TweetMeme Announces Pro Retweet Buttons

Here is some good news for bloggers who use the Tweetmeme button for promoting their blog posts on Twitter. Tweetmeme has recently added a pro feature, you can now upgrade to Tweetmeme pro for $1000 a year and get added features on the “Tweetmeme Retweet button”.

According to Tweetmeme, here are the added features in Tweetmeme pro buttons:

1. You can add up to 10 UTM tracking tags within the pro retweet button, this will be useful when you want to track Twitter traffic in a variety of more ways.
2. The design of the button can be customized to match with your site’s template.
3. You can further customize the design of the pop up box, the one which opens when someone clicks the “Retweet” button on your blog posts.
4. Better performance, dedicated servers to ensure your button is up and working.
5. Accurate Retweet counts.
6. Support for hash tags and URL shortener, this includes integration with Bit.ly Pro – much awaited.

Here is an example image of the Tweetmeme pop up box, the logo really adds the branding you have always wanted.

There are 3 pricing plans to start with, the basic plan will cost you $1000 a year and up to 500,000 buttons served every day. The Pro plan will cost $2000 which will serve up to 2,000,000 buttons every day. The enterprise plan is $5000 a year, will serve unlimited number of buttons every day.

I think the regular Tweetmeme button does a fine job, however if you need all the advanced customizations and URL tracking with UTM tags – you may switch to Tweetmeme pro. I am quite surprised to see that there are no monthly plans for Tweetmeme Pro, this would have allowed publishers with a small budget  test the advanced buttons.

More information is available at the Tweetmeme blog.

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Adobe Planning to Introduce Sandboxing Technologies in Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft Internet explorer have become a top favorite with hackers. Internet Explorer with its innumerable vulnerabilities forms an excellent learning ground for crackers. Another hot favorite with them is Adobe Reader.

Both Adobe and its users are fed up by continuous release of updates and follow up hack attempts in spite of these updates. In a recent announcement, Adobe has announced that it will release its next Reader software as a sandboxed application.

Sandboxing prevents an application from accessing the underlying data and creates a virtual environment for the application to run. This keeps the processes within the application free from each other and prevents them from accessing data from the computer.

Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director of security and privacy says,

With sandboxing, anyone who encounters a malicious PDF will find that a successful exploit is kept within the sandbox.

The sandboxing approach however, cannot ensure complete safety, as the sandbox itself has to be powerful enough. However, it will need two levels of breach before any actual data is compromised.

(Source Taken From): Computer World

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Mozilla Fixes 14 Security Issues with Firefox 3.6.7

Next week, the Black Hat Security Conference is scheduled to take place at Las Vegas. Undoubtedly, hackers attending the event are getting ready with their proof of concepts and exploits. In fact, one security analyst is already making the headlines for discovering security holes in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari.

In the run up to the event, Mozilla is doing its best to keep hackers at bay by patching up as many vulnerabilities as possible. Yesterday, they released Firefox 3.6.7, which is a recommended stability and security update. This release patches 8 critical vulnerabilities including some that could allow remote arbitrary code execution.

The full change log along with information about each of the fixed vulnerabilities is available here. Earlier this month, Google had also patched as many as 10 vulnerabilities in a Chrome security update.

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Top 10 Applications For Nokia 5530/5800/X6/N97

Here are the top 10 Applications for Nokia Symbian 60 v5 based phones like Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800, Nokia X6, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini.

10) Y-Browser – The ultimate File Manger for Symbian based phones developed by Dr. Jukka. Even though the inbuilt File Manager of Symbian phones is quite good, Y-Browser just takes managing files on your phone to the next level. Y-Browser even allows access to System Drives of a Symbian phone which the inbuilt File Manager lacks. Dr. Jukka has even made many plugins, for Y-Browser like the ability to open and edit text files from within Y-Browser and so on. You can download Y-Browser from here.

9) Google Maps – Google Maps from Google is a must have application for your phone. Nowadays, all the latest symbian phones feature an inbuilt GPS chip, Google Maps takes advantage of it and the cellphone towers to pin point your location and to guide you through your city. Even though Nokia phones comes with Ovi Maps pre-installed, Google Maps just blows it away with a better detailed map of your city. The Layers and Street View features of Google Maps act as an icing on the cake. You can download Google Maps by going to m.google.com from your mobile phone web browser.

