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Google Launches Costume Themes for Gmail

Google Launches Costume Themes for Gmail. Google tried to continue to make Gmail users enamored, one of them by updating the theme. Now users can create their emails became more personal. They also launched a custom theme so that users can choose your own background image to their email

Now users can choose the background of the photo on Google +, upload them directly or write the address of the image (image URL). Google also provides some beautiful images in the Featured Photos. After uploading photos users will be given the option to use Light or Dark themes for the interface.

Google Launches Costume Themes for Gmail

The theme has become an important part of Gmail since its launch in 2008. Gmail that we know come up with a simple design, practical and minimalist. This simple design helps the user to easily distinguish the inbox and other folders. While the theme of the quality of HD has been introduced in November last year, but only a limited set of iStockphoto.

Twitter will Sensor Tweet

Twitter will Sensor Tweet - Twitter is a free media. Spaces where users can express tweet anything with them. Twitter is very supportive of freedom of opinion. They are guided by the exchange of information can foster a positive impact on a changing world. Twitter adds new technology on its site, which allows the censor tweet in certain countries. Previously, if a government wants to block tweets related to a topic, then it should block all Twitter tweets in the whole world.  

"Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country while keeping it available in the rest of the world," the Twitter blog said.

On tweet in the sensor, Twitter will show the word 'Tweet Withheld: his tweet from @username has been withheld in: Country'. For now, Twitter has not used his new abilities. This sensor will be done when they were asked to withhold a tweet in certain countries. Twitter gives examples of the content that supported the Nazis will be blocked in France and Germany, countries that prohibit the spread of this.

Twitter reasoned Such restrictions are absolutely necessary for the expansion of this social networking internationally. As a form of transparency, Twitter also said it will publicly inform the users when they are exposed to tweet sensors in one country. Some time after it was announced, many are worried about the ability of this new Twitter. A number of analysts, Twitter's commitment to freedom of speech and expression can be weakened if the sensor is applied.

Facebook Announces 60 new Timeline Applications

Facebook Announces 60 new Timeline Applications - Facebook users can further exist to share more activities done in the social networking with the presence of dozens of new applications. Facebook revealed the first group of new applications from 60 partner companies empowered by its Open Information application program tool (API), which was declared in September and just came out of try out. The applications period a variety of activities and pursuits, but one style works throughout: giving everything you do in life is good.
New application in Facebook allows users such as cataloging every aspect of their lives, ranging from movies, books, food to fashion, then divide into their friends. 60 applications of which this release includes contributions from a number of companies in the United States (U.S.) who worked with Facebook as Foodspotting, Rotten Tomatoes, Pinterest, TripAdvisor and e-reader Kobo.

For example, someone who read eBooks from Kobo, could mark the interesting text you want to share to Facebook friends. This application can also automatically track which books have been started or finished reading the user and connect with other Facebook users who also read the same book.

But keep in mind, application developers will have control over user activity that appears on Facebook. This is an issue pertaining to the privacy rules that are often disputed. Clearly, the user must know that when going to use the application they will be asked for permission for developers to track their habits and activities. And automatically, this data will be sent back to Facebook. 

Either way, here’s the full list of apps, all of which can be accessed for adding here:

Music

• Spotify
• Rdio
• Slacker
• Turntable.fm
• MOG
• Rhapsody
• SoundCloud
• iHeartRadio
• Earbits
• Jelli
• Saavn
• Songza

News and Links

• Washington Post
• Rockmelt
• Wall Street Journal
• Digg
• The Daily
• Buzzfeed
• The Guardian
• Yahoo! News
• The Independent
• IBNLive
• Wetpaint
• InHindi
• USA Today
• Joinsmsn

Charity

• Causes
• Artez Interactive
• FundRazr

Travel

• Where I’ve Been
• TripAdvisor
• Airbnb
• Gogobot
• Wipolo

Food and Dining
• Foodspotting
• Urbanspoon
• Yummly
• Snooth
• Foodly

Shopping, Design and Fashion
• LivingSocial
• Sneakpeeq
• Polyvore
• Oodle
• Pose
• Lyst
• Pinterest
• Fab
• Payvment
• GiftRocket
• LAX World
• GiantNerd

