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Why I would recommend Flipkart

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My personal online shopping is more or less restricted to travel, web products, movie booking , Bill pay etc which are very standardized products/services. I have made most of my online product purchases on non indian ecommerce sites (google, amazon , bestbuy etc) though I have few transactions in my name in erstwhile baazee.com (now ebay.in) way back in early 2000. Why ? I think the primary issues being TRUST. Trust on the service provider and the product itself. In name of discounts and deals most of the online sites are selling cheap imitation of real products. Moreover the vendors also...

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Signs of India

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Signs of India

"You will be back . we guarantee it " - Just above the return policy :)

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Integrating FB social Plugin Like and Comment

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Integrating FB social Plugin Like and Comment

Facebook has made integrating of ‘Like’ , ‘Send’ and comments really a simple process with social plugin. I have implemented all three of them without using any plugin in my wordpress blog or creating an application ID on Facebook. You can find the complete documentation of the three social plugin on Facebook developer’s Page for social plugin. Facebook like : You can customize the like and send button for your blog. The customization include format , width , color , font and option to hide / display facepile (Thumbnail of friend’s photo). You can generate the code from here....

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Passport for minor in India

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Passport for minor in India

As promised I am back to lock horn again with the Passport office. Three years back I had a tough time to reissue passport after expiry of 10 years. But this time its for my sweetheart little baby. She now has a Date of Birth Certificate , a Pan Card and a Postage Stamp of her own Next target to get her the passport. Though the best source for information on procedure, documents required, FAQs on the topic would be the Delhi passport office website but still here’s my personal experience which might be helpful for you guys. Step 1 :...

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Google +1 for your blog

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Google +1 for your blog

Google launched +1 recommendation button for publishers yesterday. This could possibly be the turning point in the Google vs Facebook war to control the web. Facebook has taken a lead by share and like button but google +1 is a bigger counter to all this. With Google controlling the major portion of publishers organic traffic they would be more than willing to install the recommendation button on their blogs and sites. The implementation is really easy and even easier for wordpress blogs. Step : 1 Select the desired size of the button. There are four option to pick from. Step :...

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What is QR code

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What is QR code

There is so much buzz around the QR code recently. Frankly I initially thought its some feature available with Blackberry phone , when I purchased one last year. So what is QR code ? By definition its Quick Response Code and look like a square bar code. The information stored on the QR code can be decoded or read by Bar code reader and mobile phones. Qr code can be used to add contacts to list, display  text, image or open a webpage by connecting to mobile web.  All mobile platform supports QR code by native applications or  multiple free...

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IPL match @ Ferozshah Kotla

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IPL match @ Ferozshah Kotla

IPL season 4 …manoranjan ka baap (Bhagwaan jab deta hai chappar faad kar deta hai) Date : April 20, 2011 2:00 PM : Thinking of Cycle Agarbatti ??  Kya Bhagwaan hai 2:30 PM : @amitguptaz digging deep into excel sheets @indiatimes office 4:30 PM : @amitguptaz cheering for Delhi Daedevils from Super Hospitality Hill A South east stand of Ferozshah Kotla Stadium with 3  team members. These complimentary passes for the match were sponsored by my office Times Internet Limited. I was among the lucky one along with Hemant , Naveen and Gagan to got these passes from our Business Head...

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My Stamp for my daughter

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My Stamp for my daughter

This is super cool. Better late than never. I was super excited by the anouncement of India Postal Department to launch My Stamp this year at INDIPEX 2011 (Held at Pragati Maidan, Delhi). The scene there was chaotic there with hundred of philatelic enthusiasts  wanting to grab chance of lifetime. So how could I miss it So I went there on the first day of the exhibition. And here are the stamp sheets for Tisya.

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