Deepak Nair

Social Media Subscriptions and statistics in India - 2017

2017-05-31T11:21:00.003+05:30

Social Media Subscriptions and statistics in India - 2017

Facebook

India has world’s largest number of Facebook Users with over 195 million users, overtaking US by over 4 million subscribers.
There are 155 Million Monthly Active Users (MAUs) in India, of which 147 Millions MAUs access Facebook via Mobile Phones and 73 Million users are active daily on Mobiles.
Top 5 countries accessing Facebook are India, USA, Brazil, UK and Germany.

A users revisits Facebook more than 3 times in a day.
In India, 76% of Facebook users are Men, and 24% users are women

Twitter
Twitter, the microblogging site has 23.2 million Monthly Active Users in India, which is 2nd largest in Asia-Pacific after Japan with 26 million MUAs
Over all, Twitter accounts for 17% of Indian Social Network users.

Twitter is at 2nd place in terms of User Engagement after Facebook.
According to twitter, 80% of users tweet from mobile devices.
Every second, around 6,000 tweets are sent which means over 350,000 tweets per minute, 500 million
tweets per day and 200 billion tweets per year.
PM Narendra Modi has Largest Audience following totalling over 25,148,264 fans. On the 2nd place, we have Amitabh Bachchan with 23,731,193 followers.

Linkedin
30 Million LinkedIn Users in India, while 467 million users globally.
LinkedIn, comparatively, is the fastest growing professional network in India.
Currently, LinkedIn is the most frequently used social network for recruiting, because it results in the most successful hiring.
Most active users on LinkedIn India are of age group 24-35.
46% of LinkedIn users are Female and 54% are Male.
Top 5 countries posting on LinkedIn are USA, India, Japan, UK & Brazil.

Youtube
30 Million LinkedIn Users in India, while 467 million users globally.
YouTube, the video-sharing site has more than 60 million unique users in India with users spending over
48 hours a monthly viewing video `content.
More than half of YouTube viewers watch YouTube Videos on their Smartphone or tablet.
When compared to last year, YouTube in India is up by 90% while the watch-time has grown by 80% in 2016.
Top 5 countries viewing YouTube are USA, India, Japan, Russia & Brazil.
Globally, YouTube is the 2nd biggest search engine after Google. 1/3 of Internet users use YouTube. q Monthly 6 Billion hours of videos are watched on YouTube.

Pinterest

Globally, there are 176 million registered Pinterest users out of which 110 million are active users.
After Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest is 3rd most popular social network in India.

80% of traffic to the site comes from Mobile device.
Pinterest has 80% female users and 20% male users.

Majority of daily active users on Pinterest are under

The site generates more than 400% revenue per click as Twitter and 20% more than Facebook.

The most browsed categories on Pinterest include-DIY & Crafts, Fitness, Home Décor, Food & Drink.92% of overall Pinterest posts are photos.

Instagram

There are 16 Million Instagram users in India. Globally, there are 400 Million active Instagram users with 75% of users from outside US.
30% of overall Internet users are on Instagram

74% of Instagram users in India are Men and 26% are Female

More than 90% of Instragramers are below 35 in India.

48.8% of brands are currently on Instagram, by 2017 it is expected to touch 70.7%.

Hope this was informative

Source :

www.soravjain.com/social-media-facts-and-stats-india-201

Some Best kept secrets of the Mahabharata

2016-07-18T12:37:00.001+05:30

THERE ARE NO SECRETS THAT TIME DOESN'T REVEAL

Draupadi

· Draupadi was destined to have 5 husbands from her previous life.Draupadi in her previous life, when she was known as Nalyani, (Daughter of Nala and Damayanti) prayed to Lord Shiva and got a boon of having a husband with 14 qualities(wisdom, strength, archery, looks, love, etc) . Lord Shiva acclaimed that no man can have all these 14 qualities, but on Draupadi's perseverance Shiva agreed that she will be granted her wishes in the next birth. The 5 pandavas had all these 14 qualities.

· It was not all Krishna saving Draupadi at the cheer-haran. According to Shiva Puran, it was also a boon by Saint Druvasa. The story goes that the sage’s loincloth was once carried away by the Ganga. Draupadi quickly tore a piece of her garment to cover him. The sage granted her a boon, which caused an unending stream of cloth to cover her when Dushasan was trying to strip her.

· Draupadi had a clause. After Draupadi agreed to be the common wife, her condition was that she would share her household with no other woman. In other words, disregarding popular practice of the times, the Pandavas could not bring their other wives to Indraprastha. Arjuna, however, made an exception as one his other 3 wives was Krishna’s sister, Subhadra. And with a little advise from Krishna, she was able to trick her way into the household.

· Draupadi regained her virginity. This is something I was really surprised to find out, basically when Narad Muni finds out that Drupadi is living with all 5 husbands at one time, he suggests that should rather be intimate with only of one of them for a year in turns and be the Sister-in-law for the other. Also, she was given a boon from... (you guessed it right) Lord Shiva that she will regain her virginity periodically (some sources say in an year, some say in a day), so when she was to change her husband after a year, she was virgin for her new husband.

Yudhishthira

· His name means " the one who is steady in battle or tough conditions " .His father king Pandu held dharma above all other qualities in a human especially for being a king ,therefore when Kunti told him about his boon he desired his eldest son and heir to be born righteous and truthful.

· Although being the eldest son he was less martial than his brothers prefering diplomacy and politics. He was a polyglot knowing languages which no other human knew.Nevertheless he was a master in the use of spear only second to Karna. It was said that he could pierce a stone wall with spear as it was a piece of paper.

· He had two wives Draupadi and Devika who was of Sivi kingdom. Draupadi bore him Prativindya his heir and Devika Yaudheya. Yaudheya survived Kurukshetra but was not made king. Instead he ruled his mother's kingdom.

· After loosing in the dice game during his banishment he never left the game and kept practicing. He learnt from sage Bridashwa to control the dices. He became so good at it that he was never defeated again at it.

He married his brother Bheem to a rakhsashi Hidimbi and denounced casteism saying actions mattered more than birth.
Yudhishthira cursed women that they will never be able to withold secrets after he came to know about Karna and his mother hiding about him.
His chariot had a flag of a golden moon surrounded by planets. He was also an expert charioteer

Ashwathama

When he was born he cried like a horse hence his name.
His father did years of severe penance to have a son with valiance of Shiv himself. Ashvatthama is considered to be a partial incarnation of lord Shiv himself.
He possessed a gem in his forehead which gave him dominion over all life form lower than human. It protected it against hunger, thirst , fatigue, ghosts, demons , snakes ,insects etc. It helped him fight off Ghatotkach Bheem's half rakhshas son.
He is master of all knowledge trained by the likes of Drona, Bhishma , Parshuram.
He was the king of north Panchal after Kaurav army captured Panchal and gave it to Drona as guru-dakhshina and Drona split it between his son and Drupad.
Bhishma once remarked that if Ashvatthama becomes angry nobody will be able to stop him because he was incarnation of Shiva himself. However Duryodhana always chose Karna over Ashvatthama because he saw him as fearful of death.

Yuyutsu, Dhritarashtra’s Son from a Woman of Vaisala Varna, Yuyutsu was born to Sauvali, a maid servant who attended Dhritarashtra and looked upon the royal household. Sauvali was not kshatriya but belonged to the vaishya class. She was appointed to look after Dhritarashtra when Gandhari's was declared pregnant. Dhritarashtra was mesmerized by the maid’s charm and used her, both for his physical and sexual gratification. Thus, was born Yuyutsu, the dasi Putra of Dhritarashtra. No wonder, Dhritarashtra always wished of having a heir before his brother Pandu. So, while Gandhari couldn’ appease him with a heir, Sauvali, the maid did the needful by getting pregnant of Dhritarashtra’s child. Yuyutsu, however was born after Yudhishtir and the same day as that of Duryodhana. Thus, he was younger to Duryodhana, but elder to rest 99 sons and the only daughter of Dhritarashtra. So, while all the 101 children of Dhritarashtra were blue blood, Yuyutsu was a dasi putra as he was born to a dasi and not queen.The character of Yuyutsu in the Hindu Epic Mahabharata was same as that of Vibhishana in the epic Ramayana and so just like Vibhishana, Yuyutsu too provided Pandavas with all the vital information of Kauravas planning and strategies. He switched sides from Kauravas to Pandavas right before the Kurukshetra War. He was the only surviving son of Dhritarashtra after the 18 days of War. After, the death of Krishna when Pandavas along wit Draupadi decided to go to Himalayas, Yuyutsu was appointed as a guardian of Parikshit, Abhimanyu’s son and the future king of Hastinapur. Like Vibishana, Yuyutsu too was called a kinslayer and traitor even even after he was on dharma's side.

Vrishketu- Son of Karna was made the king of Indraprastha . He was tutored by Krishna himself and was the last person to know and learn divine weapons as Krishna made him promise to never tell anyone about them.

Satyaki and Kritvarma - Both Yadavas fought from opposite camps in the war and remained lifelong enemies until they killed each other during the doom of Yadavas .

Nakula - Nakula was said to have a unique talent that he could ride a horse in rain without getting wet. It was because of his two talents horsemanship and swordsmanship . He deflected rain drops with his sword.

Vibhishan - To perform Rajsuya Yagya ,Yudhishthira sent his 4 brothers in 4 directions to collect tribute from kings. Sahdeva went south where he met King Vibhishan in Lanka as he was an immortal. He sent Sahdeva back with gift of jewels and precious stones and clothes of finest fabrics.

Arjun - Arjun was ambidextrous so one of his name is Sabyasachi.He had control over all his senses and could go on days without needing sleep getting the name Gudakesh . The horses in his chariot where white therefore one of his name is Svetavahana. Curse on the name of Arjuna- The father of sage Parashuram sage Jamadagni was killed by Kartavirya Arjun's sons . Therefore Parashuram cursed that anyone with name Arjun will never become a king only subordinate.

Duryodhana- He was said to be incarnation of Kali(demon).He was best mace fighter of his time. When he was born he cried like a donkey. He was first person in history other than lord Vishnu to perform Vaishanav Yagya making him Emperor of the Entire World he achieved this with help of his friend Karna who subjugated everyone including Krishna and Jarasandh. Other than his jealousy towards Pandava he was a rightful and just king treating his subjects with equality . It is said that when he died flowers rained from heaven.

Eklavya - In later life he became kings of Nishada and he was subordinate to Kingdom of Magadha. He was killed by Krishna himself in swayamvar of Rukmini. In some version of the epic it was he who was reborn as Drishtadyumna to kill Drona.

Most handsome man- Although Nakula is considered most handsome of all the Kuru princes, the smallfolk of Hastinapur liked Karna. Common women of Hastinapur desired Karna because of his fair glowing complexion.

Bheema's Pride- After Drona's death Ashvatthama became enraged and released Narayanastra. Only Krishna,Drona and Ashvatthama knew about this weapon and how to stop it. It brought a deadly shower of missiles and annihilating Pandava army. Krishna advised Pandava warriors to bow and submit to the weapon as it was the only way to stop it. But Bheema saw this as a symbol of cowardice and didn't submit. Therefore it continued to harm him. Krishna and pandavas had to restrain him to save his life.

Mayasura- The demon who made the palace for Yudhishthira at Indraprastha was the father of Mandodari wife of Ravana.He founded Mayarashtra which became modern city of Meerut .He was foremost among daityas being born from sage Kashyap and Diti.

