How to Increase Your Web Site/Blog Traffic

Almost everyday people search about how to increase their website traffic to their site, Sometimes they are asking how to make money fast with the internet, and sometimes they just want to expand their income any way that they can.

Well Let me tell you first about how to increase Traffic at your Site/Blog. Here are a few of the methods that I have used myself:

Affiliate Marketing:

Affiliate marketing is one of the good tool to increase the traffic at your site. But this method need some amount to be spend. Using paid traffic sources like Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing, you can push a lot of traffic to a page in a hurry.

Social Marketing:

Social Bookmarking or Social Marketing is more or less similar term use to increase traffic, using services like Facebook, Digg, and StumbleUpon can help you to create a healthy amount of traffic to your web site and can be accomplished very quickly. Over a period of a few weeks, you can gather a pretty decent audience to your site.

Learning How to Increase Your Web Site Traffic can be super beneficial. Have fun!!

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Leaked: OS 5.0.0.238 for the BlackBerry Curve 8520!

Follow the links below for more information and instructions. *

• Download leaked OS 5.0.0.238 for the BlackBerry Curve 8520 >>
• Visit CrackBerry.com's Beta Firmware Forums >>
• Instructions: How to Upgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: How to Downgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: Mess things up? Fix a Bricked BlackBerry Here >>

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Nokia E55 Review

If you felt that way about Nokia E52, the E55 claims to have the answer. Don't get us wrong - the E52 has killer looks and specs. And the E55… well, like we told you, it's the same phone save for that one little thing.

Key features

• Compact metallic body and extra slim girth (9.9mm)
• Quad-band GSM support
• 3G with HSDPA 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps
• half-QWERTY keyboard
• 2.4" 16M-color display of QVGA resolution
• Symbian OS, S60 UI with FP2
• 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, DLNA support
• Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS support, digital compass
• Accelerometer for screen auto-rotation and turn-to-mute
• One-touch shortcut keys mean "business"
• 3 megapixel enhanced fixed focus camera with LED flash
• Secondary videocall camera
• 60 MB of internal memory, microSD expansion, ships with a 2GB card
• microUSB v2.0
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• FM radio with RDS
• Class-leading audio output quality
• N-Gage gaming support
• Ovi Maps preinstalled with trial turn-by-turn navigation license (10 x 1 days, to be used within 3 months) and lifetime City Explorer license
• User-friendly Mode Switch for swapping two homescreen setups
• Office document editor (with free MS Office 2007 update)
• Remote lock/wipe over-the-air
• Comfortable keypad
• Smart dialing
• Great battery life

Main disadvantages

• Disappointing camera features and performance
• Video recording maxes out at VGA@15fps
• No DivX or XviD support (can be installed, possibly requiring a purchase)
• No TV-out functionality
• Keyboard takes some time getting used to (not too long though)

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep too but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson.

The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly.

Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.

Moral of the story "One must not engage in duties other than his own"


Now take a new look at the same story...

The washer man was a well educated man from LUMS institute. He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night. He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it. Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet.

The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dog's duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed "ME" (Met Expectations) .
Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.

The donkey was rated as "star performer". The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards.

Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a NEW JOB...

Moral of the story… ehmmm, please see above.

Disclaimer: All characters in the story are not at all imaginary.
Any resemblance to person living or dying of work is purely "intentional"

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Top 10 Best iPhone Apps for Sports Fans + iTunes Links

As football season kicks off and baseball season wraps up, now's a good time to check out some of the great new sports apps for the iPhone and other mobile devices.


1. ESPN Scorecenter:

ESPN's free ScoreCenter app is free, accessible, and popular: Some 2.7 million people have downloaded it since it launched in June.

It lets you follow whichever sports you'd like, and puts your favorite teams on top. But serious fans might want something more sophisticated. (iTunes Link)

2. Sportacular Free and Pro:

More sophisticated than ESPN's Scorecenter app, Sportacular includes more options and information, including customized, real-time "push" notifications.

The company behind Sportacular, Citzen Sports, is co-founded by Jeff Ma, one of the members of the famous MIT Blackjack team. (iTunes links: Free - Pro ($1.99))

3. Yahoo! Fantasy Football:

Monitor and control your Yahoo! Fantasy Football team from the iPhone or iPod touch.

ESPN also offers an app for its Fantasy Football league. (iTunes Link)

4. Madden 2010:

The best football game for the iPhone, Madden 2010 offers a miniaturized version of the game you've known on game consoles for years.

We've already wasted hours of time playing this game, and especially like how it takes advantage of the iPhone's touch screen. Our only complaint: It's too easy. (iTunes Link ($9.99))

5. DirecTV SuperFan:

DirecTV offers live football video for the iPhone via this new app. Note: The app is free, but the service is very expensive: You must be a DirecTV subscriber, pay $300 for NFL Sunday Ticket, and another $100 for the SuperFan service. But if you're doing that already, the iPhone app is a no-brainer add-on.

