How to create and share custom Chrome themes

Until recently, creating your own Chrome theme meant you either had to know some code, or you had to rely on a Web app. Google recently released a Chrome app called My Chrome Theme, that makes creating and sharing themes extremely easy and a lot of fun.

The app breaks down the theme creation process into three steps:

How to copy files to Google Drive faster in Windows 7

The Google Drive desktop application in Windows 7 creates a nice little shortcut in your Favorites folder for easy access to your files. Using Windows Explorer, you can copy files to it like any other file or folder in Windows. But there's a faster way to copy files to your Google Drive account. Using the Send to context menu option, you can right-click on any file or folder and send it straight to your Google Drive folder. Here's how to set it up:

How to map a drive letter to Google Drive in Windows

Google Drive's shortcut in Windows 7/Vista shows up in your Favorites folder, while in Windows XP, it shows up in your My Documents folder. The shortcuts are easy enough to use, but if you find using a specific drive letter to be more convenient, there's an easy way to map one to your Google Drive account.

If you're comfortable using the command prompt, you can use the DOS command: subst. A better and easier way to create the drive association is using a small program called Visual Subst. It's basically a GUI front-end to the subst command.

How To Find Gmail Friends On Facebook-Working Trick

Finding Your Facebook friends is made easy with the tools provided by the facebook find friend features but it lacks in finding the gtalk , gmail friends onfacebook. Thus we came up with the solution for this problem  . Just follow the tutorial to reunite all your gmail, gtalk friends .

To find Gmail Friends on Facebook you need to backup the contacts from your google account.

1. Here is the procedure Backup and Resore Gmail Contacts.

How to Sync Google Docs With Local Folder

Sync Google Docs With Local Folder KumoSync application which offers you to sync your local Windows files and folders with Google Documents. Therefore any changes which is made to the local or your Google Docs will then be replicated to the respective alternate one and the vice versa. Moreover if you want to put new files in your local sync folder which will be automatically uploaded to your Google Docs account. Hence this allows you to access your important files and folders from your own PC only when there is an internet connection.

How To Use Google Adsense to Generate Revenue

AdSense is one of the most powerful PPC (Pay-Per-Click) programs available on the Internet. Adding Google AdSense to a blog is very simple, and it can easily generate profits, even for a small blog with less than 100 visitors a day. While it is simple, there are some powerful ways to use AdSense that will optimize it for your blog.

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When you go to the AdSense website you will find there are many different modules and it can become overwhelming. First, start by customizing your AdSense ads. You can change the color of the links, the ad box itself and how the box looks. Many marketers have found that making the AdSense text the same color as your links, typically blue, is the best way to attract user attention. This is because users look at the blue as a clickable color, since blue commonly signifies a link.

How to Add Favicon in Google Search Result

Similar to Google Authorship, Favicon in Google Search gives the search result a new easy to recognize look. It looks so boring to find the exact website we are looking for in that crowded search result, the only thing makes it look handy is Google Authorship but unfortunately only few websites got the authorship and rest are still not using it, so in this case Favicon in Google Search gives a much more different and easy to recognize look, which appears next to search result and makes your search experience worth.

How to work google search engine

If you aren’t interested in learning how Google creates the index and the database of documents that it accesses when processing a query, skip this description. I adapted the following overview from Chris Sherman and Gary Price’s wonderful description of How Search Engines Work in Chapter 2 of The Invisible Web (CyberAge Books, 2001).

Google runs on a distributed network of thousands of low-cost computers and can therefore carry out fast parallel processing. Parallel processing is a method of computation in which many calculations can be performed simultaneously, significantly speeding up data processing. Google has three distinct parts:

• Googlebot, a web crawler that finds and fetches web pages.

How to add google map in my place

After adding an option to edit locations, Google Maps allows people to add places. The option seems to work only for the US and you can enter few details about the local business or the place: address, name, phone, website and category. Google promises that "once you save your place, the whole world can find your addition by searching for it within a few minutes."

To find this feature, go to Google Maps, search for an address (e.g.: Madison Ave, NY) and you'll see a new option in the left sidebar: "Can't find what you're looking for? Add a place to the map."

How to Compose Emails Right From the Firefox Address Bar

In the past we’ve mentioned about bookmark names and use of keywords on browsers. Well, if you had a chance to try them you must have understood their importance and possibly adopted the style to enhance your browsing experiences.

