Why Google plus won’t hurt Facebook, but Skype will hate it

Google launched its much awaited and highly anticipated social networking platform today to a limited number of users. Dubbed Google+ (Plus), the service may take its cue from social networking giant Facebook, but in the end it is about the harsh reality of Google saving and enhancing its core franchise — Google Search. It is search (and, by extension, advertising) that made Google a company that has run afoul of the Federal Trade Commission because of its huge size and influence. At the time of Google’s founding, search was broadly defined as a sifting through a directory of websites. As the web grew, search became all about pages. Google, with its PageRank, came to dominate that evolution of search. Today, search is not just about...

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8 Million Dollar iPhone 4

Apple iPhone has got millions of fans and now Stuart Hughes, a British jeweler has come up with a new iPhone 4 which has got over 500 diamonds and is priced at $8 million. The new iPhone has got 500 diamonds lined around the steel band and it has got 53 diamonds on the Apple logo which is located in the back cover of the iPhone. Stuart Hughes is known for remaking popular gadgets for an expensive price, this is yet another add on to his list. According to the sources, only two of such 8 million iPhone 4 will be developed. Coming to your budget now, do you think it really fits in your pocket? Do you have a budget of $8 Million for this sexy iPhone 4? I know most of you will say no. $8 million is an expensive price...

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What is bank

A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities: A central bank circulates money on behalf of a government and acts as its monetary authority by implementing monetary policy, which regulates the money supply. A commercial bank accepts deposits and pools those funds to provide credit, either directly by lending, or indirectly by investing through the capital markets. Within the global financial markets, these institutions connect market participants with capital deficits (borrowers) to market participants with capital surpluses (investors and lenders) by transferring funds from those parties who have surplus funds to invest (financial assets) to those parties who borrow funds to invest in real...

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How Google Works

 If you aren’t interested in learning how Google creates the index and the database of documents that it accesses when processing a query, skip this description. I adapted the following overview from Chris Sherman and Gary Price’s wonderful description of How Search Engines Work in Chapter 2 of The Invisible Web (CyberAge Books, 2001). Google runs on a distributed network of thousands of low-cost computers and can therefore carry out fast parallel processing. Parallel processing is a method of computation in which many calculations can be performed simultaneously, significantly speeding up data processing. Google has three distinct parts: Googlebot, a web crawler that finds and fetches web pages. The indexer that sorts every...

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Apple Introduces iCloud

Apple today introduced iCloud, a set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content and push it to all your devices. iCloud services include new versions of Contact, Calendar, and Mail; iCloud Backup and Storage; Photo Stream; and iTunes in the Cloud. And for just $24.99 a year, iTunes Match will give you all of the benefits of iTunes in the Cloud for music you haven’t purchased from iTunes. iCloud will be available this fall, along with iOS 5. A free beta version of iTunes in the Cloud is available today in the U.S. and requires iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3. Read more: apple.com/icl...

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Movie Review: 'Double Dhamaal'

"Double Dhamaal" — "Fun" in Hindi — features four goofy unemployed guys so desperate to strike it rich they will do just about anything to grab some cash. They are Adi (Arshad Warsi), Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi), Roy (Riteish Deshmukh) and Boman (Ashish Chowdhry), and they could easily be called the Four Stooges. The four hard-working comedians, director Indra Kumar and writer Tushar Hiranandani are awe-inspiring in their sheer stamina and seemingly inexhaustible energy in sustaining a 138-minute running time that by Hollywood standards is about 50 minutes too long for comedy but is typical for Bollywood. The film is amiably silly, gaudy and even pleasantly diverting for the non-Hindi-speaking viewer who realizes that the verbal gags...

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RA.One is for respect not money: SRK

“Kabhi kabhi jeetne ke liye kuchh haarna bhi padta hai (Sometimes to win something, you need to lose something)…” Shah Rukh Khan’s famous line from Baazigar (1993) rings trueas his home production, RA.One,gears up for a Diwali release. Reportedly, the superhero SFX adventure has already cost him Rs 150 crore, with an additionalRs 40 crore now going into print and other other publicity. The actor-filmmaker however isunperturbed by comparisons with Rajinikanth blockbuster Robot (2010) that was the most expensive Indian film evermade, and the biggest grosser too. Apprehensions about RA.One turning out to be a profitable venture are growing. “I don’t know about the budget of Robot, but when we started RA.One, I knew I could lose money...

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5 Reasons Internet Access in America is a Disaster

Right now, I'm typing this column from a friend's shed. At 1:30 a.m. -- it's 100 degrees inside. There is no bathroom. It smells like oil and gasoline from the lawnmower behind me. Why? Because Internet access in a large part of America is kind of fucked.When you hear people complain about it -- say, when somebody jokes about how jealous they are of their Korean friend's 50 MB/s connection -- everybody assumes they're complaining about how long it takes to torrent an HD movie or whining about a latency disadvantage in Call of Duty. FUCK!But that's not the real problem. First of all, I work on the Internet -- it's my full-time job, my employer's office is 2,000 miles away. And second, there are big chunks of the USA where,...

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How to Write the Perfect Love Letter :- Rupak (Trupasko)

Maybe your heart is beating wildly or maybe it is broken. Either way, you wish you could say what you feel, but every time you try, you come up short. Welcome to the complicated world of love! Take comfort in knowing that poets and statesmen have struggled with the same question—"How do I write the perfect love letter?" Here are some simple guidelines that can help. 1. Presentation. Use beautiful stationery (a neutral, soft color, such as cream or white) and a flair pen with black or brown ink—no blues, greens or reds! Remember, your Love Letter is being written to someone special. Hand-written letters are best. This is personal--you are not writing a business letter! 2. Ambience. Go to a secluded place and put on soft, romantic music....

