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The Digital Iron Curtain: Is Iran About to Crash the Global AI Boom?

 For decades, the "Middle East crisis" was a headline about crude oil, tankers, and the price at the pump. But as of March 2026, the stakes have shifted from the engine to the motherboard. While the world watches drone strikes over Isfahan and naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf, a more quiet, more lethal war is being fought over the very building blocks of the 21st century: semiconductors. The "Digital Iron Curtain" is falling, and it isn't just dividing East and West—it’s threatening to starve the global AI revolution of its most basic needs. The Helium Hostage: Why the Strait of Hormuz is the New Silicon Valley We’ve long been told that the South China Sea is the "front line" of the chip war because of Taiwan’s dominance in fabrication. But the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran has revealed a terrifying bottleneck: The Middle East is the lungs of the semiconductor industry. To make the world’s most advanced 3nm chips, you don’t just need engineers;...

How to unfollow someone on Pinterest

If you have joined Pinterest then you are aware that you get followers. People who like your 'Pins' can start following your boards. The same works in opposite and you can start following people and their boards. So then thing that happens when you start following someone on Pinterest is that you automatically follow all their boards. Now there are two choices either follow all their boards or choose to follow only those boards that interest you. So if you choose to follow only 1 or 2 of their boards you can do so and this way you do not need to unfollow the person. How to unfollow someone on Pinterest 1. Login to Pinterest 2. beside your name click the down arrow and choose 'Boards' 3. On the left-hand side you can see you profile. You can also see number of followers and the number of people you are following 4. Click on followers to bring up a list of people you are following 5. Click on the person's name who you want to unfollow 6. Below their name you see a gra...

Google+: How to change your profile picture

Changing your profile pic on Google+ takes about a minute to figure out. This will however serve as a guide and help you get things done right away. If you are new to Google+ you will realize that your profile picture or image is important because whenever your + (plus) something it gets found on search engines and a good picture of you means your friends will be able to recognize you. There are a lot of benefits to having a nice profile picture on Google+. So without wasting any more time let's get down to it. How to change your profile picture on Google+ 1. Login to Google+ 2. Click on the profile icon - which has a face with a circle around it 3. When you land on your profile page click on 'Edit Profile' found on the top-right hand corner 4. Under your current photo you find a link called 'Change Photo' 5. A window opens up with a few options i.e select photo from computer and drag photo here etc. You can also use your webcam to take a photo. 6. Click set as prof...

Change relationship status on Facebook without people knowing

If you are going through a break-up and would like to keep things a little private on Facebook . You can do so in a few steps. Many users like to broadcast their new found love on FB but then things go a little sour and break-ups can become quiet public on Facebook. Especially when you change your status from 'In a relationship', 'Married' or 'Engaged' to 'Single'. All this does not have to happen in front of all your friends and if you are not careful to same goes to all your friends 'news feed'. So if you would like to keep things private and change your status without having your relationship status broadcasted to all your fiends pages, follow the steps below to safely change your status and not let you friends know. How to change relationship status on Facebook without people knowing.  Steps to follow 1. On Timeline click on About 2. Beside basic info click on edit 3. Beside relationship status choose single or whichever status you desire. 4....

Either post apologies on Facebook or go to jail

Photo by The Enquirer, Liz Dufour This is what a Cincinnati court ordered Mark Byron to do for a whole month. He was asked to post an apology a day to his estranged wife on his Facebook page. His wife Elizabeth Byron however has already unfriended him on Facebook and will not be able to read his apologies. Media experts and free speech advocates have begun to cry foul as this has to do with his friends. The court ruling was meant to be for him. if that were the case then why are his friends being forced to listen on Facebook to his apologies. We would like to term this as 'Social Media punishment'. You never knew till today that you might be forced by a court to pay for your mistakes on Facebook. Facebook has been made a tool for punishment. However it seems much better than spending 60 days in jail. If you are not new to Facebook you might have also have been witness to such situations. Where a couple break-up and go their separate ways, one of them might on occasion turn to ...

