TROUBLE SHOOTER: 2013

Monday, December 30, 2013

The Benefits of Quality Content and Genuine Social Engagement

TAGS:Best Practices, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Content, Strategy, Community Management, Twitter, Blogging, Community, Engagement, Google, SEO, Social Media, Social Networks

With every algorithm update, Google is making SEO more and more complex. The company has expressed its desire to improve the quality of their search results, filtering out spammers and content of lower relevance — but how that ‘relevance’ is determined is becoming increasingly difficult to understand to a definitive degree. The elements that are regularly highlighted by Google are ‘quality content’ and ‘genuine engagement’.

With the New Year upon us, it’s goal-setting season. But how do you set goals when you’re feeling stuck?

I was in this situation a few years ago. After selling my first business and rewarding myself with an amazing year of travel, I returned with no home, no job, and no clear sense of what I wanted to do next. I felt lost. After years of annual SMART goals that I pinned on my bureau, I couldn’t figure out how to direct myself. It felt like a special version of hell for Type A people. I couldn’t plan my way through it.

The same advances that are changing the IT landscape are also creating new opportunities, says Vivek Wadhwa, fellow at Stanford Law School and director of research at Duke University...

A few years ago, Wall Street Journal and Forbes published articles predicting the demise of Indian IT. I responded with an article that they were dead wrong. I said that the outsourcing market had a long way to go before IT peaked; rising salaries and attrition rates were not a cause for long-term concern; and Indian IT would soon become a $100 billion industry. It did.

Teenagers are turning their back on Facebook 'in their droves' and switching to simpler social networks and messaging apps, new research has found. Not only are 16-18 year olds moving on to rivals such as Snapchat, Whatsapp and evenTwitter, teens are embarrassed to be so much as associated with Facebook, as their parents adopt the network, researchers said.

"Where once parents worried about their children joining Facebook, the children now say it is their family that insists they stay there to post about their lives," said Daniel Miller, a professor of Anthropology at University College London, who works on the Global Social Media Impact Study.

Tech rewind 2013

Here is a glimpse of hottest tech events of 2013....

The world goes FullHD
Almost everyone and their uncle was either launching or buying products with high-definition displays. In 2013, manufacturers managed to convince buyers that they weren't seeing right if they weren't seeing things in full HD.

Samsung, LG, Lenovo, Sony - all launched pixel-packing smartphones; tablets such as Nexus 7, Kindle Fire 8.9 and the new iPads also boasted of high-density screens. Indian brands Micromax and Spice jumped onto the bandwagon too.

For those old enough to remember console games like " Asteroids" or "Red Baron," from the 1970s and 1980s: the games are back.

The Internet Archive this week launched its "Console Living Room," offering browser emulations of pre-internet era video gameswhich used to be played on consoles from firms like Atari, Coleco or Magnavox.

"For a generation of children, the most excitingpart of a Christmas morning was discovering a large box under the tree, ripping it apart, and looking at an exciting, colorful box promising endless video games. At home! Right in your living room!," said Jason Scott of the Internet Archive in a blog post.

Search engine giant Google has raised concerns about consistent demands by governments and law enforcement agencies across the world to remove content that is critical of them.

The US-based firm, which offers services like search, email, ads and mapping, said over the last four years, "one worrying trend has remained consistent: governments continue to ask us to remove political content".

The company regularly receives requests from governments and courts around the world to hand over user data.

As regulatory glare intensifies on bitcoins due to possible money laundering, cyber security and other risks, over five dozen other virtual currencies have come under the scanner and include a desi version by name of 'laxmicoin'.

The total value of these 67 digital currencies in circulation over internet has reached nearly $13 billion (over Rs 80,000 crore), out of which bitcoin alone accounts for over $9 billion, according to market estimates.

However, total value of bitcoin and other such virtual currency trades in India is estimated to be worth only a few crores as of now, although NRIs living abroad are expected to be dealing with bitcoins in a big way.

1,000 gram panchayats to get wifi connectivity: Manish Tewari

Union Minister Manish Tewari said that about 1,000 gram panchayats of Ludhiana district will soon be getting wifi connectivity under the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's National Optical Fibre Network programme.

