Author: Avinash

  • Facebook announces free mobile service

    Facebook has announced the launch of a new free-to-use mobile service. If you navigate on over to http://0.facebook.com on your mobile device you will find a lite version of the current mobile site. This site is free to use if you are lucky enough to be on one of the following combinations of country and…

  • Anyone can now use Google Wave. No invitation needed!

    Today, Google is announcing that Wave will be open to everyone. This includes not only consumers with Google accounts, but also Google Apps customers. The project is now a part of Google Labs, where it will remain as work continues on it. But much work has already been done — if you haven’t tried it…

  • How Does Facebook Make Money?

    Facebook revenues reached $500 million in 2009, up from $300 million in 2008, according to Fortune editor David Kirkpatrick, who cites "well-informed sources" in his upcoming book, The Facebook Effect. Facebook expects revenues to reach $800 million in 2010. Where did 2009’s $500 million come from? Self-service ads, which appear on the right side of…

  • The 11 Companies That Tried To Buy Facebook

    Facebook isn’t just popular with its 500 million or so users. According to the copy of The Facebook Effect, Fortune editor David Kirkpatrick’s brilliantly-reported new book about the company’s founding, Facebook has also always been very popular with the M&A suits. Below is the list of all the companies that swung and missed–   1.…

  • How to use Office 2010 RTM Free for 6 Months

    Now that Microsoft has released Office 2010 Final build officially to public, you can download the 60-day trial version from the link http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx After installing it, user will have initial 30 days of free evaluation period before having to activate the product for lifetime continuous usage. Now to extend this expiry period to 6 months,…

  • We Love Apple – Adobe

    Adobe is thinking different countering Apple’s hate with love. This blog readers already knew that Steve Jobs announced in the past of removing Flash support from Apple products – http://avinashkblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-are-removing-flash-support-from.html Today Adobe started a new campaign to the world that they love openness and Apple through essays, ads, etc. Adobe says:   We love creativity…

  • Google to bring new ‘iPad Killer’ Tablet with Verizon

    Google seems to be working on a Tablet to rival Apple’s wonder tablet computer; the iPad. However, to the most of us this shouldn’t come as a surprise as Google had previously shown interest in bringing Android and Chrome OS to the market on a tablet computer and even shared a video mock-up. For now…

  • Microsoft Natal to Launch in October; Confirmed!

    Project Natal is a controller free gaming and entertainment experience by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 Video game platform. Experience it at http://www.xbox.com/en-us/live/projectnatal/   The latest scoop  in the series confirms that Microsoft plans to launch Natal in October this year. This was confirmed by Syed Bilal Tariq speaking to GamerTagRadio who happens to be…

  • Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

    As Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight duke it out over their plugin-based, HTML-alternative web platforms, Apple is using Gianduia, its new a client-side, standards based framework for Rich Internet Apps, to create production quality online apps for its retail users. Apple introduced Gianduia last summer at WOWODC (World of WebObjects Developer Conference), an independent event…

  • More Web Industry Leaders Quit Facebook, Call For Open Alternative

    A number of high-profile web industry leaders have quit Facebook this week, a turn of events that’s sure to heat up conversation about the social network’s perceived transgressions. Tonight leading video podcaster Leo Laporte announced that he’s closed his Facebook account and made a financial donation in support of Diaspora, a project working to create…