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Gone Google!

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Are you still using Free Edition of Google Apps Email Service?

Google Apps Business Edition

Go for Google Apps Business Edition. 

Upgrade! Go Google!

Google Apps Email (Google Apps Standard Edition) was the Free Service given by Google Inc. It was initially for unlimited user mailboxes, then it was downgraded to 50 user mailboxes and then further down to 10 only. Now the service has been withdrawn by Google for new sign-ups. Old accounts are still fully functional.

We strongly recommend all users of Google Apps Email (Google Apps Standard Edition) to upgrade to Google Apps Business Edition ASAP.

The old free edition has been discontinued and it does not have the same features, service and support from Google as the paid Google Apps Business Edition.Email has become a very strategic resource for enterprises of all sized (from 1 man company to large corporations). Upgrading to Google Apps Business Edition will allow your company to make use of the cutting edge technologies for online communication and collaboration. It also ensures that you get full featured service and support from Google Inc.

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All current users of Free Google Apps (formerly known as Google Apps Standard Edition) as advised to read the Google’s Terms of use for Google Services:

  1. Google Terms of Service
  2. Google Apps for Business (Online) Agreement
  3. Google Apps Service Level Agreement

Please note that there is no SLA (service level agreement) for Free Google Apps. It means that you are using  the Free Edition on your own risk as Google does not promise anything for this product beyond what is mentioned in Google Terms of Service which is quite generic in nature.

 

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Blackberry 10 : New Launch

February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

I would not get into listing the features of the new Smartphone. You can read about that on many pages / posts on the internet. One that that can be said about the new phone is that it is now a contemporary cousin of other leading smartphones like iPhone, Nokia Lumia and Galaxy SII.

This is what I find disturbing. The new phone is not different from other smartphones. The end user will be viewing this phone as yet another option along with the mighty 3 (Nokia, iPhone and Samsung). To me it now looks like a mee-too phone.

Blackberry has certain very strong features that has endeared itself to its staunch loyalists (mostly corporates):

  1. Blackberry Email Service
  2. BB Chat
  3. QWERTY Keyboard
  4. Strong, robust make of the phones
  5. Masculine look

Rather than adopting a positioning of a contemporary phone meant for all classes of people (corporates, teens and adults), I feel Blackberry should try to build on its reputation of a no-nonsense corporate smartphone device. The survival of the company (now its known as Blackberry from its erstwhile name of Research in Motion) depends heavily on the success of Blackberry 10. However the company needs a sharper and a well defined positioning in the market.

 

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Cloud Computing : A Simple Intro

October 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sanver E-Solutions is an Authorized members of Amazon AWS Partner NetworkCloud computing is the new holy grail of the hosting world. But what does it actually mean? Do you have to be sitting in the mountain tops with a computer in the midst of the clouds? Or on a airplane with a laptop? Can you in reality type on a cloud computing keyboard?

Traditional hosting environment is very sophisticated and behind each one is a world of Complexity, they need a data center that offers space, power, cooling, bandwidth, networks, Servers and storage. It contains a complicated software stack, and a team of experts to install, configure and run them. They need development, testing, staging, production, and fail-over environments and when there’s a problem. . . good luck! You call your hosting service provider and they don’t know, they blame someone else!

Cloud computing is a better way to run your business. Cloud computing is immensely big, and it’s growing bigger every day. The potential with cloud computing are never-ending.

There are three layers to cloud computing:

  • Infrastructure
  • Platform
  • Application.

Companies use it in a different way based on what they put forward. At the base resides the groundwork – “the infrastructure” . This is where it all starts and people begin to build. This is the layer where cloud hosting lives. So let’s take a look on “hosting in the cloud”.

Let’s assume that you are a company and you have a website. Your website has a lot of short conversations and chats that are exchanged between members. You start with a a small number of users talking to each other and they start telling their friends about your site and they tell their friends and their friends tell their friends and so on. The information exchanged is in near real-time. Now your business is flourishing and you are successful.

