Don't Buy Unlocked iPhone
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Important: Do not BUY unlocked iPhones. Apple Inc released a software update which turned the unlocked iPhone into an iStone [Yes it is as good as Stone lying on the ground after the upgrade. Means - It stopped working all together]Thousands of users across Europe complained about their iPhones not working after the upgrade. On disruptive school of thought, sure you can still hack iPhone because hackers worldwide are releasing the hacks for every upgrade Apple releases.
We recommend Indian users not to BUY unlocked iPhones from Grey market. BUY only when it is officially released in India through an Apple Store.
ibibo Offers Free Calling
Friday, September 28, 2007
ibibo - I build I bond social networking site for Indians is now offering free calling between its members to keep in touch or initiate new friendship and then talk to them without revealing identity.goBroadband has the complete review of this service and writes,
Reliance ADAG controlled BigAdda is in a better position to leverage this market being a Cellco and having good Value Added Services bouquet of offering.So are Indian social networks the new platform for youngsters to date ?
Sify's Loss is Network18's Gain
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
One of India's worst ISP,Sify, has lost the exclusive contract to host Lakme Fashion Week live coverage online to Network 18 group company Buzz18. Buzz18.com is a complete online entertainment channel hosting - Movies, Music, Video, Celebrity & Bollywood Gossip.In addition to hosting the live coverage on Buzz18, the content will be streamed online on IndiWo as well. IndiWo is an exclusive portal for the Indian Women. Lakme Fashion Week will start from the 13th of October.
Advanced Registry Doctor Pro - Cleanup Your Windows Registry
Monday, September 24, 2007
Are you one of those geeks who frequently install and uninstall programs and software leaving loads of junk in your windows registry ? Then, Advanced Registry Doctor Pro [ARDP] is for you.ARDP is capable of scanning for, diagnosing and curing multiple registry problems, which averts possible malfunctions and crashes, and significantly improves the speed of computer loading and performance.
ARDP comes with advanced options, like registry defragmenting, built-in scheduler, backup and restore feature, history log and many other perks - a registry toolkit, for example.
Do you want to be India Ka Hero ?
Are you disappointed that Prashant became the Indian Idol when you deserved the title ? Here is another chance. A really innovative startup idea to let user exhibit their talent and the cyber community vote and pick the most deserving contestant.India Ka Hero is offering 4 genres to exhibit your talent - Jokes, Music, Dance and Mimcry. If you are talented in any of these, then get going right away. All the four categories have Prizes to be won. Since broadband is not very popular in India, the contest doesn't have mass audience but for sure netizens would like to spend time and vote to elect the next India Kaaaaaaaaa Herooooooooooo!!!!
Win Rs 50,000 from Google's Product Prodigy
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
On the lines of Google summer of Code, to encourage Indian students studying computer science, Google has Product Prodigy competition.
The objective is to provide an impetus for entrepreneurship in product engineering that will hopefully result in innovations that benefit the consumer in the sphere of internet and mobile services.Over Rs 20,00,000 in prize money to be won and a chance to fly to Googleplex, California. Hurry registrations close September -30th. Details available here.
Automate and Record PC Tasks
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Do you have lot of Tedious manual Tasks where you do the same job again and again ? Consider automating it by Record and Play software ? Here is your chance to do it within the next 20 hours as the software is a FREE giveaway after which you have to pay $29.95. Things you can do with this software are as follows,- Record all events of Mouse and Keyboard on Windows Desktop PC
- Once recorded, you can Repeat it by playing it back
- Timer - Timing can be set to Playback after fixed amount
- You don't have to know any programming language to do this.
Tech News in India:
- Reliance and Sulekha launch PAID Mobile Local Search
- Engineers aspiring to start a company can get valuable tips here?
- Indians are unhappy with National Do Not Call Registry's Process and Functioning. If you have not yet registered, then yo ucan register your numbers now.
- Are Indian Web Trading Sites Safe ? Ameritrade an Open Backdoor for several months.
