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Google Buzz never on beta. Is it a bit too much?
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India Broadband: Where do we stand on a Global Internet Map?
How to Add Windows Calculator in Microsoft Excel Quick Access Toolbar

Google Buzz never on beta. Is it a bit too much?

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT

We all know Google Buzz came out like a chat message. Like we are having a chat with Google. It said, “New! Google Buzz in Gmail; Sweet! Check out Buzz” (Screenshot; Credit: TechCrunch). As far as I am concerned, I came to know about Buzz like that only. google buzz Google Buzz never on beta. Is it a bit too much?

Buzz in Gmail

We know Gmail was in beta for over 5 years. When Buzz launched inside Gmail, someone might have noticed, it was never in beta. But why? A service which was in beta for over 5 years, and a new service which is never in beta. Don’t you think Buzz would be having loopholes? Buzz allows you to connect with many sites, including twitter, YouTube, Picasa, etc and also could post those connected sites’ data inside Buzz. If Buzz has loopholes, would it be safe giving out data?

Purpose behind Buzz

Buzz claims to be “a new way to share updates, photos, videos and more”, but why use it when there are sited dedicated for them (I mean twitter, facebook, youtube, picasa, etc). After using Buzz for more than a month, I have figured out it as just a platform for nothing. It is always great to use different sites for different purposes. Buzz simply slows down Gmail. How will Buzz work without twitter? Whatever I post on twitter appears at Buzz, but whatever I post on Buzz does not appear on twitter. With many people having disabled Buzz, it wouldn’t be nice to use Buzz alone.

I have seen many posts for disabling Buzz, but don’t remember seeing even one stating the use of it. If I compare it with twitter, I believe nobody has enough time to manage both. Twitter is wide, but Buzz is isolated inside Gmail. When I tried to disable Buzz, it scared me of deleting my Google Profile. So, I didn’t (rather couldn’t) disable Buzz. Who would want to lose a profile which was online since Gmail only to get rid of Buzz?

Well, my point is it was fine for Google to acquire Twitter, rather than coming up with Buzz.

I would prefer simply turning off Buzz, rather than using it. What about you? Do share your views on Google Buzz.

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Give your suggestions and feedback about blogger in Google Moderator page.

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Blogger has launched a Template designer in Blogger drafts. Now they are accepting Blogger feature requests and feedback to improve blogger. I think Blogger is really worried about Bloger to Wordpress migration and even our own Harsh and rtCamp together have launched Blogger To Wordpress Migration Professional Service which makes thing even hotter!!

Here’s the screenshot about how to get to blogger template designer.

Firstly open http://draft.blogger.com/

Blogger is taking feature requests. post your request and promote other user request in Google Moderator page.

Are you a BlogSpot blogger, what all features do you think blogspot is missing?

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India Broadband: Where do we stand on a Global Internet Map?

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT

world map 01 India Broadband: Where do we stand on a Global Internet Map? These days, we all are talking about Internet speed in India. I am sure that once in every gathering of minimum of 2 friends, they talk about it and discuss where are we (India) lacking, who is offering what speed and at what prices, etc.

We talk, because we see some hope & scope of improvement to speed up our work, communication and entertainment with the use of Internet. We (at least me) feels ashamed when I had told my Internet speed Vs money I pay, to my friends abroad!

It is frustrating when ‘connection times out’ while you’re purchasing online, booking tickets, meeting people, video chatting with families abroad, uploading large files, grabbing knowledge from video tutorial and so on…
(And I did not mention playing multi-player games online here because we simply cannot do it in our bandwidth. )

bored India Broadband: Where do we stand on a Global Internet Map? I can go and have cup of coffee or smoke a cigarette or have a phone call to friends if I am downloading or uploading heavy files! Because I cannot / should not do anything on the computer fearing that connection may get interrupted if I browse or my computer may hang in between then I will have to re-start the whole process!

As we talk and wait (and only wait) for 3G launch in India – Where we stand on Global Internet map - is not pleasing at all.

Here are few details which I obtained from speedtest.net. You can also check your internet speed on this site.
Listed as Rank > Country > Download speed

1. Republic of Korea – 22.49 Mb/s
2. Aland Islands - 18.87 Mb/s
3. Latvia – 17.92 Mb/s
4. Japan - 16.94 Mb/s
5. Romania – 16.17 Mb/s
12. Hong Kong – 11.57 Mb/s
16. Germany – 9.58 Mb/s
24. Singapore - 8.32 Mb/s
25. France – 8.07 Mb/s
28. United States – 7.60 Mb/s
123. Srilanka – 1.49 Mb/s
127.India – 1.45 Mb/s

* This information is excluding tests done with connections used by Colleges and Corporations.

We stand way below at 127th with an average speed of 1.45 Mb/s with a hope to get somewhere within Top 50 countries.

If we look at some Broadband Plans on offer from various ISPs. The most noticing thing about these plans are, speed in ‘KB’s & cost in ‘K’s. It still feels like a luxury to have a faster Internet connection. 8mbps, 24mbps, 30mbps, 50mbps – these kind of numbers are only creating a buzz but nothing beyond it.

While the world is moving fast, moving heavy, getting more HD – How are we going to catch up with them?

I would really appreciate if ISPs provide minimum of 1 MBps & 2 Mbps unlimited plans in current prices of 256 kbps & 512 kbps unlimited plans (not exceeding Rs. 1750/month with taxes) with almost zero downtime – I think this should be enough for now and would be a good stepping stone to tell other countries that yes, we’re coming!

I would really appreciate to know your view on this.

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How to Add Windows Calculator in Microsoft Excel Quick Access Toolbar

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:05 AM PDT

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application which allows users to perform calculations, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. Microsoft Excel comes with so many great features which can help you perform many tasks easily. You can even add Windows Calculator to your Microsoft Excel toolbar if you want to perform quick calculations in Excel.

If you want to add Windows Calculator in Microsoft Excel,

1. Open Microsoft Excel and click on "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" and select "More Commands".

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2. It will open Excel Options. In the "Choose Commands From" drop down menu, select "Commands not in the Ribbon".

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3. It will show you the list of applications that are not in the quick access toolbar. Select Calculator from the list and click Add.

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4. Click OK and it will add Windows Calculator to your quick access toolbar as shown below.

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