It seems like everyone has been talking about Google+ lately, a new social networking conglomerate developed by the giant Internet search engine Google. Although the platform is still in its field trial stage and is available by invitation only, there is already a large buzz about the product. So, what makes Google+ different from Facebook, the current most popular social networking site?
Through its three main features – Circles, Hangouts, and Sparks, Google+ differentiates itself because it
1) Gives the user more privacy by allowing him or her to be in full control of what is shared
2) Has a group video chat feature
3) Allows the user to uncover content rather than purely share content
For the Facebook crowd at large who is unfamiliar with Google+, here is a quick glimpse into the nuts and bolts of the new site.
The Stream
Once you get the invite, (the word is that there are currently tens of millions of users, so ask around – chances are you probably know someone who is using it) just sign in with your Gmail, Picassa, or Youtube account. You are then prompted to create your personal profile, which consists of a profile picture, introduction, education, employment, places lived, etc.
On the home screen, there is a GChat bar on the left side and a black bar at the top of the page that connects with Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Photo, Reader, and Web. Below this, there are four tabs that are quite similar to Facebook: Home, Photos, Profile, and Circles. The vast majority of the screen is taken up by a live news feed with comment and +1, or the “like”, capability of your Circles’s activities. But wait – what exactly is this “Circles” mechanism that keeps being referred to?
Circles
One of the three main features of Google+ is Circles. Circles allow you to sort your contacts into groups, including but not limited to friends, family, acquaintances, and following (like Twitter). Ever go through your 1000+ Facebook friends and not know who certain people are and how you met them? Have no fear – Google+ will keep your contacts organized.
Additionally, Circles allows you to easily share posts and pictures with only a specific group of people. There is also the option of adding friends without a Google+ account to a circle, in which they will receive your posts via email. By giving the user control of essentially every post shared, Google+ can be as private or public as you want it to be.
Hangouts
The Hangout tool is a video chat function. After downloading Google’s Voice and Video Installer, you have the capability to create a Hangout and invite up to ten people in your network to chat. Rather than planning Skype sessions in advance, Google+ posts that you are “hanging out” in the live stream and gives others the chance to jump in. Another appealing feature of Hangouts is the ability for Groups to watch Youtube videos or movies together.
An analogous application to Hangouts, the Huddle feature allows users to group chat through text. This can be useful for creating plans for the night or making decisions on a work related project.
Sparks
Sparks allows you to not only share content, but also to discover it. By typing your interests into the Sparks page that appears in your sidebar, you can stumble external sites that are of importance to you. Generally, these include current articles, videos, and other relevant content. Specifically, when I clicked on Recipes, which is one of the current featured interests, I was directed to “Foodmakers May Change Recipes to Cut Fat for Fare Advertised to Children,” “New Restaurant Shares a New Blueberry Pie Recipe,” and more. You can also share your favorite links from Sparks–and from anywhere on the web for that matter – onto your Wall.
More on Google+
Similar to other social media sites, Google+ is available for those on the go. The native mobile app currently is available for the Android, but the web app is accessible for all smartphones, and SMS is coming soon.
It is still undecided when Google+ will be fully available to the public, for Google+ representatives have stated, “How long the testing phase lasts, and how the product evolves, will really depend on how it goes. We don’t have a set amount of time” (Google+ Press Site).
But, for those who have already snagged the invite, this ultimate question remains: Will you switch to Google+ or stay with Facebook?
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The New Facebook? Understanding Google+
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Microsoft Office 2010 Application Features
After more than three years of development, Microsoft has released the new Microsoft Office 2010 which is an upgraded and friendlier version of Microsoft Office 2007 and also has online ability unlike anything you've seen before. Microsoft Office 2010 also has enhanced security features, stability enhancements and performance enhancements. Also, Microsoft has fixed some of the problems with the previous versions.
The user interface of Microsoft Office 2010 software has been enhanced. The Microsoft Office button has replaced the ‘File’ menu. When you click the ‘Microsoft Office’ button, you will see the same basic commands that were found under the ‘File’ menu. In Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can check a file for hidden metadata or personal information. This can be done by pointing to ‘Prepare’ and then clicking ‘Inspect Document’. Here, we will discuss about the top 5 features of the new Microsoft Office 2010.