But with victory can come troubles. Your equipment just can’t keep up with the demand. Your service slows down and unexpectedly you are in a big dilemma, a few years ago you would have set your website on a computer or server somewhere and when your success kicked in, you had to scamper around and purchase or hire your servers by setting them up or have somebody set them up for you. Hundreds and thousands of company do this now. They cost a lot of money, and it takes a lot of time and it costs quite a bit of money to keep them operational all the time… this is called HOSTING.

You shell out cash for these servers when you are using them and you pay for them even when you are NOT using them. You actually just want to assemble your services and develop your products, but instead of success, your clients are getting irritated. And your flourishing business is decreasing.

Now you have better option: CLOUD COMPUTING.

In Cloud, you just plug-in like a utility. This makes it swift to get on track and it costs less. It is like Gmail compared to Microsoft exchange.

With Gmail, do you require servers and storage space? No.

Do you require a technical team to maintain it up and running? No.

Do you have to do upgrades? NO.

With cloud computing you have access to computing power instantaneously when you need it. Put your Website on a cloud server, just like you would put in on a dedicated server. And when people begin visiting your site and if you all of a sudden need more computing power devoted to your Website, you can scale up as much as you need almost immediately. You get your computing power as you need it, from the cloud ON DEMAND. And your clients stay pleased without noticing any discrepancy. And if your traffic drifts back down, you can release your servers back into the Cloud just as effortlessly. This is a major benefit. When you use any app that runs in the cloud, you can in a minute log in, customize it and start using it. That’s the power of Cloud Computing.

Billing is simple too; it works the similar way you pay for gas or electricity. When you turn on a Light, the meter starts running, and you are billed for the electrical power you obtain from the power grid, and when you are done with the light, you turn it off and the meter stops running. Or you can think of it like getting a taxi. The meter runs when you traverse, it runs Much slower when you halt, and when you’re done with your ride, you get out and you pay your Fare. Why buy the whole taxi when you can just pay for the trip?

But wait, how do you in reality work with the cloud? You can’t psychically touch your hardware. That’s simple! Using your own personal computer. You can remotely access your cloud server and manage it, you can put anything you need on it, website, software or code and plethora of data and you just disconnect it when you’re done. You by no means actually touch it psychically.

The solution with Cloud computing is not to focus on hardware. You just concentrate on your website, or your software or code or anything it is that you’re doing. Imagine it as you would in any cloud servers, would you really be bothered where or on what psychical servers your email is hosted, isn’t it vastly more significant on how the service works? And that it’s reliable, trustworthy and stable and easy to use! This representation is so much better. It is altering the way we think about software.

Here are three reasons why cloud hosting is becoming more popular:

1: Scalability: it’s easy to grow or shrink that go with your demand. If you need one, two or 10 Servers, with cloud hosting you can effortlessly grow or shrink the amount based on what you need Right now

2: Cloud hosting is instantaneous: The computing power is present when you require it. You just turn it on. Whatever you need is available right away in the cloud. And when your need decreases, you can simply switch them off.

3: Save money: you only pay for what you utilize, and not for having equipment sit around just in case you may need it.

Conclusion:

With cloud hosting becoming the new upfront, you can stop worrying about your hardware; you can work on building your Business by focusing less on the amount of manpower used to maintain these infrastructure and concentrate more on being Innovative and that’s what really matters. Forget about buying servers and software. Your apps run on the cloud and you don’t buy anything at all. it’s all rolled up into a predictable monthly subscription, so you only pay for what you use and how much you use. Finally cloud apps don’t eat up your valuable IT resources, so you would love it. And you could focus more on projects that really impact your business. Cloud computing is a Straightforward idea but it can have a enormous impact on your bottom line.

