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Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Top 5 Tips to Market Your Blog on Google+

By Saleem Awan • Jul 7th, 2011 • Category: Make Money With Blogging

Google+ is the new guy in the town with heavy muscles and with lots of potential and promise and have got the backing of Google and relies upon years of experience on the foundation of Buzz and Wave. Marketing of blogs on social networking sites is nothing new and with the advent of the Google [...]



Google+ in Pakistan

By Sumaira Bajwa • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Ok, now Facebook is under genuine threat because the real giant, the real competitor has come into the market. Yes, the Google has come with a thudding sound with its own social network which is being termed as Google Plus Google+.
Pakistanis on Google+ should be more than interested and active because they are very fond [...]



Has Google Been blocked in Pakistan?

By Bilal Sulehri • May 21st, 2010 • Category: Politics

PTA has blocked another site in order to ensure that all Pakistanis are unable to see the Blasphemous images
This time its Google!!!

Blocking Facebook was a reasonable step as FB wasnt even sticking to their own Terms & Conditions, Wikipedia was blocked because it contained articles and links about the Blasphemous event
But Google … ??? It [...]



Gmail Attachment Alert: Another Reason to Love GMAIL

By Shayan Khan • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Technology

From previewing the text, XML, PDF and other file formats to security to drafts to everything, Gmail is the darling and it has really made email a fun, when everybody is twittering, facebooking and googling.
How many times is it that you composed an email to send your CV to employer. You wrote cover letter in [...]



Google TV

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Technology

Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programming search service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The paper said the service runs on TV set-top boxes which use elements of Google’s Android wireless operating system. It allows users to [...]



Cisco Can’t Save the Market

By Sumaira Bajwa • Feb 6th, 2010 • Category: Technology

“If the stock market is not going to reverse on these results tomorrow, then we do have a problem.”-Tal Liani, analyst at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, speaking on Wednesday’s Cisco conference call.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) after the close yesterday posted stunningly good results for its January quarter, and provided April quarter guidance that was way above [...]



Yahoo’s 2010 Turn-Around Strategy Revealed: A Cycling Team

By Sumaira Bajwa • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: Technology

Oh, Yahoo.
Revenues are down. Search share is down. The social stuff has been outsourced to Facebook. The search stuff is about to be outsourced to Bing. Things are not exactly on the up and up. Not even just one “up.” But it would appear that Yahoo is not one to let grim news stand in [...]



Google Analytics Intelligence Advantages

By Sharafat • Nov 22nd, 2009 • Category: Technology

Engagement Goals..and more of them! Two new goal types allow you to measure user engagement and branding success on your site. The new goal types allow you to set thresholds for Time on Site and Pages per Visit. Furthermore, you can now define up to 20 goals per profile. Watch this short video on goals [...]



Custom wallpapers to search google

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 4th, 2009 • Category: Technology

Getting bored with the plain white background of the Google Homepage? McSearcher has came up with a brilliant tool whereby you can search Google using your own background pictures. To start personalizing your own and unique Google homepage, simply either upload an image from your computer or enter the image URL. Try to upload [...]



How to Share Large Files

By Sumaira Bajwa • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: Technology

File sharing services are not as popular today as they were four years ago. It’s not that people are sharing any less. Rather, they just found easier ways to do it. Would you upload a funny video from a friend’s email to any of those services or would you search for it on Youtube and [...]