What is Cloud Computing and Why do we need it?

Cloud computing a word that is being talked again and again. Everyone seems to be talking about cloud computing and how great it is but we are not very sure why we need. 


What Is Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a way of doing online activities online using computing resources (hardware and software) that are available over the internet  .This form of computing can save a lot of storage space, money and time and for businesses it is a great thing.
Advantages of cloud computing and reasons we need it. 
1. You can work from anywhere. 
This implies that only a computer and internet connection is needed. Gone are the days when you would need to bring around different components in order to accessibility the information you need. A simple log in to the needed websites or software indicates workers can work from any place.
2. Helps to control documents.
All people who need to use a specific document, can log to cloud computing to use it . There is no need to send the document to various people via email, any user  by logging can see the work if it is required
3. Keeping data safe.
As your  documents are stored via cloud computing no matter what happens to your laptop, desktop , they are always safe . 
4. Saving Energy.
Since your documents are stored over the internet , you don't need additional hardware to save them leading to 30% saving of energy requirements 
5.It Reduces Costs
It saves costs as yo don't need programs, hard drivesf as all your information is stored in the cloud. You only need  to pay for the cloud services you are using 
6.Saves Time 
Cloud computing  updates all the software automatically, hence leaving you free from the hassles of updating hardware and software. Thus saving time 
7.Easy To Set Up
It is very easy to set  up cloud computing . Less time is spent  on waiting for  software to be downloaded 
8.Faster Response Time
Cloud computing works a lot faster than other forms of computing; hardware and servers can often take a lot of time to find and give you the information you need.
9.Very secure
When Disaster Strikes  you don't have to worry about the document being wiped out or lost  as everything is saved on cloud computing . It's very secure and unless you deliberately erase the information, it will not go missing. All information can be accessed from anywhere by authorized persons


13 Ways to Stay Fit


In the fast track world we have many roles to play- employee, spouse, parent, household organizer etc. To manage these roles we need a solid fitness. 

Here are 13 ways to remain fit :
1) Gym- The first think that comes to every mind is joining the gym and doing a good workout . This is possible only if you have time to go to the gym  
2)Sports- If you love sport then it is great way to remain fit. Playing sports like basketball, lawn tennis, swimming  etc at sports complex are great ways to remain fit . It is great way to pump your heart  and speed your metabolism.
3)Dancing - Art enthusiast can use this form of activity to remain fit. You can join dance school  to learn various types of dance. Another way is  to consider a dinner night combined with dancing. 
4)Yoga- Another way to improve your fitness and concentration. You can do yoga exercises in morning ,evening. If you don't have time, then do light yoga moves while talking on the phone, listening to the news, or while dinner is cooking. 
5)Climbing the stairs is another good way to remain fit
6)Brisk walking- Take a break from your sedentary work and go outdoors for brisk walking. This will improve your concentration. 
7)Treadmill or treadmill bike at home- A regular use of treadmill  will burn your fat and make healthy
8)Household Chores- Sweeping, mopping, or vacuuming. Doing these housekeeping chores  burn lot of calories
9)Aerobics- You do aerobics at club  or even at home. 
10)Thinking and doing new work around the house like washing the car, digging the garden, mowing the lawn, or reorganizing a closet.
11)Jogging-Add this in your regime of fitness
12)Cycling- A great exercise to burn ton of calories leading to leaner , more powerfull legs.
13)Pilates-an exercise system focused on improving flexibility, strength, and body awareness, without necessarily building bulk.

10 Great Ways To Earn Money Through Internet


EARN MONEY THROUGH INTERNET Money Money which is the center of focus in every ones life. Some work the traditional way to earn money that is having a job. Other way is having  your business or having your own independent professions like Doctor, Charter Accountant, Lawyer, Designers and so on.
Majority of people work in a company's central  location where every individual contributes his efforts for the welfare of the organisation.
Very few persons have the comfort of working from their homes.One of the medium that is very popular today is Internet,the dynamic source of knowledge and livelihood. A place you can work part or full time. Many great stories of success have internet behind them.
Here is a list of  10 Great Ways To Earn Money Through Internet


1)Blogging
My interest is my life, and if you want to say something about it and get published as a site on Internet it is blogging. The key to earn money is selling advertising on you blogs.
All you have to do is write a blog , then sign up for ads services like Google Adsense,. These adservices  post a sponsored  links on  your website which you see on top , side or bottom. The key here is more times  a viewer of your blog click these ads, the more money you make from these adservices. Lot of success stories like Mashable, TechCrunch etc have been formed on blogging.