This app is also available for the Palm Pre and select BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices. (iTunes Link)

6. CBS Sports: College:

CBS is streaming some live college games -- one football and basketball game per week -- to the iPhone via its new CBS Sports: College app.

Video streams over 3G and wi-fi. (iTunes Link)

7. MLB At Bat:

The best live sports app of them all is still Major League Baseball's At Bat for the iPhone, which keeps getting better as the baseball playoffs approach.

This year, the league added live game radio and video feeds to the app, and recently allowed users to purchase live streams for individual games for $0.99 each. The league also offers a BlackBerry app. (iTunes Links: Full, $9.99 - Lite, Free)

8. ESPN Radio:

ESPN's new radio app offers live streams from more than 15 ESPN Radio stations across the country, including live college football broadcasts. (iTunes Link ($2.99))

9. ESPN Zoom Deluxe:

The same "photo hunt" game you're used to playing at a sports bar, but on your iPhone. From ESPN and EpicTilt. (iTunes Link ($2.99))

10. NFL App for Sprint:

Sprint customers -- no iPhone, but Palm Pre and BlackBerry -- can access an exclusive Sprint NFL app, which includes live video streaming of the NFL Network, plus live radio streams of NFL games.

Sprint tells us that more than 1.5 million subscribers have downloaded it.(Sprint Link)

Thanks to BusinessInsider

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Hippopost for BlackBerry

Hippopost Lets You Snap Photos On Your BlackBerry And Send as Real Physical Postcards For Free!!

Now you can send your favorite Photo as a real physical post card for free through Hippopost. This app has me pretty damn excited. I travel a lot and never in my life have taken the time to mail a postcard. But that's going to change now though thanks to HippoMobile's Hippopost!


Download: It should be available from App World soon, but in the meantime you can download Hippopost for your BlackBerry by visiting http://mobile.hippopost.com on your BlackBerry's web browser.

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Customer Care In 2020

Operator : "Thank you for calling Pizza Galaxy Kholi . May I have your..."


Customer: "Hello, can I order.."


Operator : "Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?"


Customer: "It's eh..., hold........ ..on..... .889861356102049 998-45-54610"


Operator : "OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 43rd Floor, Akask View Apt, Cantt Road, ........

Your home number is 4094! 2366, your office 76452302 and your mobile is

0142662566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?"


Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?


Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"


Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."


Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"


Customer: "How come?"


Operator : "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir"


Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"


Operator : "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"


Customer: "How do you know for sure?"


Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week Sir"


Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?"


Operator : "That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is Rs 2249.99"


Customer: "Can I pay by! credit card?"


Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank Rs10,720.55 since October last year.

That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan, Sir."


Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"


Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"


Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"


Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your scooter.. ."


Customer: " What!"


Operator : "According to the details in system, you own a Lambretta 1969 Vintage Scooter,...registra tion number USE 8999..."


Customer: " ????"


Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"


Customer: "Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"


Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic.... ... "


Customer: **********

Operator : "Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 11th Nov 1986 you were convicted for using abusive language on a policeman who stopped you for driving through a one way, in fact you were driving a 1973 Ambassador bearing registeration number UTD 4267.......


Customer: [Faints]

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Opera Mini 5 beta version available now

Opera Mini Version 5 Beta adds a few key features, including "speed dial" for calling up your favorite bookmarks quickly, improved touchscreen support, an integrated password manager, and most importantly, tabbed browsing.

The great thing about Opera Mini is that it works with a ridiculous number of handsets -- that's probably Opera proudly proclaims it's "the world's most popular Web browser for mobile phones" -- and a major new release has just hit the streets in beta form.

You've gotta be careful with this sort of stuff while it's in beta, of course, but hey -- it's a browser -- what can go wrong? Grab it now (including a customized BlackBerry build) from Opera's site.

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Google now helps Government Agencies

Google now decided to launch a program which helps government agencies; Google's official site http://www.google.com/publicsector/ said that Most people reach government and other public sector websites by using Google and other search engines. This site is a guide to the tools and best practices that can help you reach, communicate and engage with your community. Most of these tools are free, so they can also help you do more with less.

According to Google's Official Blog:

• Make your website, and the information it offers, easier to find. For example, in less than 50 technical staff hours, Arizona's Government Information Technology Agency made hundreds of thousands of public records and other webpages "crawlable" to search engines and visible in Google search results.
• Visualize your information and tell your story in Google Earth & Maps to the hundreds of millions of people who use them. The State Department runs an interactive Google Map of Secretary Clinton's travels, which shows where she has been and includes photos and videos.
• Use the power of online video to engage millions of potential viewers and give constituents a voice. In the U.S. alone, the Senate, House of Representatives, White House, and federal government, among others, all have YouTube channels.

