If you’re one of those who like saying “like”, you’re, like totally gonna like the Facebook’s new evolution.

Sorry if I’ve already begun to talk like a valley girl, but I really have no better way to explain!

The [...]]]> Facebook’s LIKE button may soon be everywhere, says a new report. Read the detailed report at Tej Kohli Blog.

If you’re one of those who like saying “like”, you’re, like totally gonna like the Facebook’s new evolution.

Sorry if I’ve already begun to talk like a valley girl, but I really have no better way to explain!

The recent changes in the Facebook are all about the word “like”. The social networking site in the process of adding a few updates to its service, and they focus primarily on the ‘like’ button.

As yet, the announcements made by the company has concentrated on what’s within its website. Facebook has officially changed the wordage on its pages, which are used by celebrities and companies. Now, instead of clicking “become a fan” button on a Facebook page, you can simply click “like” button, just as you do to like a status update, or photograph for that matter.

Although this may look like a minor difference to the user, but it represents something far more significant.

The altered wording is followed by a stronger push to get users ‘like’ public pages. Users will automatically start receiving Facebook pages suggestions based on the things you’ve mentioned in your profile like your favorite movie or a brand. On accepting the Facebook’s auto-generated invitations, the plain text in your profile will be replaced by a link to the page you just ‘liked’, making it accessible to everyone.

“Once you make your choice, any text you’d previously had for the current city, hometown, education and work, and likes and interests sections of your profile will be replaced by links to these pages,” Facebook engineer Alex Li explains in an official blog posting. “If you would still like to express yourself with free-form text, you can still use the ‘Bio’ section of your profile.”

Sounds confusing? Hold on for its about to get even more perplexing.

Imagine a universal ‘like’ button! Yes, the Facebook is mulling over plans to expand its “like”trend all across the cyberspace. This not-yet-confirmed plan would enable third party blog and news websites to add Facebook “Like” button on their own pages.

The new york time explains it as follows: “Similar to the Facebook ‘Share’ buttons that are already popular with many Web sites, the ‘Like’ buttons will make it easier for Web publishers to offer more social experiences, in essence allowing Facebook friends to enjoy those sites together.”

And what’s more?

“While ‘Share’ buttons allow users to post links that their friends see on their Facebook pages, those links are fleeting,” The Times says. “The ‘Like’ button will allow Facebook to keep a record of what a user linked to, providing the company with ever more data about people’s preferences. Facebook, in turn, plans to share that data with Web publishers, so that a magazine Web site, for instance, may be able to show users all the articles that their friends like.”

While the Facebook has not directly denied or confirmed the imminent launch of a universal “like” button, it is saying some reports about the feature are outright wrong. A report publish in the financial times which stated that the web side system would keep track of the user’s behavior around the web so as to offer behaviorally targeted advertisements back at Facebook.com. However, a Facebook spokesperson refuted the reports as totally baseless. She said that the company has no plans to change its ‘ad offerings or ad policies.’

It is expected that Facebook would unveil its universal like button at its F8 conference on Wednesday.

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February 9 marked a new epoch in the history of social networking when the world’s most popular search engine launched Google Buzz, a new service the company is promoting as [...]]]> Tej Kohli reviews the latest online Social Networking service launched by the search engine giant Google. Read the detailed review at Tej Kohli Personal Blog.

February 9 marked a new epoch in the history of social networking when the world’s most popular search engine launched Google Buzz, a new service the company is promoting as a ‘new approach to sharing.’
Integrated into the Google’s already popular gmail email service, buzz is designed to counter the increasing power of social networking sites like Facebook, and twitter, plus in an attempt to make Google a more central online venue for users.

Google launched this new service as a means of using its algorithmic might to penetrate the highly crowded social media infiltrating internet users’ online profiles. The service revolves around the idea of helping users organize their online activities in a better way.

“It’s becoming harder and harder to find signal in the noise,” said Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president of product management during a launch event.
Google is rolling out Buzz to all gmail subscribers with a new tab which appears under the inbox tab within their gmail account. Google has also revealed plans to monetize buzz by integrating it into its business service.

How it works?

Buzz explores a person’s list of contacts and creates an auto-follow list of people they interact with regularly through email. It also allow users the option of sharing status updates with either all of their contacts or with a private group.

Users can also share links and see what their friends are posting to sites like YouTube, Flickr and Twitter while being able to access everything within their Gmail window.

Besides this, buzz enables people to send a direct message to someone using the twitter’s popular ‘@ format’. What’s more? Buzz also gives users posts and links to other useful content based on what their friends are talking about or the content of their own buzz. When anyone comments on your buzz the Gmail sends you an email which includes all the comments and images related to the buzz you’ve posted.

Users can access buzz through their cell phones in three ways – first, through the company’s standard Google mobile homepage, second, from a special buzz application, which is available for only iPhone and Android users at present and third, through Google’s mobile maps application which is available only for Nokia Symbian, Windows Mobile and android users currently.

If you’re using a Smartphone with built in GPS technology, buzz will geotag posts with a user’s current location and will also show the posts of other people using buzz in your location.

By introducing a service with more personal relevance for web users and which will encourage them to spend more time on Google’s sites, the company is expecting to play a major role in the social networking.
And as far as the question of Buzz posing threat to Facebook or twitter will depend on the users’ response this latest Gmail feature and how well it blends the experience between Mobile and Computer devices.

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1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a [...]]]> Apple’s ipad, a new iphone-esque mobile computing device, may have a lot of new features, but it still has a lot of features missing in it. Tej Kohli Blog enlists the 10 important features it does not have:

1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a huge drawback.

2. No camera: It does not have a user facing camera to enable video conferencing/video chats. This feature was at top on the list of expected features, but apple disappointed users.