Free Video Editing and DVD Burner
Friday, September 14, 2007
Here is a FREE Gift for your Weekend which will keep you busy and help you organize all those beautiful Birthday, Vacation, Kids and Family Videos in your archive. Wondershare DVD Burner is one of the cool products that will let you edit and Burn DVDs. Some of the features we liked are,- Burn Video files of various formats [AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV] to DVD media
- You can choose your own background music from any of the Bollywood movies
- You can Trim and Crop the Video
- Also lets you edit Video effects
HomeShop18 + Rediff 's Localized Blogging
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Network18 group company, HomeShop18 has tied up with SBI Credit Card division to tap huge customer base of 3.5 Million users. This deal is significant because along with the SBI Credit Card statement every month, consumers will get HomeShop18 catalogue. They will also stand to benefit from the price discounts offered exclusively to them. Electronics Retailer- Tata Croma and Hypercity have already begun Catlogue shopping in India.
RediffiLand has enabled blogging in local Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam. It is still not clear if Indians want to use their native languages on the web. BroadbandIndia has an excellent study on eBay's classified site, Kijiji, being localized in Hindi and Tamil.
RediffiLand has enabled blogging in local Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam. It is still not clear if Indians want to use their native languages on the web. BroadbandIndia has an excellent study on eBay's classified site, Kijiji, being localized in Hindi and Tamil.
Create Best Web Based Online Diagrams
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Best4C is a Web-based, online diagram tool that allows you to create, edit and share charts anytime, anywhere. This is more like a collaboration tool. A step towards taking parts of Microsoft Office online.Advantages of using Best4C is that you can share, edit and correct it online. It is supported by all popular web browsers. With this you can create FlowCharts, Floor Diagrams, Network Diagrams etc.
So get ready to outsource your office charts and diagrams to your Housewife or to your Kid :-)
AMCs Oppose Entry Load Waiver on Mutual Funds
Monday, September 10, 2007
Indian Mutual Fund Asset Management Companies [AMC] like HDFC, ICICI and Kotak have opposed SEBI's move on Entry Load Waiver for investments in Mutual Funds.
Earlier to this Bull Market in India, Mutual Funds had waived the entry load for investors, really especially the SIP investors. In 2006, AMCs and Distributors formed a cartel and started ripping off innocent Indian investor.
SEBI and AMFI together have come a long way to break this cartel but powerful men in Financial Markets are trying to squeeze smaller Indians like me and you. DalalStreet has created an online petition that will be submitted to SEBI, AMFI and Finance Minsitry. Kindly sign this petition and earn more on your hard earned money. Don't bow down to the financial cartel like HDFC and ICICI.
Earlier to this Bull Market in India, Mutual Funds had waived the entry load for investors, really especially the SIP investors. In 2006, AMCs and Distributors formed a cartel and started ripping off innocent Indian investor.
SEBI and AMFI together have come a long way to break this cartel but powerful men in Financial Markets are trying to squeeze smaller Indians like me and you. DalalStreet has created an online petition that will be submitted to SEBI, AMFI and Finance Minsitry. Kindly sign this petition and earn more on your hard earned money. Don't bow down to the financial cartel like HDFC and ICICI.
Recover Data from Corrupted Devices
Thursday, September 06, 2007
If you have a corrupted Thumb / Pen Drive, USB Hard disk, Mobile SD Memory Card, Floppy Disks etc then you can use Multistage Recovery software to recover the data.MultiStage Recovery, scanning and recovery is very fast and reliable. It has comprehensive detection, which finds EVERYTHING that can be restored. The program has an advanced search system and built-in preview that supports over 50 formats of image, music and text files. Supports ALL Windows file systems including NTFS / NTFS5, FAT12/16/32.
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m-Commerce by ICICI Bank + Reliance Communications
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
m-Commerce in India will be a reality this year. Reliance Communications and ICICI Bank have tested mobile money transfer and other value added m-commerce initiatives. The service will go mobile anytime within the next couple of days, said sources.The new service will enable ICICI Bank customers to transfer funds to other account holders registered with the financial institutions website. A customer of the bank can transfer up to Rs 5,000 per transaction, using Reliance Communications' pre- and post-paid services.
According to Mobile India, Bharti Airtel with its 42 million subscriber base has kicked off mobile bill pay, a testing project for Bharti's m-commerce initiative. However, this time Reliance Communications has taken the lead by beating Bharti Airtel and Tata Indicom who were competing for Mobile Advertising, Local Radio and SMS 2.0. Rcom has 37 million subscribers and has lined up host of m-commerce offerings.
WaterMarking Software
Saturday, September 01, 2007
If you are looking to have a free watermarking software, then check out uMark. uMark is a batch watermarking software. It enables you to add visible watermarks to your digital images and photos. Be it your name, company logo or a copyright notice.