Facebook is now allowing you to get updates from others public status updates via Subscribe Button.
For you to subscribe, the person you are interested in must enable this subscribe button
Facebook is now allowing you to get updates from others public status updates via Subscribe Button.
For you to subscribe, the person you are interested in must enable this subscribe button.
Now you can see, subscription and subscriber info links along with the profile info, wall, photo, friends, Notes links below your Facebook DP.
Hear from interesting people
You’ve always been subscribed to friends. Now you can hear from journalists, celebrities, political figures and other people too. Click the Subscribe button on someone’s profile to get their public updates in your News Feed.
Fine-tune your News Feed
Use the Subscribe button to choose what you see from friends and others in News Feed. For each person, you could hide all game stories, see just photos, limit updates to life events and more.
Why do all my friends have a ‘Subscribed’ button?
You’ve always been subscribed to your friends. With the Subscribe button, you can choose which of their updates you get.
Why don’t all profiles have a Subscribe button?
Only people who allow subscribers will have a Subscribe button on their profile. If you don’t see the button, you can’t subscribe.
How do people subscribe to my updates?
After you allow subscribers, a Subscribe button will show up on your profile. Your public updates will appear in people’s News Feeds once they click this button.
If I allow subscribers, what updates will they see?
Subscribers can see only the things you share publicly. They can also choose how many and what types of these public updates they get.
Q: How to eliminate the dates from my posts…
It is the Twenty Ten Theme on wordpress. I need to remove it from my homepage as well as from the single posts.
To remove or not to remove the date and time from the blog posts is a different issue and we will cover that in the later part of this article.
First lets see how to remove the date being displayed on your theme.
Caution:
Make sure to take a backup of your theme before trying this.
General Themes:
In general, most themes would have < ?php the_time(); ?> in single.php or post.php file, present in your theme directory.
Usually the path is: /wp-content/themes/themeName
Log into your WordPress blog: Click on Edit under Appearance menu.
Click on single.php or post.php file to edit it.
remove that code or comment it out, save the file and refresh your webpage. Make sure to clear your blogs cache if you have installed any caching plugin.
For Twenty Ten Theme
Twenty Ten theme uses a function call < ?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?> to display post date as well as author name.
So removing it from your single.php file would even remove “posted by author” info also.
So, you need to remove the date part from the functions.php file directly.
Log into your WordPress blog: Click on Edit under Appearance menu.
Click on functions.php file to edit it.
Scroll down to find this line of code:
printf( __( 'Posted on %2$s by %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
Now remove the code which is responsible for generating “Posted on ” info. Now the code must look like:
printf( __( ' by %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
Save the file and refresh your blog.
If you followed everything correctly, the Posted on (post_date) will now be removed.
To Remove or Not To Remove ?
People searching for the content often get frustrated to go through long enough only to know that its a old and out dated information đ
Sometimes they need to scroll down to the comment section to see the date of the first comment, to roughly know the post date.
If it’s a timeless content, then it’s always fine, but what if you are a news site and some kind of gossip site where knowing the post date might be important for the user.
In such cases, it’s not advisable to remove the date of publishing the article.
I have faced problems too.. I usually visit application development sites and read and try the coding so long only to know that the core software the post is talking about is years old and it doesn’t work any more đ
Such development site even fail to mention the software version etc details.
Advantages to the webmaster:
People coming to the site may think the content as still fresh and will continue reading.
These people are mainly the visitors coming from search engines, so he gets the advantage of getting more organic traffic. Google Adsense ads likes organic traffic! Once they know that this is not something they were looking for, they will start looking around and may click on a ad $
My Personal Take:
My advice would be to include the date, if you are writing a development blog or a news site where the articles are more or less time sensitive.
On the other hand, if you are writing timeless articles: you can well remove the date and time of posting the article.
From years, I have used a lot of brand phones -> From Samsung X200 to N-gage to Nokia 6630 to HTC p3452, and now a brand new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.
Actually I took this phone for my birth day June 01 2011, but delayed this review because I need to use it for some time to know it better! isn’t it ?
I’ll publish the review article this week; you could have a look at the specs, images and some videos of the Phone first:
Product Name:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
3G:
Yes
Touch Screen:
ofcourse!
Screen Size:
4.2 inches
Operating System:
Androidv2.3(gingerbread): Upgradable
Camera Resolution:
8.1 MP
Wifi:
Yes
Memory Card:
Yes
Expandable Memory:
32 GB
Touch Screen type:
Capacitve
Back Camera:
Yes
Front Camera:
No!