Top Companies to Watch Out for in the field of Cloud Computing

  1. Amazon
  2. AT&T
  3. Enomaly
  4. Google
  5. GoGrid
  6. Microsoft
  7. NetSuite
  8. Rackspace
  9. RightScale
  10. Salesforce

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Survey : A valuable CRM tool

August 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A customer survey is an exceptionally significant tool that can present benefits for businesses of all sizes. A survey is a snapshot of community awareness levels and views in the present state. Surveys can help big business decision-makers in mounting strategies to achieve the powerful objective of gaining and retaining clients. Outcome can play a vital role in identifying areas of the business sectors that call for corrective action and enhancement. Surveys can in addition recognize areas that can be leveraged to accomplish business growth and expansion.

Let us glance through some of the key features involved in adopting Survey for your customers:

 

Impact on Small Business

Small businesses can achieve very helpful information. For instance, a small café owner, new to the vicinity, can discover how clients found them, what they found great and whether they would visit you again. The information gathered on a whole within a stipulated time, would change how people want their likings to be perceived and how they should be implemented. This in turn makes your business flourish and scale new heights.

Impact on Mid-sized to large business

Bigger businesses include levels of managers and top executives who more often than not, do not have direct or one-on-one contact with clients. A survey offers information and response to keep tab on client satisfaction levels and evaluate employee performance in achieving management level goals and objectives. Surveys can be executed to target specific clients by demographics, by geography, product demand and more.

Types of Surveys

Surveys can be conducted in many ways. They can be by Email, phone calls, takeaway cards containing rating points to be given at check-out registers, written questionnaires, face-to-face interviews and web-survey. Online methods to integrate surveys into company’s official websites are on a rise. Incentives are effectively used and allocated to boost responses exponentially.

Surveys can be conducted for a variety of objectives. It can be questionnaire designed to know the opinion of customers about aspects of products or services. Survey can be used to collect valuable feedback / data from vendors and channel partners. It can also be used as a HRD tool for gathering feedback from employees.

Impact on Customers

Majority of customers in fact wish for a long-standing bond with a brand or service provider. Surveys provide a podium for them to do so. Their answers, whether good or bad, offer a potpourri of data and responses to consume which helps in developing, fine-tuning and providing excellent customer experience and also educating them more about you brand, services and product.

Downfalls of Not Holding a Survey

Some top-level business decision-makers have this notion that surveys only draw dissatisfied clients. That approach is for surely wrong. Through a details analysis that gives you a panoramically holistic view of the system that shows the areas to be worked upon, this approach is bound to increase your skills to innovate and drive your brand’s name through the roof. The result could mean unparalleled growth. If it isn’t for surveys you would have missed opportunities and lost clients to competitors.

When to launch a Survey

Many things get overlooked when it comes to conducting a survey. Ideal situations for these implementations to take place would be when you launch new merchandise, bring out upgraded products, add services, response after a particular occasion or event, to the setting up of a new consumer service or support staff. Surveys can be conducted either when the business is flourishing or when it is going through rough times. The difference in both these feedback comes in most handy when you need to plan on making a discreet strategy to implement new approaches.

Surveys have a fitting impact

Results or outcome that is gathered from a survey can influence several phases of business on a whole: customer retention, training for the employees, products and service pricing, inventory evaluation, product changes, to how clients perceive your products and services as compared to your competitors.

 

Conclusion

Survey plays a very crucial role in leveraging your customer’s trust when it comes to evaluating better business opportunities and standing out on exceptional levels of customer satisfaction. Where you go from here is a choice that would make or break the possibilities that come with this great tool.

We provide Hosted Online Survey. We design the survey as per your survey objectives, host it on our server and provide dashboard for accessing raw survey data and dashboard for graphical reports and analysis.

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Top 10 Recent Acquisitions by Social Media Giants

July 25, 2012 By 1 Comment

Social media has become an indispensable part of our lives, it has become the new mantra that has shaped the way information is exchanged among internet-savvy fanatics. Conversing with friends, colleagues and sharing family photos, videos and expressing memorable moments in our lives has never been this easier. With the advent of variant and diverse Social Networking websites, each individual stands on a virtual pedestal under a limelight that gives them an opportunity to showcase their true potential to the world. Social Media influences the way we perceive the world around us. It is being used by many individuals as a review portal that lets them know about the latest happenings around the world.. be it new product releases, movies or music. This calls in for an urgent need by a company to identify the importance of Social Media and how the energy surrounding these spontaneous exchange of information can be tapped and turned to their advantage. The top players amidst social media frenzy like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google are competing against each other in a nail-biting showdown to make their mark in the Internet “Hall of Fame”. With each of these giants bidding a whopping amount of money on gaining new acquisitions, it is almost certain to benefit the entire company in raising their venture capital and providing new dynamic functionalities to their users that span worldwide.

