Everywhere in the web you can see posts about Xiaomi Mi3 Releasing in India. Flipkart being the sole dealer of the brand in India, the site crashed as soon as the phone's sales started. The phone was sold out in 40 Minutes. The phone is priced pocket friendly and has mind blowing specifications. Everything about this smart and cost efficient phone is convincing. But there are certain things to consider before you jump into buying one. Here are our 5 Reasons for this post.

1. Lack of Service Stores.
Xiaomi has only now made its first foray into the highly lucrative Indian market, and therefore they do not have a wide network of service stores. The after sales services associated with this brand is yet to be reviewed. Once you encounter an issue with the device, there is hardly anyone you can approach. Flipkart being the dealer, might offer services through courier companies, and this would be time consuming as well as a tedious job. Therefore before you get one in your hands, make sure you have a service station near you or at place that you can reach conveniently. Here is a list of service centers as of now. You can hardly find one near you.

Have you ever wondered about the pros and cons of buying a less popular smartphone brand? Why do the
leasing brands price their devices higher than the less popular ones that offer better specifications? It is not just the brand name that decides the price tag. There are various factors that influence the price of a smartphone. Know it right, before you open your wallet.

In the recent years we have a lot of emerging smartphone brands in our market. Some of them being Micromax, Karbonn, Xolo, Gionee, etc. Most of these brands offer up to the mark specifications as well as amazing designs, but are priced much lower than their competing popular counterparts. Most probably you can get half the specification at double the price while you go for a popular brand like Samsung, Nokia, Sony or HTC.

In both rich countries and poor ones, cheaper smartphone brands are making inroads. Demand for pricey phones, mainly in developed economies, is slowing, but that for less expensive devices is booming. People buying their first smartphones today, perhaps to replace a basic handset, care less about the brand and more about price than the richer, keener types of a few years ago. The brands that get affected due to this washout is the richer ones like Apple or Samsung. Apple may still seem to struggle for existence due to the unique OS they have and apparently impregnable brand. But the most vulnerable would be the brands dealing with Google's Android OS. Samsung and Sony would definitely have a hit back in the coming years.

The weekend is here again, and are you confused over your plan for the weekend? TalkandSpeak is also back with its handpicked weekend destination. Let us keep away the restaurants and shopping malls. There are no much awaited releases at the cinemas either. So we are going for a different experience this time. We suggest you to 'Go Kart' this weekend. Kochi has one of the newest 'Go Karting' track opened at the Info Park, Kaloor. Before you ask, we answer you the basic questions.

What is 'Karting'?
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motor-sport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motor-sports. Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Karting has rapidly spread to other countries, and currently has a large following in Europe.
Bookings can be done by calling Speedway Kochi’s contact number – 9645962434.

The Bansal brothers - namely Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are the founders of the most popular online Flipkart. These brothers never thought that they would turn in to Billionaires while they started the earliest online store of India. During a time when the Indians were unaware of online shopping, these champs brought about a revolution into our market. Soon the Indians started buying anything and everything online. Starting from socks to high end computers, everything is shopped online today. Raising a challenge to the retailers of our country, e-commerce sites has emerged to a very large extend. We now have more than 50 online shopping stores functioning around us.


Flipkart emerged as the largest and the most popular online store and continues to stay the best even as global players like Ebay and Amazon has entered our market. With an initial investment of about   400,000, the Bansal brothers have now grown to be millionaires. Now Flipkart has a revenue of 11.8 Billion which is the largest among the online stores in India. Flipkart was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. They had been working for Amazon.com previously. The business was formally incorporated as a company in October 2008 as Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd. During the initial period, they concentrated only on books and later expanded to almost anything that you'd look into buying. Flipkart has also launched their flagship brand Digiflip which deals with pouches and bags.

