OLX India Rules The Mobile World Of Classified Ads

April 8, 2014 By Abhishek Prakash Leave a Comment

OLX.in which has turned out to be a game changer in India for classified ads, is ruling the mobile world as well. has over 10 million installs in less than 3 months which is a clear proof of OLX’s growing popularity.

If you do not know already, OLX.in is an online portal for classified ads. While such sites are common in first world countries, it is first of well managed and smartly promoted websites in India. In fact, OLX can be credited for creating a consumer-to-consumer selling market segment in India which does not even existed before OLX.

Unlike the traditional way, on OLX users can put up their used goods, be it electronics, furniture or clothes. That’s not it, one can sell literally everything, this is why it originally campaigned as “sab kuch bikta hai” (everything is being sold here). Buyers can choose from a vast selection of used items, under their budget, within their comfort zone, right from their computer/mobile screen. OLX doesn’t sells the products on its own. It just provides a platform for buyers and for the sellers, both common people.

You can assess its popularity by the fact that OLX.in gets over a billion views per month. OLX’s “bech de” campaign is a part of gen-next lingo. In short, OLX has changed the way India used to sell its used item.

The fact that youth of India spends most of its internet time on mobile instead of desktop, forced OLX to have a native app with clean interface and easy to navigate design. This resulted in its Android app which, as stated earlier, has already been a huge hit with over 10 millions download in less than 3 months. With 4+ average rating on Android, OLX is ruling the Android world as well.

You can download OLX app for other mobile platform as well. OLX is available on all major mobile platform such as iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry etc.

Have you tried OLX on mobile? How is your experience? DO share it with us.

Christmas Tree spoted in London powered with brussels sprout battery

December 18, 2013 By Kiran Yasmin Leave a Comment

When it comes to name the celebrations of Christmas and New Year Eve in London, then one should be assured that every festive would bring plenty of celebration ideas and opportunities for us. Why not, London being the hub of Europe cannot remain behind in the race of dominance and festive celebrations.

London Christmas Tree is yet another pleasant holiday decoration situated in Southbank London. If you are looking for some glittering fruits and sparkling vegetables in London, then don’t wait for the Christmas Day and reach the spot where this amazing Christmas tree has been spotted. The tree’s vegetables and fruits are not something you can eat—lol but you can just enjoy glimpse their shine and enjoy their multi-colors as they are powered by vegetable-powered battery.

Thanks to Brussels sprout battery for enhancing the look and charm of this electric tree.

The Christmas tree was sustainably engineered and unveiled a few days ago, and since then you wouldn’t believe I could see tremendous rush of people who had brought their kids to this fun and excitement filling electric tree.

The Christmas tree is packed up with five power cells in its battery system; each cell contains 200 fabulous bulbous green heads. To beautify the tree more, the heads have been laced wonderfully with different colors to create an incredible sparkling environment. We should also say thanks to the engineers who have created such a marvelous battery tree in the hub of the city just to please and amaze the visitors and let them have the opportunity to add a plus to their Christmas celebrations.

The zinc and copper electrodes create chemical reactions to boost the natural electrolyte process, thus producing 63 volts electricity to empower the Christmas tree’s cells. Enough energy is produced to let the LED lights of the tree illuminate throughout the night.

I am sure you would also enjoy our post Gearing Up for Christmas.

Google PageRank Update Is Back In 2013

December 6, 2013 By Abhishek Prakash Leave a Comment

Contrary to popular belief, Google Pagerank is not dead. Many SEO gurus predicted that Google will not release any Pagerank update in the year 2013. But guess what? Google surprised them with a Google Pagerank update on 5-6 December 2013. Sort of year end gift for so many bloggers out there. You can check Google Pagerank for your blog here.

Generally, Google used to release Pagerank update every 3-4 months. But there has been no updates since last February. This leaded many to believe that Google has dropped Pagerank like several other dead Google projects.