2)Tutoring
Every year students make an effort to have good marks/grades to pass their exams in elementary, middle and high school  to move to next level of higher education. Some students need the help of tutor to have a good understanding in certain subjects.
With  internet available at home, Internet tutoring service is fast growing. To join these websites as a tutor , one needs to take tests in your selected subjects and submit background checks. You can also start your own websites for online tutoring services.
These online tutoring jobs offers flexible time hours for tutors. Some of the popular tutorial websites are Craigslist, tutor.com.

3)Customer Service
Internet has become one of the important area for these business today .A large number of businesses need customer service personnel to support their product through their websites. At websites, customer service department answer to the phone calls from customers electronically and by email.
Many business websites have a live chat support link. When a customer uses this live chat support link he talks to a live customer service representative who answers to the queries of customer through a chat window. A customer can also send his queries by emailing  the business or by filling a form provided at the website.
These business hire customer service contracting firms who provide  email , livechat support, inbound and outbound phone calls. Customer service firms work from their homes. They are paid on hourly basis or on commission. Today customer service  has become a a good money source.
Websites like www.elance.com, www.odesk.com etc  is a place where you can look  for customer service work

4)Financial Service
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll processing are all types of financial services. If you are an expert or trained in these financial services you can offer these over the internet. Before offering these services  make sure you have the government license if not then you would be getting sued for working illegally.You can offer these services through your own website or work with existing website offering these services.

5)Domain Name Flipping 
Domain name flipping means buying an unused , poorly  maintained website for few amount, then after redesigning the site with business and user friendly updates selling them at higher prices. You can create a fortune in this way


6)Freelancing
Freelancing another lucrative are where you work from home. You offer your services through website like www.freelancer.in,www.greatlance.com, worknhire.com, www.clicknwork.cometc. Payment for freelance work could be charge by the day, hour, a piece rate, or on a per-project basis. Areas where freelancing has been very active over internet are graphic design , programming, content writing, website developing and so on

7)Selling Products on Amazon, eBay or other auction sites
You can sell your products on Amazon,  and unwanted stuff at eBay or other auction sites.

8)SEO Services
All websites need there websites optimized and listed on google search or other search engines first page. If you are are SEO expert you can expect a steady source of income from home. You can get projects online through websites like http://www.freelancer.com/ or you can become an SEO reviewer for online company like Leapforce.

9)Designing and Selling T-shirts
Creativity can lead to good money earning from home . Use your creative instincts and get them  printed on the Tshirts. You can sell your Tshirts all over the world via internet. Sites like CafePress.com and SpreadShirt.com allow to set up your own store to sell  your stuff.

10)Selling Handmade Goods
People who have handicraft skills like knitting, crochet, needlework, quilting,woodworking, glasswork, metalwork  painting , sculpting or anything else  can sell their original creative hand made goods at websites like Etsy.com and ArtFire.com







6 Best Women Safety Apps

Below are the list of  best Women safety apps when downloaded to your smartphone will help you when traveling alone in the evening, or being encountered with a harmful risky scenario.Your smarphones will help you send  urgent SOS SMS signals, e-mails, Facebook notification and even call buddies on single tap of application.



OnWatch is mobile safety app that helps stop sexual assault against young college students . It provides you the tools to alert the  friends , 911 and campus police via email, text, Facebook and Twitter when you need help. It is Winner of the US Government's Apps Against Abuse Technology Challenge.OnWatch can be downloaded for. iPhone and Android. It offers a 90day free trial subscription to everyone with a .edu email address and a 30 day free trial to others




This is free app for your  iPhone and Android. It lets you connect with 6 choosen friends when you are in need.Circleof6 app sends pre-set Sms , “come and get me.” with your GPS  location to your 6 choosen friends . Other messages that can be send is call me message, I need some advice message. You can pre-program local numbers and national hotlines. Winner of the US Government's Apps Against Abuse Technology Challenge 



An app that connects all the members of the family, instantly allowing each member to communicate and locate real time  GPS location.It can be downloaded free for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. You can send a panic alert via text, email and phone call, A great tool for parents to keep a  track of their children by alerting them when they reach home or school. Awards- Google's Grand Prize Winner for Best Android App in the World,Facebook fbFund "Technology Winner", Babble's Top 25 Android Apps for Moms, 2012 Caregiver Friendly® Award, from Today's Caregiver® magazine

When you download this app, you can inform pre-added friends in times of  emergency and dangerous situations. When you touch the SOS button, you send an SMS text message to all pre-added  friends with a map indicating current location. It can be installed for  iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Pricing for Basic plan is free, the upgraded bSafe premium plan is the paid version