Shakuni- He is considered to be personification of Dwapar yuga. He was enraged by marriage of his sister to blind Dhritrashtra and vowed to destroy Kuru lineage. However he loved his nephew Duryodhana very much.His lineage continued till Prince Ambhi of Taxila who fought alongside Alexander the great and was killed by Chandragupta Maurya in 3rd century B.C.

Karna- Interestingly for most part of the epic Karna was called Vasusena " the born with wealth" or Radheya " son of Radha" . He got his name after he gave his armour to lord Indra. It was Indra himself who took form of an insect and bit Karna on his thigh while Parshurama was sleeping on it that led to him giving curse to Karna. Later to repent for his curse he gave Karna his own Vijaya bow, Bhargavastra that no one possessed and a silver chariot covered with tiger skin.

Bhishma's dillema - When choosing the heir to the Hastinapur throne after Pandavas came from the forests after their father Pandu's death, Bhishma and Vidur had different choices. Vidur was in favour of Yudhishthira while Bhishma was supporting Duryodhana. This was because contrary to popular belief Duryodhana was very popular among the common people and because living in the capital he had much knowledge about millitary and administrative matters than any Pandavas while Yudhishthira was unknown to the general populace and he will never understand them. However he gave in to Vidura after he realised that Duryodhana was egocentric and power hungry at heart.

Godmother- The eldest female of Hastinapur royal family was the child of Chedi king Vasu and fish who in reality was apsara Adrika when the fish swallowed the king's sperm. He was cut out from the fish by chieftain of fishermans. Due to smell of fish coming from her body she was called Matasyagandha. Later Sage Parashar had sex with her out of which Sage Vyasa was born. He also gave her fragrant smell. Thus giving her name Yojanagandha.

Iravan sacrificed himself - Arjun’s son Iravan sacrificed himself to Goddess Kali to ensure Pandava’s win in Mahabharata war. But he had a wish that he want to get married before dying. So, Lord Krishna took the form of Mohini nd married him and the day Iravan died, he wept like a widow.
Udupi fed the Kurukshetra warriors- When the Mahabharata war was fought, All the kings aligned themselves on one side. But Udupi king preferred being on the neutral part. So, he spoke to Lord Krishna and said that,” The people who will fight will definitely need some food to eat. So, I will be the caterer in this battle and I will feed each warrior.The battle lasted for 18 days and thousand of soldiers died every single day. So, Udupi King had to make that much of less food each day so that the food never gets waste.

Source: various content found on the net

Some Best kept secrets of the Mahabharata

2016-07-18T12:37:00.000+05:30

THERE ARE NO SECRETS THAT TIME DOESN'T REVEAL

Draupadi

Yudhishthira

He married his brother Bheem to a rakhsashi Hidimbi and denounced casteism saying actions mattered more than birth.
Yudhishthira cursed women that they will never be able to withold secrets after he came to know about Karna and his mother hiding about him.
His chariot had a flag of a golden moon surrounded by planets. He was also an expert charioteer

Ashwathama

When he was born he cried like a horse hence his name.
His father did years of severe penance to have a son with valiance of Shiv himself. Ashvatthama is considered to be a partial incarnation of lord Shiv himself.
He possessed a gem in his forehead which gave him dominion over all life form lower than human. It protected it against hunger, thirst , fatigue, ghosts, demons , snakes ,insects etc. It helped him fight off Ghatotkach Bheem's half rakhshas son.
He is master of all knowledge trained by the likes of Drona, Bhishma , Parshuram.
He was the king of north Panchal after Kaurav army captured Panchal and gave it to Drona as guru-dakhshina and Drona split it between his son and Drupad.
Bhishma once remarked that if Ashvatthama becomes angry nobody will be able to stop him because he was incarnation of Shiva himself. However Duryodhana always chose Karna over Ashvatthama because he saw him as fearful of death.

Yuyutsu, Dhritarashtra’s Son from a Woman of Vaisala Varna, Yuyutsu was born to Sauvali, a maid servant who attended Dhritarashtra and looked upon the royal household. Sauvali was not kshatriya but belonged to the vaishya class. She was appointed to look after Dhritarashtra when Gandhari's was declared pregnant. Dhritarashtra was mesmerized by the maid’s charm and used her, both for his physical and sexual gratification. Thus, was born Yuyutsu, the dasi Putra of Dhritarashtra. No wonder, Dhritarashtra always wished of having a heir before his brother Pandu. So, while Gandhari couldn’ appease him with a heir, Sauvali, the maid did the needful by getting pregnant of Dhritarashtra’s child. Yuyutsu, however was born after Yudhishtir and the same day as that of Duryodhana. Thus, he was younger to Duryodhana, but elder to rest 99 sons and the only daughter of Dhritarashtra. So, while all the 101 children of Dhritarashtra were blue blood, Yuyutsu was a dasi putra as he was born to a dasi and not queen.The character of Yuyutsu in the Hindu Epic Mahabharata was same as that of Vibhishana in the epic Ramayana and so just like Vibhishana, Yuyutsu too provided Pandavas with all the vital information of Kauravas planning and strategies. He switched sides from Kauravas to Pandavas right before the Kurukshetra War. He was the only surviving son of Dhritarashtra after the 18 days of War. After, the death of Krishna when Pandavas along wit Draupadi decided to go to Himalayas, Yuyutsu was appointed as a guardian of Parikshit, Abhimanyu’s son and the future king of Hastinapur. Like Vibishana, Yuyutsu too was called a kinslayer and traitor even even after he was on dharma's side.

Vrishketu- Son of Karna was made the king of Indraprastha . He was tutored by Krishna himself and was the last person to know and learn divine weapons as Krishna made him promise to never tell anyone about them.

Satyaki and Kritvarma - Both Yadavas fought from opposite camps in the war and remained lifelong enemies until they killed each other during the doom of Yadavas .

Nakula - Nakula was said to have a unique talent that he could ride a horse in rain without getting wet. It was because of his two talents horsemanship and swordsmanship . He deflected rain drops with his sword.

Vibhishan - To perform Rajsuya Yagya ,Yudhishthira sent his 4 brothers in 4 directions to collect tribute from kings. Sahdeva went south where he met King Vibhishan in Lanka as he was an immortal. He sent Sahdeva back with gift of jewels and precious stones and clothes of finest fabrics.

Arjun - Arjun was ambidextrous so one of his name is Sabyasachi.He had control over all his senses and could go on days without needing sleep getting the name Gudakesh . The horses in his chariot where white therefore one of his name is Svetavahana. Curse on the name of Arjuna- The father of sage Parashuram sage Jamadagni was killed by Kartavirya Arjun's sons . Therefore Parashuram cursed that anyone with name Arjun will never become a king only subordinate.

Duryodhana- He was said to be incarnation of Kali(demon).He was best mace fighter of his time. When he was born he cried like a donkey. He was first person in history other than lord Vishnu to perform Vaishanav Yagya making him Emperor of the Entire World he achieved this with help of his friend Karna who subjugated everyone including Krishna and Jarasandh. Other than his jealousy towards Pandava he was a rightful and just king treating his subjects with equality . It is said that when he died flowers rained from heaven.

Eklavya - In later life he became kings of Nishada and he was subordinate to Kingdom of Magadha. He was killed by Krishna himself in swayamvar of Rukmini. In some version of the epic it was he who was reborn as Drishtadyumna to kill Drona.

Most handsome man- Although Nakula is considered most handsome of all the Kuru princes, the smallfolk of Hastinapur liked Karna. Common women of Hastinapur desired Karna because of his fair glowing complexion.

Bheema's Pride- After Drona's death Ashvatthama became enraged and released Narayanastra. Only Krishna,Drona and Ashvatthama knew about this weapon and how to stop it. It brought a deadly shower of missiles and annihilating Pandava army. Krishna advised Pandava warriors to bow and submit to the weapon as it was the only way to stop it. But Bheema saw this as a symbol of cowardice and didn't submit. Therefore it continued to harm him. Krishna and pandavas had to restrain him to save his life.

Mayasura- The demon who made the palace for Yudhishthira at Indraprastha was the father of Mandodari wife of Ravana.He founded Mayarashtra which became modern city of Meerut .He was foremost among daityas being born from sage Kashyap and Diti.

Shakuni- He is considered to be personification of Dwapar yuga. He was enraged by marriage of his sister to blind Dhritrashtra and vowed to destroy Kuru lineage. However he loved his nephew Duryodhana very much.His lineage continued till Prince Ambhi of Taxila who fought alongside Alexander the great and was killed by Chandragupta Maurya in 3rd century B.C.

Karna- Interestingly for most part of the epic Karna was called Vasusena " the born with wealth" or Radheya " son of Radha" . He got his name after he gave his armour to lord Indra. It was Indra himself who took form of an insect and bit Karna on his thigh while Parshurama was sleeping on it that led to him giving curse to Karna. Later to repent for his curse he gave Karna his own Vijaya bow, Bhargavastra that no one possessed and a silver chariot covered with tiger skin.

Bhishma's dillema - When choosing the heir to the Hastinapur throne after Pandavas came from the forests after their father Pandu's death, Bhishma and Vidur had different choices. Vidur was in favour of Yudhishthira while Bhishma was supporting Duryodhana. This was because contrary to popular belief Duryodhana was very popular among the common people and because living in the capital he had much knowledge about millitary and administrative matters than any Pandavas while Yudhishthira was unknown to the general populace and he will never understand them. However he gave in to Vidura after he realised that Duryodhana was egocentric and power hungry at heart.

Godmother- The eldest female of Hastinapur royal family was the child of Chedi king Vasu and fish who in reality was apsara Adrika when the fish swallowed the king's sperm. He was cut out from the fish by chieftain of fishermans. Due to smell of fish coming from her body she was called Matasyagandha. Later Sage Parashar had sex with her out of which Sage Vyasa was born. He also gave her fragrant smell. Thus giving her name Yojanagandha.

Iravan sacrificed himself - Arjun’s son Iravan sacrificed himself to Goddess Kali to ensure Pandava’s win in Mahabharata war. But he had a wish that he want to get married before dying. So, Lord Krishna took the form of Mohini nd married him and the day Iravan died, he wept like a widow.
Udupi fed the Kurukshetra warriors- When the Mahabharata war was fought, All the kings aligned themselves on one side. But Udupi king preferred being on the neutral part. So, he spoke to Lord Krishna and said that,” The people who will fight will definitely need some food to eat. So, I will be the caterer in this battle and I will feed each warrior.The battle lasted for 18 days and thousand of soldiers died every single day. So, Udupi King had to make that much of less food each day so that the food never gets waste.

Source: various content found on the net

After Krishna, who are the top 10 most intelligent characters in the Mahabharata?

