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Google maps, Google Earth and all their related apps use Street View . Street View is ability to browse Google Maps at street view level. If you're using Google Earth - drop the little man icon and you're suddenly on eye level with the map. So surf and see pictures as they were taken live and kind of live the experience. latest Google Street View has moved to a whole new level. Instead of the street view cars - Google has packed a Trekker on a human back and gone walking with the camera equipment. Which means street view can be a accessed from difficult places and difficult terrain. All a person needs to do is to strap the equipment to their back and walk and out of the whole effort comes some amazing panoramic 360 degree views of the beautiful earth, using Google Street View Trekker. If you would like to wear this equipment on your back and go on a trek - you can now apply for a partnership and volunteer your services. There are some places that only a few people know. Especi...

Reddit loves memes and the default image hosting service is Imgur. Imgur is not by Reddit but is the most popular service on Reddit where users upload photos, images and memes to. These are then shared on Reddit. So no matter where you create or make a meme it is finally hosted on Imgur and shared on Reddit. Quickmeme which till now has been a popular service for making memes has been black listed for artificially upvoting posts and downvoting posts from competitors. This now makes perfect sense that Imgur launch their own meme making service. So the next time you're on r/AdviceAnimals - you can make your memes on Imgur and share it directly. We have already written about how to share photos on Reddit and the best sites to make a meme . With the new service from Imgur, the whole process has become that much more easier. So whether it is Bad Luck Brian, Overly Attached Girlfriend or any other meme, you can create one right on Imgur How to make a meme on Imgur 1. Go to Imgur 2. The...

Well this is how it all began - first the experiments and then the teaching. They say humans evolved form monkeys, this video shows you a glimpse of that. This monkey gets a human to do its dirty work. It calls the human closer, puts some leaves in the humans hands. And then shows the human how to crush - please follow the instructions carefully or you might miss it. Watching the video can be quite fun as you see how much the little monkey understands. It is actually watching the human do its work and monitors to see if it's done correctly. All in all good video and you must watch and learn.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3diSnLNy4

The Burj Khalifa is the tallest manmade structure in the world. Standing at a height of 2717 feet and having more than 160+ floors. The building located in Dubai and acknowledged as the tallest building in the world can offer some spectacular views from the top. If you're wondering what it feels like to stand on one of the top most floors or maybe step out onto the maintenance units. Google Street View has gone ahead and done just that to give you a view from the 124th floor and also step out off a window on the 80th floor with the maintenance unit. The guys that keep the windows clear have the job of stepping right out and getting the best possible views. The winds are also blowing a quite high speeds at that height. In addition to being the tallest building in the world, it also has the world's fastest elevators - moving at 22 mph. So even if you're afraid of heights, these street view images from Google will give you some perspective. From up there you can see the ocean...

These lion cub pictures are going to make you go aww. Lions can be big and ferocious but check them out as cubs. Some of the cutest creatures they are - with their big paws and mischievous eyes. We have found some of the most adorable lion cub pictures found on the internet for you. These pics are absolutely adorable and a must see for people who love cute animals.   1. Lion cub gets nervousness during the doctors visit. [caption id="attachment_15668" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Source [/caption] 2. Play with lion cubs they said [caption id="attachment_15669" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Source [/caption] 3. Real life Simba [caption id="attachment_15670" align="aligncenter" width="502"] Source [/caption] 4. Not his camera day [caption id="attachment_15671" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Source [/caption] 5. In South Africa [caption id="attachment...

Digital Nomads are the new world traveler. To summarize who is a Digital Nomad - someone who has learned to make their living off the internet to support themselves and their world travels. Much of this movement has been attributed to Tim Ferris and his book The 4 hour work week. With the internet presenting numerous opportunities to make money. There are many people who have hit upon ides to generate income and with that income take-off to see the world. The new wanderlust is self-supported and helps people who would like to have that kind of a lifestyle. There are many people who have been travelling around the world and paying for it through their entrepreneurship ideas on the internet. So the next time you see someone sitting in a coffee ship in Thailand and working away, it could be one of the Digital Nomads whoa re roaming the world. All they need is an internet connection and a business or idea that is generating money for them. Some of the jobs these Digital Nomad do while on ...