3. No multitasking: Even though apple has rearranged iPhone’s OS in a new way to work on the new apple iPad, it still fails to run the background processes. This again is a big detractor.

4. No Verizon: Verizon Wireless is not providing the 3G wireless service which comes as a choice with iPad. Instead of Verizon, AT&T is providing this service.

5. No wide screen display: Although you can watch HD movies on its 9.7-inches display, it fails to match the 16:9 standard screen dimension that many of the other modern devices support.

6. No Mac OS: The iPad works on a new processor A4, manufactured by the Apple itself. It runs at 1GHz, which appears suitable for an iPhone OS, but it doesn’t run the more efficient full OS X, something which would have really made the device rock.

7. No GPS: There is an accelerometer for a great gaming experience, but there is no GPS. This means Google Maps will have to rely on 3G and/or Wi-fi to locate the iPad. Too much to replace your smartphone.

8. Enough Storage: iPad can sync content with iTunes and users can add/remove content as they wish, but the maximum space of 64 GB is not sufficient, especially for those who are a lot into games, movies and music.

9.Removable Battery: Following the footsteps of iPhone and the newer laptops, which don’t have a user-removable battery.

10. No HDM1: It doesn’t feature an HDM1 port, which makes it incompatible with all the modern HDTVs.

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After the Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, which hit 7.3 on Richter scale, charities and non-profit organizations are joining forces to [...]]]> The Tej Kohli Foundation, founded by Mr. Tej Kohli in 2005, is advising people to be vigilant when considering relief programs for Haiti earthquake, as security firms are already spotting scam emails circulating on the web.

After the Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, which hit 7.3 on Richter scale, charities and non-profit organizations are joining forces to help the earthquake victims. Unfortunately, a lot of scam organizations have also sprung up to capitalize on the Haiti disaster.

The Tej Kohli foundation suggests people to make donations only through the legitimate and popular organizations such as the American Red Cross, or the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Following the reports of unscrupulous organizations taking advantage of the Haiti tragedy, using internet as a medium, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, or FBI has recently issued an advisory for those wanting to donate money via internet. Before making any sort of donation online, people must adhere to the following guidelines:

Concerned about the recent evidence of fraudulent emails for disaster assistance, the Tej Kohli Foundation has also released a Press Release urging people to watch out for such scams. To read the entire press release click on the link below:

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Here is good news for all iPhone and iPod Touch users! Directed Electronics, the car security company, has introduced a brand new iPhone application, which would allow users to control parts of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch.

The application is called Viper SmartStart. It is [...]]]>

Here is good news for all iPhone and iPod Touch users! Directed Electronics, the car security company, has introduced a brand new iPhone application, which would allow users to control parts of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch.

The application is called Viper SmartStart. It is somewhat similar to the Zipcar’s recently launched iPhone application, except that it works only with your personal car, and not the one you’ve hired for a short while. Like the Zipcar’s application, it too forms a virtual keychain control options that includes locking or unlocking your car, opening the trunk and turning on alarm. So, as long as you have your iPhone handy you don’t need to carry that extra keychain along.

SmartStart’s coolest feature is its ‘Smart Start’ button, displayed right at the center of the screen, which can start your car at one push. In simple terms, this feature allows you to defrost or cool off your car before getting in, provided that you set the climate controls at accurate levels the last time you were inside the car.

As the application utilizes the iPhone data connection to transmit the commands, it allows you to control your car/s from anywhere with 3G or EDGE connectivity. If you’re near a Wi-Fi network, you can also use it as a non-cellular data device like iPod Touch.

Though this application is available free of charge, you must have a Viper’s SmartStart system installed in each of the car/s you want to take control of. The new installation would cost you about $499. For those who already have a Viper Alarm System plus an active subscription to Viper’s SmartStart Service, the installation charges are about $299.

On getting the service installed, buyers also get a year of $29.99 service included in that, for which they have to pay afterwards.

The Nobel Prize winners for the year 2009 have been announced. This year 5 out of 13 new Nobel laureates are women, the highest ever to be awarded in a single year. All the winners would receive their prizes in twin ceremonies to be held in Oslo and Stockholm on December [...]]]>

The Nobel Prize winners for the year 2009 have been announced. This year 5 out of 13 new Nobel laureates are women, the highest ever to be awarded in a single year. All the winners would receive their prizes in twin ceremonies to be held in Oslo and Stockholm on December 10, 2009.

Take a look at this year Nobel Prize winners and their accomplishments:

1. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: It is shared by three Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. This work has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may also give insight into aging.

1. Nobel Prize in Physics: The Nobel Prize in physics is again shared amongst three Americans Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. While Kao received the prize for his a revolutionary discovery related to the transmission of light signals through glass fibers for optical communication, Boyle and Smith were awarded for their contribution to digital imaging by inventing a CCD sensor that turns light into electrical signals.

1. Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Goes to Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan , Thomas Steitz and Israel’s Ada Yonath (the first woman since 1964 to be receiving this award) for their detailed study of the structure and function of the protein manufacturing machine called ribosome. This research is being used to develop new antibiotics.

1. Nobel Prize in Literature: To Germany’s Herta Mueller, whose writings in the German chronicle with emphasis on poetry and the honesty of writing style, depicts the life conditions under dictatorship rule in her Romanian homeland.

1. Nobel Peace Prize: To the President of the U.S. Barack Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen 2087018international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples to meet global challenges”. This decision of The Norwegian Nobel Committee enticed applauds, disdain and a lot of confusion, all at the same time.

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: Goes to two Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson for analyzing economic governance occurring outside the markets. Ostrom is the first woman to receive this prize since its beginning in 1968.