Wizardies!

Missing someone who is no longer in this world? Ever thought of creating a memorial, dedicating website of someone who has passed away? Well I expect it would be indeed a nice idea to present a tribute or to pay respect to someone who has passed away. This memorial could be for the loved ones etc. We have seen memorials like a hospital, an education institute, an NGO, or social welfare organizations etc. But now, there is something else we can present as a tribute; i.e. a memorial website.

Last-Memories.com is an innovative free web service that allows to create a free momorial website in memory of your loved ones.

Last-Memories.Com provides you with the necessary tools to create an e-sanctuary with your most precious personal memories of the departed as well as the memories of family and friends so that his or her life and the influence they had on other people will always be remembered. It also provides comprehensive tools for posting Photos, Videos, Audios. I found it a nice idea, creating a memorial website as a tribute to someone. Perhaps you should also try this:

The detailed features are listed here.

Ever wondered where you could find a list of google doodles to date? Official or unofficial? Want to share a doodle you created? or just want to see a doodle again that you liked so much? Well! here it is. While searcing something, I entered a nice blog that has a collection of official and unofficial Google logos.

The name of the blog is Google-Logos.com

This blog is created by two serious fans of Google and this blog shows a collection of official google logos, google holiday logos, google art, logos by google fans etc. The year archive lists logos from the year 1998 to 2008 and is in very organized way and easy to navigate.

In their Top Official Logos page, they show a precise collection of the top official logos designed by the Google designers. So I recommend to those; who are either Google fans or just interested in checking out their logos or to submit your own, Google-Logos is a nice place to do so.

Today I stumbled upon a site that was boasting to offer what a lot of people on the internet want! They offer a desktop application that can be used to login to all your favorite web services simultaneously, after being logged into a single and simple messenger.

It looked interesting and therefor I thought to give it a try and suggest it to my readers. This application is named as Digsby and offers the following services to be logged into.

Instant Messaging:

• AIM
• MSN/Windows Live
• Yahoo
• Gtalk
• ICQ
• Facebook

Email Services:

• Gmail
• Windows Live Mail
• Yahoo Mail
• AOL Mail
• IMAP/POP

Social Networks:

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Linked In

After downloading, I installed it, it took about 2-3 minutes while installing. Right after installation, it asked me to sign up for an account on Digsby’s site. Sign up form was short and simple, therefor I didn’t hesitate while signing up. After logging in, a neat window appeared that asked me to add services; for each service i.e. Email, IM, or Social Network, I had to write login credentials. All of my online contacts, email notifications were shown in a neat looking messenger.

The things I liked the most:

Facebook Alerts:

Keeping track of social networks and receiving updates.

Multitasking:

Multitasking enables to reply a chat right from popup window

My Comments about the Service:

Overall I liked the service, it’s neat clean and convenient. But while using it, I noticed Digsby doesn’t offer that much features of a particular messenger as the original does. So for MSN or Yahoo addicts, I would recommend to stay with your favorite messengers. But for those who use lots of IM/Email/Social Networking services, or those who are extremly busy and hardly get any time to check the updates and activities of their IM/Email/Social Networks, I think Digsby is a great tool to work with. It helps you to keep a track of all the activities going on.

If you would like to add something in the review, dont hesitate to drop by a comment..

A New Zealand based iPhone Wannabe Mat Brady designs a new concept for iPhone. Mat is currently an unsatisfied user of Nokia N95 and wants to switch to iPhone. But wait a moment, he isn’t happy with the features of current iPhone also, so what exactly he wants is a customized iPhone with added features. So he presents his idea and is hopeful for consideration.

Here is his message to the Steve Jobs:

“Hi Steve,  As you can see I’ve made a few design suggestions to your iPhone. I’ve held off getting an iPhone until it gets a better camera. (See pic) Let me know when I can get rid of my N95.”

Cheers,
Mat Brady

Now the question arises that why does he want to go for an iPhone? I mean when he is asking for added feature, he could have asked for added features in any other phone or PDA, but Mat himself explains that he actually has become a fan of Mac since he bought 17″ MacBook Pro and 24″ iMac.

Now if we analyze the Mat’s proposed design, it seems to be quite nasty but interesting.

Source: Mat’s blog

You must have seen many short URL(s) everywhere on the internet. Short URL(s) promise cleans up all the shitty long URLs and transform them into clean and short URLs. Did you ever felt curious what lies behind those small and short code type URL? Ever wanted to see what it leads to? What exactly is the original source it is linking to?

Well, the problem is solved now. A Google employer initiated a startup called Long URL Please! This is basically a browser extension that can be installed within the matter of clicks. This extension works in the background when every web page loads, replacing short urls with the proper ones, so that you can tell exatly where links will take you.

Of course, this service can be used to reduce uncertainty. So you will really know where this short URL is gonna take you. You can decide there whether or not to continue clicking that URL. I found this service handy and very usefull. A good thing is that they also offer API for web apps that means this service can be implemented easily in your apps. Do check them if you’re planning to work with their service.

LongURLPlease.Com supports these short URL services so far: adjix.com, bit.ly, dwarfurl.com, ff.im, idek.net, is.gd, ln-s.net, loopt.us, ping.fm, piurl.com, piurl.com, poprl.com, qlnk.net, reallytinyurl.com, rubyurl.com, short.ie, smallr.com, snipr.com, snipurl.com, snurl.com, tinyurl.com, tr.im, twurl.nl, ub0.cc, ur1.ca, url.ie, urlx.ie, xrl.us, yep.it, zi.ma, zurl.ws

Alright everyone! these days I am trying to generate some traffic to my blog, and for that matter I wanted to do this post at Saad Hamid’s blog as a guest post, but he didn’t even bother to reply. Never mind anywaysz

So yes the battle among the Internet giants is on! The facebook-Google controversy started a few months ago when Facebook banned google friendconnect and stopped it from accessing users data accusing that Google isn’t respecting facebook’s users’ privacy. Anyway what that really was about? is an old story! I then signed up with Google friendconnect to implement it on my site but didn’t get an approval mail from google. In the meantime, MySpace had jumped into the market aiming to become market leader by partnering with other companies.

Just a few days ago, I received an email from Google friendconnect stating their service is officially up and I should give it a try. But this isn’t all, the same day Facebook also launched it’s similar service called Facebook Connect. Facebook has already partnered with Digg, StummbleUpon and many others. While the competition is on fire, I gave a try to both Facebook Connect and Google FriendConnect.

Most of you might be confused that what these services are all about? Well! these are the data-portability services from internet giants that offer companies that want users to be able to use their Google and Facebook logins to enter third-party sites. It benefits users and third-party sites and allows Facebook and Google to collect more information about what users are doing online.

In my opinion, Facebook Connect has a great potential to grow because of its partnership with other companies. But the problem is that implementing Facebook Connect is very tricky! Whereas Google friendconnect can be implemented with ease.  This main reason of rapid growth of Google friendconnect is ease of installation.

I was able to install Facebook Connect! but still I have to figure out which one should I choose for my blog Your suggestions are welcome. Go give them a try http://www.google.com/friendconnect/  and  http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php