Let us check out the top 10 acquisitions that  has been snagged by these top social networking giants in the recent years:

10. Twitter acquires RestEngine – a Social marketing website.

RestEngine: A hugely popular Social marketing platform, was acquired by Twitter on May 10th, 2012 for an undisclosed amount. RestEngine is a two year old company which has assisted numerous Social application publishers to send e-mails on basis of user’s social chart. Twitter sees this deal as a useful tool for delivering email epitome of best tweets that a user might have missed out on, occasionally. Following the deal, RestEngine’s three of four founder expressed great interest and excitement in joining hands with Twitter. However the other Co-Founder of RestEngine – Joe Waltman decided not to be part of the ongoing frenzy and conveyed that he’ll be working on new projects in the near future (Clearly someone’s unhappy). Apparently, Twitter’s been trying hard to get its inactive users to start tweeting again. Will it work? Lets wait and watch..

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from RestEngine and from a leading global magazine – PCWorld

9. Facebook buys Karma – a Gift giving application.

Karma: A company founded in 2011 which mainly consisted of gifting custom tailored products and services from person-to-person through mobile devices, was brought by Facebook on May 18, 2012 for an undisclosed amount. Following the deal, Karma co-founders were quick to reply by saying “The service that Karma provides will continue to operate in full force. By combining the incredible passion of our community with Facebook’s platform we can delight users in new and meaningful ways”. It now remains to be seen, of how Facebook would implement this unique online-gifting application to boost and enhance its presence on mobile devices.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Karma and from a leading news group - The New York Times

8. HotSpots.io acquired by Twitter.

HotSpots.io: A social analytics company was acquired by Twitter on 16th April 2012 for an undisclosed sum. Rather than buying their product or the technology, the Twitter Team is more keen on hiring the team of HotSpots.io for Revenue Engineering, wanting them to build better analytical tools for the company’s advertising and publishing partners. Following the deal, the team of HotSpots.io said that they were thrilled to be a part of Twitter because as it is, it was their vision to collaborate with a company to maximize their Social media ROI (Return on Investment). Twitter sure seems to be gaining speed in keeping up with the current world “Social Media” warfare.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from HotSpots.io and from the popular tech media website – CNET

7.  Zynga acquires OMGPOP – a social gaming website.

OMGPOP:  The most loved casual online multiplayer gaming website built entirely in flash, was bagged by Zynga (the developers of Farmville on Facebook) for a whopping $180 Million on March 21,2012. OMGPOP was listed on the TIME Magazine’s 50 best websites of 2009.OMGPOP’s most popular game includes an all time hit “Draw Something” which has surpassed all expectation since its release, grossing a mind-boggling 50 million downloads after just one week of its application launch. Zynga - A social gaming company that is hugely popular in Facebook and which has recently been discovered to be contributing almost 12% of the total revenue in Facebook, called this deal to be of utmost importance for developing and improving their social gaming experience for the users.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Zynga and OMGPOP

6. Tagged acquires HI5 – a social networking website.

HI5: A once famous social networking website that consistently ranked 3rd as the most popular website in terms of monthly unique visitors (46 Million), was acquired by Tagged in December 2011 for an undisclosed amount. HI5 took a serious blow when Facebook decided to ride the wind by going International.However, HI5 tried to revive itself by over the last 2 years as a social gaming website for new game developers, wherein they even went on to buy Big Six - a social gaming company. Unfortunately, this move didn’t work out too well, and they ultimately agreed upon a consensus to sell the company. Greg Tseng, the founder of Tagged expects that this deal would double the Company’s user base from 10 million active users to 20 million active users. A social network buying another social network? Heads up, Facebook! You’ve got competition.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Hi5 & Tagged and from a well-known news group The Business Journals

