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Twitter Down since 1:40 AM (IST) as on 04th June, 2013 - Twitter.com Not Available for some user's.

2013-06-04T02:01:00.000+05:30

To all Tweeple it's that Twitter has encountered some technical problems and there server's are down at the moment. As always I was tweeting and suddenly saw Twitter displaying below message when I tried to update my twitter feed. I thought it might something wrong from my end. Did random check of some other twitter profile's and they were also displaying the same message "Something is technically wrong"

It's started by 1:40 AM (IST) on 04th July, 2013 and still it showing down.

To be double assured I checked it at downforeveryoneorjustme.com too, below is screenshot which confirms it's down.

So you all Tweeple who are clueless of what's went wrong don't worry. It's something wrong from their end. Between I just browsed through Official Twitter Status http://status.twitter.com/post/52079734757/twitter-site-issue and they had confirmed - "Some users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Our engineers are currently working to resolve the issue."

Mother, Can I Trust Google? - Infographics

2012-04-30T18:41:00.001+05:30

Mother, Can I Trust Google? Infographics by Online Background Check Guide

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Google Celebrating Gideon Sundbacks 132nd Birthday - Google Zipper Doodle

2012-04-24T03:44:00.000+05:30

Google Celebrating 132nd Birthday of Gideon Sundback's (Well-known for development of the Zipper) as on 24th April, 2012 by displaying interactive customized Zipper as Google Doodle Logo at their search home page.

Google Zipper Doodle

About Gideon Sundback from WikiPedia

Gideon Sundback (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. Gideon Sundback is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

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Gideon Sundback
Born	April 24, 1880 Ödestugu Parish, Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden
Died	June 21, 1954 Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Resting place	Greendale cemetery
Nationality	Swedish-American
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Development of the zipper
Spouse	Elvira Aronson, married in 1909
Parents	Jonas Otto Magnusson Sundbäck and Kristina Karolina Klasdotter

Gideon Sundback (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. Gideon Sundback is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

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Google just got ZAGAT Rated! - Zagat Acquired by Google

2011-09-08T21:38:00.003+05:30

Marissa Mayer, VP, Local, Maps & Location Services at Google announced that they had acquired Zagat today!

"So, today, I'm thrilled that Google has acquired Zagat. Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering—delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary (and ordinary) experiences around the corner and around the world.

With Zagat, we gain a world-class team that has more experience in consumer based-surveys, recommendations and reviews than anyone else in the industry. Founded by Tim and Nina Zagat more than 32 years ago, Zagat has established a trusted and well-loved brand the world over, operating in 13 categories and more than 100 cities. The Zagats have demonstrated their ability to innovate and to do so with tremendous insight. Their surveys may be one of the earliest forms of UGC (user-generated content)—gathering restaurant recommendations from friends, computing and distributing ratings before the Internet as we know it today even existed.

Their iconic pocket-sized guides with paragraphs summarizing and “snippeting” sentiment were “mobile” before “mobile” involved electronics. Today, Zagat provides people with a democratized, authentic and comprehensive view of where to eat, drink, stay, shop and play worldwide based on millions of reviews and ratings.

For all of these reasons, I'm incredibly excited to collaborate with Zagat to bring the power of Google search and Google Maps to their products and users, and to bring their innovation, trusted reputation and wealth of experience to our users."

More info out here: Official Google Blog: Google just got ZAGAT Rated!

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Google Celebrating Jorge Luis Borges 112th Birthday - Google Logo

2011-08-24T03:25:00.002+05:30

Google Celebrating 112th Birthday of Jorge Luis Borges as on 24th August, 2011 as Google Doodle Logo at their home page.

