Many Facebook application developers might have come across a situation where they need to post something to many pages, groups or friends. If we need to post on 50 walls and go by the traditional method of posting one by one, we...
Tutorial: Post to multiple Facebook wall or timeline in one go using Graph API batch request
posted by Tebe Tensing
Tutorial: Implementing Google+ API using OAuth 2.0 in PHP
posted by Tebe Tensing
On September 15, 2011 Google released Google+ APIs to public. Google+ API is a programming interface to Google+. With the help of this API users can integrate apps or websites with Google+. Currently, Google+ API is in the initial stages...
PageRank November 2011 update: Facebook’s rank downgraded to 9
posted by Tebe Tensing
Google generally updates the PageRank index either quarterly or once in two months. 8th November 2011 witnessed another PageRank update. The highlight of the update was that Facebook’s PageRank was downgraded to 9 from 10. There may...
Tutorial: Integrate Facebook Connect to your website using PHP SDK v.3.x.x which uses Graph API
posted by Tebe Tensing
Now-a-days it is common for websites to have Facebook Connect integrated to it. Facebook Connect is the iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to ‘connect’ their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any site. It enables...
A quarter of mobile phones sold are smartphones and almost half of the smartphones have android OS
posted by Tebe Tensing
1.6 billion Mobile phones were sold in 2010. Sales grew by 32% in 2010. Sales in 2011 have crossed 8.5 billion in first two quarters of the year. If the current trend continues, it is expected to cross 1.7 billion by year end. About 4.5...
Browser wars: Rise of Google Chrome and decline of Internet Explorer
posted by Tebe Tensing
For more than a decade, Internet Explorer has remained at the top spot in Web Browser statistics. The first version of Windows Internet Explorer was launched on 16 August 1995. Its usage share rose to 95% in 2003. First version of Mozilla...
Tutorial: Import Gmail or Google contacts using Google Contacts Data API and OAuth 2.0 in PHP
posted by Tebe Tensing
First, let me introduce what Contacts Data API and OAuth is. OAuth OAuth (Open Authorization) is an open standard for authorization. It allows users to share their private resources (e.g. photos, videos, contact lists) stored on one site...
Analyzing the Internet Giants based on Traffic
posted by Tebe Tensing
Month on month DoubleClick Ad Planner by Google releases the list of top 1000 sites. (Google acquired DoubleClick in March 2008). The list can be viewed at Ad Planner Top 1000 As at the time of writing this post, the latest list released,...
Alternative for file_get_contents() using cURL
posted by Tebe Tensing
file_get_contents() is the easiest and most widely used function to get the contents of a file. Just this simple function call could get the contents of a file for you. But if you wish to work on remote files, then you need to enable...
