http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-fundubytes-says-on-world-fun-day.html
Though I can't find significance of June 27 in Google and Wikipedia search, Mid Day is celebrating it as World Fun Day. Guess what funduBytes says on it,
funduBytes = fun + du + Bytes
Hope you solve it and have fun reading funduBytes...
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/mginger-admadmobi-sms2india-are-they.html
India has become one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world since its commercial launch in August 1995. The only countries with more mobile phones than India with 156.31 million mobile phones are China-408 million and USA-170 million. Indian mobile phone market is expected to touch 348 million by 2010. With such high penetration and knowing the fact that one can't avoid an SMS received, people have found ways to monetize from this medium i.e. mobile advertisement.
In India few names that pay to read SMS ads are, mGinger, Sms2India, adMAD.mobi, mGarlic. Here is a comparison between them:-
Feature mGinger adMAD Sms2India mGarlic Where to register signup signup signup signup Invite ID Not required required (can be asked to admin) required (random user IDs generated at homepage) Not required Levels 3 5 3 3 Earning/Level (In Paise) 20/10/5 20/15/10/5/1 10/10/10 (dynamic structure for more paying) 20/10/5 (dynamic structure for more paying) Max Ads/day 10 20 10 10 Ads of your interest Yes Yes Yes Yes Ads sent at your specified time Yes Yes Yes No Earn through email and phone calls No No Yes No Payment (Mode) Rs 300 (Cheque) No info. Rs 500/1000 (Cheque/Paypal) Rs 100 (Cheque) How to unsubscribe? unsubscribe No information Login to your account and unsubscribe No info. Blog blog blog blog No info.
But, what about the conversion ratio? How many people respond to these ads? Some even do not read the full message. Ginger, Garlic .etc. are all there, missing is a pinch of salt. So advertisers can do the following:-
mGinger has launched a portal for advertisers called as AdGinger. The proposals for advertisers can be obtained by sending sales request at, http://www.mginger.com/sales.html or http://www.adginger.com/sales.html
With value added services (VAS) market within the mobile industry in India has the potential to grow from $500 million in 2006 to a whopping $10 billion by 2009, mobile advertisers have a good opportunity. But, users do not expect easy money by just reading sms ads.
Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the services mentioned above and opinions expressed here do not reflect the views of the same. All thoughts expressed are totally my own. If you join these services and suffer any kind of damage I do not take any responsibility whatsoever. Comments as referral for these services will be deleted.
Please share any valuable information regarding other vendor's advertising rates, proposals .etc.
Related: Get SMS alert for Gmail, Orkut, Blogger, Google alert
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/language-translation-tool-for-new.html
Finally, I've coded a language translation tool for new blogger that translates a blog post page to different languages using Google Language Tool.
The unique features of this translation tool are,
a) It can switch between different languages on the current page i.e. without opening a new window for each language.
b) No outbound link for translation.
Source Code and Instruction for the same are as follows:-
Step 1: Goto Template -> Edit HTML tab and select 'Expand Widget Templates'.Step 2: Find <div class="post-body">
Step 3: Add the translation code between
<div class="post-body">
and
<p><data:post.body/></p>
Step 4: Save the template.
Though machine translation may not be accurate, still it is quite handy to let readers read your blog in different languages.
Update: Read the latest development.
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/nivio-sending-spams.html
Nivio, a group of Indian programmers was recently in news for announcing the world’s first Windows-based online desktop called “Nivio” in Delhi. I too registered for the service, and got a reply "to wait in the queue" today evening.
But since then, I am getting spams i.e. whoever is replying to that mail is being broadcast to all registered users.
This may be due to mistake of Nivio administrator. To get rid of these messages temporarily simply create filter with condition 'to:nivio.com' and set it to skip inbox, apply a label (created prior to it) or delete it. But, if the Nivio team is doing this knowingly we can mark this message as 'Report Spam' in Gmail.
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/opera-mini-4-beta-mobile-phones-browser.html
With Apple set to release the iPhone on June 29, Opera Software has just released the beta version of its web browser for mobile phones, called Opera Mini 4 beta (codename 'Dimension'). Opera Mini is a fast and tiny Web browser that allows you to access the Internet on almost any mobile phone that supports Java.The Opera Mini 4 beta features page tells you 10 reasons to love it. Check out the screenshot which shows how this blog looks in Opera Mini 4 beta. I recommend you download (92 kb approx) and give it a try.
Definitely, the war among mobile web browsers like Opera Mini, Nokia S60 3rd edition browser, Apple iPhone Safari, Microsoft's Deepfish .etc. heats up with this release.
Previous entries:-
Orkut: Opera Mini :: 3: 1 Access Orkut on Mobile phone
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/get-indian-idol-news-videos-pictures.html
The desi version of international Idol series format, launched by UK show Pop Idol i.e Indian Idol Season 3 is on air. Though season three has got many changes from anchor to judges, still it is more popular among other singing talent hunt shows.
Those who do not have access to television can watch the videos from Indian Idol's official website (requires a broadband connection for seamless play). Now, it is possible to share, comment and rate the videos. Even you can embed the videos on your website. So, no more copyright infringement issues.
Dial-up users can get updates of the show at India Forums - Indian Idol 3, #1 discussion forum, where visitors read and update voluntarily all the television serial from channels like Star Plus, Sony, Zee TV, Star One, Sahara One, Sab TV .etc. Updates can also be found at blogs like indian-idol.blogspot.com, indian-idol-2.blogspot.com and indianidolshow .etc.
Related:
Indian Idol contestants on Google Maps | Indian Idol online voting
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/indias-top-colleges-rank-list.html
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore has been ranked 14th by India Today's June 4, 2007 issue. This time the list comprises of top 25 colleges, while till last year it used to publish top 10 colleges only (June 5, 2006 issue). I was wondering on BITS Pilani, NIT Surathkal .etc. being not listed.
After huge success of album 'Kailasa' last year, band Kailasa which comprises of Kailash Kher along with Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath is back with latest release 'Kailasa Jhoomo Re'. The album contains 9 tracks that convey different emotions and melodies. One song, Tu Meri Jaan Hai is a repeat from album Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, a daily soap on Sony Entertainment Television.Here is a detailed music review of Kailasa Jhoomo Re.
When I tried to listen it online at musicindiaonline it showed some error message :-
But, it seems there is some loophole in the server, as it allowed downloading of tracks because the actual location of the file became visible. Both real media and mp3 version can be downloaded just by replacing the extension .rm and .mp3 respectievely.
Related:
If you are a firefox user, musicindiaonline search engine plugin is quite handy to search your query directly from the search bar.
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