The Information and Broadcasting Minister said it was a countrywide programme in which over 2 lakh gram panchayats will be provided wifi connectivity and Ludhiana has also been included in the first phase of the project.

The project will provide immediate and fast internet connectivity to the people living in the villages, he said in a statement here.

News of Michael Schumacher's accident stunned the Formula One community and his former teammates joined thousands on Twitter in wishing him a speedy recovery.

Michael Schumacher, the retired seven-time Formula One champion, was in a critical condition on Monday after suffering severe brain trauma in a skiing accident in the French Alps, doctors said.

News of Schumacher's accident stunned the Formula One community and his former teammates joined thousands on Twitter in wishing him a speedy recovery.

Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, who worked with late actor Farooque Sheikh in three movies, knew him since their days in the aviation industry and they both had a mutual passion for cinema since then.

"I knew Farooque from the time when we worked for Air India. He was a flight purser and I was part of the ground staff. We shared a mutual passion for cinema which at that time we never knew we would be able to put into practice," said Ali, who was shocked to see the actor's life come to an abrupt end Friday night in Dubai following a cardiac arrest.

The two worked together in three of films - "Gaman" (1978), "Umrao Jaan" (1981) and "Anjuman" (1986). In each of these, Ali said he needed a certain vulnerability in the characters that Farooque played.

The whole media is going after a single news item since a couple of days… It is about the THIRD MARRIAGE of PAWAN KALYAN. They have even gone to the extent of getting a confirmation from the marriage registrar Basith Siddiqui. But the confusion around this whole incident still prevails as there were many unsolved mysteries in this issue.

Arvind Kejriwal seeks 10 days to resolve problems of people in Delhi

New Delhi: A day after he took over as the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal is already finding himself in the deep end of governance.

The Aam Aadmi Party founder today asked for ten days' time to formulate a system to address grievances and problems of the people of Delhi.

Apology sought from Ajaz, Salman over Modi remark

A BJP leader has sought a written apology from actor Ajaz Khan for calling its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi a "thief" -- and also from Salman Khan.

After registering a complaint against Ajaz at the Samta Nagar police station, party leader Sandeep Upadhyay now expects a written apology from the former "Bigg Boss-Saath 7" contestant.

Upadhyay, president of the BJP youth wing in North Mumbai who filed the complaint against Ajaz, said the apology must come within a week or "serious action" would follow.

Salman Khan's 48th birthday bash: Kushal, Sonakshi, Sana Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan turns a year older today and to usher in his 48th birthday, the actor threw a grand birthday party at his Panwel farm house.
Former Bigg Boss 7 contestant VJ Andy celebrated Salman Khan's birthday with him. Andy tweeted a picture of him with Salman. (Twitter)

Alka Lamba dumps Congress for AAP, will start in ranks

NEW DELHI: A surprise visit by Congress member Alka Lamba to the Aam Aadmi Party's Connaught Place office on Thursday afternoon raised eyebrows. Lamba, who met senior AAP member Yogendra Yadav, wanted to join the party and has said that she will formally become a member on December 29, after the new government is sworn in.

What is Boxing Day?:

How many times am I asked - what is Boxing Day, or, why is it called Boxing Day? Arguments come thick and fast as to why and I hope, like me, you find the answers below interesting. But first off I must say; it has nothing to do with the sport of boxing.

It starts of course with our greed here in Britain and Ireland for a longer holiday; it’s not enough for us to have Christmas Day celebrations we have added on another day called Boxing Day. The day is a national holiday and one to spend with family and friends and eating up the leftovers. Its origins however, are steeped in history and tradition.

DURBAN: Gary Kirsten played with Jacques Kallis when he was starting off and was associated with him as his coach towards the latter part of the legend's career.

He was in charge of the South African team when Kallis' decline started but before the Champions Trophy in June, Kirsten badly wanted the all-rounder in the team.

Kallis skipped the Champions Trophy following the break-up with his girlfriend and South Africa crashed out of the tournament in the semifinal.

