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Enable Transliteration to type Indian languages in Gmail

Google India team introduce Transliteration, that support typing in Indian languages in Gmail - Hindi, Tamil, indic screenshot Enable Transliteration to type Indian languages in GmailTelugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. This feature which available by default for Indian user, will automatically convert the English word to their Indian language equivalent as you typing words in the way they sound in English.

If this feature does not visible for you, please enable this feature from language setting page by clicking on the ‘Enable Transliteration’.  Please note that this is not the display language, as you can still have this feature while your Gmail shown in your desired language.

gmail transli Enable Transliteration to type Indian languages in Gmail

Admin 31 March 2009 internet tool , , 2 Comments

Set Gmail Undo Send to 10 seconds

When it was first introduced, the default Undo Send interval is 5 seconds. Well, now Gmail has put up an option to choose from 0, 5 or 10 seconds interval.

Go to you setting page to set this up. So happy now??
undo send 10 Set Gmail Undo Send to 10 seconds

Admin 31 March 2009 internet tool , 2 Comments

Yahoo Widget Engine in Samsung LED TV 7000 series

First spot Yahoo Widget Engine on TV when it first appear on Sony Bravia 2009 Z-Series early January 2009. It doesn’t take long for Samsung to announced its own TV models , with Samsung LED TV 7000 series that offer similar functionality built inside during CES 2009.

I bet you’ll be curious on the first time seeing the photos below. Yep that is the Yahoo Widget Engine, shown on the left side of the screen.

The availability of Yahoo Widget on TV set is still limited, where only handful of TV models are equipped with this technology, beginning early this year. TV equipped with this widget usually come with premium price tag. The adoption of this widget is still in early stage, although I hope cheaper model will have this functionality as well.

Samsung LED TV comes with 4 default Yahoo Widget which are, Flickr, Yahoo News, Weather and Finance. It can be added or removed. Within two months Yahoo targeted to offer 20 to 30 widgets, and around 100 by the end of this year.

Imagine that you have something else running on your TV screen, side by side. And it is  not static as you think. Depend on the what type of people they are, one will find it irritating and the other side saying otherwise. Not big deal as it can be hided. But if you can’t live with widget, this TV set is not for you.

But for someone that just can’t get enough of internet, this TV probably suitable for them. But be ready to parting away with $3000++. Find out more about Samsung LED TV 7000 series.

samsung led tv 7000 Yahoo Widget Engine in Samsung LED TV 7000 series

Samsung LED TV 7000 (Credit WSJ)
Admin 31 March 2009 gadget & hardware , , , 1 Comment

Tweet to update Google Calendar with Twittercal

Sometime you want to update your Google calendar, but unable to do so because of  IT department in your office block any access to Google services, you’re in the slow internet connection or you’re on mobile phone that takes years to open Google Calendar.

I just figure out how Twittercal simplify all this thing for you. With 4 steps to setup your account, you’re ready to update your Google Calendar on the go. Remember, you’ll need to authenticate Twittercal and Twitter before using this service.

  1. Register for a free Twitter account
  2. Add gcal as your friend
    gcal is a bot that process and forward messages to your Google Calendar.
  3. Grant access to your Google Calendar account
  4. Now add any events by sending a direct message to gcal

So here the sample message you can use to update your calendar.

d gcal meeting with paul tomorrow at 7pm
d gcal meeting with fred on monday, 25th of june at 9am
d gcal working with Wan today,  at 9am


twitcall Tweet to update Google Calendar with Twittercal

And there you go the event now appear in your calendar. The event created with the default setup of Google Calendar.

tweetcal calendar Tweet to update Google Calendar with Twittercal

Admin 31 March 2009 internet tool , , , No Comments

Another Firefox new tab page concepts for testing

You have seen the early concept of Firefox new tab page and probably have tested it. The folks at Firefox has made more modification including this one last week. The initial concept was completely overhauled based on the user feedback. That’s the beauty of Firefox where communities can participate in building the web browser for peoples.

There are couple of concepts release 2 weeks ago. This is my personal favorite.  The tab page divided to 3 main columns with each column representing its own functionality. The left column divided to another 2 sections, which represent another different function, to check email and the last keyword searched.

firefox new tab Another Firefox new tab page concepts for testing

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This is the latest concept announced last week. I’m not designer in any kind of platform, but I still prefer thumbnail over the favicon  for the frequently visited sites. It looks simpler than the first one.

firefox new tab latest Another Firefox new tab page concepts for testing

So which one do you prefer? Or have you tested any beta version? Head to Mozilla Lab to find out more about the new tab concept.

Admin 31 March 2009 Software , , 1 Comment
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