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OS 5.0 Update: RIM Officially Announced

The roll out process has begun for BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 with the recent beta release of BlackBerry JDE 5.0 (BlackBerry Java Development Environment 5.0) to BlackBerry Developer Zone at www.blackberry.com/developers to prepare the BlackBerry developer community for pending device software releases. As can be expected, BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 will follow before the end of the year, as referenced in the "RIM Launches BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0" press release that was issued at WES 2009 (http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=2309).

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Download Google Chrome 3.0 a new stable release

Just after few days from the First Birthday of Google Chrome; a new version of Chrome said as Chrome 3.0 has been released with new features like faster performance , redesigned new tab page , themes support , updated omnibox , support for audio video tags and high performing v8 engine.

Google's Official Blog said that:

This new release of Google Chrome is faster than ever, as we continue to provide a modern browser that starts up quickly from your desktop, and is fast to load web pages and web applications.

Another interesting feature is Google Chrome 3.0 offline installer for any PC user. With offline installer of Google chrome 3.0 we can

• Install it on multiple computers offline, no internet connection required.
• Saves lot of time when compared to installing online.
• Helpful in reinstalling the program when any problem occurs.
• It’s always good to have updated version of Chrome.offline installer.

Let me show you some screen shots of Google Chrome redesign:

The New Tab page

When you download and fire up this latest release of Google Chrome, you'll notice that the New Tab page sports a new look:

The redesigned, new New Tab page

The old New Tab page, which we're now retiring

You can also change theme of Google Chrome 3.0:

Theme preview: Star Gazing

We'll be bringing more Themes for the browser soon, but in the meantime, you can change the theme of your browser by visiting the Themes Gallery.

If you haven't tried Google Chrome recently, I suggest you to download and browse the web with this new stable release, download the latest version at google.com/chrome. I must say soon Mozilla Firefox users will shift on Google Chrome as I do ;)

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Blackberry VoIP app Vopium approved as member of Symbian Foundation

Vopium today announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The platform is based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces.

“The Symbian Foundation welcomes Vopium into the community,” said David Wood, catalyst and futurist for Symbian. “Applications developers are crucial to creating the richest possible user experiences. We are eager to see the innovations that Vopium will bring to Symbian consumers.”

As a member of the Symbian Foundation, Vopium gains the immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees; participate in the governance of the foundation; and take part in joint marketing and branding campaigns.

“Having been member of SPN (Symbian Partner Network) since the very early days of Vopium, I am very pleased now that we have been approved as member of the Symbian Foundation” said Tanveer Sharif, Vopium’s CEO. “We will now be able to tap right into the Symbian Foundation platform and not least be on the forefront of new OS releases and updates”

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Vopium approved as member of Symbian Foundation

Mobile VoIP provider extends its corporation with Symbian and becomes member of the Symbian Foundation

Copenhagen, September 14, 2009 – Vopium today announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The platform is based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces.

“The Symbian Foundation welcomes Vopium into the community,” said David Wood, catalyst and futurist for Symbian. “Applications developers are crucial to creating the richest possible user experiences. We are eager to see the innovations that Vopium will bring to Symbian consumers.”

As a member of the Symbian Foundation, Vopium gains the immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees; participate in the governance of the foundation; and take part in joint marketing and branding campaigns.

“Having been member of SPN (Symbian Partner Network) since the very early days of Vopium, I am very pleased now that we have been approved as member of the Symbian Foundation” said Tanveer Sharif, Vopium’s CEO. “We will now be able to tap right into the Symbian Foundation platform and not least be on the forefront of new OS releases and updates”

How Vopium works:
Vopium is a free mobile software application that leverages mobile VoIP and Wi-Fi technology to greatly reduce the cost of international phone calls made from mobile phones while also maintaining excellent call quality. Free and easy to download, Vopium integrates directly with the user’s mobile address book, and automatically re-routing all international calls via the least expensive method available. In addition to heavily discounted international calls, Vopium users can also slash the costs of sending text messages (SMS) abroad.


About Vopium:
Vopium is a carrier-grade mobile telephony service designed to offer affordable and reliable international calls from any mobile handset. By using the Vopium application on their mobile phones to make calls from their home country, consumers and businesses alike can save up to 90% on international mobile and landline calls. Unlike more restrictive mobile VoIP solutions, Vopium supports hundreds of handsets across Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Java, Blackberry Rim and Android. Vopium uses intelligent routing and connection technology which automatically and seamlessly delivers the lowest cost connection for any international call. Vopium has offices in London, Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Pakistan. Vopium was recently awarded the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award and is listed on NYSE Euronext (MLVOP). To learn more, please visit www.vopium.com


About Symbian:
The Symbian Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to enable an open ecosystem that collaborates to create the most complete and richest user experiences for mobile devices. Symbian maintains the code for an open source software platform based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces.

