tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27998701392769744332024-03-06T12:02:26.129-08:00Digital OmanTechnology Updates from around the worldSangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-37334720779004894062016-08-15T13:55:00.001-07:002016-08-15T13:58:41.719-07:00Management Lessons by 7 Questions<p dir="ltr">Management is a subject which has to be dealt with answering seven questions. Why , what, when , where, who, whom and how. Because every individual, every event, every institution, everyone, every location………. vary. One solution may not be enough for even the same problem in different locations / individuals / companies / situations/…….</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thus we have to do research for each situation for solving each problem, which obviously is difficult. Many a times it is impossible also. Then the simple question comes in front of us ! How to solve a problem ? The answer is to evaluate such incidents or events , if , occurred anywhere. Take the messages from that and solve the problem. Major tools for the extrapolation or intrapolation in order to solve the problems can be derived from others’ experiences / guidance /messages/ truth and facts about the situations, events, and so on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The easiest method is just to remember a story which gives a similar situation and solution for the problem arising under similar situations. Do addition, deletion, modification and correction and then adopt it to our problems which need solution.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The puraanas 18 + 18 from our heritage literature are not histories (they may have a bit history but not fully histories) , in fact, gives such a fine examples connected with bad people which they call asuraas and rakshasaas, good people the good kings and Rushies, People having many types of negatives and many types of positives in the mind. Just analyse for a few second / minute how they faced the situation when similar incidents took place. We will get some idea, which is the need for any solution of problem. Ideas for solving the problems ! or ideas for thinking about a solution !</p>
<p dir="ltr">People having ego, anger, jealousy and so on, on the one side and on the other people having love, affection, devotion, sincerity and so on. Now analyse what, when, why, where, who, whom and how each event (part of it also) happened and what was the conclusion.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Adopt the same or modified methods in our life too. Here comes the pathway for the solution from the puraanas. These books add a bit devotion, dedication and sincerity also i each story to increase seriousness in the reading and learning them.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So take each story, analyse all the aspects and take the message for solving our problems, in our home or organisations.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Source: www.iish.org <br>
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<p dir="ltr">But I got out of it when my monthly mobile net pack finished in just over a week. My neck and shoulders starting hurting as I spent more hours looking down at my mobile screen. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Youths, both Omani and expatriate are addicted and some even have multiple accounts to cross several levels and hence worthy of cash-sale when the game is formally launched in Oman. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Pokémon density is higher in campuses and landmark area like parks and malls. <br>
Driven by this craze, players are becoming more of a traffic hazard. They continue to search for Pokémon while driving and suddenly slow-down to throw their Pokéballs to catch them in sort of a trance stage. What a road hazard this is. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Often I find it tough to find parking space in poke stop which are next to shopping or restaurants. They are occupied for long by Pokémon lure-casters and other catchers. </p>
<p dir="ltr">There have been privacy violation lawsuits where Pokés-Stops in private real-estate, caused nuisance to owners. A few road-accidents have been reported due to Pokémon addicts’ reckless walks across traffic. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Even renowned sportsmen have admitted that this game is clear mind-control stuff and quit early. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Despite the fact that it promotes outdoor movement, this Pokémon is another means of mobile addiction which may result in public nuisance of various degrees. How does it even bring people together if all of them are only staring at their mobile, instead of face-to-face conversations and cause pedestrian congestion in public spots? </p>
<p dir="ltr">I guess the local authorities will evaluate wisely and take appropriate actions about this game being launched in Oman. </p>
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If you live in Oman and you use a smart phone, the following apps are quite useful. Do install and share your experience. This can help to improve these apps. <br />
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Click to download Apple / Android / Windows / Blackberry Market by clicking on the relevant link. Kindly place the missing ones in the comment section. Thank you. <br />
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1. TourOman (<a href="http://www.ncsi.gov.om/" target="_blank">National Center for Statistics and Information</a>) #Tourism #Maps #GPS <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tour-oman/id899474241?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.NSCI.TourOman" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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2. Young Consumer (<a href="http://www.pacp.gov.om/" target="_blank">Public Authority for Consumer Protection</a>) #Awareness #ConsumerRights<br />
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3. ROP App (<a href="http://www.rop.gov.om/" target="_blank">Royal Oman Police</a>) #TrafficFines #ePayment <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/om/app/rop-royal-oman-police/id603143280?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pkg.rop&feature=search_result" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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4. Oman Statistics (<a href="http://www.ncsi.gov.om/" target="_blank">National Center for Statistics and Information</a>) #Indicators #Statistics<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/eg/app/ncsi-oman/id721507456?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.gov.ncsi.mobApp.NCSI" target="_blank">Android</a> <a href="https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/39953904/?countrycode=IN&lang=en" target="_blank">Blackberry</a> <a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/ncsi/5ad1182e-bc63-4f42-9874-e3535752775e" target="_blank">Windows</a><br />
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5. Mara Oman (<a href="http://www.mara.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Endowment Religious Affairs</a>) #Ramadan #PrayerTiming #Hajj #<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/altqwym-al-many-llaybad/id498459765?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.gov.mara.maracal" target="_blank">Android</a> Also available iPad Ver<br />
