPod touch users to utilise their devices for calls.

5. TonePad

Virtual pianos and guitars are all very well, but purely digital musical toys are more suited to Apple handhelds. TonePad is the best of them, using a grid-based interface that enables you to turn notes on and off and compose pleasing and harmonious loops; your creations can be edited, saved and uploaded to share with other users.

Twitter For Android [Free]

This is the official application for accessing Twitter from your Android mobile device. Developed by Twitter themselves, it is the most comprehensive application on the market considering it was developed by the creators of Twitter. This has everything the average socialite would ever need as well as having the features Power Users will crave.

HootSuite [Paid & Free]
Price: US $2.99

This is the next best thing if users out there aren’t interested in an official application for Twitter. Hootsuite enables users to manage multiple Twitter accounts, as well as being a dashboard for many social media outlets. It contains the usual suspects; Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Foursquare but also allows room for lesser used networks or hubs such as Ping.fm and WordPress (just added). Since being designed for the Android, HootSuite has trimmed down the interface and as of right now the user is able to only post tweets. This client is available to all versions of Android including the latest FroYo build. You should also note that the free version does not include stats and is limited to 3 accounts.

Twidroid [Paid &Free]
Price: US $3.99

With Twidroid being claimed as the “industry's standard twitter client”, this app has a lot to live up to. With such high hopes comes a high feature base including but not limited to, the ability to add plugins, edit lists, native bit.ly support and tweet outbox incase you are disconnected from your network. These features will only be available on the paid version but the price would be well worth it just for the ability to use plugins.

Seesmic [Free]

Seesmic has focused its efforts on a whole suite of tools that can pull information from many social networking sites and present it to you in an easy to read format. This has been brought to the Android OS in a more minimalistic yet crisp interface. Unlike the iPhone version, the client for Android can only add Twitter usernames and note Facebook profiles and the like. Everything is presented in a straightforward manner at the top of your screen, with the ability to switch from your timeline, replies, messages, and your profile. If the red bar at the top of the page is pressed and you are anywhere on the page but the top, the screen will move to the starting position.

Touiteur [Paid & Free]
Price: €1.99

Not to be fooled by its French name, this is among the top Twitter clients today. Designed by LevelUp Studio’s it boasts a clean beautiful interface that could rival the iPhones classic user interface (UI). This app does come with a free and paid version so it’s key to note what you would like from this client. The paid version will unlock multiple accounts, 3 widgets for home screen, URL shortening, customization, and viewing webpages and multimedia within the program.

These Are The 5 Biggest Flops From Apple

1. Apple Pippin

Apple designed an affordable computer to play multimedia games and is manufactured by Bandai. It was released in 1995 where Sony Playstatoin, Nintendo and Sega Saturn dominated the market. Only 42, 000 units were only sold before they disappeared from the market.

2. Apple Lisa

Credit of producing first commercial PC with a mouse goes to Apple which released the same in 1983 under the brand name Lisa. The main reason for its failure is attributed to its high cost which was $9995 in those days.

3. Apple QuickTake

First consumer digital cameras were released by Apple in 1994 and were named as QuickTake. At the same time, legendary companies of photography – Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm and Kodak entered the digital photography. Since Apple was not renowned photography company, people didn’t pay much attention towards this product.

4. Apple eWorld

Apple released eWorld in partnership with AOL in 1994, which included the services like bulletin board system called community centre, news and email called email centre. Subscribers were called ePeople in this eWorld. Because of lack of high end marketing and high cost feature, it faced failure and the services were shut down in 1996.

5. Apple Newton

It is was the early stage of PDA market and has a substantial influence on the present day PDA and its market. It was released in 1993 and priced at $1000. It enabled users to send fax messages, send emails, make use of organizers and others. It was officially named as MessagePad.

Here Are The Most Popular Languages On Twitter

English - 33.44%

Japanesse - 18.35%

Portuguese - 11.92%

Indonesian - 7.16%

Spanish - 5.83%

Korean - 2.13%

Italian - 2.08%

Dutch - 1.84%

Hausa - 1.43%

French - 1.26%

Source: Clientopedia

My Take On The Next Generation iPod Touch

Watch Out For:

A major update to Apple’s most versatile iPod is, adding twin cameras, a high-resolution 960x640 screen, a microphone, a bigger and longer-lasting battery, and a 3-axis gyroscope, amongst other features. Now capable of video calling using FaceTime, high-definition video playback and storage, and recording of 720p movies with the rear camera. New body design is slimmer and lighter than before while remaining solid in the hand. Remains capable of great audio performance, including better speaker quality.