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has something called Air Gesture. When this function is turned on you can use your phone, without actually touching it. So if you want to change the music or look at pictures. You can do all this with just a wave in the air. Without having to physically touch your phone. With a swipe of you hand you can control your phone. So the next time when your phone rings - wave your hand over your phone to answer calls. Pretty cool feature - you would need to turn on Air Gesture to actually begin using it. With Air Gesture comes 1. Air Jump - Scroll through webpages or email by moving your hand up or down over the censor 2. Air browse - move to next item by moving your hand left or right. 3. Air move - move icons from one screen to the other by holding down the icon with one hand and with the other move your hand left or right, to move icons between screens. 4. Air call-accept - start answering calls by moving your hand over the censor. When using this gesture the spea...

The daredevil Nik Wallender has successfully completed crossing the grand canyon, 1.500 meters above the ground on a tightrope. Thus happened at the Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon. The official time is 22 minutes and 54 seconds that he took to cross the quarter-mile tightrope 1,500 feet above the canyon. He could he heard praying to Jesus constantly and saying, thank you Jesus, thank you lord . This stunt comes a year after he completed crossing the Niagara Falls - that time he was tethered to a safety harness. This time in true fashion to his family he walked the tightrope with no safety harness or any other support. The video below shows you the complete walk and is sure quite astounding. 13 minutes into the walk there is a heavy breeze and he kneels down on the rope, the second time is at 22:33 to blow a kiss to his fans. He used a 2 inch think cable to do the walk and completes is great style as he runs along the rope. Daredevil Nik Wallenda Crand Canyon Crossin...

Large parts of northern India have been inundated by floods. Houses and people have been washed away. many of the places that have been effected by the floods and places of pilgrimages and many pilgrims have been stranded. The Indian Army has been called out to the worst effected ares in Uttarakhand, where 150 people have already lost their lives. A large number of pilgrims are reported to be trapped around the holy town of Kedarnath, located in Rudraprayag district. Flood related calamaties have also been reported in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. The actual shrine in Kedarnath is submerged in mud and slush. Google Person Finder a project by Google.org have now launched a web application to help victims find their families and friends. Once you open the app you can either click on Looking for someone or I have information about someone. Enter their names and the information you have and it gets added to the database. People can search the database and find their loved one...

Instagram the popular photo sharing app that was acquired by Facebook has now added video. These are 15 second long videos that you can capture and share on popular social networks. Instagram Video works a lot like Vine , The video capture and sharing app from Twitter. Vine allows you to take 6 second videos that play in a loop. Instagram video lets you take videos and play it in a 15 second sequence. Video on Instagram is proving to be a big hit with users. Here are some stats you might be interested in. Vine has 13 million users while Instagram has 130 million. Vine is owned by Twitter which has about half a billion users - Instagram is owned by Facebook which has over 1 billion users. The stakes are with Instagram video being launched in direct competition with Vine. There are many names being used to refer to the new service InstaVideo, InstaVids and a whole lot more. How does Instagram Video work. Unlike in Vine the video will last for 15 seconds - to get started after you have...

Here is a video that is simply superb and awesome, both at the same time. This might be a first for most of us. He plays a super tune on his guitar while bouncing a basketball. He finishes his most lovely tune with a perfectly timed basket. Kudos to this guy for an awesome feet. Don't forget to listen carefully to the tune - it's really nice. As of now we haven't figured out who the guy is. If you happen to know - please say so in the comments section below. Meanwhile please enjoy this awesome video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F_nIAQpW40

Alright, we all know you love memes - they have a special way of communicating. So if you love memes and like to post pics and images in comment replies. You are going to love the new feature on Facebook, that allows users to post photos in their comment replies. This is not something new on the internet as many blogs already have this feature. In fact this is something that has really made sites like 4Chan and Reddit really popular. It was inevitable that Facebook would and should follow. This is going to be real fun and if you have a set of fun friends on Facebook. Be sure to watch the comment replies with all the meme pics that are going to be floating around. Reddit is a handy tool f you're looking for some fantastic comments on photo replies. Some of the meme's we have already featured like Bad Luck Brian, Overly attached girlfriend and come at me bro, can be found here . This feature came about after a hackathon, and Facebook engineer Bob Boldwin  said that a pic helps pe...

Facebook have released amazing stats and insights for Facebook Page owners. So if you are the admin of a page on Facebook - the stats page has just gotten a whole lot more interesting. Especially when it comes to PTAT people talking about this . If you own a page then you know there is clickable link called 'People Talking About This'. Not much information could be garnered from that link till now. That has all changed if you want to know more about the gender of the people clicking you links, it's available. You also have something called Virality . Virality will show you the number of people who have liked you post and are making s story out of it. There is also engaged users to see how many users have actually clicked on your posts. Talking about this will summarize the number of users who have liked, commented and shared your posts. These insights are very valuable to markets and people who want their pages to go viral on Facebook. When you want your page or post to ...