Pagerank is usually an indicator of a website’s reputation. It is usually determined by how many websites link to a certain website. It also depends upon the weight of the link which means one link from a big website (with better Pagerank) will be more ‘valuable’ than several links from low Pagerank websites. You can read this article to know in detail how Google Pagerank is determined.

As you can see Google Pagerank for both of our blogs Computer And You and It’s FOSS (an authority blog on Ubuntu) has been decreased from 3 to 2 despite the increase in traffic and backlinks. It’s time for me to determine what I have been doing wrong that my Pagerank decreased. Meanwhile you can have a look at the history of Google Pagerank update:

History of Google Pagerank update:

Google PageRank Update in 2013

February 04th 2013

Google PageRank Update in 2012

November 07th 2012
August 02th 2012
May 02th 2012
February 07th 2012

Google PageRank Update in 2011

November 08th 2011
June 27th 2011
January 20th 2011

Google PageRank Update in 2010

April 03rd 2010

Google PageRank Update in 2009

December 30th 2009
October 30th 2009
June 25th 2009
May 27th 2009
April 1st 2009

Google PageRank Update in 2008

December 31st 2008
September 26th 2008
July 25th 2008
April 30th 2008
February 29th 2008

Google PageRank Update in 2007

December 12th 2007
October 28th 2007
April 30th 2007
January 25th 2007
January 10th 2007

Google PageRank Update in 2006

September 28th 2006
July 30th 2006
April 4th 2006
April 7th 2006
February 18th 2006
May 27th 2006
January 30th 2006
January 4th 2006

How did this Google Pagerank update work for you? Did it increase or decrease?? Was this Pagerank update up to your expectation?? Do share your views.

Samsung Puts Up Billboard With An Embarrassing Typo

November 30, 2013 By Abhishek Prakash 2 Comments

Meaning of a sentence is changed just by the order of words, comma, full stop etc. A full stop (.) means end of sentence while three dots (…) extends the sentence. Philosophy and grammar aside, a typo (missing space) on a billboard put for Samsung Galaxy Note has changed the meaning completely.

Most of the touch devices are used by fingers. Samsung, in an effort to emphasis on the use stylus with Galaxy Note, tried to put up an advertisement:

Pen is, mightier than the finger.

Unfortunately, the typo lead to an altogether different meaning with the missing space between ‘Pen’ and ‘is’:

Penis, mightier than the finger.

I don’t need to tell you what does it mean 😛 But this typo is certainly embarrassing for Samsung.

By the way. Twitter is abuzz with rumors that this was a deliberate attempt from Samsung to grab attention. The use of comma in the tagline indicates the same.

[Update] Samsung responded:

Samsung spokesperson termed these pictures a ‘fake’. In its response Samsung said:

The alleged typo on a Galaxy Note 10.1 billboard, of course, is fake. Attached is the actual photo from Cromford Road, London as well as the link on Google maps of the actual site below.

Samsung provided this of the street where this billboard was placed. When I checked, there was a different advertisement in Google Streen view, quite naturally, as its not live.

What you think of it?? Is it deliberate or a typo??

ASUS unleashes 27” WQHD LED-backlit Monitor in India

November 14, 2013 By Kiran Yasmin Leave a Comment

ASUS has no doubt given a new direction to the world of technology. The company with its team of about four thousand engineers and thirteen thousand employees around the globe, is committed to unveil top notch motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones.