8) Handy Taskman – The inbuilt task manager of S60 smartphones is quite limited. It does not show the amount of free RAM, process running in the background etc. This is where Handy Taskman comes in. Not only does Handy Taskman shows the amount of free RAM, it even allows you to kill process or applications which might have hung. Handy Taskman also features a ‘Favorites’ tab where you can create a list of your frequently used applications for quick access to them. Here is a link to Handy Taskman official product page.

7) Nokia Messaging – This has to be the ultimate email Messaging client for Nokia phones. Nokia Messaging has Kinetic scrolling, can display mails in HTML, and on top of that, the push email feature works like a charm. The only thing missing in Nokia Messaging is the ability to view your mails in Fullscreen, and the developers have said that they will add this feature in the next build of Nokia Messaging. You can download Nokia Messaging by pointing your phones web browser to email.nokia.com

6) Bright Light – Most of the smartphones come equipped with at least a Single LED Flash to aid photography in the night. Not many people click pictures from their smartphones and so the LED flash is left unused. With Bright Light one can use the LED Flash of the phone as a torch. The application has  a very simple interface like a On/Off “Switch”. The ability to use the LED flash of your phone as a torch is very handy and thus, this application is a must have for your phone. Bright Light is available for free download at the Ovi Store.

5) Quickoffice – Quickoffice has been one of the most popular office editing suites for Nokia smartphones for quite a few years now. Quickoffice version 6 was recently launched which added support for S60v5 based devices, support for docx, pptx files. Thanks to Quickoffice, editing documents on your mobile phone is nothing but a treat! You can download Quickoffice by going to www.quickoffice.com

4) Opera Mobile/Mini –The webkit based browser of Nokia S60v5 phones is quite good, but it lacks many features like multiple tab support, crashes randomly etc. This is where Opera Mobile/Mini – one of the most popular Mobile phone web browser comes in. Opera Mobile in its latest version (v10, which is still under beta) has went through a complete makeover. Opera Mobile now features a more touch friendly UI, the ability to open multiple tabs, inbuilt download manager and some nice animations as well. Opera Mini is the same as Opera Mobile, except that Opera Mini is a Java software while Opera Mobile is a native symbian web browsing software. Visit opera.com from your phone’s web browser to download Opera Mobile/Mini for your phone.

3) S60Tickr – One of the most useful applications for Symbian phones I ever came across is S60Tickr. As the name suggests S60Tickr is a Ticker which hovers on the screen when you get a new message or a new email. This application comes in pretty useful when you are busy reading some article on your phone and you receive a new sms. Just by glancing at the Tickr you can understand whether the message is an important one or not, and act accordingly. S60Tickr is available for a free download here.

2) Best Profiles – Best Profiles allows you to make your phone location aware and time aware. Best Profiles gives you the ability to automatically change profiles at a certain period of time during the day, or when you reach a certain place. Eg. – Best Profiles will automatically change the profile to Silent Mode when you reach your College or School. Not only this, Best Profiles also allows you to launch applications when a certain profile is activated or during certain hours of the day. The possibilities of what a user can do with this application are just limitless. You can download a trial version of Best Profiles from here.

1) Gravity – Twitter is the next big “thing” in social networking. People are soon realizing the potential of Twitter and hopping onto it. Chances are, many of the readers of this article might be on twitter as well. Gravity is a native Symbian twitter client. The interface of Gravity is simply gorgeous. The developer of Gravity, @janole, has also added many other features to Gravity, like Kinetic Scrolling, Drafts Section etc. Gravity also gives you the ability to update your Facebook Status. At 10$, Gravity is one must have application if you are on Twitter. Here is a link to Gravity’s official product page

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17 Image Manipulation Tools You Should Know About

We have previously covered a lot of image tools that included everything from image editors to image converters. This post is about a different kind of image tools. Tools that can let you add, transform or manipulate your images to give them a totally new look. All of these tools are free and require no registrations or downloads.

