Are You Good at Making Friends

Are you good at making friends or do you take time to make friends? Do you feel making friends is easy or do you find it challenging to make friends or keep up with existing ones? Have you ever evaluated yourself on this aspect?

Those who believe they are good at making friends can read this post to enhance their friend making skills. Whereas, I’m sure the ones who aren’t already good enough will also find the post really helpful.

We usually know if we take time to make friends or to upkeep the existing friendships. If it really becomes a cumbersome task, we are even forced to question the relevancy and need of having friends.

“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.” ? Socrates

Why Do We Need to be Good at Making Friends

Each one of us needs friends, because a friend relieves the feeling of loneliness and helps you enjoy life. They even help to improve your health and reduce stress.

Having good friends in helpful especially when you are undergoing depression, experiencing panic attacks, phobias, delusions, or have had major surgery, and lost someone close.

Making friends does help us in many ways, moreover, if it is a requisite skill then we better be good at it, as simple as that.

Making friends is both an art and a skill, which most of us learn with time. Some are born with the skill and others develop it with time and experience.

“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”  ~Donna Roberts

Is it Hard to Make Friends

I had recently read about why it’s so hard to make friends for those who are over 30, and thought to raise this topic in today’s post.

I do agree to quite an extent that as you age, you tend to make fewer friends, though for some people making friends as they age gets easier.

The beauty is that anybody can learn this art at any age. When trying to make friends, you neither have to follow complicated procedures, nor do you have to perform any rigorous tasks.

Making friends can be an uphill task or an exciting one, depending on your circumstances and your personality, but finally it is rewarding.

Remember, it is not hard to make friends if you really want to do so. But before you proceed to be good at making friends, you need to understand more about what really makes a friend.

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

Who is a Friend

Let’s try to understand who a friend is and what can you do to make friends. Here are some indicators that may help you in making friends.

A friend:

• Checks in without bothering about the distance. The friendship doesn’t end when your car pulls away or the plane takes off!
• Takes interest in their friends lives. They are always there, supporting and learning from them.
• Is willing to share, care, understand, and love you unconditionally.
• Compliments you without going overboard, yet is fair enough to tell you your faults.
• Is kind, compassionate, fair, and knows you through and through.
• Always remains loyal and is ready to make sacrifices when the need arises.
• Always puts forward their shoulder to lean and cry on if required.
• Encourages, motivates, and inspires you to move ahead in life.
• Is trustworthy; someone who you can blindly rely on and share anything under the sun.
• Likes you as you are without really trying to change you, even if they don’t understand you fully.
• Gives you the space to change, grow, make decisions, and even make mistakes.
• Allows you to express your emotions and feelings, without criticizing, judging, or teasing you.
• Doesn’t take advantage of you, instead gives you good advice when you seek it.
• Will not flatter you; instead tell you honestly what they think of you.

Furthermore, we don’t really have to keep in mind where our friends come from when we make friends, because they come from all walks of life, with all sorts of belief.

They might have different jobs, religion, background, or status. Sometimes they push us to the limit, while at other times they make mistakes – sometimes small and sometimes big. But they still remain our friends.

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~ Aristotle

I had to share this wonderful song that I’m sure all of you must have heard by Stevie Wonder and his friends – That’s What Friends Are For – enjoy!

 That’s what friends are for ~ Stevie Wonder ~ You Tube Video

The Art of Making Friends

Making friends, either new ones or keeping up with older ones is not difficult, nor is it that easy. It all depends on you and the friendship you build or maintain.

However, before you start making friends you need to like yourself and feel that you are valuable. If you don’t think others will like you, you might have a hard time reaching out to those who may become friends.

You need to work on building your self-esteem and finding your inner-strength by treating yourself well. Learn to love yourself with all the faults you have because this helps you to love your friends with all their faults as well.

Do this by eating healthy food, getting plenty of rest and exercise, and doing things you enjoy. Remind yourself that you are a very especial and worthwhile person.

Also, remain your original self without trying to portray a fake personality. Let your friends see the real you, and if they are unable to accept you for what you are, then it’s time to move on and make new friends.

