Tuesday, January 11, 2011

[Devils Workshop] “5 Must Visit Websites Launched in 2011” and 3 more...

[Devils Workshop] “5 Must Visit Websites Launched in 2011” and 3 more...

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5 Must Visit Websites Launched in 2011

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST


With about trillion of websites on the Internet, I know you don't want to waste time sitting and reading this part of the article.. So let us move on towards what I have to share with you all. These websites were all officially launched on the 1st of January 2011 but may be registered long before the launch date, pretty natural huh!

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#1. Indiavibes

The first Web HD TV in India which will host a large collection of TV shows and movies.

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What's so extraordinary – It boasts of using adaptive streaming which will practically let you watch Videos without any interruption or buffering.

What's not so extraordinary – You cannot download any show or movie as it uses adaptive streaming.

LINK: Indiavibes.tv

#2. ItsHacked

This one is particularly a niche website (blog) for people who are interesting in  topics like Hacking, Network Security, Identity theft etc.

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What's so extraordinary – The website is fast, looks simple and uses a Tag cloud also.

What's not so extraordinary – Frequency of posts is low and design do not looks like a priority.

LINK: ItsHacked

#3. UK Government Data

Yeah, yeah I know… Please do ask me what's so interesting about sharing a Government site with you! My answer would be "see it yourself and then decide".

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What's so extraordinary – Being a Government website, it's nicely designed and organized. The best part about this website is that it opens up a lot of data from the Government of UK for the public to see, analyse and see summaries. You can even create applications using the wide data available.

What's not so extraordinary – Not such a nice website if you are not much interested in Socio-IT trends.

LINK: UK Government Data

#4. Teach Parents Tech

This one is from the house of Google which has made an interesting move by trying to help Parents and older people nice stuff about technology and a great 'How-to' series. Anybody can introduce their parents or someone they know of having less knowledge related to things on a Computer.

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What's so extraordinary – The website is nicely designed and looks cool, yeah the Google style! It is simple & quick to use and has nothing much hidden.

What's not so extraordinary – The website provides a platform for the young ones to share Technology videos to their parents and other old pals. However nothing apart from videos has been put in place, also what if someone doesn't even know how to install the plug-ins on a browser to run videos!

LINK: Teach Parents Tech

#5. iPhone Experience

What else will you need if there is a dedicated blog explaining you different tips and tricks about your iPhone, isn't that cool? Everyday the blog comes out with some new application for iPhone which let you decide what all to keep on your own piece.

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What's so extraordinary – The blog is truly dedicated to iPhone and just iPhone. The frequency of posts is quite good for now and quality of content is fine.

What's not so extraordinary – Design blocks are not organized properly and the colour scheme must be revamped. The topic is displayed in a font which looks quite not so good to my eyes.

LINK: iPhone Experience

Few interesting ones which I could not ignore (though they will be launched later in January):

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An Ajay Devgan company, TicketPlease is going to launch on 10th January. The website is similar to Bookmyshow.com which also sell tickets for movies, concerts, plays and other events. Ticketplease will also let  you buy movie CD and DVDs.

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Looks like another social networking website but with a difference in its Privacy features. The beta version of the website also claims to have 1 lac users and is going to launch officially on 15th January 2011. The website sources maintains that they are not looking for any competition with established portals like Facebook or LinkedIn.

I hope you liked this post and interesting too, let me know guys about some interesting topics you would like me to cover or review.


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Cheapest 3G Data card in India for just Rs. 1300!

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:30 AM PST


We all know about data cards available from Tata DoCoMo, BSNL and Reliance, however what we don't know is that Data cards are nothing more than Mobile phones without their screen, keypad and other features. icon biggrin Cheapest 3G Data card in India for just Rs. 1300!

Then why they are sold for such high costs, sometimes even more than the costs of good mobile phones available in the market?

Reliance and Tata have always been selling their Data cards for about Rs. 2500-3000 with BSNL presently selling their 3G Data card (upto 7.2 Mbps) for Rs. 2500 (that too after a discount!). Finally two Indian students from Bhubaneswar in Odisha (formerly Orissa) have announced their latest innovation, a 3G data card for just Rs. 1300. The data card is presently not available in the market, however it is trying to tie up with biggies like Future Group to make its presence in the huge Indian market.

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Some Features of the Data card

  • Supports almost all network bands like WCDMA/UMTS 2100MHZ/EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ.
  • Download Speeds upto 7.2 Mbps (HSDPA) and upload speeds upto 384 Kbps (HSUPA).
  • It comes with High speed 2.0 USB connectivity.
  • Supports any GSM/3G-based SIM card.
  • Send and receive SMS also
  • Works with almost all Operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7, Linux/Mac.
  • The datacard even supports Flash memory upto 4GB.
  • Few sources claim that the datacard can even support upto 21.1 Mbps download connectivity though it has not been tested yet.

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The innovators even claim that they can bring down the cost of the Data card to only Rs. 900 if they receive any support from the Government to manufacture on a large-scale. They are even expecting this to generate large-scale direct/in-direct employment.

Let me know if you have already found any store where the iWebLeaf 3G data card is available. Guys, I am missing your comments. Do post them! It hardly takes a minute after all :)

Link: iWebLeaf


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Gallery Hosted – Host and share photo galleries with online tool

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:35 AM PST


Most of us share photos on Flickr, Picassa or even on our Facebook profiles. This is usually done with friends and family. Sometimes I do not necessarily want my account URL for Flickr or Picassa with some people. This is where I liked the idea of Gallery Hosted. Gallery Hosted allowed me to upload a bunch of images and then share them online for others to look up.

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Gallery Hosted Features

  • I did not have to sign-up to upload a few images online. Just visit the website and upload the images you want to share. The best part was I could upload images in bulk and did not have to do this one by one.
  • The best feature of GalleryHosted was that when I shared the URL of the gallery I uploaded, the visitor can look through thumbnails to navigate through the various images.
  • The good point about Gallery Hosted is that is allows unlimited hosting and its free.
  • To manage your galleries you will need to create and account.

I liked GalleryHosted for its speed. If you are looking to try out something different from Flickr, giving Gallery Hosted a look won't be a bad idea.

Do try it out and drop in your comments and views.

Link: Gallery Hosted

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Get Photoshop To Do What Fairness Creams Failed To Do!

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:30 PM PST


In my previous Photoshop articles I made a tutorial on How to Remove Certain Part of an image and How to Look Younger using Soften Skin Effect, It was liked by many of our readers and through a feedback I was asked to create a tutorial on how to create a fair skin effect. Read the simple tutorial for fair skin effect in few easy steps.

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Step : 1 – Take the image duplicate it(Cntrl J)and move it to the right for comparison.

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Step : 2 – Select Quick selection tool and make sure Add to Selection in option bar is selected. Select the area you want to make it fair.

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Step : 3 –After you made a selection Go to Image menu > Adjustment > Brightness/Contrast.

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Step : 4 – The following  pop up appears adjust brightness and contrast as per your requirement.

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And you are done with it, look at the image below.

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Did you like this tutorial? If you have any questions feel free to ask them through your valuable comments.


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