Windows Live Essentials 2011 : Facebook Chat, Linkedin, MySpace, Flickr and Much More [Review]

Indeed India is one of the most emerging markets for Facebook by all the ways. Constantly, company has put multi level efforts and investments to have substantial impact on Indian people in last couple of years. Most interestingly, in September, Facebook has witnessed positive surge among older users in India as well as abroad.

As per a report from Inside Facebook, users aged 35 to 44 grew by nearly 20 percent in India in September. This excites the company due to sign of Maturity and expansion of Facebook in India beyond its usual stronghold among younger users.

As a tendency of Old age groups, Older users often get enthralled by the moves of teens and young generation and follow them their footmarks – especially when it comes to joining the stuffs like social networking & online presence. Facebook is no exception with the mature markets where users between 55 -65 age group are leading the way in United States, Canada and Argentina.

However, Facebook is still driven by young users who enjoy the aroma of tons of features and stands between 18 – 25 age group. Undoubtedly, this young age group holds the vital role in Facebook growth in India as population naturally skews younger.

Facebook Growth in India

Facebook has been grown to 13.5 million users in India alone in September. The 8.7 percent growth is the fastest rate among all 16 of the major markets claimed by Inside Facebook. With more than 1 billion population, Indian economy is still awaiting to reach to the real potential of growth. With such strong future commitment and potential, Indian market has been one of the major focus areas for Facebook. Recent inauguration of the Facebook office in Hyderabad, which started functioning from Thursday 30 September 2010, is a real example of this.

Apparently, India is one of the last major markets where Facebook had lagged a competitor, namely Google’s Orkut. Facebook has recently surpassed the Orkut, another the major social networking website in India, by securing more Unique users, according to Google Ad Planner.

However, Indian still has long way to go especially when it comes to Social media. Despite of huge Market potential and reputation as a technology hub across the globe, penetration is still extremely low with the social network reaching just 1.2 percent of the country’s 1.1 billion people. According to Economic Times of India, Internet is reaching only to 81 million users across the country and daily active users are further low.

To count in Business scenario, Facebook is slowly gaining reputation and hold among the Indian brands and companies. By launching few business oriented features like Pages and News & Feeds, Facebook is trying its best to hold the control with corporate like Linkedin.

On the other hand Facebook is trying to join the hands with few existing market leaders in India which have substantial reach to Indian customers. Recently Facebook signed a deal with Bharti Airtel in July to bring free access to http://m.facebook.com so local users won’t have to use up their credits for logging in to the site. Analysts feel that without integration with phone & mobile it will be difficult to reach the double-digit figure for Facebook in India.

With such efforts, activities, investments and collaboration, Facebook seems to be riding high with the future growth of country’s economy and internet business for sure.

Report & Images Credentials: Inside Facebook

Tips & Tricks: Amazing Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7

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If you are reading this post that means you are among those who use his computer extensively and highly depends on the computer of various tasks. Specially for professionals who need to execute multiple tasks at the same time with the maximum use of Keyboard. With the launch of new OS Windows 7, Microsoft integrated many more keyboard oriented features which allows to have better control over various tasks.

Windows 7 is one of the most successful OS from Microsoft in recent time. One of our previous reports says that Microsoft is selling 7 license of Windows 7 each second which speaks about the growing popularity itself. Faster performance, better integration and less flaws made people to adopt Windows 7 rapidly.

However, with such extensive in-built features, it is also difficult for people to be aware about each and every feature of exhaustive OS. Generally, there are many hidden features with Windows 7 which still need to be addressed by people. ON account of that here are some of amazing keyboard shortcuts of Windows 7, you may not be aware of, which can allow you to have superb control over OS through keyboard itself.

Before explaining those features we would like you to know that some of these shortcuts will only work if Windows Aero is enabled. If the Aero effects are disabled on your computer, it might not be powerful enough to support resource intensive graphical features. The visual effects may also have been disabled to increase overall performance.

Aero Effect

[Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)
Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop.

[Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)
Show or hide the desktop.
[Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)
Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again.
[Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)
Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen.
[Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
Maximized and restores the selected window.
[Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only.
[Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)
Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them.

Windows & Taskbar

[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow
Flip window.
[Alt] + [Tab]
Cycle through open windows.

[Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T]
Move focus to front or back of taskbar. Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with [SHIFT] button held too, from right to left.
[Windows] + [B]
Puts focus on the ’show hidden icons’ button on the system tray.
[Windows] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [9]
Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar.
[Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9]
Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon.
[Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9]
Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.
[Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9]
Opens jump list for respective icon.

Multiple Monitors

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + right arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + left arrow
Move selected window from one monitor to another. They will remain in the same relative location.
[Windows] + [P]
Select presentation display mode.

Magnifier

[Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] + [-]
Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen.
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
Switch to docked mode.
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
Switch to lense mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode.
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]
Invert colors.
[Windows] + [Esc]
Exist magnifier views.

Other

[Windows] + [G]
Cycle through desktop gadgets.
[Windows] + [X]
Launches Windows Mobility Center. Especially useful if you’re working on a laptop.

You Can Expect Nokia N8 Smartphones In Hands – Nokia Starts Shipping

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September 30, 2010

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Much awaited and one of the most anticipated smartphone from Nokia has been started to ship today. Nokia’s N8, first phone ever which is running on Symbian 3, has been started to reach to customers hand who have been pre-booked the phone from August through Nokia’s website.

However, The availability of the phone will vary country to country. The company will respect and be committed for the customers who have shown interest and trust in Nokia and pre-booked the phone, the company said. Company is expecting to move further with broader rollout over the coming few weeks.

After much of rumors of delay in rollout, which later denied by Nokia, company has released the phone on schedule time. Due to high competition from Apple and Samsung Nokia was going through tremendous pressure from market to release N8 as soon as possible. While Nokia just witnessed a major change at CEO level, it was important for new leader to have successful and timely launch of first product after he took control.

Nokia’s hogly anticipated first smartphone which is running on Symbian 3 has already managed to capture th large number of preorders in Nokia history, as claimed by company. Consumers started booking the phone from August when company opened the website for orders.

Nokia’s new baby, N8 sports a 3.5-inch AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) touch screen with a 640×360 glass display. Built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n provide the connectivity. But it’s in the area of multimedia where the phone is aiming to shine. Therefore company has recently released World’s Smallest Character Animated Film which was shot through Nokia N8 itself.

With Nokia dubbing it the world’s best camera phone, the N8 incorporates a 12-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and a Xenon flash intended to let people snap high-quality photos. The phone can also record and play HD videos and offers both HDMI output and Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound, so it can be hooked up to a TV and home theater system. Users can edit their photos and videos on the phone and then transfer them to an external hard drive via the built-in micro USB connector or upload them to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.

For entertainment on the go, the N8 lets people tune into Web TV with such channels as CNN, E Entertainment, Paramount, and National Geographic.

Nokia has beefed up its Ovi Store for the N8 with access to a greater variety of mobile apps. The free Ovi Maps turns the N8 into a GPS device by providing walk and drive directions throughout more than 70 countries, Nokia said. The Ovi Maps app also lets people view public transportation in 85 cities around the world and tap into real-time traffic, speed limit warnings, and access to parking garages and gas stations.

The N8 the first in a series of smartphones that Nokia plans to release based on the new Symbian 3 software.

Twitter Surpasses MySpace with 96 Million Unique Visitors [Analysis]

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September 29, 2010

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The new piece of information is surely going to excite the Twitter management, specially to company’s Chief Operating Officer Dick Costolo who is going to address several news conferences and seminars in coming days – Twitter has managed to cross over MySpace, one time highly appreciated social networking web portal, in terms of monthly unique visitors last month.

According to latest report released by online research firm ComScore Inc, four-year-old-micro blogging website Twitter.com has become No3 social networking-type service provider in the world after surpassing MySpace in Unique Visitors figures. While the difference is marginal, Twitter shows promising growth in coming months.

In August, Twitter reserved 96 million unique visitors against MySpace which stands with 95 million visitors in the same month. However, Twitter manages to grow 76% compare to drop of 17% of MySpace from the same period last year.

Furthermore Twitter’s growth is going to be exponential, as expected by company, after the launch of new design at www.twitter.com which has been launched two weeks ago. New design seems to follow Facebook and could draw in users two uses the services through third party tools like TweetDeck.

However, both Twitter and MySpace are dwarfed by Facebook, which grew by 54% to 598 million unique visitors in August, and Microsoft’s Windows Live Profile, which integrates with the company’s web-based email and other services and had more than 140 million visitors.

