Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom company has now introduced all new affordable tariffs for its 3G customers and has also launched India’s first ever additional data usage Smartbytes packs for Airtel 3G postpaid mobile users. They have added a new 3G pack (snacking proposition) that offers 30 minutes of usage on 3G for over 1 day for Rs. 10. Moreover, the volume based browsing charges on 3G have been slashed down from 10p/10KB to 3p/10kB, effective from 17th May. Smartbytes for 3G lets users enjoy high-speed browsing on their mobile after consuming monthly data transfer limit.

Airtel New 3G Plans Tariff -

Apparently, Airtel has removed the Rs. 750 plan (4GB limit) and has replaced it with a new Rs. 1500 pack that offers 10GB of data usage with a validity of 30 days. The new Airtel 3G packs are now available for both Pre-paid and Post-paid customers across circles on phones and dongles.

These revised 3G plans look impressive and will surely attract a good audience to move on to 3G. Let’s see when other 3G providers in India follow Airtel footsteps.

Source: Airtel Press Release

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Internet users in India using Airtel Broadband and Reliance Broadband service must have recently noticed that both these ISP’s have blocked a majority of popular torrent sites in India since last night (May, 16th). Besides the torrent sites and illegal file sharing services, these leading internet service providers have also blocked access to sites such as xmarks.com, pastebin.com which is a sort of surprise as these services don’t serve any copyrighted or infringing content. According to Medianama, the reason behind this severe block is a ‘court ban’, following a John Doe order taken by Copyright Labs, Chennai, to prevent piracy of Tamil Films – Dhammu (Tamil) and 3 (Telugu).

Upon visiting any of these below listed websites on Airtel or Reliance Internet, you will see the following message “Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders”. On the contrary, BSNL and MTNL users are reporting that they’re able to access all the blocked sites easily. We’re not sure but this ban seems region specific as some users are able to access the banned sites in India on the above mentioned private ISP’s.

List of Sites blocked in India -

• Vimeo.com
• DailyMotion.com
• Xmarks.com
• Pastebin.com

Torrent sites -

• Isohunt.com
• thepiratebay.org | thepiratebay.se
• torrentz.eu
• kat.ph
• torlock.com
• kickasstorrents.com
• extratorrent.com
• torrentfunk.com
• fenopy.eu

It’s certain that hundreds of thousands of people all over India are trying to open these torrent sites and other sites, which is impossible. However, there are hacks to access such restricted sites using a proxy or VPN, though that’s not suitable for everyone. Fortunately, we’ve succeeded in accessing these sites using a simple and easiest trick!

How to Access Blocked sites on Airtel/Reliance -

By implementing https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) in place of the usual http, you can access most of the popular torrent sites like thepiratebay, isohunt, torrentz, kickasstorrrent and clean site like Xmarks. We’ve tried this trick on Airtel ISP and it’s working perfectly as on May 17th, 1:15 PM (IST). Links below:

• https://xmarks.com
• https://thepiratebay.se
• https://torrentz.eu
• https://isohunt.com
• https://kat.ph

Disclaimer: We DO NOT endorse any kind of piracy or copyrighted material. This article is strictly for educational and informational purposes.

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After a while, Firefox browser might tend to encounter issues like slowdown, errors, sudden crashes, unwanted toolbars, etc. making it difficult to enjoy a clean, safe and faster browsing environment. Luckily, Mozilla has finally coped up with this problem by introducing a smart and easy way to Reset Firefox in the latest beta version of Firefox. Firefox 13 Beta with new ‘Reset’ feature offers the ability to restore Firefox to its default factory state without re-installing and while saving your essential information.

Certainly, this is a great addition to Firefox as users would now be able to fix most issues simply by resetting and without requiring any type of manual troubleshooting. Resetting doesn’t hard reset the browser, it works by creating a new profile folder while preserving your Bookmarks, Browsing history, Passwords, Cookies, and form auto-fill information. To make the restoration seamless and effective, Firefox does not saves your extensions/ add-ons, themes, open tabs/windows, tab groups, download history, and more.

To reset Firefox to its default configuration, click on the Firefox button located at top-left corner, open the Help sub-menu and select ‘Troubleshooting Information’. Then click on the ‘Reset Firefox’ button, a confirmation window will appear, tap to continue. Upon resetting, Firefox will list the information imported. Click Finish to open!

