tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200830232024-02-19T20:16:12.292+05:30Open Tech MindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-45497656882330256442023-09-26T08:52:00.003+05:302023-09-26T09:09:07.551+05:30Project IDX - Web based IDE from Google<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Qm8vLOQFkVxAHWW3jCW9_4LOsIJWnlP3pf8_BlAjG5mJfAMjQwcVTGYgtJ16DfvBFZ91O2roQwDBH4_6dVebdISRqnKZrO_ZmkOqiWs0WZu2HQlQPSo_LQWp-ISWgLkxcO4CKSlO8KGf2BGGvZZ2_djgAYvYQYKDuO1YxXkiF2K71-ak-VJ/s1916/idx-dev-.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1915" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Qm8vLOQFkVxAHWW3jCW9_4LOsIJWnlP3pf8_BlAjG5mJfAMjQwcVTGYgtJ16DfvBFZ91O2roQwDBH4_6dVebdISRqnKZrO_ZmkOqiWs0WZu2HQlQPSo_LQWp-ISWgLkxcO4CKSlO8KGf2BGGvZZ2_djgAYvYQYKDuO1YxXkiF2K71-ak-VJ/w614-h614/idx-dev-.png" width="614" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Project IDX is a browser-based development experience built on Google Cloud and powered by<span> </span></span><a href="https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/generative-ai/code/code-models-overview" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #4184f3; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Codey</a><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, a foundational AI model trained on code and built on PaLM 2. It’s designed to make it easier to build, manage and deploy full-stack web and multiplatform applications, with popular frameworks and languages. Project IDX is also built on<span> </span></span><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #4184f3; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Code OSS</a><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, so it should feel familiar no matter what you’re building.</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Ref: <a href="https://idx.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://idx.dev/ </a></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202124; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/08/introducing-project-idx-experiment-to-improve-full-stack-multiplatform-app-development.html " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/08/introducing-project-idx-experiment-to-improve-full-stack-multiplatform-app-development.html </a></span> <br /></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-54021015619487886502023-09-26T08:36:00.005+05:302023-09-26T09:06:53.282+05:30OpenTofu - Open Source Terraform Alternative<p> </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcMt-Y3vL_GZhjjilfk8MteIa8P-HGcs04W-yYyk-i8Ka0UCLtPSAg7pbTaQZ_uUI5CEmohgg7HDGNgCfu7Ny63oKV2m7gZmJFATA8IkXNzwXX-z3F2iw3P5P3IFqzG764rbqEj2VoNf02YGKG--OwxVCJMCzUIQkigfSepjFz3LNJdcTcu32/s1923/opentofu-org.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1923" data-original-width="1916" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcMt-Y3vL_GZhjjilfk8MteIa8P-HGcs04W-yYyk-i8Ka0UCLtPSAg7pbTaQZ_uUI5CEmohgg7HDGNgCfu7Ny63oKV2m7gZmJFATA8IkXNzwXX-z3F2iw3P5P3IFqzG764rbqEj2VoNf02YGKG--OwxVCJMCzUIQkigfSepjFz3LNJdcTcu32/w566-h568/opentofu-org.png" width="566" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Previously named OpenTF, OpenTofu is a fork of Terraform that is open-source, community-driven, and managed by the Linux Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>Ref: <a href="https://opentofu.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://opentofu.org/ </a><br /></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-73088542813699439692023-09-23T08:23:00.001+05:302023-09-23T08:23:27.140+05:30AWS Amazon VPC resource map<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QvbDVaNxnvtrxwjvQn_vGt10OMbwVY_Pcs1e9RR8c3Xjmn0ZRtmBsz58sLUxGQgZ1x2eJiLN0WfOBBvm9j-4WcF8I5qvpJJZAA3VG7RcBpxXJPGJjv_SwwTVExNcdK9M3xRKj0WZfIEfhiVh_cqe3l_OqUhyNn15K5nXP9sHS0BNNI_1bfYI/s2756/aws--vpc-resource-map-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="2756" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QvbDVaNxnvtrxwjvQn_vGt10OMbwVY_Pcs1e9RR8c3Xjmn0ZRtmBsz58sLUxGQgZ1x2eJiLN0WfOBBvm9j-4WcF8I5qvpJJZAA3VG7RcBpxXJPGJjv_SwwTVExNcdK9M3xRKj0WZfIEfhiVh_cqe3l_OqUhyNn15K5nXP9sHS0BNNI_1bfYI/w638-h249/aws--vpc-resource-map-3.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>1. AWS has introduced Amazon VPC resource map, a new feature that simplifies the VPC creation experience in the AWS Management Console.<br />2. VPC Resource Map is a tool that displays all your VPC resources and their connections in a visual format on a single page, providing you a clear understanding of your VPC architecture.<br />3.It shows the interconnections between resources within a VPC and the flow of traffic between subnets, NAT gateways, internet gateway and gateway endpoints.