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Monday 17 February 2014

Find Who has Access to your Files in Google Drive

Wondering who has access to your Google files and folders. This simple Google Script will show a list of all files that you may have ever shared with public or specific contacts.

Thursday 3 January 2013

Check the Current Location of Indian Trains on Google Map

You can now check the current location of an Indian Railways train on a Google Map. Just type the train details or the station name to know the exact location.

Why do some Email Messages have the Letter ‘J’ in them?

Have you have ever wondered why does the capital letter J appear in some of our incoming email? Is it part of the web lingo?

What’s the Business Model of Tech Companies?

What is the business model of your favorite Internet and technology companies? A chart reveals it all.

Backup your Files to Amazon Glacier with the help of Dropbox

You can use Dropbox as a Glacier client and any files that you upload to Dropbox will get saved in your Amazon Glacier Vault.

What Happens if you Forget the Yahoo Password

If you forget your Yahoo account password, you’ll have to verify your identity to recover the account.

How to Install Extensions from outside the Chrome Web Store

Learn how to install Chrome extensions and userscripts that are not approved or not listed in the official Chrome web store.

Easily Add a Logo to your YouTube Videos

Learn how to add a logo image or even a watermark to all your YouTube videos without even editing the original clips.

Wednesday 2 January 2013

Download your Google Documents in the Older Office Formats

You can no longer export Google Documents in the old Office formats like doc or xls but there is an easy workaround.

Check Why your Email was Delivered Late?

You expect email messages to be delivered in a second or two but sometimes they are late by several minutes or hours. Why?

How to Find the Sender’s Location in Gmail

Gmail does not include the IP address of the sender in the message header so you do you find out the location of the email sender in Gmail?

Tech Columns at WSJ India

A roundup of my tech columns that were published on the @WSJIndia website.

Easily Hide Photos on your iPhone without using any Apps

Learn how to hide all the embarrassing pictures inside the photo album on your iPhone and iPad in few easy taps.

Friday 5 October 2012

Your Facebook Pages have a Résumé

Your Facebook Page has a secret résumé but one that is only visible to search engines and non-Facebook users.

Easily Hide Photos on your iPhone without using any Apps

Learn how to hide all the embarrassing pictures inside the photo album on your iPhone and iPad in few easy taps.

Check Why your Email was Delivered Late?

You expect email messages to be delivered in a second or two but sometimes they are late by several minutes or hours. Why?

Tuesday 28 August 2012

Introducing Secure Passwords

Learn how to create unique and strong passwords for your online accounts using the secure bcrypt algorithm. And you don’t have to store passwords anywhere.

Don’t Hate Instagram but Embrace It

Mobile photography apps like Instagram actually encourage people to capture and share moments that could otherwise be lost. Instagram is not lazy photography.

Secure your Dropbox Account with 2-Step Verification

Learn how to secure your Dropbox account with two-step verification using your mobile phone and stay safe even if your Dropbox password gets leaked.


Amazon Brings the Kindle Reader to India

You can buy the Amazon Kindle ebook reader at select Crom stores in India. And the Kindle ebook store will now accept your domestic credit card.

How often Outlook checks Gmail for New Mail?

Outlook.com can be used for sending and receiving mails from your Gmail account but how frequently does Outlook connect to Gmail for fetching new mails?

Sunday 19 August 2012

Prevent Google Chrome from Hijacking RSS Feeds

When you click an XML feed in Google Chrome, it forces you to subscribe to that feed in a Chrome app. Here are ways to easily bypass the feed hijacking.

A Useful Site for Train Travellers in Delhi

A little-known Indian Railways website provides the platform numbers of various trains travelling to or out of Delhi stations in real time.

Friday 17 August 2012

How to Block Useless Websites from your Google Search Results

Do you see spam or useless websites in your Google search results? Here are some tips to help you permanently block such websites from showing up in your Google results.

Tuesday 14 August 2012

You’ve Got Mail – A New Notifier for Gmail

This new email notifier for Gmail plays the popular You’ve got Mail sound alert every time there’s a new messages in your Gmail inbox.