5. Twitter nabs blogging platform Posterous.

Posterous: A mobile blogging platform which was found by Sachin Agarwal, was recently acquired by Twitter on March 12, 2012 for an undisclosed amount. Termed by many as the prime and free application which allows users to blog while on-the-go or directly through their website, had received a wide attention among masses. Posterous has amazing features, one in which it allows users to point their DNS listing for a Domain Name that they own to their Posterous account, enabling them to have their site hosted by Posterous. Following the deal, Posterous Founder – Sachin Agarwal who is now working as the product manager at Twitter expressed his delight by saying that he’s looking forward to the exciting opportunities that lie up ahead in twitter. With twitter acquiring Posterous, it won’t be long before blogging takes on a completely different meaning.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Twitter and Posterous

4. MySpace acquired by Specific Media and Justin Timberlake for $35 Million.

MySpace: The most visited Social Networking website in the world was acquired by Justin Timberlake (the renowned singer and actor) and Specific Media group (worlds largest online advertising company) for $ 35 Million on June 29,2011. From 2005 until 2008 MySpace was so popular that on June 2006 it went on to surpass Google in getting ranked as the most visited website in the United States. Internationally well-known Singer and Actor Justin Timberlake expressed his stake in MySpace as a contribution to create a place where the fans can communicate with their entertainers, listen to music, watch videos and explore new stuffs. Specific media group founders expressed their likeness by terming MySpace as a pedestal to deploy “socially activated advertising campaigns”.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Specific Media and MySpace

3. Facebook bags Tagtile, a mobile marketing application.

Tagtile: A customer loyalty rewards and mobile marketing application, which was developed by two Indian IIT graduates, Abheek Anand and Shoham Mazumber were acquired by Facebook in a technology and talent trade for an undisclosed amount. How Tagtile worked was, the user had to download the application onto their iPhones or Android powered smartphones and during check-in, they had to tap the small white cubes which would then exchange information with handset devices using sensors and award the customers with coupons, discounts and loyalty points. Tagtile confirmed that Facebook would be acquiring essentially all of their assets and that new user registration has now officially been terminated. Now a new revolution in Social Networking Technology awaits..

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Tagtile and from a leading news group CNBC

2. LinkedIn buys Slideshare for $118.75 Million.

Slideshare: A popular Slide Hosting service was brought by LinkedIn for $118.75 Million on May 3, 2012. Slideshare enables user to upload files of type: PDF, PowerPoint, OpenOffice & KeyNote and enables sharing them among others either Privately or Publicly. It was launched in October and since its inception, the website has been occasionally compared to Youtube. The website attracts a whopping 58 million unique visitor per month and it holds about 16 million users till date. Slideshare is also known to be voted among the World’s Top 10 tools for education, training and e-learning. Following the deal, Slideshare CEO & Co-Founder- Rashmi Sinha expressed immense joy in having fulfilled her dreams on bringing Slideshare into a professional business social networking website that would help employees worldwide.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from LinkedIn and SlideShare

1. Facebook buys Instagram for Approximately $1 billion.

Instagram: The most popular and free photo sharing website consisting of 13 employees was acquired by Facebook for a whopping $1 billion in cash and stock in April 2012. Instagram allows users to take photos, apply digital filter to it, add customizations and then enable sharing it on various Social Networking sites including their own. Instagram was last recorded to have had a staggering 30 million users in April 2012 and a mind-boggling 150 million photos uploaded by August 2011. Following the deal, Mark Zuckerberg expressed his intentions on keeping Instagram working independently and has also assured that it’s ability to integrate with other Social Networks will not be affected. It sure is a top-notch block buster exit for the most loved and elegant photo sharing service. Facebook never fails to surprise us, but it would be interesting to see how this deal would benefit Facebook in developing a better user experience in the future.