<br />4. With VPC resource map, you can quickly understand the architectural layout of the VPC, including the number of subnets, which subnets are associated with the public route table, and which route tables have routes to the NAT Gateway.<br />5. Amazon VPC resource map is now available in all AWS Regions including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where Amazon VPC is available, and you can start using it today.<br /><br />Ref: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-visualize-your-vpc-resources-from-amazon-vpc-creation-experience/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-visualize-your-vpc-resources-from-amazon-vpc-creation-experience/</a><br /><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/02/amazon-vpc-resource-map-aws-management-console/">https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/02/amazon-vpc-resource-map-aws-management-console/</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-12038743219634140262023-09-23T08:21:00.000+05:302023-09-23T08:21:05.453+05:30<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxa-UakYuF0PvbxAKwTuJQOCjFzpaM2X_2Jw2z7xj4Fx5wbVdBK0NDMXQjHsepZ_RKL7NgTj_G36FbRExNMof1Ato_qKO40evZn2BLBpK8sl881ALsNjf3NxVCv_17TiR74XgZI0k7UXr9qwgXUrK8oeXH4dZfpPu9J7Fq4hot5Dm1tACRXOY/s3775/webpod-dev.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3775" data-original-width="1366" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxa-UakYuF0PvbxAKwTuJQOCjFzpaM2X_2Jw2z7xj4Fx5wbVdBK0NDMXQjHsepZ_RKL7NgTj_G36FbRExNMof1Ato_qKO40evZn2BLBpK8sl881ALsNjf3NxVCv_17TiR74XgZI0k7UXr9qwgXUrK8oeXH4dZfpPu9J7Fq4hot5Dm1tACRXOY/w292-h415/webpod-dev.png" width="292" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Webpod is a tool for deploying websites and apps on any cloud and any server. With everything from a simple static site to a full-stack web app, Webpod makes it available in minutes.<br /><br />1. It lets you deploy your Node.js, React, and Vue apps seamlessly, anywhere, on any cloud, or any VPS.<br />2. With just a few clicks, your web app is ready to go live without the complexity of server setups, configuration and alike.<br />3. Its also scalable and flexible.<br /><br />URL: <a href="https://webpod.dev/">https://webpod.dev/</a> <br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-40093677115953635272011-06-13T20:50:00.000+05:302011-06-13T20:51:25.316+05:30Pencil storyThe Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.<br /><br />"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."<br /><br />"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s hand."<br />"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."<br />"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."<br />"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."<br />"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."<br /><br />The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.<br /><br />Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.<br /><br />One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.<br />Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.<br />Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.<br />Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.<br />And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.<br /><br />Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.<br /><br />Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-44091958188750682492011-06-13T20:48:00.000+05:302011-06-13T20:49:41.844+05:30Love and EmotionsOnce upon a time all feelings and emotions went to a coastal island for a vacation. According to their nature, each was having a good time. Suddenly, a warning of an impending storm was announced and everyone was advised to evacuate the island.<br /><br />The announcement caused sudden panic. All rushed to their boats. Even damaged boats were quickly repaired and commissioned for duty.<br />Yet, Love did not wish to flee quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds darkened, Love realised it was time to leave. Alas, there were no boats to spare. Love looked around with hope.<br /><br />Just then Prosperity passed by in a luxurious boat. Love shouted, "Prosperity, could you please take me in your boat?"<br />"No," replied Prosperity, "my boat is full of precious possessions, gold and silver. There is no place for you."<br /><br />A little later Vanity came by in a beautiful boat. Again Love shouted, "Could you help me, Vanity? I am stranded and need a lift. Please take me with you." Vanity responded haughtily, "No, I cannot take you with me. My boat will get soiled with your muddy feet." Sorrow passed by after some time. Again, Love asked for help. But it was to no avail. "No, I cannot take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself."<br /><br />When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it did not look around, hardly concerned about anyone.