As the Year Draws to a Close (2012)

A lot of things have happened this year. This blog which I started for fun turned out to be bigger success I thought it would be, survived the possible end-of-the-world (and not to mention those grueling exams at the middle and end of every year).

There was joy, turmoil, boredom and long nights (blame it on insomnia and the ole' coffee) and then more turmoil but this year has a been an eye-opener to say the least. Though, school's been a bit of a pain in the arse, it has it's moments. After being stagnant for months on end, I'm back on Youtube. I've also started writing a book entitled 'The Chronicles of an Insomniac Pakistani Teenager'. Yes, I know that titles quite a mouthful.

After all this, all I can say is I hope next year is even more wonderful then this year. And to all those reading, an (early) happy new year! Since I'll be busy celebrating ;)

Cause and Effect: Social Marketing and its Impact on Society

Facebook is the world's most commonly used social networking site, boasting over one billion regular users. Twitter is becoming increasingly popular as well. These networking sites are by far different than the primitive MySpace and Friendster that used to be popular among teenagers and young adults in the early 2000s. Today we'll discuss how these new and improved social networking sites can actually have drastic impact on our society.

The Arab Spring

In the spring of 2011, many countries in the Middle East had dramatic revolutions and government changes. The citizens in these countries came together in mass numbers and demanded changes. Facebook and other social networking sites played a role in the organization of these gatherings by spreading the word to as many people as possible. Unfortunately, when the governments discovered what they were doing, they took away access to Facebook or to the Internet altogether.

Android Tablet Apps for Business Entrepreneurs

           

In last two years Android has created radical smartphones and tablet apps. In Android devices are promoting like hot cakes in the market. Android OS tablets have got extra features for business men and most of the business people are excited to use business apps on android tablets because it’s helping them to finish their work in an easier way.

Skype:
The very first application business people would love to prefer because we can make free calls, share documents frequently and send mesa ages instantly. Using 3G we can make free calls on Skype. We can transfer data quickly and we can use Skype for free.

Play Smart To Avoid Identity Theft Online

Constant growth in the realm of mobile technology has seen a simultaneous increase and innovation in the world of computer and cell phone spying. Hence, one should always be vigilant about threats of malware and maneuverings of hackers – with major purpose of identity theft. This activity is no longer limited to computer hacking or stealing of discarded documents or bills from the trash cans. Hackers have broadened their horizons of stealing private information from a cell phone or PC through cell phone tracking or PC monitoring software.

Imagine the extent of loss if you lose your mobile phone or tablet, which falls into the hands of a wrong person with malicious intent. The person can extract your personal details and information through data saved inside your phone and wreaks havoc with your online social network accounts and email inbox by logging onto the accounts from the passwords saved in your gadget. The damage can also be in the form of monetary loss, for instance, if you have ever accessed your PayPal or Amazon account from your gadget and forgot to log out in a hurry. Hence, it is extremely necessary that you adopt certain measures – simple yet effective – to avoid cell phone tracking and PC monitoring.

The Beauty of Hypocrisy

Guest post by Ibraheem  Nadeem. He Blogs.

"History never remembers the good"

This quote is as immortal as the people it is talking about. Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Jack the Ripper. You shudder to think of these men. How could they have possibly lived with themselves? Such unspeakable acts, too macabre to even speak of in casual settings. But alas, we know more about them than we do about Ghandi or Quid-E-Azam or even the man who uttered this very quote! Remembering small facts about them are onerous  tasks that we eventually get frustrated with and give up on. Now I dare you to think of the scandalous ones, the ones that are gossiped about. Those select few who are worthy enough of your judgemental 'tuts'.

Marie Antoinette, Marilyn Monroe... and Veena Malik?
You may think these women are recalitrant rebels but you only think so because they do not conform to your idea of acceptable. And what is acceptable? To cover yourself entirely in a black cloak while going out of the house?  No no, we're much too evolved to still have that thinking. How about letting your daughters leave the house in tights and sleeveless shirts? Well then be prepared for the honorary speech about how we're still not that far gone in our conservative society. 

