Jun 10

Concierge services in India

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Concierge services are available to perform a variety of errands , but most seem targetted at NRIs and corporates. The services offered include

Bill Payment Services
• Mobile Phone Bill
• Credit Card Bill
• Telephone Bill
• Electricity Bill
• Insurance Payment
• Loan Payment
• Others 

 Travel Services
• Railway Pass renewal
• Forex
• Vacation Packages
• Inter city buses
• Air and Railway Tickets  
 Entertainment / Ticket Bookings (Subject to Availability)
• Movies & Plays
• Theatres
• Music Concerts
• Major Events
 
 Postal Services
• Registered Post
• Ordinary Post
• Speed Post
• Book Post
• Telegram
• Money Order
• Purchase of stamps & envelopes
• Air mail
 
  Courier (Domestic, National & International) 
 
  Banking Services
• Cheque Depositing
• D.D. making
• Passbook Update  
 Event Management Services
 
• Fashion Shows
• Annual Parties
• Sporting events
• Product Launches
and Promotions
• Community Service Programs
• Theme Parties
• Catering services

Some of the companies / websites offering concierge services are:

yourmaninindia.com
www.saharacarehouse.com
concierge4india.com
indiasmanfriday.com
alaconcierge.com
lesconcierges.co.in
superseva.com
taskseveryday.com
brickworkindia.com

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May 31

Virtual offices in India

Posted in business, internet

Many online businesses can be managed from anywhere,  but you may need a virtual office if you have to meet your offline customers.

Some of the companies offering virtual offices in India are:

Apexone http://www.apexone.in
Regus  http://www.regus.co.in
Servcorp  http://www.servcorp.co.in
Virtuindia – http://www.virtuindia.com
Splendor Virtual Office – http://splendorvirtualoffice.com

Facilities available include mail collection and forwarding,  telephone calls,  use of office space for meetings. Prices vary depending on the facilities needed and location of the virtual office, starting from Rs 1000 per month .  The offices are available in major metro cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad.

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May 25

Telecommuting statistics

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Some telecommuting (work at home/remote working)  statistics (mainly for  the US economy).  More than 2% of the US workforce or  about 3 million people telecommute.

http://undress4success.com/research/telecommuting-statistics/

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=31295&from=presshome

http://www.workingfromanywhere.org/

Savings when you work from home – http://www.inc.com/staff-blog/2010/02/going_virtual_b.html

Unlike a conventional office job,  your looks or how you dress do not determine your success when you telecommute, your skills and knowledge of  your area of specialization matters.

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May 21

Group buying / crowd bargain/discount deal websites in India

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Many Group buying / crowd bargain/discount deal websites have become very popular in the last one year in India.
Some of the websites are:
Snapdeal
Wanamo
Mydala
Mobstreet
Grabbon
Koovs
Group2Deal
Groupndeal.com
Ebay.in ( Deal of the day and week)
FutureBazaar ( Deal of the day and week)
24hoursloot.com

These websites mainly offer deals from restaurants, spas, beauty treatments, movie tickets and other recreational activities. Snapdeal from Jasper India seems to be sending offers regularly. Most of these offers are city specific and limited to major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore. You pay a small amount (Rs 25- Rs 50 ) online by Credit card/Debit card/ Netbanking and the rest is paid to the Merchant in cash after availing of the deal. Discounts usually vary from 90% to 30% .

The deals offered by the companies are presented well on their websites with a detailed description of the facilities available. At times, specific pricing of the various food items or services is not available, which may be inconvenient for prospective customers. These group buying websites could be a good online marketing option for small businesses.

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May 15

Photon plus prepaid usage

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If you wish to monitor the usage of your Photon plus prepaid connection, you have to register for an account at www.tataindicom.com.  A new user has to provide the phone number and an email address to create an account.

The usage is shown in 2 formats, in terms of Rupees and in the number of bytes used during each session.
They also send alerts by SMS to your mobile with details of the balance remaining in your account. However the usage data has not been updated since 12 May, 2010. Though the connection has been used several times, the balance has not been updated/ reduced.