<br /><br />Love was growing restless and dejected. Just then somebody called out, "Come Love, I will take you with me." Love did not know who was being so magnanimous, but jumped on to the boat, greatly relieved that she would reach a safe place. On getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Puzzled, Love inquired, "Knowledge, do you know who so generously gave me a lift just when no one else wished to help?"<br />Knowledge smiled, "Oh, that was Time."<br />"And why would Time stop to pick me and take me to safety?" Love wondered.<br />Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and replied, "Because only Time knows your true greatness and what you are capable of. Only Love can bring peace and great happiness in this world."<br /><br />"The important message is that when we are prosperous, we overlook love. When we feel important, we forget love. Even in happiness and sorrow we forget love. Only with time do we realize the importance of love. Why wait that long? Why not make love a part of your life today?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-4124312008040152642010-12-07T11:13:00.000+05:302010-12-07T11:14:53.263+05:30Why Indian students are disliked abroad?It was the first day of a school in USA and a new Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.<br /><br />The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?"<br /><br />She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up:?'Patrick Henry, 1775'he said.<br /><br />'Very good! Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?''<br /><br />Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar. 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863' said Chandrasekhar.<br /><br />The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our country, knows more about our history than you do.'<br /><br />She heard a loud whisper: 'F*** the Indians,'<br /><br />'Who said that?' she demanded. Chandrasekhar put his hand up. 'General Custer, 1862.'<br /><br />At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'<br /><br />The teacher glares around and asks 'All right! Now, who said that?' Again, Chandrasekhar says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'<br /><br />Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'<br /><br />Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997'<br /><br />Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.' Chandrasekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child witnesses testifying against him, 2004.'<br /><br />The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, we're screwed!' And Chandrasekhar said quietly, 'I think it was Lehmann Brothers, November 4th, 2008'.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-23213056978184140822010-11-05T02:38:00.000+05:302010-11-05T02:41:45.898+05:30Local CallAn American decided to write a book about famous churches around the World. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.<br /><br />On his first day when inside a church in China while taking photographs ,he Noticed a Golden Telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read<br />"$10,000 per call".<br /><br />The American, being intrigued, asked the priest who was using and for what The telephone was used for.The priest replied that, it was a direct line to heaven and for $10,000 you could talk to God directly.<br /><br />The American thanked the priest and in Next stop in Japan. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the Same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in China and He asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.<br /><br />She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he Could talk to God. "O.K., thank you," said the American.<br />He then traveled to Pakistan , Srilanka , Russia , Germany and France .. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000 Per call" sign under it.<br /><br />The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel to India...our India...to see if Indians had the same phone<br /><br />He arrived in India , and again, in the first church he entered, there Was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read "One<br />Rupee per call."<br /><br /><br />The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.<br />"Father, I've traveled all over World and I've seen this same golden Telephone in many churches. I've been told that, it is a direct line to Heaven,<br />But in the US and rest of world the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"<br /><br />The priest smiled and answered, "SON, You're in India now, - it's a LOCAL CALL!!!!.