1. Watermark-Images: Batch watermark your images online. Add up to 20 images, customize the text and font of your watermark and apply it to the images within no time. You can adjust the position of you watermark and add a shadow affect to it.

2. FixRedEyes: Remove the red eye effect from any photo with this simple tool. Simply upload the image, adjust the red eye area and click fix.

3. ImageSplitter: Slice up your images in rows and columns. Just upload an image and specify the number of rows and columns you want. Then choose output format and resolution and click process.

4. ImageMerger: Merge two images online using this tool. The first image is treated as a background image and the second one is added on top of it. Useful for adding watermarks to images.

5. Pic2Color: Extract colors from any image. Just upload an image or provide the URL and Pic2Color will provide you with a color palette of colors used in the image.

6. MirrorEffect: Add mirrored effect to any picture. Choose reflection size and the direction of effect (bottom, top, left or right).

7. TextImage: Convert a photo into a text image. Choose from HTML, ASCII or Matrix text images.

8. Pic2Graphics: Recolor pictures by transferring the mood of one picture to another. Simple select two pictures, one to recolor and other to grab the mood from.

9. Montagerator: Create beautiful montages and mosaics online. Upload a photo or use one by providing a URL.

10. Speechable: Add speech bubbles to any image. Customize text and bubble size. Embed images on your blog or webpage.

11. WaterEffect: Add water effect to any image. No registration or downloads required, simply upload the picture and get a water effect in resulting picture.

12. RoundPic: Make your picture  more hip by adding rounded corners to it. This tool takes any image and turn regular corners into rounded ones. You can even add borders and shadows to the picture.

13. BeFunky: Add a digital-painting or cartoon-like effect to your images. Manipulate images by pulling and pushing any area of the image. Create cartoonized avatars by choosing different backgrounds and accessories. You can also add ink, stencil and pencil effects to your images. BeFunky alow works for adding a cartoon effect to videos.

14. PicBite: Annotate images online. Once done, you can download the annotated images or embed them on your blog or web page. Also allows you to crop or resize an image.

15. GIFup: Create animated GIFs online by simple uploading your images and choosing desired animation settings.

16. DoSize: Re-size up to 10 images simultaneously. Once resized, you can download the images or email them to your friends.

17. YearBookYourself: Give your photos a vintage look. Choosa an era like 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s or 80’s and morph it into a classic.

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India get its own Rupee Currency Symbol

The Indian rupee has got its own unique symbol, joining the dollar $, pound £sterling, euro E and the yen as international currencies with an identity that is instantly recognizable worldwide.The Union Cabinet decided on the symbol for Indian Rupee, a privilege (unique identity) available only to major currencies like dollar, euro, pound, sterling and yen.

For getting this symbol On 5th March, 2009 the Indian Government announced a contest for a New Symbol for Indian Rupee with a prize of Rs 2.5 lakh for the winner and 25,000 for the top 5 shortlisted designs and Jury has shortlisted 5 designs.Below are some of these designs.


Among those designs one has been selected by the Cabinet today (July 15th, 2010) which will be the Official Indian Rupee Symbol and was submitted by an IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar.


Congratulation, Mr D Uday Kumar for giving us such a simple and innovative symbol for Indian Rupee to fixed its position in International markets. Now India also can use its own currency symbol for all international activities in financial markets. It is the answer to all the strong currency symbol in world available to know that the status of Indian currency symbol in international financial market. So now we can give the Indian Rupee a new face in International financial market.

It is the combination of Indian Devenagari Script and Roman Script as well with the view of Indian Flag in arithmetic way. That will give us to represent our script and culture in world level. The symbol will be printed or embossed on currency notes or coins. The symbol will feature on computer key boards and softwares so that it can be printed and displayed in electronic and print.


The new symbol is a blend of the Devanagari ‘र’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem. The parallel lines at the top(with white space between them) make an allusion to the tricolor Indian flag.With this the rupee will be the fifth currency in the world after the US dollar, the UK pound, the euro and the Japanese yen to have its own symbol.The Indian government will try to adopt the symbol within six months in the country and globally within 18 to 24 months.

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