Google Wave has a new feature called “Email Notification”. It’s pretty simple. When enabled, Google wave will send you an email whenever a wave is updated.
How to Enable
To enable, click on the the dropdown button on your inbox, select notifications. You will get options to set up notifications. You can select to receive updates “Immediately” “Hourly” or ”Daily”.
I do not see an option to enter a different email address than my gmail ID. May be this feature is yet to be implemented. Let me know if anyone else here that option !
Microsoft is not going to give up ! They know that Google is a really tough competitor, but they are fighting hard, with new and cool search features. Here is the latest from them; An advanced recipe search !
Visit Bing.com and type in any ingredient: ground chuck, quinoa, kidney beans, bacon, you name it and Bing will comb through recipe sites to return results. Click on the Recipes link and you’ll see a list of recipes which include the item you searched for. Every recipe has a picture, description, the name of the site where the recipe was found, and some easy visual guides like the rating that recipe has been given and whether or not the recipe is high or low in fat and calories. – reports lifehacker.com
We also have a video of this new feature in action ! Try this out people !
WordPress is getting it’s own image editor, ( not a plugin, added to core of wordpress ) . Do not get over excited, it’s not something like photoshop or gimp. But, most of the things you need to do to make an image ready for your blog can be done using this new editor. This includes rotating, resizing and scaling the image. Have a look at the screenshot, to know what it is, and how it looks like.
Orkut has always been different. It was about friendship, not about link sharing or the typical social media networking. Now orkut has announced a new feature that lets you promote your content. And yes, its called “Orkut Promote”
You can share links, photos and videos to your friends using this new feature. If your friends like it, they can “spread” it among their friends. Plus, you can track your promotions, how many people shared it with their friends, how many people clicked on your links etc. Simple ?
If orkut has made it this simple, why should I confuse you explaining things in words ? Here is a video ….
I think it’s really cool ! and I am going to use this to promote my blog on Orkut. I know you guys are also going to do the same . And yes … not just my blog ok ? I will share your blogs too, whenever I find something interesting from you people !!
Are you still active on Orkut ?
Yes. I am still active on orkut. It is ( still ) a good way to stay connected with old school and college friends. However, when you compare it with other social networking sites like friendfeed or twitter, this is not really about sharing links and content online. This is little different, and I like it.
Is Orkut as good as friendfeed or facebook ? I don’t know the answer for that question ( do you ? ) .. but I know that orkut is really simple, and that’s why it is still my favorite. Here is a new feature that helps you promote your content on orkut. Well, this is simple too.
WordPress 2.8 is is the next major release of wordpress. The new feature that I am looking forward to, and playing around with now is the new way of installing and upgrading themes.
Please note that wordpress 2.8 is in the development stage and these features may or may not change when it’s released.
With wordpress 2.8, installing a new wordpress theme, and upgrading it, ( when the author updates the theme), is easy. It is done using the same method used for wordpress plugins. One condition : The theme should be hosted on the wordpress.org website, and for that, it should be GPL compatible.
Step 1. Browse and Find a Theme.
From “Appearance” tab, select ” Add New Themes” You will get a screen like this.
Step 2. Search
Search for your theme using keywords, or browse using tags. I searched for the theme “Hybrid”
Step 3. Preview
Preview the theme that you selected. Click on the link “preview” and you will get a preview generated from wordpress.org page.
So, here is another new feature on Google Docs, for those who wants to do things in “style”. You can now add CSS styles to your docs on Google Docs. Before we go any further, here is a quick explanation of what CSS is, in case you do not know what it is.
CSS is used to help readers of web pages to define colors, fonts, layout, and other aspects of document presentation. It is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation (written in CSS). This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content. ( Wikipedia )
Now, here is what you can do with CSS, on google docs ( just few examples ok ? )
Orkut has added a new feature, which is yet to be officially announced through their blog. You can now add comments on the photos in orkut albums.
This is going to be as popular as scraps, I believe. When I get time, I should go through albums of all my friends and post as many comments as possible lol. Hack in to everyone’s orkut album and comment now. Well, if you know how to hack an orkut album, teach me too. !!
. And yes … not just my blog ok ? I will share your blogs too, whenever I find something interesting from you people !!