This is a story that every aspiring entrepreneur of our nation should read. It is a story of hard-work and dedication along with innovative ideas. The story of a company started with an initial investment of Rs 4 lakhs is simply amazing and inspiring too for many aspiring entrepreneurs. The only milestone they had in front of them was to make their customers happy. The worked to provide timely delivery and up to the mark after sales delivery. While they watered the tree, the fruits started growing up. Co-Founder of Flipkart, Sachin Bansal got Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2012-2013 from Economic Times, leading Indian Economic Daily. Flipkart.com was awarded Young Turk of the Year at CNBC TV 18′s ‘India Business Leader Awards 2012′ (IBLA). Flipkart.com, secured second position in the List of Cheapest Mobile Store 2013, compiled by Indian e-commerce observer Zoutons.com. And above all these, it is the name Flipkart that every Indian knows, their achievement.

It is not how much you invest or how big you start that determines your future, but it is the hard-work and innovative ideas that trigger success. The Bansal brothers are one of the best examples that you can rise from ashes. They had nothing while they started. But now they are the best online store in India, while the global giants like Ebay and Amazon are mere miniatures.

Definitely these are Indians who have made us proud, and here is a bonus - Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are related in no way.

Here is how their relationship emerged - ''My business partner, Binny, is also from Chandigarh. We are not related in any way, it just happens to be a coincidence that we are now working on Flipkart together. We both grew up in Chandigarh and went to the same schools yet did not know each other well. I went to the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, where I studied computer science, and that is where I really got to know Binny because he was studying computer science as well. We graduated from IIT in 2005, and we took different jobs in Bangalore. I joined a company called Techspan. Our paths converged again in 2006 when we both joined Amazon.com India.''

This is one among the most celebrated Iftar snacks that belong to the Malabar Region of the Kerala State of India which is located in the southern part of the country. This is a spicy yet delicious snack which is fried twice; deep fried at the first and then dipped in egg and shallow fried again. Being heavy in cholesterol and rich in calories, this can be considered to be a wonderful Iftar recipe.

Ingredients:
- White Flour/ Maida
- Salt to taste
- Water
- Meat Filling/ Masala
- Egg

Have you ever come across a wonderful site and wondered how it was designed or the platform that was used to design that website? Most of the web enthusiasts do wonder about this. Once we reach a beautifully designed website, the first thought that runs into our mind would be the secrets behind the designing of that site. How it was designed, what are the softwares used or even the platform that powered the site. Now it is easy to find all these things within seconds.

Compatible Browsers-

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome - Chrome Sniffer

1. India and Bangladesh share a 3rd enclave border which means that a part of India is in Bangladesh which is in India which is in Bangladesh. Woah!
4. In 2004, 200 women, armed with vegetable knives & chilli powder, stormed into a courtroom and hacked to death a serial rapist whose trial was underway. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.
6.When A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India, he asked a question on Yahoo Answers on ways to eliminate terrorism. The best part is that Dr. Kiran Bedi, Leander Paes, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar replied to it. Here’s the direct link.

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As the title mentions this is a post intended to help amateur bloggers to drive some random traffic into their blogs. This can be helpful during the early stages of your blog and we do not recommend you to follow these basic steps once you get more than 200 unique clicks a day. Every blog has a time. During the initial stages all the blogs that are popular today had a time of struggle. Do not give up while you find low traffic on your blogs. It might be one single post that would change the future of the blog. At the mean time try these basic promotions to drive some random traffic into your space.

#1 - Facebook Promotion
Promote each and every new post on your blog using Facebook among your friends, colleagues and relatives. This is the first step of driving traffic into your blog. Tell your dear and near ones that you are writing something, and ask for their reviews. Post your blog's links in all the groups or pages that you have a hand in. Each time you might be getting a single click after all the effort you take, but that single click is an achievement. Keep trying and there will be a day others promote your posts while you sit idle.

#2 - Burn a feed 
Always make sure you have a feed being burnt as you write a blog. Feedburner is the best service provider to generate an RSS or Atom feed of your blog posts. Make sure you provide a form to invite your readers to subscribe to your posts. It is also appreciable if you can have a pop-up window inviting your visitors to subscribe your posts. Each subscription counts. By getting subscribers, you are making sure of certain permanent clicks to your blog.

