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Bing has something new which has come with this Facebook integration - Bing Tags. Once you login to Bing with your Facebook account and do a self-search. That is earch for your name on Bing. You get your Facebook profile and the ability to tag other pages with your name. You can also tag yourself with other people on Bing. Essentially it is like a small social network that contains all your pages, blogs and websites in one place. So when your Facebook profile comes up in a Bing search you can in addition add or tag your linkedIn profile, Twitter and other social profiles' of yours. This way they say other people searching for you on Bing can be very sure that it's you, they're looking for. You can also tag your friends and vice versa. So when you're busy adding tags a list of your Facebook friends show up on the right, from here you can choose to tag them and they can do the same to you. Once a friend has tagged you - you will get a notification on your Bing page un...

Google+ hangouts on air are a little different from normal Google+ hangouts . Normal hangouts are for friends, colleges and families to have live face-to-face discussions. Hangouts on air however are for live broadcasts to the masses. With hangouts on air any number of viewers can join in, the President of the US has used this functionality thrice. So, Google+ hangouts on air just got a whole let better. Let's say your really engrossed in watching a hangout and suddenly you need to go somewhere for some quick work, maybe need to use the loo. Come back soon after and just hit the rewind button to where you left off. Your hangout will now start playing from the time you left off. All recording from Hangouts On Air will be available on YouTube right after the hangout. So if you missed it, you can see the whole thing on YouTube right-after. Also the quality of video for mobile devices just got better. So if you're on-the-go, you can expect some better quality videos from Google+....

YouTube has introduced the latest way to see popular videos trending in various places. For now YouTube Trends map is available only across the US, with other regions coming soon. Trends map on YouTube will let you see what videos are popular where. In addition you can also see what videos are popular with teens and what videos are popular with older people. There is also the ability to see which videos are trending with male and female viewers. You will be presently surprised to note that the same videos are not popular with male and female viewers. YouTube trends map is a result from feedback YouTube received from the YouTube Trends Dashboard. Trends Dashboard is the place you go to when you want to find out which videos are popular and trending across the world. With Trends Dashboard you can select a country and see the most popular and trending videos over there. With Trends map it's taken to a whole new level and broken down by demographics and different locations across the ...

LinkedIn has a new feature that's been announced. The ability like in Facebook to use Mentions - this would mean that on LinkedIn you can mention your connections in a status updates and you can also mention companies in your updates. So let's say you start a conversation and would like to mention some of your connections . Start by typing their names and a drop-down should appear with all your connections beginning with those letters. Choose the ones you want and get their names added to the conversation. When you're replying to a status update that has you mentioned you can use the Facebook style @Name to reply to a person or a number of people in the conversation. The feature is being rolled out to all English speaking LinkedIn users over the next few days, and later on to all LinkedIn users. The feature will ensure that there are now threaded conversations on LinkedIn, and have a very Facebook style of conversations. This would definitely be at a huge advantage for Li...

Zealous is a new web app to help your promote and discover art online. With Zealous you can find up and coming videos, art, photography and design content - you can also promote creative content online. It is fast becoming a hub online for people who create stuff to share their creations with the rest of the world. So if you are into music and have a music video you'd like to promote, Zealous offers you this opportunity. The online community is always looking for new songs, videos, art and just about anything creative. If you have something you've created then try Zealous.co and upload your creations. Whatever you upload has the possibility of being feature on the homepage, and users decide which content is cool and needs to be shown a little love. Once a users clicks the 'Love and Share' button. Content gets the red 'Loved' button and can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. The site has a cool and easy design and the makers of the site have dedi...

We have already written about Path ( The Social Network on SmartPhones ) and how it works. Path have now updated both their iPhone App and the Android app and is now known as Path 3. Path 3 has a huge update - private messaging and stickers. Just like in other social networks like Facebook and Google+ - Path now has instant messaging. You can chat with a friend or a group of friends and along with your chat you can also send stickers, voice message, photos, videos, songs, books and your location. This way you can carry on meaningful or fun conversations with a single user or a group of your friends. Stickers have become very popular on the interwebs and sending them is a fun. With Path messaging you can go to the another new function - The Shop. here you can unlock some stickers for free and the others for a fee. Click on any sticker and send them instantly to your friends. 1. How to access the Path Messenger on my Phone Like on Facebook Messenger - simply swipe to the right or on the...

Cannon have announced a new high-sensitivity 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor which will be used exclusively for video shooting. With the new CMOS censor just a little light is more than enough. An example would be the light that is emitted from an incense stick, the low light of a star etc. This is as legit as it can ever get and you just got to watch the video to believe. When shooting a video, you know how the movie appears when night-vision is turned on. This is nothing like that - some video footage comes out as clear as the light of day. An unbelievable clarity is achieved and the CMOS sensor must belong to the cameras of the future. This is much better that Cannon's own 5D series know for its ability to record in low-light. The camera once fully developed will first be put to non-consumer use like in surveillance and natural observation. The camera will be able to record in the light without messing with the color at all, like other night-vision cameras. Check the video below t...