2016-05-23T17:40:00.000+05:30

There is a very thin line of difference between intelligence and idiocy

Intelligence as a filter or parameter is very subjective and leaves a lot of scope for challenges and opinion. I have rated the following people based on knowledge and capacity to create an impact by their knowledge

1 - Shakuni
The only mastermind, the grand master on the kurava side who was capable of strategising and drawing parallel plans to nullify the pandava moves and negate enemies

2 - Draupadi
This unforgettable heroine is way smarter than any of her husbands or others in the court of yudistra, SHe possessed great intelligence and was the force and ghostwriter behind all of his decissions, a lady with great spirit, valour and virtue. Her story is a saga of suffering and disgrace but she took everything in her stride and vanquished each one of the perpetrators of her humiliation and agony

3 - Sahadeva
Sahadeva is intelligent but not cunning, he also is said to have a gift of prediction and foresight. Unfortunately always overshadowed by the might and skills of rest of his brothers

4 - Vidhur
the most capable administrator, he is the real decision maker and control center of hastinapur considering the unignorable limitation of the rulers. While the rest of the royals were busy resolving personal conflicts and desires, the growth of the empire was dependent on the able shoulder of vidhur

5 - Satyawati
The capacity to have managed and run the empire post loss of husband and sons justifies her inclusion and position in the list, One cannot ignore the fact that she was always backed by Bheeshma,but to run the country in that era requires skill and capability

6 - Drona
the teacher of PANDAWA and KAURAWA. They were prepared to be the skilled KSATRIA - warriors, ready to dedicate their life for the fatherland. As a result of good and serious teaching, they were very skillful to use almost every kind of weapons

7 - Bheesma
FOr obvious reasons, he would have featured was above but his reckless and stupid decissions based on his interpretation of what his "dharma" was makes him apprear so low in my list

8 - Yudhistra
A just and intelligent ruler, the kingdom flourished during his era post war

9 - Karna
The just and principled warrior who charmed everyone with his ability and intelligence. He infact is the true unsung hero.

10 - Too many people who were smart in their own respective jonre like Kripa, Aswathhama, Parakshit, Duryodhana,Kunti

Get free Wi-Fi at 144 KSRTC bus stations

2016-02-19T13:50:00.001+05:30

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will launch Wi-Fi facility in 144 major bus stations.

Some of the cities where the facility will be launched are Bengaluru, Hassan, Mandya, Mysuru, Madikeri, Dharmasthala, Mangaluru, Kundapur, Shivamogga, Harihar, Davangere, Tumakuru, Kolar and Chitradurga.

Right now, four bus stations in Bengaluru are undergoing the pilot survey — Kempegowda (Majestic), Shanthinagar, Peenya and Mysuru Road. Once the study is complete and all errors are ironed out, the corporation will roll out the facility in its 14 divisions.

“The KSRTC is the first public transport operator in India to provide free Wi-Fi in tier-1, 2 and 3 cities. Thousands of passengers will benefit from this daily. They can connect with their family or surf the Internet,” said Rajender Kumar Kataria, Managing Director, KSRTC. “We provide access to our bus stations, while a private company is setting up the facility. We don’t pay anything as the company gets access to all areas of the bus station. It can earn revenue through advertisement and make up for the cost of establishment.”

A computer savvy passenger, Rajesh Kumar said the facility would be useful. “If we can’t connect to the Internet in the bus, we can at least do so at a bus stand. There may be a limited time within which the facility can be accessed. We can send and receive e-mails and communicate on important matters within one hour, the time given for access. It’s good to know that railway stations and bus stations are going net-friendly.”

How to access Wi-Fi
Enable Wi-Fi on the phone, tablet and laptop and select ‘ION Wi-Fi’ from available networks.
Download ‘FREE ION Wi-Fi’ app from ION Network or Google Play.
On iPhones, login page will appear through the browser or the application can be downloaded from iStore.
Enter 10-digit mobile number and receive password by SMS.
Press submit, you are now connected to the Internet.
Access the Internet in the passenger waiting room, platforms and ticketing area at a speed of 512 kbps.
It would be free for 60 minutes or 100 MB, whichever is earlier.
For any assistance, call 080-45114512/3

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport has the fastest WiFi

2015-06-22T12:50:00.001+05:30

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport has the fastest WiFi

Bangkok airport has the world’s fastest Wi-Fi service at a whopping speed of 41.45 Mbps, according to a new study released today. The study was conducted by speed-test website Rottenwifi.com which showed results of tests it conducted on quality and speeds of WiFi at more than 130 airports around the world, in which Suvarnabhumi airport here was ranked at the top position.

The Top 10 airport WiFi speeds included five in Europe, two in the US and three in Asia. The average Suvarnabhumi WiFi speed topped all airports at 41.45 megabits per second, well ahead of the airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the speed was measured at 30.99 Mbps.

The airports serving Dublin, Ireland (19.45 Mbps), Vilnius, Lithuania (18.04 Mbps) and Helsinki (17.46 Mbps) rounded out the fastest five. Two other Asian airports were in the top 10. While Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali (16.01 Mbps) was placed at sixth, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung International Airport (15.55) followed at the seventh position.

Suvarnabhumi provides two hours of free WiFi after a quick registration. The Bangkok Post report cited a travel magazine as saying that the Suvarnabhumi speed was “pretty impressive”.

Regards

Deepak

Now You Can Get More Facebook Likes With These Methods

2015-06-12T12:54:00.000+05:30

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Wi-Fi service coming to major tourist spots soon

2015-06-12T12:46:00.000+05:30

NEW DELHI: The government would soon provide Wi-Fi facility at all major tourist places across India, information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday.

"Taj Mahal, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya are some of the places that will get a Wi-Fi facility soon. We have already started providing free Wi-Fi service at Varanasi ghats. The government has also started the facility of providing e-visa to tourists," Prasad said at the 'Manthan conclave'.

He said his ministry has formulated a new policy to make tier-II and -III cities as IT hubs.

"We are setting up call centres and BPOs at small towns and creating 48,000 jobs in the first phase. We will give subsidy to take IT revolution to smaller towns," he added.

"E-commerce is a big opportunity and we are roping in the department of posts to deliver goods to small towns and villages. Postal department has become a reliable partner for big e-commerce companies to deliver their goods," the minister added.

Talking about the Modi government's focus on digital India that aims to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots by using telecom and IT as a tool, Prasad said India would soon have 100 crore mobile subscribers, while within two years Internet connections would grow from 30 crore to 50 crore.

"We are connecting 2.5 lakh village panchayats with broadband and opening common service centres at remote locations to provide services and government facilities at the doorsteps of citizens," Prasad said.

Why February has 28 or 29 days

2015-05-26T17:06:00.002+05:30

The Roman calendar which we follow has its origins back in ancient Rome. It changed its form several times between the founding of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire.
In that time, the advent of Spring was considered a harbinger of a beginning; thus the year back then used to start with March being its first month.

Traditionally there were only 10 months in the Roman Calendar. Roman writers attributed the original Roman calendar to Romulus, the founder of Rome around 753 BC. The Romulus calendar had ten months with the spring equinox in the first month:

Calendar of Romulus

Martius (31 days)
Aprilis (30 days)
Maius (31 days)
Iunius (30 days)
Quintilis (31 days)
Sextilis (30 days)
Septembris (30 days)
Octobris (31 days)
Novembris (30 days)
Decembris (30 days)

The regular calendar year consisted of 304 days, with the winter days after the end of December and before the beginning of the following March not being assigned to any month, because the wintertime wasn't important for the harvest.

The names of at least three of the first four months were named in honor of Roman gods: Martius in honor of Mars; Maius in honor of Maia; and Iunius in honor of Juno. The derivation of Aprilis is uncertain. The names of the months from the fifth month on were based on their position in the calendar: Quintilis comes from Latin quinque meaning five; Sextilis from sex meaning six; Septembris from septem meaning seven; Octobris from octo meaning eight; Novembris from novem meaning nine; and Decembris from decem meaning ten. The ten months added to 304 days, which later was corrected to 354 days (a standard lunar year) by King Numa Pompilius, the semi-mythical successor of Romulus who added January and February to the calender.

February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain intervals February was truncated to 23 or 24 days; and a 27-day intercalary month, Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign the year with the seasons.

Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year, and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the order that months are displayed (January, February, March, ..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system for determining which years were leap years and thus contained a 29-day February.

Alternate explanations:

In ancient Rome, the number 28 was considered evil and unlucky. It may be related to the fact that Romans honored the dead and performed rites of purification in February. (The word februare means "to purify" in the dialect of the ancient Sabine tribe.)

Another explanation says: Some have speculated that Caesar added a day to February when he reformed the calendar—making it 29 days long. The story goes that when the Senate renamed the month of Sextilis to honor the emperor Augustus, that day was subtracted from February and added to August in order to make it equal in number to July—the month named for Caesar. But this theory is now believed to be bunk; it's likely that Julius never even added a day to February. Here: Why does February have 28 days while the other months have 30 or 31?

Interesting as it may sound, there is a counter argument to this theory.

DEBUNKED THEORY ON MONTH LENGTHS:

Sacrobosco's theory on month lengths

The Julian reform set the lengths of the months to their modern values. However, a 13th century scholar, Sacrobosco, proposed a different explanation for the lengths of Julian months which is still widely repeated but is certainly wrong.

According to Sacrobosco, the month lengths for ordinary years in the Roman Republican calendar, from January to December, were:

    30, 29, 30, 29, 30, 29, 30, 29, 30, 29, 30, 29.

Sacrobosco then thought that Julius Caesar added one day to every month except February, a total of 11 more days to regular months, giving the ordinary Julian year of 365 days. A single leap day could now be added to this extra short February:

    31, 29/30, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 30.

He then said Augustus changed this, by taking one day from February to add it to Sextilis, and then modifying the alternation of the following months, to:

    31, 28/29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31

so that the length of Augustus (August) would not be shorter than (and therefore inferior to) the length of Iulius (July), giving us the irregular month lengths which are still in use.

There is abundant evidence disproving this theory. First, a wall painting of a Roman calendar predating the Julian reform has survived, which confirms the literary accounts that the months were already irregular before Julius Caesar reformed them, with an ordinary year of 355 days, not 354, with month lengths arranged as:

    29, 28, 31, 29, 31, 29, 31, 29, 29, 31, 29, 29.

Also, the Julian reform did not change the dates of the Nones and Ides. In particular, the Ides were late (on the 15th rather than 13th) in March, May, July and October, showing that these months always had 31 days in the Roman calendar, whereas Sacrobosco's theory requires that March, May and July were originally 30 days long and that the length of October was changed from 29 to 30 days by Caesar and to 31 days by Augustus. Further, Sacrobosco's theory is explicitly contradicted by the 3rd and 5th century authors Censorinus and Macrobius, and it is inconsistent with seasonal lengths given by Varro, writing in 37 BC, before Sextilis was renamed for Augustus in 8 BC, with the 31-day Sextilis given by an Egyptian papyrus from 24 BC, and with the 28-day February shown in the Fasti Caeretani, which is dated before 12 BC.

To sum it up, there have been many, many modifications in the Roman Calendar over the course of time. The changes demanded by the need of time gave February its number of days; even though there are other theories to it, they can be speculated.
Oh February! Thou art complicated!

WiFi Basics Part 2: Standards and Amendments Through 802.11n

2015-04-02T15:55:00.000+05:30

WiFi Basics Part 2: Standards and Amendments

Today, WiFi is everywhere: coffee shops, restaurants, retail, hotels, sports venues, etc. We can access it from our laptops, tablets, and smartphones. At home there may be game consoles, smart home devices, and set top boxes. I have several ChromeCast devices. They turn your TV into a wireless network device that you can stream movies from your computer or phone directly to the TV. It is so pervasive in our lifestyle that we don’t give it a second thought.

Interesting tidbit: I’ve worked extensively with national hotel chains, and I can tell you that in 2012 the average business traveler had 2 WiFi devices connection to the hotel network. Today, that number is between 3 and 3.5 devices per guest room. I’ve seen many hotels scrambling to increase capacity due to customer demand.

But it wasn’t that long ago when WiFi was only used by geeks and large corporations. This is the second article in a series covering WiFi basics. If you missed the first part, check it out here. We will be discussing the evolution of the different standards and amendments; their properties and capabilities.