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-24577870338070229132010-10-09T00:53:00.000+05:302010-10-09T01:03:50.033+05:30100 Apps In 100 Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSUHCc2f_0PnD1fnb2bDlfgfdqyXchUClpO_hba9zVKK4OpLv8hTpp27Ks1fdgtRqI7tSZG8g4B2Ww3OORr_MweDwG6_rVJIE1AFb9xk-43A0_BaAajyg_SPsV1r0wjSLswJ9/s1600/100Apps_combined_logo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSUHCc2f_0PnD1fnb2bDlfgfdqyXchUClpO_hba9zVKK4OpLv8hTpp27Ks1fdgtRqI7tSZG8g4B2Ww3OORr_MweDwG6_rVJIE1AFb9xk-43A0_BaAajyg_SPsV1r0wjSLswJ9/s400/100Apps_combined_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525759624424542642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />OpenPlug is a Flex-based mobile SDK for Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android and Symbian. OpenPlug which was recently aquired by Alcatel-Lucent has thrown a contest called 100 Apps in 100 days.<br /><br /><br />For this, Alcatel-Lucent has exposed a number of telecommunications APIs at openapiservice.com and openapilab.com.The contest is thrown to the TopCoder community to build 100 apps in 100 days using these APIs and there over 100 prizes to be won by developers, totalling over $165,000 in prizes!.<br /><br />And Alcatel-Lucent is making available, for FREE, the use of <a href="http://www.openplug.com/">OpenPlug</a> to members for the duration of the competition. To enter, register as a TopCoder member, register for the contest and build your application.<br /><br /><h3>Schedule</h3> <table><tbody><tr> <td><strong>Registration Opens</strong></td> <td>September 1st at 10:00 PM EST</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>25-day Milestone</strong></td> <td>September 26th at 10:00 PM EST</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>25-day Milestone</strong></td> <td>October 21st at 10:00 PM EST</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>25-day Milestone</strong></td> <td>November 15th at 10:00 PM EST</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Submission Deadline</strong></td> <td>December 10th at 10:00 PM EST</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />More more details, go to <a href="http://topcoder.com/home/alcatel/100-apps-in-100-days/">http://topcoder.com/home/alcatel/100-apps-in-100-days/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-58283899552416823362010-10-01T16:41:00.000+05:302010-10-01T16:43:01.386+05:30MasterCard makes strategic investment in India based ElectraCard Services<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i>Strategic Investment to extend processing footprint, support processing strategy and create more value for customers in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa.<br /><br /></i></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mumbai, 30 September 2010: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> MasterCard Worldwide and ElectraCard Services today announced that MasterCard has taken a 12.5% stake in Pune headquartered ElectraCard Services (ECS), a leading provider for credit and payments management. The investment in ECS bolsters MasterCard’s overarching global processing strategy by further extending MasterCard’s product offerings and enhancing services across the full spectrum of the processing value chain not only in Inida but also in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Founded in 2006, ECS provides third party processing services and software for credit, debit and prepaid cards and EFT switching solutions to banks across 25 countries. ECS’ <i>electra </i>suiteprovides depth and capabilities to process in real time a variety of payment transactions. In India, ECS is the largest third party processor for cards and the market leader in Internet payment gateway solutions.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">As part of its broader processing strategy, MasterCard remains committed to raising the bar on innovation and providing solutions for the deployment of turnkey payment platforms. The company’s fully integrated global payment platform enables its customer financial institutions to offer new, differentiated products to their cardholders; build new relationships; enhance customer loyalty; reach new segments; secure first-mover advantage and drive greater efficiencies The investment in ECS is designed to further the strategic objectives of both organizations</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /><br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ramesh Mengawade, CEO, ElectraCard Services, said, “We are very pleased to have MasterCard join us as a strategic partner. Over the past five years, ECS has established a large customer base for our flexible and scalable <i>electra </i>platform, which we expect will be further adopted in the market as a result of this alliance. This partnership with MasterCard will not only accelerate our growth but will also yield superior processing services to our customers.