Google +1 For Websites Launched Today

Google today launched the +1 button for websites. The +1 button was only limited to search results on Google.com as an experiment if you had opted for it, but now the Google +1 button is publicly available for websites. Google +1 button can be easily added like other social bookmarking buttons on our Blogs. Now visitors can +1 your blog with the help of the +1 button available on any web page, AdWords ad, or search results on Google. The +1 button is an important tool for webmasters as it will help improve rankings on Google.

The Google +1 button for websites is currently only available in 4 different sizes, you can pick any button and add it to your website. 

Whenever you +1 any web page, your connections will see the web page on top of other search results. The Google +1 button is similar to the Facebook like button. Google +1 button will be an important factor in search engine ranking and is an effort by Google to improve search results and keep away from content farms and low-quality content.

Google +1 button for Websites is available here.

Watch the Official video by Google for the +1 button.

Google Takeout - Download Your Account Data Across Google Services

Google recently announced Google Takeout, with which you can download all your account data stored with Google at once. You can download your data from Picasa albums, Google+, Google Buzz, Google Circles, Google Profile, Google Contacts and Stream. You should download your data from Google Takeout at least once as a precautionary measure. Sadly, Picasa photo downloads have a limitation of only 100 photos per album. Contacts information will be exported in .vcf format and profile info will be exported in .json format, if the user has created a Google profile.

How To Download Your Data From Google Takeout ?

• Point your browser to Google Takeout, and login to your Google account.
  
• Choose the services from which you want your data to be downloaded, you can also choose to download your data from all services.
  
• Now it will show you the estimated file size, depending on the amount of data stored.
  
• Click on the Download tab and hit Download. (Note: It might take some time for your download to get ready.)

Your downloaded data will be available in .zip format. You can't download your data from YouTube, Google Docs, Orkut etc currently using Google Takeout.

The Google Takeout is a service known as Data Liberation, which makes it easier to take your data in and out of Google easily.

Here is a video by the official Data Liberation Blog announcing Google Takeout:

Galaxy Nexus: Google's little Android revolution in photos

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The Galaxy Nexus, in photos

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus breaks new ground as the first smartphone to run Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich." Get a look at the device from every angle and see comparison shots with the Droid Razr and iPhone 4S. Plus, get a quick peek at the software and see a photo from the camera.

Security Flaw In Windows Phone: Signs of Things to Come?

A malicious message sent to Windows Phone's message hub can disable the handset in a manner reminiscent of the "nuking" attack from the Windows 95 days. At the point the bad message is received, the phone reboots, and worst of all, it appears that the message hub application is permanently disabled. Back when people used to only use their phones to call and text, you'd perhaps think that having your phone reboot on you would be no big deal. But these days I find myself often as not composing some important missive.

The attack has been reported to Microsoft. It affects both versions 7740 and 7720 of Windows Phone 7.5. When I first read this, I was wondering whether hackers were just expanding their already-prodigious knowledge of malware aimed at Windows OSes, but it's worth noting that, in the lab at least, similar attacks have already been dealt with on iOS and Android. What this really portends is that the black hats and vandals are shifting their gaze to mobile, along with the rest of the computing industry.

I have no doubt that it will be fixed and a patch will be disseminated forthwith. The big question is, with two decades of cat-and-mouse between OS vendors and hackers under their belts, will the mobile platforms be relatively hardened compared to the worst times, when it seemed that new PCs were instantly infected the moment they connected to the net for the first time, or are exploits like this just a speedbump, and mobile platforms will remain largely uncompromised in the real world?

Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Announced

Samsung and Google have finally announced the awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong which is the first device to run on the latest and the most powerful Android OS 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich. The Galaxy Nexus is packed with amazing features, design and a powerful hardware. The device has a 1.2 GHZ dual core processor, 4.65" high-definition sAMOLED display, 1GB RAM, 4G radio and a 5 megapixel camera.

Features and Specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus:

• Android OS 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Face Unlock.
• Android Beam.
• Voice Typing,
• Google+ integration.
• 1.2 GHZ dual core processor
• 4.65" high-definition sAMOLED display screen with capacitive multi touch support.
• 5.0 Megapixel camera with LED, auto-focus and HD video recording at 1080p.
• 1.3 Megapixel front facing camera.
• 1GB RAM.
• 4G (LTE or HSPA+) speeds.

Face Unlock: With Face Unlock you can unlock your phone by just looking at it, the phone unlocks after it recognizes your face, you don't need to remember complex passwords to unlock it.

Voice Typing: Watch text/emails appear on the screen as you dictate, touch the microphone on the keyboard to use your voice for typing instantly. This feature is similar to the SIRI in the iPhone 4S.

Android Beam: Easily share content like websites, apps, maps and videos by just holding any NFC enabled Android phone close to it and touch beam to share.

Integration with Google+: Google+ is integrated into the Galaxy Nexus which helps you share updates from your device, start hangouts and video chat upto 9 people at a time.

Slim and Curved Design: The slim and curved design of the Galaxy Nexus makes it a perfect portable device which is just 8.84mm thick.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is expected to be released in early November, no specific date is announced yet. The Galaxy Nexus will be available in Asia, United States, Canada and Europe.

Source: Google Nexus Official Website.

Best Music Player Apps For Android Phones

Android is blessed with a wide variety of quality apps by developers, but many people dislike the stock music player on their Android phone due to lack of features/customization's. If you treat your Android device like your music player then you gotta try out the apps listed below. I've picked some great Music apps with useful features which will give you a better experience than your default player.