At the other hand Microsoft is also not giving up its place so easily. Constantly company is putting efforts for retaining its share, atleast, of Windows Live. Currently Windows Live Profile has been growing at a pace of about 10% per year. For the past year Google’s Orkut service has remained flat, at about 55 million visitors, with most users being located in India and Brazil.

Why MySpace lagged behind

The growth of Twitter is not a magical night move. Constant loss of users, failure to add new features and getting the visitors pulse wrong were few major reasons which pulled MySpace down.

However, there is no direct comparison between Twitter and MySpace as both the companies serves different set of functionality to similar user base. While MySpace offers feature like music sharing, chatting, photo sharing and self personal networking Twitter is more focused on instant messaging distribution and forced networking (followers) concept.

Another main reason behind Twitter’s success is language functionality. While Twitter is a multilingual service, MySpace is still available in only 15 languages which make the adoption of MySpace services restricted to geographies. Twitter is much simpler in terms of usage through mobile than MySpace. While MySpace offers only networking services, Twitter take advantage of networking as well as micro-blogging service offerings.

Some of the analysts credit Facebook for such steep decline in MySpace’s popularity. Since Twitter also got launched almost the same time with Facebook, it’s enjoying indirect benefits from the enormous growth of Facebook. Facebook blew past MySpace back in early 2008 to take the top spot globally, according to ComScore data

The seven-year-old MySpace, meanwhile, is trying to cast itself as the place to try out new music and entertainment, and a platform for musicians to interact with fans. It also is working on overhauling its home page.

“Any comparisons between MySpace and other Internet services are irrelevant as MySpace’s mix of offerings is uniquely different and specifically focused on audiences under the age of 35,” said Rosabel Tao, a MySpace spokeswoman, in a statement. (MySpace is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.)

Carolyn Penner, a Twitter spokeswoman said in a statement: “While we generally don’t comment on third-party statistics, the growth measured by others doesn’t surprise us. We’re seeing 370,000 new accounts a day.”

With such passionate comments, it would be interesting to see the future of Social Networking portals specially when Twitter will compete with Facebook (we hope so one day ).

Indian Govt. All Set To Roll Out Rajya Sabha TV: Launch On November 7, 2010

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September 29, 2010

The soon to be launched Rajya Sabha TV has been modelled on the lines of the government’s existing channel for the lower house, Lok Sabha TV (LSTV). Rajya Sabha TV will be dedicated to the coverage of live broadcast of all the happenings of the upper house. As per the afaqs news,it is learnt that the channel will be headed by Gurdeep Singh Sappal, chief executive officer. Currently, Sappal is OSD (officer on special duty) to Hamid Ansari, the Vice-President of India.

In 2006, the Government of India replaced the existing channel, DD Loksabha, with the 24 hour LSTV. The channel is owned and operated by the Lok Sabha. The motive behind launching LSTV was to provide Indians easy and ready access to minute-by-minute proceedings of the lower house of the government.LSTV broadcasts live proceedings of the Lok Sabha. When the house is not in session, the channel airs various cultural and educational programmes along with panel discussions and interviews.

As is the case with LSTV, Rajya Sabha TV, a 24 hour channel, will also be available in both English and Hindi. The channel will also make available the proceedings of the upper house in five other regional languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Oriya and Urdu.The multiple language feed of Rajya Sabha TV aims to ensure that the daily happenings comprising question hour and other minute-to-minute proceedings of the Rajya Sabha reaches a wider set of the audience. As far as the Indian audience is concerned, it would surely love to witness the activities of the janta’s representatives in the houses, who are responsible for bringing constructive change in the country!

Meet BlackBerry “PlayBook” – Most Anticipated Tablet from RIM

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September 28, 2010

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As we reported in our post last week, finally the day comes when Research in Motion was all set to unveils company’s first ever, indeed most anticipated, Tablet PC to the world. At BlackBerry Developer’s conference in San Francisco, president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis kickeed off the events with widely anticipated news: Tablet PC from RIM.

Named as BlackBerry “PlayBook”, previously anticipated as “BlackPad”, is a “Flash-loving,” “device-pairing,” “enterprise-ready” tablet with an “uncompromised browsing experience” on a 7-inch screen. It is 9.7 millimeters thick and features a high-res wide screen display that supports 1080p with HDMI and USB ports.

