Today, I was trying to submit a URL to Google. As usual i simply opened Google and searched for “add url to google” , Google returned me the following results.

The Top Result https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url/ actually gives a 404 error (Jan 22, 2012 – 3.16 AM IST)

Surprisingly when you remove the / (forward slash) from the end of URL, it starts working https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url
The URL has been fixed on Google “Submit Your Content” Page, but search results are still returning old URL.…

Last week we saw a mass online Blackout (#WikipediaBlackout). We also implemented a 503 Status Code Outage.

Now several people suggested methods for blackout. Lets take each of them.
1. Delete The Content
Never do this mistake. Since you dont have any files on your web folder anymore, it will return a 404 error.…

Recently i attended Droidcon India 2011 and had a quick chat with a team installing CyanogenMod for interested attendees there. I finally decided to give it a shot. In this part of tutorial I’ll explain till rooting of the phone. Next tutorial will contain instructions to install Cyanogen Mod.…

In this tutorial we’ll create a small app which displays a Toast Notification whenever GPS Coordinates changes. Start a new Project.
Project Name: HelloGps
Android Level: Android 2.1
Application Name: HelloGps
Package Name: com.vineetdhanawat.hellogps
Create Activity: HelloGps
Min SDK… Version: 7

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Ready to dive into real android applications? Its been a while since i have blogged about my experiences with android app development. This is a great post i found at SmashingMag.
Prerequisites:
Working Eclipse IDE with ADT installed (Tutorial)
What is great in this Tutorial?…

Prerequisites :
1. Working Eclipse IDE with ADT installed (Tutorial)
2. Basics of Java

Part 1: Understanding Views
Start a new Android Project. File >> New >> Android Project.
Major Components of the new Android Project screen are
Project Name : Just the name displayed in Eclipse
Build Target : Supported Version, We chose to build for Android 2.2
Application Name : Name Displayed in the Application Header
Package Name : Follow the international reverse hierarchy nomenclature as in java packages (can be anything)
Create Activity… :  Keeping activity checked will create a java file in the “src” folder which will have a function that will be called as soon as the application starts.

Hello World is typically the simplest program to write in programming languages. It is considered as the first and basic step towards mastering the language.
Let us make an App which does nothing but displays “Hello World!” .
There is a detailed tutorial on the Android Developer site along-with basic troubleshooting.…

In these set of Tutorials, I’ll guide you through the basics right from setting up the environment to eventually develop apps for real-time usage in your Android based devices.
Prerequisites: None
Required Components…
1. The Eclipse IDE – I will be using Eclipse JEE – Helios SR1 version on x86 Windows Platform
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