How to download your Facebook data

One of the remarkably strong fundamentals that Facebook was built upon is how much people (well, most of them, if not all) like sharing their personal life with the people around them. This led to the age of a hugely interconnected world with "one graph to rule'em all" - the Social Graph, a term coined by Mark Zuckerberg which means "the global mapping of everybody and how they're related". 

On Facebook, people share their state of mind, likes and dislikes, photos of cherished moments of their lives, who they befriend etc. 

Apparently, Facebook has a great treasure-trove in the form of private data of it's users which makes it better positioned for targeted advertising as opposed to the rival Google. At this juncture, what Facebook strives to achieve is greater user satisfaction at every aspect. As users evolve, they demand better controls. 

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Issuu: An Online PDF Viewer You'd Fall In Love With!

eBook readers have witnessed a steep rise lately. The likes of Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook etc. have emerged in a big way.

However I personally feel, when it comes to getting your daily dose of news bits, ePapers have a long way to go before they could completely replace the old-school newspapers. After all, what could be better than having a crisp newspaper in one hand and a nice cup of hot coffee in the other.

Somehow, I've always liked spending some moments of my Sundays with Lounge, "a weekend magazine of business newspaper Mint, that looks at life beyond work; its sections include travel, books, culture, style, play, insider, parenting etc." In a nutshell, a perfect getaway after a busy work week. Now that I am staying at a place where Lounge is not available (demand-supply equation in action), I decided to settle on their ePaper to see what they had to offer on their website.

And guess what- I was enthralled to see the way their ePaper was presented. It's published on a one-of-its-kind publishing platform called Issuu, which is basically a web-based document viewing service by the Danish company.

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How to chat on Facebook invisibly

In the age of social networks, making friends is pretty fast and easy. Although the idea of ever-increasing number of friends on social networks has been questioned. According to Robin Dunbar, a British Anthropologist, the human brain can't keep a track of huge friend lists (a commonality in today's era of social networking). As a matter of fact, our brain can manage to befriend mere 150 persons, no matter how sociable one happens to be. Due to such a nature of human brain, you must have felt a need for having some control over "whom you are comfortable being a friend with".

"Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite."

If  you can identify yourself with this, you are, probably, looking for an "invisible chat option on Facebook."'

Today we bring you a guide on " How to chat on Facebook invisibly".

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And Now Java : The Movie!

Java is in news for a very unlikely reason as reported by Mashable.

The reason is a movie (at least, that's what they are calling it) is being promoted with a nicely-shot, funny trailer titled 'Java 4-ever'.

The video is a nerd comedy on software developing platforms like Java and .NET.

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Facebook comments get a 'Like' button

Facebook, the second most-trafficked site on the Internet, seems to be all set to 'Like' the whole web. In the middle of an ever-increasing hue and cry about the privacy issues, Facebook keeps evolving itself with new features and changes time and again.

Facebook has recently released a new feature, another 'Like' button for comments. Up until yesterday, you could only like posts, links, photos, videos etc. and comment on those. However, now you can 'Like' comments made on other's posts.

This features is reportedly being introduced to increase the user interaction, which is the very essence of modern social networking sites.

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Access Facebook on Your Mobile Devices for Free

Facebook, the popular social networking site with a whopping 400 million user base worldwide, can now be accessed on your mobile devices for free. This was announced by Sid Murlidhar, programme manager for Facebook Mobile, in a blog.


Facebook can be accessed with zero data charges in 45 countries, including India. This is available on select mobile networks for now. In India Reliance Communications and Videocon mobile subscibers can use Facebook for free on their net-enabled phones.

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Get Elegant Desktop Wallpapers for Free

We all keep looking for desktop-wallpapers to enhance the visual appeal of our computer screens. The quest for wallpapers is so widespread, that the term "wallpapers" is dubbed one of "the web's most dangerous search terms" (PDF) by McAfee, Inc. 

The aforementioned finding is a great indication of the fact how much we love to get jazzy wallpapers for our computing gears. And, for that matter, the term has caught the attention of the cyberpunks.

"The Tech Rendezvous" is bringing a safer and innovative trick for cool and elegant desktop wallpapers. 

So here's the trick: 

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A Documentary On Google

The worlds favorite search engine Google is no more just a search engine. Google has its share in almost every part of your digital life today.

From a search provider to your mail client; from YouTube to Google Earth; from your neighbors loan to Mars, Google is just everywhere.

Google even wants to own the cables that bring internet to your home to the electricity that powers your computer. 

