Pulse: An Alternative to Google Reader

A very helpful tool to all users who like to read on RSS feeds is Google Reader, but unfortunately, Google has decided to discontinue its services. Good thing there are alternatives such as Pulse. Founded in May 2010 by Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, two grad students at Stanford’s acclaimed d.school, Pulse allows you to [...]

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Nodemailer – Easy Email Sending With Node.JS

If you’re looking for a nice and easy-to-use module for sending e-mails with Node.JS (using SMTP or sendmail or Amazon SES) then look no further than Nodemailer by Andris Reinman. Nodemailer is both Unicode friendly and Windows friendly, meaning that you can use any characters you like and that you can install it with npm [...]

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Twitter Releases New App for Windows 8

One of the most popular social networking sites to get news feeds, latest updates, entertainment and other interesting topic is Twitter, and now, its latest app release for Windows 8 makes it easier for you to share your videos, pictures, and other content without breaking a sweat on Windows 8 devices. You can share all [...]

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Dabblet CSS and HTML Editor

Two of the greatest things to happened in web development are HTML and CSS. They helped revolutionize the industry, changing the overall features of all websites with ease. Now, we are able to experience online editing using both. Here’s one online CSS and HTML editor you might want to try: Dabblet. This was developed by [...]

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ExpandingTextarea jQuery Plugin

As its name implies, ExpandingTextarea is a plugin that lets you create a multiline input control where the user can key in lengthy information, but instead of introducing a vertical scrollbar into the field to indicate entries already not visible, the text area itself increases in size as the use keys in more string of [...]

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TipTip jQuery Plugin

The TipTip jQuery plugin is a creation by Drew Wilson that detects the edges of browser window and makes sure that the tooltip stays in current window size. It allows to adjust itself to be displayed on any place of the element, be it above, below, left, or right. It is a custom tooltip that, [...]

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Client-Side Facebook App Login/Authorization

Here’s a nice JavaScript snippet that I’m certain quite a number of Facebook app developers might find useful. The script’s been around for a while, and has been last updated for about a year already. Nonetheless, it has been quite a popular snippet not to be re-shared. It’s originally shared by Brandon from GuineaCode and [...]

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App Icon Template

Category: tech, design App Icon Template is a creation by Danish designer Michael Flarup that automates the process of rendering different icon sizes for iOS Apps. His idea is to edit the largest size icon, which automatically renders smaller icons, to facilitate efficiency. It has easy export actions and ready-made textures that you can start [...]

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The Benefits of Using HTML5 in Web Development

HTML5 is the future of web and developers need it to make work faster and easier. If you haven’t used HTML5 yet, here are some reasons I learned from content writer and blogger Samith Jhon on why you should start now: Use in mobile technology. Today’s technology now includes mobile devices as a mainstream tool [...]

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YouTube Channel Gallery WP Plugin

If you run a blog that has lots of video posts, especially if they’re all sourced from the same YouTube channel, then you might want to check out this nifty little plugin called YouTube Channel Gallery. Developed by Javier Gomez Pose of PoseLab, this plugin will not only let you embed videos in your posts [...]

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