Not for anyone to guess, company has revealed the new tablet will be powered with new Tablet OS which is built on the QNX Neutrino architecture. Betting high on “PlayBook” and latest OS , company touts as one of the most “reliable, secure and robust” architectures.

PlayBook seems to be a powerful and multifunctional enterprise device which can perform various task at the same time. However, when it comes to battery life, as it required by any powerful MFDs, company kept the lips tightly closed. We are still figuring out what remains behind such move. Besides, company prefered not to disclose the commercial terms & aspects at this point of time which kept people guessing about the pricing of PlayBook.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaez_4m9mQ&feature=player_embedded

Over and above company ahs released the technical specification of PlayBook as ;

7″ LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
1 GHz dual-core processor
1 GB RAM
Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
HDMI video output
Wi-Fi — 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
Ultra thin and portable:
Measures 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
Additional features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets.
RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future

Unfortunately company has no plans to go for sales this year. The device will be available in U.S. only in early next year with the roll out plans in the geographies in second quarter of next year. This made most of the people disappointed as Apple and Samsung are already in the market and slowly pushing people to get fascinated towards their device.

From the Internet accessibility feature, initially device will be a Wi-Fi powered which can be paired with BlackBerry Smartphone. Company is also having plans to roll out 3G and 4G model later.

Want to see PlayBook in Action. Here is a launch video of one of the most anticipated tablet from RIM for you to enjoy:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmmnfxdYpdk

Soon, we will be getting technical details analysis of PlayBook. Keep following this thread guys.

Android Based Tablet at Just Rs. 8999/-

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September 27, 2010

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The enormous success of Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab has influenced many other vendors to launch similar Tablet Devices in cost constraint countries like India. Latest, Binatone, a UK based manufacturer of landline phones and GPS devices, has announced the launch of its Android based tablet in India today.

Company has named the newly launched device as “Home Surf Touch Tablet”, loaded with Android 1.6 and is quite a sleek looker, as reported by Techtree. The new Tablet device is equipped with an 8-inch resistive screen and supports Wi-Fi, 2 GB onboard storage and has 128 MB of RAM. The tablet is powered by an ARM 11 667 MHz processor. While the specs might not be top-of-the-line, you get a decent tablet for the price – especially when you compare the speculated price of the iPad and the Galaxy Tab (which are expected to cost way beyond the Rs. 30k mark) whenever they are launched in India.

In next 12 months Binatone plans to invest Rs. 50 crores towards technology, product development and marketing. A company spokesperson added that Binatone products are ‘Indianized’ with special features like ‘Audio boost’, ‘Power saver’ and ‘Binatone Zone’, which all have been carefully market researched and implemented to address the specific Indian needs.

An attractive price label of Rs. 8995/-, surely the new device is going to be an eye-catching for users, specially when for them who wants to have hands-on experience on Android based Tablet with cost factor. However, it would be interesting to see how far “Home Surf Touch Tablet” satisfies the expectations of potential users.

Hopefully, we are going to get you a details review of “Home Surf Touch Tablet” soon. !

“You Get A Life” – Claims New window Phone 7 Ads

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September 27, 2010

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It is always excitement to see how big companies positions their new baby, especially via ads in which they promises the mountains. Being as one of the Windows users for years, I was also excited when I first heard about Windows Phone 7 release which is reportedly to be launch on 8 November this year. Two new ads of Windows Phone 7, also featuring upcoming HTC Modrian phone, have been truly emotional which has never been seen from Microsoft earlier.

However, two new ads, which appear slightly unfinished, have leaked via WMPowerUser, and there is no hammer and sickle, no mention of Cuba, not even some sad, slick promise that your life will be revolutionized

For myself, I am pleased that my future watching of the NFL and the San Francisco Giants’ torture-filled hurtle toward the playoffs will not be interrupted by Microsoft promising me some techie nirvana but, instead, a human one. I know many of you will be fascinated at the appearance of the HTC Mondrian in these ads, a device that might even be making its debut before your eyes.