Jorge Luis Borges was born in an educated middle-class family in August 1899. Borges's 1929 book Cuaderno San Martín includes the poem "Isidoro Acevedo," commemorating his grandfather, Isidoro de Acevedo Laprida, a soldier of the Buenos Aires Army. A descendant of the Argentine lawyer and politician Francisco Narciso de Laprida, Acevedo fought in the battles of Cepeda in 1859, Pavón in 1861, and Los Corrales in 1880. Isidoro de Acevedo Laprida died of pulmonary congestion in the house where his grandson Jorge Luis Borges was born. Borges grew up hearing about the faded family glory. On the other side, Borges's father, Jorge Guillermo Borges Haslam, was part Spanish, part Portuguese, and half English, also the son of a colonel. Borges Haslam, whose mother was English, grew up speaking English at home, and took his own family frequently to Europe. England and English pervaded the family home.

Jorge Luis Borges: From Wikipedia

Jorge Luis Borges
Borges in 1951, by Grete Stern
Born	Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo 24 August 1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	14 June 1986 (aged 86) Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation	Writer, poet, critic, librarian
Language	Spanish

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Google Sitelinks Update - New Google Interface for WebSite Sitelinks at Google

2011-08-16T20:22:00.004+05:30

It's morning and I guess not many of power Google user's has noticed that Google rolled out a new Sitelink features which I just now observed. Also I am not sure does it being rolled out to all Google data-center's or as always Google trying out at few and later make it universal. To confirm this new Google Sitelink's feature I checked with Official Google Blog & Official Google Webmaster Central Blog, but there's no news yet in this regard. (Update 0n 08/16/2011: Official Google Blog: The evolution of sitelinks: expanded and improved)

Espn.com - Google Sitelinks

Well you must have noticed earlier for Sitelinks Google only show's few important internal webpages (also known as Sitelinks) at organic SERP's if a user search for any Domain at Google(www.afzalkhan.org) name with or without domain extension (Afzalkhan.org or Simply Domain Name as AfzalKhan) as shown at image-1(Espn.com Google Sitelinks) with Old Sitelinks pattern.

What's New now with Google Sitelinks

Google is now showing website's sitelinks with Title (H1 tag in some cases), meta description and the landing page URL as shown in image-2 (Afzalkhan.org Google Sitelinks) which were missing at the old sitelinks preview (Google used to show only Anchor Text hyperlinked)

Afzalkhan.org Google sitelinks - New Preview

What will its affect on Organic Traffic? - While it's still early to judge its impact but I noticed significant increase in Google traffic for my site since yesterday, the increase in Google Organic traffic is almost 20-30% comparing my daily blog traffic. It's a welcome change from my site being a SEO along with many other changes due from Google including infinite scrolling at SERP's for organic searches too like Google Image Searches. I've read on many forum's Google is experimenting & testing out loads of new feature's since after launching Google +1 which they will merge all together to offer a better user experience.

Finger's crossed expecting few more changes in next coming days which might affect Search Engine Optimization strategies, website organic rankings & traffic.

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Introducing Google Voice Search for your Mobile & Desktop PC

2011-06-22T20:34:00.010+05:30

Introducing Voice Search Now on your Computer & Mobile

On 14th June 2011, Google announced at their Inside Google Search Event that they would start to roll out Voice Search on Google.com during the coming days, which they had rolled out recently and is available for all US user's to experience search with voice using their smartphones or at desktop via Google Chrome.

It’s easy to search out loud. All you need is Google Chrome and a built-in or attached microphone.

Google Voice Search on Google.com - Download Google Chrome

Get Voice Search app, download Google Search app to your smartphone to search fast. - Visit this URL in your phone's browser http://m.google.com/search

Search Out Loud with Voice Search

About Google Voice Search
Google Voice Search is a tool from Google Labs that allowed someone to use their phone to make a Google query. After the user called (650) 623-6706, the number of Google Voice's search system, they would wait for the words Say your Search Keywords and then say the keywords. Next, they would either wait to have the page updated, or click on a link to bring up the search page the user requested. At the moment, both the demo of this service and the page have been shut down. Since the introduction of the service, products from Google, such as GOOG-411, Google Maps and Google Mobile App, have been developed to use speech recognition technology in various ways!

Along with Voice Search you can also do a Search by Image at Google.com

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Happy Mother's Day Google Doodle Logo 2011

2011-05-08T14:00:00.002+05:30

Google Celebrating Mother's Day today (08th May, 2011). Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year.