Fitness

• MapMyFitness
• RunKeeper

Entertainment
•  Flixter (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Goodreads
• Words With Friends
• Castleville
• Bubble Island
• Hulu
• DailyMotion
• Zeebox
• Draw My Thing
• Cinemur
• Kobo
• DiamondDash
• Snapstick

Events/Ticketing
• StubHub
• Ticketmaster
• Ticketfly
• ScoreBig

Miscellaneous
• BranchOut
• Ford – Mustang
• Ford – Grab-a-Badge
• Autotrader
• Appsfire
• Color
• [s]edition
• Grockit
• Chegg
• Artfinder

Facebook Launches New Social Music Feature

Facebook Launches New Social Music Feature - Facebook seems to be more compelling user, by presenting the latest features. After previously presenting the social networking site facebook video call feature, and Museum of Me. Facebook now brings new features again, The feature, called “Listen With Friends"—lets users listen along with any friend that playing music. New features that make the activity more exciting to listen to music so listen with pass keys that give access to users to share music in a chat room in real-time.

When a Facebook user is listening to a song, a music note will appear next to their name in the chat sidebar and the real-time news ticker. To listen in, users can simply hover over that friend’s name, then click the “Listen With” button. The feature is part of Facebook chat, so users can chat online about what they are listening to. Users can also listen in as a group while one friend acts as a deejay. Up to 50 friends can listen to the same song at the same time, and chat about it.

When a user begins listening to music with a friend, Facebook will post a story to friends’ tickers and/or news feeds. Users will be able to control who will be able to see when they are listening with a friend through their App Settings page after installing the compatible music app.

With this the latest step Facebook, seems to be able to enhance the users new to digital music services, because people will need an account to be able to listen simultaneously. Even a senior executive at Facebook in the UK calling for the head of the radio station to create social applications for social networks, and enhance the ability of  social listening via the web. This feature will begin to be disseminated by Facebook, and will likely be available to all Facebook users in the next few weeks.

Trap Malware Spread Via Pornographic Video on Facebook

The lure of video with scenes that tend to go back to being nasty tool for distributing malware via Facebook. The video is quite intriguing because, entitled "Feel A Boob Day". The existence of the spread of malicious programs were delivered by Vaksincom, Tuesday (01/02/2011), video with the title "Feel A Boob Day!!! with a preview of the video image that shows the man's hand above the woman's chest.

The video was disseminated through Facebook Group. Unlike other malware that spreads via a message on the Wall on Facebook. Link to the video was spread by exploiting a URL Shortener bit.ly. If clicked, the victim will be brought to the blog pages that are specially made for this purpose. The site was created similar to YouTube and show a video that is not too vulgar. A hand was in front of the female breast, angle shooting him as if he were holding the "sensitive".
 
The problem is when the page opens a pop-up that asks users to install an application called YouTube Player. If clicked, the user will be prompted to install Add On for Firefox or Google Chrome. Actually, Chrome or Firefox already gave a warning about installing this extension. However, many users are accustomed to ignore the warning. By automatic, the extension would make the victim a Facebook account to post his message for distributing malware to Group Facebook that you follow. In addition, he also registered a Facebook account to multiple Apps victim.

If you already be a victim, Vaksin.com suggested to perform these steps:
  1. Immediately delete / remove Add on / extension installed.
  2. Change password facebook 
  3. Log into your group and delete the posts that follow do on your behalf and inform the group members to be careful.

Your World New Feature in Google Search Create More personal

Google back to make changes to its search engine. search results are now enriched with content obtained from Google+ social networking and Google's Picasa which is used by search engine users. With the new method called Search Plus Your World, will display more content for users who are logged into a Google account, provides access to information that may have saved nor in the user or his post on Google+.

If you search for keywords "Chikoo", you can find the photos uploaded on Google+ friends while vacationing in Chikoo, will appear in the top row of the search results. This new model search can be enjoyed by users who activate their Google account and have friends who allow any content that can be shared. Google also will feature celebrity comments or influential people who are members of social networking on the topic being searched for users.

Google ensures the security of personal data used in the search engines by using encryption and other security mechanisms are equivalent to those used in Gmail. As the number one search engine in the world, Google seeks to maintain its dominance of competitors such as Microsoft's Bing search engine that is now holding Facebook.