How to delete apps on the Samsung Galaxy Tab

One reason why you might want to delete to remove apps on the Samsung Galaxy Tab is to free up some space for new apps you want to check out and try. All apps that you install and add from the Android market can be removed except for apps that come pre-installed on the tablet.  So apps like  Blockbuster, Kindle, Slacker and movie cannot be removed as it is a part of the ROM of the device. All other Apps that you have installed and added can be removed with a few simple steps listed below. How to remove, delete or uninstall apps on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 1. On the Home screen tap on menu 2. Select settings 3. Now choose applications 4. Tap manage applications 5. Select App you want to remove 6. Now tap the uninstall button 7. Select  OK 8. You're done and the app removed If you are using Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 there it is even simpler as you do not need to go to the app settings to remove apps 1. On the home screen tap on the Apps icon found on the right-hand side 2. Tap and hold t...

How to delete, remove or disable all your Google Search history before Google's new privacy policy takes effect on March 1st

We can infer that many people on the internet are worried about Google's new privacy policy that is going to take effect on March 1st. Once the new policy comes into effect all Google's products will be clubbed as one  in terms of search history and privacy. So all your search history: YouTube, Google+, Google etc will be stored as one. Previously if you searched Google then your search history was stored only in relation to your search and not clubbed with your YouTube history. All this will change and all your history across all Google sites will not be clubbed together. If you are worried that particular sensitive information about you might be stored. Now is your chance to change things and remove all web history from Google. Once you remove all web history, all your search history will be erased and Google will no longer record your search and web history. So do this now and Google will stop recording all your search history across all it's products like Google, Google...

How to turn-off, stop, disable or prevent YouTube from storing your video view history

YouTube has a history section for you to go to whenever you want to find a video you had watched in the past. Once you login to your YouTube account clicking on your Channel name will bring up the history section. Selecting this section will bring up a list of all video you have viewed on YouTube. This is a handy little application that all users can make good use of. However if you do not want to YouTube to remember the list of videos you have used there is an easy way to stop it. How to stop YouTube from storing my video view history 1. You can go to your video view settings page .  2. Selecting 'Pause Search History" will essentially stop YouTube from storing your the history of your video views.  How to clear all video search history on YouTube 1. On the same page click on 'Clear All Watch History' This will clear all your video view search history. You can also use the selection tool to remove individual videos from your search history. Video below if you want t...

What happens when you click not now on Facebook

We are answering this question because of a number of requests from our users. The question we were asked goes like this ' I sent a friend request that was not accepted but I was surprised to find that I was subscribed to that person'. You might have also had such an experience. You get a friend request and you click the 'not now' button. Technically this is what needs to happen.  Once you click on 'Not Now' the friend request is hidden and will no longer appear on your friend request list. The person who sent you the request will not know because no notification is sent. You can confirm or delete a request later by 1. Click on 'Friend Requests' page 2. Select 'See hidden Requests' 3. You can choose to confirm or delete friend requests from here or simply delete all your hidden requests. So what happens when you click not now on Facebook. If on the other hand you have the 'Subscriber' button turned on, clicking on not now seems to add the...

How to disable or remove +1 from Adsense

Google's Adsense program announced sometime ago that Adsense Ads especially the ones with image and rich media ads will get a +1 button. The +1 button has been added for people to +1 ads and therefore when a friend sees that another friend has liked this ad they will also want to check it out. This might bring in much more revenue for publishers. The idea has been to create social ads. So by default if you have your ads set to display image and rich media ads, it comes along with a +1 button. The button shows recommendations from people and increase the ads social value. Now this is still in a testing stage and you as a blog owner or publisher can experiment with it. You can choose to have the +1 button or remove it. It helps increase revenue for some and might not work as good for others. You will need to decide which ads work best for you. How to remove the +1 button from your Google Adsense ads 1. Login to Adsense 2. Click on Allow & block ads 3. Click on advanced settings (...

Pinterest: Why is there a waiting list?