You may like to go through the official announcements to this effect from Facebook and Instagram

Conclusion

With the rise and popularity of Social Networking Websites & Technologies reaching an all time high, the competitiveness to survive in this ever-changing environment of the Internet wilderness remains frantic. To survive, you need to adapt. And that’s what these Social Networking Giants are best in doing. Will Companies like Twitter, Tagged or LinkedIn be acquired by any other Social Networking website or Search engine? Or will they continue to grow by acquiring more companies like these? It all remains to be seen, in this ongoing clash between the titans of the virtual world. What is YOUR take on all of this? Do let us know by sharing your valuable comments below.

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Google’s Nexus : An iPad Killer?

June 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Leaked images of Google's Nexus 7

Google is all set to release it’s very own tablet in an ever-growing field of tech gizmo frenzy. In a market which is mostly dominated by Apple’s iPad, it would be vastly riveting to see where Google would stand after the release of their much awaited tablet hype.

Google and Microsoft have taken the tablet revolution very seriously in the recent years. The Apple’s iPad generation has greatly influenced people in a digital ecosystem and has played a crucial role in driving them away from their monotonous stick-to-one-place work routines from computers and laptops.

The announcement from Google came soon after the release of Microsoft’s tablet named Surface, which has an inbuilt Windows 8 OS. But the reported pricing for this device, which comes very close to the price of an iPad, must prove itself to be much better to outgrow iPad generation, this now seems highly unlikely after a faulty tablet mishap that occurred during the unveiling of Microsoft Surface.

According to sources, Google is on the verge of making a fitting impact by introducing their sleek 7-inch Android powered tablet during their Google I/O developers conference. The in-house Google tablet, which has been rumoured for a while, is built by Asus and has a 1.3Ghz quad- core Tegra 3 processor. It has 1 GB of RAM and it has a GeForce 12-core GPU.

Quoting Google chairman Eric Schmidt who has repeatedly said that the tablet works well and for the first time can challenge the iPad. Android has taken a beating when it comes to developing apps, which has proven a hassle and a nightmare for the developers. So the Google tablet would have to overcome a considerable amount of skepticism from the developers about android.

However, if it does prove good then the rock bottom prices on Google tablets would generate a huge fan following, as compared to Amazon kindle Fire and probably Apple’s iPad. All in all, come whatever may the tablet gizmo is destined to get a lot more interesting over the coming years.

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Top 10 online resources for troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook issues

May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The use of Microsoft Outlook is widely pervasive across all office workers.Outlook is stuffed with innumerable features, ranging from e-mail collection to calendaring, contact tracing, to-do list formation and more. Yet its propensity towards data bottleneck and constant breakdowns can make it very annoying and work disruptions from it can be really very serious.. Actually people often fail to read between the lines and always end up seeking complex solutions to a common problem. Keep reading on to find common problems faced while using Outlook user that might drive anyone nuts, and simple resolutions to them.

Below we have listed out the best top-ten resources / help centers from where you can find solutions to the general problems that are being faced by Outlook users worldwide:

1. Tech Republic:  Outlook offers a lot of advantage, but it often decides to throw a tantrum when it’s least expected. With a clear mindset, concise information and a few tweaks, whether it’s for your personal use or for your entire organisation, this particular article lists out steps for each feature, that helps safeguard your Outlook data.

2. Computer World: This particular article lists out the Top 10 common problems in Outlook faced by the users and the fixes to be adopted to ensure normal working of the application. The article focuses on the recent version – The Outlook 2007. Many of these tweaks will work with previous versions of Outlook too.

3. Living With Outlook: Add-ins’ are a critical part of an Outlook application. Most of the times, the common cause for an error in start-up of the Outlook are these Add-ins. This particular article provides relevant solution to debug your Outlook application if you feel the recent Add-in you downloaded is the main culprit.

4. HowToOutlook: This website contains a plethora of information regarding MS Outlook such as Troubleshooting, Tips and Tricks to fine tune your Outlook application. FAQ section that lists out the most common problems faced among users, downloads, Add-ins, question & answer section and much much more..