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Mind over Body

You start slowly, moving your body and finding the rhythm. Your breath becomes faster and you explore new positions to see the effect. You generate heat and after the exertion come a great relaxation and peacefulness. Are we talking about a yoga class or lovemaking? How about both? Both yoga and sex are physical and emotional, uplifting and challenging, they both use the body to calm the mind and stimulate the spirit. So how can practicing yoga improve your sex life? On a physical level, yoga helps strengthen pelvic floor muscles and sex organs and accumulate energy to achieve better orgasms. Increased flexibility and a toned body give more self-confidence and help you to experiment with different positions. But more importantly,...

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By The End Of 2011, PayPal Expects To Process USD 3 Million In Mobile Payment

It is reported that PayPal is currently expected to process USD 3 million in mobile payment or m-commerce by the end of 2011.According to the report, it is that PayPal now has over 8 million users and USD 10 million per day in mobile payment volume. Though in India, Paypal has faced lot of objection from RBI (Reserve Bank Of India), it still persisted in the country given the fact it currently has huge growing market. In recent report released by Paypal, it received a growth of 16% reaching 97.7 million in Q1 2011. That means PayPal can have 97.7 million active registered accounts by the year e...

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Create your own "Facebook" Book

If you have been active on Facebook for some time, you’ll love Social Memories. This app analyzes your entire Facebook activity since June 2009 – your status updates, photo albums, events you’ve attended, places you checked-in, friends who you frequently interact with, etc. - and turns all this data all into an elegant printed book. Every page of this book is made of beautiful infographics offering new insights into your Facebook activities like when are you most active on Facebook, where do most of your friends live, your most popular Facebook pictures, etc. The way this data is presented in the book makes it all the more interesting. The Facebook book would cost you around $32 (with international shipping) but you don’t necessarily...

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Text Mirror Turns Web Pages into Plain Text

is an online tool that lets you read web pages in plain text. You specify a URL of a page, the tool will download that page on to its own servers, removes all the HTML tags and renders it for you in plain text. All browsers have a “Save as Text” feature but this tool sort-of preserves the layout of elements - text that originally appeared in the left sidebar of the page will still show up in the left side of the text-only document but everything else is removed from the page including hyperlinks. You can’t really do much with the output text expect for changing the color scheme. The question is why would anyone need a tool like TextMirror when there are far better alternatives in the form of Readability or even Instapaper? There are a few scenarios where you may use this too. One,...

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is wwe real ?

is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. It is currently the largest professional wrestling company in the world, reaching 13 million viewers in the U.S. and broadcasting its shows in 30 languages to more than 145 countries.[7] It promotes under two brands, known as Raw and SmackDown. Vince McMahon is the majority owner, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. Together with his wife Linda McMahon, and their children Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque (WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing), the McMahons hold approximately...

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In India, 3G Services Are Projected To Touch 50Million Subscribers By 2012

Research and Markets from Dublin, Ireland conducted a survey and the firm declared this Friday a report on “3G in India: Technology and Market Analysis“. This elucidated that by 2012, India will have a hike in the 3G services which will pull in almost 50 million subscribers from the nation.With the view that Indians love to talk, Indian telecom firms had bet for almost 102.7 crores in the latest 3G and BWA (Bradband Wireless Access) auctions. There has been a significant growth in the Indian telecom market and the average growth rate is 30%. The recent graph shows almost a steady user base of almost 600 million of the population in India.It is estimated that by 2012, 3G will spread like wildfire to almost 50 million subscribers. The most sought...

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Fidelity Growth Partners Invests $15 million in Classteacher.com

Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI) has invested upto $15 million to acquire a minority stake in Mind Shaper Technologies, the company behind Classteacher.com. The investment would be used to expand ClassTeacher.com’s portfolio.Classteacher.com provides technology solutions to primary and secondary schools. It started 10 years ago and now has over 500 schools and more than half a million students using their technology. The company’s catalogue boasts of an impressive 85,000 teaching modules spanning across different educational boards.It has software and hardware solutions for schools to assist them in management, administration, productivity and communication. They also have an offering called ‘Virtual School’ which is an internet...

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Al-Qaeda releasing their new force

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After the Iron Gate (SLC)

As we pass the much awaited ‘Iron Gate’, we enter a world which is full of opportunity and choices. Presently in Nepal, we have three different types of curriculum that students can choose from with all three having their pros and cons. +2, IB or A levels - what is your choice after SLC? Ten + Two The rigid curriculum is supposed to make the student more focused on their careers right from the beginning. Karma Pakhrin, 18 11, Himalayan White House International College Why +2? +2 is a system that has been running successfully in Nepal from a long time. There are other courses like A Levels as well but they are new and are yet to be trusted. So, I went for +2 to pursue my after-SLC education. This is a curriculum developed by Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and is associated with...

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Best courses After SLC

Things have changed from the first School Leaving Certificate [SLC] board exam in 1933 where only 34 students toiled their way through the tough tests to 2004 when 949 SLC centers across the country saw a total of 313,216 students. Results are scheduled to come out sometime this month and a good many of the students that get through the 'iron gates' can look forward to what else but more school! Cheer up, because a good education almost guarantees a gold-plated future. And so this issue, we help post- SLC students who are relishing their time off from school to take a quick trip back to their academic future.There are plenty of options for the post-SLC students if the showy advertisements of educational institutions are anything...

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