One thing clearly stands out from both the ads that upcoming phone is really going to be a revolutionary product for people and more importantly for Microsoft itself. Microsoft hasn’t often managed to sit an emotional zeitgeist on its lap and tickle it gently, it is thoroughly uplifting to consider a Microsoft product as being both focused on a human truth and just very slightly subversive.

We would like to present both the ads and leave it on you that how far this much ambitious phone is going to get you closer to life.

Is Windows Phone 7 Ready to Launch on November 8 ?

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September 27, 2010

Two web publications have independently reported that Windows Phone 7 will launch in Europe on October 21. They both cite sources “familiar” with Microsoft and its plans. Microsoft is under tremendous pressure to launch Windows Phone 7, specially after the launch of iPhone 4 from Apple, GalaxyS from Samsung and N8 from Nokia.

While we’re keeping this in the rumor category, it does seem to add up. Previous reports have named October, and Microsoft just a few weeks ago announced that the Windows Phone 7 software is ready for release. It’s just a matter of when manufacturers will be shipping their phones.

The initial report from Spanish website El Economista said the phones would be released in Spain on October 21, but another report that popped up at Neowin added the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy to the list. Neither report gives any indication as to when Windows Phone 7 will launch in the United States, but it’s a safe bet that the U.S. launch would occur within a few days of the European one.

Neowin also reports that Microsoft will show off its phones at an event in New York City on October 11, and that Microsoft will partner with a popular London-based radio station to promote the phones in the UK.

Latest, another online digital publishers Engadget has reported the launch of such phone on November 8. Engadget informed that Microsoft expert Paul Thurrott updated that while Redmond’s indeed holding an October 11th shindig in NYC, it’s not a Windows Phone event… but his source tells him the long-lost US launch date is actually November 8th.

Windows Phone 7 has some very promising features, but this weekend some techies were disappointed to hear that Microsoft doesn’t plan to support data tethering with the devices. Will you be picking one up anyway?

Samsung Galaxy Tab – Live in Action; A Thorough Video Overview

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September 24, 2010

If you are among the ones who are enthralled with the Samsung’s latest bet in Tablet market – Samsung Galaxy Tab – but still struggling with your own mindset towards its features, then you must be thankful for Samsung for this video – probably one of the most enhanced and detailed video overview of any Tablet yet.

A nine minute long official video which demonstrates the basic features of the device, including the email client, seems very impressive and promising. Samsung’s official video tries to convince the viewers towards the smooth navigation and easy zoom feature.

Loaded with Android 2.2, Galaxy Tab also demonstrate the minimum navigation and clicks while using its email client. Multiple integration of Facebook, Gmail and Hotmail in calendar is another feature which really impress the viewers.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAbsmHMAhrQ&feature=player_embedded#!

Video also displays Gmail account with what appears to be starred emails. However, it’s not clear if those stars are actually tied to Gmail. So, is a star just a star, or a star? Just one of many things to ponder as you watch the complete video after the break.

Just last week company has launched the device in U.S. market and getting good response from the customers. As per the few reports, Samsung can possibly launch Galaxy Tab in India by end of October of early November this year.

Want To Know What’s New With Google – Try “Google New” [Video]

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September 24, 2010

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One will dumb if he express’ his unawareness about Google Search, Gmail, Picasa or Google Map. But have you ever heard about Google Goggles, Google Health, Google Translate, Google Ketchup or Google checkout ? If you are Google Freak then all above Google services may not tickle your eyes but how many of you are really aware of? If you are Google Fan and always want to be on top of the information & latest release from Google, then here is something which you should surely check out.

No more digging for Google updates, No blog exploration and no googling even. The new service called “Google New” delivers information about all new updates, services or solution from company instantly as single source.

“Google New” gives you the chance to see the latest products, updates and features at a glance, and if you want to dig a little deeper, it’ll help you do that too. Currently company is working on various new features and solution extensively. In last couple of months Google has gone through rounds of changes in its search technology, many new acquisitions and path breaking solutions development. However, many people are not aware about all such features and new releases which creates substantial impact on company’s exponential growth and exposure.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7jGchLAWE&feature=player_embedded#at=23

Therefore, company was working on a common platform which can deliver updated information about all new Google activities and ensure the maximum adoption of such services by people. If you want to know what have you missed for Google, check out the “Google New”.

