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Google’s new search layout with icons
Phototagging Beyond Social Networking
Make comment interaction easy with My Comments Manager Wordpress Plugin
Twitterrific: A terrific Twitter application For iPad/iPhone/iPod
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Posted: 05 May 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Google has finally joined the icon bandwagon when it comes to the layout of their search results page. I was looking some stuff on Google as usual and suddenly I saw neat icons for Images, Videos, Books, Blogs, Maps and Shopping.

This is something new with Google as usually it has preferred to keep its search layout very sparse and minimal. As a matter of fact this sort of minimalism was what set Google apart from search services like Yahoo and MSN which is now Bing Search.

Why would Google introduce icons?

Icons are usually considered to be a lot more user friendly than just normal HTML links to introduce a visitor to different services. This may not mean a lot of techies who use Google a 100 times a day, but for the casual search user who is looking up books or the News then these icons could be very helpful.
Another reason could be Google might be making these changes to suit their usability for Tablet PCs. iPad’s early sales have shown that a tablet will be most probably used by people who use the net for surfing and searching things to buy online. Adding virtual keyboards to search pages also could be with an eye towards Tablet Pcs.

I think this change with introduction of icons is a good move by Google. I do not think regular users like me would really mind the icons are they are not too garish and it might serve its purpose of drawing attention to extra features with Google search which many users are simply ignorant about.

What do you think about this icon friendly Google search layout? Do let me know through your comments.

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Phototagging Beyond Social Networking

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:57 AM PDT

“You have been tagged in a photo by your friend Xyz. Click the following link to view Xyz’s album http://……”

This is a kind of notification I used to receive lot of times a week! And with an excitement to see which photo I am tagged in – I used to follow such links to get equally disappointed. Everytime.

I am not a very great fan of tagging photos or getting my profile tagged in a photo which does not show me at all. Many times on Facebook, people keep tagging their friends in absolutely any image they upload. This could be a real fun for many genuine shares, but not all! I then finally unchecked option of “Allow tagging” on my social networking profiles!

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This photo-tagging is now going on to a different levels by not limiting it to the famous networking sites. This may make life easier for people seeking information and may be difficult for those not willing to share information.

Face.com are the makers of a photo-tagging application on Facebook. They are now sharing their API with public. Which means that everyone can integrate their face detection and recognition technology with own websites, applications and services.

This open API is in alpha stage now and is available for free to use. See overview

How it can be used?

Imagine you were enjoying your weekend night with friends in a club. You saw a beautiful girl or a handsome boy there. You exchanged smiles. But somehow you were unable to get her/his name. Later, never managed to know even a word more. Sad, wasn’t that?

Now, if you have applications developed by this API installed on your mobile phone then all you need to do is take a photo and ask that application to search for all the information associated with that photo (person) including links to social networking profiles.. Then you can see their Name, Facebook, Twitter profile links and so on… !

But I have my doubts.
I think this is one of those technologies which is not going to be liked by every user. If you’re a developer, this could be a nice value addition to your websites or applications.

What do you think of photo-tagging? Would you like to be able to use or share information this way? Let us know.

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Make comment interaction easy with My Comments Manager Wordpress Plugin

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:26 AM PDT

The best way one can get motivated in blogging is by getting appreciation through comments. Good comments and feedbacks always provide a positive energy to work better. But to get visitors commenting on your blog, you need to be interactive with your readers like ask questions and start communicating with them.

There are chances that you might lose your visitors, if you won't reply to their comments and queries. It becomes bit time consuming to check out on which post you got the comment and it happens that you even forget to reply to comments because of other work.

To manage comments easily, I use a Wordpress plug-in "Comments Manager Wordpress Plugin". It's the best way to manage your comments and know how many replies are pending or ignore unwanted comments, all at a single screen.

We rtCamp team are so happy to announce and let you know about one plugin which we released for unreplied comment is My comment manager wordpress plugin. If you are a guest author at Devils’ workshop, you can login to dashboard and see this plugin in action.

Here are few features of Comments Manager Wordpress Plugin:

Create tab inside your dashboard to manage comments easily.

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Directly reply all your comments on your post, from same screen.

Ignore comments which don't require reply.

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You can download this plugin easily from it's official page and follow these simple steps to activate the plugin:

Download the plugin
Click on Dashboard> Add new Plugin
Upload > Browse My Comments Manager plugin
Activate the plugin

This plugin is useful to increase productivity for multi-author blogs as well as single user blog. Check out the demo of this plugin:

Download Mycomment manager wordpress plugin

This plugin is released by rtCamp developers and we will love to hear your feedback about this plugin. You can follow us for more wordpress plugin announcement at @wpveda.

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Twitterrific: A terrific Twitter application For iPad/iPhone/iPod

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT

There are many Twitter applications available online but Twitterrific has a terrific package of all the required features you will require for making tweeting experience fun and easy. Twitterrific application is available for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac. You can download this application to check out rich experience of Twitter.

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Few features of Twitterrific for Mac:

Awesome design to let you view little information according to your wish.
Option to change the way new tweets are shown.
Automate the displays of new tweets.
Filter/notifies the tweets and hotkeys for applications.

Few Features of Twitterrific for iPhone / iPod / iPad Touch:

Option to change themes and Layouts.
Easy to follow, unfollow or block friends.
Filter or translate tweets.
Easy to upload videos .
Save customize search and view latest trends.

You can download this application for free as well as you can choose paid version for Twitterrific. Free download has ad-support but if you go for Twitterrific Premium , you won't get ads and you will also get extra themes.

You can download Twitterrific application from their official page. I love this user-friendly application because of its attractive layout and settings, just download it and start tweeting with few easy settings. A must have application for all twitter lovers.

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Posted: 04 May 2010 11:55 PM PDT

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