What's ironic is that Marilyn Monroe was at the height of her career almost sixty two years ago doing exactly what Veena Malik is doing now. Marilyn Monroe was crowned as the worlds biggest sex icon and still holds that title. She was renowned for her flirting, her notorious break downs and marriages and not to mention the nude photos. Marilyn Monroe knew no bounds and yet no one judged her. She did whatever she did with grace and elegance. She retained a jocular attitude towards life that entranced everyone. Thought a lot of people often justified her actions with, "She had a troubled past and that's bound to haunt her" it was more to justify why they empathise with her rather than why she did the provocative things she did. 

They pitied her a lot of the time and she either hated it or thrived off it. Even now her quotes are infamous for the pain they held. But I am not here to justify her gyrating ways or her troubles. I'm here to ask a question.

Why is she any different to Veena Malik? Their careers are built on the same sex symbol title, they both did the same things to achieve it. But then why is it that she was accepted sixty two years ago when people are believed to have been more narrow minded, than Veena Malik is now in our so called evolved society?

One word. EXAMS.

One word. Exams. The one thing everyone with strict asian  parents fear the most. As each day brings me closer to it, the more the frustration seems to mount. Time to make a status about 'de-activating' your facebook account (but never actually doing that)  how you need to study more. I need to get at very 'least' a B+ and according to my parents, anything less than is a fail. And I have another word for you...SLEEP DEPREVATION.  Just what I need.

NOVEMBER UPDATE: Exams! Exams! EXAAMS?!

The title says it all. First it was the school play in which we had to stay in school for bloody 16 hours at a time! (For f*cks sake, we aren't performing in Royal Shakespeare theatre or something) and now....the moment I've been dreading since this semester stated. Exams.

I'd like to ask my readers to forgive me and the co-authors of this blog for not making a post in a while. Hopefully we'll be back on track later in the year.

Take care and remember, you (and this blog) are awesome!

Regards,
CEO and Founder,
Mirsub Ali Fazlani

Top 5 Blogging Mistakes You Should Avoid

There is a huge difference between starting a blog and managing a successful blog. A popular blog can't be established without hard work and dedication, to have a successful blog you should avoid the blogging mistakes that can ruin your blogging career. There are many blogging mistakes that can hinder your blog from being a successful blog. If you have a blog or you want to start a new blog then here are top 5 blogging mistakes that you should avoid to be a successful blogger.

Poor Quality Content or Copied Content:

A blogger is meant to write content for his/her reader that can help them to have the answers of their problem. To be a successful blogger you should write content that can attract more and more readers to your blog. The more unique and fresh quality content you share more traffic you will have for your blog. Hence to be among the successful bloggers you should avoid using copied or poor quality content on your blog.

Some Eid-Ul-Adha (Bakra Eid) Memes!

First of all...Eid Mubarak!

Before I start of, here's a little introduction to those not familiar with Islam.

Eid al-Adha , also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid and Bakr Eid, is an important 3-day religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) to sacrifice his young firstborn son Ismā'īl (Ishmael) a as an act of submission to God, and his son's acceptance of the sacrifice before God intervened to provide Abraham with a ram to sacrifice instead.

To my long-time readers sorry for not making a post in a while. To make it up to you...here's some Eid memes:

Enjoy!

Because Bakra Eid is so metal

Five Things Every Android operating system Designer Should Know

Android operating system is the most convenient, most flexible and most able cellular OS in the existing industry. They have the assistance, perspective and sources of Search engines to back them all the way. Consider these primary factors while creating in the Android operating system platform:

1. Support: Newbies and knowledgeable developers need to know where they can anticipate help from. Since Android operating system is start, the growth group has the same organic interest which was accountable for the development of A linux systemunix. These developers are helpful and useful. The opportunity that allows with all Android operating system growth assistance problems is the Search engines Android operating system categories. This is utilized and modified by Search engines Android operating system workers. Their efforts are useful.