The modern Mother's Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April, or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood.

TopRankSEOBlog Team wishes Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers in the world!

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iPad 2 Arrives in India, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore & Eight Other Countries on 29th April, 2011

2011-04-27T19:56:00.013+05:30

In a latest Press Release Apple announced that their much awaited 2nd Generation Apple iPad aka "iPad2" will be available to Asian Countries including India, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore & Eight Other Countries by 29th April, 2011.

Apple iPad 2

As we earlier blogged about first generation Apple iPad, Apple iPad 2 features an entirely new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad, while maintaining the same stunning 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen.

iPad 2 features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics and now includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime® and Photo Booth®, and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video, bringing the innovative FaceTime feature to iPad users for the first time.

Though it is thinner, lighter, faster and packed with new features, iPad 2 still delivers up to 10 hours of battery life that users have come to expect.

Apple iPad 2 Pricing

iPad 2 (WiFi Only Model) - iPad 2 retail price is $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model.

iPad 2 (Wifi + 3G Model) - iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model.

iPad 2 can be ordered online and will be available at all Apple retail stores.

Shop for your iPad 2 this Friday.

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Charlie Chaplin 122nd Birthday Google Logo Video Doodle

2011-04-15T14:37:00.002+05:30

Google Celebrating 122nd birthday of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977). He was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era.

Charlie Chaplin Google Video Doodle

He became one of the most famous film stars in the world before the end of the First World War. - Google Doodle Logo on 15th April, 2011.

Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent film comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, until close to his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin's identification with the left ultimately forced him to resettle in Europe during the McCarthy era in the early 1950s.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

Charlie Chaplin from Wikipedia


Birth name	Charles Spencer Chaplin
Born	16 April 1889(1889 -04-16) Walworth, London, United Kingdom
Died	25 December 1977(1977-12-25) (aged 88) Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Medium	Film, music, mimicry
Nationality	British
Years active	1895–1976^[1]
Genres	Slapstick, mime, visual comedy
Influenced	Milton Berle Rowan Atkinson Johnny Depp
Spouse	Mildred Harris (m. 1918–1921) 1 child Lita Grey (m. 1924–1927) 2 children Paulette Goddard (m. 1936–1942) Oona O'Neill (m. 1943–1977) 8 children

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New Twitter Design is Up Live: Twitter Homepage Makeover

2011-04-15T05:46:00.003+05:30

With all such speculations and rumors of Twitter designing their home-page along with many other major changes. Twitter New Homepage Design is Live now which I guess has been rolled out a hour ago today.

Here is Twitter New Design Preview

Twitter's New HomePage Design

At first look it looks nice to me, but as always there are mix reaction from the online community regarding Twitter New Design. Too most new design looks good, but they think new twitter doesn't really match the rest of the design. While I saw someone said the new front page design is much like Facebook :-)

While the humorous tweet update which I came across for Twitter new design was "I was thinking that I am on the wrong page"

Do you think Twitter's New Design will have any affect on your Tweeting Activity? Check-out this interesting post on How Will Twitter’s New Design Affect You? by Gawker.com

Share your thoughts and view's about Twitter New Design in comment box below.

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Google Logo on Yuri Gagarin a Russian Astronaut

2011-04-12T02:09:00.002+05:30

Google Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin a Russian Astronaut - Google Doodle Logo on 14th March, 2011

Yuri Gagarin Google Logo: 50th Anniversary

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin: 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968, was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup to the Soyuz 1 mission, which ended in a fatal crash. Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died when a training jet he was piloting crashed in 1968.

