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Google on your cell phone without Internet [via SMS]

Posted on: August 11th, 2009 by Mk

You can use Google services like finding local businesses, movies in theaters near you, weather info, flight status and much more simply by sending an SMS . To use this service, known as Google SMS, all you need to do is send simple query to a 466453 (GOOGLE on phone keypad). Examples: To get weather [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Website of the Week – Academic Earth

Posted on: August 4th, 2009 by Mk

Academic Earth is a must-see website – especially for students. It is run by an organization that has been founded to provide everyone with world-class education. They feature thousands of lectures from across the world on topics ranging from Biology to Political Science. The best part is – they are all available online for free. [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Land on the Moon with Google Earth

Posted on: July 20th, 2009 by Mk

July 20, 2009 – today marks the forty years anniversary of the first landing on the Moon and now you can virtually land on the Moon yourself too. Thanks to the new feature added by Google on their latest version of the Google Earth, you can now take a tour of the Moon, view various [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

How to Fold a Dress Shirt

Posted on: July 9th, 2009 by Mk

Here’s a useful video that demonstrates very easy steps to fold a dress shirt in four quick steps. Folding a shirt like the pros instead of hanging can help free up storage in your closet and following the steps in this video to fold it right can help avoid unnecessary wrinkles from forming. [Via Realsimple.com] [Read more...]

Website of the week – HowStuffWorks

Posted on: June 15th, 2009 by Mk

We will be presenting a useful website every week starting from this week. Today’s featured website is www.howstuffworks.com. This website features very handy information on how different things function including items like camera, rockets, bombs, motorcycles, guns, cell phone, pretty much everything we see everyday around us. Previously it only had text and pictures to [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

The Healing Power of Sleep

Posted on: June 8th, 2009 by Mk

You must have heard it million times – You need eight hours of sleep! Have you ever wondered how important this statement really is? Well, if you haven’t, I think you should. Researches have shown that lack of sleep is linked to obesity, cancer, heart disease, and low immune response. A recent study in the [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Using Google – the smarter way! गूगल चलाऊन सहयोगी भिडियो

Posted on: June 6th, 2009 by Mk

This is the first video of a part of online video tutorials we will be posting every week on this blog. This video explains some basic tips to use Google for doing smarter things other than basic online search. यो भिडियोमा गूगलडट्कम् (Google.com) मा खोजिको साथ् साथै अरु उपयोगी कुरा के के गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

50 years of climate change in the Himalayas

Posted on: June 4th, 2009 by Mk

Series of before and after taken panaromic images from the Himalayas show the reduction in the amount of ice in the Himalayas. The first set of photos (black and white) were taken in 1956 by Fritx Muller and the second recent set of photos were taken by American mountain geographer Alton Byers. The two set [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Are you DTV-ready yet?

Posted on: June 4th, 2009 by Mk

All channels in United States will be broadcasting in digital signal starting June 12, 2009. It was announced two years ago. The initial deadline for the transition was set for Feb 17, 2009 but was later delayed by the U.S. Congress to June 12, 2009. Since the announcement, selling analog TV sets in the U.S. [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Wise Quotes!

Posted on: May 21st, 2009 by Mk

Here are some wise quotes shared my a friend of mine on Facebook. I enjoyed reading them, hope you do too. Make your life a house your heart can live in. With a door that is open to receive friends. And a garden full of memories…. of many good things. Never Blame any Day In [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]