According to CBI theory, this is how Dr. Rajesh Talwar killed Aarushi and Hemraj

Deposing during cross examination in a special court in Ghaziabad, CBI Additional SP AGL Kaul, who led the second probe team, went into the motive behind the sensational double murder of 14-year old Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj at the Noida residence of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on the intervening night of May 15-16, 2008.

Explaining the sequence of events which took place on the fateful night, Kaul said Rajesh heard some noise and went to Hemraj's room but did not find him there.

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monetary policy|Insurability|Dreamliner planes|Boeing 787-8|Aircraft|Airbus|Air India

MUMBAI: National carrier Air India plans to raise up to $840 million by way of sale of its seven Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner planes, which it will then lease back, to pay off the bridge loans taken against these aircraft.

A part of the proceeds will also be used for operational requirements, sources said here.

Risks to the Indian economy will continue in 2014 due to high retail inflation and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to revise key policy rates upwards by up to 0.50 per cent to contain price rise, said RICS, a global body for setting standards in real estate.

"The risk to overall economy because of the high retail inflation and revision in key policy rates will continue to remain.

Rahul Dravid's retirement from international cricket was announced at his home ground, the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in a function room filled with more than 200 people. Family, team-mates, friends, KSCA members, officials and journalists had gathered - as did fans watching a live broadcast on national television - to mark the end of a remarkable career and a "reassuring presence" in the Indian team. Dravid, the second-highest run-getter in the history of Test cricket, possibly the last of India's classical Test batsmen, was a cricketer who successfully straddled the old school with the new age, becoming a pivotal figure in the growth of India's Test team in the 21st century.

BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY), the struggling smartphone maker, struck a five-year deal with Foxconn to manufacture its devices, following another quarterly plunge in sales and mounting losses.

Foxconn will make products for BlackBerry at plants in Indonesia and Mexico, according to a statement today. BlackBerry will own all of its intellectual property and handle quality assurance through Foxconn, an Apple Inc. (AAPL) supplier and the world’s largest manufacturer of electronic products.

Orthodox church head denies backing Narendra Modi's candidature

Head of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Baselium Marthoma Paulose II on Monday denied reports that they had backed Narendra Modi's candidature for the Prime Minister's post during an interaction with local BJP leaders.

Making a clarification within hours after some of Malayalam TV channels flashed reports in this regard, the Catholicos said the church had "no political line" and he had not made any statement supporting Modi.

Pune: Former cricketer Salil Ankola's wife, Pariniti, has been found dead at her parents' house in Pune, according to reports.

The police said that they have found a suicide note, which says she has grown tired of her life.

The 46-year-old was staying with her parents at their Pune residence.

Pariniti has two sons with Salil.

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 now up for official India pre-orders without a price

Within hours of unveiling the Galaxy Grand 2 in India, Samsung has started taking pre-order for the new smartphone via its India e-store. The Galaxy Grand 2 can be pre-ordered by paying an advance of Rs. 2,000, which the company notes would be adjusted against the final price. However, there is no word on the final pricing of the Galaxy Grand 2 for the Indian market.

The Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is the successor to the Galaxy Grand. The South Korean handset maker launched the Galaxy Grand 2 in India on Monday, while globally unveiled the device in November this year.

(Also see: Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos)

The Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box. It is a dual-SIM device with support for GSM+GSM. The smartphone features a 5.2-inch HD TFT display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.

After a fortnight-long political uncertainty, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal met the Delhi lieutenant governor, Najeeb Jung, on Monday to stake claim to form a government in the Capital.

Refraining from specifying a date, Kejriwal, 45, said he and his ministers would take oath at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna Hazare and the AAP leader had launched the campaign for Jan Lokpal in 2011.

Kejriwal, without specifically mentioning the critical support of the eight Congress MLAs, asserted the AAP, which has 28 seats in the 70-member assembly, had the legislative majority to rule Delhi.

Christmas is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. December 25–Christmas Day–has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.

Untethered jailbreak released for iOS 7

Bypass allows deeper access to devices running iOS 7.0 through 7.0.4, Evasi0n team says.

For many iOS 7 users, one of the things missing from the mobile operating system since its release three months has been the ability to jailbreak devices -- until now.