Flash:
Yes
Radio:
Yes
Sizes
– 125.0 x 63.0 x 8.7 mm
– 4.9 x 2.5 x 0.3 inches
Weight
– 117.0 gr
– 4.1 oz
HD phone with 8.1 megapixel camera
Xpera Arc has a Sony Exmor R⢠for mobile CMOS sensor that lets you capture high-quality movies and stills in low light. So go ahead and shoot. Then show, in stunning HD direct on your TV via the HDMI connector.
We will be publishing the pros and cons of “Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc” and some of the useful android apps soon…so stay tuned. Subscribe to the free blog updates below.
As we all know HostGator is a reputed US based Hosting company. And Technotip.org is proudly hosted at HostGator.
I have switched from many hosting companies and finally found that HostGator is the best.
Good For Indian Customers:
HostGator has opened office in India and now you can order hosting in Indian currency, using your Credit card or Debit card or via direct bank transfer. You can even pay by Demand Draft(DD) and cheques.
Best thing about HostGator is, they have 24×7 support via phone and chat. You can take maximum benefits from it.
And if you want to migrate from previous hosting company to HostGator, then HostGator technical support team will handle it and do it for you, for FREE.
They give:
UNLIMITED Domains
UNLIMITED Disk Space
UNLIMITED Bandwidth
What else can we ask for.. and the hosting plan starts from Rs. 177.77 per month!
HostGator is the cheap and best hosting you can get in India. And more over, you will even get Rs. 4500 worth free Google adword coupon.
Using Google adwords you can sell more of your goods to your customers.
Lets talk about some serious business: Have you ever bought some inventory on a United States website, sitting in India & wanted to see how it looks for your US clients?
If nothing else, you could be interested in seeing what your competitor is upto in certain country. Where else they are advertising and what creative they are using etc.
Proxy Server
When these kind of situations occur, one thing we all know from our school days is to quickly visit particular site via proxy server!
Oh, did you know this trick as well ?
If yes, then how often these proxy servers failed to show the web pages you are trying to load. How many times these pages kept on loading ?
How many times your browser crashed while trying random proxy sites.
Do Business From Your Country, At Your Comfort
Small businesses like analytics companies for example, need to check their clients inventories from various locations. But they can’t afford to open their company branches in various countries.
In such a situation, they can simply invest a small amount of money in services like GeoSurf and operate comfortably from a single location.
GeoSurfâ˘: Surf Locally, Without Being Local
It’s basically a simple toolbar. Once you install it to your browser, you need to login, select the country from which you want to see a particular website, then hit Apply. It’s that simple. And in seconds you will be surfing the site using GeoSurf locally.
GeoSurf⢠is browser toolbar that enables users to get the local perspective from more than 80 global locations. It is often used
by online media professionals (buyers, campaign managers, sales, affiliates, and compliance teams) to view geo-targeted ads and
web content. This way, they can easily validate and monitor campaigns, see who is bidding on localized ad placements, generate
new sources of business, and enhance current marketing activities. It is straight-forward and easy-to-use. The toolbar grants
access to our network of servers that provide our premium proxy service. All of the servers on our network are owned by us,
thereby making them fast, secure, and reliable.
Why GeoSurf ?
GeoSurf is a business intelligence browser add-on that allows you to surf and view content from more than 80 countries and US locations.
It’s an excellent solution for media buyers, campaign managers, sales managers and business development executives.
With GeoSurf you can easily:
– See who’s bidding on your traffic sources
– Perform advanced business intelligence on your competitors
– Confirm geo targeted content is displayed correctly
– and much more..
I have been using GeoSurf for sometime now.
They don’t have ugly popups, popunders! etc.
The main advantages of using GeoSurf:
All the servers are owned by them, so they are fast and reliable.
I used it for some days without any trouble, so thought of reviewing them on my blog.
How I use it ?
I turn on this add-on and start searching for the main keywords of my blog.
I can easily track the rank of my blog for various countries. It helps a lot in creating niche sites targeting specific countries.
Have you heard: You can’t easily beat your competition for a competitive keyword ? Did you think, you can atleast rank high for such a keyword in specific or some countries atleast!
Surfing from various countries was never easier then this. Signup for a trial account, absolutely for free -> SignUp for GeoSurfâ˘
We all know how our attention span is getting shorter and shorter. We are no longer patient to read long text, we are no longer able to wait till the long introduction is finished to get the actual content.
If we can’t wait, we just Google and go to some other site which provides the meat directly. Keeping the fluff at bay!
With all these early evolution and internet still being in its infancy, Video content has gained a lot of credibility and viewership.