Application only  for Indian women's safety , at the press of the button send SOS emergency SMS messages and emails to your phone list. You need to  login through facebook to download this app. FightBack uses your phones's GPS, SMS, location maps, GPRS ,email and your Facebook account to inform your friends. Downloaded free for Android, Blackberry and Nokia 



A paid service for women needing  extra security. This app gives two types of services red  button service and 'Walk with me’ service. On touch of  red button  a silent alarm activates emergency assistance,local police is notified about your important information with gps providing the exact location. 'Walk with me’ service connects you with a live safety adviser, he will guide you till you reach your destination safely . In case the situation is dangerous the safety advisor  can make an emergency call to  the local police.  Available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone




20 Best Websites to Download Free eBooks


We understand that reading is the easiest way for human to obtain knowledge from a resource.This propensity has been digitized when books are digitized into  E-Books.

It would be great if we’re able to obtain free e-book . That is why we've again searched internet to gather a list of  20 places where you can download  free e-books.



1.FreeBookSpot

An online resource where you can search and download free e-books . There are 4485 FREE E-BOOKS in 96 categories totalling up to 71,97 GB
The categories are scientific, programming, technological,engineering ,fiction, and so on . No signing up is required to obtain totally free e-books.

4eBooks


A site must for those who want computer programming ebooks. Over  thousand  free e-books are available in every computer progamming field  like java ,Xml and etc.





One can download free magzines, ebooks, ebooks resources and ebook writers.You can also submit your own e-book.
To acess ebooks you have to become the member of the site. Registration is free

Free-EBOOKS


This site provides you  free e-books for  PDA, iPod or eBook Reader. You can surf for a e-book through the most well-known titles, suggestions or recent reviews for visitors. There are  a total of 21,282 eBooks available free here

Many Books


5.GetFreeEBooks
A website which has legal downloadable free ebooks


GetFreeEbooks



It has a large online collection of Computers ,Technical,  Programming, Mathematics and Lecture notes. 

FreeComputerBooks



Free legally available online collection of computer science,  programming ,engineering and mathematics books, textbooks and lecture notes


FreeTechBooks

Scribd facilitates online sharing documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other well-known formats. Free ebooks can be  downlaoaded or embedded it in your blog or website.


Scribd

KnowFree is a web website where users are able to exchange easily e-books, video training and other material for educational requirements and self-practice.


KnowFree


OnlineFreeEBooks provides links to various e-books comprising in 9 big groups which are: Aviation Ebooks, Business Ebooks, Health & Medical Ebooks, Hobbies Ebooks, Home & Family, Math & Science Ebooks, Military, Human Resource & Self Improvement Ebooks, Programming, Technology Ebooks, Recreational, Sport & Martial Art Ebooks,Social & Culture Ebooks

OnlineFreeEBooks

The website has exclusive collection of  documents (databases, literary works, maps, technical refrences, etc.) specially formatted  to be added to your PalmOS device, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC, Symbian or other handheld gadgets.

MemoWare


You can get  free computer books, Programming ebooks, books to Information Technology,  Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics and Science 

OnlineComputerBooks

13.SnipFiles 
SnipFiles offers you free ebooks and software legally by brought or attained PLR, resale or master rights to all the products on their page.

SnipFiles

Books, education materials, information, and content are  freely available
BookYards

A website that provides you with books that are freely readable over internet . It has a listing of over 30,000 free ebooks 
The Online Boooks Page

AskSam Ebooks has a collection of Classic Literature, Legislative, Legal & Judicial, Government Reports, Political, Resources & Other Free eBooks. 

AskSamEbooks

Baen is a online website with a wealth of eBooks available for  free download. You can search by author, title or year of publication
Baen Free Library


Free ebooks are catergorized  from Arts, Biographies, Business, Children's Books, Computers and so on . Select the appropriate category for the e-book

EbookLobby

Free classic literature ebooks  are available for downloading. 


Planet Ebook

Book Boon is provides you free ebooks on business , travel guides and educational text books.

Book Boon





The Best Smart Phones To Buy In 2013


Smartphones- A pocket size phone smarting our lives. Smarphones acting like a mini-computer for every pocket.  Lot of variety for everyone at  almost  any budget. 

Once you use a smartphone, you can never live without it. Here's our review pick from Android to iOS to Windows Phone.