Pinterest has caught the imagination of most users and everyone wants to check out this web-app that is in the news almost everyday. So popular that even Facebook is claiming that part of this growth is because of cleaver use of Facebook's open graph and Timeline. What this goes to show is how vital Pinterest is becoming and the way it works is so simple that it becomes addictive. To know more about how it works you can read our earlier post here . It is therefore important to note that with such fast growth no website would have enough server space available and therefore there is a waiting list. There could also be many other  reasons as to why there is a waiting list? the guys who run Pinterest might want people's interest to peak and create a sort of excitement and people would like to talk about their new Pinterest invite. There are many reasons but all of it leading to one place: more publicity. The best way to get an invite to is ask one of your Facebook friends alread...

youRhere mark the exact place you left off reading an article [Chrome Extensions]

Image Credit: youRhere YouRhere is a simple Chrome extension that works like this. When you are busy surfing the web and come across an article that you stat reading, and you need to leave off reading because something else comes up. youRhere has a small semi-transparent marker next to the mouse pointer. Click on it once and the app will store the exact line where you stopped reading, will save the article for later reading. So you don't have to worry about a half-read article. You can come back to it at a later time and start reading from the exact line where you left-off. The extension will also allow you to share the article with you Facebook and Twitter pals. An extension like this comes in very handy especially for people who spend a lot of time reading on the internet. Most people who do this realize how easy it is to get  engrossed in an article and the comments, that one forgets time and also other jobs that need to get done. A handy little app like this that works constant...

You can now download VLC media-player 2.0 for free

Image Credit: VLC media-palyer For those of you who like open-source media players that are able to play just about any file format, you know that VLC media-player is the best out there. The latest version of the player being offered is called "twoflower" and is version 2.0 of the open-source player. VLC comes with a large number of updates to the player and it runs in the true spirit of open-source, as it is free to use and there are no annoying ads ever. Embodies the true spirit of open-source. There is also no user-tracking and spyware. The latest update has a large number of improved features and can be found on their features improvement page. Some of the new additions are an increased number of file formats that can be player. Plays blu-ray, webcams and streams. Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed, MPEG-2, H.264, DivX, MPEG-4, WebM, WMV player. Works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Unix etc. With all these new features it is really impossible for any media-play...

Pinterest: How to pin on an iPhone

Image credit: simplythenest.com Pinterest is the hot new social network that lets you pin images an videos on a board for other people to view. If you haven't tried it as yet you are missing out on something. We have a guide to help you get started which you can find here . Ok, once you get started you can then surf the web and pin all those amazing images you find onto your boards and let other users find and share your pins. You can really become famous if you have a lot of users who repin your pins and follow your boards. There are images for everyone out there and since it's user generated this is a great place for communities with similar interests. How to create a pin on your iPhone. Pinterest does have an iPhone app but creating a pin on your iPhone once downloaded can prove a bit of a challenge. There is however help at hand if you do need a solution. The blog Simply The Nest has a solution it might not be the best but it's sure to work. The solution has to do with ...

YardShare to find free landscaping and garden ideas from homeowners and companies

Source: YardShare idea If your thoughts turn towards gardening and yards and you spend a lot of time thinking about your garden, you might want to check out YardShare. The social network for people who like landscaping and gardening. You can use the network to find some fantastic ides for your front yard, side yard and backyard. These ideas are shared by fellow gardeners and landscape artists and companies. If you often wonder where to find free landscaping ideas then this is a place you will find very helpful and useful. YardShare: how does it work You can login with your Facebook or Twitter account to get started. Once you in you can create your own yard and post pictures of your yard for other users to see. You can also browse yards or check some out by experts. Landscaping ideas from companies and professionals. You can send messages to other yard owners and get a conversation going. There are also a lot of contests you can enter.  Creating a garden has always been the past time of...

Video: Google Search Tips and Tricks

One of the other helpful things Google released on Valentine's day is a small but neat video which offers a lot of helpful tips and tricks on How to search Google and make it more useful. You know how the first thing many users do is login to Google first thing in the morning. Well, if you are one of those people, this video will help you to become better at search and help you appear much more of a  genius  than you already are. Google's algorithm has been optimized to bring you the best of the web. You can now use it to make you life much more easier and actually use it to appear really smart. A useful example, one of my friends working in HR was given a quiz to complete and there was also a reward attached. Googling one of the questions brought up the entire test with all the answers. Google is a storehouse packed with useful information. To get the most out of it though you need the power of search. A few  useful  tips and tricks can help you go a long way. Check the video ...