Compromise On:

New screen and cameras fall noticeably short of iPhone 4 performance levels. Weak still camera performance is a particular issue on all models; lowest-end model has jumped $30 in price while remaining stuck at an increasingly objectionable 8GB/6.5GB of storage capacity. New front design isn’t as comfortable around the edges as on prior models; glass continues to attract smudges at a brisk pace. Earphones no longer include integrated microphone and remote control features.

Price: $229 (8GB), $299 (32GB), $399 (64GB)

Verdict: Go For The 32GB Version..

Here Is The List Of Top 15 Twitter Clients Used Worlwide

1.TweetDeck

2.UberTwitter

3.Twitter® for BlackBerry®

4.EchoFon

5.Twitter for iPhone

6.Keitai Web


7.ÜberTwitter

8.TwitBird

9.MovaTwitter

10.HootSuite

11.Snaptu.com

12.Twitterrific

13.Tween

14.Twidroid

15.Mobile Tweete

1. Atlas

This is a flash application in which the users can locate themselves in a map. The big asset is that it not only indicates the position but also the users have facility to locate near by landmarks using the map for their reference.

2. Twitter Search

This is a most default application in all sites. Twitter also provides with this application and it functions in such a way that the day to day happenings and updates in news are transmitted at high speed so that they do not lag in any functionality.

3. Twit bin

This is a useful application in twitter. This enables the user interface with the network as simple as possible by giving a configurable application. The user can just log in and find the real twitter experience with this small application with all updates.

4. Twitty tunes

This is an innovative application of twitter. This application facilitates user with easy sharing of audio files of any extension with their friends so that the music reaches everyone. The other advantage is that the file can be shared when the user listening to it and make their friends know what they listen.


5. Twitter Feed

In order to update the user status and the also sharing latest news with the other users twitter provides with an application twitter feed which is open to all members but can be restricted to specific friends upon interest.

6. Twhirl

A micro application embed with the twitter is twhirl. This application minimizes the steps to create blog in a site and provide ease operation with many enhancements. Most affordable and user friendly and ease interface with the network application is twhirl.

7. Twitterrific

An application mainly designed for fun is twitterrific. This application makes user interface to be the simpler one and it allows reading the feeds given by the users and if the readers wish to comment this application creates a platform to do so.

8. Squawk

A gaming application included in twitter is squawk. This gaming application provides users with various graphical games with a readme to install and play. This application is a perfect one for a user to rejoice themselves.

9. Twitpic

An application to share the memorable moments through the photographs is the twitpic. This application acts as a web album that allows user to post their events and describe it.

10. Twittervision

Apart from all these another important application that provides real time view of geographic locations is twittervision. Based on the location mentioned in the user profile this application introduces the geographical view. Twitter also forms a part of many email marketing companies.

1. FarmVille –
21,871,042 daily active users
Still at number 1. People, let go off your farm. There are other games out there.

2. Texas HoldEm Poker –
14,632,801 daily active users
Wow. Number 2? And 14 million daily players?? That’s a first for this old-timer. Is it poker season that’s why people are polishing their game via Zynga poker?

3. Cafe World –
12,645,570 monthly active users

4. Mafia Wars –
9,395,475 daily active users
Mafia Wars is here to stay thanks to their latest expansion Las Vegas. I love how the new jobs are laid out this time. You will now have the option to use all those stamina aside from fighting. Also, they brought back bosses in every episode of Las Vegas so consumables are usable again!

5. PetVille –
7,075,296 daily active users

6. FrontierVille –
6,920,112 daily active users
…I wonder why this game didn’t stick in the Top 5? Lots of bugs? Not too much to do? To simple? FrontierVille players, we want to hear from you.

7. Zoo World –
4,619,158 daily active users
This is a nice surprise. Pet Society is out of the list and so are the typical fish aquarium games and Zoo World is occupying their typical place in the top 10 list.

8. Restaurant City –
4,342,080 daily active users

9. Treasure Isle –
4,104,836 daily active users
Wow. It seems that people get bored already from digging treasures. From number 2 last month it went way down to the number 9 this month. To Treasure Isle players out there, are you quitting?

10. Bejeweled Blitz –
4,101,055 daily active users

Apple has revealed iTunes 10, the newest version of iTunes complete with a new logo, new features and its very own social network for music called “Ping (Ping)” that he described as Facebook (Facebook) meets Twitter (Twitter) for music, and already it boasts 1 Million users.

Ping allows users to follow others, just like Twitter. You can follow artists or your friends to find out what they’re listening or what they’re creating. It has custom song and album charts, a news feed, 17,000+ concert listings, and is available to 160 million iTunes users. Ping will be available not only for iTunes on the desktop, but for iPhone and iPod touch as well.

Jobs also touted the growth of iTunes and the iTunes store. He announced that more than 11.7 billion songs have been downloaded through iTunes. 450 million TV episodes and 100 million movies have been sold through Apple’s music software, while 35 million books have been downloaded through the iBooks store.