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">“MasterCard is committed to bringing the greatest value to our customers, who are increasingly looking to enhance the depth of their product offering and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. We are impressed with ECS’ capabilities and look forward to further enabling our mutual customers with customized and differentiated options. This is certainly one of the key milestones in the rollout of MasterCard’s global processing strategy,” said T.V. 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It's a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone.<br /><br />Users from more than 125 countries and 100 mobile phone service providers use Plusmo everyday and there are over 20,000 widgets available on Plusmo.<br /><br />Launched in June 2006 and currently averages about a 100 million mobile page views monthly.<br /><br />AT&T Acquires Plusmo to Further Mobile Applications Strategy. 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And look at this symmetry: <br /><br />1 x 1 = 1 <br />11 x 11 = 121 <br />111 x 111 = 12321 <br />1111 x 1111 = 1234321 <br />11111 x 11111 = 123454321 <br />111111 x 111111 = 12345654321 <br />1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321 <br />11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321 <br />111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321 <br /><br /><br />Now, take a look at this... <br />101% -From a strictly mathematical viewpoint: <br /><br />What Equals 100%? <br />What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? <br />Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? <br />We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%. <br />How about ACHIEVING 101%? <br />What equals 100% in life? <br /><br />Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions: <br />If: <br /><br />A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <br /><br />Is represented as: <br /><br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. <br /><br />If: <br />H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K = 8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98% <br />And: <br />K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E =11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96% <br />But: <br />A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E =1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100% <br /><br />THEN, look how far the love of God will take you: L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D =12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101% <br />Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: <br /><br />While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-47492793788453090892010-09-14T11:00:00.000+05:302010-09-14T11:01:54.488+05:30Twitter's Link ServiceThe link service at <a href="http://t.co/" title="http://t.co">http://t.co</a> is only used on links posted on Twitter and is not available as a general shortening service.<br /><br />Twitter’s link service at <a href="http://t.co/" title="http://t.co">http://t.co</a> is used to better protect users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity.<br /><br />All links included in Direct Message notification emails currently pass through our link service and are converted to a <a href="http://t.co/" title="http://t.co">http://t.co</a> link.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-73231046954362032582010-09-14T10:53:00.000+05:302010-09-14T10:57:03.811+05:30YouTube InstantI you liked Google Instant now try this for Youtube.<br /><br /><a href="http://ytinstant.com/">YouTube Instant</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-79936731997374131582010-09-14T08:47:00.000+05:302010-09-14T08:51:54.899+05:30Vyoopoint - The Best Design Presentations. 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Now software developers and creative designers can quickly develop for mobile some rich, connected or non-connected applications... and deploy them on any mobile platforms they want.<br /><br />ELIPS Studio is equally valuable for experienced mobile application developers who want extra productivity, and for Adobe Flash / Flex and web developers who want to reuse their RIA / RDA assets and create rich mobile applications.<br /><br />Generate native apps out of a single ELIPS Studio code base for Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian and more...<br /><br />How it Works:<br /><br />ELIPS Studio allows to code your app in ActionScript which cross compiles it to c++ and publishes to as Native apps.<br /><br /><br />Check out a few Screencasts here <a href="http://www.openplug.com/resources/gallery">http://www.openplug.com/resources/gallery</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The latest update is that Alcatel-Lucent has acquired OpenPlug.