How to stop apps from posting to your Facebook Timeline

There are a whole lot of apps available and even websites these days have Facebook logins. Once you sign-in to an apps anywhere in the internet, you need to set to app permissions. One of the permissions the app usually requests for is the ability 'To post to Facebook as you'. If you allow this then the app can update your Facebook Timeline and News feed with your activity like what music you listened to and what videos you watched. Sometime the info posted by these apps can be potentially embarrassing. So if you have an app that is posting stuff to your Timeline and you would like to stop it, here is how to do it. To illustrate we will use the new Myspace app for Facebook. Whenever you listen to music on Myspace it shows up on your Facebook Timeline, this is because the app was given permission to do so.  How to stop apps from posting to Facebook as me 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click the down-arrow beside the home button 3. Click on Privacy Settings 4. Beside Apps and Websites c...

How to use Daily Deal sites to save money and find places to visit when on Vacation

Crazeal is Groupon in India The credit to this very original idea goes to Reddit user heycheero and the idea goes like this. Once you have decided on your travel, chosen your destination and started booking your flight tickets. Go to your favorite daily deals sites like Groupon or  Living Social and each of these sites have a presence Globally. Change your city to the city you are going to visit and then start getting deals from that city. This way you get great restaurant deals, massage deals, travel deals with places to visit. This way you get to also save on time spent researching places to visit as daily deal sites usually send you excellent deals of places to visit.  This is definitely not going to bring your bill drastically down but it will give you a fair idea on how much things cost in that city and where to eat and beast places to hang-out. If you are going to a country are you are unable to find your favorite daily deals site there. You can always use Google to get a list of...

Play Angry Birds on Facebook now

Launched on Feb 14, Angry Birds officially comes to Facebook. With it comes brand new power-ups and Facebook exclusive levels. The game is so popular that the Facebook page already has well over 15 million Likes. After the game's phenomenal success on SmartPhones, game maker Rovio would now like to tap into Facebook's 800 million members. After its release on Apple's iOS the game app have been downloaded over 700 million times. Now with its launch on Facebook it is sure to hit the 1 billion mark. Anyone playing the game between now and Feb 16, will receive 14 free power-ups as a special valentine's day gift from the game maker. The Facebook version includes four new power-ups, including "sling scope" (even better targeting), "king sling" (get more power and velocity), "super seeds" (get to supersize your bird and turn it into a 'pig popping giant'), and "birdquake" (shale-up the battlefield and bring down pigs' defens...

Windows 8 will not have a Start button

Microsoft's latest build of Windows 8 will come without a start button. User should be prepared to not have that handy start button that users have gotten used to. Build 8220 will be the final version before the Beta release, now know as the Consumer Preview debuts before the end of this month. This according to a report by 'The Verge'. Users of Windows are familiar with the start button located at the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Clicking on this button would give users the options to open files and folders, Apps and a general path into he heart of their PCs. The Start button was introduced with with Windows 95 nearly 15 years ago and the new 'Windows 8 Consumer Preview' will do away with it. Pics of the build were leaked on the internet and show a super-bar without the Start Button Orb. According to sources close to The Verge the start button corner will now have something called a hot corner. Hovering with your mouse or swiping with your fingers will bou...

Google's new program will pay users to browse the web

Google has launched a new program called Screenwise. The way it works is that you would need to sign-up for the program and install a Chrome Extension in your browser. This extension will monitor the sites you visit and how you use them. This information will be sent to Google and they will use this data to study user behavior on the web.  What's in it for you? As soon as you sign-up you get an $5 Amazon.com Gift code, if you stay with the program you will get an additional $5 Amazon Gift Card every 3 months. You can get up to $25 in amazon Gift coupons. To be eligible you would need to be over 13 years of age, have a Google account and be ready to use the Google Chrome Browser. Not surprisingly new sign-ups are currently on hold due to the large response received till now. There is also another program which has not yet been launched by Google. This is for people who would allow Google to view their browsing habits as an open book. This will involve hardware as well, a special de...

How to use Email to convert files into various formats

Image Credit: Zamzar screenshot So let's say you have an image a document, music, ebook, compressed, CAD format or video. You would like to convert it into another format. A good example would be that you want to convert a PNG file into a JPG file, if you did not have a converter on your system you would have to upload it to an online converter service and once it is ready you would need to download it. This is all a tedious and long process which would also take up a lot of bandwidth if you have a large file to convert. With ZamZar there is no software to be downlaoded. The team at ZamZar have come up with an easier solution, you can now convert your files by simply emailing them to the team and receive a quick reply with the link to the converted file. ZamZar has long been known as a online file converting solution and this new feature takes things to a whole new level. How to convert files by email Using ZamZar 1. If you like a list of file formats supported, check this link o...