In the beginning, there was the 802.11-1997 standard. The original version was more a precursor to useable WiFi. The standard included FHSS (frequency-hopping spread spectrum), DSSS (direct sequence spread spectrum) in the 2.4GHz band, as well as Infrared. Bandwidth was limited to 1-2Mbps. The standard was so loosely defined that there were many commercial products where interoperability was very difficult, if not impossible. The most popular were products made by Proxim and Symbol (now part of Motorola).

The first ‘real’ WiFi: 802.11b

Most don’t realize that the 802.11a and 802.11b amendments were released at the same time (1999). We’ll talk about 11b first because it builds on the original standard.

First of all, 11b uses DSSS which spreads the signal power over a band of frequencies approximately 22MHz wide. The advantage is the increased signal-to-noise performance as compared to previous methods. The second major improvement was to use an advanced coding technique called CCK (complimentary code keying). The result was an increase in throughput to 11Mbps as well as improved performance. This also includes that ability to step the throughput down to 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps as necessary.

11b was fairly popular. One of the main reasons was the creation of the WiFi Alliance. This non-profit organization was started in 1999 by several tech companies to ensure interoperability of products between manufacturers.

802.11a was kind of like the Edsel of WiFi, technologically ahead of its time, and no one wanted it.

As I mentioned, the 11a and 11b amendments were released at the same time. But, 11a was originally proposed earlier, hence the ‘a’ because it was first. The 11a specs are very different.

First, it uses the 5GHz band; with all the advantages and disadvantages inherent in the higher frequencies.

Second is the use of OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). This technique splits the RF channel into 64 sub-channels (sub-carriers), transmitting smaller amounts of data across multiple sub-channels simultaneously. The result is up to 54Mbps throughput, with the ability to step down to 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6Mbps. It also significantly reduces the problem of interference due to multipath. 11a is not compatible with 11b.

11a was not very popular, primarily due to the cost. As a general rule, higher frequency capable equipment is more expensive to manufacture.

Game Changer: 802.11g

802.11g, released 2003 was a true game-changer. Basically, it combined the best of both worlds. It uses the 2.4GHz band, along with the superior OFDM modulation technique; at costs close to 11b devices. One major downside was the requirement for backwards compatibility; 11g devices had to be able to communicate with 11b devices. This capability can severely affect the performance of your WiFi network; which is a topic to be discussed in a future article.

11g was immensely popular. It was responsible for the explosion if WiFi in the broader consumer market. In fact, that was when many ISPs started including WiFi in their CPE (customer premise equipment) gear. For many people, their first WiFi experience was an 11g wireless router. The most successful was Linksys WRT54G, originally released late 2002. Part of the reason is the ability to customize the firmware; another topic for a future article.

802.11-2007 was a “roll up” of standards and amendments to date. It included 11a, 11b, and 11g. There were other amendments included that are not directly related to the discussion at hand.

Enhancements incoming: 802.11n

802.11n released in 2009 was highly anticipated. There was a growing demand for better performance and more throughput. For example 2007, Netflix introduced a subscription-based service to stream video directly to the consumer. I’ve seen estimates that say streaming video (mainly Netflix) is responsible for over 30% of internet traffic today.

One thing that most (even tech-savvy) people don’t realize is that 11n is used in both 2.4 and 5GHz bands. For all practical purposes, it is a set of enhancements to existing 11a and 11g.

Improved implementation of OFDM. Although the number of sub-carriers remained the same, 11n uses more of them to carry data; fewer sub-carriers dedicated to Pilot/Control/Management. This means more throughput.

Added MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) capability. The detailed explanation of MIMO would take up an entire article on its own. In summary, 11n devices have the capability of transmitting multiple streams of data (up to 4) at the same time. Each stream can have up to 72Mbps of throughput.

This is dependent on the design of the specific device. Each stream must have at least one antenna. This is why you see 11n devices with anywhere from 1 to 6 antennas. The standard notation used is 3x3:3, for example. This indicates 3 transmitting antennas, 3 receiving antennas, and 3 spatial streams. Due to cost, there are very few 4x4:4 devices on the market. A single antenna device is not capable of MIMO; these are normally the very inexpensive devices usually marked as n150.

Channel bonding. As discussed in the previous article, 11n allows for the use of up to 2 channels, basically doubling the throughput.

Added basic beamforming. This is a highly technical topic, so I’ll just summarize. Beamforming is a technique used to modify the amplitude and phase of the transmitted signal so that it creates “constructive interference” to a specific recipient. The result is that even though 2 signals were sent from 2 antennas spatially separated, they appear as 1 stronger signal to that specific recipient.

With all of the above enhancements, 11n is capable of: raw data throughput of up to 600Mbps, more useable signal coverage area, and improved connection reliability.

A draft of the amendment was released in 2007. It was close enough to what everyone thought would be the final, that many manufacturers started producing draft-n devices. Although enterprise and business customers were reluctant to commit to a draft-n device, the consumer market made 11n extremely popular. Today, 11n devices are the de facto standard everywhere.

802.11-2012 was another “roll up” of standards and amendments to date. It included everything from 802.11-2007 plus 11n. There were other amendments included that are not directly related to the discussion at hand.

Note that Adaptive modulation is used to optimize transmissions and error performance. All WiFi devices (802.11a/b/g/n) are capable of shifting to a different modulation technique based on signal strength, transmission errors, interference, etc. This is responsible for the step-down of throughput mentioned throughout this article.

These standards are maintained by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

For more info, visit their website at: http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.11.html

In my next article, I’ll cover 802.11ac plus other new amendments you may not be aware of.

As always, if you have an idea for an article, please let me know in the comments below.

Summary

Article Name

WiFi Basics Part 2: Standards and Amendments Through 802.11n

Author

Kevin Dearing

Description

A detailed look at important WiFi standards and amendments.

WiFi Basics Part 3: 802.11ac

2015-04-02T15:42:00.001+05:30

WiFi Basics Part 3: 802.11ac

Like 802.11n, the IEEE released a draft of the amendment before its final release. These early devices are known as “Wave 1”. Unless you 11ac router is less than a year old, it falls into this category. The final release was in January 2014 and the subsequent equipment known as “Wave 2”.

The majority of this article will compare 11ac to 11n because it really is an enhancement of 11n.

Let’s start with what 11ac doesn’t do:

Does not work in the 2.4GHz band; 5GHz band only
Does not provide more range/coverage

The overall goal for 802.11ac is to provide significantly more bandwidth. It does this using several methods.

More Channel Bonding. Remember 11n allows up to 4 channels to be bonded. 11ac allows up to 8 channels. If used to the fullest extent, throughput is doubled by this method alone. The one downside to this is channel planning. In the current allowable 5GHz band, only 2 channel groups can be used. This makes planning for multiple APs in an environment fairly difficult.

Enhanced modulation techniques. 11ac can use 256-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) whereas 11n is only capable of 64-QAM. The technical details are far beyond this article, but the result is 33% more throughput.

More MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output). As with channel bonding, 11ac doubles the number of spatial streams from 4 to 8. Of course, this again doubles the throughput.

But don’t expect to see any 8x8 11ac WiFi equipment available in the consumer market due to design constraints and cost. Although at least one chip manufacturer is producing 8x8 SoC, there are no routers or APs available yet. For now, the fastest are the 4x4 devices.

I know what you’re thinking…those aliens finally broke out of Area 51.

Sadly no, this is an example of the newer Wave 2 routers; D-Link’s DIR-895. I just couldn’t resist the picture. Actually the spec sheet doesn’t specify whether it is a 3x3 or a 4x4, but it is a visual reminder of what the designers have to deal with. Imagine a router capable of 8 spatial streams…

While we’re on the topic of antennas, there are a couple of critical requirements. While 802.11ac is fully backward compatible with previous standards, you will only get the 11ac benefits if you’re connecting from an 11ac device. Another critical factor is the capability of your device. Does it have 1 antenna (1x1), 2 antennas (up to 2x2), etc? Below are typical antenna configurations:

Smartphones: 1 antenna
USB Adapters: 1 or 2 antennas
Tablets: 1 or 2 antennas
Laptops: 2 or 3 antennas
Desktops (with PCI Express cards): 3 or 4 antennas

The end result is the lowest common denominator. If you’re connecting with a Smartphone, you will only get 1 spatial stream, no matter the capability of the AP.

WiFi Standard	# of Channels	Bandwidth (MHz)	# of Spatial Streams	Modulation	Guard Interval	PHY Data Rate (Mbps)	Calculated Throughput (Mbps)
802.11a	1	20	1	64QAMr3/4	Long	54	24
802.11n	1	20	1	64QAMr5/6	Long	65	46
	1	20	1	64QAMr5/6	Short	72	51
	2	40	2	64QAMr5/6	Short	300	210
	2	40	3	64QAMr5/6	Short	450	320
	2	40	4	64QAMr5/6	Short	600	420
802.11ac	4	80	1	64QAMr5/6	Long	293	210
	4	80	1	256QAMr5/6	Short	433	300
	4	80	2	256QAMr5/6	Short	867	610
	4	80	3	256QAMr5/6	Short	1300	910
	4	80	8	256QAMr5/6	Short	3470	2400
	8	160	1	256QAMr5/6	Short	867	610
	8	160	2	256QAMr5/6	Short	1730	1200
	8	160	3	256QAMr5/6	Short	2600	1800
	8	160	4	256QAMr5/6	Short	3470	2400
	8	160	8	256QAMr5/6	Short	6930	4900

Beamforming. 802.11ac has enhanced the beamforming capabilities. The technical details of beamforming are fascinating, but beyond the scope of this article. In summary, it is a method of transmitting RF through multiple antennas (using modulation amplitude and phase shifting) to create a physical zone where the signal appears stronger to the receiving device. This results in a more reliable signal, capable of higher throughput. Theoretically, it should also increase the coverage, but I have seen no tests that bear this out.

MU-MIMO (Multi User – Multiple Input Multiple Output). We’ve discussed MIMO before, but this is much better. We know that standard MIMO can communicate with an end device using up to 4 spatial streams, and 11ac increases that to 8 streams. The big difference is that MU-MIMO can use those (up to) 8 streams to communicate with up to 4 different devices simultaneously. This is a huge advantage in high-density environments. Note that this capability is only on Wave 2 devices only.

More power efficiency. Because of the dramatically increased throughput of 11ac, devices spend less time transmitting, thus less power is used.

Despite the cost (20-50% more than 11n), there is no doubt 11ac will spread quickly. For instance, I know there are several major hotel chains deploying 802.11ac access points right now.

As always, if you have ideas for an article, please share them in the comments below.

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WiFi Basics Part 3: 802.11ac

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Kevin Dearing

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All the information you need about the new wireless networking standard 802.11ac.