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6. MSM (<a href="https://www.msm.gov.om/" target="_blank">Muscat Securities Market</a>) #MarketIndex #LiveTradeValue #Alerts<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/app/msm-touch-for-iphone/id792653012?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.directfn.android.msm" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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7. Na'mal (<a href="http://www.manpower.gov.om/Portal/index.aspx" target="_blank">Ministry of Manpower</a>) #Employment #Statistics #Vacancies #Application #StatusCheck<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oman-momp/id862991175?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.momp.app" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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8. Religious Books (<a href="http://www.mara.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs</a>) #Islam #Books #eRead<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/sa/app/almktbt-al-manyt/id595986347?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple </a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.smart_app.maralib&feature=more_from_developer#?" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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9. <a href="https://www.business.gov.om/wps/portal/" target="_blank">Invest Easy</a> (aka One Stop Shop - <a href="http://www.moci.gov.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Commerce and Industry</a>) #Application #StatusCheck <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/invest-easy/id834313457" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mortal.oss.mobile" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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10. <a href="http://www.opp.gov.om/" target="_blank">Office of Public Prosecution</a> #Legal #Law #Legislation<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alad-a-al-am/id1026882801?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pkg.rop&feature=search_result" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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11. Environment (<a href="http://moeca.gov.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs</a>) #Environment #Laws #Licenses #ProtectedAreas #Maps<br />
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12. SAI App (<a href="http://www.sai.gov.om/en/" target="_blank">State Audit Institution</a>) #News #Laws #Complaints <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/sai-app/id668918810?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sai" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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13. Weather Oman (<a href="http://www.paca.gov.om/" target="_blank">Public Authority for Civil Aviation</a>) #Metrology #weather #maps<br />
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14. Electricity App (<a href="http://www.ehcoman.com/" target="_blank">Oman Electricity Holding Company</a>) #Bills #ePayment #Alerts #Rates #<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/om/app/oman-electricity/id591675079?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.com.ehc.AndroidElectricity" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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15. Charity Donation (<a href="http://www.donate.om/DonationsPortal/" target="_blank">Oman Donations Portal</a>) #CharityOrganisations #ePayment #CharitableCauses<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/tr/app/official-donations-app-oman/id890818722?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.om.donate" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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16. Geospatial Statistics Oman (<a href="http://www.ncsi.gov.om/" target="_blank">National Center for Statistics and Information</a>) #Indicators #Maps #GeoSpatialData<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ncsi-geo/id859202811?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gistec.geocortexviewer" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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17. Transport GeoPortal (Ministry of Transport and Communications) #Maps #Routes #Transport #ProjectData<br />
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Esrinea.MOTC.AndroidAPP" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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18. Health App (<a href="http://www.moh.gov.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Health</a>) #Alerts #Reports #Statistics #Appointments #Reminders #Events<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/om/app/esehaty/id985899184?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icthealth.mohehealthportal" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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19. Consumer Guide (<a href="http://www.pacp.gov.om/" target="_blank">Public Authority for Consumer Protection</a>) #Laws #Legislation #ConsumerRights #Awarenss #Alerts #Recalls <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/om/app/dlyl-almsthlk-alalktrwny/id593807289?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.iton.pacp&feature=search_result" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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20. Education App (<a href="http://www.moe.gov.om/" target="_blank">Ministry of Education</a>) #Connect #Resources #Attendance #Timetable <br />
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.gov.moe.parent" target="_blank">Android</a><br />
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21. Taxi App (Ministry of Transport and Communication) #List #Booking #Rates #Discounts #Training #Insurance <br />
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22. Oman Airports (<a href="http://www.omanairports.co.om/" target="_blank">Oman Airports Management Company</a>) #Flights #Airports #Schedules <br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/om/app/oman-airports/id591658866?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nsr.oamc" target="_blank">Android</a> <br />
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Great moments of winning Green Habitat Award for the Information Technology of Oman in its handling of Carbon footprint management.<br />
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Electronic Waste (eWaste) - Current Status in Statistics<br />
ICT and the challenges<br />
eWaste flow in a global context<br />
Carbon Foot print<br />
Green Computing<br />
Complexity of disposing computing equipment<br />
Laws and legislations concerning eWaste disposal in Oman<br />
Stakeholders in eWaste Management<br />
Best practices around the world<br />
UN Initiatives<br />
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The Geo Portal allows the visitors to get location, directions and measure distances over real-time overlay of e- maps and the officials can follow the workflow at seaports and airports.<br />
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It was formally launched on 18th May 2015 by <a href="https://twitter.com/motc_om" target="_blank">MoTC</a> and can be accessed at URL - <a href="http://gis/motc.gov.om">http://gis/motc.gov.om</a><br />
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The bi-lingual portal currently provides locational data and mapping tools for sea-ports only. It is based on <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis" target="_blank">ArcGIS</a> platform <a href="http://www.esri.com/" target="_blank">ESRI</a> to perform deep analysis based on data archives. <br />
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It provides the necessary tools to study data related to spacial dimension and its impact using e-maps (both layout and satellite views).<br />
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You can select any port through the list and the map zooms on to the exact location and shows detailed map in real-time. It also gives port related projects data, port data, achievements and documents feature but the data is not yet available.<br />
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Posting the link to an Interview by a Twitter friend: <a href="http://thetwinterview.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/the-twinterview-with-sangitasri/" target="_blank">get to know a little more about me</a>. <br />