The Evasi0n team announced Sunday morning it had released an untethered jailbreak for devices running iOS 7.0 through 7.0.4. The security bypass gives iPhone, iPod, and iPad owners deeper access to the software on their devices than Apple allows.

Apple confirms iPhone to land at China Mobile in January

Apple's newest handsets will debut on the world's largest wireless carrier on January 17.

Apple announced Sunday it has reached an agreement with China Mobile to offer the iPhone on the world's largest wireless carrier next month, confirming long-standing rumors.
The iPhone 5S and 5C will be available on China Mobile starting January 17, but pricing was not revealed. Terms of the deal were not released.

Facebook Privacy and User Habits [INFOGRAPHIC]

Do you really care about your Facebook privacy? Do you know who is seeing your personal information on Facebook? Exposing too much for your personal information can leave you vulnerable to unwanted attention, and even possibly lead to identify theft. While Facebook allows users to control their privacy settings, how often do people actually use them? The team at NextAdvisor decided to find out. They surveyed 853 Facebook users ages 18 and older about how they use their Facebook privacy settings, and here is what they found.

A big investor mantra over the past few of years has been “SoMoLo”, an acronym for the mega-trends “Social, Mobile, and Local”. How have these trends been performing for investors? Social clearly has been delivering huge, as evidenced by the very strong performance of the Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter IPOs. Mobile has arrived with a vengeance, with smartphones and tablets already generating more traffic for many consumer online businesses than PCs. But at this time last year the bloom looked to be off of the “local” rose, due at least in part to the very poor performance of Groupon as a public stock.

Coming Soon: DIY Apps and "Bot to Bot" Marketing

There are already more than a million different smartphone apps available for downloading for iOS, Android, Windows or Blackberry, and collectively these apps have now been downloaded about 50 billion times.

So whether you’re into games, stargazing, weight loss, or recipes, whether you need to look up TV schedules, credit card payments, a flight's status, or a movie's rating, if you can think of any subject area or routine task at all, chances are that something reasonably close to what you want has already been designed by some app developer somewhere (or by dozens of different app developers).

But that’s the problem, isn’t it? Reasonably close doesn’t win the kewpie doll. In fact, the words “reasonably close” mean that it's not exactly right. And if you’re just an ordinary consumer with no background in writing code, and no real knowledge of how an API works (or even what an “API” really is), good luck trying to talk someone into customizing an app for your own personal benefit.

IBM Patents Cryptography Invention to Advance Security in the Cloud

IBM announced it has patented a new cryptography solution that is aimed at enhancing privacy and security in the cloud.

IBM has patented yet another cloud computing innovation, this latest one for a breakthrough data encryption technique that is expected to further data privacy and strengthen cloud computing security.
The patented breakthrough, called "fully homomorphic encryption," could enable deep and unrestricted analysis of encrypted information—intentionally scrambled data—without surrendering confidentiality. IBM's solution has the potential to advance cloud computing privacy and security by enabling vendors to perform computations on client data, such as analyzing sales patterns, without exposing or revealing the original data.
In recent months, IBM patented a new technique for protecting sensitive data prior to transmitting it to the cloud, a cloud-based business process management (BPM) system and a cloud security invention that prevents mobile devices from running compromised code.
Now, with its new homomorphic encryption technique, IBM solves a daunting mathematical puzzle that confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption over 30 years ago.

Why We Still Need Humans to Run The Internet

Sometime today in the Rakuten marketplace, a customer is going to complain to a merchant. Perhaps an order arrived too slowly or a shoe did not fit or an apple was not as sweet as expected.

I don’t know what each party will say to the other, but I know one thing: they will communicate with one another. And for that reason alone, I know our business model will ultimately be successful.

We live in a world in which communication has moved to a digital platform. We text and tweet and email and post. Our communication takes place on a variety of screens.

Instagram Direct, Facebook Ads, Image Caching, and 'Nearby' Tweets: The Last Two Weeks in Digital Marketing

We've seen lots of interesting developments in digital marketing over the past two weeks. Here's a quick review, in case you missed anything:

Facebook launches auto-play video ads
Facebook launched the auto-play feature for user-submitted videos back in September, but this is the first time they are rolling it out to advertisers.

