Popular file sharing sites like megaupload, mediafire, depositfiles, rapidshare, filesonic etc are blocked by all major Indian ISPs as per instructions by Govt of India.
While trying to access these sites visitor will get a an error message saying that it has been blocked as per Department of Telecom (DOT) instructions.
After Google Plus launch another new online service from Google – Photovine.com – an online photo sharing service.
Photovine was developed by Slide – a social media company acquired by Google in 2010.
Currently the membership is only by invitation and mobile version is available only for Apple iPhone, not for Android as widely expected.
Skype, the popular internet voice call software application has launched its Android based version to make voice calls from Android based mobile phones through the net.
With the new Android App users can make free skype to skype calls, send and receive free instant messages to individuals or groups. Paid Calls to phone also possible through Wi-Fi or 3G internet from an Android phone using this app.
Minimum software requirement for the App is Android 2.1 or later. To download Skype for Android visit this site from your mobile.
Skype is not available in Chinese and Japanese Android market. In US users can make calls only from a Wi-Fi connection.
To make web faster Google has announced a new picture file format called WebP (pronounced weppy).
At present the web is dominated with JPEG format and there are many other formats like GIF, PNG etc but all these formats were developed almost a decade back.
According to Google by moving to the new WebP format from JPEG you will be able to save an average of 40% in terms of file size which will helps to download images faster and overall net browsing speed will increase accordingly.
WebP is a method of lossy compression and the degree of compression is adjustable so a user can choose the trade-off between file size and image quality.
WebP uses predictive coding to encode an image, the same methodology used by the VP8 video codec to compress keyframes in videos.
At present Google provides a Linux version to convert the existing picture files to WebP format – a lightweight decoder for WebP files (libvpx) and a command line tool (webpconv).
Olive Zipbook V-X107 is a light and thin net book with an inbuilt 3G modem available in many colors and preloaded with Windows XP and Windows Live.
V-X 107 comes with Tata Photon Plus for 3G connectivity.
Olive Telecom V-X107 Price : Rs 17,999/-
Olive Zipbook V-X108 : On 16th September Olive Telecom announced a tie-up with state owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to offer its latest 3G enabled Zipbook V-X108 in India with BSNL 3G Broadband connection.
V-X108 Zipbook is an updated netbook with Intel Atom N450 1.6-GHz processor and Windows 7 Starter Edition, 1.3MP webcam and Microsoft Security Essentials pre-installed and free internet usage of 6GB/month download for 3 months.
Olive Telecom V-X108 Zipbook Price : Rs 20,999/-
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL Broadband is very popular broadband service available all over India in both urban and rural areas.
BSNL has many broadband plans like prepaid, postpaid and WiMax Broadband services ranging from 256kbps to 8Mbps and more download speed depends on the plan and location.
Also BSNL has plans based on Time, Data and Unlimited plans.
If your BSNL Broadband plan is data limited (maximum upload and download limit per month) then it is advisable to check the Broadband bandwidth usage often to make sure that it falls within the limit. Once it crosses the limit then all broadband service providers including bsnl charges extra amount which is per MB basis.
You can check your BSNL broadband usage here
Apart from the BSNL broadband check (Usage detail portal), this DataOne official site offers other tools like Check Download Speed, Speed Tester for 8Mbps and above connection, Webmail for bsnl users, how to configure and secure your Wi-Fi Modem and instructions for configuring your Mail client like Outlook Express.
In this portal Dataone Account Administration can be done only from a DataOne connection.