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Facebook in Real Life

Have you ever thought how you would interact with your friends in real life just like you do on Facebook , but by using expressions like Status Update , or a Wall Post , or a poke ?

Well what if you had to speak up your status updates every time you do anything , and Facebook informs you in reality as to confirm your friend requests or to deny them .

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Google TV Has Arrived

Google has unveiled the new Google TV , making the announcement at it’s I/O conference held earlier today. Google will be working along with partners like Sony and Logitech . Google TV will be made to work along side with your Television set’s , or will include a separate Satellite Box that will work along side with your Television .

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Google Introduces WebM Video Format

Today at the Google I/O Conference Google announces the release of the open source , Royalty free Video format WebM using the VP8 codec which Google acquired from on2.com . Mozilla has also teamed up with Google to discuss about the new WebM project which google has said would deliver high quality open video format for everyone on the Web .

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Facebook Launches New Webpage with no data fees

Facebook has Launched it’s new Web page for Mobile 0.facebook.com which is much faster and includes no data fees , Yes it allows you to browse the web page without charging you on your mobile .

This new website will be available on 45 + Countries , with 50 and above mobile operators and wireless services. Most of these operators are partners now with Facebook who have worked to provide surfing on Facebook for Free of charge . Operators such as T-Mobile, Digicel, Vodafone, and MTN all support the new Facebook .

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Youtube celebrates 5th year

Youtube celebrates it’s 5th year with more than 2Billion Video Views . Less than Five years ago , Google had accquired Youtube for about $ 1.65 Million . Since then youtube has grown bigger with more than 24 Hours of video Uploaded per minute , and alsmot 70% of the traffic comes from the U.S.

As a part of the celebration youtube creates it own channel , The Fift Year Channel . In this channel youtube gives others an opportunity to upload their own videos of how their life’s have been dependent on YouTube .

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Google Giving out Google Voice Invitations to College Students

The major Search engine Google , has rolled out a New page giving out invitations for Students . Google write on their blog

“We’ve heard college students in particular really appreciate getting their voicemail sent to their email, sending free text messages and reading voicemail transcriptions rather than listening to messages (especially handy while in class).”

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Android 2.2 (Froyo) will Add Tethering & WiFi Hotspot

Google has come up with it’s next update for the Google Android OS . The Android 2.2 which has bees codenamed as Froyo . As Reported by Techcrunch “Google added a plastic desert sculpture of a frozen yogurt outside of their Android building today (here’s Eclair, the last version), indicating the imminent arrival of the next version of the Android operating system, Android 2.2, AKA Froyo.”

This New Google Android Operating system will support Tethering and WiFi Connectivity (MiFi)  via USB which will then allow users to use their Device as a Modem and share their Internet connectivity.

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Steam For Mac Launch

Valve has decided to launch Steam for the Mac Platform Today According to an announcement made Yesterday .

If some of you are not aware of what Steam is I’ll give you guys a brief description about it . Steam is an Ultimate online gaming Platform available for Windows Xp , Vista and 7  , allowing you Instant access to your games . More than 1,100 Games are available for Purchase and Download . With steam you can connect with different gaming groups and networks , conduct matches , tournaments , add friends and also Host your own gaming network .

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