Samsung Galaxy S3


Samsung Galaxy S3
The best Android smartphone  is Samsung Galaxy S3 . Samsung has overtaken Nokia  to become world's biggest smartphone maker and world most  popular phone company  on the basis of units sold .
The key to Samsung popularity is the Galaxy smartphone range. Samsung Galaxy S3 is  bigger, slimmer  with a   beautiful AMOLED screen and more powerful runs  Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system
The phone support 4G, packed with an excellent 8-megapixel camera .
Samsung has also loaded the phone with a number of impressive new apps and features like S-Voice  Siri-like voice assistant, Smart Stay.

SPECS
DIMENSIONS 137x71x9mm, 133g
OPERATING SYSTEM Android 4.1
DISPLAY 4.8in 720x1,280
LCDPROCESSOR SPEED 1.4GHz
NUMBER OF CORES 4RAM 2GB
INTERNAL STORAGE 16GB
MEMORY CARD SLOT microSD
MOBILE DATA GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, 4GCAMERA 8-megapixel



Apple iPhone 5


The world’s fastest selling smartphone, sales in its first 24 hours on sale reaching up to 2 million and reaching 5 million in launch weekend The best way to describe the Apple iPhone 5: thinner, lighter, wider  and a bit taller than the iPhone 4S
The first iPhone to sport a 4-inch display, features the new A6 processor, comes in 18% thinner than its predecessors and is 20 percent lighter at 112 grams. 30-pin jack  is not there in this iPhone , so u can just plugged-in easilyThe only thing that had a fair deal of issues was new Maps app, which replaces Google Maps.places Google Maps.The big screen gives us more space for content , see videos and extra row to place icons.


SPECS
DIMENSIONS 137x71x9mm, 133g
OPERATING SYSTEM Android 4.1
PROCESSOR SPEED 1.4GHz
NUMBER OF CORES 4
DISPLAY 4.8in 720x1,280 LCD
RAM 2GB
INTERNAL STORAGE 16GB
CAMERA 8-megapixel
MOBILE DATA GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, 4G
MEMORY CARD SLOT microSD

Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia launched  its first Windows Phone 8 handset Lumia 920. The company  continues polycarbonate design trend.
The screen is   4.5-inch IPS LCD display  with a focus on optics and display technology.It is powered by a a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor.
The phone  has a camera that is exceptionally good,including a f/2.0 8.7-megapixel sensor with optical image stabilisation, and sensitivity  in low light
The phone  is innovative, but its weight might be dampner  for some
SPECS
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows Mobile 8
DISPLAY 4.5in 1,280x768 
LCDPROCESSOR SPEED 1.5GHz
NUMBER OF CORES 2RAM 1GB
INTERNAL STORAGE 32GB
CAMERA 8.7-megapixel
MOBILE DATA GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA

Google Nexus 4
Google Nexus 4
An low priced  smartphone with latest  version of Android . The phone is made by LG  powered  with quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon processor.
The exterior is bland but as  you start using the phone you would love it .
Apps open very fast . The screen is great to look at , its resolution   1,280x768  is the highest in any Android smartphones. The pixel density is 320ppi making the screen as detailed as  iPhone 5.
The battery life is a cause of worry. But it is still a decent buy in low price added with a new swipeable keyboard, lock screen widgets, screensavers, accessibility improvements and improved notifications.

SPECS
OPERATING SYSTEM Android 4.2

DIMENSIONS 134x69x9.1mm, 139g
PROCESSOR SPEED 1.5GHz
NUMBER OF CORES 4RAM 2GB
INTERNAL STORAGE 8GB
MOBILE DATA GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA
DISPLAY 4.7in 768x1,280 LCDCAMERA 8-megapixel

Samsung working on a Tizen smartphone for 2013

Samsung has realized the future in Tizen, a new open OS that will be the game changer in the mobile industry. So a serious commitment will be there on Samsung's part to release a new smartphones next year  based on Tizen. 

Samsung is working with DoCoMo,  Japanese mobile operator  to release Tizen Os phones. These phones are likely to released in Japan and other countries at the same time.The first glimpse of the phone could come in  Mobile World Congress event in February- a trade show focused on mobiles.Market launch dates are less clear. 

It is seen as loyalty shift from Android based Os to Tizen. The reason behind this move is as Android is not entirely open sourced and the platform remains an investment for Google. Whereas the Tizen is  entirely open sourced and based on open standards- which will be customizable for operator and manufacturer’s services. Other reasons are that  Android (and Open Handset Alliance, OHA) partner Acer cancelled a smartphone launch in China after being pressurized by Google stating it breached its regulations.
So no manufacturer wants restrictions in terms of development of  new gadgets. 

Since Tizen is entirely open sourced and based on open standards, there are no such problems. This Tizen Os is not  limited to smartphones and the system ,it can be used for tablets, smart TVs and more.