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ~ William Shakespeare

Ways to Make Friends

Making friends is an art or more of a skill that each one of you can accomplish. All that’s needed is that you develop trust in your friendship and follow the following ways to make friends:

1 - Talk to people

You can do this by joining clubs, going to the church, or at school and college. Remember, if you want to make new friends, you need to spend more time around people by putting yourself among them.

Friends don’t normally come to your doorstep, and it’s mostly you who will have to make the effort to reach out and connect first.

You can even volunteer to work together, where you get the chance to meet people of all ages. Even community activities like sporting events, concerts, art shows, movies, or special interest groups are nice places to make friends.

You don’t really need to have lots of common interests to make friends. In-fact some of the friendship between two people works well where both don’t have much in common.

All you need to remember is to talk and communicate with people, anywhere and everywhere possible, without really being picky.

Ask questions about their hobbies or their likes and share yours. Keep the conversation cheery and light initially. Most conversationalist suggest following a 30/70 pattern, where 30% talking and 70% listening occurs during small talk.

2 - Make online friends

Making friends online has picked up a great deal nowadays. Speaking of which, I have some wonderful online friends now than I ever did before. In-fact, I have more of online than offline friends!

Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, BlendAbout are great places to meet new people and learn more about them.

3 - Initiate a conversation

You don’t really have to wait for the other person to talk to you. Instead, you can start a conversation on your own.

Some ways to do this are by commenting about things around you or the immediate environment. Or compliment the other person, ask questions about the person, show them that you are interested in them also.

Some people like to introduce themselves at the end of the conversation, while others start a conversation by introducing themselves.

Either ways, once you introduce yourself, the other person also does the same and that can be the start of a wonderful conversation.

4 - Smile and be cordial

People are less likely to be receptive to you if you don’t smile or have an unfriendly appearance.

You need to be friendly, approachable, and not look bored. Don’t frown, or keep your arms folded that show you aren’t interested. Instead, just be your natural self and try to get to know the other person.

5 - Learn to listen

While talking is required, you also need to listen to what the other person is saying, especially if are trying to make friends.

You need to show that you are interested in the talks and remember important details about them, like their likes, dislikes, or interests.

6 - Plan a get-together

Once you feel that you have talked a little and there are things that you can carry onto another discussion – then plan getting together.

You can talk your heart out as you get more familiar with each other for which you need to meet more often. Meet up at any place that is common to both of you, or choose an entirely new place, whichever is suitable.

You could even plan to go out for lunch or share a cup of coffee to get more acquainted with one another.

7 - Don’t pressurize

If someone isn’t interested in making friends with you, then let them be. Don’t call them repeatedly or stop by uninvited if they are not keen.

Making friends takes time and if you are not sure about where your friendship is headed, then it’s best to ask and clear things up.

Sometimes old friends suddenly change or there is a breakup due to any reason. At such times, give things time and if they still don’t get alright, accept the change and learn to move on.

8 - Enjoy yourself

While making friends, have a good time by spending time with your friends doing interesting and fun activities, together.

Try going for movies, play ball, go to the beach, work on an art project, watch a fun video, cook up a meal together. Anything that gives you both happiness; and take turns to initiate such activities.

9 – Keep in touch

Once you have made friends, it’s important to keep meeting up often to keep in touch. Making friends isn’t a one time affair or something that you work on once and then leave it. You need to keep working on building your friendship.

You can enrich your friendship by making home visits to your friend’s place and spending time with one another. Make your friend feel welcome and comfortable at your home as well.

If you are too busy to meet, call your friend and let them know when you can meet next, or express your desire but inability to meet. You must keep in touch either ways.

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus

Speaking of myself, my husband is my best friend! He is one person who is always around and with whom I can share just about anything.

Similarly, if you are married, you too can make your spouse your best friend and make your life’s journey worthwhile. You don’t really need anyone else if you have each other in your lives.

Yes, it seems hard to go out and make new friends, but you need to push yourself through those hard feelings and go. Most of the time, you will be glad you made friends.

You might like to take this interesting poll to know how good you really are at making friends. Remember, making new friends is not easy, but it’s not difficult either.

Finally, when you are making friends, remember to be a true friend to your friend and stand by them. Though friendship usually takes a lot of time to cultivate, but if the seeds are sown well, they do reap good results.

