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Enhance your blog with Apture and Zemanta tools

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Image via CrunchBase Adding rich multimedia content to your blog posts is a powerful way to attract more readers. Recently we have found two products known as Apture and Zemanta Balloons in the market which lets you fill pop-ups with all kinds of multimedia content in your blog. Let’s have a look at them. Apture: Apture will allow you to integrate third party content like text, images, videos, music, maps and references from more than 50 sources such as YouTube, Flickr, Google etc and keep your visitors on your blog, instead of sending them away. It is free and easy to install on your blog. With Apture, you can embed high resolution videos from YouTube or upload your own content like Images, PowerPoint presentations, PDF or Word documents, or Excel Spreadsheets to your blog. Zemanta: Zemanta is a semantic web company that’s used by bloggers to add related links to their posts all over the web. Recently it has announced the launch of their “Balloons” service which will allow any blogger...

touching article about IPAD: 8 Things That Suck About the iPad

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i have found this article, it's interestin.. and i think that these 8 things are sucks...!!1 A lot of people at Gizmodo are psyched about the iPad . Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would want to do. Updated Big, Ugly Bezel Have you seen the bezel on this thing?! It's huge ! I know you don't want to accidentally input a command when your thumb is holding it, but come on. No Multitasking This is a backbreaker. If this is supposed to be a replacement for netbooks, how can it possibly not have multitasking? Are you saying I can't listen to Pandora while writing a document? I can't have my Twitter app open at the same time as my browser? I can't have AIM open at the same time as my email? Are you kidding me? This alone guarantees that I will not buy this product. No Cameras No front facing camera is one thing. But no back facing camera either? Why the hell ...

productivity toolbox: 37+ tools for taking abd getting things done

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source: smallfuel I found this article very interesting... Last week we talked about how taking action is the first priority of a small business (or just about anything). This week it’s time to go beyond talk and start getting things done. With that in mind, I’ve compiled a list of the best resources and tools available for taking action, getting things done, and generally being productive. Project and Task Management Tools Actionthis.com ActionThis is a web-based service for managing projects and tasks and making sure they get finished. They use your everyday tools to help you get stuff done and go home early. Really nice interface and an elegantly-simple “Plan it, Do it, Improve” methodology. Actionize.com Actionize is a nearly complete system of small business tools. They have a project manager, task manager, calendar, and contact manager. Even more than others, Actionize can help with CRM and business communications in general. Basecamp.com Basecamp is the project...

php ftp class

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usage of the class - get a file require( "class.ftp.php" ); //include library $f =new PHP_FTP ( 'ftp.somesite.com' , 'username' , 'password' ); //specify connect info $f -> get ( 'html/test.txt' , 'c:/php/ftp/blah.txt' ); //yes, tested on Windows $f -> kill (); //optional destroy class method ?> Usage Example - Send a file require( "class.ftp.php" ); $f =new PHP_FTP ( 'ftp.somesite.com' , 'username' , 'password' , 21 ); //optional port as 4th arg $f -> send ( 'c:/php/ftp/blah.txt' , 'html/test.txt' ); //yes, tested on Windows $f -> kill (); ?> Usage Example - how to test for completion if(! $f -> send ( 'c:/php/ftp/blah.txt' , 'html/test.txt' )){ echo "File sent successfully!" ; }else{ echo "Error sending file." ; } ?> you can download it here