Inside Punsari : A model Indian village (The entire village is Wi-Fi enabled)

2015-03-25T18:30:00.001+05:30

Inside Punsari : A model Indian village
24 November 2014 , By Zubair Ahmed BBC Hindi, Punsari village, Gujarat
Punsari is among the most developed villages in India A typical Indian village conjures up images of mud houses, narrow potholed streets, with no drainage system and no running water. Unless one is talking about Punsari - a village of 6,000 in Sabarkantha district, some 90km (56 miles) from the western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state. Punsari has been dubbed a "model village" by the state government and its young headman, Himanshu Patel, proudly states that his village offers "the amenities of a city but the spirit of a village". Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent officials to Punsari to study its development model and prepare a scheme for creating model villages all over the country. The village has also been visited by "more than 300 officials" from all over India who want "to learn how they can replicate our model in their states", Mr Patel says. When I visited the village, I was impressed with what I saw. It has round-the-clock, uninterrupted water and electricity supplies - something that is rare in hundreds of thousands of Indian villages. Dynamic, popular Every home in the village has toilets, there are two primary schools, a primary health centre, street lights and a drainage system. And that's not all. The entire village is wifi enabled, has CCTV cameras installed at strategic points and a public address system which covers the entire population with the help of about 140 loudspeakers installed all over the village. Village headman Himanshu Patel is a media savvy man The project to make Punsari a model village began in 2006 Mr Patel is dynamic and popular. A graduate, he is a technology and media savvy man who promotes his village like a corporate salesman - rattling off year-on-year data on its "bulging growth rate", its record of "no case of school dropouts" and the growing list of state and federal government officials who come from his village. I met some young boys outside the village who prided themselves in being part of this development story - Punsari has been awarded the "best village in Gujarat" several times and it may very well be among India's most developed villages. Mr Patel leads an 11-member committee which runs the village affairs. Of these, five are women. The committee's headquarters look like a modern corporate office - on one side is a conference hall where the council holds its meetings, on the other is a glass screen on which one can see four windows of live pictures beamed from the CCTV cameras installed on key locations in the village. 'No school dropouts' Mr Patel shows the same live CCTV footage on his iPhone screen - it displays a classroom. "It helps me monitor school activity," he says. We visit the school, it is not far from his office - the children look tidy in their crisp uniforms; they eat their free lunch distributed through the central government's midday meals scheme. The headmistress, Bhagwati Behn Patel, says "there is a zero incident of school dropouts in my school". The school is also wifi-enabled and offers computer classes. The project to make Punsari a model village began in 2006 when Mr Patel, then 23, was elected the village headman - then, it was like any other undeveloped Indian village. The village school in Punsari is wifi-enabled and offers computer lessons too "When I took over, there was nothing in the village," he says. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state chief minister at the time and his idea was to ebb the flow of migration from villages to cities by creating city-like infrastructure." Mr Patel says the village council has spent 140m rupees ($2.28m; £1.43m) on development schemes between 2006 and 2012. If the idea was to stop migration out of the village, it has been a partial success - Mr Patel says 15-20 families have returned to the village from the cities like Mumbai in recent years. Among them is taxi driver Naveen, whose family came back to the village after having lived in Mumbai for years. "We were struggling in Mumbai to fulfil our daily needs. We decided to come back after we heard from our neighbours about the development in the village and prospects of jobs." Naveen is yet to find a job but he is happy that he doesn't have to deal with traffic jams, pollution and other big city problems any more.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29914208

Sabrimala : What do the 18 steps in Sabrimala represent?

2015-03-19T13:22:00.001+05:30

Steps Explained

Ears (sound) - Listen only to good talks related to God (satsangs) avoid listening to gossiping that strengthen our Ego of finding fault with others and feel us superior.
Eyes (sight) - See things that are good and create inner inspiration. Avoid sensual sights that trigger unwanted desires in us, like sexual content or material possessions. But those things that meet our basic needs of life and not that fulfills our wants (greed).
Skin (Touch) - Stimulating touch (sex) is to be avoided. Enjoy sense of touch of japa-maala (rosary beads) that helps in chanting God's name. Feel the feather soft of flowers and feel that we should show that soft compassion to others.
Nose (smell) - associate smells of flowers and scents related to Lord's pooja. Pay attention to addictive smell of food.
Tongue (taste). Eat very satwic food that does not create addiction and over-indulgence like sweets and spicy hot foods. Eat food that are healthy and natural. One can eat natural sweets like dates, raisins and honey
Kama (Desire or possession)
Krodha (anger when desires do not get fulfilled or when desired possession is lost).
Lobha (greed to fulfill the desire or not allowing anyone partake in one's possession),
Moha (Infatuation of the obtained result or having the possession).
Mada (pride of getting the desire fulfilled or having a possession)
Matsarya (Jealousy that others should not get what we have fulfilled our desire or when others have a possession that we have.)
Tamas: The Inertia (not to do action) or lazy or sluggish attitude is Tamasic. This is overcome by doing getting up early in morning having cold-water-baths doing pooja or worship. We dont want to do these because we are lazy in doing this. Only by doing these we overcome Tamasic nature.
Rajas: Action oriented with the feeling of "I". By constant mantra Japa of Saranam Ayyappa, this I doing the action feeling get diminished.
Sattva: Goodness. The feeling of I am good is also a Ego feeling. That also should be transcended as Krisha says in Gita. Feel everyone who are doing bad are doing due to ignorance. We should not ignore them, by by compassion help them to grow out of it.
Raga: The strong likes or attachments that we use in making decisions. This is possible only by developing Bhakthi to Ayyappa. This means to surrender all likes to Lord for the common good.
Dvesha: Same way the strong dislikes also should be given up in making decisions. Also through surrender attitude (Bhakthi) we can transcend this attitude.
Avidya: The Knowledge about physical material things alone is Avidya. Vidya is the knowledge of Truth. By attending satsangs of Guru alone will help to gain the highest knowledge.
Ahamkara (Identity): All the attachments is summarized as this one factor, the identity felling of "I". This is the final step or block in reaching Ayyappa. Wearing black clothes and addressing ourselves and others as "Swami Ayyappa" dissolves this identity like a salt doll plunging into a salty ocean.

Hyderabad: Graveyards go hi-tech with Wi-fi

2015-03-19T13:10:00.001+05:30

Hyderabad: Graveyards will get Wi-Fi to telecast last rites on social networking sites for relatives of deceased living abroad or out of the state. Ironically, many graveyards are encroa-ched and there is a need for compound walls now.

The GHMC and Phoenix Foundation have come up with a pollution-free, greener modernised graveyard near Jubilee Hills, Road No. 45. The graveyard called ‘Mahaprasthanam’ spreading across 3.7 acres has been constructed with a budget of `3 crore which includes cafeteria, Wi-Fi, shower bathrooms, lockers and modernised electric crematorium.

Commissioner and special officer GHMC Somesh Kumar said, Mahaprasthanam has been developed to provide a clean and green environment with sufficient number of piers, an electric pier, storage rooms, restrooms, washrooms, on-site traditional pandit, flower arrangement, car parking and many more facilities. Most important is the live streaming of the entire process with the help of Wi-Fi connectivity.

Mahaprasthanam is yet to be opened. Parties performing funerals will be charged a nominal fee to perform the last rites. This project has been taken up under Private Public Partnership. The GHMC is also planning to come up with 30 more such graveyards for which proposals are under process.

Close to 60 per cent of graveyards in Greater Hyderabad do not have compound walls, paving the way for encroachments. Several cases of encroachments are pending in courts. None of the graveyards have basic amenities and minimum necessities, including storerooms, public toilets, bathrooms, water, street lighting, pavements, inadequate burning platforms, sitting platforms and parking place. The GHMC has 18 circles in its limits and it is proposed to have two graveyards/crematoriums for development, totalling 36.

WiFi Basics Part 1: Frequencies and Channels

2015-03-11T10:55:00.001+05:30

WiFi Basics Part 1: Frequencies and Channels

In 1947, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency, designated certain bands of the RF spectrum as ISM. The idea was to have an international standard of frequencies that were reserved for Industrial, Scientific, and Medical equipment. Ironically, telecommunications was not the original purpose.

Before we discuss any particulars, I just want to note that this article will be primarily based on the US regulatory domain. Different regulatory domains have specific requirements regarding transmitted frequencies and power settings.

Although there are twelve ISM bands, for now we’ll concentrate on just two of them. Most people refer to them as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

Let’s start with the 2.4GHz ISM band (2.400GHz-2.500GHz). This small, crowded set of frequencies is by far the most heavily used despite the fact that the majority of laptops, smartphones, and tablets come equipped with dual radios in the last few years.

The reason for this is physics. The general rule of thumb is that the lower the frequency, the longer the propagation and the better the penetration. Here are 2 real-world examples:

You are sitting in your car at a stop light. Someone pulls up next to you with their radio blaring loudly. If you don’t like their taste in music, you might roll up your window. Some of that sound is reduced, but you’ll probably still hear that bass (low frequency) very well.
Another example is a very specialized radio system used by the military to communicate with submerged submarines. It is called ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) and has a wavelength so long that the antenna required can be miles long.

Okay, so now we know that lower frequencies offer a larger coverage area and better signal penetration through obstacles. If the 2.4GHz band is so great, do we really need 5GHz? The answer is yes.

2.4 GHz Limitations

Only 3 non-overlapping channels. The 2.4GHz band is divided into 14 channels, most of them 5MHz apart. That 5MHz spacing was no problem in the very early days of wireless use. The technology at the time was limited to around 1Mpbs of throughput. Then in the late 1990s, 802.11b with its spread spectrum technology became the standard.

The advantage is that it could achieve 11Mbps throughput. The downside was that it used 22MHz of the spectrum. So if, for example, you are using channel 6, then at the very least, channels 4,5,7, and 8 are unusable. This limitation still applies today, whether you are using older 802.11g or the newest 802.11n(2.4GHz) WiFi equipment. This is one of the most significant limitations.

It is overcrowded. This goes hand-in-hand with the previous limitation. Although the 802.11a (5GHz) and 802.11b (2.4GHz) standards were released, due to cost differences, only 802.11b saw widespread adoption at the time. The result is that, even today the majority of WiFi traffic uses the 2.4GHz band.

Stand on a downtown street corner of any decent sized city and run WiFi scanning software. In all likelihood, you will see at least 20 signals; I’ve seen over 40 in downtown Washington DC. Now remember that all 40 of these signals are operating on just 3 channels.

It is an ISM band, and by definition, open to other types of devices. There are many non-WiFi devices that have the potential to cause interference: microwave ovens, cordless phones, Bluetooth devices, baby monitors, video cameras, garage door openers, etc.

These things can severely disrupt your network and are extremely difficult to detect without specialized spectrum analyzer hardware and software.

Next, we will talk about the 5GHz band

In addition to the standard ISM band (5.725-7.825GHz), the FCC has added spectrum from the UNII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) bands to spur the use of wireless technology. Also note that the various regulatory agencies are working through the process of adding 195MHz of spectrum available in the 5GHz range.

5GHz Limitations

As we discussed earlier, higher frequencies do not propagate as far nor do they penetrate obstacles as well. Let’s compare with the 2.4GHz band in real world use.

In the open air, 5GHz signals will cover about 1/3 to ½ the distance.
Useable signal quality will degrade greatly after punching through 1 interior wall, as opposed to about 3 walls for 2.4GHz signals.

This leads to another less obvious disadvantage, cost. The price tag to deploy a 5GHz (well, dual band) WiFi network of any size is at least 2.5 times the cost of an equivalent 2.4 only network. You need a lot more access points, typically 2.5x to 3x. Add in the cabling, licensing, maintenance, etc.

Some channels are shared use. Specific channels are designated as DFS, Dynamic Frequency Selection. These channels, located in the UNII-2 and -2extended bands share the spectrum with some radar systems, mostly in Europe.

Because of this, the WiFi system must be designed to scan for radar pulses before using the particular channels. Of course if radar pulses are detected, it immediately disables those channels affected.

5GHz Advantages

As you can plainly see in the chart above, there are a lot more than 3 channels. Also notice the channel spacing – at least 20MHz. This means that no channels overlap; all are useable simultaneously.

Much less crowded. Unlike 2.4GHz devices, 5GHz devices have only become widely distributed within the last five or six years. There’s also the fact that it takes time to upgrade an infrastructure. There are still a significant number of businesses running 2.4 only networks.

