Call Canada Free Using Google Voice
Google Voice - One phone number to manage multiple numbers and free SMS is becoming very popular. Usually Google Voice charges anywhere between 5 to 60 cents for calling international destinations. But here is the deal to call Canada - For limited time Google Voice rates to Canada is $0.
If you have not received Google Voice invite then submit your details to Google here.
The invites used to be a week delay but now the things might have gotten better.
Similar Posts : Leave Voice mail and get Google voice , Google Voice opens to public soon, Free Google Voice Calls Using GUAVA
If you have not received Google Voice invite then submit your details to Google here.
The invites used to be a week delay but now the things might have gotten better.
Similar Posts : Leave Voice mail and get Google voice , Google Voice opens to public soon, Free Google Voice Calls Using GUAVA
Labels: Deals, free, Google, Google Apps
written by Kalyan @ 11:04 PM,
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Movie Start Times & Theaters - Google Search
Its always difficult to find movie times and their theaters with one click. My best resource so far has been - movies.yahoo.com but the problem is it lists multiple theaters and only shows Hollywood movies. For south Asian movies Indian Bollywood (Hindi) or Tollywood (Telugu) are not listed in Yahoo movies.
Here is one click easy way to find the movie start times from Google.
Just input movie name and "showtimes" keyword.
So for movie say "Funny People" - In the search box enter Funny People Showtimes. If the location is wrong enter your location in the search result.
Here is the Google search results looks like -
Hollywood - Funny People movie Showtimes
Bollywood (Hindi) - LovAajKal movie Showtimes
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes from Google.co.in . Input the city location
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes from Google.co.in in Hyderabad
Here is one click easy way to find the movie start times from Google.
Just input movie name and "showtimes" keyword.
So for movie say "Funny People" - In the search box enter Funny People Showtimes. If the location is wrong enter your location in the search result.
Here is the Google search results looks like -
Hollywood - Funny People movie Showtimes
Bollywood (Hindi) - LovAajKal movie Showtimes
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes from Google.co.in . Input the city location
Tollywood (Telugu) Magadheera Movie Showtimes from Google.co.in in Hyderabad
Labels: Google
written by Kalyan @ 12:22 PM,
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Google Checkout Discounts Savings List through September 1 2009
If Bing is increasing its popularity with double cashbacks, Google published huge back to school savings list.
Save $5, $10, $20 or more at many online stores if Google checkout is used. Avail $5 off orders over $30, $10 off orders over $60, or $20 off orders over $120.
These discount offers are available only until September 1, 2009.
Here are some sites :
# TigerDirect.com - $5
# eCost - $5
# Shoebuy.com - $5
# Exotic India Art - $20
Here is the extensive Google Checkout Back To School discounts List
Save $5, $10, $20 or more at many online stores if Google checkout is used. Avail $5 off orders over $30, $10 off orders over $60, or $20 off orders over $120.
These discount offers are available only until September 1, 2009.
Here are some sites :
# TigerDirect.com - $5
# eCost - $5
# Shoebuy.com - $5
# Exotic India Art - $20
Here is the extensive Google Checkout Back To School discounts List
written by Kalyan @ 11:24 PM,
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Free Google Voice Calls using GUAVA
Many people started receiving their Google Voice invites but a lack of proper app on mobile phone beats the purpose of Google Voice. Though Google Voice mobile site allows access from mobile phones but a neat stand alone app called GUAVA is in beta now. GUAVA meaning GoogleVoice Unauthorized Android Voice Application. Note it works only on Android phones.
GUAVA app benefits -
> Free send/receive calls to any US number from anywhere in the world. (A gizmo5 account is required and one may need to buy credit)
> Send/Read SMS messages.
How to set up a GUAVA -
Software download link - www.gizmo5.com/guava
WiFi connection is required in order to use GUAVA for Google Voice.
> Register at Gizmo5 and get your 10 digit 747 numbers beginning with 747 from my.gizmo5.com.
> Signup for Google Voice account and then in the initial setup or in the Settings: Phone section. Select the Gizmo option and enter and validate your Gizmo5 747 number.
