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Donate $10 for Haiti Earthquake Relief by texting “Haiti” to 90999 – Red Cross

Now you can donate $10 by texting the word “haiti” to 90999. This is the easiest way to donate money for the noble cause. This initiative by Red Cross is backed by United States State Department. $10 will be directly billed to you by your mobile carrier.
This innovative campaign of donation combined with viral spread [...]

Google’s New Marketing Strategy for Nexus One Phone – Will it work?

Google announced the launch of its new generation of super-phones starting with  Nexus One.
Along-with the announcement of the phone Google has adapted a new strategy for selling phones i.e. through its online Google Store. Currently the phone is being offered as unlocked phone for $529.00 (Buy the phone without service and insert your own SIM [...]

All about Google’s Nexus One Phone – Reviews, Videos, Cost of Ownership

Google has launched its own phone Nexus One.
The reviews across the web have been mixed:
Techcrunch says:
Overall the Android is a superior mobile device, particularly when paired with Google Voice. Google is calling this the first of the Super Phones. And they may not be exaggerating all that much.
The Nexus One is an important milestone in the smartphone [...]

World’s Tallest Skycraper, Burj Dubai, to open on Monday

Amid the economic crisis in Dubai on Monday Burj Dubai the world tallest building will be opened. Burj Dubai is almost twice the size of Empire State building in New York.  It took more than astounding $20 billion to build.
Some interesting facts about Burj Dubai:

95: distance in km at which its spire can be seen
504: rise in [...]

Google Blogs’ Top 10 posts of 2009

Google has been blogging for more than five years now. Their first post was in April 2004 and since then 423 post have been published and last year they were read by more than 14,493,472 readers.
Google released their blog’s top 10 posts of 2009, by unique pageviews:

Introducing the Google Chrome OS – 2,591,794 unique pageviews (more than [...]

Some of the mistakenly funny domain names URLs

Checkout the list of funniest domains for the companies. The owners of these websites would have never realized how two or more words combined can be read as:

A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity.  www.whorepresents.com
Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice [...]

The most wacthed videos on YouTube for the year 2009

YouTube has released the list of most watched videos for the last year 2009. Topping the list globally is Susan Boyle – Britain’s Got Talent video with more than 120 million views. The most watched music video is “Pitbull – I Know You Want Me” with more than 82 million views globally.
From YouTube’s release:
This year [...]

Google updates Maps – You can now watch Shamu in Google Street View

Google has updated it Street view and has added imagery gathered by their Trike for several special attractions in the United States, including the SeaWorld parks. Of course, that includes photos of SeaWorld’s biggest star, Shamu.
Checkout the world’s most famous killer whale “Shamu” below:
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Watch the dolphin’s acrobat in mid-air:
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Twitter founder Jack launches revolutionary mobile payment solution – Square

Consider these scenarios below and then you will realize how “Square” will change the way a common person will use cash in future.

Ever had a problem in selling your stuff because your customer didn’t had the cash? Craigslist sellers will agree with me.
Ever won a bet but the loser gets away because he/she didn’t had [...]

Webby’s – The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade

Here is the Webby’s top ten most influential internet moment of the decade (2000-2009):
Craigslist (2000): In 2000, the free classifieds site broadened its reach outside of San Francisco into nine additional U.S. cities. Today Craigslist serves free listings in more than 500 cities in 50 countries, serving as a model for no-frills business and community [...]

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