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"With these fish we can find exactly what is causing the pollution and put a stop to it right away," explains Luke Speller, a scientist at the British technology firm BMT and the leader of SHOAL, a European project involving universities, businesses and the port of Gijon, which have joined forces to create the fish. </div>
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<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21836-robotic-fish-shoal-sniffs-out-pollution-in-harbours.html" target="_blank">Read more here</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-32436631687183246272012-05-22T21:53:00.001-07:002012-05-22T21:53:25.040-07:00Google does it again: Playable music synthesizer with records too<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="st">The doodle is fun to play with and also record your tunes. <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CG8QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRobert_Moog&ei=w2u8T8nHMZHMrQfVmIW2DQ&usg=AFQjCNFi07so2sLyn0qyR5SOoymoZxWZ-g&sig2=Q_tv8yqdNNlqbSDBUCZhFw" target="_blank">More about Bob Moog here</a>. The "synth" has had a big role in creating a range of tones without which our music or background scores wouldn't have sounded so rich and almost magical in expressing emotions via music. <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CE4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSynthesizer&ei=r2y8T7b6O4SzrAfKy5jFDQ&usg=AFQjCNH1NrnU4yh9Dvd2f6yM_XXEHAnckQ&sig2=gBIFF2m6qONhCbRtDFsFKw" target="_blank">Get to know more about this synthesizer</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="st">Companies like Google raise-brows freaquently by harnessing human curiosity and innovation with freedom. Time we unleash this potential from our student as well as staff to see what magic they can create.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-9158127695875723162012-02-06T03:27:00.000-08:002012-02-06T21:54:20.679-08:00Super Bowl and Social Media Statistics<p>A collection of useful statisitcs for analysis. Thanks to www.twitter.com/madversity for raising the question. Here is a compilation of links: </p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li>Painful Paradox Of Facebook Advertising Vs. Super Bowl Advertising <a class="twitter-timeline-link" title="http://bit.ly/zbuniw" href="http://bit.ly/zbuniw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" url="bit.ly/zbuniw">http://bit.ly/zbuniw</a></li><br /><li>The biggest social media moments of the Super Bowl (LostRemote)<br /><a href="http://www.lostremote.com/2012/02/05/the-biggest-social-media-moments-of-the-super-bowl/">http://www.lostremote.com/2012/02/05/the-biggest-social-media-moments-of-the-super-bowl/</a> </li><br /><br /><li>Top Advertisers, All-Time Best Ads <a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/charts/2012/7019/super-bowl-ad-stats-top-advertisers-all-time-best-ads">http://www.marketingprofs.com/charts/2012/7019/super-bowl-ad-stats-top-advertisers-all-time-best-ads</a></li><br /><br /><br /><li>5 ways the Super Bowl ad playbook has changed – (CNN – Fortune)<br /><a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/02/5-ways-the-super-bowl-ad-playbook-has-changed/">http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/02/5-ways-the-super-bowl-ad-playbook-has-changed/</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Super Bowl Commercials Are All Bang, No Buck (Forbes)<br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/02/03/super-bowl-commercials-are-all-bang-no-buck/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/02/03/super-bowl-commercials-are-all-bang-no-buck/</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Super Bowl Ads: Which Ones Generated the Most Pre-Game Buzz? (Reuters)<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/05/idUS138752904220120205">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/05/idUS138752904220120205</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Twitter Proves To Be The Ultimate Super Bowl Fill-in<br /><a href="http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2012/02/05/twitter-proves-to-be-ultimate-superbowl-fill-in/">http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2012/02/05/twitter-proves-to-be-ultimate-superbowl-fill-in/</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Super bowl analytics takes us beyond tweets (IBM – Smart planet Blog)<br /><a href="http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2012/02/super-bowl-analysis-takes-us-beyond-the-tweets.html">http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2012/02/super-bowl-analysis-takes-us-beyond-the-tweets.html</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Super Bowl advertisers heavy up on the Social Media (ABC News)<br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/chevy-super-bowl-advertisers-big-social-media/story?id=15482527#.Ty-hKL_SN8c">http://abcnews.go.com/Business/chevy-super-bowl-advertisers-big-social-media/story?id=15482527#.Ty-hKL_SN8c</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Social media takes over the Super Bowl (Computer World)<br /><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223960/Social_media_takes_over_the_Super_Bowl?taxonomyId=16">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223960/Social_media_takes_over_the_Super_Bowl?taxonomyId=16</a> </li><br /><br /><br /><li>Mobile Sports Report<br />http://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2012/02/super-bowls-socialmobile-angles-dont-move-the-needle/<br /><br />(Courtesy: @spacedout_sniff @nimishdubey)<br /><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-76353012349798173842011-10-11T22:23:00.000-07:002011-10-11T22:45:50.141-07:0060 Seconds - Information Overload<div align="center">"TAKE CONTROL of your real <strong><span style="color:#009900;">LIFE</span></strong>"</div><br /><br /><div align="center">(click for a larger image)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF6HX1zPqrMpERYKwGHQQI9k7HbfCQk2dLToiyqxTm4tEV0G_ojgGR7lj4GzPRB8vwZwrFUa_mwWlRKluF9tTdjwBsk4nBOQKfhqJ0azQadd442-gupNH6pUdMsnWR-rGvaXtcn0WnbFG/s1600/60seconds.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662472461793516402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF6HX1zPqrMpERYKwGHQQI9k7HbfCQk2dLToiyqxTm4tEV0G_ojgGR7lj4GzPRB8vwZwrFUa_mwWlRKluF9tTdjwBsk4nBOQKfhqJ0azQadd442-gupNH6pUdMsnWR-rGvaXtcn0WnbFG/s400/60seconds.jpg" /></a> 694,445 searched on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Google</strong></span><br />6,600+ pictures uploaded on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Flickr</strong></span><br />600 videos uploaded on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>YouTube</strong></span> videos<br />695,000 status updates on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Facebook</strong></span><br />70 New <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>domains</strong></span> registrations<br />168,000,000+ <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>emails</strong></span> sent<br />320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Twitter</strong></span><br />13,000 <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>iPhone</strong></span> app downloads<br />20,000 new posts on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>tumbler</strong></span><br />1700 downloads of <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>FireFox</strong></span><br />50 downloads of <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Wordpress</strong></span><br />100 accounts created on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></span><br />40 new Questions on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>YahooAnswers</strong></span><br />100+ questions on <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Answers</strong></span><br />1 new definition is added on <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">UrbanDictionary</span></strong><br />1,200+ new ads are created on <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Craigslist</span></strong><br />370,000+ minutes of voice calls on <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Skype</span></strong><br />13,000+ hours of music streaming on <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Pandora</span></strong><br />1,600+ reads are made on <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Scribd</span></strong> </p><br /><p>Source: <a href="http://www.go-gulf.com/">www.go-gulf.com</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-80617504897676309122011-10-06T17:42:00.001-07:002011-10-06T17:42:37.519-07:00Good bye Steve Jobs! Lives touched by You will rock on.