Only a few days ago, ASUS had launched a unique and tinniest pocket router–WL-330NUL and during the summer I remember that the company had come up with its Dual-GPU Graphics Card. And now it unleashes its PB278Q monitor in India. This creative device is equipped with the following distinctive features;

1. 2560 x 1440 WQHD LED-backlit

2. User-friendly display

3. Amazing connectivity made possible with native WQHD content support and Dual-link DVI

4. Trace free video technology

5. Dual-link DVI cable and VGA cable

6. Audio cable with Power cord

7. Availalable in Phys. dimension with Stand(WxHxD):643×552.3×218 mm

8. Twin built-in 3W speakers

9. The box dimension(WxHxD):755x470x224 mm

10. Envision bigger with 2560 x 1440 WQHD, packing four times the pixel density of 720p

11. The screen’s 109PPI density is what can let the users enjoy 109 RGB matrices within one inch

Well, it seems that like always, ASUS is committed this time as well to make its product enhanced and catchy for the users. The fact behind the success story of every technology oriented product ASUS releases is that the developers and makers’ endless efforts and creative abilities.

Mr. Vinay Shetty–head of ASUS in India said,

“The all new ASUS PB278Q monitor is undoubtedly the best choice for professional users as well as for watching movies and gaming. With its WQHD display, you enjoy 77% more desktop space than a full HD screen and it is also about 25% sharper than a generic 27” full HD display. This 27” WQHD-backlit multi-featured monitor will prove a suitable device for home and office space because of its innovative and user friendly design. The monitor also provides extensive connectivity with native WQHD content support”

The professional 27” WQHD LED-backlit monitor would be sold with three years warranty.

Scientists to Unveil Robotic Legs for Stimulating Healthy Limbs

November 13, 2013 By Kiran Yasmin Leave a Comment

The development of prosthetics (a robotic technique which duplicated the natural movement of human legs) is not less than a blessing for the human beings. Due to the recent advancements in robotic technology and creation of prosthetics, the scientists are now focusing on the dramatic improvements of lower limbs mobility to maintain human health.

This pioneer research is the gift of Mr. Michael Goldfarb, the H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering and his fellows at VanderbiltUniversity’s Center for Intelligent Mechatronics. They have developed the world’s leading and advanced prosthetic/artificial legs which would work as normal human legs, but putting lesser stress and reducing the risks of falling on their bodies. These amazingly created robotic legs would help the humans improve the mobility of limb amputees and allow them negotiate uneven floors quite easily.

Talking about the size and weight of these amazing robotic legs, I must appreciate the efforts of the scientists that both size and weight are reliable enough (not too heavy in weight and bigger in size). The creators have developed them in a way that they can easily fit the biological legs’ size and play the role of natural legs without letting the users feel irritated.

Mr. Goldfarb and his team seem to be really excited about this new creation. They are of the view that since a long, they were struggling to develop some highly effective lower-limb prosthetics and finally they seem to get success in the mission. They have planned to unveil the new robotic prosthetic soon. It would be powered with artificially created knee and ankle joints, lithium-ion batteries with a capacity to store extra energy, highly profile brushless electric motors with rare-earth magnets, miniaturized sensors built into semiconductor chips (accelerometers and gyroscopes) and low-power computer chips.

Wow, it seems that the new robotic legs would be of great help to the patients who were unable to move from one place or another due to their weak or broken legs. But how much effective this creation would be yet has to be concluded once it is outed.

I must say that just like embedded systems, we can expect the prosthetics to be an effective creation.

3D Printed Metal Gun Actually Shot 50 Rounds Successfully

November 11, 2013 By Kiran Yasmin Leave a Comment

Knowing the fact that the previous 3D printed gun was good for nothing and it wasn’t able to shoot, a new 3D printed gun took its place in no time. A great news is that the new 3D gun has absolutely no problem in firing a round. In fact this

Thanks to Solid Concepts, a famous and well known 3D printing company in Texas, USA for creating such an amazing and astonishing 3D gun which actually works. The company didn’t use any kind of plastic for making this gun, but a high quality metal. Solid Concepts also used a laser sintering process to make it a compatible weapon. The design of the gun is based on an ancient handgun of 1911. Various other high performing components such as stainless steel, inconel elements, carbon fiber and nylon handgrip are empowered in the new 3D-printed metal gun.