There are many people who are making their living by shooting videos. And no, these people are not Hollywood or Bollywood video makers! They are just like you and me. They are normal people like us. So I thought, if I’m normal too then why not try this!!
It’s comparatively easy to get YouTube Partnership these days. Earlier there were lot of restrictions like country, daily impressions etc. But now, as far I know original useful content is all it needs for one to get into YouTube’s Partnership program.
Below are some guidelines: (youtube partnership requirements) 1. Open a YouTube a/c. Make sure you do not upload any copyright protected videos. It shouldn’t even contain copyright protected music or art work display. Everything you upload must be owned by you.
2. Upload some unique video content.
3. Make sure they are safe even for children to watch.
4. Leave it for some days or even months, so that it generates some views. This is to make sure, what you have uploaded is valuable and people are looking for it. Meanwhile keep producing and uploading useful video content to your YouTube account.
6. While applying, make sure to fill appropriate data.
7. Keep creating and uploading quality videos.
I applied for YouTube partnership program on 07 Feb 2011 and got approved on 04 May 2011.
After Applying for YouTube Partner Program:
I got this message:
Thank you for your interest in the YouTube Partner Program. Applications are reviewed for a variety of criteria, including but not limited to the size of your audience, country of residence, quality of content, and consistency with our Community Guidelines and Terms of Use. Please note: if your application is not approved, you will not be able to apply to the program again for 2 months.
The YouTube Partner Program is intended for users who want to generate revenue from their existing audience. If you are more interested in increasing your audience, you may want to start with the YouTube Promoted Videos.
Emails I got from YouTube, after I was approved for YouTube Partnership Program:
Dear Satish,
Thank you for your interest in the YouTube Partner Program!
The information you provided in the online sign-up form has been reviewed and approved for partnership. Please proceed and review the tutorial and accept the contract. Once you accept the contract you will need to associate a Google AdSense account to activate your partnership.
Step 1:Online Sign-Up Form Approval
Step 2: Tutorial Completion and Contract
Step 3:Associating your Google AdSense account
You will be required to agree to and comply with the terms of the contract as a condition of your continued participation in the program.
Thanks,
The YouTube Team
Dear Satish,
Thanks again for your interest in the YouTube Partner Program. Your application has been reviewed and approved for the first stage of the application process. We wanted to check in, as you have not yet completed Step 2, creating and linking your Google AdSense and YouTube accounts. All partners need an approved AdSense account in order to receive payment and be accepted in the program. Please sign in to your YouTube account and proceed to Step 2 by clicking on the link below. Thank you!
Step 1:Online Sign-Up Form Approval
Step 2: Google AdSense Approval and Linkage
Step 3:Tutorial Completion and Contract
If you experience any problems with the link, try signing in to your YouTube account and copying http://www.youtube.com/partpro_adsense directly into your browser. If you have any other questions about the application process, please reply to this email.
If you are no longer interested in the YouTube Partner Program, we’d like to hear your feedback. Feel free to reply to this email with any concerns.
Sincerely,
The YouTube Team
Dear Satish,
You’re one step away from becoming a YouTube Partner and earning revenues from your videos. Please proceed to Step 3, to enable your account for revenue sharing.
Step 1:Online Sign-Up Form Approval
Step 2:Tutorial Completion and Contract
Step 3: Associate your Google AdSense account
Sincerely,
The YouTube Team
Dear Satish,
Congratulations! Now that you’re a YouTube partner, you’re on your way to sharing revenue from your YouTube videos and increasing your audience through syndication.
Here’s some important reference material. Please sign in to your YouTube account in order to access this information.
Getting Started Guide – See how to use YouTube partner features. Partner Tutorial – Review the Partner Tutorial. Partner Agreement – Detailed partner agreement. Community Guidelines – Understand your responsibilities in ensuring a positive experience for our users. Partner Account Settings – Update your Google AdSense information.
Looking for even more YouTube partner information? Visit our comprehensive Partner Help Center or catch the latest news in our blog.
Update: Scroll down to check about YouMint – better way to earn from your mobile phone!
mGinger is the first of its kind opt-in permission-based mobile marketing platform in India, where you can get cool discounts/offers as well as incentives for helping your family and friends get these discounts/offers(by referring them to mGinger). And not to forget, mGinger also allows you to send free SMS. what else we can ask for ? Money, free sms, great deals.
The idea is simple: You have to signup your mobile number and email ID, and specify your interests and the time when you want to get information about these items.