The foundation software licensing model and governance structure has been designed to secure transparency, encourage contribution and maintain platform consistency. The foundation promotes collaboration, contributions and active participation and operates as a meritocracy. Portions of the platform's source code have already been moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public License. By mid-2010 this process will be complete, making the platform code available to all for free.

The Symbian Foundation now occupies offices in the UK (London), US (Foster City), Japan (Tokyo), and Finland (Helsinki) and will soon have regional operations in China (Beijing). For more information please visit www.symbian.org or blog.symbian.org.

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Vopium joins hands with Symbian Foundation

Vopium today announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The platform is based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces.

“The Symbian Foundation welcomes Vopium into the community,” said David Wood, catalyst and futurist for Symbian. “Applications developers are crucial to creating the richest possible user experiences. We are eager to see the innovations that Vopium will bring to Symbian consumers.”

As a member of the Symbian Foundation, Vopium gains the immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees; participate in the governance of the foundation; and take part in joint marketing and branding campaigns.

“Having been member of SPN (Symbian Partner Network) since the very early days of Vopium, I am very pleased now that we have been approved as member of the Symbian Foundation” said Tanveer Sharif, Vopium’s CEO. “We will now be able to tap right into the Symbian Foundation platform and not least be on the forefront of new OS releases and updates”

for more details visit: www.vopium.com

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Motorola Cliq Android Phone - Specs & Features

T-Mobile have finally gotten official concerning their up and coming Motorola Cliq Android powered QWERTY smartphone which offers seamless integration with a range of social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter whilst, thanks to Motoblur, you’ll not only gain updates from these but also any messages and mails all delivered to the home screen without the need to refresh applications independently.

Features:

• 3.1″ 320 x 480 HVGA resolution
• touchscreen
• slider QWERTY keyboard
• Wi-Fi wireless connectivity
• 5 megapixel auto focus camera
  
• camera capable of video capture at 24fps
• integrated music player
• pre-loaded Amazon MP3
• Shazam and iMeem Mobile applications
• headphone socket
• 2GB microSD memory card.

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SEO tips for Apple’s App Store

If you still think mobile SEO is only about WAP pages and the mobile web, you may have been living under a rock since July 10, 2008, when Apple launched their App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch. few months back they announced their 1 billionth App download, and many out-of-work programmers are wondering how to become the next App Store millionaire.

In the new world of digital content optimization or digital asset optimization content can and should be optimized to make it more visible on many popular platforms including Apple’s App Store, BlackBerry App World, Nokia's OVI and others. Their are different articles that you've seen on App Store SEO seem to focus on more black hat techniques like keyword stuffing with unrelated keywords, but there are white hat ways to get your content to the top of Apple’s App Store search engine as well.

• Make an interesting App that doesn’t violate Apple’s guidelines.
• Keep an eye on the Top 50.
• Integrate Facebook Connect.
• Use keywords in the app name.
• Encourage users to write reviews.
• Mention popular related apps in body copy.
• Use old-style keyword density in body copy.
• Promote the App with your web content.
• Offer a lite version of a paid app.
• Alert relevant communities.

For Complete details of tips Click Here

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gwabbit for BlackBerry makes email contact capture fast, easy, and fun!

gwabbit automatically scans incoming BlackBerry® emails, finds contacts, and instantly transforms them into contact records within your BlackBerry® address book! Try gwabbit for BlackBerry® free for 14 days and up to 20 contacts. Only $9.99/year.

The gwabbit for BlackBerry service is a combination of a device-client, and a back-end server. The client monitors opened emails, and checks whether they seem to include the signature of the sender.

If so, the client sends the information to the server for processing, and the server returns the results to the client. If a signature is indeed found, the client then prompts the user that contact information was found, and asks if the user wants to save it. It also searches the local address book to see if an address entry exists for that sender, and if so, asks the user whether he wants the information merged into the existing contact, or he prefers a new contact be created. If the information found does not add anything to the existing information, no prompt will appear. This architecture takes the load of the processing off the device, and enables gwabbit to constantly improve the recognition, without frequent client upgrades.

Download gwabbit Directly From Blackberry App World (Web Version)

It does, however, involve a processing server, and information is submitted to that server. It is important to note that the server is used only to optimize the performance of gwabbit on the BlackBerry device. We do not capture or store contact information processed by the server. It is also useful to note that the user can change the settings of gwabbit so that only emails manually sent by him to gwabbit will be processed (manual mode, rather than automatic). gwabbit's privacy policy can be viewed here http://www.gwabbit.com/privacy.php.

Screen Shots:

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KFC Has Brand Appeal for International Mobile Internet Users

BuzzCity, the mobile media company has today released the findings of its latest study of mobile internet users across the globe.

The study found that the brands most favoured by mobile internet users across the globe were as follows:

1 KFC

2 McDonald's

3 Sony

4 Nestlé

5 Samsung

6 Nokia

7 LG

8 Coca-Cola

9 Panasonic

10 Philips

The survey also revealed that users typically base their preferences on brand performance first followed by style and then price. Quality, reliability, value and trust all also influence choice.