“Like wine, a good friendship only improves with age.” ~ Turkish saying

Over to you -

Are you good at making friends? How do you feel about making friends – is it easy or difficult? Do you feel with age you make more or less friends? What tips would you give to get better at making friends? Share you experiences of making friends in the comments below.

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See the world with Google Map Street View

Google Street View is a new technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth. Google Street View provides panoramic views from position along different places in the world. In a simpler language, Google Maps Street View allows you to explore various places around the world with 360 degree imagery.  You can view landmarks, natural wonders, restaurants and many more as if you are actually there.

Imagery of Street view is collected by using a car with Cameras, GPS devices etc. So The Street view vehicle whatever it may be amongst Car, Bike, Trolley or snowmobile depending on the environment of a particular area has a camera which collects images as the vehicle passes through different places.  So when we view Google map Street view for a place we can have 360 degree look around the place where the Street View Car has been ranging from a street in Las Vegas to Sydney Australia or New Delhi in India.

How to use the Street View?

The first step is to go to Google map and find the place that you want to visit in street view. After finding that place you can pick up the Pegman icon on the top left of the map and drop it to the location where you want see in street view mode.

To rotate your view in the street you can either use the rotate wheel on top left of the screen or your can user your mouse or keyboard to do so. If you are using the mouse you can click and drag to change your view and for keyboard you can use the left and right arrows on the keyboard.

To walk down a place you can either click on the white arrows on the screen or use the up and down arrows on the keyboard.

To exit the Street view mode of Google map, either click on the top right corner or zoom out to view the map.

Google Street View is currently available in North America, parts of South America, Most of Europe, and South Africa, parts of middle-east, Australia and parts of Asia.

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Facebook and Twitter

Everyone today is Familiar with the terms Facebook and twitter. The purpose of the two is helping the world to connect through different ways. Some of you are learners while some can use them effectively.

Apart from the daily buzz Facebook and Twitter sever the purpose of   e-learning and inspires many students to learn.

As a result, the question arrives How can we use Facebook & twitter for educational purposes?

There are a certain applications in Facebook which serves the purpose.

Slide Share

You can create and share presentations on Facebook. At the same time you can add documents.

Flashcards

You can create flashcards to help you study on Facebook.

NewsRack

You can use information relevant to your course and share it with your other learner friends.

Mathematical Formulae

As a teacher you can distribute the mathematical formulae to your students and they can use them even if they have not added the application.

WorldCat

You can do research, catalog your library’s collection and share it with others.

Quiz Monster

Create your own quiz Facebook application.

Study Groups

You can quickly and easily collaborate your classmates and discuss the courses.

Koofers

Share your old testes, quizzes and study guides with other students.

If you are interested to explore how you can use Facebook for  e-learning you can join the Facebook group “Facebook for e-learning”.

Talking about Facebook there is more to the list, where as twitter does not lack behind in serving educational purposes.

Twitter could be used for classroom teaching.

• Summarize topics- view as tweets
• Really simple story- tweetstory
• Collate classroom views
• Twitter could be a guidebook for teachers, and they can project brainstorming sessions for their students..
• Atlas- Audio files of Twitter can be used in school…Great stuff!!

If we move away from the casual purpose of these social sites, we may come across a variety of purposes served by them. It’s just a matter of interest!

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Samsung Galaxy Note Review

Samsung Galaxy Note is neither a phone nor a tablet but it has some of the best specifications there is. The device is a phone/tablet hybrid which is more like a tablet by which you can make calls. It seems that Samsung is trying to make a new category of devices with this 5.3 inch beast of a device.

Look wise Samsung Galaxy Note is just like a regular smart phone such as Samsung Galaxy S II but slightly bigger with incredible features and specifications. The Galaxy note features a 2 mega pixel front facing camera, light sensor, volume rocker on the left, 3.5 mm headphone jack, power/lock button on the right, micro USB Charging and syncing port on the bottom, 8 mega pixel camera with LED flash at the centre of the rear portion of the phone, speakers located near the bottom of the rear portion and a dock for the S-Pen.

Samsung Galaxy Note features a 5.3 inch screen of WXGA goodness with a resolution of 1280×800 which has absolutely breathtaking quality.