Note: The ‘Reset Button’ is currently available in Firefox 13 Beta. If you’re looking to reset preferences on current stable build of Firefox, then follow this guide by Mozilla.

~ Firefox Beta can be downloaded here.

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Zoho, the leading provider of cloud-based services and online business applications has recently announced the launch of ‘Zoho Sites‘ – an easy-to-use website builder to Build Professional-Looking and Mobile-Ready websites. Zoho offers a wide suite of online applications and now the addition of website building and hosting service makes them more powerful in the market! Zoho Sites Website Builder lets anyone create a polished and professional site in minutes without writing any code. The websites carry a responsive design, means they’re automatically optimized for smartphones, tablets, etc. Available in both free and paid editions.

Zoho Sites offers a drag-and-drop user interface and integration with third-party apps like Google Analytics, YouTube. It is integrated with Zoho’s suite of apps, thus allowing users to manage their data using Zoho’s business apps. For instance, one can host email in Zoho Mail, customer data in Zoho CRM, financial data in Zoho Books, etc.

Get started with Zoho Sites is real easy – Simply login into your Zoho account (sign up if new), define a name for your site, choose a theme from the gallery, drag and drop desired elements such as text, images, videos, etc., and then publish the site with the push of a button. You can also add forms, widgets and other various stuff to your site. Making changes is just as easy and fast.

Highlights: 

• Mobile website – Websites are automatically optimized for access on mobile devices, eliminating the need to create a separate mobile website. Visitors are automatically redirected to the mobile-optimized website when accessing on mobile devices.

• Dynamic content – Zoho Sites simplifies frequent content updates by storing all content in the Zoho Creator database. Whenever content in the database is modified, the corresponding webpage is automatically updated.

• Powerful form builder – Powered by Zoho Creator, the form builder lets users create website forms for various purposes like managing contacts, support requests and much more — without writing any code. Forms can also trigger automated email notifications and other custom workflow.

• Third-party integrations – Pre-integrated YouTube, Google AdWords, Google Maps, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Picasa elements can be embedded on websites easily using the drag-and-drop interface. Other third-party elements can also be embedded.

• Zoho Sites for Google Apps – Zoho Sites is integrated with Google Apps and is available in the Google Apps Marketplace. Google Apps customers can now create and publish websites under their domain.

• Collaborative website creation – Users can invite other users to serve as authors or moderators of select pages or the entire website.

• Themes gallery – An array of ready-made business themes and page layouts can also be customized with the built-in HTML editor.

• Domain registration and hosting – Users can register a domain on Zoho Sites and host their website on that domain. All Zoho Sites websites come with free, reliable hosting.

Pricing 

The Zoho Sites Free Edition includes two websites, with each website containing two forms, one blog and unlimited pages. The Professional Edition is priced at $39 per year and includes six websites, each website containing 10 forms, a blog and unlimited pages. The Professional Edition also supports Google AdSense and complete rebranding.

Video Tour -

Start creating your new site at Zoho -  http://zoho.com/sites

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Cloud Computing is among the recent technological innovations that has revolutionized the computing sector. However, many people still do not understand the benefits that this cloud technology can drive to their small businesses. Generally, cloud computing provides an avenue through which individuals can access powerful software applications from the web. They can then use them in internal networks physically located within their proximity. The most applauded applications include online data backup, hosted email systems, and software as a service (SaaS). People who use this technology also have their Internet Protocol (IP) hosted phone services (Hosted VoIP) among other benefits.

  [Image credit: scottchan]

Basic Preconditions before Establishing a Cloud Computing Environment

People have to conform to some basic preconditions before creating a cloud-computing environment. Organizations that plan to develop a cloud-computing platform should first analyze their Information Technology (IT) infrastructure. For instance, they should look at various IT facets such as their data center, networking systems, storage resources and the overall capacity of their IT applications. Generally, by aligning such infrastructure, they should be able to determine whether their platform conforms to the minimum requirements for efficient performance in a cloud-computing environment.

Secondly, protection is a major attribute of a good cloud computing architecture. Therefore, organizations that want to create decent environments should comprehend the individual requirements of all applications that they will use in a cloud-computing environment. As a result, they will be able to make informed decisions when choosing a cloud platform. The right cloud-computing platform should enhance the performance and reliability of their applications. This is only possible if the platform complements the application requirements.

Principally, individuals should make sure that their environments outsource their network servers, and other applications form third party centers. As a result, they will pass down the maintenance and uptime costs to hosting data centers while they enjoy seamless computing.