This is exciting news for digital marketing and social media marketing as digital video ad spending is expected to grow to nearly $10 billion by 2017. Social video advertising will be a significant driver of that growth. Social advertising capabilities and expenditures have grown exponentially in 2013 and will continue to grow.

Lying in your resume is good business

Thomas, Pickford & Thomas is an equity firm that specializes in oil and gas. It is based in Austin, Texas and was founded by Gary and Michael Thomas, who have several years of Wall Street experience.

The Daily Dot's Aaron Sankin writes, "I spent three years as a staff accountant at Thomas, Pickford & Thomas... The firm's philosophy, as listed on its website, is 'based on the premise that companies that generate a high return on equity on a consistent basis generally achieve an above average share price appreciation over time.' Jack Ford, my supervisor there, will have no problem verifying any of that for you."

IT sector bets big on SCAM in 2014

The $110-billion technology services sector looking for new growth engines will be shouting SCAM in 2014. A trend that started a few years back, albeit in silos, social networking, cloud services, analytics and mobile computing, or SCAM, is now converging and will collectively account for 89% of new technology spending growth in 2014, says research firm IDC.

Industry experts from IT services players such as TCS, Infosys, Wipro as well as analysts see SCAM as not just another opportunity but one that fundamentally changes how computing is done. "From the mainframe era, we came to mini-computing, client-server and web. While aspects of SCAM have been around, there's an overall shift in how users access information, work and entertain themselves. They're now using mobile devices and companies want solutions that cut across the SCAM areas.

Laptops, smartphones preferred over tablets for accessing Net

Laptops and smartphones are preferred over tablet PCs when it comes to access the Internet, a survey by global consultancy firm Deloitte has said.

"69 per cent of the respondents say that they use laptops to access Internet, while 64 per cent use their smartphones. Interestingly, only 24 per cent use tablets to access the Net," an online survey conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited said.

The survey was conducted among 2,000 consumers in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad.

More tier III cities like Jhansi, Ranchi going online to shop

Even as consumers in metros are driving the traffic on e-commerce sites, tier II and III cities like Surat, Ranchi, Jhansi and Coimbatore are fast catching up.

According to leading online marketplace ShopClues, while 42 per cent of its orders come from tier I cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc, the remaining 58 per cent is coming from tier II and III cities.

"Sales from tier III cities like Jhansi, Ranchi, Moradabad, Gorakhpur have gone up by an average 500 per cent year-on-year, while for more developed cities like Kanpur and Lucknow it has grown by 30 per cent," ShopClues Co-founder and CEO Sanjay Sethi told PTI.

Data centre security, a top priority in 2014: McAfee

As increasing number of firms house critical systems with data centres, security will be their top concern during 2014, according to global IT anti-virus software maker McAfee.

"Data centres are the nerve centre of an organisation making data centre security a top priority for most companies today," US-based McAfee said in a report depicting mega trends that will dominate the security industry in India next year.

With the blurring of boundaries between physical, virtual and public/private cloud, organisations are on an evolutionary curve towards next-generation data centres, the report added.

Narayana Murthy inaugurates Times Internet‘s ETCIO.com

Times Internet, the online property of Times Group, on Friday inaugurated a new online initiative focussing on the IT decision makers in the organisations. The siteETCIO.com was inaugurated by NR Narayana Murthy, executive chairman of Infosys.

Speaking at the launch of the new initiative, Murthy said, "The portal ETCIO.com is very important, because in the end of the day the CIOs make important decision today in terms of leveraging on information technology to provide instantaneous access to information to everybody in corporates and thereby enhancing the differentiation with customers, employees etc."

Kindle Paperwhite vs Kobo Aura vs Nook GlowLight e-readers

Until I tried one, I never understood the appeal of e-book readers, given that tablets can do much more.

The e-reader's ease and comfort became apparent as I raced to finish the second "Hunger Games" book before the movie came out. I blew through several pages on a Kobo Aura while waiting for a sandwich in Cupertino, and a connecting flight in Charlotte, NC. The Aura, like the Kindle Paperwhite and the Nook GlowLight, was just the right size to hold while waiting in the aisle for passengers in front of me to stow their luggage.