Google Doodle Celebrates Birth of Nicholas Steno

Google Doodle Celebrates Birth of Nicholas Steno - The search engine Google today featuring its logo with the structure of the earth. Decorative design the Google logo, celebrating the 374th anniversary of Nicholas Steno, father of modern geology. He was born today, January 11, 1638 and died on November 25, 1686. Google Doodle is illustrated in a style where there are six stacks of geological layers with a variety of fossils and a layer of green in the topmost layer.

Scientists from Denmark started studying medicine at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands at a young age (20 years). Then he continued his studies of anatomy in Italy, by generating a neighbor tooth shark research. He later discovered that the tooth shark has a certain resemblance to the objects of rock. From there he found the concept of fossils and identify them as living organisms.

This is a fitting tribute to a man who worked on the rock layers and fossils, especially the study of geology as we know it today. Interested in a fossil shark tooth embedded in rock, he began to learn how solid objects can be found in other solid objects, like stones. Steno hypothesis, that in a sequence of rock layers, then a layer of rock that lies beneath relatively older age than the layer above it. Derived from it, this theory became known as the law of superposition of Steno.

Besides known as the father of modern geology, Steno also a pioneer of anatomy. Major projects and famous who've done Steno is Anatomical Observations (1662), Elementorum Myologiae Specimen, seu Musculi Descriptio Geometrica (1667), Concerning Solids Naturally Contained within Solids (1669), Elementary Mylogical Specimens (1669), and Discours de Monsieur Stenon sur L'Anatomie du Cerveau (1669).

UnifyPhotos Application to Move the Flickr Photos to Facebook

The following application is intended for those who love to share pictures in online. This application enables users who want to bring all the Flickr photos to Facebook. This application is named UnifyPhotos, Developed Goyaka Labs, he lets the owner of a Flickr account to copy the photos to Facebook with a very simple way.

Users just connect Facebook account with this application and allow the applications UnifyPhotos to connect it to Flickr. after authorize it, then the user will be presented with a collection of his Flickr sets that are ready to be moved. on the first day of its release, he was transferred as many as 20,000 photos from more than 500 albums on Flickr. worth noting is this application will only copy a set of photographs, not every photo that is uploaded.
UnifyPhotos
After selecting the set which will be migration, UnifyPhotos will place it in a Facebook album complete with its original name. Goyaka Labs team from setting up any photos that have been sent to Facebook in a private condition. With this the user can choose which photos to be shared and which are not. 


Users who want to show off Flickr photos to Facebook will be able to enjoy these applications free of charge. you only live register at the official site UnityPhotos.



Fookcover Provides interesting to Cover Photo Facebook Timeline

Still confused to find an interesting photo to cover up your Facebook Timeline? a few days ago Facebook users have started using the new Timeline feature. Even the Android and iPhone users had been able to enjoy the Timeline feature in their devices, If you are still confused to find photos for the cover of the Timeline, you'll want to listen to the following information.

There are various types of photos that you can apply to cover the Facebook Timeline, such as a photo trip or something more artistic to be able to attract the attention of users who see your Facebook Timeline,  image or sketches you made ​​possible. However, if you have no idea at all to cover it, you can try this one.

The site is named Fookcover offers easy for you to choose the photos of interest to cover up the Facebook Timeline. Fookcover provides a variety of gorgeous photos and interesting with a variety of categories, like the nature, abstract, urban and cute. You can also submit your own photos by emailing hello@fookcover.com, with dimensions of 851x315 (PNG format).

FookCover still in beta, and images may further be added by them from day to day, but those interested can also provide their photographs to be put together on the page. Unfortunately, you have to add a cover photo by download, is not automatic. You can also click "Add Cover" to share their favorite photos from Fookcover on your wall. Interested to try your Facebook Timeline to replace the cover with a collection of these photos? Visit the website directly and find Fookcover cover your favorite photo.



Google Doodle Present Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Pages the Google search engine today again showed his creativity. Google Doodle participate in the Christmas and Happy New Year, by providing an attractive and colorful logo. Google's logo today is very lively, there are little boxes of color.