Considerations for Businesses that Want to create a cloud Computing Environment -

1. Security

Data security is a key attribute that people must keep in mind when creating cloud-computing environments. For instance, they should understand how segmentation of multi-tenant or shared environments occurs to avoid customer overlap. They should look at the safety of their hosts’ storage platform and other attributes such as networks.

2. Manageability

Organizations should understand their roles and the roles of their service providers. For instance, they may not get administrative assistance from some public vendors. Therefore, organizations should determine whether they are in a position to carry out these duties or if they have to outsource from other cloud vendors.

3. Performance

The level of performance of a cloud environment should be directly proportional to a company’s infrastructure demands. Therefore, people should determine whether they cloud environment that they are using or that which they intend to use will cater for these demands. They can ascertain this attribute by regular testing and troubleshooting.

4. Compliance

People should know where their cloud hosts will keep their data. They should also understand how, and who will interact with their data. Understanding these areas of compliance will enable them to audit their host’s regulations and standards and select those that they can tolerate.

People who consider these key attributes can create good environments and benefit from their cloud computing ventures. They will experience faster internet speed at lower costs. This will improve the productivity of the businesses and present them with higher profits.

Author Bio:

Biljana is a writer and a blogger exploring the Australian virtual private server solutions available and publishing useful tips and advice on how and why cloud solutions may be beneficial for businesses in Australia and worldwide.

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Bharti Airtel has launched a new 3G data plan for its Blackberry Postpaid customers, costing Rs. 299 per month. This plan offers ‘Unlimited internet browsing at 3G speeds accessible only on your Blackberry device’ and ‘1GB of off-device data service usage at 3G speeds free per month’. The 3G plan is applicable for BlackBerry postpaid subscribers on Rs. 599 plan (retail users), Rs. 399 plan (Business users) or Rs. 899 plan (BlackBerry Enterprise & Retail users).

Note:

• Off-device – When BlackBerry device is used as a modem
• On-device – When internet is used on BlackBerry device

Upon subscribing to this 3G plan, your minimum monthly tariff would be:

1. 399+299 = 698 
2. 599+299 = 898 
3. 898+299 = 1198

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It’s time for Instagram users to delight as they can now view their Instagram photos directly in a browser using Webbygram, a web version of the most popular photo sharing service ‘Instagram’. Instagram was recently acquired by Facebook for a whooping $1 billion and their newly launched Android app has already crossed 10 million downloads.

Webbygram is a free and great web service developed by Brenden Mulligan, that offers an alternate and efficient way to view your Instagram stream from web using a desktop, laptop, etc. which was till date accessible only via Instagram mobile apps, available for iOS and Android. Fortunately, it’s now possible to see Instagram images on big screen through this unofficial web version of Instagram. Webbygram boasts a simplistic and neat interface, displays Instagram timeline in chronological order as seen on the official mobile app and it overcomes the limitation of using apps.

You can easily view the number of likes and comments for a specific picture, image caption and liking a photo is a click away. Clicking on an individual photo opens its particular webpage where one can post comments or quickly share the post to social networks. By default, webbygram shows ‘Popular Photos’ but you can login using your Instagram username and password (requires OAuth) to view your Instagram stream. You can even share your Instagram profile online, accessible through Webbygram. For instance, catch my instagram updates at webbygram.com/user/mayurjango.

Frankly speaking, I was badly looking for a similar service. Webbygram is really amazing and delivers a Instagram like experience. Do give it a try out!

via [labnol]

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Android offers the functionality to quickly toggle settings for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, brightness, sound, sync, etc. directly from the notification bar or power control widget but not for the data connection. This makes it pretty uneasy for users who frequently access web on their device through 2G/3G/4G, as they’ve to tap multiple times just to turn on/off the data packet (from Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile networks > Data enabled.) That’s where ‘Data Enabler Widget’ comes to rescue!

Data Enabler Widget is a free and handy app for Android devices that does a simple but efficient job. It is a smart and elegant widget that adds the ability to enable/disable the mobile data with 1-click, without messing up the APNs. By adding this small widget to your homescreen, you can toggle the "Data enabled" setting quickly and easily. The bottom of widget icon turns blue/green when it’s on and turns grey when disabled. It’s a nifty widget and works perfectly, tried on Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.4.

After installing the app, you simply need to normally add its widget on home screen.

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