Yahoo monitoring Twitter by "SideLine"

“Watch, search and monitor the twitter public timeline in real time” is the baseline of Yahoo’s new app for searching and monitoring Twitter. Based on Adobe AIR this desktop application is built using the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) and allows users to create and group custom queries by topics of interest.


Sideline is an open source application released under the BSD license and the first beta is available for download here.

Some of the prominent features (as per Yahoo) include:

• Advanced search query builder
• Custom search groups
• Automatic refreshing of defined search queries
• Monitor trending topics
• 20% more awesomeness

Being a Kung Fu Panda fan, I like the last one the most. Also because the other top four are very basic functionalities any search app should have.

Fennec: The Smaller Fox

Was trying out desktop version of Fennec, the upcoming mobile browser from the makers of Firefox. The name 'Fennec' is based on a small nocturnal Fennec Fox found in the Sahara desert.



The first look seems promising and with options of adding popular Firefox addons, this can be a huge hit (especially for Firefox fans like me).



The desktop version for windows PC can be downloaded from here.

Tips and tricks

• To use the full screen for browsing, click the button on the left hand side on top of the device (to the left of the -/+ buttons)
• Swipe left to expose back/forward/bookmark buttons and the URL bar; swipe right to dismiss them
• Swipe right to expose tabs; swipe left to dismiss them

Known issues

• Allow panning/scrolling in iframes - Websites that display large amounts of content in IFrames, including Google Mail and Reader, will be very hard, if not impossible, to use.
• Plugins may not work in some of the desktop builds.

Source : Mozilla.org

Crome joins the party !!

Bebo in India

You must me thinking that whats the news in this, Bebo has always been in India. But this is not about our size '0' Karina, its about Europe's leading social networking site which has been officially launched in India.

As per Alootechie, Mr. Nicole Vanderbilt, VP, International, Bebo, is very confident about the success of Bebo in India and consider their "Open Media Platform" as a great differentiator .

Though I have not explored it in detail but something that caught my eye was its registration form. It seems they are targeting a very wide age group. Their dropdown for specifying age starts from 1903 and end at 2009. So it doesn't matter if you are 106 yrs old or yet to arrive in this world, Bebo is for everyone.


Will try to explore more this weekend :)


Noticed another strange thing. They are running ads of Bebo.com on Bebo.com. See the "Advertisement" heading on the right most image. Clicking on it will take you to the registration form. So are they paying for getting registration from their own site. LOLz

Interesting Product Review

Warning: Contains profanity

The Real "Man" of the Match

On 15 Dec, 2008 India clinched a remarkable test match against England and the "Man of the Match", oh I am sorry, "Player of the Match" award was given to our very own “Maa da Laadla” Virender Sehwag. There were a few who were happy with the decision and some others who thought Sachin was the man behind the historic win.


But in all these controversies we did not notice the real man behind this victory. Who is none other than "Mr. Jammy", Rahul Dravid. No, no, not because of his quick-fire 4 (of 44 balls) in the first innings or the "dependable" fielding efforts, but because of the fact that he got out early (yet again) in the second inning and gave Sachin a minuscule chance to score at an achievable run rate.

Imagine if he would have stayed on the crease for another 20 overs, scoring at a lighting strike-rate of 21 runs every 100 balls faced, even 2 Sachins (at both ends) couldn’t have won it from there.

We need more player like him who first & foremost play for their country, then for their team and then, if possible, for personal milestones (This quote is sponsored by Red Chillies Entertainment ). What a sacrifice, even at this stage of his career.

Long Live "The Wall".