Very few interference sources. Except for the aforementioned radar on certain frequencies, the chances of non-WiFi interference is extremely low.

Higher throughput capability. Theoretically both are capable of 600Mbps. However in practice, that is not the case because much of that enhanced capability depends on channel bonding. This is an optional mode where the device uses multiple adjacent channels simultaneously. Remember earlier how we discussed the fact that there are only 3 non-overlapping channels available in the 2.4 band?

This technique would use 2 of those 3. So, not only would you really irritate your neighbors, all the co-channel and adjacent-channel interference would probably make your network perform much worse. To summarize, DO NOT enable channel bonding in the 2.4 band.

There are some newer standards coming out that make use of other frequency ranges. We will discuss them in an upcoming article.

For a pdf of the FCC’s official spectrum map: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.PDF

I hope you enjoyed this article. I think my next one will be a discussion about the different standards.

If you have a topic suggestion relating to WiFi or general networking, let me know in the comments.

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Tata going places with Wi-Fi services

2015-02-04T13:38:00.001+05:30

Tata Teleservices has been pleasantly surprised by the success of its wi-fi business, which was launched last year. Over the past 12 months, the company has made wi-fi services available in about 1,200 hotspots, and is adding hotspots across airports, hotels, malls, retail chains, fast-food chains and cafes.

According to Sunil Tandon, Tata DoCoMo’s Head of Non-Voice Services, the availability of wi-fi at public places has become an integral part of the consumers’ overall mobile experience, particularly among millennial and post millennial users.

“Wi-fi zones are becoming an increasingly important feature of our public and office spaces. We are at

the heart of this evolution,” Tandon told BusinessLine, adding that the intent is to leverage wi-fi significantly.

With its 3G networks in nine circles out of 22, wi-fi complements Tata Teleservices Ltd’s (TTSL) cellular strategy. The company is focusing on the top eight cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad, which account for almost 70 per cent of data consumption. The company is also anticipating exponential growth of Internet usage on the back of year-on-year doubling of smartphone penetration in India.

TTSL had created the largest indoor wi-fi hotspot in India at the Auto Expo 2014, and the largest outdoor hotspot at one of the stadiums for the Indian Premier League matches. The feat was recognised by the Limca Book of Records and Tata Docomo bagged two national records.

As Tandon pointed out: “For the millennial generation, an experience is not fully consummated unless it can be shared, and this means shared in real time. Millennials are constantly looking to validate and personalise their experiences by sharing, exchanging and commenting, and for large-scale events such as the IPL, wi-fi represents their medium of choice.”

Currently, TTSL offers wi-fi services in five of the top six airports in India, and the target is 12 airports in the near future. TTSL had also partnered the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to provide wi-fi services at Connaught Place in Delhi

links for the above articles

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/tata-going-places-with-wifi-services/article6557948.ece

http://www.communicationstoday.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12929&Itemid=147

Samsung develops five time faster Wi-Fi technology

2015-02-04T13:35:00.000+05:30

Samsung Electronics said it has developed a Wi-fi technology that can increase data transmission speeds by five times the maximum rate possible with existing consumer electronics devices.

The 60GHz Wi-fi technology will enable a 1GB movie to be transferred between devices in less than three seconds while allowing uncompressed high-definition videos to be streamed in real time, the Suwon, South Korea-based company said in an e-mailed statement on Sunday. The technology removes the gap between theoretical and actual speeds, and exhibits actual speeds more than 10 times faster than with existing Wi-fi technologies, it said.

"Samsung has successfully overcome the barriers to the commercialization" of the 60GHz Wi-fi technology, Kim Chang Yong, head of a Samsung R&D centre, said in the statement. "New and innovative changes await Samsung's next-generation devices, while new possibilities have been opened up for the future development of Wi-fi."

The announcement came as Samsung rolls out new products amid growing competition from Apple and Chinese companies. Samsung last week said its quarterly operating profit plunged 60% because of stagnating smartphone sales and has announced a $14.5-billion investment to build a plant in South Korea to meet demand for semiconductor chips.

Samsung said commercialization of the 60GHz Wi-fi technology is expected as early as next year. It plans to apply its new Wi-fi technology to awide range of products, including audio-visual and medical devices, and telecommunication equipment.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Samsung-develops-five-time-faster-Wi-Fi-technology/articleshow/44798391.cms

Why Visit Temples in India

2014-05-02T16:21:00.001+05:30

WHY WE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES?

There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth's magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on ...a hilltop. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here.

Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as "*Garbhagriha*" or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum. We know that there are some copper plates, inscribed with Vedic scripts, buried beneath the Main Idol. What are they really? No, they are not God’s / priests’ flash cards when they forget the *shlokas*. The copper plate absorbs earth’s magnetic waves and radiates it to the surroundings. Thus a person regularly visiting a temple and walking clockwise around the Main Idol receives the beamed magnetic waves and his body absorbs it. This is a very slow process and a regular visit will let him absorb more of this positive energy. Scientifically, it is the positive energy that we all require to have a healthy life.

Further, the Sanctum is closed on three sides. This increases the effect of all energies. The lamp that is lit radiates heat energy and also provides light inside the sanctum to the priests or *poojaris* performing the pooja. The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers takes a worshipper into trance, thus not letting his mind waver. When done in groups, this helps people forget personal problems for a while and relieve their stress. The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out the chemical energy further aiding in a different good aura. The effect of all these energies is supplemented by the positive energy from the idol, the copper plates and utensils in the *Moolasthan*am / *Garbagraham*. *Theertham*, the “holy” water used during the pooja to wash the idol is not

plain water cleaning the dust off an idol. It is a concoction of Cardamom,*Karpura* (Benzoin), zaffron / saffron, *Tulsi* (Holy Basil), Clove, etc...Washing the idol is to charge the water with the magnetic radiations thus increasing its medicinal values. Three spoons of this holy water is distributed to devotees. Again, this water is mainly a source of magneto-therapy. Besides, the clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & *Tulsi* leafs protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and *Pachha Karpuram* (benzoin), act as mouth fresheners. It is proved that *Theertham* is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized. Hence it is given as *prasadam* to the devotees. This way, one can claim to remain healthy by regularly visiting the Temples. This is why our elders used to suggest us to offer prayers at the temple so that you will be cured of many ailments. They were not always superstitious. Yes, in a few cases they did go overboard when due to ignorance they hoped many serious diseases could be cured at temples by deities. When people go to a temple for the *Deepaaraadhana*, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there. The water that is sprinkled onto the assemblages passes on the energy to all. This also explains why men are not allowed to wear shirts at a few temples and women are requested to wear more ornaments during temple visits. It is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed by the women. Also, it is a practice to leave newly purchased jewels at an idol’s feet and then wear them with the idol’s blessings. This act is now justified after reading this article. This act of “seeking divine blessings” before using any new article, like books or pens or automobiles may have stemmed from this through mere observation.

Energy lost in a day’s work is regained through a temple visit and one is refreshed slightly. The positive energy that is spread out in the entire temple and especially around where the main idol is placed, are simply absorbed by one's body and mind. Did you know, every Vaishnava(Vishnu devotees), “must” visit a Vishnu temple twice every day in their location. Our practices are NOT some hard and fast rules framed by 1 man and his followers or God’s words in somebody’s dreams. All the rituals, all the practices are, in reality, well researched, studied and scientifically backed thesis which form the ways of nature to lead a good healthy life.

The scientific and research part of the practices are well camouflaged as “elder’s instructions” or “granny’s teaching’s” which should be obeyed as a mark of respect so as to once again, avoid stress to the mediocre brains

Samsung S5 compared to other phones

2014-05-02T16:19:00.000+05:30

Summary

Key Features: 16-megapixel camera; 5.1-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen; Android 4.4 with TouchWiz

Manufacturer: Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S5 review

What is the Samsung Galaxy S5?

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the most anticipated Android phone of the year. It has rivals, but no other Android has managed to summon quite as much excitement as this one.

It offers plenty of upgrades over its predecessor the Galaxy S4, including a much-improved screen, redesigned software and a slightly better camera. However, there are some parts that aren’t quite perfect too. We’re not in love with the design, the new heart rate sensor will be a bit pointless for many and the fingerprint scanner is fiddly.

Want to know the core specs before we dig deeper? The Galaxy S5 has a 5.1-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen, up 0.1 inches from last year. It uses a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and has a 16-megapixel camera with an all-new Samsung-made sensor.

These may sound like slight upgrades to some of you, but these small step-ups are what you'll also see in the Sony and HTC rivals. We think the Galaxy S5 is a great alternative to those phones, as long as you can live with the lesser styling and the foibles of the Samsung TouchWiz interface.

Samsung Galaxy S5

Don't fancy reading our in-depth review? Watch our quick video review below to get a closer look at the phone.

Compared to HTC One M8...The HTC One M8 looks and feels a lot better than the Galaxy S5. With a metal body and attractive design, there’s no contest here. Parts of the phone’s interface also look and feel a bit better. Not every part of the S5’s TouchWiz interface is perfectly designed.

Where the Galaxy S5 wins, though, is in other core elements of the phone – the screen and camera. The OLED display is better in virtually every respect, thanks to Samsung’s fine-tuning of the tech behind it. The HTC One M8 screen isn’t bad, but the S5 really has a best-in-class display.

We also think the S5 camera is better. It’s more reliable and produces far more detailed photos. That said, while both phones have a blurring out effect for portraits and the like, the HTC One M8’s version of it is loads better.

Read more: Galaxy S5 vs HTC One M8

Compared to Sony Xperia Z2...

The Xperia Z2 is a little more stylish than the Galaxy S5. Its glass-on-metal design is a bit less attention grabbing, and much closer in look to its predecessor than the S5, but that slim and severe Xperia look is pretty strong.

The Xperia also offers a bigger battery and slightly better waterproofing. It is certified to withstand water jets and being submerged in water for longer than the S5. However, for most people that’s not really an effective upgrade – who deliberately dunks their phone in water for most than half an hour?

These phones use the same core processor too – but the S5 is clocked a little faster – and the Xperia Z2 has more RAM, 3GB to the Samsung's 2GB. This should in theory make it slightly better at multitasking. The Xperia also has a higher-resolution camera, and DXOMark rates it as the highest-quality sensor in a mobile. However, the Galaxy S5 screen still has the edge for pure image quality.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Design

Samsung has done its best to make the Galaxy S5 look quite different from the S4. It has a dimpled back, while the Galaxy S4 is smooth and glossy. There is one thing that brings the two phones together, though.

Where the Sony Xperia Z2 and HTC One M8 try to use expensive feeling, or looking, materials throughout, the Galaxy S5 is almost entirely plastic. And it is not plastic that's happy to look like what it is. The sides of the phone are trimmed with metallic plastic that an onlooker might mistake for metal. But the feel of plastic is unmistakeable in-hand.

The new-design sides are ribbed too, which looks worse than the flat style of the S4. The look is not a wholesale improvement.

The in-hand feel is better, though. It has a rather unusual, slightly soft-touch textured and pitted finish. This ensures you won't mistake the Galaxy S5 for any other phone one the market (unless another phone maker nicks this style), but the phone is nowhere near as good-looking as the HTC One M8.

Functionally this back cover style is perfectly fine, though. It won't leave your purring at the expensive feel of the expensive phone you just bought, but it is grippy and has a soft-touch finish that feels a bit better than Samsung's old glossy plastic mobiles. The finish is not consistent across the phone's colours, though - the white Galaxy S5 feels a lot cheaper and less 'soft' than the black version, for example.

