It is inevitable. Online storage is catching up really fast. As the storage prices reduces day by day, online storage capacities grow faster. Look at the key players in this niche. DropBox is probably the most known and used online storage service at the moment, starting with a 2GB storage. Microsoft is also in the “game” with their SkyDrive online storage system, which offers a whopping 25GB! However the bottom line is all these services give you a storage limit. On top of that they further limit the upload file size. A better alternative? Go Aruna! [Read more...]

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Tags: Business Tools, Cloud, Email, Online Tools

Google Wave is the latest buzz word around these days. People are trying so hard to get a wave invite. Some of them got their invites already, including myself, and some are still waiting to get on the bandwagon. The ones who got Wave already struggle to learn how to use it. My initial experience was no different. So what exactly is Google Wave? What can you do with it? Can it really improve the way you work or is it just the hype because it is from Google? What is in store for the future of Google Wave? You will get an idea for all those questions, and how to get a wave invite, by the time you are done reading this post. [Read more...]

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Tags: Business Tools, Online Tools, Productivity

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Do you think you wait longer than you should for Gmail to load? That is the time from you clicking the “Sign in” button to show your inbox. If you ask me that, I’d say yes! Why, you may ask. It’s because Gmail used to load much faster for me, of course. What really has changed then? Nothing much from Google’s side other than them reducing the number of HTTP requests to four, which should speed up the loading time. As such, the change to reduce the loading time could come from our side. There are few tweaks you can do to speed up Gmail loading time. [Read more...]

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Tags: Browsers, Email, Gmail, Productivity

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Ever since The Matrix came out in 1999, dual monitor/dual screen (or multi monitor set-up for that matter) made a spark in the minds of many I know. Back then I was doing my higher studies and was more interested in watching the movie than using multiple monitors.

At present it make sense as to how a dual monitor set-up can increase productivity. First, let’s look at the advantages of multiple monitor set-ups followed by its disadvantages. Then you can find links for how to set-up dual monitors, and how others have positioned the second monitor. [Read more...]

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Tags: Productivity, Windows

Most of the work today involves working with computers. More people spending more time working on computers eventually creates the need to share information. What if you get a computer error while working and want to explain it to support department? What if you don’t want to waste your time and the support personnel’s time explaining the error in an email? What if you want to show your design to a client? What if you could simply get a screen capture of the error and share it with support department? Better yet, what if you could record what is happening on the screen? This is where Jing comes in handy. [Read more...]

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Tags: Business Tools, Downloads, Freeware, Web Design, Windows, XP