Tips Galaxy: 2009.11

Nov 30, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - What Does a Black Friday Look Like on eBay

What Does a Black Friday Look Like on eBay

eBay, the world’s largest online auction place, recorded over a million transactions on Black Friday which is probably one of the busiest and most hectic shopping days of the year in US.

Now if you ever wondered what a Black Friday looks like on...

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Nov 26, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - 2 new articles

Do you have any Questions for the AdSense Team?

Google India is holding an event tomorrow in their Gurgaon Office for AdSense publishers.

The email invite says "Google India Publisher Day" and though I am not quite sure about the exact agenda for this event, it would be a nice opportunity to meet...

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The Average CPM Rates Across Different Verticals

If you are curious to know the average CPM rates for online advertising across verticals, this graph from Adify should give you a good idea.

CPM trends across verticals

Except Food, Entertainment and Real Estate, the CPM rates for display ads have...

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Nov 25, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - 2 new articles

Please Vote for Digital Inspiration in IndiBloggies

I am excited to share that Digital Inspiration has been nominated in the "Best Science and Technology Blogs" category at the 2008 IndiBloggies.

If you find this site useful, I would appreciate if you can click here and cast your vote for Digital...

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Run Classic DOS Games on any Computer

If your computer is running a fairly new operating systems, such as Windows XP, Vista or even Mac OS X, chances are that it won’t be able to play any of the old DOS games that were originally designed for 16-bit systems.

There are however simple...

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Nov 24, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - 2 new articles

Sending Mass Emails Using Gmail? Don't Get Locked

The holiday season is near and you want to send personalized email greetings to all your friends, family members and customers using the standard Gmail (or Google Apps with Gmail) service.

* How to Send Bulk Emails using Gmail

Since the web interface...

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Create Screencasts in Linux with Screenr

Screenr, which is probably the best web-based screencasting application, can now be used for recording screencast videos in Linux as well in addition to Windows and Mac machines.

Video: Screenr running on 32-bit Ubuntu Linux

With Screenr, you can create...

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Nov 23, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - 3 new articles

Write Your Own eBooks in the Browser with Acrobat.com

If you looking for an online service that will let you write and publish your own ebook in a format that is compatible with most ebook readers (including Sony Reader, Nook and Amazon’s Kindle), check out Adobe Buzzword at the new Acrobat.com.

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An Image Editor and Screen Capturing Tool for your USB Drive

screen capture with paint

PicPick is an useful Windows utility that includes a decent screen capture program, a Paint like image editing software and a whiteboard tool to help you draw freehand on the desktop using your mouse (handy when you are giving presentations).

During...

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The First Desktop Application to have AdSense Ads is Google Earth

Google Earth is probably the first and only desktop application to have AdSense Ads. These ads are is now showing in at least two different places inside the application:

Figure A: When you search for a location or business, the ads are displayed in the...

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Nov 19, 2009

Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog - 5 new articles

Giving Away 3 HP Wireless Printers

HP India is giving away the all-new HP Photosmart Wireless printers to three lucky Digital Inspiration readers in India.

There are no lengthy surveys to fill nor any taglines to complete -- just fill in your details in this simple form. You can...

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What is Google Chrome OS – Video & Screenshots

The Chrome OS team has a produced a new Common Craft style video that gives an overview of the new Chrome OS is 3 minutes.

Here’s a high-res screenshot of Chrome OS..

..and here are some Chrome OS screenshots captured from the press event:

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How to Use Windows 7 Themes on XP and Vista Computers

windows 7 theme Microsoft paid close attention to personalization in Windows 7, and shipped it with a gorgeous collection of desktop backgrounds and themes. Windows 7 also makes it easy for users to create their own personalized themes and then share it with other...

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Pull Images from any Web Page and Turn Them Into a Nice Photo Collage Online

What you see on the right is a butterfly-shaped photo collage made with photographs of Obama (see large version) and it took me less than 15 seconds to create one. Wondering how?