<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gSRY9DBSJYQ/To5K-mHhP2I/AAAAAAAABjA/lwgzSTnP7EA/slide_189048_338862_large-1.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gSRY9DBSJYQ/To5K-mHhP2I/AAAAAAAABjA/lwgzSTnP7EA/s400/slide_189048_338862_large-1.jpg' /></a></p>FINAL FUNERAL RITES: STEVE JOBS <br/> <br/> His Mortal remains will be laid in state at His Residence in Palo Alto, California on the 8th Of October 2011 <br/> <br/> Burial Service: The iTrinity Chapel Ministries, Palo Alto; The body will be cremated in his residence. <br/> <br/> After Church Service, there will be a reception at his residence. <br/> <br/> Rest In Peace dear Steve Jobs! You lived very well. <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-27357720913272838102011-10-05T17:48:00.001-07:002011-10-05T18:16:09.966-07:00RIP Steve Jobs<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-weHnXyMT6Zg/Toz6yrAf7QI/AAAAAAAABi8/T1Rqi6oqgNc/SC20111006-040434-1.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-weHnXyMT6Zg/Toz6yrAf7QI/AAAAAAAABi8/T1Rqi6oqgNc/s400/SC20111006-040434-1.jpg' /></a></p>I promise to "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" Steve, I promise. <br/> <br/> Watch his 2005 Stanford Speech - http://bit.ly/hCvPdG </br> <br/> Apple iPod iMac iTouch iPhone iTune iPad NeXT Pixar. . . . . . iMiss You Steve iGrieve! <br/> <br/> Steve Job; the legend who dented this Universe in his own beautiful way! <br/> <br/> Apple's statement says:
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."<br/> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-8009822923151025822011-06-09T06:12:00.000-07:002011-06-09T07:07:11.333-07:00Music notes for Google Doodle - Play Guitar on your Keyboard - Les Paul's anniversary<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj3uFfKxDRNSkEpPjg8-bkkdeYINXhkTdef7Pptt5oZ1teNvNws1X_TD-MtRpTrJXeSdydxw08B3aPSoqzJAEhpm6ANS6dv7JsUVqNuZrAVuc0mX4UtVQEfWy3bX6nTbI9rpvyCauB7Gu/s1600/google-les-paul-doodle-090611.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616217076097013202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj3uFfKxDRNSkEpPjg8-bkkdeYINXhkTdef7Pptt5oZ1teNvNws1X_TD-MtRpTrJXeSdydxw08B3aPSoqzJAEhpm6ANS6dv7JsUVqNuZrAVuc0mX4UtVQEfWy3bX6nTbI9rpvyCauB7Gu/s320/google-les-paul-doodle-090611.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone can play guitar right from your keyboard at <a href="http://www.google.com/">www.google.com</a> today.<br /><br />As @neerajsaxena tweeted: The whole world seems to be strumming today, thanks to the Doodle! Thank you Google for making my surroundings musical, no strings attached!<br /><br />Here are a few songs for you to play:<br />- Go to www.google.com<br />- Click on small keyboard image till it shows in Red colour<br />- Now remember the tunes & adjust timings between the notes as given below<br /><br />_____________________<br />Via @saffrontrail From @wwtang Happy Birthday with #googledoodle guitar version: Play this '5565 887 5565 998 5550 8876 4408 998' I tried, it worked. Have fun!<br /><br />_____________________<br />Via @CruciFire From @vikas_m: DJDJDJDJDJDJ, GLGLGLGLGLGL, DJDJDJ KDK JDJ, GLG PGP LGL KFK and repeat. System of Down's Toxicity<br /><br />_____________________<br />From @MusicAloud varaveena (carnatic) without the gamakas. :)<br />335 5 658 8 98665 65332 35686 65332 33653 55321<br />333323535 5 33656 658 8 609988 686665 356865<br />653321 123 3 32532 12132121 1<br /><br />______________________<br />From @SangitaSri Play DoReMi: - asdsdsd - sdffdsf - dfgdgdg - fghhgfh - gasdfgh - hsdfghj - jdfghjk - kjhgfds...<br />______________________<br />From @complicateur #googledoodle The opening line of Pani vizhum alone is possible: qqqqqqqq qert rtre<br />______________________<br />Via @keshav61 From @complicateur #googledoodle O Butterfly: Q W E WEW QWQ U QWQ WEW WETY YUUY YUUY YTY TRT R EW(together) RW ER(together)<br />______________________<br />Via @NameFieldmt From @krishnahok ASDDDDDDDDDDDSDF for the first line of India's national anthem Jana Gana Mana.<br /><br />_______________________<br />Via @mestrazulas From @rubbaan: Star Wars theme on #googledoodle - EEE Q T E Q T E UUU I YR T E<br /><br />_______________________<br />Via @neokenji01 From @ratm: (123 *press together*)x3 (678)x3 (123)x3 (678)x3 (123)x3 (678)x3 (123)x3 878783 - Killing In The Name intro<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-83095142547325174412011-06-06T22:59:00.001-07:002011-06-06T23:53:34.498-07:00Apple - Annual WWDC 2011 Summary<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOGEEuB9rxBk1MwfBCpTaKrcwC2HyHJjan1J95nc_PmzhCzoTDqLUq9lunfosynS1GXiww46BPQ6lhv1-w-vdFt7PbfX7nnzONu0xlNy3lPmHnHDNX1WdsqdcH7VfxpH4JNa5htd8NQkk/s1600/wwdc2011.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615366823013942466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOGEEuB9rxBk1MwfBCpTaKrcwC2HyHJjan1J95nc_PmzhCzoTDqLUq9lunfosynS1GXiww46BPQ6lhv1-w-vdFt7PbfX7nnzONu0xlNy3lPmHnHDNX1WdsqdcH7VfxpH4JNa5htd8NQkk/s320/wwdc2011.jpg" /></a>Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC 2011 on 6th June.<br />Steve Jobs presented 3major products: OS X (Lion) ---- iOS5 --- iCloud<br />Watch full <a href="http://tnw.to/18tHU">video of the WWDC Keynote address via The Next Web.<br /></a>A collection of highly relevant summary articles online from the best arouces is listed - they are better than me trying to sum up :-)<br /><br /><ol><br /><li><a href="http://tcrn.ch/iE4vpU">Everything you need to know about the new iOS5</a> </li><br /><li><a href="http://t.co/4RtcrTq">OS X (Lion) for only $29 - Features</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://t.co/r4Q8OQO">Apple Moves The Digital Hub From The Mac To iCloud</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://t.co/yksPUBv">iOS 5: Tweet everywhere </a></li><br /><li><a href="http://bit.ly/meHy4R">iCloud - mails, contacts, calendar, docs, iBooks, music, photographs</a></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-33351609760150180552011-05-27T23:00:00.000-07:002011-05-27T23:39:52.667-07:00eG8 Forum – The Internet: Accelerating Growth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaeuGSBbYKZlrLW3twGVu9vUk5dvCPu4C84NNjs8tS7beYRSVCj7W-W3CtwtsM_ICtCa2IMx5SETW_d1NNFdqJQ_gVsAdj7W8108UovoED4QZSU-a7nrWwqV0-6OQheGBjb-E29rMXvmo/s1600/eG8_forum_header-en.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 48px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611643347870801266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaeuGSBbYKZlrLW3twGVu9vUk5dvCPu4C84NNjs8tS7beYRSVCj7W-W3CtwtsM_ICtCa2IMx5SETW_d1NNFdqJQ_gVsAdj7W8108UovoED4QZSU-a7nrWwqV0-6OQheGBjb-E29rMXvmo/s320/eG8_forum_header-en.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong><em>For the very 1st time, eG8 Forum brought together movers and shakers from the Internet technolgy world, government, non-profit foundations and media organisations to discuss the current status of the Internet and its social and cultural impact. View <a href="http://youtu.be/bDHCyAirjO0">video of Interview by Reuters on eG8 here</a>.