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word 2010 gives you a number of new and enhanced commands. You can edit the photos right in your Word document, apply color changes, edit the photo background and finally saving it as a new image. Also, Microsoft has introduced more flexibility on word art. There are also changes with the Search feature. There are wide ranges of options with text effects and you can change regular text into word art with text box feature.
Microsoft Excel
In Microsoft Excel 2010, the biggest change that Microsoft has made is the ability to create a graph in an individual cell. It is known as the Sparklines feature which is opposed to the charts in Microsoft 2007. With this feature, you can easily make your spreadsheets easier to follow and more accurate. You can use PivotTable to filter and segment data in multiple layers.
Microsoft PowerPoint
In Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can easily add video media to your presentation with options to edit, set poster frames, and changing of contrast, color and many more. Microsoft has also introduced a new feature called “Broadcast Slide Show” which is a feature and service that allows you to share your presentation with others via the Internet and the other viewers needn't have Microsoft PowerPoint to view.
Microsoft Outlook 2010
There are plenty of new and stunning features in Microsoft Outlook 2010. The new version allows you to manage large number of e-mail messages with ease. You can easily condense, categorize, or even ignore entire conversations just with some clicks. Outlook 2010 also includes new conversation management tools. Its improved Ribbon lets you to access more commands and achieve the task more easily. Outlook 2010 also helps you to easily connect with your friends and acquaintances.
There is no doubt that Microsoft Office 2010 is big, powerful and flexible, but beside that it is also true that it is confusing too if not understood properly. If you don’t have expertise and experience to perform the tasks on Office 2010, you can talk to an expert. There are many service providers that offer comprehensive assistance regarding Microsoft products. With all these exciting improvements, Office 2010 is truly an obvious choice as compared to its previous versions.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010
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Source : http://www.amazines.com/Software/article_detail.cfm/3212042?articleid=3212042
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
A better software test strategy
Program testing is not easy stuff. Often not considered as a fair valuation, testing is nonetheless essential for software deployment.
A new program is aiming to support testers and QA teams with testing together with softwares risks. This platform is Fog up established and is convenient to use by just anyone who has a good web browser, that means every person!
It works as an x-ray: you research the software and it will show you the inside. In reality, each version, each version of the software will be investigated so that the program might detect together with research any specific future changes inside the application. But testers in most cases don’t like to get their control dirty…
For this reason this « application x-ray » is rather oriented toward functional tests. Testers simply deal with online business features, and also program will not show any coding or simply whatever. The application reveals just what changed, the place that the risks are…
The program is supporting testers to choose the « correct » test strategy : change established diagnostic tests, associated risk established testing, regression testing… The software compares every version of your application and is able to indicate:
Which are any significant risks (together with rank the tied in medical tests), where is the variations, which unfortunately online business module has been impacted by an alteration, which unfortunately module has been indirectly altered, where the regression risks happen to be.
And once testers completed a new experiment cycle, a further feature can be very advantageous. It’s a good test coverage tool as part of the x-ray program.
Surely the program won't be able to tell if the tests have been well done, but it can tell if a specific portion of the application hasn’t been proven! Again not any coding, the feature exclusively will show which unfortunately parts of the software aren’t effectively covered by testing. Thus, testers will be able to set new experiment cases to fully take care of any application and lower risks.
Article Source:
http://www.articlebiz.com/article/1051492089-1-a-better-software-test-strategy/
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Avast! Internet Scurity 6.0.1203
The new avast! includes a spyware detection engine. To protect you from identity theft as well as viruses. avast! Pro Antivirus - better protection during web surfing. Full-featured antivirus software. Better than our free antivirus, especially for web surfing, but without the firewall and antispam included in avast! Internet Security. Also if you wish to customize your security, this is the recommended software.
Download AIS 6.0.1203
WinRar 4.01 (32-bit)
WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.
WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.
WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.
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