Google Plus: 2 weeks, 10M plus users. WOW

Google Plus grew to more than 10 million users in just two weeks, the company announced Thursday. These stats were shared by Larry Page on Google+ as well.

"However, the growth on Google+ has been great--and I’m excited to release some new metrics for you today. Over 10M people have joined Google+. Great achievement for the team", said Page's Google+ post.
Google also took +1 buttons to search results and advertisements across the web. “Our +1 button is already all over the web,” Page said, “It’s being served 2.3 billion times a day.”

Android Market revamped

Google has announced a refreshing update to the Android Market , bringing some interesting changes, including books and movie rentals to users in the United States.  The update is available for devices running Android 2.2 or higher and will bring the ability to purchase books via your Android Market account, as well as rent movies through the Videos app starting at $1.99.  Google says they plan to expand this outside the US in the future.

All sections of the Market have their own slot for featured content,

Google+ invites closed, but you can still find one?

Google+ beta launch was so successful that the invite program was shut off. Late on Wednesday night a senior vice president of Social for Google, posted on the Google+ network that the company has been overwhelmed with interest and had to stop taking new users.

"We've shut down invite mechanism for the night, Insane demand. We need to do this carefully, and in a controlled way. Thank you all for your interest!" Gundotra, Google's head of social media posted on Google+.

You can sign up for invitation code at Google+. But if you cannot

Google+: Google's latest take on Facebook

Google has announced its most ambitious Facebook alternative to date. The service was launched to a limited number of users today in what Google is calling a "field trial".

Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company’s maps and images into the service. In an effort to create a viable alternative to Facebook, Google+ is built around a platform dubbed Circles

Nokia Sea Ray leaked!

Nokia vowed a few days back that it would keep its WP7 devices in a veil of secrecy before they were officially released. However, Mr. Stephen Elop (CEO Nokia) unofficially unveiled the Nokia Sea Ray device at an event.

Although asked the audience to put away cameras, some pictures were taken and

HP TouchPad rumoured To Get 7-Inch model

In just a few days, HP’s 9.7 inch TouchPad units will be available on retail shelves across the U.S. It look like HP is planning to give its tablet users more options for mobility, according to a report from Taiwan Economic News.

In addition to reporting that Inventec will be producing nearly half a million TouchPads per month

Lytro: dont focus, just shoot

Shoot now, focus later. That’s just the start of what you can do with a Lytro camera, the camera that captures the entire light field. With "light field", lens and image sensor technology doesn't focus on a particular subject, but instead gathers light information from different directions; processing after the fact means different aspects of the scene can be recreated.

You get a digital photo an d you can interact with it. You can focus anywhere in the picture,

ARCHOS G9 Android tablets: blazing fast, dirt cheap

ARCHOS has announced its 3rd generation of Android powered tablets. The ARCHOS G9 Tablets are ARCHOS’ most powerful tablets yet. Powered by Honeycomb 3.1, the G9 Tablets are designed to maximize your media and Android experience whether at home or on the move. Both the tablets come with an OMAP4 dual-core processor at 1.5 GHz, the fastest for a tablet yet.

 

The 80 G9 has an 8 inch display

Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

Till yesterday there were just rumors, but now it has been confirmed that Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion. This is the biggest sum Microsoft has paid for an acquisition to date. Microsoft plans to integrate Skype with Microsoft Lync, Outlook, Xbox, Kinect and Xbox Live.

Microsoft has pledged to continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms such as Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, and WebOS. Is this the end of Skype or a new beginning, only time will tell.

HP refreshes laptop line

HP has just launched a refresh of their popular laptop line. The new product include the Mini 210, Envy 14, Pavilion dv4, Elitebook 2560p, 2760p and ProBook 5330m. In this post we will be focusing on the new ENVY 14.

The ENVY 14 combines power, mobility and aesthetics. We get the second-generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors, USB 3.0 and a new HP imagepad that uses image sensor technology for advanced gestures. The premium machine has an aluminum case with a 14.5-inch diagonal, HD BrightView LED display for superb viewing experience. It also has Beats Audio for spectacular sound.

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Exporting and Importing mysql data using command line

To take db dump (export) use the following command. This will take the dump of the whole database

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name > dump.sql

To take backup of specific tables you can specify the table names like

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name table1 table2 > dump.sql

Now if you want to select some particular rows in a table u can use the following

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name table1 --where=condition > dump.sql

To import (restore) use the following command

mysql --user=user_name --password=password database_name < dump.sql

Restarting Mongrel Server

Switch to your app directory and run the following command

sudo mongrel_rails cluster::restart

and you are done :)

Awesome Screenshot

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