Gmail’s two popular features called “Don’t forget Bob” and “Got the wrong Bob?” have been rolled out to all Gmail accounts and will now be default features in all new Gmail accounts.

What “Don’t forget Bob” and “Got the wrong Bob?” do is to suggest email addresses that we commonly email to, based on the email addresses that we have already typed. This is great for bulk mailing, where we sometimes forget to include some of the recipients that we normally send to as well.

In addition, Gmail will also ask you if you intended to send your email to ABC instead of ABB. By clicking on the suggestion, the ‘wrong’ email address will be replaced with the suggested one. Pretty nifty, if you asked me.

A few days ago, I read with dismay that Google is developing a “face recognition app”. How can we risk having all our contact details and other information accessible with only a picture of our face taken?

However, today, Google denied that they are developing such an application, as was first reported by CNN. But even when Google is denying these plans because they claim to not have strong privacy protection in place yet, CNN is standing by their report, and they have an audio recording of the interview with a Google engineer.

Whether Google is coming out with such a facial recognition application or not, it’s scary, isn’t it, if it’s available? What do you think?

A friend asked me if I would like to collaborate with him on a new online forum that he is building. While I am also looking for something else to do that could generate revenue online besides blogging, I am not keen on getting involved in a forum because it takes up too much time. I know, because I used to be a moderator for a few forums.

I am actually thinking of setting up an online classifieds website, maybe for cars or properties. I haven’t done any research yet on how to do this but I found this Classifieds Script that looks simple enough to use for me, a non-technical person.

This script is being offered at a limited time discount of US$99. Its usual price is US$199. Actually, I don’t mind paying for a script like this; a script that could work for me in an automated fashion. This will be good for my plan to generate passive online income, from getting paid from paid listings to AdWords and even sale of banner ad spots.

In addition, this classifieds script is very flexible and there are a few designs to choose from. In any case, there is a 30-day risk-free money back guarantee, which means that we have a full month to test out the script and only pay when we are fully satisfied with it.

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My friend sent me a text message asking if I have downloaded Firefox 4. I haven’t and I am not someone who must get something as soon as it is launched. Firefox is my default browser and because of the many add-ons I use, I am not going to use a new browser version just because it’s said to be so much better, because I know there would be a lot of add-ons that will not work with the new version yet.

I also didn’t download and install IE9. I do have IE on my computer which came with the system since it runs on Windows but I hardly use it unless I want to test out website layouts or something so I don’t see the need to upgrade to IE9. The difference isn’t much, is it? Since upgrading my system, I didn’t even install Chrome.

This isn’t to say that I don’t accept changes. I’ll only upgrade my Firefox once my friends confirmed with my my favourite add-ons are compatible with FF4!

Today, I had to write a formal letter. I had not written one in a long time and I had to search the internet for samples and format. It was just a short letter and it took me such a long time. Imagine if I was asked to write an essay. Well, I haven’t written any since leaving school!

I remember how I struggled with my essay writing. It’s not to say that I have a poor command of the language but it’s time consuming to come up with thousands of words based on a specific factual subject. I wish that there was an essay writing service back then.

Students these days are so fortunate to have at their disposal services like essay writing, book reports, research papers and even dissertations. Some students hire proofreaders to go through their essays to make sure there are no errors, and most importantly, check for coherence of thought.

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Apple is suing Amazon for the use of the term “App Store”, claiming trademark violation. Apple believes that they are the first to call applications “apps” and the first company to use the term “App Store”. Applications on an Apple Mac have the extension .app so there’s no denying that.

While some people think that it’s such a small matter to involve litigation, apparently, Apple doesn’t think so. Well, it’s funny. Imagine Google taking everyone to court for using the word “Google” when what they really mean is to search the internet using the Google search engine.

Well, it’s going to be interesting to see how this court case will turn out. Amazon, I think, has nothing to lose if they just change the name of their new applications store.