> Download GUAVA on Android phone. It’s an .apk file
> Open GUAVA and then enter in your GoogleVoice username, password and phone number. Then enter your Gizmo5 username and password.
I wish some app like this comes on iPod touch.
GUAVA app benefits -
> Free send/receive calls to any US number from anywhere in the world. (A gizmo5 account is required and one may need to buy credit)
> Send/Read SMS messages.
How to set up a GUAVA -
Software download link - www.gizmo5.com/guava
WiFi connection is required in order to use GUAVA for Google Voice.
> Register at Gizmo5 and get your 10 digit 747 numbers beginning with 747 from my.gizmo5.com.
> Signup for Google Voice account and then in the initial setup or in the Settings: Phone section. Select the Gizmo option and enter and validate your Gizmo5 747 number.
> Download GUAVA on Android phone. It’s an .apk file
> Open GUAVA and then enter in your GoogleVoice username, password and phone number. Then enter your Gizmo5 username and password.
I wish some app like this comes on iPod touch.
written by Kalyan @ 3:22 PM,
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Google Trend Mystery - ✈ ▌▌ Recognize it?
Today's Google trends (shows most searched words in google.com) showed this weird sign ✈ ▌▌ - flight going towards two buildings. Like 9/11 attack. I've searched Google web, Images and even news and found nothing .... in trends it shows "intermittent explosive disorder" .. So what are these symbols ? Looks like a prank that made it to Google trends. If you know more let us know.
Here are some images off the trends -
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Here are some images off the trends -
Labels: Google, Google Trends
written by Kalyan @ 8:05 PM,
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Send "YouTube" Video as "greeting card" for Holidays
Surprise your friends with new way of video greeting cards. If you know your friends likes and dislikes then please or annoy him/her with youtube video greeting cards.
Here is step by step process of sending a "you tube" video greeting card.
> First find a video from youtube.com, I've selected the all-time youtube famous "Evolution of Dance" clip by Judson Laipply. In this masterpiece Judson performs dance moves for 12 songs starting from year 1953 with Elvis song "Hound dog" to year 2000 "Bye Bye Bye" song of N'Sync. Here are wikipedia details of this highly rated video.
For sending this video - Check "Send This Video as Greeting Card" link right below share options as highlighted below.
The 107 million views popular Evolution Video of Judson is selected to send as greeting card - See the yellow highlighted linkHere is the video link from youtube
> Select the Holiday theme and enter your personal message as below.
Select the theme - I choose "Happy Holidays" theme and add your personal message - Friends of this site - wish you a happy and safe holidays
> Add Recipients and click send
After adding recipients addresses just click send
> Finally if you want to add your liked music touch to your video then use - audioswap_about
Source : You Tube Video blog
Here is step by step process of sending a "you tube" video greeting card.
> First find a video from youtube.com, I've selected the all-time youtube famous "Evolution of Dance" clip by Judson Laipply. In this masterpiece Judson performs dance moves for 12 songs starting from year 1953 with Elvis song "Hound dog" to year 2000 "Bye Bye Bye" song of N'Sync. Here are wikipedia details of this highly rated video.
For sending this video - Check "Send This Video as Greeting Card" link right below share options as highlighted below.
The 107 million views popular Evolution Video of Judson is selected to send as greeting card - See the yellow highlighted linkHere is the video link from youtube
> Select the Holiday theme and enter your personal message as below.
Select the theme - I choose "Happy Holidays" theme and add your personal message - Friends of this site - wish you a happy and safe holidays
> Add Recipients and click send
After adding recipients addresses just click send
> Finally if you want to add your liked music touch to your video then use - audioswap_about
Source : You Tube Video blog
Labels: Google, Technology
written by Kalyan @ 8:37 PM,
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Top 2008 Google India searches results list - Katrina Kaif, Sania Mirza & MBA
Google India released the top searches in all categories. Here are few things worth noting. "Orkut" - A social networking site of Google toppped the most popular searches while Bollwood sensational actress "Katrina Kaif" made it to 10 in the desktop searches list. In mobile searches Katrina is #6 most searched.