This device is powered by a dual-core 1.4GHz processor and 16 GB/32 GB internal storage. You can also add up to 32 GB removable memory. It also features a 2,500mAh battery which is a long lasting battery. But with the specs of Galaxy note and its huge screen it won’t last too long.

Samsung Galaxy note specifications and features: –

• Network: 2G, 3G, 4G
• Weight: 178 g
• Display: 5.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• Screen resolution: 800×1280
• Corning gorilla glass
• Micro SD up to 32 GB
• 16GB/32GB internal memory
• 1 GB RAM
• GPRS
• DGE
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth v3.0
• MicroUSB v2.0
• 8 MP rear camera with LED flash
• 2 MP front camera
• Android OS v2.3.5 (planned to upgrade to v4.)
• Dual-Core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortext-A9
• S Pen Stylus

Samsung Galaxy Note Price is around $766 and its price in India is around Rs 29,999.

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How Cell Phones Help in Building Relationships

We all yearn to have a connection with those we care about. Many regard it as disruptive and destructive in respect to relationships and time in todays, world. Yet studies reveal a completely and totally different outlook of it. It happens very often that you forget your cell phone at home, and thus once you are out, are feeling lost and incomplete without that small device in your hand or pocket. Such has become the advantage of cell phones in our lives. It cannot be called an addiction. It is simply the necessity of a cell phone we feel in today’s world. It is more of a need than any luxury or interest. Cell phones affect our lives in a great manner, both in the positive and negative way. Yet, when it comes to advantages, especially in communication and building stronger relationships, the list does not end.

The first step towards building relationships is to know how to talk. The more we talk, the more we learn how to talk and that is how our communication skills get better. This in turn helps in interacting with people in a better way, and with time we start relating to people in a much efficient manner. Also, parents are constantly in touch with their kids through phones. Just imagine a world where your parents had no idea what you were doing on this earth and ruin things for you once you were backing home. Cell phone helps removing this problem by keeping parents up to date of their child’s security, thus not ruining and destroying the relationship between a parent and a child, as parents always feel a sense of security and joyousness once they know that their kid is safe and sound.

Nowadays, cell phones are not just phone calls; they’re about messaging, video, songs, games, alarm clock, notes, calendar, reminder, etc. all the above aspects like messaging and sharing of videos, songs and various other media entertainment enhance a relationship between people in a much better and sober manner. With the help of such tools in a cell phone, one stays in touch with their loved ones all throughout and whenever they feel like. Not only staying in touch, but two people can get rid of their loneliness and have fun over such media entertainment over the phones like sharing of videos, songs, or playing games. Also, nothing more than a cell phone comes to your rescue in the case of an emergency. You are driving along the freeway and the vehicle jams and right there your phone stays with you for the rescue. In an kind of emergency or trouble, the cell phone acts as a medium to get you through the person you need the most in that particular situation, thus enhancing the relationship between you and the person who acts as your savior in that situation. Stay connected anytime and anywhere. The most basic benefit of a cell phone for which most of us use it is that we can stay connected with our loved ones in any part of the world and anytime. Gone are the days when we used to stand in queues to make an STD or ISD calls. This service available in cell phones help people in a very great deal and is one of the most sought after service, as it helps in the sustainability of relationships to an immensely large extent.

Hence, cell phones do have their own cons too, but when it comes to the enhancement of relationship, it has done a great deal of advantage to people all across the globe and surely has a long way to go by attaching itself to people’s emotions and value in the everyday life.

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Games for Mind Strengthening

Who doesn’t like to play games over the internet or purchase PC games as they are believed to relax some people’s mind? Online games are a rage for kids as well as adults these days, as they are considered to be one of the best stress busters today. But apart normal strategy games, brain teasers which help in exercising the brain cells and strengthening the mind has gained widespread popularity among masses. They not only prove to be a great source of entertainment but also train you brain muscles to keep them active and polishing to help them function better and an in intellectual way. Here are some games which prove really helpful for the mind.

“Inside and Outside”, “Two in One” or “The monkeys and Brain Games” help improving your attention span. These games basically test as to how sharp your attention towards things is. How much of importance you think paying attention is and how paying attention by the end of the day pays off is best proven by these games, as they hone the activity of exercising the cells which help in improving our attention skills.