Digital Games Reach To Indian TV Viewers Via DTH

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September 23, 2010

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Gaming industry is witnessing huge surge in popularity. Be it Adults of Children, fascination towards it has gone so deep that people have made it as a new way of relaxation. Not too late, companies are working towards the trend and making it possible for people to be connected with various games by all possible manners. Following the same trend now another Indian DTH service company TATA Sky, one of the major player in DTH services, has launched “Active Games” services to all its subscriber across the India.

Just few months back Reliance Big TV, another major DTH service provider, had launched the similar services in partnership with Indiagames.

All Tata Sky customers can subscribe to the Active Games service and enjoy a wide variety of genres like sports, action, adventure, arcade, cards and racing that would be refreshed every month. Initially Tata sky has planned to launch 50 games on their platform throughout the year out of which, 6 games would be available for subscribers daily. One of the most interesting and exciting games; Yuvraj Singh Cricket has been conceptualized and developed by Hungama Studios exclusively for Tata Sky.

To encourage gamers and other people company has integrated “Leader Board ranking” for players. Leader Board will display the list of Top 10 Gamers on the leader board with auto refresh facility.

“The key hallmark of Tata Sky has been the bouquet of interactive services being offered to our subscribers. These services are no longer just value added services; they are becoming the core business, which is why Tata Sky continues to innovative and build on its core offering of interactivity. With DTH gaining a very strong foothold into the Indian pay TV market, Gaming could be the next big step after Education. The advantage with Tata Sky’s gaming service is that it is easily accessible, affordable and can be enjoyed by every member of the family with no age bar.” says Mr Vikram Mehra – Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Sky Ltd.

The service is available at attractive subscription fees of Rs. 40 per month. However, In order to make it more user attractive, company will provide free 15 days trial period for any game to which will help users to have hands-on experience of that game.

“The concept of gaming has caught up well in India and is gaining rapid pace. The worldwide gaming market is expected to reach $42 billion by 2010, growing at CAGR of nearly 18% over 2006-2010. At Hungama Game Studio we have created a bouquet of games that are engaging and addictive for the average gaming enthusiast.” said by Mr. Neeraj Roy, MD and CEO, Hungama Digital Media who were commenting on the latest partnership.

Novell launches Novell Cloud Manager

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September 23, 2010

Novell Inc., a leading provider of infrastructure software, recently announced the launch of Novell cloud manager. This new solution will allow users to create and manage cloud computing environment more efficiently as compared with proprietary technology stacks.

With the official launch of Cloud Manager, Novell continues to proceed on the path of cloud computing, which includes its WorkloadIQ product roadmap, a series of products catering to the needs of intelligent workload management (IWM). Novell’s Cloud Manager makes it easy for customers to build and keep tabs on their private cloud computing environments as an extension of existing data center resources.

WorkloadIQ assists in integrating identity and security into information technology (IT) workloads, thereby enabling customers to deliver IT services to end users across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Novell Cloud Manager helps clients speed up their IT services. It automatically creates and deploys workloads into the virtual environment based on some pre-defined workload templates. This shortens workload provisioning time span, making the entire process faster and smoother.

Built from the ground up as a cloud computing management platform, Novell Cloud Manager is one of the few cloud management products to offer a single, comprehensive console that all stakeholders – business unit leaders, application teams and IT management – can use to request, approve, manage and report on IT services across their entire infrastructure. It is hypervisor-agnostic, which is becoming more important as today’s enterprises increasingly deploy a mix of hypervisors in their data centers.

Novell Cloud Manager currently supports multiple hypervisors such as VMware Inc.’s vSphere, Microsoft Corp.’s Hyper-V and open source Xen. The solution also supports operating systems such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat Inc’s Enterprise Linux.

This flexibility allows clients to select only what they really need, thereby reducing unnecessary hardware and software costs. Moreover, the Cloud Manager ensures security and privacy to the cloud. A built in connector to Novell Sentinel allows security managers to correlate events from Novell Cloud Manager with other events detected in the cloud or any other location.

Novell is very optimistic about its new Cloud Manager though it will face stiff competition from VMware Lifecycle Mnager, DynamicOPS VRM, BMC Software Inc.’s Cloud Lifecycle Manager and Hewlett Packard Co.’s Insight Orchestration.

Linkedin Will Provide Rating & Reviews of B2B Service Providers

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September 23, 2010