Get paid to find bugs in Chrome, Firefox
Google in its Chrome Blog has announced rewards to developers who discover and report the bugs to Google. This is in line with Mozilla’s Security Bug Bounty Program where you can earn US$ 500 for reporting a new bug in the latest version of FireFox , ThunderBird and other software. Google’s cash reward like Mozilla’s [...]
Now even your Puppy can Tweet
We have seen some interesting twitter users and innovative applications and gadgets that make Twitter a fun service. But, this innovation is the most offbeat one. According to CNN, world’s largest toy maker Mattel is making a gadget that will help puppies tweet their message on twitter. Puppy Tweets is a plastic tag with a [...]
Now is the time to learn Objective – C
With Apple about to announce its latest revolutionary product – the Tablet PC, its share value and earnings is bound to rise several times. But importantly, it will help many freelance programmers earn a fortune by developing apps for it. iPhone apps are developed in Objective C. However, there is an python implementation too. According [...]
Breaking: Techcrunch has been hacked.
The most popular technology site Techcrunch has been hacked (12.05 IST). You can only find the word ’hi’ on the top left corner of the page. It is the most popular site in Tech niche and the most popular source on Techmeme. Edit: It is back up after 10 mins (12.15 IST) What might have [...]
Search for Jobs on Twitter
Twitter has evolved from being just about status update to a productivity tool for many. There are several cool apps for twitter from searching from photos and video to products. Latest is the job search application from TwitJobSearch.com. Its algorithm searches for jobs posted by recruiters in the twittersphere. To post jobs just tweet about [...]
Is targeted traffic really important?
Consider this example. There is a lazy village or a small town in the country side. There is a food stall, CD shop and sports goods shop. These places will be frequented by their patrons and new customers which might increase or decrease on daily basis. But that place has been declared as a host [...]
How to shorten your URL using Google’s Goo.gl
Google has launched its own url shortening service Goo.gl. However, Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products and not for broader consumer use. There is, fortunately, a trick to get your blog url shortened using Goo.gl. You must use Feedburner for your feeds. Just go to your Feeds -> Publicize -> Socialize and [...]
HTML5 to include- rel=”noreferrer”
HTML5 is going to include the tag rel=”noreferrer” . This tag will strip out the referrer information. That is the browser will not detect the referrer page. Mark Pilgrim writes in Dive into HTML5 rel=”noreferrer” “indicates that no referrer information is to be leaked when following the link.” No shipping browser currently supports this, but [...]