OneShare.es Send Private Info That Self-Destructs after being read once

OneShare.es is a web app that allows you to send personal and sensitive data that self-destructs after the recipient have viewed it once. You might be wondering you need this service. Consider this - you email your spouse the ATM number of your debit card. After viewing the number you are not sure whether the email was deleted. Was it left open on his or her desk and others could have viewed it. You are never really sure, maybe you need to send some sensitive data to your colleagues and you would rather not have anyone else view apart from the recipient themselves. This web tool can get the job done. After the person views the data once it automatically self-destructs. In addition the data is sent across in encryption mode and no one can read it or find out what it is. OneShare.es: How does it work 1. Visit share.es on the web 2. Click on the link 'Create One Now' 3. Enter the info you want to send such as 'Passwords' or 'Account Information' 4. Click on create ...

Send a techie heart this Valentine's Day

We've got the perfect gift for you to send out this Valentine's Day. especially if you are a Math Geek and would like to share the love using a formula. The formula itself is not a simple one and if you are not a math person it all seems confusing. Let is not hinder you though, for the formula once entered into Google will bring on the screen an amazing blue heart in a circle. The formula has not been generated by Google but some cleaver user came up with it and this is sure to become the most gifted formula this Valentine's Day. How to get the Google blue heart with the math formula 1. Go to Google.com 2. Enter this equation into the search bar sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01,sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 3. Click enter and see what happens. An original post by Sociolatte

Madonna's Israeli fans create Facebook page asking their PM to hold off attack till after May 29th

With all the verbal exchanges happening between Israel and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program. Most Israelis are worried that their PM Benjamin Netanyahu might launch a strike against Iran in the near future. To make their voice heard, there is a Facebook page asking their PM to delay any attack plans till after the 29th of  May. If you click the about link on the page this is what is says: Netanyahu, No! no to war with Iran, untill Madonna's tour visit to Israel in may 29th. Clicking on the Info link on the page you get this message: War of any kind is bad, we call or leaders, prime minister Netanyahu and Barak, to avoid any attack of any kind against Iran or whatever, at least until Madonna's tour visit in Israel. god save the queen.  The page is quiet simple and has not been able to get a large number of 'Likes'. As of now it is  179 likes and has 10 people talking about it. There is however a lot of conversation happening and each post has a lot of comments. The ...

Google to launch free cloud-storage service called 'Drive'

Image Credit: Briankeithmay.com One of Silicon valley's hottest startups is set to get some serious competition. There has been a lot of speculation about Google's GDrive, a free storage which will live in the cloud. Like Dropbox which offers 2 GB of Free storage and can be used as an extra drive on your PC. Google's new service is going to be called simply 'Drive'. It will function like an extra hard-drive on your PC and sync all the files you store on that drive in the cloud. This means no matter where you are and what system you are using, all your files will be accessible to you wherever you are. People using multiple devices to access the internet and all their date has given rise to 'Cloud Computing'. Google's famed GDrive will rival other cloud-storage services like iCloud from Apple, which lets users store all their data in the cloud and Dropbox which now has more than 45 million users. Dropbox also saves over 1 billion files every few days.  The...

Use Remindo to help you remember tasks, birthdays, anniversaries, to-do's etc

Remindo is another free web app that gives you a gently reminder every-time you need to get something done. The service lets you setup and create reminders for any conceivable thing you need reminding about. So if you are looking to get your work-life in balance and complete all goals on time. You can set up a reminder and ensure you get either email reminders of the tasks that need to be completed or get a text-message on your phone. This helps you stay focused and complete and stick to your goals. If you are a freelancer you can use the service to make sure you don't forget appointments. If you're a student use the service to make sure you're sticking to your schedules and assignments. The app however is not only for serious things like work and professional life. Use it to make sure you don't forget your anniversary and partner's birthday. You can also use it to keep a list of things you would like to remember like recipes or driving directions or anything else y...