“Picasso” or “Brain Teasers for the weekend” are the best examples for improving your memory to a large extent. Simple yet very helpful games to help you exercise your memory power and to test you as to how much more you need to work on the memory span of your mind.

“Towers of Hanoi”, “The Blind beggar”, “The Empty triangle” and “Tipping the Scales” improve the planning strategies of your mind. They are basically patter recognition and planning based games which help you think and plan things in a better way and help develop your brain to think of situation planning more.

Visual brain teasers like “Men­tal Imagery and Spa­tial Rota­tion”, and “Train your Frontal and Pari­etal lobes” test the limits of your peripheral vision. It helps you to solve puzzles based on how strongly you see and observe the visual. It connects the intellectuality of the eye and mind.

“Words in your Brain”, “Party for Polyglots” are some Language and Logic  brain teasers which test and exercise your mind based on your language and logic. It mainly tests your logic based on how well you understand things. Develops a lot of logical sense and builds in relating your language skills and your logical reasoning to solve teasers.

Crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, and Jigsaw puzzles can actually increase brain power. Learning something challenging also helps. Games such as these help in keeping the brain mentally active and help us in coping up with all the daily stress we go through at school, college or work.

“Fork in the Road” or “The Unkind­est Cut of All, Part 1 of 2” are some Math puzzles which help in exercising the brain in a very efficient way.  They act as big time stress buster, fun to play, and also train your mind and activate your thinking cells in a very effective way, that would help you think on issues in a much easier and sorted way, as they help in developing your thinking process and activate your grey cells for their efficient usage!

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Ten tips on creating an effective blog

Blogging has become a very common online trend during recent times. The year of 2010 recorded a total of around 152 million blogs on the internet. It is very simple to establish a blog and therefore the trend. Because of the humongous number of fellow bloggers, it is important for you to work something out in order to help put your blog on the forefront.

1. Content - Since content is the highlighted aspect in a blog, ensure that the content of your blog appeals to a variety or a particular segment of the readers. There should be some continuity or consistency in the matter of the blog.
2. Layout, design and typography – Having a layout that relates to the theme of the blog is a very good idea. It will add to the visual appeal of the blog and also has a lasting impression on the minds of the readers. An aesthetically appealing blog with interesting typography is bound to bring the reader back to the blog.
3. Credibility – There should be some credibility for the source material used in your blog using links, references etc. The more credible your information is, the more regular will be your blog readers and the possibility that you may have a constant following.
4. Advertising – Ensure that your blog is well advertised through social networking sites or through word of mouth. However interesting or attractive a blog may be , lack of awareness may restrict it from its way to popularity.
5. Blog elements – Ensuring that elements like pictures, videos, widgets, audio tracks etc. are in high quality and easily accessible is the responsibility of the blogger. These elements add more life to the blog.
6. Effective feedback – Make sure that your blog has a comment section so that the readers of the blog can share opinions and suggestions. Also pay heed to their opinions. It might actually help you take your blog to a higher level.
7. Regularity – A blog tends to be almost useless if the blogger does not frequently update it through his posts. Frequent updates will prevent your blog from virtual spider webs and dust.

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Cleaning your computer

Computer, an electronic device, works for the convenience of man. Though man has made it, yet, he behaves as a handicapped without one. Like all of us, even computers or laptops need to be cleaned regularly for smooth functioning. Cleaning in literal terms doesn’t mean to wash it; it refers to dry process of waving away the unwanted dust that has settled o the device. So, here you will come across the answers for a question like How to clean your computer/ laptop?

• To start off get the basic materials required for cleaning it, like- a soft clean dusting cloth, a brush for cleaning through the keyboard and a spray which is specifically used for removing away the dust and junk from the things and lastly a liquid shiner to give it a final touch.

•  Now that we have collected everything, we can proceed with cleaning the screen. Screens are magnets for dust and dirt. If you notice, then the screen can also be covered with fingerprints. Never spray the cleaner directly on the screen, instead spray small amount on your cleaning cloth and then wipe the screen working in a circular motion.

•  While cleaning away the dust, pay attention to the fan vents and make sure that they aren’t blocked. Dust out here might just act as a hindrance in the useful working of the computer.

•  Do not forget to dust underneath your computer and the cords to your computer which can collect dust.