There is lot more you can do with keywords, and today we are going to help you compose emails using them. This means that when you are in a hurry or you have the need of sending emails to a specific contact instantly, you do not have to open your email servicing client explicitly. Instead, you could compose your messages right from the address bar.

A Guide To Sharing or Linking to a Google Map

Right, so you go to maps.google.com, type in a location, hit the return key and boom, there’s the map! Now, need to share it, or link to it? Simple, just copy paste the URL from the browser address bar (may be shorten it too) and then, share it….correct?

Well, if only it was that simple and convenient. Unfortunately, it isn’t. Even after you find the location on the map, the URL on the browser address bar still reads map.google.com. Yep, try it and see for yourself.

Google Maps to feature canals and rivers

The Oxford canal near Brinklow, Warwickshire. Photograph: Martin Bond/Alamy

Google has embarked on a project to map towpaths in England and Wales, as part of a plan to get more people on to rivers and canals.

93% of Android users in India use social networking sites from their smartphones: Nielsen

Social networking is one of the major activities of Android users in India. A growing population of social networking site users, access the sites from their mobile phones. A new research done by Nielsen Informate on the social networking usage in India, shows that a whopping 93% of Android users in the country, access social networking sites on their smartphones.

Social networking apps, offer seamless integration with other phone functions, enabling users to instantly upload and share photos, update posts and connect with friends on the go. With social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin making efforts to improve their mobile offerings, more and more people are reaching out to their mobile phones instead of PCs and laptops to access social networking sites.

Flipboard becomes prominent Google+ partner

Google+ leader shows off a Google+-enhanced version of the Flipboard app at the LeWeb conference in London.

(Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Google isn't ready to open up a Google+ interface to just anybody yet, but it has done so with one important partner, Flipboard.

Yahoo Email Users Have Higher Energy Bills Than Gmail Users

An interesting study by Opower has found that Yahoo email users consume 11 percent more energy per year than Gmail users. The survey of 2.8 million American households in Opower's database showed that Yahoo users spend an average of $110 more on energy bills each year than their Gmail counterparts, based on the email address of the person who manages the electricity bill.

Keyword Research Tool Review: Google AdWords

Keywords are important. I’ve heard from several potential clients recently who have talked to other “professionals” who told them keywords are no longer important for SEO, and that good content is all you really need.

Here’s the thing. Keywords are language. They’ll always be important because words are how we communicate with each other.

So until someone invents the microchip that can be implanted in your brain and read your thoughts without using words, you’ll need to think about language in marketing. And I can only hope that those potential clients were told this by one seriously misguided vendor.

Most Censorship And Content Takedown Requests Come From US, Says Google

Google has released data from its latest Transparency Report covering censorship and content removal requests. The report features separate presentations of copyright-based removal requests and government requests. Google began publishing this data about two years go.

The report is updated regularly; however government censorship and removal requests are updated every six months. The number of copyright removal requests has grown dramatically over the past six months. Most of these requests involve file sharing domains.

Government censorship requests on the rise, according to Google

Google on Sunday published its latest Transparency Report, which included data on government takedown requests made between July and December 2011. The Mountain View-based company reports that it has received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world to remove items such as YouTube videos

Google updates its PageSpeed Insights extension, bringing better speed recommendations to Chrome

Following last year’s preview, Google has just released version 2.0 of its PageSpeed Insights Chrome extension, which helps Web developers discover different aspects of their sites that may be slowing pages to a crawl.

According to Google, PageSpeed Insights is able to analyze “all aspects of the page load, including resources, network, DOM, and the timeline.” The extension integrates right into Chrome’s buit-in Developer Tools, and has the potential to save a lot of time for the collective users of popular sites. On the Web, speed is everything.

From Libo Song and Bryan McQuade of Google:

Thanks giving Google Doodle Featured Easter Eggs

Google posted a Thanksgiving-themed Doodle on its home page on Tuesday which ran through Thanksgiving. The interactive art let visitors craft their own unique turkeys and even laid eggs.

“With nearly three days to express your inner child or artiste and millions of possible combinations, you may find you unlock a surprise or two… or three… or 12!” wrote Google Doodler Willie Real on the Google blog.

Mashable went to the trouble of capturing images of the eggs that appeared when visitors hit on just the right combination of turkey parts.