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Shopaholics on the alert! Get set, and go! Yes, it has indeed turned into a race – a race of online shopping. It may be an occasion embraced shopping carnival or a clearance sale or simply just a season ending mega sale. On its way is another such colossal online shopping fest knownas the Great Online Shopping Festival or simply GOSF which is to take place from the 10th to the 12th of December 2014.   What does GOSF do? The GOSF is an initiative by Google and was launched on the 12th of December, 2012. Ever since then, it has been a favorite among its users. The GOSF offers are not only limited to those particular days of December but numerous trifle coupons, reminders as well as updates are also sent to your registered email ids all through the year. Along with these, there are funny little games on the GOSF site that provide you with innumerable opportunities to win yourself free gift coupons or free shopping facilities just by scoring points in the game.   Worried about the products...

Owning a decent digital camera is the current craze all over the world. Surprising but true as most of the smartphones available today are fitted with powerful camera specifications which are popularly used for clicking images all the time.  But a new trend of users interested in digital cameras is rapidly emerging across the world. The reason being they would like to try their hand at professional photography or at least shift from amateur photography to a slightly better photography with a professional touch. . Also with the increase in the interest of photography the digital camera prices in India have plummeted to a reasonable level. Entry Level DSLRs Models :  Nikon D5200, Canon EOS Rebel T5i, Nikon D5100, Nikond D3300, Pentax K-50 Ideal for them would be to begin with entry level DSLRs with interchangeable lens with decent speed and image quality. Further, these cameras can be used either at manual mode or automatic mode as per the user’s preference.  Ideally, these cameras are f...

In today's modern era, it's all about technology. As a business owner, you need to tap into the potential of the Internet in order to expand your prospects. You'll be able to reach more customers on a global level when you make your presence known on the web. It all begins with domain registration .ca . Add a great website and website hosting to the package and watch your company take off. Grow in Leaps and Bounds Gone are the days when you only relied on brick and mortar business. In a fierce economy, you need to snag your customers any way possible. You want to grab their attention from the start and bring them back for more. Better yet, if your consumers start spreading the word about your business, even more interaction will come your way. With a catchy domain that is all your own and a first class website, you can make a big impression from the start. Choose a company that can help you get results. You might need a little help to give your website an edge over the com...

When you need a new smartphone, it isn’t easy deciding which phone to pick and if you are not careful, you might end up paying extra for features you do not need. That is why it is advisable to compare mobile features and make an informed decision. The top runners in the list of good smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy S5, Apple iPhone 5s, Motorola Moto X, HTC One (M8), LG G2, Nokia Lumia 1520, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Google Nexus 5 a nd Motorola Moto G. Keep in mind the design, display, performance, camera and battery while comparing these phones. Design You need to decide whether you want a small phone that fits easily in your pocket or you would rather prefer a big screen phone. The iPhone 5s is relatively small in size compared to the massive Lumia 1520. Getting a small size phone doesn’t guarantee it being lightweight, most often it is the opposite. The smaller phone, most often is the heaviest. The Nexus 5 however, is small in size and lightweight. Phones often come in plastic or ...

Laptops are no longer only for the business class. Almost everyone wants a portable computer whether it’s a teenager who uses it to complete assignments or a housewife who purchases groceries online. It is especially useful for those who travel often and want to stay in touch with their work and with friends and family. If you are planning on purchasing a laptop, it’s always recommended to buy it online. The main reason being, you need to do a lot of research and comparison before making a purchase and where better than the internet to do just that. You have the liberty to browse through a wide collection of laptops from various brands, check their configuration and select only the best laptop online. You can completely skip the trip to the electronic store and all the hassle associated with it. If you were to check the configuration of every laptop in the store, you are sure to be met with impatient staff and even anxious customers who would be waiting for their turn. When you are mak...

Pure Leverage is an all in one business tool which helps business owners to attract more and more customers. It comes with many features like Auto-responder Lead capture page Video Mailing Online Conferencing Training Videos All these features come at a very cheap price, and not only this, you will also get an affiliate program, which pays you for your every referral to a customer. To get more information about it, visit this website - PureLeverage

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email via my user page contact form here . Table of Contents Brief Description Step 1 (Download, Unzip) Step 2 (Set options) Step 3 (Import required files) Step 4 (Create HTML container) Step 5 (Create and activate countdown) Resources Brief Description - top jQuery Responsive Countdown is a tool that gives you the ability to create a nice looking countdown, which uses flipping animation to display remaining time to a target date. Since it is based on the canvas object it cannot run natively in older browsers like IE8. The tool uses SVG data to draw the digits and the panels, so it is scalable and looks nice on larger resolutions too. It does not use images, so it is very easy to change colors and adapt the look of it to the design of your page. The tool has a large list of options, but it can also be activated with few lines of code. In this tutorial I will show you how to add the ...

