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Monday, November 9, 2015

Ways To Engage The Social Media Followers


Social media is the need of the hour and everyone is into it, right from our politicians to the Swamijis’. It has become a great source of information these days. One can easily post, share, like and comment on any updates on these social media platforms. The social media followers are constantly increasing and one can feel the impact of it. The following are the types of social media followers:
Trendy Followers:
They belong to the category of fads and it is very difficult to keep them engaged. They look for the cool quotient in everything that they do. They are trendy, stylish and cool. They are the influencer, hence one has to be extra careful in dealing with them. Run a campaign on all the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on. Let the campaign be related to your brand. It will keep the trendy followers engaged and will also promote your brand. Keep your posts short and sweet. Incorporate videos rather than solely relying on the content.
Attention Seekers:
We all long for attention, don’t we? How can social media be excluded? There are attention seekers who has a wide presence on these platforms. They will be highly active on Facebook, instagram, Twitter and other similar platforms. They will always have something to post, tweet and share with the visitors on their page. They love changing their status frequently. They are hungry for likes and comments on their pictures. Trust me, they are addicted to social media platforms and cannot stay away from it for long. The best way to keep them engaged is to give them the attention they need. Tag them in posts that requires their opinion. Run a contest or campaign to keep them glued.
Choosy followers:
They are difficult to be impressed. They long for information that is beneficial to them or their closed ones. They do not stick to random brands or get easily carried away. They are the loyal ones and will stick to brands that has given them a good experience. If you want to impress these followers, you will have to be thoroughly researched. Provide them with apt information with facts and figures. Keep your title very meaningful. You will also have to be careful with the layouts and designs. Your images should be of high resolution and you need to offer them quality content.
Career Minded followers:
These followers will mostly be active on LinkedIn as they are keen towards their professional choices. They actively participate in Q & A sessions. They share their opinion and will constantly follow the brand if they find it meaningful. Such people can be engaged if you share the experts’ tips and advice. Give them the latest and updated news.
Sociable Followers:
The sociable followers are the ones who are looking for like minded people. They use the social media platforms to connect with people of common interests. They discuss things that are common in the group. You can keep them engaged by involving them in discussion which is informative as well as interesting.
Hope this article has been useful to you. It is vital for a brand to keep their visitors glued to their site. Follow the above mentioned tips and keep the followers engaged. Do share your feedback with US!
source from:http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/135841-facebook-music-stories-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work

Xolo Launches Era HD Smartphone In India, At Rs. 4,777



Xolo has launched the Era HD smartphone in India. The device is priced at Rs. 4,777, and is available in Rocky Grey finish. As the name suggests, it has a 5-inch IPS display, with 1280x720p resolution. Coming to the specifications of the smartphone, it is powered by the quad-core Spreadtrum (SC7731G) processor clocked at 1.2GHz, coupled with 1GB RAM and Mali 400-MP GPU. The Xolo Era HD has 8GB of built-in storage, expandable via microSD card up to 32GB.  The rear of the smartphone has an 8MP camera, and the front has a 5MP camera. A 2500mAh battery powers the entire package. In terms of connectivity options, the device has, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, FM radio, and GPS.
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With the launch of the Era HD smartphone, Xolo aims to take on the budget smartphone segment of under Rs. 5,000. Within a budget of about Rs. 7,000, there are a number of smartphones available, such as the Meizu M2, Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime, Yu Yuphoria and more. You can check out our list of best smartphones under Rs. 7,000, here. If you have a budget of Rs. 10,000, you can check out our list of 10 samrtphones that you can consider.

Xolo also recently launched the Xolo Black 1X smartphone in India. Priced at about Rs. 10,000, the smartphone has decent specifications, including 32GB of built-in storage, and 3GB of RAM. Since most smartphones in this price bracket offer 16GB of built-in storage, it is nice to see a device being introduced with 32GB of built-in storage.
See more at: http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/xolo-launches-era-hd-smartphone-in-india-at-rs-4777-27864.html#sthash.u2d8rbS1.dpuf

Friday, November 6, 2015

BSNL Launches Special Tariff Vouchers For Diwali 2015



State-run BSNL has launched special tariff vouchers (STV) for its pre-paid mobile customers for the Diwali festival.

The STV of Rs 35 provides 20 paise per minute calls to any network for all local and STD voice call with a validity of 2 days whereas STV of Rs 48 provides 80 minutes of calls to any network (local and STD) with a validity of 3 days.

The denomination of these STVs may marginally differ from circle to circle, BSNL said in a statement.
In addition, BSNL has also launched other combo offers for prepaid GSM mobile customers providing talk value and data both at cheaper rates. The offers are applicable with effect from November 7 for limited period on pan India basis.

"No other operator in the industry has such an attractive STVs. These are available across the country to greet our valuable and loyal customers," director (consumer mobility) BSNL board RK Mittal said.
Recently, the state-run firm has also launched night calling STVs for its customers.

source from:http://www.techgig.com/

Apple Launched Smartwatches In India



US technology major Apple today started selling its smartwatches in India with top models costing about Rs 14 lakh apiece. 

"Top Apple Watch would cost around Rs 14 lakh apiece. However, it would be only available on order from customer," a person in Apple retail network said. 

The company is selling Apple Watch variants at price starting from Rs 30,990 to Rs 14 lakh per unit through its over 100 Apple Premium stores in the country. 