5. SlipStick1 & SlipStick2: This article lists out the details of problems a user could encounter while using MS Outlook 2007 and its corresponding fixes for each add-in / widgets contained in it. It also explains steps to troubleshoot and solve incoming / outgoing mails.

6. Captain Debug:  Outlook is most commonly used desktop E-mail client. So it’s frequent users might have lot of problems and bugs to fight with, while start-up, sending / receiving emails etc. This article focuses on problems that are mainy (and mostly) caused due to corrupt add-ins and individual storage (.pst) file.

7. ISOT :  You open your Outlook application, and receieve an error code, or while you’re sending messages and suddenly it throws another error code.. While that might seem totally gibberish and cryptic, the following article list out the most Common Microsoft Outlook Error Codes along with steps on how to fix it. Now you no longer have to take time in seeking professional help, when you can solve them yourself.

8. PCMMC:  Problem with Outlook are almost always caused by corrupt or damaged files within the operating system that the user is working on. This article provides steps, patches and downloads to debug your Outlook application and the error codes that keep popping every now and then.

9. eHow: Perhaps some users might be using a bit older version – Outlook 2003. This particular version of Outlook developed by Microsoft has known to contain a myriad of Bugs and Errors. However timely patches were released to fix these problems, but not all were effective. This article lists out the basic steps to be taken in countering timely breakdowns.

10. Microsoft Support:  Finally, if nothing else works. Log on to the Official site of Microsoft support for Outlook where you can post your queries which will be solved in no time. The support page of Microsoft also contains a tab which lists out the top issues faced by users in Outlook. These lists are updated on a timely basis. You can browse the Microsoft site to even learn about their Outlook application and future releases in detail.

11. Mozilla Thunderbird: Mozilla Thunderbird is the 2nd most widely used desktop e-mail application after Outlook, which is free, open source and supports cross platform compatibility. If you are facing problems while using this application, then the official website of Mozilla provides a one-stop destination to all user’s queries that are solved in near real time with the help of an expert panel and the community members that span worldwide.

SUMMARY:

If none of the suggestions provided in the above links have solved your query, then please don’t give up because all hope is not lost. Search Google by pasting the exact error code or the error statement into it. Possibilities exists of finding other people who have experienced the same issue as yours. Outlook has a widespread user base, and there is a very good potential that somebody, somewhere in the world has experienced the same problem as you. If you still can’t get a hold of a proper solution to your problem, please feel free to ask your question on SANVER tech support by emailing us or Microsoft for further assistance. The internet is filled with infinite amount of resources, and thanks to the ever improving search engines technology, acquiring the answers you need has never been easier.

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Microsoft’s brand new logo for Windows 8

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Microsoft's New Logo for Windows 8

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When Windows 8 gets launched later this year, it will have a fresh, modern style that will look more like Windows Phone 7 user interface.  The new logo is a real cool logo.  It looks somewhat like Windows 1.0 Logo – the 1st logo of Windows when it was launched on 20-November-1985. It also looks similar to the the tiles featured in the Metro UI. Its funky and live : the color, style, texture and location of the logo will adapt to look like a part of your desktop  setup.

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Windows 1.01 was first released on 20 November 1985. This is the original logo. The new logo seems to be heavily inspired from this Logo.

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Windows 8 is the new OS to be released later this year. It’s going to be more touch friendly : much like Windows 7 SmartPhone. Microsoft believes that in the future, your laptop, desktop or other device you use will have touch input as a standard feature.

This is the desktop screen which you see as soon as you start up Windows 8. This UI (user interface) is called Metro. It allows you to peep into the device with minimal interaction, much like Windows Phone 7 smartphones. It features apps that display live feeds from internet.

Windows 8 appears to be a solid successor to Windows 7. Windows 8 design is an admission of the fact that touchscreen is here to stay and the boundaries between Desktop PC, Laptop, Tablet PC and a SmartPhone is slowly dissolving away.