Besides Katrina - Aishwarya, Kareena, Deepika Padukone, Mallika Sherawat, Genelia D'souza made it to the celebrity actresses list. In the actors list it is surprising to see Big B - Amitabh Bachhan & Aamir Khan missing from the list. Sharukh is #6.
In Cricket - IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni and Brett Lee remained on hot searches. Overall sports the Hyderabad tennis sensation Sonia Mirza is #1. India love towards football made Ronaldo and Beckham the superstars list.
India seems to be going lean with two of "how to" searches are related to weight. On romance side - How to "Kiss", "Get Pragnant", "Impress a girl" is on many indian minds.
On "why" list MBA made it to #1.
In the politicans list India searched more of "Sarah Palin" than "Obama".
Source : 2008 Google zeitgeist
Besides Katrina - Aishwarya, Kareena, Deepika Padukone, Mallika Sherawat, Genelia D'souza made it to the celebrity actresses list. In the actors list it is surprising to see Big B - Amitabh Bachhan & Aamir Khan missing from the list. Sharukh is #6.
In Cricket - IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni and Brett Lee remained on hot searches. Overall sports the Hyderabad tennis sensation Sonia Mirza is #1. India love towards football made Ronaldo and Beckham the superstars list.
India seems to be going lean with two of "how to" searches are related to weight. On romance side - How to "Kiss", "Get Pragnant", "Impress a girl" is on many indian minds.
On "why" list MBA made it to #1.
In the politicans list India searched more of "Sarah Palin" than "Obama".
Source : 2008 Google zeitgeist
written by Kalyan @ 12:07 AM,
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What technologies Mumbai gunmen used ? VOIP, GPS, GoogleEarth, Blackberries
Blackberries are previously reported to be used by Mumbai gunmen for the attacks on November 26 2008 which claimed 175 innocent lives. There are other technologies that slowly are coming out of 26/11 Mumbai attacks investigation.
Newyork Times reporting that terrorists have become so technologically advanced that they used GPS to reach their destination from Karachi, Pakistan and have used satellite phones to be in touch with the base station. Google Earth aided them to find clear paths of coast to coast movements.
Another interesting technology used is VOIP phones.
The times reporting these interesting abuse of technology by the criminals :
The militant group in Pakistan used VOIP to mask their identities
It is difficult to trace the VOIP calls. The difficulty of tracing made it difficult for authorities to trace the calls to prevent the destruction.
Newyork Times reporting that terrorists have become so technologically advanced that they used GPS to reach their destination from Karachi, Pakistan and have used satellite phones to be in touch with the base station. Google Earth aided them to find clear paths of coast to coast movements.
Another interesting technology used is VOIP phones.
The times reporting these interesting abuse of technology by the criminals :
The militant group in Pakistan used VOIP to mask their identities
Indian security forces surrounding the buildings were able to monitor the terrorists’ outgoing calls by intercepting their cellphone signals. But Indian police officials said those directing the attacks, who are believed to be from Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan, were using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service, which has complicated efforts to determine their whereabouts and identities.
It is difficult to trace the VOIP calls. The difficulty of tracing made it difficult for authorities to trace the calls to prevent the destruction.
In Mumbai, authorities have declined to disclose the names of the VoIP companies whose services the Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers used, but reports in Indian news media have said the calls have been traced to companies in New Jersey and Austria. Yet investigators have said they are convinced that the handlers who directed the attacks were actually sitting somewhere in Pakistan during the calls.
One senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leader who American officials believe may have played a key role in planning the Mumbai attacks is Zarrar Shah. Mr. Shah, known to be a specialist in communications technology, may have been aware of the difficulties in tracing VoIP.
Labels: Google, India, Technology
written by Kalyan @ 3:04 AM,
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Google Checkout giving $20 off $120, $10 off $60 or $5 off $30 for 2008 Holidays
Google Checkout if you don't know is a one login quick payment system accepted at hundreds of stores online. Once you register your credit card with Google Checkout system then you will be able to use these discounts for online shopping.
Google Checkout for this 2008 holiday season is giving away $20 off $120, $10 off $60 or $5 off $30 for 2008 discounts.
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Google Checkout for this 2008 holiday season is giving away $20 off $120, $10 off $60 or $5 off $30 for 2008 discounts.