Update to Chrome 17 to enjoy faster web browsing and added security

This is really happening fast two months after the release of Chrome 16 comes the release of Chrome 17, just a month after being launched in Beta and a day after the launch of Chrome for Android. There are actually two features that Google says is what makes the latest version a must have for faster, quicker and safer browsing. The way Chrome 17 loads faster is through something called 'Prerendering' what this means simply is that as you are typing an address in the omnibox, chrome will start actually loading pages for the site you are about to visit and so when you click enter it will seem as though the site is there already. This will make it look like the page or website has loaded instantly. Reducing the time from the moment you click enter and the time it takes to open the website.  The second feature is the added security. Google explains this in very simply terms - they have a whitelist based on files that are know to come from various publishers across the internet. So ...

Use MeetingBurner to host a free Video Conference or Webinar online with no Downloads required

MeetingBurner has just launched and it boasts some super capabilities like the ability to signup for free and conduct an online conference or meeting for free with speeds up to 5x faster than other solutions. The service is free for up to 15 participants and if you need to invite more people you can opt for MeetingBurner pro ($39.95/month) and if you need over 1000 participants you can signup for MeetingBurner Premier ($99.00/mo). So if you are a small company and you need to setup a free video conference then this is a solution for you. You can signup for a free account and get going right away. The service also has some nice features like the ability to record your meeting and then upload it to YouTube. It is also very simple to use, participants can join with just one click. There is also no heavy software to be downloaded to get started, it is all done online. All you need to do is to access the site and start your meeting. Works very good for people who need to conduct Webinars, s...

It's Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday, Google celebrates with a Doodle and the British Council with a read-a-thon

Google Doodle for Dickens' Birthday Its Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday and people all around the world take time to remember his novels and the nostalgia it brings of school days and having to finish writing projects based on his novels. who can forget 'Oliver Twist' and David Copperfield the artful dodger, Ebeneezer Scrooge in 'The Christmas Carol'. in celebration of his birthday Google has a new Doodle out which brings to light various characters from his tales.  Twitter also has everyone saying 'Happy Birthday Charles Dickens' and 'Charles Dickens' is on the trending topics. The British Council is responsible for the trending topic 'Happy Birthday Charles Dickens' and has a link to their site on which the read-a-thon is being conducted.  24 countries will read an extract from one of his books. There will be mash-ups happening all around the world and you can follow the British Council's Twitter feed to listen to all these readings...

What is Google's Solve for X program and how does it work

Google has launched a new web app in called Solve for X with a corresponding Google+ page. The program has been launched in effect to create Technology Moonshots. For people to come together and collaborate on issues effecting the world on a Global scale. In effect the program seeks to tackle and address world problems using Technology. It encourages people to come up with solutions and spread the word. The program wants to be radically different and collaborative in its effort and help bring solutions to global problems using Tech. Not only Tech but radically different ideas and ways, that might work. The amazing thing about this program is that there will be live events for you to attend and there is a forums for discussion on their G+ page. If you have an idea that will be a moonshot, meaning so good like going to the moon, you can create a video with you talking about it and post a link to it on the Google+ page. Once on that page selected talks and video recordings that will make ...

QRHacker lets you create personalized QR codes by adding colors, images and logos

QRHacker is a fun QR code generator, using this web app you can personalize your QR codes and have fun. You can even pay around with the colors and embed images into your QR code. When you first start generating your code you can choose to add some text, link to a URL, phone number and Vcard. Once you have done that it is time to get started. Forget black and white QR codes that look like a maze of jumbled parts. These QR codes can be fun, you can add your Logo or embed an image into the code and generate a QR code your for App, Website, Product or blog that looks totally different. Developed by  a small Hungarian-based team called Carnation Group .  Once you fill in all the details you can then start adding colors to your QR code and you can even edit the same pixel by pixel, You can also edit each pixel individually. You can add background and foreground colors and upload an image to embed or add your logo. Once completed you have a nice colorful and creative QR code which you can us...

Download Roses and Animal Affection Themes for Windows 7

With Valentine's day round the corner Microsoft have released two new themes. Roses Theme and Animal Affection theme for Windows 7. These roses theme features a set of 10 wallpapers of roses, the flower associated with love. Download this theme to get you into the Feb 14th mood. Roses have been sung about, have had poems written about them, are used extensively on Feb 14th and bring with them a smile on people's faces. This free Windows theme has 10 high-definition wallpapers for those who might like to have roses on their desktops. Animal Affection theme has 14 high-resolution wallpapers with photos of Animals being affectionate to one another, usually animals of the same species. These are two themes featured for Valentine's Day for sure. A Windows them when downloaded with feature beautiful wallpapers on your desktop each time you startup. They are also free to download from Microsoft -  Note: Windows 7 themes can only be used in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, En...