Time to open a new window and let fresh air come in.

 

 

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Free Blog vs self-hosted WordPress Blog

January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Free Blog vs self-hosted WordPress Blog

If you are using blog using WordPress as abcxyz.wordpress.com, you will find many limitations to modify and edit your blog.

Some are listed below:

1. You must use a abcxyz.wordpress.com subdomain for your blog address. Domain Mapping may change this, but will be a paid service

2. you cannot edit the CSS.

3. You will not find the Plugin feature.

4. You are totally dependant on wordpress.com to keep your account active and hosted, which isn’t such a bad thing, but again, out of your control

5. You will have the limitations on Themes and Layouts.

6. You cannot create sub-domain in free wordpress.com account. This is required when you want to expand your blog.

7. You will get bounded with the features which wordpress provides in its free edition.

And when you have your Self hosted WordPress Blog on your Domain Hosting, you don’t have to face all these issues as you will get all the benefits, features and power to modify your blog as per your ideas. You can make use of beautiful and powerful Plugins, you can edit the CSS files to give new look to your domain and many more others stuffs.

Also you can create the Sub-domain if you want to expand your blog.

What do you suggest? A free WordPress blog or a self hosted WordPress blog?

You can use the WORDPRESS to get started with your blog, for help on wordpress refer this LINK

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How to create a website & blog using WordPress

January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If you plan to start your own blog website, the best choice for a blog application would be WordPress. WordPress is an Open Source blog tool which offers a rich set of features as well as a large supporting community.

WordPress has an intuitive administration interface which anyone can handle. In WordPress you will be able to compose a post and publish it on your website with just a few clicks! With WordPress you can easily customize the look of your website for there are lots of free WordPress themes available on the Net.

In this post you will find ways to work with WordPress to create and manage a website and a blog – either separately or together.

 

 

Using WordPress to Build Small Websites: Step by Step Tutorial

 

Step 1 - How to Use the WORDPRESS DASHBOARD:

The Dashboard is the first screen you see when you log into the administration area of your website/ blog. The main idea of the dashboard is to give you a place where you can get an at-a-glance overview of what’s happening with your blog. You can catch up on news, view your draft posts, see who’s linking to you or how popular your content’s been, quickly put out a no-frills post, or check out and moderate your latest comments. It’s like a bird’s eye view of operations, from which you can swoop down into the particular details.

 

Step 2 - How to Install THEMES in WordPress:

  1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
  2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
  3. From the Available Themes section, click on the Theme title (or Theme screenshot) for the Theme you wish to activate.
  4. A preview of the Theme will be shown.
  5. To activate the Theme click the Activate “Theme Name” link in the top right.

File:themes.png

 

Step 3 - How to manage PLUGINS in WordPress:

WordPress Plugins are composed of php scripts that extend the functionality of WordPress. They offer new additions to your blog that either enhance features that were already available or add otherwise unavailable new features to your site.

You can find WordPress Plugins in the Administration Panels > Plugins > Add New panel, or directly via the Official WordPress Plugins Directory

 

Step 4 - How to manage WIDGETS in WordPress:

WordPress Widgets are WordPress Plugins that add visitor visual and interactivity options and features, such as sidebar widgets for post categories, tag clouds, navigation, search, etc.

Widgets require no code experience or expertise. They can be added, removed, and rearranged on the WordPress Administration Appearance > Widgets panel.

 

 

Step 5 - How to create PAGES in WordPress:

To create a new Page, log in to your WordPress installation with sufficient admin privileges to create new articles.

Select the Administration > Pages > Add New option to begin writing a new Page.

          

Pages > Add New                 Publish                                                       Edit Permalink

 

Step 6 - How to create POSTS in WordPress:

  1. Click the “Posts” tab.
  2. Click the “Add New” Sub Tab
  3. Start filling in the blanks.
  4. As needed, select a category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections below the post. Each of these sections is explained below.
  5. When you are ready, click Publish.

Try-out your hands on WordPress and feel its power.


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