Intel CEO Andy Grove once called Google " (a company) on steroids, with a finger in every industry".

"The Tech Rendezvous" brings you this short documentary on Google. It originally featured on Australian TV show 'Hungary Beast'.

Here it comes:

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Pressing F1 on Your Keyboard? Think Again!

You must have seen how a mysterious computer virus makes the hard drives explode in fractions of seconds in Bruce Willis-starrer 2007 action film Die Hard 4.

Well, not so dramatic, but an interesting hacking attack has recently surfaced as reported by Microsoft.

Microsoft has issued a warning of an exploit that causes the computers running Windows XP and Internet Explorer to become infected with malware just with a keystroke: specifically the F1 button.

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Top Tech Trends of 2009

As 2009 passes by, the talk of what was hot and what was not becomes omnipresent. Ushering into the new year, we look forward to new possibilities in the world of technology. The world markets start bouncing back following a huge meltdown.


Optimism is the need of the hour.

The outlook is positive.

Bidding adieu to a remarkable year, "The Tech Rendezvous" presents "Top Tech Trends of 2009" listed without any distinct order :

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How to Google Effectively

If it were to be said that internet starts with Google, it wouldn't be wrong.


Google is the most used search engine in the world and its website, the most visited.


Google's penetration in everyday life is so gigantic that the word Google has been officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb (to google: using Google search engine to obtain information on the web).

Human beings are fast becoming infovores. Everyday, a significant amount of time is spent googling.

So here comes a set of tricks about How to google effectively.

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A Funny Video on Cloud Computing

This is holiday time. Fun is in the air. So let's learn about Cloud Computing in a simple fun way.

Here's a YouTube video about Cloud Computing by Jonathan Mann.

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Enhance your Web Productivity with CoolPreviews

In today's age of social networking, we are spending a lot of time on internet. Estimates indicate that in last 10 years, our web exposure has more than doubled.

In such scenario, productivity matters a lot.

CoolPreviews is an innovative app released by Cooliris team. This free browser add-on lets you preview links and other rich media without leaving your current page.

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How to Download Flash Games to your Computer

Internet is flooded with interesting games and we can play a number of

games on internet for free. But there are times when we can't access internet (or are not allowed to :-) ).

Here's a quick and straight-forward guide for downloading Flash-based games on your own computer so that you can simply play them when offline (or with limited access).


Note: As Internet Explorer is widely used, so the given instructions cover IE. Although pretty much the same instruction - set can be used for other browsers with slight modifications. Also make sure that you don't clear cache or close the browser before saving the game on your computer hard-drive.

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Bing : Web Search Redefined

Bing is a new search engine released by Microsoft Corporation.

Google and Yahoo have been leading the web search business for quite a long time.

Bing, dubbed "the decision engine" is a polished, more Google-like approach towards web search which eventually replaces Microsoft's own MSN search engine.

It is being termed more Google-like here because of its layout and search experience. Why would Microsoft step into Google's shoes inspite of being arch-rivals?

There is a reason!

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Suffering from 3D Headache? Here's How to Avoid it.

"AVATAR" is the rage of the day and 3D headaches are being heard of prevalently. Many get headaches after watching a 3D movie. Like most of us do, so did I while watching AVATAR in 3D. 3D headaches may be minor or otherwise. But why suffer in vein when there is a way of getting away with that.

First, we get headache after watching a movie in 3D because our eyes are accustomed to watching movies in 2D where we can easily see what's going on in the background. Sometimes the storyline demands things in the background to be seen.

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All about Windows 7

Windows 7, the latest buzz word making headlines in world's technology fields, is finally out following a substantial hype and hoopla.

Many are considering the much-awaited Windows Operating System to be the only significant release after the much-successful Windows XP. The all but maligned Windows Vista being a flop among most of the PC users has substantially damaged the credibility of a pioneering technology bigwig Microsoft.

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Cooliris : A Cool App

As the world wide web is becoming increasingly dynamic each passing day, the everyday life of every individual on the planet is being penetrated by technology big time.

This dynamic nature of the web is facilitating a surge of some breakthrough technological advancements that are helping us become more produtive and efficient at the everyday tasks.

Let me ask you a question.

While googling images, dont you find it annoying to click on "Next" every time you are done with the images on that webpage and you want to view the images on the next page? I know its quite a chore to do so. And its more than just a chore to keep doing that while there is a very easy way of viewing your favourite images.

Here comes the answer to your needs.

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