Type Web Addresses Quickly -The Best Keyboard Shortcut in Firefox

If you haven’t upgrade to Firefox 3 yet, please do so. The new version is far more responsive and stable that its predecessors.

Another reason for loving Firefox 3 is the way it auto-completes web URLs - very intelligent and something you’ll miss in IE. Update: Firefox 2 users share that this works in the previous version as well.

To get started, press Alt+D or Ctrl+L to move the cursor to your Firefox browser address bar and then try some of these combinations:

To open Google Maps website, type "google/maps" in the Firefox address bar (no quotes) and press Ctrl+Enter. And for your Google AdSense page, type "google/adsense" followed by Ctrl+Enter.

Firefox will automatically surround the word(s) that are before the first slash with www. and .com. IE 7 and previous version of Firefox can’t do this.

And this URL auto-complete works even if you have several subdirectories in the URL. For instance, your Google Apps sign-in page will open correctly if you type "google/a/mysite.com" and press Ctrl+Enter.

If you want to open a .org site, you need to use Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Typing labnol/forums followed by Ctrl+Shift+Enter would therefore open our support website at www.labnol.org/forums.

And for .net websites, the shortcut key is Shift+Enter. So you can view the most popular PowerPoint presentations on Slideshare by typing slideshare/popular followed by Shift+Enter.

Is This a Bug? Have People Stopped Using Facebook !

I have some 868 friends on Facebook but according to the news feed, none of the friends performed any activity on Facebook since yesterday. They didn’t join any new Facebook group nor did anyone upload photos or poke someone on Facebook.


It sounds improbable but Jeremy Wagstaff has made a similar observation with his group of 343 friends - they all have been in dormant state on Facebook since yesterday.

It could well be a bug in Facebook news feeds but you never know because loyalties change too fast on the Internet. Join our Facebook Page.

Inspired by Google-- Print Your Own Monopoly Board Game

Googolopoly (Google+Monopoly) is a very creative monopoly board game inspired by Google. You can download the game sheet as a PDF and print on your home computer.

Like your regular monopoly game, the goal at Google Monopoly is to acquire as many products and companies on the Internet as possible.

The only difference is that dollars are replaced by Google Cash (you can print as many you like) and here you buy servers or hire developers with spare Google money instead of building motels on your properties.

The game is on Box.net as a PDF. Also check out some more wonderful Google Games.

MySpace India Website Is Now Live - Watch Out Orkut!

News Corp. today officially launched the MySpace India website at in.myspace.com in a market that is almost ruled by Google’s Orkut and even Facebook to a certain degree.

And in an effort to attract the young crowd here, MySpace India is also sponsoring a TV program that will broadcast on Star TV.

Here’s my MySpace page though I am not an active member.

PS: The more obvious web URLs for MySpace India like myspace.in and myspace.co.in are already taken by domain squatters.

Update: Nikhil has an interview with Tarun Tripathi and Amit Kapur of MySpace where they reveal that MySpace India has around half a million users. That number could grow as more Bollywood celebrities and Fashion Designers open up their MySpace accounts.

Yahoo! Integrates Images from Facebook Profiles in Search Results

Yahoo! is now displaying pictures from Facebook profiles next to search results just the way Google shows image thumbnails in search pages.

To see if your Facebook picture shows up in Yahoo, either search for your own name in quotes and scan through the search page or, a better option, try the following query on Yahoo!

site:facebook.com "Your Name" - check this live example for Michael Parekh.

The thumbnail images are served directly from Facebook servers and not cached by Yahoo! - that’s good thinking because if you update your profile picture on Facebook, it will immediately show up in Yahoo! search pages.

An AdSense Success Story -Scrabble on Facebook

More than 700k sessions of Scrabulous are played on any given day by some 3.2 million Facebook users who have added this popular game to their profiles.

And Google AdSense is helping Scrabulous developers, Jayant Agarwalla and Rajat Agarwalla, monetize their creation.

scrabulous-brothers The brother duo is making around $20k a month from AdSense ads that are displayed above and below the Scrabble board on Facebook.


In fact, this Scrabulous page on Facebook may be quite popular among advertisers because the audience on that page will almost always stay for an extended duration and they are therefore very likely to notice advertisements.

Innovative Idea From Google - Call Google to know the Information about AnythinG

Another innovative idea from Google.

The limited launch of Call Google 1 800 41 99 99 99 pilot in Hyderabad . This service is a part of Google's initiative to make local information easily available at the touch of a button on your phone. You can call this service any time of the day for toll free (from mobile and landline phones), find a local business, get your call connected and receive an SMS with the results.

You can call and ask for:

1. Local Business Information. e.g. Where can I find Pizza in Panjagutta?
2. Movie Showtimes. e.g What movies are running in PVR today? or What are the show timings for watching "Jodhaa Akbar" ?

Call Google is completely free. You will not be charged anything to find a local business and connect the call to talk them. So remember the number 1 800 41 99 99 99 (One eight hundred - four one - double nine - double nine - double nine) when you need help with local information. Currently, this number is active for callers from Hyderabad only.

Please share this News to all your friends and family and let them know about this new service from Google for callers from Hyderabad .


Tip: Add Call Google (1 800 41 99 99 99) to your contact list

FIFA 2008 Game for Your Nokia N Series for Free

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If you are based in Europe and own a Nokia N-Series mobile phone (like the N81, N82 or the N95), here’s a chance to grab the popular FIFA 08 mobile game for free.

Go to play.n-gage.com, install the N-Gage application on your phone and then download the FIFA 08 game.

If you already have the N-Gage app, here’s a direct link to download the game. Once the game is installed, you need to activate it using your mobile phone number.