There are three variants in two different display sizes -- 38 mm and 42 mm -- and customers will have an option to buy from 40 combinations. 

Apple Watch Edition, which comes with 18-carat rose gold case, white sport band and 42 mm display, is retailing at Rs 9.9 lakh. 

The other two variants with 42-mm display are Apple Watch Sport with silver aluminium case and white sport band at starting price of Rs 34,900 while Apple Watch stainless steel case with white sport band is selling at a starting price of Rs 52,900. 


In the 38-mm category, Apple has priced Apple Watch Sport with silver aluminium case and white sport band at a starting price of Rs 30,900 and Apple Watch with stainless steel case and white sport band at Rs 48,900. 

The premium model in the 38-mm segment, Apple Watch Edition with 18-carat rose gold case with white sport band has been priced at Rs 8.2 lakh per piece. 

The watch allows users to make and receive calls, read e-mails, control music, take pictures, manage Instagram photos and keep track of fitness using the smartwatch. 


Apple Watch is the first new product category to be launched under Tim Cook, who took over the reins of the company after Steve Jobs stepped down. 

This is also Apple's first new device category since 2010, when it entered the tablet market with iPad. 


Source From :-http://www.techgig.com

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Best Firefox Tricks!


This can come in handy for those who want to optimize FireFox! :
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Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better.
But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks.
1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.
2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.
3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common:
Spacebar (page down) Shift-Spacebar (page up) Ctrl+F (find) Alt-N (find next) Ctrl+D (bookmark page) Ctrl+T (new tab) Ctrl+K (go to search box) Ctrl+L (go to address bar) Ctrl+= (increase text size) Ctrl+- (decrease text size) Ctrl-W (close tab) F5 (reload) Alt-Home (go to home page)
4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.
5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:
Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs) Ctrl+Shift+Tab (rotate to the previous tab) Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:
Middle click on link (opens in new tab) Shift-scroll down (previous page) Shift-scroll up (next page) Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size) Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size) Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
7) Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.
8)User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this tutorial.
9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where the profile folder is) and see this example user.js file that you can modify. Created by techlifeweb.com, this example explains some of the things you can do in its comments.
10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and screenshots.
11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:
Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” & select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.
14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.
15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:
0: Display a close button on the active tab only 1: (Default) Display close buttons on all tabs 2: Don’t display any close buttons 3: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)
Source From :- http://myerudition.blogspot.in/

Samsung Galaxy S7 camera might ditch a load of megapixels


The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a brilliant 16MP camera, but Samsung might look to lower the megapixel count to 12MP for the Samsung Galaxy S7.
That's according to up and coming Weibo tipster i Ice universe, who claimed that while the phone will have fewer megapixels the sensor will be a larger 1/2.0" one, which should allow it to capture more light. The camera will also apparently incorporate dual-PD (dual-photodiode) technology to further improve performance.
Apparently the sensor is already nearing mass production, which would make sense if the Samsung Galaxy S7 is due to arrive in early 2016, as many rumours state.

Choices, choices

Of course this itself is just a rumour and it conflicts with earlier ones, which claimed Samsung would either stick with a 16MP sensor again or nab a 23MP Sony one,
The Galaxy S range has always been about big specs, so we're not sure how likely Samsung would be to lower one of the numbers, especially when Sony, HTC and Apple have all recently upped the megapixel counts on this year's flagship smartphones.
But image quality is king and if Samsung can really get better photos out of a 12MP sensor it could be the right choice.

How to easily move data from one mobile device to another (Smart Switch)



Move data from your old device to your new Galaxy device quickly and easily.
There are two forms of Smart Switch: the PC version (Smart Switch) and the device version (Smart Switch Mobile).

Samsung Smart Switch Mobile

Install the Smart Switch Mobile app on your device.
Data transfer between Galaxy devices is just a few taps away

How to download the app

Download Smart Switch Mobile from either Galaxy Apps or Google Play. 
In either app store, search for 'Smart Switch'.
Easy one-click connection
With Smart Switch Mobile, data transfer between Galaxy devices is easy.
Place your devices close together (within 8 inches) and run the app on both. Then, on the old device, select [Android Device], [Start], [Connect].
This allows you to send the personal data you’ve saved on your old Galaxy device to the new Galaxy device connected to it.
Support for various functions
You can send your personal data (contacts, schedules, messages, and memos), multimedia data, and other types of data (alarms, Wi-Fi settings , recent history, etc.).

Samsung Smart Switch

Data backup, restoration, synchronisation, and software updates are now managed in one place.
Enjoy the new Smart Switch. Updated menus make it even easier to use.

Fast connection and fast data transfer
Run Smart Switch on your computer and connect your new Samsung device to it using a USB cable.
Smart Switch will recognise the data on your old device and start moving it to your new one.
Simple backup and restoration
Try Smart Switch's new backup and restoration functions.
These functions help you back up all your data to your computer at once, and easily restore any backed up data – all without any complicated settings.
*The new backup and restoration functions also help you move your personal data (contacts, schedules, memos, messages, and call history), photos, videos, alarms, bookmarks, and miscellaneous preferences in a simple way.
Data synchronisation
You can synchronise your contacts and your schedule between your devices with Windows Outlook or Mac Address Book and iCal.
With this smart function, you can easily manage your schedule any time, anywhere.
Device software update
Using Smart Switch's computer version, update your device with the latest software.
Your device will be more stable, and it will perform better.
source  from:www.samsung.com/in/support/smartswitch/