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May 13

Disable catch all email address

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If you use web hosting where the provider has specified the amount of space available,  junk emails can cause the space to fill up quickly.  Some hosting providers like Hostgator also specify the maximum number of inodes you can have in a shared hosting account, and each email corresponds to separate inode.

In Cpanel , you can  disable catch all by setting default ID to :fail: no such user here

For reseller / VPS/ dedicated server, you can also login to the WHM >> Tweak Settings and set “Default catch-all/default address behavior for new accounts. fail is usually the best choice if you are getting mail attacks.

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May 10

Shell/SSH access

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Shell/SSH access on a Linux, BSD or Unix-type server is access to a command prompt on the server itself. This enables you to issue commands as a user of the system – for example, for changing permissions on files, copying, moving, deleting and moving to a folder.  Most of the cheaper web hosting packages do not offer shell access.

On a dedicated server or VPS, you will probably also have “root” access (like Administrator access in Windows) and you will be able to compile and install programs, update and patch your system and a whole lot more.  Though most web hosting Control Panels like Cpanel offer many features, they have many limitations, like you cannot find the files last modified or delete certain files easily.

Some of the popular  SSH clients are:

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May 7

MTS MBlaze Mobile Internet

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Like Tata Photon Plus and Reliance Netconnect, MTS MBlaze has specified their coverage. From their website, it is available at
Ahmed Nagar
Asansol
Bahadurgarh
Bangalore
Banglore Rural
Belgaum
Bellary
Bhiwadi
Bhiwandi
Calicut
Chennai
Coimbatore
Davanagere
Delhi
Dhanbad
Durgapur
Erode
Faridabad
Gangtok
Ghaziabad
Goa
Gurgaon
Hubli Dharward
Jaipur
Jalgaon
Jodhpur
Kochi
Kolhapur
Kolkata
Kollam
Kota
Madurai
Mangalore
Mumbai
Mysore
Noida
Outer Mumbai
Panipat
Patna
Pondicherry
Pune
Ranchi
Rohtak
Salem
Sangli
Siliguri
Solapur
Sonipat
Thoothukkudi
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
Trichure
Trichy
Trivendrum
Tumkure
Udaipur
Vellore

Tariffs available at their website – http://www.mtsindia.in/Mumbai/netonthego.html . A wide variety of tariff plans and combinations are available, with cheaper night surfing.

They offer free Browsing on some popular websites like:
www.yahoo.co.in | www.wikipedia.org | www.makemytrip.com | www.cricinfo.com | www.shopping.indiatimes.com

2 Models of the internet device are available

Premium model – Rs 2299
• Plug & Play enabled
• Speed upto 3.1 Mbps
• Fastest uploads at a speed to upto 1.8 Mbps
• Micro SD card slot for data storage
• swivel modem for flexible usage

Standard model – Rs 1999
• Plug & Play enabled
• Speed upto 3.1 Mbps
• uploads at a speed to upto 1.8 Mbps

From Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL). Some retailers are selling the device at Rs 2500

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May 4

Backup email client data, Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird

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How to back up and to restore Outlook Express data

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670

How to manage .pst files in Outlook 2007, in Outlook 2003, and in Outlook 2002

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287070

http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/outlook.htm

Backup Thunderbird emails & profile (or restore from backup)

http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/mozillaThunderbird/backupRestore.cwd

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/faq/84.html

Free Extract outlook express emails, attachments , window address book

http://www.brothersoft.com/free-outlook-express-extractor-download-52254.html

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Apr 28

Privacy laws in India

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In the last two years I have been surprised how perfect strangers seem to know my birthday and people I have never heard of, who have got hold of my email addresses which I have never published online. Unlike most democratic countries, in India there is some ambiguity on the privacy rights of private citizens. And if the information obtained by snooping is misused, who will compensate me for the damage / harassment caused?

Some articles on privacy laws in India

http://dns.tmcnet.com/topics/internet-security/articles/83151-mobile-phone-tapping-report-highlights-need-clear-privacy.htm

http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/sep/29/india-needs-a-proper-privacy-law.htm

 http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article412604.ece

http://gilc.org/privacy/survey/surveyak.html#India

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