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Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
I like to figure out the fastest way to do things on a Mac. I hope these shortcuts will help you become the power user that lies within.
Please note that Cmd is short for the Command key (otherwise called the Apple key).
Click Here to download images of more macbook short keys (Easy to print version)
India Ad Net Komli Raises $15 Million For Regional Expansion
Following two fairly big acquisitions designed to expand its regional presence, Indian ad network Komli is preparing to do some deals. The Mumbai-based company, formerly the parent of supply side platform PubMatic, has raised a $15 million round led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Previous backers, Nexus Venture Partners and Helion Venture Partners, also participated in the round.
Komli’s primary aim of raising this round was to build up its Digital Media Network and the Audience Measurement unit. In December, Magna Global projected India’s online ad spending to grow about 28 percent this year. The Asia Pacific region in general is also expected to experience continued growth this year, so Komli is well-positioned to capitalize on that.
Last summer, Komli bought Australian online rep firm PostClick as it continued to expand its reach across the Asia Pacific region
But Komli, isn’t just focused on its backyard. In October, it acquired Indoor Media, a UK-based firm helping clients market to ethnic minorities. Release
Google to Launch Groupon Clone, ‘Google Offers’
A while back there were rumors doing the rounds that said Google was gearing up to buy Groupon. However, the deal apparently fell through because Groupon rejected Google’s multi-billion dollar offer (rumors range from $2.5 billion to between $5.6 and $6 billion). Google clearly saw something big in Groupon, just like it saw something big in YouTube and all of the other companies it’s acquired. And it seems the company was not content to just sit back and let Groupon be the fat-cat of the online deals world.
Today, information of a new Google project, dubbed Google Offers, leaked out. Citing a fact sheet that’s supposedly being sent out to local businesses,resources say that Google Offers looks and operates much like Groupon or LivingSocial: Users receive an e-mail with a local deal of the day, which they have a limited time to buy into. Once enough people commit to the offer, the deal is confirmed or ‘on’ and those who have committed receive their coupon. Powered by Google Checkouts, Google Offers will also have sharing options to allow people to spread the word via email, Google Reader, Google Buzz, and the usual social network-y suspects.
Google confirmed that it’s “communicating with small businesses to enlist their support and participation in a test of a pre-paid offers/vouchers program” but refused to provide any more details.
Legal notice can be sent via Facebook too
Online social networking site Facebook can also be used to serve legal notices on those evading court hearing, an Australian judge has ruled.
An Adelaide court ordered that Facebook be used for sending legal documents on an elusive alleged father involved in a child support dispute.
The federal magistrate, Stewart Brown, said the case was unusual but “demonstrative of social movements and the currency of the times”.
The accused, Howard, had a brief relationship with a woman who later gave birth. The father’s name was not mentioned in the birth certificate and the mother’s child support application was rejected for lack of legal proof of paternity.
The mother’s counsel repeatedly wrote to Howard, asking him to have a paternity test, but there was no response. Letters sent care of his parents and current girlfriend also elicited no reply.
When the magistrate was told that Howard was a regular user of Facebook, he ordered that the documents be served electronically, The Age reported.
The judge said he was satisfied Howard had been properly served with the documents and inferred that he wanted no involvement with the proceedings because “the parentage test can have only one outcome… he is (the child’s) father”.
Howard shut down his account on Facebook and his MySpace website after the documents were sent.
Photoshop Contemplates Adding Live HTML Layers
Adobe’s Principal Product Manager of Photoshop, John Nack has posted an idea for a new Photoshop feature on his blog. Nack’s idea is to create a way of rendering HTML and CSS within Photoshop. This means visual designers could work with “live” HTML objects as they’re building websites within a team of programmers, easing the workflow between the designing and coding stages.
Before you get to excited (or disappointed) keep in mind that isn’t a feature, isn’t even part of a plan, it’s simply and idea that Nack would like feedback on.
Nack describes the idea (and workflow) like this: a designer creates a mockup, which he hands off to a programmer. The programmer then renders the mockup in HTML/CSS, at which point he could hand it back to the designer who can open it in Photoshop as a kind of live layer. Resizing and other layer actions would cause the code to respond according to how the programmer has written the code.
What Nack is envisioning is a smart layer that uses WebKit (already part of the Creative Suite) to render what he calls “programmable layers.”
Among the benefits Nack sees are “[live] pixel-accurate web rendering (text and shapes); the ability to style objects via CSS parameters (enabling effects like dotted lines); data-driven 2D and 3D graphics; and high fidelity web output (HTML as HTML).”
The real world example Nack uses is a calendar widget, but that particular example raises an interesting question — what about scripting languages? We don’t know of anyone who writes out calendar code in HTML, that would be insane to update. So if you’re generating the calendar with, say, PHP, where does the script rendering happen?
So far, the comments appear pretty evenly divided between those who think such a feature would be great and those think that either it’s just more bloat in Photoshop, or that Fireworks would be a better home for the idea.