Yuri Gagarin: From Wikipedia

Yuri Gagarin Юрий Гагарин

Soviet Union cosmonaut The first human in space
Nationality	Russian
Status	Deceased
Born	9 March 1934(1934-03-09) Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 March 1968(1968-03-27) (aged 34) Novosyolovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other occupation	Pilot
Rank	Colonel (Polkovnik), Soviet Air Forces
Time in space	1 hour, 48 minutes
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Missions	Vostok 1
Mission insignia

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Most Important Off Page SEO Techniques

2011-04-08T16:55:00.004+05:30

Image Source: Techchunks.com

The success of the website depends upon if it could be ranked top. For this the Search Engine Optimization is available which uses the various strategies to rank the website at the top. In the work of SEO the off page SEO techniques holds an important place. The main role of the off page SEO is to bring more traffic towards the website by enabling the website to reach at the top position. The important part of the off page SEO is to have back links. This is an important thing as the visitor also needs to go back to the previous page. The back links are important as it helps in increasing the traffic and rank the website high in the search engine. So by applying the back links is an important SEO technique.

The other SEO technique is to always consider the back link from the popular PR. The PR from the Google search engine is considered as the sign of popularity. The popular search engine works so that their search results would be relevant for the user. With the help of the back links they are able to provide with more relevant search. This would be beneficial for earning more revenues. If you are looking for getting the back links then there are several ways by which you would be able to get it. Some of the best way is by social media sites, article marketing, reciprocal linking, forum posting, social bookmarking, e-book creation, blog posting etc.

The SEO techniques are the best way by which you would be able to achieve to rankings of the website. With it’s off page SEO techniques you would surely attract traffic. If you want to check the link popularity then better visit the website which offers free tools to checks the popularity of the back links. Always be sure to give importance to the back links. They are the best source of getting more traffic. The higher the popularity of the link is the higher would be the website ranking.

The off page SEO technique results in popularity of the website. They use to have such back links which moves back to your website. Before you would go for the linking methods better get sure to know about the proper linking methods in Google website. One essential part of the SEO technique is that one should be able to get the quality contents for their website. The contents should be able to depict proper message to its reader.

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Yahoo's AlltheWeb.com is Shutting Down on April 4, 2011

2011-04-01T02:13:00.003+05:30

End of AlltheWeb.com Era - Another Search Engine going to be DEAD soon!

When AlltheWeb started in 1999, Fast Search and Transfer aimed to provide their database to other search engines, copying the successful case of Inktomi. Indeed, in January 2000, Lycos used their results in the Lycos PRO search. By that time, the AlltheWeb database had grown from 80 million URIs to 200 million. Their aim was to index all the publicly-accessible web. Their crawler indexed over 2 billion pages by June 2002 and started a fresh round of the Search Engine Size War and had given a good run to GOOGLE.

In February 2003 Fast's web search division was bought by Overture. In March 2004 Overture itself was taken over by Yahoo!. Shortly after Yahoo!'s acquisition, the AlltheWeb site started using Yahoo!'s database and some of the advanced functions were removed, such as FTP search and direct image search.

In March 2011, Yahoo! stated on the AlltheWeb website that they intend to close the engine. It's sad to see Alltheweb.com to be a history!

Below is Statement displayed over Alltheweb.com stating Yahoo! will be closing it, & it will take user to Yahoo Home Page

"Yahoo! will be closing AlltheWeb on April 4, 2011, as we focus on other features to improve your search experience. Starting on April 4, 2011, http://www.alltheweb.com will redirect to Yahoo! Search at http://search.yahoo.com. Thanks for your understanding."

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Robert Bunsen's 200th Birthday Google Doodle Logo

2011-03-31T01:03:00.001+05:30

Google Celebrating 200th Birthday of Robert Bunsen a German Chemist - Google Doodle Logo on 31st March, 2011

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (30 March 1811 – 16 August 1899)^[1] was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and with Gustav Kirchhoff discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861). Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff. The Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal is assigned every year by the European Geosciences Union (www.egu.eu) to scientists who provided significant advance in the fields of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Volcanology.