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-34875329617034415132010-08-24T23:23:00.000+05:302010-08-24T23:24:37.804+05:30100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/08/19/100-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes-for-2010/">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/08/19/100-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes-for-2010/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-41327589640414451412010-01-01T01:18:00.000+05:302010-01-01T01:22:02.710+05:30Happy and Prosperous New Year 2010<strong><span style=";font-size:20;color:navy;" >Wish you and your family Happy New Year 2010.</span></strong><br /><b><br />H</b> appy times with friends and family<br /><b>A</b> bundant time for relaxation<br /><b>P</b> rosperity<br /><b>P</b> lenty of love when you need it the most<br /><b>Y</b> outhful excitement at life's simple pleasures<br /><br /><b>N</b> ights of restful slumber (you know - don't' worry be happy)<br /><b>E</b> verything you need<br /><b>W</b> ishing you love and light<br /><br /><b>Y</b> ears and years of good health<br /><b>E</b> njoyment and mirth<br /><b>A</b> ngels to watch over you<br /><b>R</b> embrances of happy years!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-1450580133323592492009-10-16T21:09:00.000+05:302009-10-16T21:18:10.304+05:30Twitter for Airtel SubscribersUpdate notifications for Twitter users, the micro-blogging service will now be available in India, thanks to an exclusive deal for a 4-week period with Airtel.<br /><br />For new and existing users, need to link their device to Twitter A/c<br />SMS Signup to 53000<br /><br />More Information can be found at this site (<a href="http://airtel.in/twitter/">http://airtel.in/twitter/</a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-89392628457124851742009-09-26T21:17:00.000+05:302009-09-26T21:19:37.512+05:30Copy & Paste (Inspirational)A popular motivational speaker was entertaining his Audience. He Said: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!".The audience was in silence and shock. The speaker added: "And that woman was my mother!"<br />Laughter and Applause!!!<br /><br />A week later, a top manager trained by the Motivational speaker tried to crack this very effective joke At home. He was a bit foggy after a drink. He said loudly to His wife who was preparing dinner, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my Wife!"<br />The wife went; "ahhhh!" with shock and rage.<br /><br />Standing there for 20 seconds trying to recall the second Half of the joke, the manager finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"<br />By the time the manager regained his consciousness, he was on a hospital bed nursing burns from boiling water.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moral of the story...</span><br />Don't Copy if you can't PASTEUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-55476882160738370482009-09-20T15:48:00.000+05:302009-09-20T16:04:10.851+05:30Google noop - A testable programming language running on the JVMGoogle has relesed a new Programming language called 'noop' which it calls as a testable programming language running on the JVM.<br /><br />Right now its in alpha phase meaning in design and development but its feature set has evinced keen interest due to some of its design goals that include building dependency injection and testing as core features into the language.<br /><br />The features that would not be in the language are 'statics' and 'subclassing'.<br /><br />Here is the wiki link for developers to checkout: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/noop/wiki/ForDevelopers"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;">http://code.google.com/p/noop/wiki/ForDevelopers</span></span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-27946309167983597222009-09-04T04:39:00.000+05:302009-09-04T04:45:08.531+05:30Free Sitepoint ebook - The Principles of Successful Freelancing<a href="http://www.sitepoint.com">Sitepoint</a> is giving away this free ebook "The Principles of Successful Freelancing" on its site.<br /><strong></strong><strong><a href="http://twitaway.sitepoint.com/">http://twitaway.sitepoint.com/</a><br /><br /></strong>All you need to do is to follow them at <strong>@sitepointdotcom</strong> on twitter.<br />Even if you are already following, you can just allow them to verify and get the ebook.<br />Best, even otherwise just provide your e-mail and they provide you the details to download.<br /><br />So, be fast as this offer doesn't last more than 10 days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083023.post-56588873643327085842009-09-02T01:09:00.000+05:302009-09-02T01:13:56.454+05:30Liferay - Open Source Portal and Social collaboration Software<a href="http://www.liferay.com">Liferay Portal</a> is the world's leading open source enterprise portal solution using the latest in Java and Web 2.0 technologies.<br /><br />1. 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