•  Moving on to the keyboard, this needs patience to be cleaned. There might be events when you were eating your crispy chips while watching videos and so the bits might have got stuck in between the keys. For this, it is advisable to use a brush with thin teeth so that every corner on your keyboard is chips free! After you have removed the particles and dust balls then spray the cleaner on the cloth and then clean the surface of the keys.

•  Lift the keyboard up and clean it from underneath.

•  Clean the corners of your computer so that no dust is left behind to rot.

•  Remove the dust from other parts of the computer like its CPU, speakers and the lovely mouse.

•  Finally use a device polish to give your computer a shinning look. Put some shiner on the cloth and clean the screen, keyboard, CPU and mouse from above. I the end, you will realize how dirty your computer was when you initially started cleaning it.

Cleaning your computer after regular intervals is a must for its sustainability. These tips can also be followed to clean your laptop. After all both serve the same purpose.

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Best LED TVs

The world of television has tremendously evolved ever since 1884, when the first sign of something that looked like a TV was seen. From a normal TV set which was merely used to watch cable, we have moved on to an era where we can easily access internet on our TVs.

An LED-backlit LCD display is a flat panel display that uses LED backlighting instead of the regular cold cathode (CCFL) backlighting used in most other LCDs. This allows for a thinner panel, lower power consumption, better heat dissipation, a brighter display, and better contrast levels.

Here are some of the best LED TVs which would prove to be a good investment:

Sony NSX-40GT1: Priced at $764.00 this 40-inch internet TV allows you to watch TV, view the internet and use apps similar to those on a smart phone. You can have two windows open on your television screen at one time. The Google TV also provides you with full browsing capabilities, so you’re not restricted to a set amount of sites you can visit. One thing to keep in mind with this internet TV is that it doesn’t support Adobe Flash player for video content. The Sony remote has a QWERTY keyboard that makes navigation easy.

LG 42LV5500: Priced at $1,099.99 this web-ready HDTV allows you to watch your favourite shows, browse the internet and play games all from the convenience of your TV. This smart tv also comes with apps and the ability to add additional apps, allowing you to customize your internet TV with the programming, music and games you enjoy most. It comes with component, composite and HDMI inputs and great customer service to make the setup process simple and quick. The LED screen on this internet TV is perfect for rooms that have a lot of ambient light. The high resolution and low response time makes your picture clear and crisp.

Mitsubishi LT55265: Priced at $2,407.14 it has a 55-inch screen and an incredible arrangement of pseudo surround-sound speakers in the screen bezel. These speakers are arranged in a straight line along the bottom of the screen, and are angled so that they create a sort of virtual surround sound by sending sound at the viewers from different angles. There are a total of 18 powered speakers embedded in the bezel, which is a number that is orders of magnitude greater than any other LED-backlit TV that we have ever seen. Even with this massive number of speakers, this TV consumes less power than many of the other devices on our lineup.

Samsung UN40D6000SF: Priced at $727.99 this LED tv offers hundreds of apps and an integrated search feature to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. The apps appear on your internet TV the same way they would on your computer. Since you can also include this device on your LAN, you can access information from any electronics that are part of your network.

VIZIO M420SV: Priced at $749.99 this is a standard HDTV with additional internet abilities. You can access approximately 80 apps on your TV.  The QWERTY keyboard and universal remote makes it easy to manoeuvre from app to TV. The remote also comes with gaming controls, so you can use one remote and put the others aside. You can also access files from your other electronics that are connected to your LAN.

Panasonic TC-L42E30: Priced at $999.99 this device offers a nice TV, along with some internet apps. You won’t have a full browser, but you do have access to Viera Connect Market, which is Panasonic’s app store. The TV remote’s primary function is for the TV, lacking convenient internet features. You can search your internet TV, LAN and internet apps, but you have to do so separately.

Toshiba 42TL515U: Priced at $749.99 Toshiba’s internet TV comes with 3D capabilities and some internet apps. Due to the absence of an app store and a full browser you’ll only be able to access the original apps. The TV remote is made for TV use, not internet accessibility.

Philips 40PFL5705D/F7: Priced at $590.99 this comes with three preinstalled apps. Although the remote isn’t all that handy, it can still help you find the programs and files in which you’re interested.