[INFOGRAPHIC] The day the internet stood still

So what impact did the day, that the internet blacked out in protest against SOPA and PIPA have on internet users and what are the volumes of traffic it affected. The 18th of Jan will always be remembered as the day when the internet went still and if you visited Wikipedia on that day all you got was a black screen. There were many websites that participated and to get a better idea check the infographic below.With tens of millions of participants, the blackout was the largest protest in history. Congress was flooded with over 400,000 calls – or 11.5 hours of phone calls per senator. Wikipedia's blackout constituted 1% of all tweets on the 18th. Source: frugaldad.com An original post by Sociolatte

11 ways to effectively use Pinterest to gain traffic and Social Media Clout

Some of our pins on Pinterest Pinterest is the hot new social network that will soon need no introduction. If you would like to go through our guide you can find it here . Pinterest is basically sharing things you like on the web in picture form. When you see a photo or image that catches your eye, you can pin it onto Pinterest. Other members of the network can then view your Pin and if they like it, they can repin it, post a comment, add it to one of their boards. A board is a collection of pins. You can also pin your own content and it is not seen as something that is a no-no on the site. It is therefore top dollar when it comes to generating traffic to your blog or website. You can also share you pins and boards on Twitter and Facebook. Here are 10 ways to ensure you get the most of of Pinterest. Please also remember that if you images and videos do not catch the eye or the imagination, it is of no use.  1. Become an expert and curate your personal brand just as you would on Twitter...

Skype 5.8 for Windows now has Facebook Video Chat, HD Video-Calling, Screen Sharing and Push To Talk

The newest version of Skype 5,8 for windows is out and it comes with some new and added features. You can now chat with your Facebook friends and choose between audio and video calling, if your Facebook friends are not online you can hide those and view only those friends who are online. You can chat with them even if they are not Skype users. You can now also make crystal-clear video calls to all your friends, family and business contacts with Skype HD video calling. There is also group screen share for conference calls, users can now share their entire screen with people who are on the conference call. To make video calls however you would need a Logitech C920 video cam, this is because all the encoding is done within the cam and enables full HD or HD quality videos with older cams. Skype have also said that users of multiplayer games have requested push to talk which is now available. With push to talk you can now set a hotkey and toggle microphone muting on a Skype call. All this a...

Salaries of the Top Facebook Execs and how much they earned in 2011

The base salaries of all the top Facebook executives was reveled in the s-1 filing. After the IPO filing on Wednesday the company revealed exactly how much their top execs make and from the look of it you can see how healthy Facebook is. Facebook also said it produced $3.71 billion in revenue last year with most of the revenue coming from advertising on the site, with a profit of $1 billion. So how much does Mark Zukerberg earn in 2011 and the public face of the company Sheryl Sandberg, (COO) actually earn. Here is the breakdown. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO: made a salary of $483,333 in 2011, He also received “other” compensation (Travel, security etc) $783,529, Overall, Zuckerberg received $1,487,362 for 2011 Sheryl Sandberg, COO: had a salary and bonus of $381,966 in 2011, also granted about $30 million in stock awards. David Ebersman, CFO: $381,966 in salary and bonuses. With stock, total compensation comes to $18.6 million. Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering: $333,833 in salary and bo...

Move photos to a different album on Facebook

This post is in response to a question by one of our users. can I move photos from one album to another without having to upload them all over again?. The answer is yes, it is very easy to move photos between albums on Facebook without having to upload them once again. This can be done on the new Facebook Timeline by accessing your photos link on Timeline. It will also be good to remember that this works only with albums you have created and not for albums that have been complied automatically. Compiled automatically will mean those albums that are created automatically by Facebook like Profile Pictures, Mobile Uploads and Wall Photos Albums. These are albums that get created automatically from photos you upload randomly to your Timeline. How to move photos to a different album on Facebook 1. Click on the photos link on your Timeline or profile and choose an existing album 2. Click on Edit Album found on the top of the page above the photos 3. Click or select Edit Photos found in the...