Apple to launch 32GB iPhone: Rumors

by Mahesh Kukreja April 9, 2009

With anticipation high for a new iPhone this summer, rumors are rising after a recent Apple purchase from Samsung. Apple bought 100 million 8GB NAND flash chips, which DigiTimes says points to increased storage for the iPhone. Flash-chip suppliers Hynix, Intel, Micron and Toshiba may also have had a part in the Apple purchase. The […]

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YouTube and Universal to launch premium music site

by Mahesh Kukreja April 9, 2009

Universal Music Group (UMG) and YouTube announced plans on Thursday to launch a music video website featuring artists from the world’s largest music company. Universal, a subsidiary of France’s Vivendi, and Google, which owns YouTube, said the website, to be called VEVO, would be launched later this year. Universal and YouTube also said they had […]

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Apple’s iTunes prices change

by Mahesh Kukreja April 7, 2009

The dominant seller of music on the Internet has a new look: Pricing changes to Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store have gone into effect, with some popular songs now $1.29 apiece. Apple said in January that it would end its practice of selling all songs for 99 cents a piece and begin offering three tiers: 69 […]

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NASA astronaut to send Twitter updates

by Mahesh Kukreja April 6, 2009

NASA, which used Twitter to send updates about the Mars Phoenix Lander program, is turning to the micro-blogging service again. The US space agency announced on Monday that astronaut Mike Massimino would be using Twitter to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his training for an upcoming space shuttle mission. Massimino will be firing off 140-character-or-less […]

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Google in talks to buy Twitter

by Mahesh Kukreja April 3, 2009

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt recently dismissed Twitter as a “poor man’s email” and shot down speculation the Web search giant was interested in buying the micro-blogging sensation. That may no longer be the case. Influential technology blogger Michael Arrington reported on his blog TechCrunch on Friday that the Mountain View, California-based Internet powerhouse is […]

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Namecheap Coupon Code – April 2009

by Mahesh Kukreja April 3, 2009

The coupon code for April has now been released for Namecheap.  Using the following discount code you will receive domain registrations for $8.81 at NameCheap.com April 2009 Coupon Code: 7tulips

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My Blog got a PR1!

by Mahesh Kukreja April 2, 2009

Hi Folks, I just found out that my blog got a PR1 in Google’s Page Rank Update. -Mahesh.

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Exchanging Blog Traffic with Related Posts

by Mahesh Kukreja April 2, 2009

New plugins are being released for WordPress on a fairly regular basis, but not all are so easily able to blow away bloggers with their capabilities as a recent release by the name of Blog Traffic Exchange. While not many people actually know much about Blog Traffic Exchange right now, it will not take long […]

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Facebook CFO Gideon Yu resigns

by Mahesh Kukreja April 1, 2009

Facebook’s finance chief, Gideon Yu, is leaving the fast-growing social-networking site as the company looks for a replacement with “public company experience.” It’s the latest sign that the site may be looking to go public in the not-so-distant future, though the company has said it has no immediate plans for an initial public offering. Palo […]

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BlackBerry launched their app store

by Mahesh Kukreja April 1, 2009

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to launch its one-stop shop for add-on applications on Wednesday. While third-party programs have long been available for BlackBerrys from many sources, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company is now following in Apple Inc.’s footstep by creating and operating a central store. Every other major company […]

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Adobe and Facebook team up for Flash Technology

by Mahesh Kukreja March 31, 2009

Adobe has partnered with one of the most popular social networking Web sites, Facebook, to give developers a new set of tools to create applications. The applications will use Adobe’s Flash platform and the new ActionScript 3 Client Library for Facebook the two companies developed together. The client library is a free open source programming […]

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Microsoft announces partners for app store

by Mahesh Kukreja March 31, 2009

Microsoft Corp has signed up multiple software partners for its upcoming cellphone software marketplace, including Web music service Pandora, game publisher Electronic Arts Inc and social site Facebook. The software company said on Tuesday it plans to discuss those partnerships and conduct demonstrations of the software store — set to launch later this year — […]

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