Thursday, June 30, 2011

Tips for Using Multiple Sign-in with Google Accounts



Google offers a handy multiple sign-in feature to help users toggle between their different accounts in the same browser without having to go through the sign-in / sign-out cycle. The facility is available in regular Google Accounts (that have @gmail.com address) as well as Google Apps accounts.
You may use multiple-signs with Gmail, Google Docs, Reader, Google Calendar, Web Search and couple of other Google products.
* How to Switch Between Different Google Accounts ?
Lets say are signed into two separate Gmail accounts, using multiple sign-in, and would like to switch from one account to another ? How do you do this ?
The popular option is that you click your email address on the Google bar (see the screenshot above) and choose Switch Account from the drop-down menu to sign-in to your other Google / Gmail account.
Theres however a second optionas well that is a lot quicker. Go to your browser address bar and simply change a digit in the URL. When you use multiple sign-in, Google appends a number to your Gmail URLs and you just have to change this number to switch accounts.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ - Default account (n=0)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/ - Second account (n=1)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/ - Third account (n=2)

Alternatively, you may add the above URLs to your bookmarks bar to directly access the different mail account with the click without using that drop-down.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Trick to use HTML while sending E-MAIL


All popular email programs – from web-based Gmail and Yahoo! Mail to desktop-based Microsoft Outlook to the mail appon your mobile phone – are now HTML (or rich-text) capable. Thus, your email messages can have custom fonts, inline images, lists, tables and other formatting similar to a web page.
But there’s one little problem - how do you write an HTML email?
The built-in WYSIWYG editors, like the one shown here, offer basic functions for formatting text but there are things you cannot do. For instance, how do you insert a 3x5 table inside a Gmail message? Can you right-align an image and wrap text around it similar to Word?
All this is easily possible in HTML but since your email program won’t let your compose a message directly in HTML, you’re stuck.
I have one easy solutions for this problem. The HTML Mail – here you can write an HTML message and send it yourself or anyone else with a click. The tool has a simple WYSIWYG editor but you can also switch to the code view and compose messages directly with HTML markup.
Send the mail to your ID,then you can easily forward it to your desired contacts.

Friday, June 24, 2011

[TECH NEWS] This Mobile Phone Charger Needs No Electricity


Here’s a device that could be useful to millions of households in India and elsewhere who have mobile phones but sometimes not get enough electricity to charge their phones.
TES NewEnergy , a company basedin Japan, has created a new USB based charger that can charge your mobile phone without requiring electricity – all it needs is a heat source which could be as simple as a pan of boiling water or even a campfire.
The device, known as Pan Charger , converts heat into electric energy and that can charge any cellphone, MP3 player or other mobile device over a USB connection in 3-5 hours. The techspecs say that the USB connection also has a built-in radio and a lantern – things that you often need when there’s no power.
Pan Charger is already available for purchase in Japan according to an AFP report but, at $299 a unit, it is not a very affordable option. That could however change as the company does have plans to introduce the device in other developing countries.
Pan Charger isn’t the only device that can charge mobile phones without a power outlet. There’s Yogen , a hand-powered charger that works like a Yo-yo. You attach the cell phone to Yogen over USB and pull/release the cord for a few minutes to charge the phone.
The best idea however comes from Kenya. They have turned a bicycle into a mobile phone charger – ride your bike for a few kilometers, which most villagers do anyway, and your phone is charged

Monday, June 13, 2011

Sorry Suresh Raina, Sachin is still God: Google


Google translation just affirmed what millions of Sachin Tendulkar fans suspected for a long time - the Little Master is God and cricketer Suresh Rainawill just have to live with the disappointment.
All for a Google translate result which translates "Suresh Raina is God" in Serbian to "Sachin Tendulkar is God" in English.
After setting the cricket world on fire, Suresh Raina is now setting the Internet on fire. "Suresh Raina is God" is spreading like a wild fire on Google and Twitter trends.
Apparently, technology is in consent with the feelings of a million cricket fans across the globe who consider Sachin "the God of cricket". Yet to be discovered if it is a technology glitch or the Internet giant has deliberately made sure no one takes away Sachin's much glorified position in the world of cricket.
However, it has got nothing to dowith Sachin's godliness, the translator automatically translatesSuresh Raina to Sachin Tendulkarno matter what the sentence is.
Now the problem been solved.

Social Networking More Important To Indians Than Money

You read that right, nearly 75% of Indians are more concerned about their social networking account getting hacked as opposed to their personal information getting stolen or their credit card being misused.
A survey conducted by Microsoft India on their Windows And Me Facebook page with over 2,07,000 fans revealed this information. The survey was aimed at understanding the online security needs of Indian consumers.
Other findings of the survey were
*. one fourth of Indians had been a victim of cyber crime
*. over 90 per cent Indians realize the importance of Anti-viruses
*. 62 percent of Indians feel that their job is done once they install an anti-virus on their PC
The very low figure of just 5% of Indians being worried about their credit card info being stolenindicates that even though ecommerce sites are flooding theIndian internet market, very few Indians actually use their credit cards online.
What would you be more concerned valuable to you, your social networking account, your personal info or your credit card?