How many of us have watched a film and dreamed of playing a part in the film industry? If this applies to you, this article may be of use. Let’s explore how you can find a way into this industry if you are serious about doing so. Some careers are undoubtedly harder to break into than others. One of the toughest must surely be the film industry. It seems as if everyone wants to play their part, whether it is in front of the camera or behind it. But how easy is it to get such a role and is there the potential for a career here? Firstly it is worth bearing in mind that working in this industry is probably considered a more unconventional job. However, if this is what you want to do you should definitely aim for your dream. No job is 100% safe nowadays and if you really have passion for the industry you are more likely to succeed in it than you would if you worked in any other industry. Bear that in mind as you progress and learn more about the opportunities that exist. The good news is yo...

If you grew up in the mid 1900s, most of the films you saw or even made yourself will have been recorded on 8mm cine film. In this age of DVDs and mp3 files however, devices to play these old films are rare and anyone hoping to preserve their old film memories should probably look into converting them into a newer format. Think about how you record videos today. While portable video cameras still exist, the hulking behemoths that recorded onto cinefilm have gone the way of the dinosaurs and ultra-sleek smart phones have replaced them. These devices record videos that can be instantly transferred to DVD or stored as a file. Cine film however is largely viewed as a museum piece and playing old reels is time consuming, costly and inconvenient. Furthermore, old cine film may degrade over time, leading to reduced picture quality or even destruction. Old memories stored on the film may be lost forever if forgotten by their owners. There are however, ways to transfer cine film to DVD , ways t...

There are lots of smart techniques you can use to keep your home or business as safe as it can possibly be. This article looks at some of these methods so you can ensure you deter any would-be burglars who might be thinking about breaking in. No one likes to think they might be at risk of being burgled. However some people fall victim to this very crime each day. What would you do if you were one of them? Of course the ideal situation is to make sure you minimize the odds of this happening in the first place. Fortunately there are plenty of ways you can do this – you just have to put them into action. The first thing you should do might sound a bit odd. The idea is to look at your property as if you were a burglar. Go outside and look at your home or business objectively. If you wanted to break in, what would the weak spots be? Where would you stand the best chance of getting in? Are there old windows or doors that don’t quite fit properly? Are there areas where a burglar could approac...

CCTV technology has come a long way in recent years, and you can now get impressive cameras set up in your home or place of work and then watch the footage on a remote computer or on your phone. This is a great way to protect your property, family and possessions to give you complete peace of mind. We live in an era where security and surveillance are essential, but we also live in an era where we have fantastic technology that makes this very easy. CCTV and security systems are used in a wide range of different places, including our homes and businesses, in retail, education, construction and more. CCTV and security systems are important for a few different reasons: they help to catch criminals; they also act as a deterrent to criminals if they know that a system is in place; they can be used to look after people and so on. CCTV and security systems are highly recommended and are now better than ever, making them very easy to use in our day-to-day lives. By having the latest CCTV came...

Some people are attracted to filmmaking without knowing anything about it. The lure of the cinema screen can be enough to excite some people. This article explores whether you have what it takes to be an expert filmmaker. Can you see yourself handling a camera and making a film of one kind or another? Do you see yourself as an independent filmmaker, full of ideas and a passion to transmit those ideas to as many other people as possible? If this is the case you may already be on your way to learning everything there is to know about the industry. Many of our brightest filmmakers start young, with a borrowed camera and a creative imagination and little else to keep them going. However some people start looking into this area when they are a little older, wondering whether it might be just what they are looking for – an ideal way to express their creativity. If you are one of those people, it makes sense to start by finding out how good you would be at filmmaking. If you read a lot about ...

The past one year or so has seen a lot of changes in the web designs, social media and mobile apps. While Social Media and Mobile apps comparatively younger than the web designs, they are the drivers of the change. In this article, we will explore some of the design changes that we will shape 2014. Mobile Centric Approach With the Gartner’s prediction that more than 1.9 billion Mobile Devices will be shipped in 2014, the mobile optimized websites are the only way forward. In countries like India where number of Mobile Facebook users have surpassed the web users, Mobile Centric Approach can’t be ignored. The websites need to be responsive, light and optimized for mobile devices. A large number of websites have already done that like Youtube. Flat Designs With Apple leading from the front by extinguishing  the skeuomorphism in iOS7, every major internet company, including the Google and the Microsoft followed. 2013 saw the end of skeuomorphism and the rise of flat designs. Des...

This un-regulated , open sourced  and virtual currency(BTC) has gathered a lot hype. With the estimated worth of $10 Billion, there are plans to install Bitcoin ATMs into the real world. One of the most valuable currency at around $950 per BTC, the concerns over its stability are rising. Without going further, it is essential to know what actually is a Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced as open source software in 2009 by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. What has made it so popular is the number of advantages that bitoins carry. bitcoins are transferred from person to person, that is no need to use banks as intermediary. As a result, the transaction fees ( like that of Paypal or Banks ) is very minimal. Transferred immediately, free from government rules and open sourced The same currency (BTC) can be used in various countries to buy and sell goods. No need to exchange the currency. Can use Mobile Phones, tablets to tra...

