Technology Bites

Seeqpod Downloader is a free application for downloading MP3 music from the internet. It searches using Seeqpod open API and displays search results. To download any file just click on the file and download using download button. Related app Songbeat also works well for downloading mp3 music. You can search for music using keywords like [...]

Start Your Tube wants to help you to create your own youtube or a dozen youtubes all for free. There are lot of scripts making rounds on the internet with which you can create your own youtube, but for using these scripts you need some technical knowledge. With Startyourtube any one can create youtube kind [...]

Google Reader and Bloglines are popular feed readers, many use these two for reading feeds including myself. While they are good they lack one important feature that is support for authenticated feeds. FreeMyFeed is a service that allows you to read authenticated feeds in any feed reader of your choice. Authenticated feeds or feeds using [...]

PicArtia is a new service that allows you to create photo mosaics online. “Photomosaics are created by dividing pictures in to rectangular sections, each of which is replaced with another photograph of appropriate average color.” PicArtia is not completely free, only mid-resolution photo mosaics are free, if you want to create a high resolution photo [...]

Slideboom is a new service for sharing powerpoint presentations on the web for free. Slideboom converts your presentations to Flash movies immediately when you upload. Slideboom presentations can be shared with your visitors if you have a blog or site. It also has some social networking flavor like finding people with same interest and commenting [...]

IRC or Internet Relay Chat is quite oldest chat but lot of people still use it and some applications have support via IRC Chat rooms. But if you are not technically savvy you may find it hard to use it. Mibbit is a IRC chat app that runs in your browser. With Mibbit you can [...]

Microsoft has launched a tech preview of its new service called Live Mesh. Live Mesh is a kind of all in one solution to online storage, web OS and file syncing. Currently it only supports windows PCs but you can expect Mac and Mobile support by the end of the year. Using this app you [...]

Intel launched a Mash Maker application today as a browser plugin. It is similar to Yahoo Pipes and Microsoft Popfly but can be used inside the browser. The surprising part is that Intel, basically a hardware company launching this mashup creator application. Intel launched a digg clone a while back for software called Cool Software.

Six Apart, the company behind Typepad and Movable Type launched a new ad network that will help bloggers. The new ad network will serve advertising for “Influential Bloggers” and “social media” sites. The advertising program is not limited to Six Apart bloggers but any one can take part in this. The backend technlogy for the [...]

Skype has introduced Unlimited World” calling feature, an international calling plan for just $9.95/month. Using this flat monthly rate users can call to landlines in 34 destination countries worldwide. For example if you live in London, for just €2.95 a month, you can call your grandmother in Poland, whenever you like, talk for up to [...]

Nonsfw is a firefox add-on that helps you to avoid opening NSFW (Not safe for work) links in office computers. The service relies on users, when you visit a NSFW site you can make it mark as NSFW, so that it will show the warning next time when some one hovers that link. When you [...]

ZYB lets you store your mobile contacts, text messages, photos and calendar events online. The service comes in handy in cases like if you loose your cell phone, you will have backup of your data at ZYB. ZYB syncs your data so you don’t have to enter manually. ZYB has social networking aspect around your [...]

BugMeNot is one of the website that is quite useful to avoid website registrations. BugMeNot Firefox add-on makes life easier, just right click on any page and you will be logged in. For those of you who don’t know about Bugmenot here is quick recap. BugMeNot is a website where you can find username and [...]

eyeOS is a web based desktop which offers some nice features. Web desktops will never be an alternative to real desktops but they come in handy in a few situations. When you are not in front of your system or you don’t have a USB drive to work remotely these can be useful. eyeOS is [...]

Orkut open social applications (apps) are finally went live in India today and will follow other users in the next few weeks. You may not see immediately these apps as they are rolling out slowly to users. You will see a “Apps” menu in your profile sidebar if these are enabled for you from there [...]

Pirate Bay is offering a new service called BayWords for users, where any one can start a blog with out worrying about copyrights and stuff like that. Why BayWords?, Accroding to torrentfreak the idea came when one of Pirate Bay founders friend blog was taken down at wordpress.com. Baywords appears to be using WordPress mu, [...]

Microsoft Live Search has improved its Live Search News. I do see the new page morning, but now it is not showing. The UI looks like something similar to techmeme.

Google has released Google Earth 4.3 beta version, you can download it from here. According to Google LatLong blog this version gives users a higher quality 3D model of the world. The new features includes a new navigation for richer experience when browsing mountains and buildings. More faster 3D buildings, Street view with photo overlays [...]

Jaxtr has announced a free SMS text message service to users worldwide. Jaxtr now supports 38 countries, you can send to any mobile phone whether they are Jaxtr users or not. You will see a “Send a Free Text Message” box in the sidebar inside Jaxtr, select your recipient country and enter the mobile phone [...]

Fring launched today a VoIP app for iPhone that allows iPhone users to make VoIp calls. Fring supports Skype, MSN messenger, GTalk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo Messenger and AIM. To use Fring you need jailbroken iPhone and a good Wi-Fi connection. This is pre release of the app and final full-feature release will come later [...]