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

Born	30 March 1811(1811-03-30) Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany
Died	16 August 1899(1899-08-16) (aged 88) Heidelberg, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Polytechnic School of Kassel University of Marburg University of Heidelberg University of Breslau
Alma mater	University of Göttingen


Known for	Discovery of cacodyl radical; discoveries of caesium and rubidium; invention of the Bunsen burner; carbon-zinc electrochemical cell; methods of gas analysis; development of spectrochemical analysis
Notable awards	Copley medal (1860)

Magician Harry Houdini 137th Birthday Google Doodle Logo

2011-03-24T13:41:00.000+05:30

Google Celebrating 137th Birthday of Magician Harry Houdini - Google Doodle Logo on 24th March, 2011

Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts. He was also a skeptic who set out to expose frauds purporting to be supernatural phenomena.

Harry Houdini - From Wikipedia

Signature
Houdini in 1899
Born	Erik Weisz March 24, 1874(1874-03-24) Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 31, 1926(1926-10-31) (aged 52) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, debunker
Years active	1891–1926

Google Alam Ara Doodle Logo on 14th March, 2011

2011-03-14T22:17:00.000+05:30

Google celebrating 80th anniversary of Alam Ara: First Indian Hindi Movie with Sound as Google Doodle Logo on 14th March, 2011

Alam Ara {Hindi: आलमआरा} {Urdu: عالم آراء} (The Light of the World; 1931), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian sound film.

Irani recognized the importance that sound would have on the cinema, and raced to complete Alam Ara before several other contemporary sound films. Alam Ara debuted at the Majestic Cinema in Mumbai (then Bombay) on March 14, 1931. The first Indian talkie was so popular that "police aid had to be summoned to control the crowds."

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Google ICC Cricket World Cup Logo 2011

2011-02-19T04:24:00.003+05:30

Google ICC Cricket World Cup Logo 2011 - Google Cricket World Cup Doodle Logo

On 17th February 2011, whole world witnessed the GRAND Opening Ceremony of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. On 19th February, 2011 today India will be playing against Bangladesh, the first ICC World Cup 2011 match.

Google ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Logo

Cricket fever is on roar across the world specially in INDIA and other Asian sub-continents Sri-Lanka, Pakistan & Bangladesh.

Whether it's Olympics, Football World Cup, Birthdays of famous personalities, actor, scientist, leaders or any special occasion GOOGLE always change their logo matching with the theme and let the whole world know about importance of that particular day, event.

To celebrate Cricket World Cup 2011, Google is also going along with Cricket fever. Google Search home page Logo has turned out as Google ICC Cricket World Cup Doodle Logo to mark it's presence for Cricket World Cup 2011.

When it comes to Cricket, we INDIAN's are very emotional towards this sport, every Indian follow cricket religiously and during the world cup every Indian irrespective of religion, caste will be praying unanimously for Indian Cricket Team. Cricket is a game which brings every Indian together.

INDIA is one of the strongest and favorite team for World Cup 2011 and hopeful I do wish and confident that Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting the ICC World Cup Trophy on 02nd April, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Best wishes of every Indian is with them. Good Luck India.....Chak de!!!

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Happy Valentine's Day : Google Valentine Doodle Logo on 14th Feb, 2011

2011-02-14T11:32:00.002+05:30

Continuing tradition of displaying special Google Doodle Logo's at their search home page, today Google is celebrating Saint Valentine's (14th February, 2011) Day aka Happy Valentine's Day!
Wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Check out Google Valentine's Logo below and share your Love.

Google Valentine's Day Doodle Logo

Valentine's Day - Source Wikipedia
Victorian Valentine's Card
Also called	Saint Valentine's Day Valentine's
Observed by	Many countries
Type	Cultural, Christian, commercial
Significance	Love and affection celebrated between lovers
Date	February 14
Observances	Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating

Thomas Alva Edisons Google Doodle Logo on 11th Feb, 2011

2011-02-11T14:27:00.000+05:30

Thomas Alva Edison's Birthday Interactive Google Doodle Logo on 11th Feb, 2011

Thomas Alva Edison's Google Doodle Logo

Today is 164th Birthday of Thomas Edison's American Inventor, Google celebrates his contributions in the form of Google Doodle converted in the form of logo at their Search Home Page. The Google Logo is created from some of the greatest inventions by Thomas Alva Edison.

