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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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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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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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Incomplete map of India on google

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Incomplete map of India on google

Totally condemn the way Google repeatedly treat the map of India. J & K is and will remain integral part of India. And , not showing it part of any other country also is not solution.  Correct your maps Google.

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upgrading of my blackberry 8520 firmware

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upgrading of my blackberry 8520 firmware

Few months back I joined the Blackberry train and bought a 8520 for myself. I found the phone quite handy and feature loaded even without subscribing to blackberry plan. The handset works smoothly using the standard mobile internet (GPRS) connection except for the push mail. Following application are seamless on blackberry 8520 on GPRS , practically every application which is NOT made for blackberry only - Gmail - Google Maps - Google Search - NGpay - FourSquare - UberTwitter - Gtalk Fantastic phone !!! I am now subscribed to the Basic Blackberry plan with Idea (email only plan). The...

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Birthday celebration

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what a day… celebrations round the clock literally.  cakes ..yes three cakes , chocolate facial, party , outing and full dhammal and masti. This was one of the most memorable birthday celebration. Thank you everyone for all your good wishes and making my birthday so special. Have look at the video featuring Archana , Pushpinder , Varun , Manraj , Rahul (the cinematographer with his TamTung loaded with Android 2.2) and everyone from team communities. Fast Tube by Casper The celebration extended to well late into the day with Vikas, Neha , Priyanka, Vihaan , Tisya and My dear...

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one year at indiatimes

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one year at indiatimes

29 September 2010 oh  just realized it’s been a year i have logged out of makaan.com and signed into times internet limited.  The year has been full of excitement and challenges.  I pulled my self out from a state of non working and retirment and had a stupendeo fantabulous time working with team communities.  Its been an amazing experience and fun to work  in the socialbookmarking and email space and much more. And as a mayor of Indiatimes :)  i thank everyone for the  encouragement and the support extended to me. errr… do this starts looking like a farewell mail to you…..then you are wrong, picture abhi baaki hai...

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