While the fight is still on whether HTML5 Apps are better or Native Mobile apps , the market is flooded by both and the number of free downloads are expected to grow to 138,809 Millions by 2014 as per the Gartner Report .  Since the growth rate of paid apps is much less than the free apps, there has to be a way to keep the cost of developing apps low.HTML5 Mobile Apps are in the market for quite some time and they have evolved a lot.  There’s no doubt that the HTML5 apps are a cheaper means to develop because of the following reasons : HTML5 Apps are built on WORA concept( Write Once Run Anywhere ), one can develop for iOS, Android, Windows and BBM by writing the same code. ( You can read how to develop HTML5 apps by clicking here )so the cost of development is very low. The cost for  Maintaining and Supporting  HTML5 Mobile Apps is less as there is only a single code base . So  in this article, we will tell you some of the leading UI Frameworks that will h...

The largest democracy in the world will see the general elections in 2014 and Mobile Apps , just like other multi media technologies are proving to be a game changer. In the recently held elections in 5 states of India where the number of voters were more than the entire population of some countries of the world, the parties that used social media had an edge over the others. There are two ways in which mobile apps can be put to use in the elections. First is by the political parties, to woo the voters and to make them aware of the schemes or manifestos, Second is by the third parties, like NEWS companies to analyse, aware and to communicate.  Not only in India, the role of Mobile apps has been seen in the 2008 US elections and the recently held Japanese elections too. Focusing on India, AAP’s mobile app connects very much with the public and contains latest blogs from their leaders, opinion polls, twitter and Facebook connectivity, videos and much more. It also has a donate feature ...

We may live in a global world where the financial markets never sleep, but keeping in touch with the latest prices no longer requires us to be tethered to a laptop or desktop computer. The new breed of mobile apps allow us to receive up-to-the-minute charts, figures and analysts' reports while equipped with nothing more than a free-wheeling tablet or smartphone. Below  we've included  ten of the best apps we can find, given the rather specific demands of these programs. The best of these apps are far more than mere conversions of existing desktop software. Even in the normal-sized trading world, debates proliferate about whether it's better to be a 'Technical Analyst', using chart action to plot the next move, or a 'Fundamentals' trader, combing the balance sheets for such old-fashioned snippets of info as revenue and cash flow. Either approach, though, demands access to lots of intricate data, and the cramped screens and limited workspace of even relatively...

While most of us are anchored firmly in the digital world, the landscape of hospitals and other healthcare organizations seems rather primitive, often choosing to drown its inhabitants in a sea of paperwork rather than offering them a versatile and adaptive digital interface that provides them with all the information when and where they need it. Here  we'll look at the reasons  why the mobile app revolution could transform healthcare - and why the wheels have taken so long to start turning. Big systems bigger bottlenecks Most hospitals are now wired into a vast computer system. Yet, despite the presence of so much technology, data entry remains frustratingly backwards. Computer crashes and nurses queuing to get access to the system are just two of the likely bottlenecks. Where doctors and nurses are on the move, they frequently have access to little more than a clipboard and pen. Any notes they make have to be laboriously recopied across into the system - dramatically increasing t...

I am a strong web enthusiast that lead me into learning Javascript. But after learning this scripting language, I must say everyone who uses a computer must learn this language and there are many reasons for this, few of them I am going to list over here. It is the easiest Object Oriented Programming language. It is very flexible in syntax, unlike Java it is not a strictly typed language. It is a cross platform language which can be run on mobile devices as well as laptops. You don't need anything to install, test, run and debug your JavaScript programs except a web browser. Stackoverflow has highest number of questions tagged as Javascript. So, you will be getting best support from the web while learning this language. With introduction of node.js Javascript, which often used to be a client side scripting language, it can now be used for server side programming as well. For any Computer Science student or anyone looking a career in computing, it is essential to know th...

This post is in the continuation of my previous post . In this post, I will tell you about : How to deploy HTML code to build iOS , Android and Windows application. How to retrive the value of the data from the form that we created in my previous post. The submit button that we created in our previous does nothing. In this, we will add some functionality to it. We will show a popup after we press submit showing the values that we entered in the text boxes. To do this, you need to write a function in a javascript. It is a good idea to create a separate folder for all your scripts. I have created a folder named “js” and created a file called “custom.js” in that.   For the popup, you need create a separate “div” tag. Place the code shown above the closing “</body>” tag . < div data-role ="popup" id ="submitPopup" data-inline ="true" data-transition ="slideup" data-position-to ="origin" >     < span id =...