<br /></em></strong><strong></strong><br /><strong>When and where and agenda<br /></strong><a href="http://twitter.com/eg8forum">eG8 Summit</a> was held in Paris, France on the 24th & 25th May 2011. Check the full <a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/en/calendar/">event schedule and speakers list </a>here.<br /><br /><strong>Aim of the Summit </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/">eG8 Forum </a>in Paris sought to bring together leaders from the political and Internet worlds to think about the future of the networked society. Main discussions involved around the importance of the role that the Internet now plays in our personal as well as our professional lives, and the opportunities but also the challenges that the network represents for our societies, our economies and our cultures.<br /><br /><strong>Elite speakers </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>Some of the elite panelists and speakers in this event include:<br />Nicolas Sarkozy, Marc Zuckerberg (Facebook), Eric Schmidt of Google, Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Craig Mundie (Microsoft), Rupert Murdoch (News Corp), Andrew Mason (Groupon), Klaus Schwab (World Economic Forum), Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), Yuri Milner (Digital Sky Technologies), John Donahoe (ebay), Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti Airtel), Mitchell Baker (Mozilla Foundation), etc. <BR><br />They were joined by eminent academics Yochai Benkler, <a href="http://youtu.be/pPsHM2OO_D4">Jeff Jarvis </a>(<a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/05/23/a-hippocratic-oath-for-the-internet/">Hippocratic Oath for the Internet</a>), and <a href="http://vimeo.com/24239427">Larry Lessig</a> (Harvard law school). Refer here for <a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/en/speakers/">full list of speakers during the plenary sessions of eG8</a>. <a href="http://youtu.be/5ke8o-sc_no">Video of the eG8 Forum plenary sessions </a>of both Day 1 and Day 2 are available on Youtube.<br><br /><strong>Opening note from Nicolas Sarkozy </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>The Internet's multilateral dynamic, and the driving role that the private sector and civil society play in its development, have led me to invite the major stake- holders of this ecosystem to Paris, so that the meeting of Heads of State can benefit from their vision. The content of your exchanges will be conveyed to the Heads of State and governments of the G8. A new phenomenon requires a new method of consultation, one that recognizes the legitimacy and the responsibility of the actors concerned: hence the idea of this e-G8 Forum”, said Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France. For more info watch this <a href="http://gov20.govfresh.com/president-sarkozy-at-the-eg8-summit-video/">video of President Sarkozy at the eG8 Summit</a>.<BR><br /><strong>Event Partners </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>The eG8 was partnered by leading technology firms: Orange, Vivendi, Free, Google, Capgemini, Ebay, Microsoft, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Eutelsat Communications, Thomson Reuters, and Publicis Groupe.<BR><br /><strong>Selected highlights<br /><br /></strong>Keynote <a href="http://youtu.be/-BE1gC_bcUA">presentation by James Manyika and Matthieu Pé́lissié on 'Internet Matters'</a>.<br />• Report from McKinsey Global Institute on <a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/en/documents/McKinsey_report.pdf">'Internet Matter: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity (PDF)'</a>.<br />• Many organizations concerned with human rights, liberties and civil society online have released a <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/access.3cdn.net/2c5bd15951c7ee2c3e_edm6bx69w.pdf">statement to the eG8 and G8 </a>that advocates “expanding internet access for all, combating digital censorship and surveillance, limiting online intermediary liability, and upholding principles of net neutrality.<br />• When asked about <a href="http://youtu.be/9lhWMmDbrGY">government regulation, Eric Schmidt of Google </a>said that technology moves so fast that governments really shouldn't try to regulate it because it will change too fast, and any problem will be solved by technology. "We'll move much faster than any government”.<br />• The eG8 shows online innovation and freedom of expression still need strong defenders according to Alex Howard of O’reilly. Read his detailed account on <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/eg8-2011-internet-freedom-ip-copyright.html">copyright, innovation and freedom of expression</a> here.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-85598119198050378972011-05-09T04:10:00.000-07:002011-05-09T04:19:24.431-07:00What is your online personality?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJYuXOrKN4lIljc0sEhzT9X1B55X3WD3QUGgSMEwLYZe0RzxNT6Ttc-2cEW2fFWYE1lB1MJIA9dlIXOTyvWFV1XuFyAJWfIMRrHECmPqUsQCpfYq9RmdzWG6AKMFxU7sFN3VDW4xDsDlU/s1600/whoRu.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604674174085180418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJYuXOrKN4lIljc0sEhzT9X1B55X3WD3QUGgSMEwLYZe0RzxNT6Ttc-2cEW2fFWYE1lB1MJIA9dlIXOTyvWFV1XuFyAJWfIMRrHECmPqUsQCpfYq9RmdzWG6AKMFxU7sFN3VDW4xDsDlU/s320/whoRu.jpg" /></a> Users are getting the hang of being on social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, MySpace, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Twitter, Orkut, Friendstr, Hubbo, etc. It is time we mature from treating these as public chat forums to one more meaningful and worthy of belonging to by our valuable presence.<br /><br />Here are certain roles that one can take for an online Avatar, to add value to the exploding online proliferation and populace. Each role highlights a specific focus of purpose and some of these can be combined in varying ratios to suit one’s preference.<br /><br />Grooming one’s online personality also creates clear personal brand values and established you presence as a domain champion much sought after online. Over time period, these skills acquired may also lead to lucrative business prospects or even job offers.<br /><br /><strong>A. Authentic news source<br /></strong>This personality is well read and keeps live track of events happening around in one specific domain or in an overall manner. Sources have to authentic and personal reflections and viewpoints may induce interactivity within your network.<br /><br /><strong>B. Local expert<br /></strong>Almost anyone can be a local expert for if they have lived there for a while. Information shared by such experts may range from news about local events, useful contact leads, shopping venues and offers, food / restaurant recommendations, etc.<br /><br /><strong>C. Role model<br /></strong>This character cannot be defined clearly but it is a personality which most readers or users look forward to emulate. Success of these role models may come from the mature opinions they share to the comfort they bring about through their discussions and the inspiration and support they give to others.<br /><br /><strong>D. Motivator or mentor<br /></strong>Such people normally share lot of motivational quotations and inspirational news. They are instant source of positive energy and a must in everyone’s online networking contacts basket.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><strong>E. Technical or social help desk<br /></strong><br />Most often well-versed user of products or gadgets and professional in technical fields play this role well. They are often up-to-date about technology products and by experience they could also help I troubleshooting technical problems for others.<br /><br /><strong>F. Community welfare<br /></strong>Social consciousness is a must in every human being but some are more inclined to be vociferous about such social initiatives and news. They are happy and caring souls who rope-in support for fund-raiser or awareness campaigns for social causes.