1- PowerAMP

PowerAMP is a powerful Music Player app for Android phones, it offers tons of optimization options like the 10 band equalizer with presets which lets you adjust the bass and treble easily. The player has a sleek good looking design which will definitely drive you crazy, you can also add widgets and change the skin or apply third party skins.

2- doubleTwist

doubleTwist player is an all-in-one free music, video and radio app. The app has the ability to sync music on your PC/Mac via Wi-Fi. doubleTwist to some extent resembles the iOS music app. It is one of the best music player app for Android due to its wide range of features. The app also lets you stream internet radio and is highly recommended for any music enthusiast.

3- TuneWiki

TuneWiki is a free music player where you can get, talk and share music from your phone. TuneWiki allows you to effortlessly view lyrics on your device and it also has social integration. The player has a clean and neat design which makes it a full featured music player.

4- Winamp

Winamp is an excellent music player by Nullsoft. The player has a simple yet powerful interface, it lets you sync your music from your Mac or PC to your Android device. Winamp also gives you access to thousands of radio stations with SHOUTcast. Winamp comes power packed with widget and lock screen player.

5- Cubed

Cubed is an impressive music player which has a unique interface, it retrieves the album art over the internet if the song doesn't have one. You can also choose and set the music controls on the top or bottom of the screen. Watching the cube rotate like a dice when listening to music is great fun. However, the app is still in beta and has a long way to go.

Which is you favorite music player app? Do you use multiple apps on your Android device to listen to music? Do drop in your comments below.

Facebook Finally Launches Video Calling Powered by Skype

Finally, the wait is over folks ! Facebook has finally announced video calling, in partnership with Skype. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook announced the video chat feature at an event in Palo Alto. Video calling was much awaited on Facebook and was in the news in the passed weeks. This feature is really awesome, because now you can make video calls to your friends on Facebook, with the video chat feature with the press of a button. Configuring the video chat is very simple and hardly takes more than a minute. For a complete guide on how to set-up Facebook's video calling feature visit this page.


In-addition to video calling you can also notice that the there is a new design for chat, and improved group chat feature.

The new chat design has a button for video calling which is visible on every chat window, additionally the video call button has also been integrated into every profile page, so you can simply click the call button to initiate a video call with the person whose profile you are viewing.

Sadly, the video call feature currently only supports one-to-one video calls. Though the video calling feature is powered by Skype you don't need to have an account with them to enable the feature.

To setup video calling and use it, you must have Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Opera is currently not supported.

Video calling is currently not supported by Linux, you have to use Windows or Mac operating systems for video calling to work.

So have you activated the video calling feature ? How was your experience ? Share your views with us.

How To Setup Video Calling On Facebook

Google recently announced its Google+ social network, which is in competition to Facebook. Many features of the Google+ social network were appreciated by the people especially the "Hangouts" feature with which you can make free group video calls to your friends on Google+, which had become a concern for Facebook, so finally Facebook has launched the video calling feature in partnership with Skype, you can make free video calls to your friends on Facebook. Here is a complete guide to setup the video calling feature.

How To Setup Video Calling On Facebook

1) Login to your Facebook account and head over to https://www.facebook.com/videocalling, and press "Get Started".

2) Now the window will prompt you to select the person with whom you want to video chat, select any of your friend proceed further.

3) Now, a download should initiate in your browser, since this is the first time you are going to make a video call on Facebook you will have to download and install the plugin.

4) After the file has finished downloading, click on it and it should start downloading the Facebook video chat plugin on your computer.

5) After the download has finished the installer should close automatically and you can now make free video calls to your friends on Facebook from your browser by clicking on the video calling button on the chat window or from your friends profile page.

fMobi - Facebook App for Nokia Review

Are you a Facebook addict using the Nokia Facebook client with the same old interface which is never updated and has limited functions ? fMobi is a perfect replacement to your native Nokia Facebook client. fMobi gives you a full-fledged Facebook experience on your Nokia device. fMobi is currently the best Facebook client available for Nokia  devices. The application runs on Nokia Symbian S60v5/S^1, S^3, Anna/Belle and Maemo devices.


The application is developed by Juuso Kosonen and is written purely in Qt. To run the application on your mobile device you must have Qt, QtWebKit and QtMobility installed on your device

Features Of fMobi:

• News feed
• Chat
• Profile
• User info
• Messages
• Check In / Places
• Sound notifications
• Vibration notifications
• Top Friends
• Search
• Multiple settings

• Photo Upload
• Groups
• Pages
• Events
• Commenting / Liking
• View comments / likes
• Albums / Photos
• Notifications
• Landscape / Portrait
• Black / White theme

Menu and News Feed:

The interface of  fMobi quite is engaging which on start-up displays the menu by default, you can choose to be presented with the news feed in the setting's menu.

Photos:
Photos can be easily accessed from the menu, news feed or by tapping on a users profile and clicking on the "Photos" option from the menu. The photos appear in an animated fashion, you can select an individual image and zoom at it or browse the next photo. You can also upload your own photo.

Notifications and Friends List:

The Notifications appear as a list-view and the Friends browser lets you quickly accept and browse your friends lists. The friends browser also has a side scrolling alphabet and vertically scrolling name view.

Messages and Chat:

Facebook messages load up very quickly in fMobi, you can also view online friends and chat with them with the Chat option in the menu. The Chat has a simple, clean and threaded view.