Fast, easy holiday shopping with all the trimmings from Google Checkout
* Complete purchases in seconds with one login across the web.
* Get $5 off orders over $30, $10 off orders over $60, or $20 off orders over $120.
Labels: 10off, 20off, 5off, Google, Google Checkout
written by Kalyan @ 12:48 PM,
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Google indexes images text with OCRopus
In simple terms this is what Google is doing - If you are a photographer and take a picture with your creativity and with some concept that you have in your mind. Google does the rest of the job for you in searching that image to find clues of any text embeded in that image may be say like "road signs" or human readable text for indexing.
Until now Google did indexing of only text saved PDF documents only and with this technology any pdf document saved as image can be indexed with the help of its open-source OCRopus technology.
OCRopus development is sponsored by Google and is free document analysis and OCR system released under the Apache License. OCRopus uses HP developed Tesseract for character recognition but has its own layout analysis system that is optimized for accuracy. It is intended for high-throughput, high-volume document conversion efforts with image preprocessing and layout analysis; it chops up the scanned document before passing it to Tesseract for line-by-line or character-by-character recognition.Currently, OCRopus uses Tesseract as its only character recognition plugin, but others are expected to be added in the future.
The benefits are many with this technology imaging those dusted government agencies years of paper data that can be scanned and indexed by Google.
If you want to try hands-on -- You can download the OCRopus source distribution by following the Downloads link and then follow the installation instructions linked to from the left menu.
Sources:
> code.google.com/p/ocropus/
> wikipedia/OCRopus
> 2007 article of arstechnica.com/hands-on-with-googles-ocropus-open-source-scanning-software
> sites.google.com/site/ocropus/
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Until now Google did indexing of only text saved PDF documents only and with this technology any pdf document saved as image can be indexed with the help of its open-source OCRopus technology.
OCRopus development is sponsored by Google and is free document analysis and OCR system released under the Apache License. OCRopus uses HP developed Tesseract for character recognition but has its own layout analysis system that is optimized for accuracy. It is intended for high-throughput, high-volume document conversion efforts with image preprocessing and layout analysis; it chops up the scanned document before passing it to Tesseract for line-by-line or character-by-character recognition.Currently, OCRopus uses Tesseract as its only character recognition plugin, but others are expected to be added in the future.
The benefits are many with this technology imaging those dusted government agencies years of paper data that can be scanned and indexed by Google.
If you want to try hands-on -- You can download the OCRopus source distribution by following the Downloads link and then follow the installation instructions linked to from the left menu.
Sources:
> code.google.com/p/ocropus/
> wikipedia/OCRopus
> 2007 article of arstechnica.com/hands-on-with-googles-ocropus-open-source-scanning-software
> sites.google.com/site/ocropus/
Labels: Google, OCRopus, Opensource, tips
written by Kalyan @ 12:22 PM,
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$200 worth Google AdWords free for students - Google Online Marketing Challenge
For MBAs I feel this is a good chance to use Google's free money to get hands-on experience. The goal is to make use of Adwords to effectively imapct marketing compaigns for a business. If I were a full time MBA student I would make a good case with my MIS (Management Information Systems) prof. to sign and use this challenge as a project.
As the website notes :
For Google this is like promoting their advertising cash cow to the heights. For students FAQ suggests that in order to choose business - "If you have a local Chamber of Commerce or Small Business Development Office, they always have businesses looking for assistance from smart people like you" . Professors will mentor and work with students and make them understand in online marketing and the Challenge.
To Sum up, I feel this is good project at Google expense for students who want to have web presence for their own business or the business they work for.
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As the website notes :
The Challenge works like this:
1. Students divide into groups of 3-6, and then receive free online advertising vouchers for Google AdWords worth US$200.
2. The groups recruit a small-to-medium business, under 100 employees, who has a website but doesn’t currently use AdWords.
3. Each group works with the business to set up an AdWords account and structure an effective online marketing campaign.
4. During a 3-week competition window, the groups optimize and refine their campaigns. They must submit two competition reports – one before they begin and one after the campaign ends.
5. Google and a panel of independent academics from all over the world select the winning teams based on the success of their campaign and the quality of their competition reports.
