Category: Internet & Mobile
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Why I Deactivated My Facebook Account
OMG ! 9 years on Facebook. It all started with a simple update “is downloading i/e 8.1” , I mean really IE even it’s year 2008. But that also means orkut account was still active and testimonials were “THE” thing. But there were “no friends” and then Zynga launched Farmville. Farmville to Facebook was like talking tom or…
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Pehle App – Mobile First
Eer kahen chalo app banayen Bir kahen chalo app banayen Patte kahen chalo app banayen Hum kahaa chalo hama’o apni app banayen Here’s a baby step in the world of personal app https://goo.gl/4eWHBQ
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Unsung heroes of online shopping
GOSF (Great Online Shopping festival) promoted by Google served as India’s version of cyber Monday which brought a continuous three-day shopping frenzy for Indian online shoppers. There were close to 450 participant and some interesting participants were from very unconventional sectors including Two Wheelers and Housing though the poster boy of Indian eCommerce industry Flipkart didn’t join the…
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Pledge to Vote – India Election 2014
Independent India’s first polling station was set up at Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. As these areas of Himachal Pradesh are snow bound it was decided to hold polls in advance here on October 25, 1951. Google India under its Pledge To Vote campaign has created a truly inspirational musical video about the…
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Why I would recommend Flipkart
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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 ,…