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

You’re probably thinking how in the world I added text like this. Well, join the club! I too thought the same way when I first came across CSS Text Wrapper in action on MeAndMyDrum.com. It had arranged text in a weird looking shape. Best part was it was text and not an image! As a web designer, I found it really interesting.

What CSS Text Wrapper does is, it takes your text and let you create a shape you want. Once done, you can easily include the shaped content using inline XHTML/CSS, XHTML with classes or JavaScript. All the details are provided and very easy to implement.

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Most start-up businesses want a catchy, ‘cool’ name for their businesses and websites. Most of the time it’s difficult to find such a name. The name you chose to the company could affect the global success of your business as well, especially in this Internet enabled age.

I came across a few name generators and thought I’d share them with you. Enjoy and don’t forget to add any other business name generators you may know.

http://www.iq0.com/startup.html
http://www.dotomator.com/web20.html
http://www.choregus.co.uk/tools/companynamegenerator.php?submit=Create+me+a+name&other=

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Tags: Business Tools, Online Tools

One of my friends wanted to check her Internet speed today. She wanted something simple. Sure there are great softwares that does more than giving you your Internet connection speed but if you don’t want to install any software on your computer, or you simply want to check your download and upload speeds, you can do so online with speedtest.net It is an online speed test site.

They also provide an online speed test module to be used, if you have a website. I added this online speed test tool to this website so you can see how it works other than checking your Internet speed online.

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