Jul 29

Renewing Photon + Prepaid connection

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You can renew your Tata Indicom Photon+ connection online at their website tataindicom.com .
But unlike online most payment options, you can only renew by payment through Netbanking or Paymate. They do not accept credit card, debit card payments. Though they offer fund transfer through many banks, payment through HDFC bank Netbanking was disabled on 15 July, 2010 and remained disabled for some time.

Earlier, you could renew the prepaid Photon + connection for a period of 90 days only, now they are offering 2 more additional options

  • 180 days for  Rs 2001, 8 GB download
  • 360 days for Rs 5001 , 20 GB download

While the Photon+ is a very convenient internet connection, it may not be used with routers, which are required for home security applications.

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Jul 29

Paypal India electronic bank withdrawal suspended

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Paypal has suspended withdrawal of funds through NEFT due to regulatory requirements from August 1, 2010 as per the below announcements.

http://www.paypal-apac.com/India/

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/in/201007.shtml#2010-07-28112238

Paypal account holders will only be able to withdraw funds by check from July 29, 2010. At times, the postal system is unreliable, so it would be better if they offered some form of secure delivery on payment of an additional fee.

Update : On 30 July 2010,  Paypal announced that electronic withdrawals could continue.  However, some users are reporting that Mass payment has been disabled.

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Jul 16

Crowdsourcing / Workers on demand website

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One of big advantages of the internet is the ability to work from anywhere.  A number of  websites  offer crowdsourcing  / workers on demand .   Some of these websites are:

Amazon Mechanical turk – mturk.com – the oldest, you can use your Amazon login, offers payment in Indian Rupees. Has a large number of tasks available, usually in thousands for US residents.
Microworkers – microworkers.com – workers can appeal if a task is not approved, payment through Paypal , Moneybookers and check.
Cloudcrowd.com – need a Facebook account, offered daily payments through Paypal
Crowdflower.com
Jobboy.com
Simpleworkers.com
Shortask.com
Myeasytask.com
Humangrid.de (redirects to clickworker.com)
Minijobz.com
Rapidworkers.com
Domywork.net – for students
Minuteworkers.com
Iamoney.com
Saycomment.com
MyMicroJob.com

Payment for each task usually varies from 5 cents to a dollar and completed tasks are to be approved manually. After signing up on these websites for testing, there seems to be a lot of difference in the way these websites are run. Popular tasks involve signing up for programs, writing blog posts, manipulating social media, posting links. Some tasks are reserved for users from USA / Canada. You can earn a few dollars a month with these websites in your free time.

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Jul 1

Send free fax online

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There are several websites which allow you send a free fax online . Some of these websites are:

The fax can be sent to  USA , Canada, though some allow you to send free faxes to other countries.  Most of the free fax services are supported by advertising  and have limitations on the number of pages per fax and number of faxes that can be sent in one day.  The fax can be uploaded as a .doc or pdf  file  or can be entered in text format.

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