6 games with a difference

Not all computer games are about gratuitous violence, wizards, wars and car races. A new breed of developers is creating offerings that not only entertain, but also inform and educate you about environmental, social, and political issues. And the best part is that they are free to play ...

Collapsus

Collapsus is a hybrid multimedia presentation that melds a documentary-like storyline with video footage, animation and mini games. This free-to-play offering revolves around the planet's energy crisis.

Galaxy Grand 2's India launch date, price leaked

Within a fortnight of launching the Galaxy Duos 2, Samsung is set to unveil its Galaxy Grand 2 phablet in India. The device is the successor to the Galaxy Grand that was launched earlier this year and was a big hit in the country. It has a larger screen, more RAM and bigger battery than its predecessor.

The company will unveil the handset at an event in Mumbai on December 23. It is running a promotion #EverydayGrand campaign on Twitter ahead of the device's launch. Media reports suggest that the model will be priced between Rs 19,000 and Rs 21,000.

7 weird gadgets for techies

It's tough to shop for techies. They already own everything with a plug or rechargeable battery. But fear not, a slew of unique technology gifts have hit the market just in time for Christmas.

Here's a roundup of some of the season's most offbeat offerings. While these items may seem a bit wacky and bizarre, it's doubtful that the tech enthusiasts in your life own anything similar.

Call Me Gloves, Hammacher Schlemmer

Price: $80

North Korea threatens to 'strike South Korea mercilessly'

North Korea sent a fax to South Korea on Thursday, threatening to "strike mercilessly without notice" after protests against the secretive regime this week in Seoul.
The message warned that North Korea would strike if "the provocation against our highest dignity is to be repeated in the downtown of Seoul."

Earlier this week, on the second anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, conservative protesters rallied in Seoul, burning effigies of the country's leaders as well as its flag. Such protests are common during North Korean festivals and anniversaries.

Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker dies in California car crash

US actor Paul Walker, who starred in the Fast & Furious series of action films, has been killed in a car crash in California.

Walker, 40, was a passenger in a Porsche sports car driven by a friend - who also died - when it crashed north of Los Angeles.

Walker was said to be attending a charity event at the time.

He starred in all but one of the films in the Fast & Furious franchise, the sixth of which opened in May.

Linux Mint 16 “Petra” Xfce released!

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 “Petra” Xfce.
Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop.

How to Install Windows 8 (PART-4)

Step 27 - As Windows 8 setup progresses you are given a presentation of the new interface. Its shows you how swiping the edge of the screen brings up the Charm bar. Using the Charm bar you can do a search or change your settings. It also demonstrates how you can hover your mouse on the bottom or top left corner to access the switch list. This list shows all open applications and allows you to switch between them.

How to Install Windows 8 (PART-3)

Step 19 - Help protect and update your PC. Choose your preferred option and click next.

How to Install Windows 8 (Part 2)

Step 11 - You will notice that you have 3 partitions. Partition 1 is system reserved. Leave this partition alone. Partition 2 is 30GB primary partition that was created in the last step. The third partition is unallocated which means it is not being used. You can however format it and use it as a second storage drive. This can be done after windows installation is finished so I will leave it for now.

Choose partition 2 (Primary Partition). This is where I will install Windows 8. Click next to continue.

Windows 8 is Microsoft's latest operating system which is completely redesigned. It moves away from the traditional interface to a completely new interface known as Metro User Interface. The familiar start menu is now gone. Icons and windows are replaced with live tiles and magazine styled interface. Unlike any previous versions, Windows 8 and its variation RT works across multiple architectures and has been optimized for touch screen. So it will work on Intel based PCs or an ARM based tablet.

How to Make / Create a Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide

The essential step by step guide on how to set up a website

This tutorial shows you how to make or create a website. It is intended for the beginner and layperson, taking you step by step through the whole process from the very beginning. It makes very few assumptions about what you know (other than the fact that you know how to surf the Internet, since you're already reading this article on the Internet). As some steps are more involved, this guide also links to selected relevant articles on thesitewizard.com that you will need to click through to read for more information.