The latest security update from Microsoft is faulty and can cripple your PC. Microsoft has advised all users who might have had this automatic update to please uninstall it. Windows 7 users know that before shutting down their devices - PCs or Laptops. The automatic updates pushed by Microsoft will install itself on your computer and everything goes well. The latest update KB2823324 - has started to show its ugly face. Your system might go into endless reboots and get crippled, or the blue screen of death might appear. Users don't want to be troubled by these problems, but here it is. If you find that after the latest update from Microsoft has been causing you booting or startup problems then this is what you need to do. How to uninstall KB2823324 Windows update from my PC. 1. Click on start 2. Click on control panel 3. Under program click on uninstall a program 4. Click on view installed updates 5. Search for KB2823324 6. Right-click and uninstall 7. You're done. Microsoft sa...

funny  Videos. It's only with a sense of humor that you'll know life is worth laughing at. Watch these expert riders stride their bikes and show you some of the best stunts found anywhere on the planet. If at the end of the stunt the only thing that is accomplished is a smile begins to don on your face. The mission for this post has been accomplished. Oh and by the way try not to fall of your chair laughing. As these stunts can prove to be absolutely hilarious. All videos are from the southern state of Kerala in India. 1. Watch out for the tuk-tuk behind you http://youtu.be/jRMWBhMAwqU 2. Wheelies are to be done on the roads and not on plants http://youtu.be/YIcsgmcFzac 3. Not another wheelie http://youtu.be/quQ7PW9Hxg0 4. Yet another wheelie http://youtu.be/HmU0HqFz_eI 5. And yes, another one. http://youtu.be/WXznQvhcVXQ 6. Another try http://youtu.be/GlJSmyynH2o 7. Oh no, not in the river http://youtu.be/xWMxkDshytI 8. Now this one http://youtu.be/ImUEqvF7k9E 9. Doughnuts any...

XBox one has huge restrictions when it comes o sharing games with your friends and family. PlayStation 4 have come out with a video to make fun of this whole fiasco from Microsoft. The video, which is termed as a simple instructional video. Guides users on how to share games between each other. We are not going to spoil the fun for you by telling you how it's done. Watch and see for yourself. even though Microsoft have come out with certain conditions which seek to appease the uproar of XBox gamers. It does not really solve any of the issues. Microsoft have said that the games can be shared with up to 10 family members from anywhere. Also anyone can play the games at the console at the players house. This is something that goes without saying - Microsoft products seem to always come with huge restrictions. Check out the video below and do leave a comment with what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

Edward Snowde n also know as the whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history has done a live Q&A with The Guardian. He took questions live and answered queries regarding what he did and why he did it. He also spoke about Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple. Saying that their denials to allowing the government access to their servers were false. They are actually misleading their users as to the amount of information they were sharing with the NSA. He also spoke about why he choose Hong Kong and why he fled the US. The Q&A is a good read for people who have been following this saga since it all began. The whole think started with something called PRISM - which gives the NSA authority to seek to snoop on users' data. This could be data from social networks, phone companies and just about anything out there. Many users have since started using the search engine duckduckgo to get their search queries answered. This entire data collection efforts' cod...

Project Loon by Google was born out of the idea - how to get the world connected. Because, a majority of the world is not connected to the internet. There are some remote places on earth, that don't have internet at all. There are other places where 1 out of every 10,000 people have internet. Fast connections not being available at all. A majority of the world is not connected to the internet. If you have a fast internet connection, you should feel blessed, most of us take it for granted. Google has come up with an idea so crazy it's being called Project Loon. Yes, it might be short for balloon - since it involves big balloons floating in the stratosphere. Google says that this might be the fastest and most cost-effective way to get people in the hinterlands connected to the internet. Testing of the project has already begun in New Zealand. How it works. Google sends up big balloons in the sky, 20 kilometers high - plans fly below 10 kilometers; so no interference with air tr...