<br /><br /><strong>G. Social media coach<br /></strong>This character is an experienced user of the social media platform not just in a technical sense but also in the sense of understanding the dynamics of users and content and viral marketing that goes on here. Most often they are compassionate people to network with and learn to rope in your social media strategy.<br /><br /><strong>H. Lifestyle Guru<br /></strong>Anyone indulging in the finesse of life with a taste can become a lifestyle guru online. With news about latest fashions, trends, promotions and teaser campaigns, they entice the user to become a compulsive shopper. Unlike marketing media, these people are genuine and can make personalized recommendation and so they are better received in public.<br /><br />On the whole life is an experience and each one of us sees only a facet of it in prismatic vision. So being one’s true self in good etiquette is the secret mantra of successful online presence. Making oneself useful either in real world or online is by connecting with others and sharing your insights. So choose your online personality accordingly and create a valuable presence.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-36487806062899990782011-01-09T21:46:00.000-08:002011-01-09T22:01:48.288-08:00Art and science of effective passwords<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB4yDmpc1Dm-5zBAzvAnPXlHtqErI09PSRpfHOknjVUM4T8GTVh79qzgMyua7aNpaqEohD7YSYzxbu8dl8hQIq8XHR0kGhfILF2WaLsOD5vl0zkAJR-O6VXGUjfFplF5YmRwGV7SJutfG/s1600/password"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 161px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560431559432579234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB4yDmpc1Dm-5zBAzvAnPXlHtqErI09PSRpfHOknjVUM4T8GTVh79qzgMyua7aNpaqEohD7YSYzxbu8dl8hQIq8XHR0kGhfILF2WaLsOD5vl0zkAJR-O6VXGUjfFplF5YmRwGV7SJutfG/s320/password" /></a>In our digital life style, most often our privacy and secrecy are protected with username and password (including PIN as in the case of card-based transactions).<br /><br />On an average over ten different passwords have to memorized for purposes such as internet account, office and personal emails, online social media platforms, financial and utility accounts transactions online, membership logins, etc.<br /><br /><br />Life was easy until we considered that having a password was enough once and for all. Unfortunately this scene has changes. We are at the risk of financial or reputation loss and might also suffer losing our own identity if our private details are exposed to the wrong people.<br /><br />Often we use simple password that include abbreviations of our name or initials along with details from our date of birth – a mere 5 to 6 characters long. Many times people find using the default password or ‘password’ as the password itself more convenient. Imagine how simple and how dangerous if this case applies to your online banking website of email account.<br /><br /><br />Now often we come across so many “Don’t Do” about secure password. Never user names or usernames or ‘123’ or ‘test’ or petname or child’s name being some of these. Seldom there is help in the form of how to coin safe passwords and manage them efficiently. Here is some useful information in this direction.<br /><ul><li>Make sure whatever you do, that you can remember the password without having to write it down. The best password is simple yet difficult to crack. </li><br /><li>The length and range and the case of characters in your password determine how difficult it is to guess. So use symbols, numbers, a mix of upper and lower case letters. For example letter ‘a’ can be replaced with ‘@’, ‘s’ can be replaces with ‘$’ etc.</li><br /><li>One method of coining a good password is to use a sentence that one can easily remember. For example “My Favourite Movie Is Casablanca” or “The Best Place I have Seen So far Is Bali”. Take the 1st letter of each word, insert your symbol say ‘#’ between each 3 letter and use your number say ‘3’ after every 5th letter. A password like ‘Tbp#ih3$#$fi#5B’ is almost impossible to guess. </li><br /><li>Another easy technique could be to use two totally un-related words and connect both those words with symbols and numbers while mixing up lower and uppercase letters. Again passwords like ‘ nOvember!=dEcem ber’ or ‘funny<$nail>Flower’ are also very good passwords. </li><br /><li>Use of words from foreign language can be very handy to make good password using English characters. This brings a new range of complexity into your password as the sentence delivered in your native language can’t be guess that easily. Example ‘Guruk@Aashirva@d’ is simple based on a Hindi phrase with symbols missed for the 1st and last occurrence of the letter ‘a’. </li><br /><li>Whatever password you may create can be useless if you do not change is over a period of time. Good level of security suggests change after every 30 or 45 days. Systems can be automated to ‘expire a password’ after this number of days. </li><br /><li>Re-use of old password must also be limited. It is safe to keep this limit as 10/12 minimum, for the list of passwords before they can be reused again. </li><br /><li>Length of the password must certainly be longer than 8 characters but about 14 characters or more is recommended for sensitive applications.<br /></li></ul><p>As conclusion we can say that no password un-crackable and what we are trying our best is only to make it more difficult to crack in terms of effort and time. Simple and obvious errors like post-it notes with passwords stuck under keyboards must be avoided. </p><p>Sharing the password with someone is same as broadcasting your password publicly; this is no longer a secret. The worst password is the one you forgot while the best password is simple yet cannot be guessed easily. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-2481281652884497422011-01-09T21:34:00.000-08:002011-01-09T21:42:55.398-08:00Brave new world with technology<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjQiRucZGkP7WCGJqTrUmqcxQVQGnvL1YeV3UGYl2zrFsHp6RV6uC2zKih_BT8uqcRDaA4PubK-R_Kex4Wa8TTzZLL97bUGIDfBqry4OJo6aUwnoggX70btcaJaLO_Hdy9xuKtAzU1x7/s1600/brave_new_world_3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560427473717149010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjQiRucZGkP7WCGJqTrUmqcxQVQGnvL1YeV3UGYl2zrFsHp6RV6uC2zKih_BT8uqcRDaA4PubK-R_Kex4Wa8TTzZLL97bUGIDfBqry4OJo6aUwnoggX70btcaJaLO_Hdy9xuKtAzU1x7/s320/brave_new_world_3.jpg" /></a> In line with the radical changes, as presented by Aldous Huxley in his novel ‘Brave New World’, in fact surpassing those p jections is where technology has brought in a change in society. An ordinary citizen has access to information like never before, which make him enjoy his comforts better.<br /><div><br />Tools of technology like the Internet and the Mobile have given him the power of choice, a true choice in the matter how he wishes to be served with pertinent information. A couple of days of technology-weaning call best explain to us the extent to which we rely on them. </div><br /><div>With the innovations in technology leading to price reduction with increased new features it is now possible for a common man to afford access to technology and gadgets. Now comes managing the overflow of information out there and gaining the skill to filter that is relevant to one’s purpose of lifestyle. The culture of the brave new world is one that of strive for success and happiness. </div><br /><div>And then one day it dawns to us: "All of a sudden, we've lost a lot of control," he said. "We can't turn off our internet; we can't turn off our smartphones; we can't turn off our computers" as told by the pioneer Steve Wozniak. </div><br /><div>Digital Oman suggests here a few means of accessing information from the digital world on a periodic basis in a controlled manner and to manage their flow to digest it. As per the brave new world theory, harnessing technology through a means that best suits one is fostering a powerful and complete reliance of access to pertinent information. </div><br /><div>Book marks </div><br /><div>The most common means is to use the ‘Favorites feature’ just like book marks in a common web browser. We come across several interesting articles of interest when we try to search for something else. The best means at hand is to save the weblink as favourite and revisit regularly at the end of the day. </div><div><br />Google reader </div><br /><div>An alternative tool is to use a free tool called Google reader. You can find this tool under ‘More’ options in Google window. Then one can click on ‘Add a subscription’. For example enter ‘technology’ to find feed in that discipline; then choose your feed subscriptions. Now daily alerts in the field of technology will be waiting in your Google reader for you to read at your leisure.