Coby LEDTV5526: Priced at $1,180.25 this 55-inch TV might not be the best option to buy but due to some of its features it would still be a sensible investment.

JVC JLE47BC3001: Priced at $1,199.99 is an efficient LED TV. It has a low power consumption feature and a decently big screen size. Although the image quality is pleasing a few shortcomings in its specifications made it rank lower in the line-up.

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Android mobiles between Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000

Android mobiles have become quite popular, especially in the Indian mobile market where people are looking for new smartphones day by day. Here is a list of some of the android mobile phones in India in price range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.

Motorola Defy

Motorola Defy is an android mobile phone that comes with a 3.7 inch touch screen made from Gorilla Glass. The screen of this cell phone has 480*854 pixels resolution. Motorola Defy has a 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus and LED flash. It is 3G compatible and it runs on an 800 MHz Cortex A8 processor with the OS 2.1. This mobile comes with a price tag of Rs 14,550.

LG Chocolate BL40

This LG android mobile phone comes with a 345*800 pixels which 4.01 inches screen. This mobile’s touch screen is made of gorilla glass and it also has a 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash. LG Chocolate BL40 comes with a price tag of Rs 14,020.

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is a mid range android phone with OS v2.2 and it is upgradable to v2.3. It has a 3.5 inch touchscreen with the resolution of 320*480 pixels. It has connectivity options of 3G, Wi-Fi, and GPS Navigation. The camera is 5 mega pixels with autofocus and a LED flash. It also has TouchWiz V3.0 UI, Swype Text Input and DNSe Sound Enhancement. Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with a price tag of Rs 13,700.

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini is another mid range android phone with OS v2.3 and it is planned upgradable to v4.0. It has a 3.0 inch touchscreen with the resolution of 320*480 pixels. It has connectivity options of 3G, Wi-Fi, and GPS Navigation. The camera is 5 mega pixels with autofocus and a LED flash. Sony Ericsson Xperia mini comes with a price tag of Rs 13,084.

HTC Wildfire S

This android mobile phone has TFT capacitive touchscreen with 3.2 inches and 320*480 pixels. It has a camera of 5 Mega Pixels and a LED flash. The Android OS on this mobile is v2.3 and it is upgradable to v2.3.5. HTC wildfire S comes with a price tag of Rs 12,499.

Samsung Wave M S7250

Samsung Wave M was announced in august 2011 and has a TFT Capacitive touchscreen with 3.65 inches and 320*480 pixels. It also has a 5 Mega pixel camera with a LED flash. This mobile has an android OS of v2.0 and it comes with a price tag of Rs 11,888.

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Wearable Gadgets

Even though it might sound a little bit weird, there are numerous gadgets that you can wear just like cloths. These gadgets are quite suitable for those who do not want to worry about carrying their gadgets such as mobile or expensive watches everywhere as they do not want to lose them. Well with these types of gadgets you do not need to worry about that anymore. They will just go where you go. You should remember that gadgets are also considered by some people as fashion accessories and make a style statement. With that being said, here are some of the most popular wearable gadgets.

1. Wi-Fi Detecting shirt
As the name suggests, this is a shirt that detects Wi-Fi signals and lets you share it through the glowing bars on the shirt. The glowing bars on the shirt let you know the strength of the signals. This shirt has three AAA batteries which are replaceable. While washing the shirt you must you should remove the batteries, decal, ribbon connector. You can replace all of that after it is dry.

2. iPod Sport Kit
iPod sport kit is a sensor that you can slip under the sock liner of your shoes before running and connect it to your iPod. This sensor will measure the distance covered, pace, time and calories burned while running, walking or jogging.

3. Fingernail watch
There are various types of watches with various styles, shapes, sizes and technology. Here is something that will surely be quite amusing. Timex has a new watch which can fit on your finger nail. The watch can be placed smoothly on the fingernail and carried around and it gets activated on your command. This type of watch is very small in size and it is disposable too so it does not cost much.

4. Solar-powered Jacket
Solar powered jacket is a jacket with solar panels which convert the sunlight into electricity for charging your phone or iPod. Its battery gets fully charged with 5 hours of direct sunlight.

