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Google Maps Puts Worm Hole In Lincoln Tunnel
May 28th
Google Maps is a great resource to get to those hard to reach places. The Street View feature is a definite cool advantage that pushes Google Maps to the top. But every once in a while some amazing and hilarious shots are captured on camera. Here is a view of Lincoln Tunnel entrance next to New York City. Link is provided below picture.
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How Do You Code HTML Links?
Apr 27th
Linking lies at the heart of the internet. Every page points to other pages or websites and resources via html links. So how do various people promote the websites that they find interesting.
- Bloggers link to other pages very consciously and using as many options available to them. That’s why bloggers’ links use attributes of title, target, rel and whatever else they can find.
- News media link with just a href. They do not have the time, patience or need to use titles or set target to open in a new window or tab. Most of the time they do warn you that they are not responsible for websites that they are linking to.
- Internet marketers who practice spamming the internet with infinitely long sales pages (also known as landing pages) do not link to anything at all. No wait. They do link to another page on the same site – the Buy It Now page.
- Uber geeks and Seth Godin link by posting it on their Twitter feed.
- Infants link by making secretive sounds of Goo Goo Gaga. They also give out mini surprises inside their diapers.
- Teenagers exclusively link to YouTube videos, Myspace profiles and funny images from CollegeHumor.com
- Old people (pre-internet generation) link by Telling others what they find interesting. Spoken word replaces IP packets in this scenario.
Peeping Under Google Privacy
Mar 28th
Users privacy is one of the most controversial topics for Google. In fact it is a tough question to answer for any web-service. When it comes to Google, unfortunately, most users remain unaware of the amount of personal information they are giving away when they use any Google service. Fortunately Google has always maintained an open stance on privacy. If at any point a user decides to learn about the privacy policies of any Google product they can head over to Google Privacy Center. In the past the privacy section used to be a big bulleted list of ”what Google privacy is about, what user data is collected by Google and how that data is used.” Needless to say most of the users never got past the first page and much of the text was only in “lawyer-speak”.
Today Google has launched a redesigned face of the privacy section. In order to better communicate their “user data sharing and use” Google is utilizing any method they can. The privacy center is user friendly and has quick links to detailed policies for each Google product. But the big G has saved the best for last. Google has included YouTube videos from their Privacy Channel which explains the process in easy to understand terms. I have seen very few companies publicizing their privacy policies. Good job Google.
Digg Is Down Screenshot
Mar 26th
Digg.com is now down. In today’s high availability world it is quite rare that a popular website ever goes down. Of course there are the occasional natural disasters which causes temporary geographical blackouts and downtime. Or if an ISP from another country takes over your IP address space you’re your site might go down (like YouTube). The only mainstream website that goes down often is the Apple Store which disappears from view whenever they add new inventory to their product line. Today it seems digg is added to that list. Checkout the screenshot of how digg.com looks during its downtime.
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Intense Debate Comment Management
Dec 23rd
Posted by TechVirgin in Headline
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Intense Debate is a powerful comment management system. It goes above and beyond the commenting system built in to WordPress and other blogging and publishing platforms. More >