As you click on the little squares the background turns black and Google's 'G' is replaced by a snowflake at the sound of a chime. As you progress through the buttons, each letter follows suit and morphs into a Christmas picture - and it soon becomes clear that you are in for a rendition of Jingle Bells.
After clicking the last box, the various pictures - including a snowman, a ringing bell, and a Father Christmas head, candle and a gift box - dance in tune to the Christmas song. When the festive arrangement is over, you're automatically taken to a another page showing the search results for 'Merry Christmas'

In the United States (U.S.), the phrase 'Happy Holidays' is often used as a greeting to all the winter holidays, like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. That is to say, 'Happy Holiday' is a shortened form of the greeting Merry Christmas and New Year.

YouTube Presents 'Snow' in His site

Celebrating Christmas, YouTube beautify the look of the site. Coincided with the winter snow in some countries, the team behind the video-sharing sites do not want to miss this brings 'snow' in the videos that they have. YouTube visitors can now see the arrival of 'snow' in the form contained in the video button. Visitors can even arrange a lot of snow or not they receive. you can see it by pressing the icon of snow at the bottom of the video display as shown below.


Once you press it then it will snow that will satisfy you turn the video display, you can also get rid of snow snowfall by moving the cursor to the right and left seemed to get rid of snow on the windows. If you are tired of the snow that fell continuously press the icon that you have hit the snow before then everything will be right again.


Interesting features are already available in most videos. This means that in some areas there are no YouTube visitors downfall of snow. The presence of attractive features is not the first time carried out YouTube. changes in the interface elements of this site YouTube also been done in a number of events until trending topic.

YouTube reportedly technicians are encouraged to create these features. For technicians who managed to create the best features, then he will be awarded the trophy.

Google Will Change The Site Doodle

Google Doodle sites had a change of Google. With this refresher, this site allows users who want to browse the Google logo illustration from time to time. Google's use Doodle, a company created illustrative logo to commemorate certain festivities. Halloween, Thanksgiving and the birthday of legendary figures from the background Doodle is made​​.

In the newly revised site, users can flashback from 1998, which first appeared Doodle. More than 1000 Doodle can be enjoyed here. Doodle was first invented by Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Ellison. At that time Google was duo tell the public that they are 'blurred' to Nevada to attend a festival. This notice they do if all of a sudden the Google search engine crashes and someone wants to know why no one answered the phone.



Over the years Doodle was created as a static illustration. But the few times Google adding animation, video, music and other interactive forms of trending. Google has created a slideshow feature that can be clicked to commemorate Halloween in 2009. When the anniversary of the Les Paul-96, Google Doodle was designed as a guitar that can be played virtually.

On this new site, Google also created a Doodle Store online store where consumers can buy posters, t-shirts, mugs, and other accessories Doodle.

Some Things to Know About The Timeline Facebook

After being delayed several time ago, Facebook introduced a feature eventually 'Timeline' on its website to all users. Actually, Facebook Timeline will be presented mid-September, but it was only really introduced earlier this week. Before September, actually a few users can try out this feature by using a special lane for developers, Facebook is a beta version to give certain users to get feedback. Developers can taste a big change this time limit up to 7 days.

Anyone can enjoy Facebook Timeline, before the company finally began to reform gradually. Like what exactly this brand-new features and what its usefulness? Here are a few things to know about the Timeline.

1. What is Facebook Timeline?
  Timeline is a new feature that replaces the Facebook profile page. This feature shows the recorded life story on Facebook, featuring all the posts ever made ​​from year to year.

2. How to get the features of the Timeline?
Facebook will soon publish the timeline for its users and spread the invitation to use it. Who want to try it now also can visit this Facebook Timeline, and click 'Get it Now' at the bottom right. Timeline change the look of the user's Facebook profile quite drastically.


3. What is displayed on Facebook Timeline?
Update status, photos, history of adding friends, employment history, relationship status and other information posted on Facebook users and recorded.

4. Who can see from the user's Timeline?
Each of your Facebook friends will see it in general, but not all can see each post. There is a time of 7 days when users begin to sign up to the Timeline where the user the opportunity to change the settings Timeline.

5. Whether to restrict the view of certain information in the Timeline? 
Yes, just like status updates and photos that exist now have filters set who can see it, as well as information on the Timeline.

6. Can remove specific items in the Timeline?  
Yes, delete the item is an option in the Timeline. In each post, just click the pen icon in the upper right corner and there is an option delete post.

7. What if the user does not want to use the Timeline?  
Users do not need to activate it. However, Facebook states at one time all Facebook members will be automatically redirected to the new look of Facebook with the Timeline. But they did not mention exactly when.