With the release of Hashtags on Facebook . All status updates with the hashtag in them will appear on public searches. A hashtag is the # sign in front of a word or phase - we have already covered in in greater detail here . With this release many Facebook users are again worried about this privacy. Just by adding that symbol in their status updates, posts, pic updates and video updates means it is searchable by anyone on Facebook. many users have already voiced their concern on various forums. It is to address this issue that we have decided to do this post. There is good news here however, only public posts with a hashtag will show up on Facebook searches or when someone click on the hashtag. so when creating a post if you use the privacy options wisely. Your status updates will not appear on searches. How to set Facebook hashtags privacy settings. 1. Compose your post with the hashtag in it. 2. Click on custom below the search box 3. Choose friends or only me or just a few people y...

There are many reasons why people follow you on Twitter . Now is your chance to show the world why people follow you. The kind of Twitter profile you run and maintain and your best Tweets. Twitter along with Vizify have launched a new service and it's called #FollowMe. The campaign is powered by Vizify the Portland based startup. Twitter and Vizify first teamed up a year ago for the 'Year on Twitter project' - this is the fruition of that project. You can now create a video that's based on your top twwwets, interactions, pics and the time of day you tend to Tweet. You can choose music from over a million licensed tracks and get your very own Twitter profile video up and running. #FollowMe project hops to capture your unique tweeting style and showcase it as a highlight reel. The video once created will showcase your top tweet, pics, Vines and followers - the ones you've interacted with the most. It is a fun little web-app that brings out who you are on Twitter. Plea...

Microsoft have announced a retail store-within-a-store partnership with Best Buy. They will be opening 500 stores across the U.S and 100 stores in Canada. No news however on whether this will also move to other Best Buy locations in other countries. The concept announced is quite a strategic one. In addition to having separate space within Best Buy locations (up to 2,200 square feet), Windows devices will be featured prominently throughout the shop. Not content will growing this partnership offline, an online version of stores will also be available. The stores will features the whole range of Microsoft products from Windows 8 devices to phones, PCs, tablets, XBox and more. When consumers walk into any one of these stores they will be greeted with a full display, and the entire range of Microsoft products. The company wants consumers to get acquainted with the entire range of product offerings from Microsoft, a move that has been praised by analysts. This is not an entirely new concep...

Facebook has now got what Twitter made popular - Hashtags. With hashtags users can click on them and follow topics as it's happening in real-time. So let's say you see the hashtag #NBAfinals - when you click on it all the news surrounding the NBA Finals will be visible. This could include pics, videos, status updates, page posts and posts from groups. So if there is a hashtag on Facebook and you click on it. You will be able to see all the different things Facebook users are saying about that particular topic. This means you will be able to see status updates from more people and not just your friends and the people you're connected to. This is a popular feature on Twitter - when you click on trending topics on Twitter everything is organized around hashtags. Which makes it easier for you to follow, breaking news stories, trending topics and anything that is going viral on Facebook. The #hashtags we know today was first created by Chris Messina in 2007 on Twitter. How to...

When you access your activity log on your Facebook Timeline and want to set permissions for a post, pic or video. You are presented with two options 1. Shown on Timeline 1. Allowed on Timeline. This is quite confusing and might have people wondering what this actually means. Since both mean almost the same thing. Facebook has an algorithm that is used to determine what posts show up in users' news feeds and Timelines. Not all posts show up everywhere. The same applies to your Timeline. Facebook's algorithm decides which posts get shown on your Timeline and which posts get hidden. So when one of your pals visit your Timeline - they get shown the posts Facebook have decided is important. In this scenario is where the difference between show and allow on timeline come into play. Basically is you choose Shown on Timeline , you are telling Facebook that you actually want his post on your Timeline. It will then always appear on your Timeline. If you choose Allowed on Timeline - yo...

Sometimes you might have installed Dropbox on a couple of your devices. Maybe on your PC, iPad, iPhone, Android phone or Tablet. One of those devices you sell or maybe it gets lost or stolen. You, on the other hand have stored sensitive files on your Dropbox. You don't want those files to fall into the wrong hands. Fortunately you have a solution to remove all those files and unlink that computer, SmartPhone or Tablet from your Dropbox Synced devices. So if you suddenly realize that you have lost access to a computer that has all your Droxbox files synced to it. Follow the steps below to correct the situation. How to unlink a computer from my Dropbox account 1. Back up all your files locally 2. Delete all your Dropbox files 3. Dropbox will Sync all your devices and those files should be removed from the remote computer 4. Unlink and remove access from the device by going here https://www.dropbox.com/account#security 5. Now you can add all your deleted files which were backed-up, b...