Samsung is likely to offer the Galaxy S5 in a whole rainbow of colours before the phone slips into obsolescence in 2015-2016, but at launch there are four shades to choose from. We're looking at the black version, which is actually a very dark grey, and the other options are blue, gold and white.

Picking a colour is naturally a personal preference, but having seen them all close-up, gold seems to be the dud. Where Apple and HTC have successfully judged their recent gold models, using a fairly muted 'Champagne' shade, Samsung's has the bling'y vibrance of a £10 plastic handbag.

The dimensions of the Galaxy S5 are, as is common for Samsung flagships, impressive. It's just 8.1mm thick and despite having a slightly larger screen and a load more tech inside, it's just a couple of millimeters wider than the Galaxy S4. The screen bezel isn't quite as skinny as the LG G2's, but Samsung has put some effort into making such a large screen reasonably easy to use.

To see quite how much bigger the S5 is, check out our Galaxy S5 vs S4 comparison

The Galaxy S5's power button sits on its right side, in reach of your thumb, and the combo of thin body and reasonable phone width play their part in making the phone easy to deal with. However, as with every 5-inch screen phone, reaching from one end of the screen to the other with a thumb just isn't going to happen. If you're thinking of upgrading from an iPhone, you must have a feel first-hand before buying.

There's also an unfortunate knock-on effect of Samsung's dedication to making slim phones. The camera lens housing sticks out from the rest of the back by around 0.5-1mm, making it more prone to scratches than a flush one. The Galaxy S4 has this kind of lens arrangement roo. In this case it's a practical issue caused by having to fit in a 6-element lens camera system into a 8.1mm body, and that's behind a screen and top glass layer too.

Like the previous Galaxy S phones, the Galaxy S5 uses an ultra-thin removable plastic back cover that hides a microSD memory card slot supporting cards up to 128GB. There are 16GB and 32GB versions of the phone, and the 16GB edition will be by far the most common in the UK.

Samsung has also packed a bunch of new hardware features into the Galaxy S5. The ones we'll deal with in this section of the review are the water resistance, the fingerprint scanner and the heart rate sensor.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Water Resistance

The Galaxy S5's water resistance works just as it does on other recent water resistant phones. There are rubber seals on the plastic cover and on the flap that sits over the USB port on the bottom. This is one of the few phones to use an oversized micro USB 3.0 socket, also seen in a few other Samsung phones including the Galaxy Note 3, and it makes the bottom flap fairly large.

Crucial to the convenience of the water resistant design, the headphone jack doesn't need a flap as it's coated internally to avoid letting any water in,

Samsung has managed to add water resistance without any obvious increase in the bulk of phone, and after charging the phone throws up a reminder to close the flap – which is handy (but not dismissable as far as we can tell, and therefore sure to become annoying).

However, there are some slight concerns about the longevity of these ultra-slimline waterproofing systems. The waterproof rubber border is less than a millimeter thick, and feels very slight. It may not last for ever. We like to think of these phones' waterpoofing as a form of insurance, not an excuse to drop your phone in your pint at every opportunity.

The actual specification of the Galaxy S5's water resistance is IP67. This means the phone is impervious to dust and can be submerged in water for up to half an hour. This is not quite as good as the IP55 and IP58 ratings of the waterproof Xperia Z2. That phone is certified to stay underwater for longer and withstand water jets. The difference won't matter for most people, but the key point is that the Galaxy S5 is 'water resistant' while the Z2 is genuinely waterproof. Our feature, 'Waterproof Phones: IP Ratings Explained', goes into a great deal more detail on the topic.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Fingerprint Scanner

Samsung's new fingerprint scanner is more interesting. We've seen a few different fingerprint scanners in mobiles over the last 12 months. The iPhone 5S's TouchID is a great success, the HTC One Max's rear scanner a flop.

The Galaxy S5 sits in a similar position to the iPhone scanner, but in use feels a little more like the HTC One Max one.

Rather than resting your finger over the button, as with an iPhone 5S, you swipe a finger over it. The sensor sits under the central select button, but you need to swipe over the very bottom of the touchscreen too as there's an element under the screen that activates the scanner.

You can teach the Galaxy S5 up to three fingers, letting multiple people get on-board.

The Trusted team has had mixed experiences with the fingerprint sensor, but I didn't find it particularly easy to use. A swipe-based mechanism like this requires quite an exact, smooth movement, and this is at odds with the casual, care-free way most of us use our phones. Compared with the iPhone 5S TouchID sensor, it's a bit of a pain.

To call upon a metaphor, where the TouchID sensor asks you to stand still, the S5 scanner demands you walk in a dead straight line. And that's fine at times, but not when you're in a rush, have just woken up or are inebriated and desperate to find out when the last train home leaves.

After the Galaxy S5 has failed to recognise your fingerprint three times, you're booted out to a more traditional password. And I had to use this password more often than not for the first few days. The performance boosted a little after the scanner was recalibrated a few times, but at best the hit rate was about 50 per cent.

If you want to do more research on the fingerprint sensor, it's based on Synaptics Natural ID technology. For more detail, read our Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Scanner vs iPhone 5S Touch ID comparison.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Heart Rate Sensor

Perhaps the most conspicuous of the new hardware elements is the dedicated heart rate sensor, because it adds new sensors to the LED flash area on the back of the phone. The camera area on the pack looks positively gadget-packed now.

This is the first phone to use a dedicated heart rate sensor, but it uses fairly familiar technology. It lights-up your finger with a red/IR light, and monitors the visual changes caused by the circulation of your blood.

It works well, and takes about eight seconds, but there are two obvious questions – is it actually useful, and can you get this functionality elsewhere? At present, you can only use the Galaxy S5's heart rate sensor in the S Health app (although it appears to be part of the Samsung Bluetooth LE SDK, so should be able to be used in third-party apps), where it makes a graph of your previous results.

It will come in handy for measuring your resting heart rate, which is a reasonable indicator of general fitness levels. But it's not much cop for mid-exercise readings, where it would be of more use. Quite simply, holding your finger on the back of the Galaxy S5 while running is not a good idea. For that you really want a wrist-worm device like the Galaxy Fit.

In truth, you can already get a very similar experience with most other Android phones (and iPhones) too. Apps like Runtastic Heart Rate use your phone's LED flash and camera sensor in much the same way. And with the HTC One M8, our tests showed they provide similar results in a similar time frame.

The Galaxy S5 heart rate sensor is less interesting than it initially appears.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why all the extras?

We're not huge fans of the heart rate sensor or the fingerprint scanner. The waterproofing deserves a nod, but why has Samsung put such a focus on these hardware 'extras' this year?

It becomes obvious when you look at the phone's other specs. Smartphones have plateau'd technologically – it might be temporary, but it affects all the early 2014 flagships. Samsung can't fit in a much larger screen without affecting how it feels to use, the screen is still at 1080p resolution and the Snapdragon 801 processor used here isn't that much more powerful or advanced than the Snapdragon 800 used in some of last year's phones.

Samsung clearly felt the need to put conspicuously 'new' hardware in the Galaxy S5. And some of it is not that good. Yet. This need to separate the Galaxy S5 from the Galaxy S4 in obvious ways also helps to explain slightly odd pitted finish.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Internal Speaker

We would gladly trade away most of these supposed hardware innovations for a better internal speaker. But this is something that – once more – has been relatively neglected by Samsung.

Sound pipes out of a single grille under the backplate, and uses the limited internal area between the outer parts of the cover and the zone blocked off by the rubber seals to somewhat reinforce the sound (to act as a speaker enclosure of sorts).

We have heard worse speakers, and the Galaxy S5 can handle its own top volume without distorting significantly. But the sound is pretty tinny and bass-free. Coming from reviewing the HTC One M8 – which has relatively chunky-sounding stereo speakers – it's a depressing step down. And we'd wager only those with health-themed OCD would prefer a very limited-use heart rate sensor to a decent set of speakers.

The speaker also causes fairly severe vibration in the lower part of the phone's rear. It's the result of essentially using the outer casing as a speaker enclosure, and it is a bit annoying.

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What Interviewers Wish They Could Tell Every Job Candidate

2013-09-16T20:12:00.000+05:30

In the best interviews, job candidates say a lot and interviewers very little – after all, the interview is about the candidate, not the interviewer.

But there are a few things interviewers would like to tell job candidates well before the interview starts.

1. I want you to be likeable.

Obvious? Sure, but also critical. I want to work with people I like and who in turn like me.

So: I want you to smile. I want you to make eye contact, sit forward in your chair, and be enthusiastic. The employer-employee relationship truly is a relationship -- and that relationship starts with the interview (if not before.)

A candidate who makes a great first impression and sparks a real connection instantly becomes a big fish in a very small short-list pond. You may have solid qualifications, but if I don't think I'll enjoy working with you, I'm probably not going to hire you.

Life is too short.

2. I don’t want you to immediately say you want the job.

Oh, I do want you to want the job -- but not before you really know what the job entails. I may need you to work 60-hour weeks, or travel 80% of the time, or report to someone with less experience than you... so sit tight for a bit.

No matter how much research you've done, you can't know you want the job until you know everything possible about the job.

3. I want you to stand out....

A sad truth of interviewing is that later I often don't recall, unless I refer to my notes, a significant amount about some of the candidates. (Unfair? Sure. Reality? Absolutely.)

The more people I interview for a job and the more spread out those interviews, the more likely I am to remember a candidate by impressions rather than by a long list of facts.

So when I meet with staff to discuss potential candidates I might initially refer to someone as, "the guy with the bizarre stainless steel briefcase," or "the woman who does triathlons," or "the gentleman who grew up in Lichtenstein."

In short, I may remember you by "hooks" – whether flattering or unflattering – so use that to your advantage. Your hook could be your clothing, or an outside interest, or an unusual fact about your upbringing or career. Better yet your hook could be the project you pulled off in half the expected time or the huge sale you made.

Instead of letting me choose, give me one or two notable ways to remember you.

4. ... but not for being negative.

There's no way I can remember everything you say. But I will remember sound bites, especially the negative ones – like the candidates who complain, without prompting, about their current employer, their coworkers, or their customers.

So if for example you hate being micro-managed, instead say you're eager to earn more responsibility and authority. I get there are reasons you want a new job but I want to hear why you want my job instead of why you're desperate to escape your old job.

And keep in mind I'm well aware our interview is like a first date. I know I'm getting the best possible version of "you." So if you whine and complain and grumble now... I know you'll be a real treat to be around in a few months.

5. I want you to ask lots of questions about what really matters to you...

I need to know whether I should hire you, but just as importantly I need you to make sure my job is a good fit for you.

So I want you to ask lots of questions: What I expect you to accomplish early on, what attributes make our top performers outstanding, what you can do to truly drive results, how you'll be evaluated… all the things that matter to you and to me and my business.

You know what makes work meaningful and enjoyable to you. I don't. There's no other way to really know whether you want the job unless you ask questions.

6. ... but only if the majority of those questions relate to real work.

I know you want a positive work-life balance. Still, save all those questions about vacation sign-up policies and whether it's okay to take an extra half hour at lunch every day if you also stay a half hour late and whether I've considered setting up an in-house childcare facility because that would be really awesome for you and your family.

First let's find out if you're the right person for the job, and whether the tasks, responsibilities, duties, etc. are right for you.

Then we can talk about the rest.

7. I love when you bring a "project."

I expect you to do a little research about my company. That’s a given.

To really impress me, use the research you’ve done to describe how you will hit the ground running and contribute right away – the bigger the impact the better. If you bring a specific skill, show how I can leverage that skill immediately.