To keep you interested and informed, mGinger also gives incentives for every ad you receive and for each ad received by people in your network upto two levels of referrals(explained below).
So, the more people you refer to mGinger(via the link you get inside your mGinger a/c once you signup), the more you could earn.
Incentives per ad received:
You: 20ps;
Referral level 1: 10ps;
Referral level 2: 5ps;
Example:
If you refer 100 people and in turn those 100 people together refer 300 people, you will have 400 people in your network.
You get 10 ads: so you earn (10 x 0.20) Rs = 2Rs
Referral level 1: 100 people, receive 5 ads each, so (100x5x0.10)Rs = 50Rs.
Referral level 2: 300 people, receive 5 ads each, so (300x5x0.05)Rs = 75Rs.
So you earn a total of Rs. 127
(What if you refer 1000 people and they inturn refer 3000 people in total? Calculate.)
Everyone and their neighbor has cell phones these days. Well, have you seen some one without one!
Once you accumulate Rs. 300 in your account, you are entitled to receive cheque from mGinger.
Your earnings depends on the number of people you refer, your profile information and the number of relevant campaigns running.
So keep referring more and more people(without spamming them ofcourse) and get more money and I’m sure your family and friends will thank you for introducing to something so cool.
Email:
You also earn when you and your referral receive promotional emails from mGinger.
Will mGinger make me rich ?
So, do you think mGinger will make you rich over night ? No.
It could provide you with some pocket money which you could use for your evening coffee with friends.
The real advantage is the money it can save you by providing you with real big discounts/offers on quality branded items.
Deals:
mGinger has also started new deals, where they provide quality branded items for huge discounts. No bidding or lucky draws involved. You pay and you get it, with huge discounts.
With the introduction of “deals” mGinger has started sending more discount/offer sms’s, hence allowing us to make some more money from the ads we receive.
Is it a new type of scam in the city?
No. It’s not a scam. They actually pay. I have got my payments too. You can actually visit their home page and look at the number and the amount they have actually paid to their users.
Does the company really Pay?
Yes. Below is a proof. It’s my first cheque I got from mGinger, with a nice thank you note.
(Click on above images to enlarge..)
Competition:
There are many other companies that might be running with the same concept, but I have tried many and non are actually good or anywhere near to the quality of mGinger. So I would recommend you to join mGinger and refer your family and friends to it.
Remember, money saved is money earned(and mGinger also pays you for saving your money!).
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R.I.P mGinger
To our disappointment, mGinger has discontinued it’s operation without intimating its users.
we have found a better alternative to mGinger. Introducing YouMint, which existed even at the time of mGinger, but we thought mGinger as more trust worth(we were proved wrong).
I loved the phone. As always, there were some flaws and I wanted change!
Things I dint like about my HTC phone: 1. Worst battery backup. It dint last even for 12hrs đ With mp3 or WiFi, I could use the phone for 4 to 5 hours max. 2. It was locked to Vodafone! Well, I knew there will be ways to unlock it for other operators. After installing some software, it did work with all operators. But sometimes it needed restart, which again took considerable amount of battery power. 3. Touch screen sensitivity wasn’t satisfactorily built. Messaging was freakingly annoying. The small screen(2.8 inches) of the device made it even more difficult to navigate and to operate the phone. 4. Overall performance of the device was very poor. Slow processing. 5. Couldn’t play mp4 videos (and still this phone is called smart phone!) 6. It had “Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional”, but I wanted android. 7. 2 MP, 1600Ă1200 pixels: Camera quality Sucks! No HD video recording. 8. (Don’t) Touch Screen: Doesn’t work when operated with fingers. We have to use the stylus ……… and it works when operated with nails! 9. Data cable provided with the device never worked. I had to use my camcorders data cable. 10. You have to use the phone with the original company settings and software. If you make more changes, i.e., try to over customize and start installing more 3rd party software, then the device acts as if it’s dead. It slows down the entire device, hangs, takes time even to restart đ
For all these reasons, I wanted a new phone. And it’s smart phone era and there are many smart phones with competitive price tag, especially after the advent of android.
But the device had a sexy look, good pouch, not that bad to use for making and receiving calls: if used with original company settings.
Keeping all these in mind, I offered the phone to one of my friend’s friend for Rs. 5000 and he immediately agreed and bought it. Before purchasing he asked a question: Why are you selling it?
Instead of telling, “I want to buy a new phone”. I told all these above demerits, straight forward. But he was already sold to the sexy design of HTC p3452. He is a average user and his main requirements are calls and style! He can use this phone to make and receive calls, and the phone looks great.