5. Wrist phone
Samsung has quite a great reputation in mobile phone manufacturers and one of their recent wearable gadgets is the wrist phone. This phone has the thinnest touchscreen, Bluetooth, mp3 player, speaker phone and it can be worn on your wrist. There are also other companies, who have produced this kind of wrist phone such as Sony Ericson, LG and Philips.

Here are some more wearable gadgets:-

• Universal Gadget wrist charger
• iLogic Sound Hat
• USB sunglasses
• USB heating gloves

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How to Format your Hard Drive

Windows XP is probably the most popular operating system and it is used by many all around the world. Windows XP has various applications that make our work much easier. This has made Windows a must have for everybody taking from teenagers to elders. Every once in a while we all need to format our computer’s hard drive for various reasons. Whatever the reason may be, here is how you format your hard drive in 5 easy steps.

1. Creating Back-up: - you should make sure that you saved all your files in a safe place just in case your files get deleted in the process of formatting. You should also take a note of all the programs that are installed on your computer so that you can install them again after the formatting procedure is done. You can save all the installed programs in a flash disk or even a CD.

2. Start the process of Formatting: - The formatting process is done through the provisions under ‘My Computer’. You can right click on My Computer and select ‘manage’. When in computer management folder you can pick ‘Storage’ on the left and this will lead you to ‘disk management’ on the right.

3. Disk Management: - you can get here by double clicking on ‘disk management. Here you will be able to see all hard drives in which you can delete all unwanted partition in the disk that needs to be formatted. You can spare what you want to keep from getting deleted in the process of formatting by creating back up of your files. Now you can create a new partition by right clicking on the black colored bar and then clicking on ‘New Partition’.

4. After clicking on ‘new partition’ you should go to primary partition and follow the sequence and pick the maximum option and continue with the procedure.  After this you should name disk by provision of letters. You can take the first option and then click next. Make sure you pick ‘NTFS’ for your format as it is the safest to use.

5. The computer is going to take a while to process the formatting. Once the formatting is complete you will be given the option of ‘finish’. After clicking on ‘finish’ the computer has been formatted and you can reinstall Windows XP.

I hope the article was useful enough. Feel free to comment.

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How to make money in YouTube

What is money?? That rumpled piece of paper in your pocket that the world bows to its power? The answer lies within you. You know it best, the way you adapt the methods to outgrow yourself. Well, youtube can be considered as one such sources of making MONEY. But how can you make money in youtube? Though presently youtube is not profitable, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t make money on the video sharing site. However friends, the road to making money on Youtube isn’t smooth. It takes plenty of time, patience, and luck to see a payout of any sort. So here are a certain things to be kept it mind if you really really want to earn that big money from YouTube.

• YouTube will NOT let you make money off your video of it.

• Don’t bother uploading videos of pop singers who are really “Cool” in that sense. Remember the usage of double quotes!

• To get started, make an awesome video by recording something that can turn itself into a viral hit and edit it into a watchable video.

• Upload your video on YouTube and follow it up by a catchy, attractive, meanster, bitchy but easily searchable title. Make sure that the title is self explanatory and conveniently understood.

•  A youtube user should know how to distribute and market their video to maximize viewership. You need to regularly upload videos that are viewed by thousands of other users. So, keep making videos and distributing them to social networks and media outlets.

•  Check your inbox regularly. Incase any one of your videos does well, youtube will send you an email saying- “Apply for revenue sharing for your video”. However, if approved, you can only make money from the specified video only.

•  Apply through Youtube’s Partnership program page. Once you have finally uploaded enough videos and have got a lot of views, you can apply directly for partnership on Youtube’s Partner Program page. Once approved, you’ll be able to turn on revenue sharing for all your videos and so you can even rent out your videos. Ensure that you’ve read the YouTube Partnership program tutorial thoroughly, and double- check that you haven’t violated any of their rules.

•  Once you are done reviewing the guidelines, you need to link a Google AdSense account to your youtube account. This is how Google/Youtube will pay you for your videos.

•  After all this, all you have to do it to be patient. Youtube could take upto two weeks to review your video.

•  Incase youtube approves your video; you can turn on overlay ads that pop up on the bottom of a video, banner ads that appear next to the video that plays in front of it.

•  If by any chance youtube rejects your application, you have another two months before you can apply again; so get back to working on your videos.

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