#3 - E-Mail your blog 
Mail your blog to your friends and colleagues. There might be a lot of people who are inactive in the social networking sites. Catch their attention. Mail them your blog posts or post links. Once you get them onto your site, it is your luck that decides whether the visitor would be a frequent reader of your blog or a one time visitor. Make sure you have quality content to retain your visitors on your blog. Having interesting content is the only way to attract readers to your blog. Make sure you spend enough time to produce quality articles.

#4 - Do Not Monetize
Do not monetize your blog during the initial stages. Forget the idea of earning right from the beginning. The only aim during the first few weeks of blogging should be to construct quality content and to grab a few retaining visitors. These are the assets you need to develop before you monetize your blog. A visitor who reaches your site should be comfortable there. The site should load faster. No one is gonna wait longer for an amateur blog to load. Keep it lite for the beginning. And once you develop visitors, monetize it.

#5 - Host it preferably on Blogger
Different people would have different opinions on the this issue. But I personally recommend you to host your first blog on blogger. Word-press has advanced features and greater flexibility. But during the beginning try to stick onto blogger. Blogger is easy to use and has a simple interface. You wont have to eat up your head to keep your blog running. Besides this, posting and writing on blogger can also be easier. Fetching an Ad-Sense account can also be done faster and easier if you host your blog on Blogger. Once you find your blog gaining popularity, you can switch onto other platforms as you develop your expertise.


Do not feel tired of trying and writing. Quality content would always be recognized. If not today, tomorrow is your day. Keep trying. Try to post frequently. More than the frequency of posts, concentrate on their quality. Every visitor is important during the early stages. Make sure you have a good content in your blog to retain the visitors.

Today we are going to share some tips to double your Ad-Sense Income through certain easy and practical steps. Make these slight changes in the way you publish ads and get wonderful results. This is not a beginners' guide, this is a guide for small scale bloggers who has been earning a decent amount through their blogs. People earning 1-2$ a day can double their income by following several simple steps, and trust me these are practical. Here, we aren't going to ask you to improve the way you write or change the way you promote them, but we are simply going to optimize the ads you display.

These simple steps were experimented by myself, and I started getting appreciable results. Hence I share it with you people. These are tips aimed at niche based blogs or short term blogs rather than a cocktail blog.

#1 - Place Ads Under Your Post Title

Placing ads under the post title increases the chances of getting your ads noticed. Ads placed in the side bard or as banners has less chances of getting noticed when compared to the ads placed under the title. The readers is anxious or excited about your title and has an enthusiasm to read through the matter. And as he/she scrolls why don't we call upon their attention for a moment? What if they are actually looking for something that you displayed as an Ad? Yes, the results can be amazing. Give this a try !

#2 - Place Ad Units Through Your Blog's Body

Placing ads between your blogs body is also an amazing option to increase the Ads' visibility. Make sure you use text ads instead of display ads. Text ads would stay merged into your blog post and hence has a better presentation as well as chances of getting clicked. The inline ads tend to be clicked 25 times higher than the other ads. Putting display ads in between the posts are not appreciated as it might irritate the reader and spoil your blog's presentation. Therefore we recommend you to put in Text Ads in between your posts.

#3 - Encourage Responsive Ad Units

In the modern world, people are busy moving from one place to other. They might be travelling, performing their jobs or even lying on their bed. Whatever it be, chances of visitors using a smartphone or tablet are very much high in most of the blogs. And therefore we need responsive Ad Units. Just analyse the operating system used by your visitors using Google Analytic and you’ll know where to use the Responsive ad units.

#4 - Analyse, Enhance and Monetize Your Old Posts

Some of your old posts might be still viral. They might have a spark in them. Do not leave them! They are the best hens of your farm. Nourish them and grab the eggs. Analyse your old posts and keep an eye on them. Once you find them catching up with the newer posts, slightly enhance them if needed. And then place in-line ads, banner ads and other ad units. Trap every visitor that you get. This can also give out amazing results if done after proper analytics.

#5. Do Not Stuff Your Blog with Ads

Always be careful that you don't stuff your blog with Ads. A maximum of two or three ad units are always appreciated. Having higher number of Ad units brings about a dislike in the visitor. Even we don't prefer sites that have in-numerous amount of ads, isn't it? Keep in mind that ultimately it is the visitor that would keep us alive, not the ads. Make your site user friendly, fast and easy to navigate. Do not over load your blog with Ads or widgets.

