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Renewing Photon + Prepaid connection

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 … Continue reading

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Paypal India electronic bank withdrawal suspended

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 … Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing / Workers on demand website

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 … Continue reading

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Send free fax online

There are several websites which allow you send a free fax online . Some of these websites are: http://www.gotfreefax.com http://www.myfax.com/free/ http://faxzero.com http://www.freefaxbutton.com http://www.freepopfax.com http://www.fax1.com (Free Trial Offer for $1) The fax can be sent to  USA , Canada, though some … Continue reading

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Concierge services in India

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 … Continue reading

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Virtual offices in India

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 … Continue reading

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Telecommuting statistics

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 … Continue reading

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Group buying / crowd bargain/discount deal websites in India

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) … Continue reading

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Photon plus prepaid usage

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 … Continue reading

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Disable catch all email address

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 … Continue reading

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