The company officials seem to be very excited about their new innovation. In an interview one of their representatives say,

“The gun has already handled 50 rounds of successful firing. We’re proving this is possible, the technology is at a place now where we can manufacture a gun with 3D Metal Printing”.

Mr. Kent Firestone, the CEO of Solid Concepts say that we are definitely sure that our new creation would prove to be a much better and exciting option than the previous 3D gun which seemed to be non-effective and unworkable.

Please don’t forget that the first 3D printed gun was manufactured by Defense Distributed (another company in Texas). But due to its limited specs and plastic body, the liberator (first 3D printed gun) failed to grasp the attention of the world. But we can expect that the new 3D-printed gun would really rock the worldwide markets and win the hearts of the people who were disappointed with Liberator.

Personally, I would like the 3D food printer to be a success rather than the 3D printed gun. After all, we need more food than guns in this world.

ASUS Unveils Tinniest Pocket Router: WL-330NUL

November 8, 2013 By Kiran Yasmin 1 Comment

ASUS is one of the leading notebook vendors and wireless solution providers in the world. The company always aims to unleash some top notch accessories and services to let the users enjoy and stay connected. Yesterday, the company released world’s tinniest router– WL-330NUL in India.

A Glimpse at WL-330NUL Features:

1. The WL-330NUL lets the users enjoy quick and secured network setup.

2. It is equipped with multiple operating systems such as Windows 8, Mac OS, and iOS.

3. The device is claimed to be the tinniest in the world, available at 3500INR at all ASUS dealers of India.

4. Interface of this wireless device is 1×100/10Mbps WAN, 1xUSB 2.0 with a 1x internal antenna.

5. It does not weigh much like other wireless devices; its 17.5 gram weight is what makes this device an easy to carry option.

6. A compatible device created in a way to deliver its benefits a wider customer base.

7. Its full functionality requires a small amount of energy, so a user can easily connect the device to a plug-in with the help of bundled power adapter or receive power from any USB connection.

8. WL-330NUL is capable to support secured network creations and maintain the confidentiality of the users. It ensures that the user data / files are always secured and cannot be accessed via other internet connections until or unless shared by the user himself.

9. This amazing device is capable to pair with Ultrabooks via USB. WL-330NUL equipped with RJ-45 Ethernet port brings the clients faster and keeps the connections stable with secure wired connection.

10. Its router is capable to allow the users enjoy internet on their multiple devices without bothering to pay extra for separate connections.

ASUS has left nothing to not let its customers enjoy this extensively featured wireless router. The 6.5cm x 2cm x 1.5cm dimensioned WL-330NUL comes with three years warranty.

LinkedIn hits 259 million active members and revenue of $393 million

November 7, 2013 By Arshdeep Singh 1 Comment

published its earnings report for third quarter of the year. They accounted the revenue of 393 million US dollars. There are now 259 million active members which were 238 million previous quarter thus leaving Twitter behind which had 230 million active users this quarter. Thought they are still behind Google+ and which are at 300 million and 1.15 billion (June quarter reports) respectively.

Tip: How Twitter earns millions

Talent solutions accounted for $224.7 million out of $393 million while rest was made up by Marketing solutions and Premium Subscriptions which were $88.5 million and$79.8 million respectively. Earnings per share rose to 39 per cent which were at 31 last quarters. Earnings per share were $0.39 which was higher than Wall Street whose earnings per share were $0.32 from revenue of $384.5 million. If we take a look at share value of LinkedIn a year back then we will see that it was almost double in a year now accounting for $250 per share.

According to Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn result for this achievement is the increased member growth and engagement. He also said that, they will continue to deliver value to professionals through investment in core products and strategic initiatives such as mobile, students and the professional publishing platform.

According to the reports, social networks are responsible for extreme growth as every second two new members join the community. Now LinkedIn expects revenue of $415-420 million in next fourth Quarter.

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History of Google Pagerank update:

[Update] Samsung responded:

A Glimpse at WL-330NUL Features: