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[Solution] Google 550 Authentication required

Was having issue with Google Apps email recently. The email kept on bounce back with the following error. Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: email@example.sg Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 authentication required (state 14). Step 1 : (Basic) Check your MX record. This is probably the basic step that most people already did. Skip if you have already setup. Check your MX records -  http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ Setup Google Mail records -  http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=140034 Step 2 : Google SPF TXT record For me, this help solves my problem. Although I'm not entirely sure why some of my other Google Apps email works without this TXT record. Check your TXT records -  h...

Facebook

Been having problem with Facebook Apps auto-resize and tried to remove annoying vertical scrollbar. After Googled for a while, found the following snippet. Its a simple hack that works perfectly! <div id="fb-root"></div> <script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"></script> <script> FB.init({ appId : 'YOUR-APP-ID-HERE', status : true, // check login status cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session xfbml : true // parse XFBML }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.Canvas.setSize(); } // Do things that will sometimes call sizeChangeCallback() function sizeChangeCallback() { FB.Canvas.setSize(); } </script>

New Gingerbread Update for Samsung Galaxy S Leaks

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Yup, despite Sammy’s apparent inability to roll out Froyo updates on time, download links have popped up all over the internet this week, which provide access to a leaked official Gingerbread update to the I9000 model of its Galaxy S family. This may not be the first Gingerbread update to have been leaked for the device but the release is great news for developers and owners of the device alike, as it means that Android 2.3.3 has been tailored by Samsung specifically for its phones and that the update should roll out to all devices shortly... more Although the thread is now closed, but the ROMs already leaked far into many ROM chefs' hand. So, I would still expect custom Gingerbread ROM for Galaxy S to be out in a month time. Excited :)

[Excel] Formula to extract email from a cell

This is a useful formula to extract an email out from the string in a cell. =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(" "&$A1&" "," ",REPT(" ",40)),FIND(REPT("@",COLUMNS($A1:A1)),SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(" "&$A1&" "," ",REPT(" ",40)),"@",REPT("@",COLUMNS($A1:A1)),COLUMNS($A1:A1)))-40,80)) :)

Landing Page -

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This infographic from Formstack shows the 10 key landing page features that draws users attention on your site.

Magento Connect Error

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Was trying to install Magento Extensions and found out that the extensions key were not working for Magento Connect 1.0. After searching for a while, found out that you can actually prepends " http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community/ " to the extension name ( source ). Change From : magento-community/Fontis_Wysiwyg To : http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community/Fontis_Wysiwyg And that is actually the extension key for Magento Connect 2.0. Guess both extension keys works!

The 20 Countries With the Highest Per Capita Cell-Phone Use

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Source:  http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110213/the-20-countries-with-the-highest-per-capita-cell-phone-use/ Find that the slides are hard to read or compare. So decided to consolidate the statistic under a single post. No. 1: United Arab Emirates Mobile-phone penetration: 233 percent Population: 4.6 million Subscriptions: 10.7 million Annual growth 2004-2009: 24 percent Ratio of mobile to fixed line: 6.8:1 Estimated Internet users per 100 people: 75 No. 2: Montenegro Mobile-phone penetration: 210 percent Population: 620,000 Subscriptions: 1.3 million Annual growth 2004-2009: 22 percent Ratio of mobile to fixed line: 7.5:1 Estimated Internet users per 100 people: 45 No. 3: Macau, China* Mobile-phone penetration: 185 percent Population: 540,000 Subscriptions: 1 million Annual growth 2004-2009: 19 percent Ratio of mobile to fixed line: 6.1:1 Estimated Internet users per 100 people: 50 No. 4: Cayman Islands Mobile-phone penetration: 181...