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Navita Translator for BlackBerry

Navita Translator is a translation and dictionary client application developed for BlackBerry® smartphones.

Translate words, phrases from e-mails as well as from the BlackBerry Browser or typing in the software. The Navita Translator currently supports English, Portuguese and Spanish interfaces depends on the language set in your BlackBerry and translates from 6 to 6 English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian languages. Not yet running on Storm devices.

Download Navita Translator for FREE from BlackBerry App World

Screen Shots:

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Free Download USB Lock

USB Lock AP (Auto-Protect) a great application to prevent the use of removable USB devices, CD-ROM and floppy disk drive, without blocking USB printers, cameras or rat ³ n. N also offers protection of folders using the method of  “drag and drop without changing the location of the same. Besides allowing the s function of the computer block (transparent) as possible see what is on the monitor.

Click here for more details and Free Download

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Yahoo Released Finance App for iPhone

After the Flickr app for iPhone Yahoo! has released recently Finance app for iPhone to keep tabs on your important stocks.

You can Free Download Yahoo Finance App for iPhone from iTunes App Store.

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Yahoo Finance App for BlackBerry Free Download

Yahoo! has released recently a new finance application for BlackBerry. The OTA version of Application for BlackBerry can be downloaded from site for free, but for those carrying a different device, a mobile-friendly site, m.yahoo.com/finance URL is also available. If you’re specifically interested in mobile industry stocks, be sure to take a look at our own Finance section.

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New LG BL40 Chocolate Specifications & Features

Black Label series by LG is highly popular style-conscious phones that fully deserves the honor. The LG BL40 New Chocolate is quite real and it's here to stay and fight for market success - in fact LG announced the New Chocolate will hit the European market in mid-September this year.

The long shape LG BL40 New Chocolate definitely sets it apart and the glossy black plastic with careful touches of silver trim easily remind of the times we first saw the LG Chocolate in flesh.

The LG BL40 New Chocolate is immensely sleek and the 4-inch screen with 21:9 aspect ratio easily makes it one of the most unusual mobile phones that have set foot in our office this year.

LG BL40 New Chocolate Specs & Features

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 1900/2100 MHz, EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Touchscreen bar
• Dimensions: 128 x 51 x 10.9 mm
• Display: Unique 4" TFT capacitive touchscreen with 21:9 aspect ratio
• 800 x 345 pixels resolution, multitouch support, scratch resistant glass
• Platform: Latest S-Class UI
• Memory: 1GB internal memory
• microSD card slot
• Camera: 5-megapixels auto-focus camera
• with Schneider-Kreuznach lens,
• LED flash,
• geo-tagging,
  
• image stabilization,
  
• face detection,
  
• Smile Shot,
  
• Blink detection,
  
• Intelligent shot,
  
• Beauty and Art shot,
  
• VGA video recording at 30 fps
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP,
  
• standard microUSB port,
  
• GPS receiver with A-GPS,
  
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate,
  
• Proximity sensor for screen auto-turn-off,
  
• FM radio with RDS,
  
• FM transmitter,
  
• DivX/XviD support,
  
• Dolby mobile,
  
• TV out,
  
• multi-touch input,
  
• office document viewer
• Battery: 1000 mAh battery

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Precision Rotunda Theme For Tour And 8900 | Free Download

Trimax84 is back in theming action, you all may remember Trimax84 from his Classy Corners themes which were insanely popular. This time around Trimax84 has given us a free version of one of his upcoming premium themes as a taste of things to come. Precision Rotunda is now available for the BlackBerry Tour and Curve 8900 and looks great on em' both.

Be sure to check it out it's awesome, it's free what more can I say?

• Read The Release Thread For More Information>>
• Download Precision Rotunda OTA For 8900>>
• Download Precision Rotunda OTA For Tour>>

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OS 4.6.1.296 Officially Released For BB Curve 8520

Download OS 4.6.1.296 for BB Curve 8520 Here:

• Download The Official 4.6.1.296 OS For The BlackBerry Curve 8520>>
• Instructions: How to Upgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: How to Downgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: Mess things up? Fix a Bricked BlackBerry Here >>

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Video:Typing on the Next Generation BlackBerry Storm

With all the BlackBerry Bold 9700s and Storm 9550/9520's floating around out there, I hope over the next couple of weeks RIM just announces these devices so we know just exactly when all of us can get our hands on one.

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac (Beta)

Calling all Mac + BlackBerry users... BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac, in all it's final beta status. Beta shmeta, who cares right!? Blackberry is ready to release the official RIM sanctioned desktop Blackberry Sync for Mac, so if it hits the interwebs a little early, all the better for aching Mac/Blackberry users.