Try these simple steps and find the difference. If you have some special ideas inside your mind, feel free to share it with us.  ;)

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Internet scams are one of the most discussed issue of the modern world. While man is moving forth in all walks of life, so are our security concerns. While we had bolts and locks for our doors in the earlier days, we now need highly sophisticated applications to protect us while we are online. Attacks range from malwares to scams. Not only business networks and banks, scams aiming at individuals are also increasing every morning. Here are some basic tips to be aware of to protect yourself while you are online especially in a world, where every 2 out of 7 persons are frequent users of Internet. Starting from the age of 5 we see humans spending hours on computer screens. And therefore taking enough security measures are also very important while you spend your time online.

1. Beware of Internet Scams - Internet Scams are particularly intended to attack individuals at a large scale. They might reach you through your social network profiles or emails. There are various types of Internet Scams, such as the 'Relief Campaign Scams', 'Lottery Scams', 'Nigerian 419 Scams', etc.
Have you ever received mails asking for donations to rescue disaster hit victims? Or mails claiming that you have won a lottery worth a million dollars? Or a Nigerian Prince asking your help to allocate his money? If you are an internet user, you definitely would have come across anyone of these. This is one among the most common type of Internet Scams that are going viral in today's world.

The human mind that is filled with empathy and mutual compassion is being challenged here. While we hear that our brothers are suffering at another corner of the world, won't we feel pleased? It is really easy to convince a light hearted guy that the people are suffering of a disaster. Millions are being cheated this way, while the scam authors fill their bank accounts with lots of donations. While you hear that you have won a lottery worth millions, isn't that a good news, at-least for the first time you received such a mail? Yes definitely your mind gets emotionally challenged at that moment.

How to protect yourself?
Do not reply or respond to unknown emails or business proposals. Discard such messages and make sure that you mark them as spam. Donations and business proposals can be made using lot of other verified websites instead of these unknown sources.

2. Beware of phishing sites and software - Phishing sites and software account for about 20% of the entire internet based fraudulence. Phishing sites are nothing but websites that are designed to steal your valuable data. These can be websites that are designed similar to your bank's website which asks you to enter your personal banking details, and once you enter them you are trapped. They can also be software that can be installed onto your computer that tracks your online activities. Once they gain access to track your activity, it is easy to gather relevant data to attack you. Hence make sure that you do not grant permissions to unknown applications to be installed on your computer and to have an updated antivirus or anti-spyware application.

How to protect yourself?
Always check whether you are using a secure site by verifying the 'https' part before the website address. Always have an updated antivirus or anti spyware application. Do not disclose your personal data to unauthorized websites or personnel.

3. Protect yourself from Malwares - Malware, short for malicious software, is any software used to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. It can appear in the form of executable code, scripts, active content, and other software. 'Malware' is a general term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software. As mentioned earlier, the work similar to phishing sites and software. Even though their mode of operand is a bit different, the entire story line is the same.

How to protect yourself?
Always check whether you are using a secure site by verifying the 'https' part before the website address. Always have an updated antivirus or anti spyware application. Do not disclose your personal data to unauthorized websites or personnel.

Have a safe time online..!

A chocolate fudge is one of the easiest deserts that you can prepare from the yummy chocolates. Preparing chocolate fudge is easy and does not require great cooking skills. This can easily be prepared using sugar, cocoa powder, milk, salt, butter and vanilla. Even a candy thermometer is optional if you are gutsy enough to use the soft-ball test.

Classic Chocolate Fudge
Makes 8 to 10 1-inch squares

Here is how you can trap your friends inside your phone.  Put them inside your phone and they're there forever. And let them look like trying to come out of it, each time they call or message. All you need is a glass pane and a mobile.

You can take photographs of your friends with their face squished against glass, let it be your window glass or your car glass, anything could work. Then assign those photographs to your phone contacts. Hurray! Now it’ll look like they’re trapped inside your phone!