Thomas Alva Edison - From Wikipedia

Thomas Edison
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." – Thomas Alva Edison, Harper's Monthly (September 1932)
Born	Thomas Alva Edison February 11, 1847(1847-02-11) Milan, Ohio, United States
Died	October 18, 1931(1931-10-18) (aged 84) West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Inventor, scientist, businessman
Religion	Deist
Spouse	Mary Stilwell (m. 1871–1884) Mina Miller (m. 1886–1931)
Children	Marion Estelle Edison (1873–1965) Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876–1935) William Leslie Edison (1878–1937) Madeleine Edison (1888–1979) Charles Edison (1890–1969) Theodore Miller Edison (1898–1992)
Parents	Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896) Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871)
Relatives	Lewis Miller (father-in-law)
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Jules Verne Interactive Google Doodle Logo on 08th Feb, 2011

2011-02-08T00:47:00.000+05:30

Jules Verne Interactive Google Doodle Logo on 08th Feb, 2011

Jules Verne Interactive Google Doodle Logo

Google is celebrating Jules Verne Birthday today and displaying very creative and interactive Google Doodle Jules Verne Logo at their search home page.

Jules Gabriel Verne - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jules Verne

Born	Jules Gabriel Verne February 8, 1828(1828-02-08) Nantes, Brittany
Died	March 24, 1905(1905-03-24) (aged 77) Amiens, France
Occupation	Author
Language	French
Nationality	French
Genres	Science-fiction
Notable work(s)	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days,

Jules Gabriel Verne (French pronunciation:; February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French Breton author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated individual author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Some of his books have been made into films. Verne, along with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction".

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Apple iPad is now officially available in India

2011-01-28T21:24:00.003+05:30

Good news to all iPad lover's in INDIA, Apple today has finally announced they started selling "iPad" to indian market.

Apple will make the iPad available through its Apple Retail Store's in India, with 3G services from BSNL.

On Thursday BSNL has announced attractive data plans for Apple 3G iPad, BSNL is the first among other 3G service provider in India to have a deal with Apple.

BSNL is offering both prepaid and postpaid plans for iPad owners in India. Unlimited 3G usage costs Rs 999 per month in both prepaid and postpaid. Check out BSNL's official site for Apple iPad 3G data plans in India.

Below is cost of different storage capacity iPad in India, You can get more detail's at Apple Store in India.

iPad with Wi-Fi				13-inch \| 15-inch \| 17-inch

Connect to the Internet wherever you can access a Wi-Fi hotspot.	16GB¹ Rs. 27,900*	32GB¹ Rs. 32,900*	64GB¹ Rs. 37,900*


iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G

Connect to the Internet at Wi-Fi hotspots and over 3G networks when you’re on the go; 3G service sold separately.	16GB¹ Rs. 34,900*	32GB¹ Rs. 39,900*	64GB¹ Rs. 44,900*

Apple iPad price is somewhat higher in India comparing to iPad price in US & UK.

However for iPad lover like me who haven't waited long and ordered for the Apple iPad after it's launch in USA. I ordered for my iPad (64 GB, 3G + Wi-Fi) on 20th August, 2010 last year and then shipped it to India which cost me somewhat higher at price to now available iPad price in INDIA. Along with Apple iPad I ordered for accessories including Apple iPad Case, iPad Keyboard Dock, Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit, iPad 10W USB Power Adapter & iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter.

Except Apple iPad case all other accessories are not of much use, especially the "iPad Keyboard Dock" it looks awesome, but believe me it's not of use at all. The in-built keyboard functionality in iPad is sufficient enough, you'll never feel necessity of attaching it to the external iPad Keyboard Dock...Rest all accessories depends on your use, better my suggestion would be first to get your iPad in hand use it for few months and order accessories later as per requirement:-)

I am using BSNL 3G normal SIM which I converted into Micro SIM to be used with iPad. It's very easy to convert your normal SIM card to fit into iPad micro SIM card in-built slot. There's dozen of videos available at Youtube or you can watch this one Video.