For Google this is like promoting their advertising cash cow to the heights. For students FAQ suggests that in order to choose business - "If you have a local Chamber of Commerce or Small Business Development Office, they always have businesses looking for assistance from smart people like you" . Professors will mentor and work with students and make them understand in online marketing and the Challenge.
To Sum up, I feel this is good project at Google expense for students who want to have web presence for their own business or the business they work for.
Labels: Advertising, AdWords, free, Google, MBA
written by Kalyan @ 10:22 PM,
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Free Web Based UNLIMITED Storage from Wixi expires October 1' 2008
Wixi is a web-based service that users will be able to access it from practically any device (iPhone version on http://iphone.wixi.com). Users can access any time, anywhere, and from any device the media content without installing any application. Good news is that service is available for free for life for users who registers on their site before October 1' 2008. This unlimited storage is as per writings on their website and may be differently interpreted.
Some of the not so good news --
-> Does not work in Chrome, Not compatible with Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. No opera then Wii users not be able to view these media files on their TVs through Wii Opera browser with wi-fi internet channel.
->If you were not the original uploader the you won’t be able to download a file.
-> Files greater than 100 MB are now restricted from public sharing - you’ll have to be someone’s friend if you want to stream a large file from their account, which makes movie sharing difficult.
-> Only media files and some users reporting problems storing zip and pdf files,
Alternative Free Unlimited Storage websites
1) Stixy - For To-dos, Notes, Reminders, photos and file sharing
2) Seetoo - Two friends can watch the media file.
3) Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet -- Collaboration of files in real time.
Users can simultaneously work on the same spreadsheet and see the changes made by each other in real time. Check the browser compatibility.
4) Jooce - Virtual desktop like Cyber home away from home.
5) Dropbox - good for file storage and membership by invite only
6) Foldershare from Microsoft -- Sharing files and complaints of cheesy interface
7) ADrive - with PCLinuxOS & Firefox - 50GB free storage
Do you use any other file sharing/storage/collaboration sites ? Please share with others via comments.
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Web users who register within 1 month of the launch will enjoy the benefits of unlimited file storage for free. Beginning in October, new members will enjoy 3 GB of media storage on the network for free, or opt for Wixi's premium service, which will allow unlimited file storage for $4.99 per month and $50 per year.
Some of the not so good news --
-> Does not work in Chrome, Not compatible with Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. No opera then Wii users not be able to view these media files on their TVs through Wii Opera browser with wi-fi internet channel.
->If you were not the original uploader the you won’t be able to download a file.
-> Files greater than 100 MB are now restricted from public sharing - you’ll have to be someone’s friend if you want to stream a large file from their account, which makes movie sharing difficult.
-> Only media files and some users reporting problems storing zip and pdf files,
Alternative Free Unlimited Storage websites
1) Stixy - For To-dos, Notes, Reminders, photos and file sharing
To share a Stixyboard with friends, family, or your colleagues at work, is as easy as it gets. Sometimes it’s nice or in fact necessary to have an online space for common photos, reminders, files, and so forth. Each Stixyboard has a unique set of members. No one else can see or use your board unless you choose to open your board for public view.
2) Seetoo - Two friends can watch the media file.
3) Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet -- Collaboration of files in real time.
Users can simultaneously work on the same spreadsheet and see the changes made by each other in real time. Check the browser compatibility.
4) Jooce - Virtual desktop like Cyber home away from home.
“Load up your browser-based Jooce desktop with files, music, videos, IM buddy lists, and anything else you might need and you can get to it just by logging in. And Jooce looks and feels like a real desktop, with a slick UI and good responsiveness.”
Currently, there is no limit to the number and size of files you can upload onto your jooce desktop. That’s right, it’s unlimited. So go forth and upload to your heart’s content.
5) Dropbox - good for file storage and membership by invite only
6) Foldershare from Microsoft -- Sharing files and complaints of cheesy interface
7) ADrive - with PCLinuxOS & Firefox - 50GB free storage
Do you use any other file sharing/storage/collaboration sites ? Please share with others via comments.