2. Incorporated Development Atmosphere (IDE): The application growth kit does not requirement any IDE but instead it reveals you how to create Android operating system Applications without one. As your tasks get larger and more complicated, the use of computerized develop and check resources become more necessary. Still, for a lot of Android operating system developers an IDE is fairly much important. Some of the competitors are Surpass, Netbeans and IntelliJ Concept.

3. Java: As far as composing apps on Mobile phones goes, Coffee is the best choice when it comes to convenience of utilization. The referrals is to the taste of Coffee which Android operating system has applied, aka "Dalvik". It's absolutely suitable .You obviously need to know Coffee but all the information you will need, like best methods to marketing to recycleable collections is available.

4. Visual Design: You need to see yourself as the specialist and Android operating system as the fabric. While you do not need to be a electronic Da Vinci, you need to keep in mind that apps with bad UIs just do not offer no issue how amazing their performance is. If you work in a group with devoted graphic artists, you get an irresistible benefits. In Android operating system, the focus is on PNG information files as they have good assistance for levels and visibility, so you can choose from a number of free or professional promotions as long as they can cope well with this structure. Well-known options are Fireworks, Photoshop, CorelDraw / PaintShop Pro / PhotoPaint and Gimp.

5. The Open Market: When you listen to Android operating system is start, it means more than just the OS resource, it means the industry as well. After your app is submitted, within 5 moments it will be available in the marketplace. You need to know how the Android operating system Market performs, as this will help when it comes to preparing submission programs for your app. First of all, any Android operating system system that can accessibility your apps through sites, e-mail accessories or Wireless can set up them.


Currently, to buy from the Android operating system shop customers must have a Search engines Check out consideration. T-Mobile, however, have just declared programs to back up integrated charging, where the customers buys appear on their per month phone invoice. Many Android operating system developers have accepted this information as they feel that the deficiency of such a service has been restricting buy of their apps. Later on there might be a web or pc app which allows customers to buy apps straight, and then have them appear on their devices.

Author Bio:This post was written by khawaja Muhammad Adil, who is the professional Health & Fashion Blogger from more then two years. You can catch up his latest review on permanent hair removal.

Enlisting Reliable IT Services to Help Growing Companies with Information Management

Growing companies will eventually accumulate information that employees would need to access in order to derive important insights for the business. But unless this data is organized, access to the company's precious intellectual capital would be difficult and time-consuming. Reliable IT services can help these companies manage their accumulated data for more efficient access. The use of enterprise search application can reduce the complexity of finding relevant documents throughout the company. The application functions the same way a search engines would on the Internet.

5 Apps for Your Nokia Phone

Most of us bothered about Android or iPhones but it is hard to find information or review on Nokia phones though this brand is one of the largest selling mobile phone manufacturing companies in the world. In many countries, Nokia is the largest selling mobile company still we find it hard to collect information on Nokia phones. Actually Nokia phones have Symbian operating system and like Apple, Nokia has an app store also which is called Ovi Store. Nokia users know that Nokia does not have many excellent apps but we going to discuss on 5 apps for your Nokia phone which are free.

Ovi Maps: To a number of devices, Nokia has made this app free. You just need a compatible handset with GPS system. You will get voice navigation for life after downloading this app. But only drawback of this app is that it takes few minutes to capture a satellite signal. Weather updates, live traffic updates etc are some other facilities provided by this app.

Blogging Rules to Help You Stay Focused

Blogging is a thing that is becoming popular and is gaining the attention of the world as the day goes on. People that want to make money are coming into blogging, and a huge percentage of them are easily losing focus as they find their goals unrealistic almost at the brink of success. This has inevitably left the internet littered with abandoned blogs that would have otherwise become the next go-to blog for tips and solutions in their individual niches.

You might have been noticing of recent that you’re no longer feeling the passion that you used to feel when you just started blogging, and this is giving you the fear that someday you’ll end up losing focus. 

To prevent you from losing the focus that’s needed to help you achieve your goal for blogging, I’ll be sharing the tips below with you.