<br />Yet another interesting feature of this tool is that if your friends on Google email also have a similar reader setup that is public, then you can read their favourite reads also marked from their reader lists. </div><br /><div>News Feeds </div><br /><div>RSS standing for Really Simple Syndication is another manner in which news as well as website updates are pushed into our subscriptions. Also called as ‘News Feeds’ enable you to get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from. Most email clients have a feature to import such regular feeds into the separate ‘InBox’. </div><br /><div>Twitter </div><br /><div>The micro-blogging platform twitter is rich with media and corporate presence so that once you follow these ‘Usenames’, to receive small snippets of news and links appear in your timeline in under 140 characters. If this lead interests you then you can click on the link to read further.<br />While the above list is not exhaustive, it certainly is a good way to organise information that is found in plenty online and organise it in such a manner that you can access it anytime you are free to process the contents of the information. </div><div> </div><div>Would like to hear more from you as to how you manage your digital brave new world. Do comment.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-87167876623533986422010-08-13T22:11:00.001-07:002010-10-25T00:01:31.522-07:00Mobile phone settings - MMS, Internet - Omantel & Nawras<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwNN7sIccM7JPA854Y7e1bPrv4FvunXOOlt4XnidCaR5eOCzJHp3FpcdXXqnu30VS2RPuiH8jBWnCQpUlp9NK4pyp4497aAXTX6XEONxIWQp6Z0Os3TDG3vuVhaDQ7InoWDiFwTOgSiXW/s1600/phone.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 186px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505131311378843378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwNN7sIccM7JPA854Y7e1bPrv4FvunXOOlt4XnidCaR5eOCzJHp3FpcdXXqnu30VS2RPuiH8jBWnCQpUlp9NK4pyp4497aAXTX6XEONxIWQp6Z0Os3TDG3vuVhaDQ7InoWDiFwTOgSiXW/s320/phone.jpg" /></a>This is an essential list compiled and thought of sharing these here with you. Hope to keep it updated. Kindly give you comments if you need any other such settings.<br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Internet settings (iPhone - Nawras)</strong></span></div><div></div><div>Go to Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data NetworkEnter Cellular </div><div>Data Apn : isp.nawras.com.om</div><div>Username : testTest : test</div><div></div><div><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Internet settings (iPhone - Oman Mobile)</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><div></div><div>Goto > > > Apn : taif</div><div>Username : taif</div><div>Password : taif<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Internet settings - Blackberry - Nawras</span></strong></div><div>Go to Options > Advanced > </div><div>TCPAPN : isp.nawras.com.om</div><div>username : testpassword : test<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">MMS settings - Nawras</span></strong></div><div></div><div>APN : mms.nawras.com.om</div><div>MMSC : 10.128.240.16/servlets/mms</div><div>MMS Proxy : 10.128.240.19:8080</div><div>All other fields blank<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">MMS settings - Oman Mobile</span></strong></div><div>APN : mms</div><div>Username: mms</div><div>Password: mms</div><div>Mmsc: <a href="http://mmsc.omanmobile.om:10021/mmsc">http://mmsc.omanmobile.om:10021/mmsc</a></div><div>Proxy: 192.168.203.035:8080</div><div>All other fields blank</div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Text Message Center Number</span></strong></div><div>Go to Menu > messages > settings > text message > message centre</div><div>OmanMobile (+968 99300610)<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Internet settings - Google Nexus One - Nawras</span></strong><br /></div><div>Go to seetings >Mobile networks > Access Point Names> Data </div><div>APNName: Nawras Internet (can be any name)</div><div>APN: isp.nawras.com.om</div><div>APN Type: default</div><div>User Name: test</div><div>Password: test</div><div>APN Type: defaultLeave other fields empty<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">MMS settings - Google Nexus One - Nawras</span></strong></div><div></div><div>MMS APNName: nawras </div><div>MMS (Can be any name)</div><div>APN: mms.nawras.com.om</div><div>Proxy: 10.128.240.19Port: 8080</div><div>username: test</div><div>password: test</div><div>MMSC: <a href="http://10.128.240.16/servlets/mms">http://10.128.240.16/servlets/mms</a></div><div>MMS proxy: 10.128.240.19MMS port: 8080</div><div>Authentication Type : None</div><div>APN type: mms</div><div>Leave other fields as such </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-88615613633880979692010-07-18T22:28:00.000-07:002010-07-18T22:39:56.812-07:00Travel made easy with Technology<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0nS4OO4kTV7XsRI0R13S_TNsYa8YC6C8RYAgjdOBu5ulttMN3zuJjpbtWt1nrsNZ3abHVHQ5QPx1ATolajp81LhjNQQENPKFVSE5oRetjR9EUwW2ZXK6_ItmbConQYm1-PR8GIcpsD1z/s1600/travel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495486802888758898" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 319px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0nS4OO4kTV7XsRI0R13S_TNsYa8YC6C8RYAgjdOBu5ulttMN3zuJjpbtWt1nrsNZ3abHVHQ5QPx1ATolajp81LhjNQQENPKFVSE5oRetjR9EUwW2ZXK6_ItmbConQYm1-PR8GIcpsD1z/s320/travel.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>A vacation to a new land that one has never travelled before but still manage to travelextensively, networking with like-minded people all the while and seeing and enjoy places thatare local highlights is now very much possible thanks to technology.</div><div> </div><div>For the benefit of travelers, it is my earnest intention to make travel more exciting with tool andwebsites that tell you much more than what a local friend could do to give you good value fortravel expenses.</div><br /><div></div><div>Planning your trip</div><br /><div></div><div>With broad indications about the country you are to visit, try to locate the place or city in <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/">http://www.wikipedia.com/</a> to see the historic backdrop of the place and the important places to seein that city. If this is to your liking then the place can be marked for you travel. Being informedabout a place enables tourists to appreciate the cultural and historic backdrop of a any localeand enjoy visiting places of significance.</div><br /><div></div><div>Maps and directions</div><br /><p>With the city of interest marked, visit <a href="http://www.googlemaps.com/">http://www.googlemaps.com/</a> or install the GoogleEarthapplication in your system (GoogleMaps & GoogleEarth mobile versions are also availablefor free) next. Searching for the city of your choice, do look up at nearby places of interest. Inorder to see an estimate of time to travel between any two places, you can use GoogleMaps.