Labels: Deals, free, Google, Google Chrome, IPhone, microsoft, Safari, Web application, World Wide Web, Zoho
written by Kalyan @ 5:09 PM,
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Google Chrome (BETA) internet browser available for download
Google Chrome -- the browser from Google is released for windows and works only for Vista and XP for now and is in beta. I downloaded a copy that is around 475 KB much lesser size than IE and Firefox. It is sleek and loading pages fast. Some of the very useful Firefox add-ins are not available like adblock plus. May be some workaround is present similar to Firefox add-ins. First impressions are good and gotta wait and see if its a memory hog like Firefox when lots of tabs are opened.
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Labels: Chrome, Firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Mozilla FireFox, Web browser, Windows Vista, Windows XP
written by Kalyan @ 9:55 PM,
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Google "App"titude challenge for India's Engineering and MBA colleges ends September 15'2008
A new innovative challenge from Google to increase the user base for Google apps in engineering and MBA colleges.
From India's GoogleApp team :
Here is video of Kellogg ( Northwestern University, Chicago, US) director of technology talks about how they have benefited using Google Apps for their intranet IT solutions:
This in my opinion is good for colleges as Google will assign one Google employee to each team to help answer questions through out the challenge. Drawback is that they are targeting only Engineering and MBA colleges. Google is trying hard to push collaboration tools like its "Google Talk" , "Google Mail" to compete with "Microsoft Instant Messenger", "Outlook" as Microsoft dominates the corporate as well university accounts.
To learn more about GoogleApps watch this video from google - Googleapps Youtube video:
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From India's GoogleApp team :
1. Sign up for the challenge by September 15, 2008.
2. Get approval from your college's administration to implement Google Apps by October 15, 2008.
3. Work with your IT department to implement Google Apps by December 15, 2008.
4. Achieve the highest level of Google Apps usage amongst all participating colleges by January 31, 2009 to be declared the challenge winner!
Here is video of Kellogg ( Northwestern University, Chicago, US) director of technology talks about how they have benefited using Google Apps for their intranet IT solutions:
This in my opinion is good for colleges as Google will assign one Google employee to each team to help answer questions through out the challenge. Drawback is that they are targeting only Engineering and MBA colleges. Google is trying hard to push collaboration tools like its "Google Talk" , "Google Mail" to compete with "Microsoft Instant Messenger", "Outlook" as Microsoft dominates the corporate as well university accounts.
To learn more about GoogleApps watch this video from google - Googleapps Youtube video:
Labels: Gmail, Google, Google Apps, Google Talk, Googlemail, India, MBA, microsoft, Northwestern University
written by Kalyan @ 11:35 AM,
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"Cloud Computing" buzz -- what is it ?
Image via WikipediaSummary:"The cloud" aka "The internet" -- computing is a way to access all your data and even applications from any where via Internet. Google Docs is one of the examples of storing, sharing and retrieving documents by anyone form anywhere with any internet accessible PC. The biggest trend is the separation of hardware from software. Cloud Computing is promising trend that changes the way IS manages technology in next five years. All the IT operations can be run from a third party data centers relieving IT from some of the maintainability/support issues.
Analysis:
Cloud computing will be a big part in future of technology. Instead of storing our information on one computer or device, we store them in the clouds – over the internet and are thus accessible via our work computers, home computers and personal devices.
The growing requirement these days is accessibility of documents or applications in a centralized location. Two or three PCs at home and another PC at work, it is difficult to manage and work on same documents from multiple locations. SaaS -- Software as a Service is next big thing I feel that will avoid document versions clutter by making documents available at centralized location. Adobe made its photoshop software -- "Photoshop Express" available free for all online users. No-installation-required version is easy to access and user will get the same photo editing experience as in an desktop installed version.
Amazon has done a great job in commercializing the idea of cloud computing, and of bringing infrastructure as a service to start ups. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides re sizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Does cloud computing makes money for the companies ? May be not for every company that's in cloud computing. Google was able to cash by getting as many people as possible looking at advertising alongside search and other various software offerings.
I think the market is not yet ready for prime time. Free web based apps still lacks some powerful features to replace desktop version. Security is one major area of concern I feel that limits what can be done in "cloud computing".