Gaming News: GTA 5 Online Exploits Continue; Assassin’s Creed 4 Patch Detailed; Borderlands 2 $100K Loothunt Stats

"GTA 5" is, without a doubt, one of the games that made 2013 worth waiting for, at least for most gamers. But of course, being one of the "it" games of the year, the position also puts "GTA 5 Online" at an angle that many modders and hackers would tend to find attractive.

This is probably the reason why, despite the bug fixes that Rockstar Games has rolled out, there are still a couple of glitches and exploits in the game found by these certain individuals.

For instance, Xplore Gaming reports that a recent threat now seems to be the tendency of some players to hack into the GTA$ and then distribute them to random games via the servers.

FC Barcelona coach Tata Martino denies any intention to sell Lionel Messi

Sunday, Dec 22, 2013, 13:40 IST | Place: Barcelona

FC Barcelona coach Tata Martino has insisted that the club has no intention of selling star striker Lionel Messi.

Martino made the remarks ahead of Sunday's La Liga match in Getafe and in the wake of declarations from Messi, criticising Barcelona vice-president Javier Faus, whom he accused of having "no idea about football", reports Xinhua.

Messi also insisted that he did not aske for a pay rise in a new contract, raising speculation that Barca could consider selling him.

"That is not true. I don't usually get distracted by questions like this which have nothing to do about the pitch," said Martino.

Roger Federer arrives in Brisbane keen to return to winning ways in 2014

Roger Federer arrives in Brisbane keen to return to winning ways in 2014

CUE the Rocky soundtrack. This is where the old champ, from somewhere, somehow finds it in himself to do it one more time.

Roger Federer comes to Brisbane late this week after a year in which he lost 17 matches - the most he has dropped in 11 years.

He made no Grand Slam finals and, hampered by back pain for a prolonged period, could brook no argument with Novak Djokovic when the Serb reckoned he was not as fast as he was.

Sania Mirza to partner Horia Tecau at Australian Open

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has said that she will partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles event of the Australian Open in January next year.

Sania, along with Mahesh Bhupathi and India’s current highest ranked – Somdev Devvarman were at Khar Gymkhana on Saturday to participate in the ‘Indian Tennis Professional Association’s’ (ITPA), invitation tournament.

About her women’s doubles’ partner, Cara Black, she said, “Cara and I haven’t lost a match, and have won the two tournaments we have played together. She was in Hyderabad practising with me. We are really excited about the future and are doing the right things towards it.”

Pujara and Kohli should become like Dravid and Tendulkar, says Gavaskar

Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar hold the record for most number of century - 20 - partnerships in Tests. Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have added an unbeaten 191 runs for the third wicket to give India a 320-run lead over the Proteas.

Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar is happy with the way Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli batted on the third day of the first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Friday. Gavaskar says he feels that the duo should carry forward the legacy left by Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.

"Pujara is just like Dravid as he shows the same hunger for runs, same application and same dedication towards the team's cause. Kohli is also batting beautifully at number four position. Rahul and Sachin were absolutely phenomenal not just for few years but decades and that is what these two youngsters should strive to do. They should be like Dravid and Tendulkar and put India ahead of everything," Gavaskar told NDTV.

Full name Christopher Henry Gayle

Born September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 34 years 93 days

Major teams West Indies, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, ICC World XI, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Matabeleland Tuskers, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, Western Australia, Worcestershire

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Nargis Fakhri: 'Varun Dhawan gets my jokes'

The US-born actress revealed that having lived overseas, Dhawan shares her brand of humour.

"He is a really cool guy and easy going. I think he has studied in Nottingham," Fakhri told Bollywood writer Sunny Malik. "You get to talk about all the stories of college.

"He has a different insight or view. He gets my jokes."

The Rockstar and Madras Cafe actor went on to speak about the hard work she has put into her new movie.

"My challenges are very different from other people. My challenges will still be the comic timing in Hindi because it's a foreign language. We will only have to wait and see how it turned out. I must say that I really enjoyed it though."

Fakhri added that she was "excited" about working with Akshay Kumar on the remake of Shaukeen.

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