Remember how I see it: I have to pay your salary starting day one, so I'd love to see an immediate return on that investment starting day one.

8. At the end I want you to ask for the job... and I want to know why.

By the end of the interview you should have a good sense of whether you want the job. If you need more information, say so and let's figure out how to get what you need to make a decision.

If you don't need more information, do what great salespeople do and ask for the job.

I'll like the fact you asked. I want you to really want the job -- but I also want to know why you want the job. So tell me why: You thrive in an unsupervised role, or you love working with multiple teams, or you like frequent travel.

Ask me for the job and prove to me, objectively, that it's a great fit for you.

9. I want you to follow up... especially if it's genuine.

Every interviewer appreciates a brief follow-up note. If nothing else, saying you enjoyed meeting me and are happy to answer any other questions is nice.

But "nice" may not separate you from the pack.

What I really like – and remember – is when you follow up based on something we discussed. Maybe we talked about data collection techniques and you send me information about a set of tools you strongly recommend. Maybe we talked about quality and you send me a process checklist you developed that I could adapt to use in my company. Or maybe we both like cycling, so you send me a photo of you on your bike in front of the sign at the top of the Col du Tourmalet (and I'm totally jealous.)

The more closely you listened during the interview, the easier it is to think of ways to follow up in a natural and unforced way.

Creativity for Entrepreneurs: 4 Tips

2012-05-21T12:04:00.000+05:30

Creativity for Entrepreneurs: 4 Tips

Stop brainstorming. That’s right. Despite the fact that brainstorming is one of the most widely-used tools for coming up with new ideas, Lehrer says it doesn’t work. Why? Because the first rule of brainstorming is not to criticize. And criticism is great for idea formation. It’s crucial if you want your ideas to be any good. As Lehrer says, “Criticism draws us out. It wakes us up.” He also says that groups that engage in criticism come up with 20-25% more ideas than other groups, and their ideas are rated as more original.

Surround yourself with diversity. Real intellectual diversity. If you studied engineering at Stanford, and all your friends are Stanford engineers, it doesn’t matter how much racial diversity you’ve got between you. You’re not getting the diversity you need to enhance your creativity.

If you want to be more creative, you need to widen your social circle to include people who really are different than you. Lehrer cites a study of 766 Stanford Business School grads who went on to form their own companies. Those who had a diverse circle of friends—their buddies ran the gamut from biologists to ballet dancers – were three times more innovative than the rest, as determined by the number of patents and trademarks they held.

Talk to strangers. This is a good way to get new people and new ideas into your life. Talking to strangers has been shown to improve your luck, for the same reason. It exposes you to new ways of thinking and new connections.

Imitate the city. Cities never die, says Lehrer, while even Fortune 100 companies last, on average, about 45 years. Why? Lehrer says cities force us to mix and mingle, but unlike companies, they don’t micromanage. “The mayor can’t tell you where to live,” he says.

A successful company should be run the same way, says Lehrer, using the example of Pixar under Steve Jobs. Jobs wanted it to be easy for employees from different departments to get to know each other. So he put the cafeteria and the gift shop in the lobby of the building. It didn’t work, because the animators, for example, still had lunch with other animators. They never had conversations with the folks in accounting.

So Jobs decided there would be only two bathrooms in the whole building, and he put them in the lobby. Predictably, everyone hated it at first. No one wanted to have to walk all the way across the building just to use the bathroom. But now, says Lehrer, pretty much every Pixar employee has a tale of their “bathroom breakthrough.”

You may not be able to relocate the bathroom in your building. But what else can you do to make sure your startup is run like a city – and not like a big company?

*taken from linkedin

Deepak Nair: Temples in India

2012-04-02T12:19:00.001+05:30

Deepak Nair: Temples in India: WHY WE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES? (Scientific Reason) There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations...

Temples in India

2012-04-02T12:17:00.003+05:30

WHY WE SHOULD VISIT TEMPLES?

(Scientific Reason)

There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth's magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on ...a hilltop. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here.

Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as "*Garbhagriha*" or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum. We know that there are some copper plates, inscribed with Vedic scripts, buried beneath the Main Idol. What are they really? No, they are not God’s / priests’ flash cards when they forget the *shlokas*. The copper plate absorbs earth’s magnetic waves and radiates it to the surroundings. Thus a person regularly visiting a temple and walking clockwise around the Main Idol receives the beamed magnetic waves and his body absorbs it. This is a very slow process and a regular visit will let him absorb more of this positive energy. Scientifically, it is the positive energy that we all require to have a healthy life.

Further, the Sanctum is closed on three sides. This increases the effect of all energies. The lamp that is lit radiates heat energy and also provides light inside the sanctum to the priests or *poojaris* performing the pooja. The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers takes a worshipper into trance, thus not letting his mind waver. When done in groups, this helps people forget personal problems for a while and relieve their stress. The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out the chemical energy further aiding in a different good aura. The effect of all these energies is supplemented by the positive energy from the idol, the copper plates and utensils in the *Moolasthan*am / *Garbagraham*. *Theertham*, the “holy” water used during the pooja to wash the idol is not

plain water cleaning the dust off an idol. It is a concoction of Cardamom,*Karpura* (Benzoin), zaffron / saffron, *Tulsi* (Holy Basil), Clove, etc...Washing the idol is to charge the water with the magnetic radiations thus increasing its medicinal values. Three spoons of this holy water is distributed to devotees. Again, this water is mainly a source of magneto-therapy. Besides, the clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & *Tulsi* leafs protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and *Pachha Karpuram* (benzoin), act as mouth fresheners. It is proved that *Theertham* is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized. Hence it is given as *prasadam* to the devotees. This way, one can claim to remain healthy by regularly visiting the Temples. This is why our elders used to suggest us to offer prayers at the temple so that you will be cured of many ailments. They were not always superstitious. Yes, in a few cases they did go overboard when due to ignorance they hoped many serious diseases could be cured at temples by deities. When people go to a temple for the *Deepaaraadhana*, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there. The water that is sprinkled onto the assemblages passes on the energy to all. This also explains why men are not allowed to wear shirts at a few temples and women are requested to wear more ornaments during temple visits. It is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed by the women. Also, it is a practice to leave newly purchased jewels at an idol’s feet and then wear them with the idol’s blessings. This act is now justified after reading this article. This act of “seeking divine blessings” before using any new article, like books or pens or automobiles may have stemmed from this through mere observation.

Energy lost in a day’s work is regained through a temple visit and one is refreshed slightly. The positive energy that is spread out in the entire temple and especially around where the main idol is placed, are simply absorbed by one's body and mind. Did you know, every Vaishnava(Vishnu devotees), “must” visit a Vishnu temple twice every day in their location. Our practices are NOT some hard and fast rules framed by 1 man and his followers or God’s words in somebody’s dreams. All the rituals, all the practices are, in reality, well researched, studied and scientifically backed thesis which form the ways of nature to lead a good healthy life.

The scientific and research part of the practices are well camouflaged as “elder’s instructions” or “granny’s teaching’s” which should be obeyed as a mark of respect so as to once again, avoid stress to the mediocre brains

Deepak Nair: Telephone Etiquette

2012-02-13T17:41:00.000+05:30

Deepak Nair: Telephone Etiquette: Presenting a professional image, both in person and on the telephone, is very important in the Office Skills profession. Taking care of your...

Telephone Etiquette

2012-02-13T17:26:00.000+05:30

Presenting a professional image, both in person and on the telephone, is very important in the Office Skills profession. Taking care of your customers over the telephone and making them feel well informed and appreciated is essential.Whether you are the front office receptionist or an executive secretary, the following phone tips should always be followed.

1. Speak clearly. A picture paints a thousand words but the caller on the other end of the phone can only hear you. They cannot see your face or body language. Therefore, taking the time to speak clearly, slowly and in a cheerful, professional voice is very important.

2. Use your normal tone of voice when answering a call. If you have a tendency to speak loud or shout, avoid doing so on the telephone.

3. Do not eat or drink while you are on telephone duty. Only eat or drink during your coffee break or lunch break.

4. Do not use slang words or Poor Language. Respond clearly with “yes” or “no” when speaking. Never use swear words.

5. Address the Caller Properly by his or her title. (i.e. Good morning Mr. Brown, Good afternoon Ms. Sanders). Never address an unfamiliar caller by his or her first name.

6. Listen to the Caller and what they have to say. The ability to listen is a problem in general but it is very important to listen to what the caller has to say. It is always a good habit to repeat the information back to the client when you are taking a message. Verify that you have heard and transcribed the message accurately.

7. Be patient and helpful. If a caller is irate or upset, listen to what they have to say and then refer them to the appropriate resource. Never snap back or act rude to the caller.

8. Always ask if you can put the caller on hold. If you are responsible for answering multiple calls at once, always ask the caller politely if you may put them on hold. Remember that the caller could have already waited several minutes before getting connected to you and may not take lightly to being put on hold. Never leave the person on hold for more than a few seconds or they may become upset and hang up.

9. Always focus on the call. Try not to get distracted by people around you. If someone tries to interrupt you while you are on a call, politely remind them that you are on a customer call and that you will be with them as soon as you are finished.

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Punsari is among the most developed villages in India

A typical Indian village conjures up images of mud houses, narrow potholed streets, with no drainage system and no running water.

Unless one is talking about Punsari - a village of 6,000 in Sabarkantha district, some 90km (56 miles) from the western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state.

Punsari has been dubbed a "model village" by the state government and its young headman, Himanshu Patel, proudly states that his village offers "the amenities of a city but the spirit of a village".

When I visited the village, I was impressed with what I saw. It has round-the-clock, uninterrupted water and electricity supplies - something that is rare in hundreds of thousands of Indian villages.

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Every home in the village has toilets, there are two primary schools, a primary health centre, street lights and a drainage system.

And that's not all. The entire village is wifi enabled, has CCTV cameras installed at strategic points and a public address system which covers the entire population with the help of about 140 loudspeakers installed all over the village.

Village headman Himanshu Patel is a media savvy man

The project to make Punsari a model village began in 2006

I met some young boys outside the village who prided themselves in being part of this development story - Punsari has been awarded the "best village in Gujarat" several times and it may very well be among India's most developed villages.

Mr Patel leads an 11-member committee which runs the village affairs. Of these, five are women.

The committee's headquarters look like a modern corporate office - on one side is a conference hall where the council holds its meetings, on the other is a glass screen on which one can see four windows of live pictures beamed from the CCTV cameras installed on key locations in the village.

'No school dropouts'

Mr Patel shows the same live CCTV footage on his iPhone screen - it displays a classroom. "It helps me monitor school activity," he says.

The project to make Punsari a model village began in 2006 when Mr Patel, then 23, was elected the village headman - then, it was like any other undeveloped Indian village.

The village school in Punsari is wifi-enabled and offers computer lessons too

"When I took over, there was nothing in the village," he says. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state chief minister at the time and his idea was to ebb the flow of migration from villages to cities by creating city-like infrastructure."

Mr Patel says the village council has spent 140m rupees ($2.28m; £1.43m) on development schemes between 2006 and 2012.

If the idea was to stop migration out of the village, it has been a partial success - Mr Patel says 15-20 families have returned to the village from the cities like Mumbai in recent years.

Among them is taxi driver Naveen, whose family came back to the village after having lived in Mumbai for years.

"We were struggling in Mumbai to fulfil our daily needs. We decided to come back after we heard from our neighbours about the development in the village and prospects of jobs."

Naveen is yet to find a job but he is happy that he doesn't have to deal with traffic jams, pollution and other big city problems any more.

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