Know Your Goals:

I believe knowing my goals and identifying them will help me remain focused and undistracted while I blog. Blogging is not just something you do like a day job. If you don’t like it, it definitely won’t work for you. So you just have to like it. And maybe your passion for it, which you can find by discovering the goal you want to achieve from blogging, will help you to find love for it.

So knowing your goal will make it easy for you to stay focused. Pursuing this goal alone will not make you aware of any form of distraction that can distract you from blogging with focus.

Stay off the Internet often:

As a blogger, there’s every chance you’re working from home, with internet access at your finger tip. This means you have unbridled access to information that can somehow be a distraction to you while you’re working. A simple way to eliminate the distraction and stay focused while blogging is to totally put off the internet! While this will rob you off the opportunity to get information and check your emails as you wish, you’re going to be able to do more with your precious time and also improve your blogging career on the long run.

Listen to Inspirational Music:
 

Music is one of the most powerful propellers of inspiration. Listening to slow music or blues will automatically ignite the passion in you and fill you with the inspiration you need to get more done! 

But most importantly, you have to make sure that the music you’re listening to isn’t the one that will prompt you to sing along and get up and start dancing. It should be a song that you’ll enjoy while it sings in background and motivates you to keep going.

Set a Pace for Yourself:

Another great way to remain focused while blogging is to use someone else to set a pace for yourself. This will help you to always try your best to make your blog grow bigger and faster as you don’t want to be left behind by that person. As the blogger increases you’ll also strive to get ahead of that person, making you want to work harder always.

About The Author: Tim Wilson works as content manager for HostPapa, a web hosting Canada  company serving over 100,000 customers. Since launching in 2006, HostPapa has offered reliable, budget-friendly, easy-to-use Canadian web hosting solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.

A Basic Guide to Competition Analysis

Any business has more or less competition and only an ignorant boss can fail to observe it. Unless your business completely runs the respective industry, you will always have some competitors to provide better alternatives to your products or services. Analyzing the competition is a very important requirement in any plan because it underlines the position of your company compared to the other players, but it also helps you develop various strategies to be competitive. Other than that, any investor will expect to see this section in your business plan, especially if you count on some sponsors. When analyzing the type of competitors your business confronts, you can identify and analyze the major names. But who are these names?

 

Identifying the competition

Before analyzing other players, you must first identify them. Begin by taking the entire market into consideration. Not all the competition is alike. There are many different names out there and each of them uses a specific technique in the process. The direct competitors are those who commercialize identical or almost identical products. There are also better known companies the customers have more confidence in. These companies represent the most intensive competition. Besides, these companies also have the experience. They are already there, so they already have some customers.

 

The upcoming competition comes from those companies that are already out there, but are not fully concentrating on the market you look at. However, they can always switch to your market. Identifying all these sources is an impossible task, especially if there are hundreds or even thousands of them. Instead, you must draw a line after the major competition. Although it depends on the nature of your business, you should get at least ten direct competitors and five indirect names. The number is not as important as the competitive position and the deepness of your analysis. A well done analysis will convince you, but also an investor, that your strategy is greatly built.

 

Examine your competitors

So who is your competition? How do you find these names? When you develop an Internet business, this is the proper environment to look after your enemies. You don't just gain access to advanced search tools, but you can also find all of them, since they are hardly trying to make themselves known too. However, the main problem around search engines is that you find way too many competitors. If you find yourself frustrated in this search, use the advanced and customized searches.

 

A lot of people rely on Google, but Yahoo is just as powerful. Since Yahoo is a directory and not really a search engine, it will give you some results in a very organized manner. Searching for names should not be limited. Some of the sources used to analyze the market may also prove to be extremely effective. Finally, you should end you search in chat rooms or in other places to communicate with the potential customers, such as discussion boards or forums.

 

This whole exploration process will tell you where your competition is, so write down all these places, categories or keywords. The information is vital, since at some moment, your business might get up there.

Author Bio:
Adam works as an in-house seo for one of the leading SEO Reseller company. He is an expert in Link building and has been doing it for more than 3 years now.