WordPress by default comes bundled with the jQuery framework. You can find it in the wp-includes\js\jquery directory. Many themes use this framework extensively for various effects and widgets alike. Unless you are on a dedicated server or are using a CDN, chances are that jQuery takes a whole lot of time to load. The best way is to speed up this process is to include the jQuery library fomr the Google’s Ajax Libraries API. Read on to learn how to include it in your theme. (more…)

Google Maps, the ever so easy and user-friendly maps application allows user to view any place on earth from their browser, like an online atlas. You could visit some places at the street-level, explore historic places and also pay a visit to Mars. But now Google has released one more great feature, maps in 3D. (more…)

Well over the past 2 days the online community has surely gone nuts about Google Buzz. Well what’s it exaclty? Wikipedia (yup, they’ve even got a wikipedia page up so fast!) describes it as ‘..a social integration and messaging tool by Google, designed to integrate into the company’s web-based email program, Gmail. Shared links and messages show up in the user’s inbox.’ But the question to be asked here is, ‘Is this thing for me?’ (more…)

The imminent closing down of Google Pages might not be news, but the efforts that Google are taking in order that users get a smooth transition, once Google Pages closes down, is great! Firs there was the ‘download all your content‘ campaign, and now it is offering blogger (blogspot) users a chance to backup all their scripts (or for that fact any references to googlepages) on to a new server @ bloggerhosting.appspot.com (more…)

First post of the year on TWR, and any Google fanboy (including me!) would find this one like music to their ears. Taking into consideration the statistics for the last three months (Oct – Dec 09, it appears that Chrome, from Google, has overtaken Apple’s Safari in the ever-competitive browser wars.
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Goo.gl‘s URL shortener is hot property now! And why not, you get a good looking URL that is supported by none other than Google! The only official way of using it at the time of posting was using either it through feedburner or by using the Google toolbar. The feedburner option is for blogs only and wel, I’m not a big fan of toolbars. So here is a FireFox add-on for it! (more…)