So you're still working on your Facebook Timeline and trying to work everything to perfection. One of things you might want to do is to remove 'Joined Facebook' from your Timeline. There might be many reasons why users want to do this - maybe they are newbies on Facebook and would like to appear much older. The opposite also might be true. Maybe they don't want everyone searching for them on Facebook to know when they joined. There are a 101 reasons why you might want to remove 'Joined Facebook' from your Timeline - so here goes. How to remove 'Joined Facebook' from Timeline 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on your name to go to your Timeline 3. Scroll all the way down 4. Hover over 'Joined Facebook' and on the right click on the 'Pencil' icon 5. Choose 'Hide from Timeline' 6. Magic - it disappears. Please leave a comment below to continue this discussion. Video below for the visuals http://youtu.be/rzCKC-zCgDU

Right at the bottom of your Facebook Timeline , there is something called 'Born'. Many users find this tab to be a bit irritating. The purpose of this from Facebook's point of view is to tell others when you were born. It however looks a bit ugly and might remind people of mortality. The best thing to do is to get rid of it. This post deals with how to remove the date from appearing under the 'Born' tab. The tab however cannot be completely removed. If however we are wrong and there is a way to remove the born tab do let us know in the comments section below. You can however prevent your date from appearing under Born. How to remove the date from under 'Born' on Facebook Timeline 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on your name and go to Timeline 3. Click on 'About' 4. Click on Edit beside Basic Info 5. Click the Lock Icon beside Birthday 6. Choose Only me 7. Save and you're done You can also use the dropdown menu to choose between showing your full ...

Gmail has a new look and feel, your inbox has been completely changed and everything looks new. With the new Gmail tabbed inbox you get all your mail organized according to category and tabbed under the same. When you first setup the new look you can choose from five options categories - Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums. Once you choose which tabs you'd like, emails are categorized under these tabs or categories. So if you want Social - all your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn etc, notifications and mails are stored under this category. So clicking on the social tab will take you to all your social mails under one category. This is fantastic and makes your inbox that much more organized. There are five tabs for you to choose. You can decide to use all of them or even none. Customization is totally up to you. If you find that an email is showing up on the wrong category. right-click on that email and move it to a different tab, simply drag-and-drop. Works on web and mo...

Apple have just announced their new music streaming service - iTunes Radio . The announcement was made by Tim Cook at the WWDC 2013. iTunes Radio is essentially a music streaming service which takes your likes and dislikes into account. The music that gets streamed to your device will take into account the genre of music you like and is customized accordingly. iTunes Radio can access the entire iTunes catalog, which means you have a choice of over 26 million songs to be streamed to your device. Companies like Sony, Universal and Warner have all joined the bandwagon. The service will be free for all U.S users and will be ad supported if you have not subscribed to iTunes Match . You also have the ability to skip a track if it does not appeal to you. Once you have iTunes Radio you can start streaming radio stations to your device. You can add radio stations or share them - the app will also provide 100's of pre-built radio stations. You also have the ability to create your own radio ...

LinkedIn has followed close on the heels of Twitter and have released two-step verification. Adding a two-step verification system - this allows you to better protect your LinkedIn account. So in-case someone tries to hack your account or gain unlawful access, they will not be able to do so easily. There are many reasons why you might want to protect your LinkedIn account. If someone breaks into your account, there are chances that slanderous mails will be sent to your contacts. You need to protect your reputation and all the hard-work you've put into building your account. two-step verification also adds for better maintenance. This is how two-step verification works on LinkedIn. You need to add a mobile phone number to your account. Once added a code will be sent to your phone. This code needs to be entered before you are able to log-in again. So the next time you login to your LinkedIn account - another security code will be sent to your phone. Only after entering this code wil...

Pinterest has a lot of interesting features - with one lacking. The ability to search for your own Pins directly from the search bar. Previously you would need to search for a pin and then filter through all the results to find your own Pin. Now thing are much more simpler - type your search query in the top search bar and then from the filter provided below. Choose ' Just my pins', and all your pins matching your keywords or keywords will be displayed. If you don't find the pin your searched for - try adding a few more keywords and make your query more descriptive. This feature is currently available on Web and will be available on mobile soon. How to search Pinterest for your own pins 1. Login to Pinterest 2. Type your query in the search bar 3. Below which you have the option to choose 'Only Your Pins' 4. Tick that and only your pins matching your search query will be show. Pretty neat feature from Pinterest - please leave a comment below with what you think abo...