This is version 1.0.0 beta software, which means there may be some glitches still, but if you're a Mac owner and have been waiting years for this then you may just want to throw caution out the door and give it a go (do so at your own risk of course!).

I installed it on my Mac all good. If you're not familiar with BBDM for Mac, you can visit blackberry.com/mac for more details and you can click the link below to download the unofficial release.

You can download it from here (thanks to CrackBerry):

• Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac (from megaupload)>>
• Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac (from rapidshare) >>
• Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac (from sendspace) >>

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OS 4.6.1.296 Officially Released for BlackBerry Curve 8520

Carrier BASE has officially released the latest OS for the BlackBerry Curve 8520, although without a change log kind of hard to say what has changed within this release. Some of my friends were able to download and upgrade their 8520 with no issues.

Download OS 4.6.1.296 for BlackBerry Curve 8520 :
(thanks to crackberry.com)

• Download The Official 4.6.1.296 OS For The BlackBerry Curve 8520>>
• Instructions: How to Upgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: How to Downgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System >>
• Instructions: Mess things up? Fix a Bricked BlackBerry Here >>

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How to add Related Posts widget/Plugin to Blogger?

I was Wondering to find out the way to add related post widget to my blog and found many 'Related Posts' solutions for blogger platform, like the one I have on my blog.

But the thing I don't like is that most of the widgets display all those post with same tags. This will result the big list of related post in the end of your post. Finally, I have discovered an excellent solution to this, which only requires 3 lines of code to be embedded in the template.

Let's see how to implement this excellent way to show related posts in blogger. (Thanks to mintblogger)

Displaying Related Posts Below Blog Posts

Alternatively, you can choose to display related posts below each blog post. To implement that following these 3 simple steps.

1. Open your blog template the find the following line in the template.

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>
...
</div>

2. Just below this code add a line of code like this.

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>
...
</div>
<div id='related_posts'/>

3. Go to end of the template and find </body> tag. Just above this tag add the following two lines of code.

<script src='http://www.google.com/jsapi'/>
<script src='http://brps.appspot.com/brps.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</body>

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Now save the template and view your blog. This script will show a maximum of 10 related posts. The execution time is very less because the data is cached by the script on the server.

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Google Wave Arrives: Are You Ready?

The wait is over now in the month of May there was a news that Google is coming up with a new Communication Platform for a Web i.e. Google Wave

Mashable reported that Google wave is coming soon in the end of this month (september 2009). There are different rumors that Google already distrubuted 100,000 Copies of Google wave for testing.

Google Wave is he real-time communication platform has captured the imagination of countless communication, social media, and tech enthusiasts that want to get their hands on its game-changing features. It can import Twitter, provide real-time chat, play back past conversations, and even allows for drag-and-drop file uploads.

There are a lot of features, but it is unlike any other web product yet and thus takes time to learn. That’s why in July we asked an important question: is the world ready for Google Wave? Will there be widespread adoption, or will the ambitious project fall short of expectations? Will developers jump on the Wave bandwagon and build apps for it like they do for Twitter and Facebook?

So 26 days and counting. That’s how long it is until September 30th. Get Ready for Google Wave

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Sony Ericsson announces Xperia X2

Sony Ericsson today unveiled the Xperia X2. The latest iteration features the familiar panels interface but also debuts SlideView, "which provides quick access to frequently used phone activities." According to Sony Ericsson official Press Release:

Sony Ericsson launches the Panel SDK in a drive to encourage developers to create content for the XPERIA™ X2. The eye-catching interface includes a new range of interactive Panels on the home screen offering business, fun and communication features. By providing unparalleled real estate and marketing visibility, the Panel interface makes the developer central to the user experience.

The Panel SDK includes a Panelizer which turns existing Flash, Java and Windows Mobile® applications into Panels for the XPERIA™ X2, and a native software development kit which allows developers to be the first to create panels for the Windows Mobile® 6.5 platform.

Like with the original X1, there actually are two versions of the X2, with the X2a the version with U.S.-compatible 3G bands. That said, there's no U.S. availability mentioned anywhere, and the X2a appears slated for Australia and New Zealand.

Specs are a little incomplete, but we'll start you off with a massive :

• 8.1-megapixel camera with autofocus
• image stabilization
• geotagging
• 16x digital zoom
• flash
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
• 3.2-inch 480x800 touchscreen (resistive, still, unfortunately)
• There's quad-band EDGE and tri-band (850/900/1900) on the 3G side.

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SMS and Text Message Monitoring , Storage and Blocking for Blackberry

Get rid of unknown spam messeges and emails? Today I'll tell you one of the best application for your blackberry to block your all unwanted emails and messeges. Text Guard is the solution to your problem, let me tell you first about what is text guard.

TextGuard provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Mobile Device Compliance solution provider, helping companies ensure regulatory compliance and operational control. Our solutions enable supervision of electronic communications, electronic discovery, and management of electronically stored information for all mobile devices across all carrier networks.