Source:
What Does Cloud Computing Mean for You?
Labels: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud computing, Clouds, Google, Google Docs, Software as a service, United States, World Wide Web
written by Kalyan @ 5:32 PM,
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Google faces legacy system issues
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGoogle reported that its second quarter profit rose 35% but its flag ship ad business is slowing as the number of paid clicks at the Web giant continued to slow.Summary:
The #1 search engine that redefined internet is facing legacy system issues as they grow bigger and bigger as company. Getting ad money from YouTube has become a challenge for Google. YouTube with one billion plus page views got a meager $200 million last year. The challenge for Google is take their legacy applications which are popular with text ads to next level i.e. video ads. Besides technology issues the advertisers are hesitant to display their ads besides amateur videos. The lessons learned from Google's issues is that continuous focus is required on legacy systems by improving them to stay on top in the business.
Analysis :
I feel part of the revenue loss can be attributed to the cautious steps that Google is taking as infringement law suits are increasingly filed against YouTube business of Google. It is surprising to note that a world class company like Google lacks fully automated billing system for YouTube and the bills are counted manually. Advertisers had to pore over three separate legal contracts for Google sales people to get back to the advertisers shows how worse is the usability of the legacy system. The team found 105 ad sales problems with YouTube and 24 internal systems are touched to customize to what advertisers need, this shows us the growing problems of complicated system. It is good for Google that it faced similar issues in the past with the "Project Drano" because of overlap of sales database and disparate billing systems. With the current problems the "Project Spaghetti" is aimed to fix the issues and start gaining market share. Combining acquired companies sales systems is always a challenge in acquisitions.
Video:
Source : Google Push to Sell Ads On YouTube Hits Snags
Labels: Companies, Google, News and Media, Project Spaghetti, Search Engines, Searching, Weblogs, youtube
written by Kalyan @ 5:09 PM,
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Find location of person who is Googling your name
Find the location of person like from which town or state or country that he/she is Googling your name. Before knowing Ziggs.com the only other way I know was with Google Alerts which send you a mail of the search made but not the geographic information that you want. Ziggs is a free service and claims it will pinpoint the location of person Googling you from any part of the world.
Ziggs offers a global map pin pointing every location in the world from which you’ve been searched. In Ziggs, click on your Search Alerts link in the *Message Center of your Hub*. This feature requires logging on to Ziggs.com
Ziggs offers a global map pin pointing every location in the world from which you’ve been searched. In Ziggs, click on your Search Alerts link in the *Message Center of your Hub*. This feature requires logging on to Ziggs.com
Labels: Google
written by Kalyan @ 11:27 PM,
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My site statistics
My site has been doing good recently with topping 1670 visits on one weekend. The weekend traffic seems to be higher.The average vistors are around 400 per day.Here is how Google Anaytics shows the visitors count by day.
Thank to all of you who are silently promoting and P.R ing my site to increase traffic.
As one user commented - "Keep it real! Keep it alive!" is my new stolen tag line.
Thank to all of you who are silently promoting and P.R ing my site to increase traffic.
As one user commented - "Keep it real! Keep it alive!" is my new stolen tag line.
Labels: Google, mysitestatistics
written by Kalyan @ 11:21 AM,
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Google search warns about malicious software sites
Today I was searching in Google for MP3 players blog. This caught my attention as one of my search results say "This site may harm your computer" This is a good news that gives me peace of mind in browsing all those search result sites.
Why do some of my search results say "This site may harm your computer?"
Happy safe Googling.
Why do some of my search results say "This site may harm your computer?"
This warning message appears with search results that we've identified as sites that may install malicious software on your computer. We want our users to feel safer when they search the web, and we're continuously working to identify such dangerous sites and increase protection for our users.
Happy safe Googling.
Labels: Google, malacious software, This site may harm your computer, warning
written by Kalyan @ 12:03 AM,
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I'm Kalyan from Chicago, Illinois, United States. I write articles about Cricket matches and their reviews, Money saving Deals and tips, Immigration info related to Green Card or EAD or AP or H1-B, Road to MBA degree and afterwards. I'm writing in hope and passion that one person will be better because he or she benefits from these posts.
