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I wish all my readers a very happy new year. May this year would come with peace and harmony.

A very happy new year 2013 to one and all. We are giving away three 50$ Google Adwords coupons. The expiry date of all these coupons is Dec 30, 2010. So you have very short time to use these coupons. For those who don't know what Google Adwords is: It is the advertising platform provided by Google. The ads you see while searching something on Google and, your Gmail and on different websites saying Google Ads. So if you are having a website or blog, you can promote it using Google Adwords.   You can search on Google on how make good use of Google Adwords. I will also write a post today or tomorrow to highlight the uses of Google Adwords. But before that first use these coupons. How to Use these coupons?   To use these coupons, you need to create a new Google Adwords account and for that first you need to create a basic Google Account. Old Adwords accounts can not use these coupons. These coupons are only for new accounts. These are promotional coupons that ...

[I was supposed to write this post 2 days back but because of my work and other schedules I could not write it. Now I am finally writing it] As in my earlier post I had mentioned about three simple ways of blogging . This was the third way. But in that post I made this way of creating a blog difficult rather than making it simple. So now I am hear to take you with the easy steps of creating a self hosted blog. A self hosted blog needs a domain name and  a web space to host your blog. So your first step would be registering a domain name. Step 1] Register a Domain Name: The most popular website for registering domain names in India is Bigrock.com You can get best deals for domain names @ bigrock  Step 2] Get a web hosting account. You can start with any web hosting provider. In my initial days I had used One.com which gives domain and hosting together. It's promotional package lets you get Domain Name + 5 GB web space @ 13.8 ...

In my previous post about blogging (a long long back) I have tried to cover basics about blogging. Like what does it mean? Who is a blogger etc. Now in this post you will get a little more about blogging and most importantly three best and simple ways to start your blogging journey. Today's post might not be interesting for bloggers who already have set up their blogs. But it would surely help people who want to start their journey as a blogger. I had already mentioned all three ways in the last blog about blogging around a year back but today I will put some more light on it. Basically a blogger a person who wants to share some information with the people. Today even corporates have started sharing on their dedicated business blogs. This truly indicates the importance of blogging. People or organizations can stay connected and make their audiences aware about their products and services using their blog. They can share anything or everything on their blogs making it a nativ...

Facebook has recently introduced the new security button on its main navigation panel. You can see it in your Facebook profile. (at right side of Home)   This is a very useful action by Facebook, it should have been done long back as security has always been major concern while using Facebook. It was quite difficult for newbies and no-geeks to handle their Profile security. Now they can easily manage their profile security.  Here is what Facebook offers in this newly introduced button: When you click on the Security button (A lock with three horizontal lines), you will see three options. 1) Who can see my stuff? Click on this option and you will see a menu: The menu gives you four options as you can see in the figure: a) Who can see my future posts? From here you can manage who see you posts. You can make it for public, friends, friends of friends, only me or you can set selected people to see it. b) Where can I review all my posts and things I...

The new Twitter profile lets you show who you are. You can customize your header and background to portray your identity on Twitter. This new profile of Twitter will be rolled out for all users on 12 Dec. So Twitter has something to give on this unique date 12-12-12. Though many users have already got the new version of the Twitter profile, it is yet to be open for all. And finally Twitter will be rolling out these redesigned profiles on 12-Dec. Your profile pic is displayed at center just below the top inside the header image. So it leaves you with your skill and creativity to make your profile look better. I came across an article that guides you very well to design a twitter header. Here is the link : DesignHack I had used it to create a header for my profile, you can see here:

I am going to list most important Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts. You can use them to enhance your user experience with Windows 8. Use of these shortcuts may bring joy and fun while using Windows 8. You can easily me morize these short cuts , the best way is " start using them." Use Windows key to open Start screen or switch to Desktop if start screen is open. Use Windows key + D to open Windows Desktop. Use Windows key + .   to pin and unpin Windows applications on side of the screen. Use Windows key + X to open the power user menu, which gives you access to man y features such as Device Manager and Command Prompt. Use Windows key + C to open the Charms. Use Windows key + I to open the  Charms Settings. Hold Windows key + Tab to show open apps. Use Windows key + Print screen to create a screen shot, that automatically gets saved to My Pictures folder.

Whenever we use Google, most of the times we search for a specific type of file, example: PDF or PPT or DOC. But when we enter the query in Google's search box it gathers all types of the results, be it of any type. To find a specific type of file we need to modify our search technique. Coming steps will show you how to search for a specific file type (here I am showing it for PPT i.e. power point presentation file). Step 1] Go to Google. Step 2] Write "filetype:ppt" (without quotes) before your actual search query. So if I am searching for PPTs relating to Nanotechnology I will write "filetype:ppt nanotechnology" You can see the result. You will get files of type that you have mentioned.  Similarly you can search for any file type you want. You only need to change the file type in the query, as in our example: instead of PPT, put PDF or any other type that you want to search.  We can create a generalized query as: "filetype:<write fi...