TextGuard was launched to provide SMS and text message security to BlackBerry and SmartPhone users, to help them keep a backup of their SMS text messages. Users can register on the website www.textguard.com and download and install the application easily. TextGuard offers a 30 days free trial period and starts from as low as $11.95 per month, depending on the storage space you utilize to store your data.

So go and get it: Text Guard

Video: SMS and Text Message Monitoring , Storage and Blocking

TextGuard can be used by individuals to backup their cell phone activities, or it can be used by parents to monitor their kids activities and guard them against spam text messages. It can also be used by enterprises to monitor the activities of their employees. Protect your loved ones from mobile message spam and unwanted text messages with TextGuard.

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Nokia Announced New Phone - Nokia N97 mini

Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, on Wednesday at the Nokia World in Stuttgart, Germany presented its new upcoming mobile phone models that have more music features and mesh better with Facebook and the company’s coming netbook computer.

“We are not on the defensive, we are on the offensive,” a Nokia executive vice president, Anssi Vanjoki, said at the two-day Nokia World event here.

Nokia also announced a deal with Facebook, the leading social networking site, that would let users of some its phones update their location and status directly to the site through a Nokia Ovi account.
Nokia announced to launched the sub version of Nokia N97, which will be called as N97 mini and will retail for €450, or $644, without a contract when it starts shipping in October.

“People want to bring their physical and online worlds together via the Internet,” said Jonas Guest, vice president of the Nokia Nseries phone division. “The Nokia N97 mini is designed for this new social Internet and to help navigate people and places.”

Update:

Nokia N97 specifications :

Nokia N97 mini specifications are same as Nokia N97 expect that we mentioned above . Fully customizable home screen with inbuilt support for applications and widgets for accessing Nokia Ovi store , and other social websites .

Nokia N97 mini System:

• WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),
• EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm* mm (L x W x16.4 mm at camera area )
• Weight: 138 g
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors ,nHD 16:9 widescreen (640x360 pixels )
• Battery: Nokia Battery BL-4D, 1200 mAh
  

Media facilities in Nokia N97 mini :

• Memory: 8 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card.
• Video playback: H.264/AVC: baseline profile, QVGA 30 fps.
• MPEG-4/SP: nHD and VGA 30fps 4Mb,RealVideo 10: CIF 15fps ,Flash lite 3.0, QVGA15-30fpsH.263 Profile 0 Level 10: QCIF 10-15
• Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
• Main Camera Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar™
• Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938)
• JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color
• Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30
• Aperture: F2.8
• Focal length: 5.4 mm
• Flash: Dual LED camera flash
  

Nokia N97 mini Operating Times :

• Talk time: Up to 240 min (3G), 430 min (GSM)
• Standby time: Up to 310 hrs (3G), 320 hrs (GSM)
• Video playback: Up to 210 min (nHD, 30 fps,
• offline mode
• Music playback: Up to 28 hours (offline mode)
• Nokia N7 mini Connectivity & Data Services
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g without UPnP support
• Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support
• (PAL/NTSC)
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP

Arriving later this October for 450 Euros before taxes and subsidies, the Nokia N97 Mini should hopefully weed out some weaknesses found in the Nokia N97.

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Speed up your Firefox Browser

I found an interesting post regarding speeding up firefox browser. I hope you like and and it will prove useful for you. so go a head and speed up your firefox browser. Check it out: Speed up your Firefox Browser

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What’s new in the Sony PS3 3.0 update?

Sony has finally released the PS3 3.0 Update for Playstation 3 users. This is just in time for the PlayStation 3 Slim 120 GB which was PS 3 3.0 update - Playstation 3 officially released in the US today. Go to System Updates from your XMB to download and install the PS3 3.0 update.

What’s new in the PS3 3.0 update?

Read below to see the list of new features in PS 3 3.0 firmware:

• XMB has been slightly redesigned
• The info board has been replaced with “What’s New”. It will come up as first thing when you start up your PS3, and will be updated regularly.
• The Playstation Store icon has been added in the Games section.
• There’s a video icon that will take you to the video section of the Playstation Store.
• There are sparkles bouncing on the background. If you don’t like the new look of the XMB, you can switch to the old classic look in the Theme section.
• Upper right hand section of the screen has avatar, friend icon and number of friends online, and a piece of mail if you have any messages waiting from any friends on the Playstation Network. Underneath that you have a ticker showing the latest news from the Playstation Network.
• Ability for developers to create dynamic themes. You’ll see a lot of these coming out in the Playstation Store in the next few months.
• A tremendous amount of free and premium avatars will be available through the Playstation Store.
• And more…
  

If you downloaded and installed the PS3 3.0 update, feel free to share any new features you find in the comments.

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eBay planning to Sell Skype

There are different rumors that eBay wants to get rid of Skype and planning to sell it. Here update is that New York Times reported:

eBay plans to unload Skype to a group of investors.Skype generates about $600 million in revenue annually and it is speculated that eBay might be able to get $2 billion for it.