Pheed has in a short while become one of the most popular Apps at the iTunes store. It is totally free to download and use and quickly risen to becoming one of the most popular apps being downloaded. Many uses on Twitter and other social networking sites are already claiming that it's the next big thing. Paris Hilton has also joined Pheed and has already Tweeted congratulating them for becoming the No 1. App in the world. So what's all the fuss about - there are many features that make Pheed a wonderful and powerful App and let us try to break it down for you here. What is Pheed? Pheed is a social networking App now available at the app store and coming soon to the Google Play store for all you Android users. Once you setup your Pheed people can follow you and you can follow people. Something all Social Networking site users are familiar with What can I do once I setup and create me Pheed It gives you a chance to express yourself. As a user you can create and share texts, photo...

So after all the things people have been able to do on Facebook, there is now one more addition. The ability to send real physical gifts to your friends, family and lovers on Facebook. Facebook today announced their new gift services and it is slowly being rolled out to all users. If you do not have the ability to send physical gifts give it a few days and you should get the options on your friends news feeds' or Timelines and birthday reminder on your News Feed. These are gifts you can send that your pals can get at their address and unwrap the gift you send and add some meaning to the relationship. We are sure that many people are going to have fun with this new gifting service and make the most of it.  How to send a Facebook Gift. 1. Login to Facebook 2. Go to your friends' Timeline or profile and in the status bar where you would normal type a message, you should find a gift icon. 3. Click on it choose your gift, go through the payment steps. 4. Your friend will be notified...

Nextdoor is a Social Network that is meant for neighborhoods and people living close by. In a way bringing your neighborhood online and creating awareness among communities. Also a place if you would like to get to know your neighbors a little more and start sharing. Provided of-course that they are already there on Nextdoor. The social network also says that they've been inspired by the early days of Facebook and to join you would need to enter your real name and your real address. Once you have entered this information you will get a postcard to verify that it is you at this address. A call to your landline phone number. Credit card verification or reference from an already verified neighbor. These are the four methods that Nextdoor uses to verify that you indeed live in that neighborhood.  Nexdoor: How it works 1. Head over to Nextdoor and you will be asked to enter information like your email ID, street address, city, state and Zipcode to see if your neighborhood is already lis...

CircleMe the iPhone app people use to plant virtual plants in locations they like now gets an added feature 'Plant Guides'. The way to plant on the app is that once you find something you link you can leave a virtual plant for other users to find and water. By water we mean add stuff to and help it grow. So users can plant a movie, a song, an actor whatever you can think of. These plants are left with messages that other users can then pickup and enjoy. So when you go to a new place you can check out all the plants and see what other people are saying about them and other fascinating facts left by other users. This ability to geo-tag locations and share with everyone or only people form your trusted network is an opportunity to discover new places whenever you walk by. Plant Guides - the newest feature from the app are plant guides provided by select partners. These selected partners will curate and display plant guides that are really interesting and worth discovering. The fir...

Loveit at first glance looks a lot like Pinterest . Almost like a replica and doing almost the same thing with a few key differences. Loveit has private collections that you can share only with friends and families. Which means if you want to work on a private collection for business, you can use Loveit to do just that.   The content importer toll also has an algorithm to correctly identify the pictures original source. So if you run a website or blog that has a lot of pictures that people would like to share, the originial source content is identified and credited. The rest of it is just like Pinterest and therefore loads of fun for people who like to share and find beautiful pictures and images on the internet. Loveit also has the ability to import all your Pinterest pins and boards with just a few steps. This post will detail these steps to help you have all your great content on both the sites. How to import, move or bring all your Pinterest pins and Boards to LoveIt. 1. Log in to ...

Instagram have updated their iOS and Android apps. One of the main features being touted about the new and updated version of the app is the ability to add geolocation to your photos. This helps in better discovery of your photos and when people visit your 'Photo Map'. Photo Map will display all the photos yo have added to your map by visiting the different places of your map. You might not want to add all your photos to the Photo Map and so there is the easy ability to select or deselect which photos you do not want appearing on the map. So only photos you are comfortable with can be added to the map. Instagram has more than 80 million users and many of who would not mind adding a location feature to their photos. This gives people who are viewing photos a better idea of there they have been taken. This tool can also be used to discover new places and locations. You can also use it to find beautiful places for your next vacation. Instagram Photo Map: How does it work How to s...

A screenshot of the App RealPlayer the music player for desktop PCs that we have been familiar with but no more regarded as one of the premier media players on the internet - have decided to do something about it. They have targeted mobile devices and plan to once more reclaim the title of premier music player on mobile devices, SmartPhones and Tablets. There have been a huge features announcement and the app which till now was in Beta, is now ready for download as a full-fledged app. To start with the app is multilingual and supports 9 languages; supports multiple file formats, play music and videos and can be used to browse photos. Among the other features that are available are voice commands for search, sharing on your favorite social media sites. You can also move the app to your SD card. You can also use the app without unlocking your screen - for easy playing of all your music and video files. The app also promises a fine tuned graphic equalizer which allows you to fine-tune the...

Google Play the new service from Google has gone live today. The service is being rolled out in a phased manner and will be available to everyone across the world soon. So what will you be able to do with Google Play. Google Play will work as a central hub for all your Apps, Movies, Music, eBooks and Games. How does Google Play work Buy or install anyone of these and it is immediately available on all your devices and on the web with no syncing required. So get yourself a new eBook and start reading on your reader and later pick up from where you left-off on the web. Start watching a movie on the small-screen and later move to your flat-screen device. So when you install a new game or app on one device it will then become available on all your devices and on the web. So Google Play becomes the new name for the place where you can view all your media. This is not something new as Google's Android Market, Music, Movies and eBooks already enjoy this functionality. Google Play however...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 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...