If you’ve got strong opinions one way or the other, head over to Nack’s blog and let him know what you think, either in the comments or by completing this survey.
Just remember that this is not part of a roadmap and may well never happen. In the words of Douglas Adams, “Don’t panic.”
Delete Outlook E-Mails with a Click
Courtesy LifeHacker & PC World - Here we are at the end of my weeklong series on AutoHotkey, one of the unsung heroes of the Windows world.
With this free tool, you can auto-complete text as you type, make the Backspace key navigate folders the way it used to, strip the formatting from pasted text, and much more.
You can also change the function of your middle mouse button for individual programs. Amazing, right? Over at Lifehacker, there’s a script that enables you to delete e-mails from your Outlook inbox just by middle-clicking them.
Behind the scenes, the script monitors the Outlook window for a middle-click (which on some mice means a click of the scroll wheel). When it detects one, it reproduces a left-button click (to select the message) and a press of Ctrl-D (to delete it). Clever, huh?
Interestingly, this also works with the calendar: just middle-click an appointment to delete it.
The instructions at Lifehacker are very clear, so I won’t reproduce them here. I will say that if you’re an Outlook user, you’re about to fall in love with AutoHotkey–and your middle mouse button.
SAV10: Uninstall Made Easy Without Passwords
Norton AntiVirus Clients or Symantec AntiVirus Clients especially Corporate Edition Clients can be installed as managed network setup type by a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it will prompt for password when uninstalling client via local computer Control Panel Add or Remove Program applet. If you don’t know or forget the password, then the client is not able to uninstall or remove. And the SAV client uninstall password won’t work with server group password too, as if you enter that password, you will receive an invalid password message. The client uninstallation password is different from the server group password, and it can be set by the administrator through the Symantec System Center for the client that is managed. If the client uninstallation password has not been set or changed specifically, it will still be the default password. Thus, first thing to try in order to successfully uninstall a Symantec Client Security program is by using the default password for the uninstalling clients, which is symantec. In the cases where Symantec AntiVirus server has been taken down and no longer exist, or the client computer has no access to company network, or the default client uninstall password does not work, the following hack will enable you to remove Symantec Antivirus without using a password:
- Open Registry Editor (regedit).
- Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREINTELLANDeskVirusProtect6CurrentVersionAdministrator OnlySecurity
- Change the value for useVPuninstallpassword key from 1 to 0.
- Exit Registry Editor and now you can uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Client. The trick should work on most version of Symantec AntiVirus client or Norton AntiVirus Client, including version 7, 8, 9 or 10.
Make Google Talk (gtalk) Better With Addons
It’s been a long time, and there’s been no new features added to one of favorite, and modest instant messengers, Google Talk. If you can’t wait for the Google Talk team to update their product and need more features desperately, there are a number of third party GTalk add-ons you can use. Here are a few of them:
gAlwaysIdle (The Owner Links Seems To Be Under Update)
Click Here To Download gAlwaysIdle (All Credit To The Owner)
At the time of writing, there’s nothing like ‘invisible mode’ on Gtalk that can keep the annoyers at bay. But most people desperately need it. Here’s where gAlwaysIdle comes in.
Download it , install it and from then on you can control your Google Talk idle status.
Use the ‘Always Idle’ mode to keep your status idle, so that your status appears away even though you’re really online. ‘Never Idle’ mode works the other way, and will never put you on idle status – even when you’re away.
GPlus is another third party addon for Google Talk. You can spicy tools to your minimalistic instant messenger with this little tool.
GPlus can spice up your chats by replacing smiley codes with graphical emoticons, and also play ‘Emotisounds’ to express what you’re feeling. GPlus can also log your chat conversations in HTML format.
Using Extended Talk, you can add a lot of very useful stuff to Google Talk. For instance, you can create shortcuts for frequently used phrases, so that you can save time by not typing them entirely. You can also put a shortcut on your desktop that instantly starts a conversation with the friend specified when activated.
Other features include: make your chat window transparent, close all active windows at once, text commands (/signout), underline support, dynamic status changer, file transfers, smileys, and more.
Impersonation bothering you on twitter::GET VERIFIED!
To prevent identity theft or confusion with your online identity on twitter, twitter has introduced a feature to get your account verified , development feature is yet beta, but all popular figures are getting their account verified.
To prevent identity confusion, Twitter is experimenting (beta testing) with a ‘Verified Account’ feature. We’re working to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis. Accounts with a
are the real thing!
The key personalities have already started getting their accounts verified,
the man behind http://blahgirls.com/ has already got his account verified
Popular Mashable .com CEO Pete Cashmore also got his twitter verified
You can notice above name of the person a verified account symbol is added to the profiles which belong to the real people, something like this
For more information on twitter account verification click here
And to get your account verified click here
Please note Twitter is still not reviewing verified business accounts, but they let you submit your request for verifying businesses for future consideration.
No more fake John MacCain or Britney twitting 
lolzzz…