The group of investors include Marc Andreessen via his new fund, Index Ventures, and Silver Lake Partners.

eBay acquired Skype in 2005 for $3.1 billion, outbidding Google and Yahoo in a deal that has come to be viewed as one of the worst technology transactions of the decade.

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Easy How To Install Truphone (free & Voip Mobile Calls)

Check out how to install Truphone App on your mobile. It is quite easy and simple. If you found any problem then post it in Comments.

Watch Video: Easy How To Install Truphone (free & Voip Mobile Calls)

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10 Really Cool FREE Blackberry Applications

Blackberry smartphones have a wealth of free applications available for them which can let you get more out of your device. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the best free Blackberry applications you can download to your device to have more fun with it, and be more productive at the same time!

Without wasting any time, let’s start it off! Here are 10 really cool free Blackberry applications.

1. Pandora Mobile

Pandora, reviewed in the past by MakeUseOf, has a great free Blackberry application which allows you to do almost everything you can do on the desktop version except right on your phone. You can create new stations, listen to already created ones, rate songs and more. Download it from your Blackberry’s browser here: http://www.pandora.com.

2. Neosistec CarFinder

Can’t remember where you parked your car in that large parking lot? When you leave your car, open CarFinder’s simple menu and mark your location through your Blackberry’s GPS. When you need to find your car (or another specific point) again, pull up CarFinder and it will guide you back via a compass or the Blackberry Maps application. You can also send your marked location to a friend. Download it from your Blackberry’s browser here: http://www.neosistec.com/carfinder.

3. Qik Mobile

As I’ve reviewed before on MakeUseOf, Qik, which allows you to stream live video from your phone to the internet for free, has a great mobile application for Blackberry. With it, you can stream video online from your device for anyone to see, or limit access with a password. But as the service implies, your Blackberry must be a model with a camera for Qik to work. You can download Qik by going to their website on your Blackberry’s browser here: http://qik.com/m/dl/brands.

4. Google Maps

Just like the popular online maps site, Google Maps offers a great Blackberry application which allows for most of the same features on their site, except again, its running on your phone. You can get directions, get maps in satellite view and watch traffic and see your location (which can work even if your Blackberry doesn’t have GPS, but works better if it does). View a real-time online demo of Google Maps Mobile here or download it from your Blackberry’s browser here: http://m.google.com/maps.

5. Palringo

If you like instant messaging, you’ll love Palringo. It is a mobile instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk and more, all in one piece of software. You can also chat with other users of Palringo (on a desktop, Android, iPhone/iPod Touch, Windows Mobile or Symbian phone) via text chat, voice or pictures. Palringo’s voice capabilities make it a great almost push-to-talk (PTT) software and a great piece of software to talk to your friends online or on their mobile phones due to its wide compability. Download Palringo from your Blackberry’s browser here: http://www.palringo.mobi.

6. Boopsie

Through way of different “channels”, Boopsie lets you intelligently search for content or articles on sites like IMDB, Wikipedia, Amazon and more. When you use the application, you can pull up your favorite channel and then search for content on it and live results will appear on your screen for the content you selected. You can view an online demo at their website, or you can download Boopsie from your Blackberry’s browser by going here: http://www.boopsie.com.

7. Viigo

Viigo is a feature-rich application which lets you view news & RSS feeds, audio clips & podcasts, stocks & money data, weather and more. From the one application, you can do a lot of things and browse many blog RSS feeds, see sports scores, view local weather, and even read books. Viigo also bills their software as “the one app you’ll never want to be without” because of its wide range of features it makes available to you. You can download Viigo from your Blackberry browser here: http://www.getviigo.com.

8. Blackberry Appworld

Made directly by Blackberry, Appworld allows you to browse through a wide variety of many other Blackberry apps and download and install them on the spot from the application. Many different developers contribute their applications to the library that’s available for download. The limitation to this application is that you must have a free PayPal account in order to get through checkout of some apps. You can download Appworld from your Blackberry’s browser here: http://www.blackberry.com/appworld

9. Facebook For Blackberry

We all know what Facebook is- the online utility which lets you share pictures, messages and online applications with friends. Well, now they have a handy Blackberry application which lets you do almost anything you can do on their desktop site, on your Blackberry. A really neat feature of this app is their recent update which allows you to automatically link Facebook profile pictures of your friends with their contact entry in your Blackberry’s address book. You can download Facebook for Blackberry on your Blackberry’s browser here: http://www.facebook.com/blackberry.

10. Twitterberry

If you use Twitter and have a Blackberry, then Twitterberry is for you. With it, you can send out Twitter updates quickly and easily as well as see your friends timeline, view replies to your Tweets and direct message your friends. Download Twitterberry here: http://orangatame.com/ota/twitterberry/.

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