Before cutting your SIM as Micro-SIM, don't forget to activate your SIM and use "BSNLNET" as the data provider in your iPad Settings to work with 3G. More details on how to activate your BSNL 3G SIM can be found here. Alternatively you can also order for Noosy Micro SIM cutter with SIM adapters which is available for Rs 500/- only at Ebay.com & Amazon.com

My Apple iPad picture's

I love playing with my iPad and can say it's kind of gadget whom you easily get into love play, work most of hour's with it. iPad is fantastic!

So when you planning to bring iPad your home, share your thoughts?

StumbleUpon Down - Busy Fixing Errors over Site 25th Jan, 2011

2011-01-25T20:03:00.004+05:30

StumbleUpon is Down - StumbleUpon Busy Fixing Errors, site status as on 25th Jan, 2011

One of my all-time favorite StumbleUpon - a discovery engine that finds the best of the sites across web, for browsing various blogs, website, image, videos etc, seems to be experiencing downtime today morning.

StumbleUpon Home Screen Message below:-

Very rarely you'll find StumbleUpon down, I have not seen such outrage since last 2-3 years. I am not able submit, surf, suggest or bookmarking sites using StumbleUpon toolbar or by direct web access.

Is it only me facing StumbleUpon down or are you guys also experiencing the same? I hope the site will get up and working in next few hour's.

Meantime if you are not experiencing any problem surfing StumbleUpon site's, get connected with me at StumbleUpon Profile "Afzee @ StumbleUpon" and add me in your network. I'll be pleased to add you.

Google Holidays Logo 2010 - Displaying St. Basil's Cathedral to Indian Dance Styles Logo

2010-12-23T20:09:00.002+05:30

Google Holidays Logo for 2010 Christmas Holidays - This time Google is more creative with it's Doodle. Google home page is displaying multiple culture logos from St. Basil's Cathedral to Indian Dance Styles Logo all in one simultaneously. Google Holiday's Doodle Logo includes 17 cross cultural images in a interactive and awesome manner, each logo image linking to results for a different festive topic and culture combining whole World in one rope (Google Doodle's)


Google Doodle Holidays Logo 2010

Google Holidays logo is a gallery of images linked to facets of Christmas, description of 17 of each single logo image below:-

1. St. Basil's Cathedral
2. Buche de Noel
3. Acropolis
4. Mt. Fuji
5. Great Wall of China
6. Pierogi
7. Sahara Desert
8. Oud
9. Chili Pepper
10. Nepal
11. Venice Gondolas
12. Sydney Harbour
13. Chilean Vineyards
14. Henna Lamp
15. Up on the housetop
16. African Kanga
17. Indian Dance Styles

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New Google TV features, Just in time for the Holidays

2010-12-23T00:57:00.004+05:30

Just now received this Newsletter from Google TV Team, announcing New Google TV features added in time for the Holidays!!! I decided to post this & share with TopRankSEO Blog reader's about latest update from Google TV. Enjoy and share your views in comment box below.

New Google TV features, just in time for the holidays

It’s been two months since the first Google TV device went on sale. Since then, we have been hard at work thinking about how we can make the platform even better for our users.

What's New?
This week we’re pushing out a noteworthy software update. Along with fixing a couple of bugs, we’ve made four big improvements that we’re really excited to share.

Netflix - A totally revamped UI for Netflix on Google TV makes it easier to browse and watch movies and TV shows in Netflix’s streaming catalogue.
Dual View - Watch TV and the use the web how you want, now that you can resize your screens and move them around to your liking.
Remote Control App - Starting today you can use your Android phone as a TV remote. Even change the channel with your voice. Find ‘Google TV Remote’ in Android Market.
Movie Results - Find the movie you want to watch in the our new movie search results page. Finds movies that are on TV, the web, Netflix, and Amazon VOD.

Team Picks

These are just a few of the improved features launching this week. For more details, check out the Google TV blog and be sure to try them out on your Google TV as the update rolls out. Lastly, if you don’t yet have Google TV, DISH Network is offering a great discount on the Logitech Revue for new subscribers.