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• Advanced sign-in security for your Google account
  Posted by Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security(Cross-posted from the Google Blog)Has anyone you know ever lost control of an email account and inadvertently sent spam—or worse—to their friends and family? There are plenty of examples (like the classic "Mugged in London" scam) that demonstrate why it's important to take steps to help s […]
• New in Labs: Unread message icon
  Posted by Manu Cornet, Software EngineerWhen you’re visiting sites other than Gmail, it’s easy to find out how many unread messages are in your inbox by glancing at the title of your Gmail tab or window. However, if you have a ton of tabs open, or if you use Chrome’s “Pin Tab” feature that hides everything except the tab’s icon, it can be tricky to figure ou […]
• Now available: Google Places with Hotpot for iPhone
  (Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog, LatLong Blog and Places with Hotpot Blog)We recently released Google Places with Hotpot in Google Maps for Android, and starting now, you can have that same great experience as an iPhone app. We realize the importance of finding places you’ll love while you’re out and about, no matter what mobile device you use. And […]
• Data at Rest vs. Data in Motion
  Shared by Waqar Very rightly put! For a while now, I've pointed out that cryptography is singularly ill-suited to solve the major network security problems of today: denial-of-service attacks, website defacement, theft of credit card numbers, identity theft, viruses and worms, DNS attacks, network penetration, and so on. Cryptography was invented to pro […]
• Darts from the iPhone to the iPad
  Filed under: iPhone, iPad This is probably the coolest bit of iOS connectivity I've seen so far. KL Dartboard is an iPad app (for US$3.99) that serves as a virtual board for darts thrown by an app called KL Darts ... for the iPhone. So, the idea is that you buy the iPad app and set it up on the wall, and then you download the free iPhone app and connect […]

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My tweets!

• I am posting from Jimmy\'s app. Good job, Jimmy! ;)-1 year ago
• Darts from the iPhone to the iPad - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)-1 year ago
• Downloading at 1.5 MB/sec .. Beat me if you can! ;)-2 years ago
• It's getting trickier! Homeworks, assignments, labs, classes, DhuzzZ.. Would I be studying even on Eid-ul-Fitr?!? :(-2 years ago
• Congratulations, Del Potro! You have earned the crown! :)-2 years ago

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