</p><div></div><div>But <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/">http://www.mapquest.com/</a> is strongly recommended for ease of use if you know the two exactplaces, because in reality the travel time estimates were found to be fairly accurate withallowances for local traffic conditions. Once the distance and time to travel between two placesis marked in Mapquest, it is possible to print and even email detailed route plans and directionsof travel.</div><br /><div></div><div>Buying a GPS (Global Positioning System) device with local maps to the area you are to travelis a must and this is very handy to get your directions either in the interlaced downtown areaor in the interstate highways. Visit <a href="http://www.garmin.com/">http://www.garmin.com/</a> for a range of devices and their features.One can pick up any hotel or fast-food restaurant address of the location in order to exactly getdirection into downtown with your GPS.</div><br /><div></div><div>Neighborhood highlights</div><br /><div></div><div>Using location sensitive software such as <a href="http://www.foursquare.com/">http://www.foursquare.com/</a>, enable travelers to timestamptheir travels into electronic diary of the journey. This software also enables you to view tips leftat places by other travelers and also shout out that you are in a particular area and would like tofind friends in a new place. Most of the restaurant referrals and items are worth exploring and inreturn, you can also leave you useful tips about the places you visit or even give you commentsabout the restaurants you experimented with.</div><br /><div></div><div>Networking on the go</div><br /><div></div><div>A mobile phone with Internet connection can do wonders during a travel as you can takepictures and share it with friends and family almost instantly. For example at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">http://www.twitter.com/</a> or<a href="http://www.facebook.com/">http://www.facebook.com/</a> status messages can let others know of your journey highlights along withpictures.Sending tweets asking for local tips and must-do activities receive active responses fromfollowers on twitter and several people who either live there are have been there are ready tohelp you with directions or advices. They are so personalized and timely that you find themvaluable while on your journey.</div><br /><div></div><div>Communities on Twitter have informal gatherings during weekends all around the world andfinding about the schedule of one such in the city you visit can get chances to meet and networkwith the local twitter users. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-51782632491938694362010-06-09T04:28:00.000-07:002010-06-09T04:34:45.829-07:00Digital Forensics – art of eJames Bonds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMHlXltAicgsIJ6ok4AZWp6mnJ95L1U6VCDMRe1cDpjYXQaYlD9qiJWZgmm0NFI65I5xjdCpd-UjLI97mYngIF4B2nmBZC_7M-cJ9C8adsRHrgitBGy68adw2PeannrjzvRWnVpA8oKOj/s1600/Untitled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480735624345645602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMHlXltAicgsIJ6ok4AZWp6mnJ95L1U6VCDMRe1cDpjYXQaYlD9qiJWZgmm0NFI65I5xjdCpd-UjLI97mYngIF4B2nmBZC_7M-cJ9C8adsRHrgitBGy68adw2PeannrjzvRWnVpA8oKOj/s320/Untitled.jpg" border="0" /></a>Most of us have come across USB failures and hard disks failures that leave us in a frustrated state. May be it is our precious office data or memorable pictures and videos that are physically still there but unable to be accessed for unknown reasons.<br /><div><br />We hope that our precious data held as 0 and 1s can just be recovered somehow. Another similar situation is that systems recovered from cyber criminal may be damaged badly but even little data recovered from them can be helpful in pinning down the criminal with the act of crime.</div><br /><div>Accidental or intentional file deletions also create the need for tools and systems to recover the deleted data. It may be necessary to audit employee’s activities with systems by capturing some deeper sets of data from logs and analyse them for traces of activities, time stamps and user identities.</div><br /><div>In research scenarios reverse engineering of systems and their outputs help computer engineers understand how these systems works and what could or what did go wrong in the processing. Security experts often require technical peek-ins and tweaks to make decisions about the level of penetrations and the possibility of criminals having access to critical data.</div><br /><div>In all the above situations, a specialised field termed ‘Digital Forensics’ rules the game. Technically digital forensic is a newly sprouted branch of ‘forensics’ aiming to demystify and produce legally valid evidential data. </div><br /><div>Law enforcement official use several tools and techniques to produce enough evidences from electronic sources such as computer systems or digital storage media. They can also generate audit trails of electronic activities involved in cases like telephone call made within criminal networks, internet surfing or chat data concerning terror attacks, or online surveillance of suspected individuals.</div><br /><div>The basic process of digital processes begins with getting hold of the computer system or digital media under concern. Then the original is preserved while mirror-replicate is created to examine the data it holds. This is mostly called imaging – an important process which retains the original artefact intact while its copy is examined. After initial examination comes thorough analysis of details all the while creating an investigation trail. Based on this examination and the results a thorough report is prepared. </div><div><br />Due to the sophisticated nature of digital forensics several tools are available to enable the investigations. For example: Forensic Tool Kit by Access data, EnCase by Guidance Software, ProDiscover, Scalpel, Sleuth Kit to name a few. But the highlight of this article is the Open Source SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) which can be freely downloaded at <a href="http://computer-forensics2.sans.org/community/siftkit/">http://computer-forensics2.sans.org/community/siftkit/</a> </div><br /><div>Some companies specialised in this field offer ‘Forensics in a Box’ solutions. Such solutions include setting up of an entire facility including the following:</div><ul><li>Set-Up of hardware, software and other accessories</li><li>Implementation of hardware assembly, software installation and configuration</li><li>Development of policies and procedures and related knowledge transfer</li><li>Training in the use of hardware and software</li><li>Technical support and development of tools</li></ul><p>Considering the proliferations cyber crimes and the importance of digital lifestyle prevailing, it is very important for law enforcement agencies to gain expertise in digital forensics. At commercial level, such setups could offer sophisticated data-recovery services. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799870139276974433.post-14093037270093545322010-05-18T23:25:00.000-07:002010-05-18T23:36:59.878-07:00Consumer rules your digital brand<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl65Gh909MYnK3qVxjbSSJHNNKppD6a_SdegVns8up4LSAtd8acrjvQcfShO-F2ZqMfhzDVLSG1G-B42bcEGJCp0rdR_p_ItLy3mYNlL_J3TB91maOAliK8eBNAGbGU9amP-n49c9oz6ms/s1600/brand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472866192138771922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl65Gh909MYnK3qVxjbSSJHNNKppD6a_SdegVns8up4LSAtd8acrjvQcfShO-F2ZqMfhzDVLSG1G-B42bcEGJCp0rdR_p_ItLy3mYNlL_J3TB91maOAliK8eBNAGbGU9amP-n49c9oz6ms/s320/brand.jpg" border="0" /></a> Just as the brand managers and marketers mastered the art of brewing value brands with a scientific understanding of consumers’ needs and wants, the world flipped into a new community all together with the advent of technology. The digital era has redefined lifestyle, content as well as communication off all consumers and businesses so radically that there has to be a new insight into branding in the digital era.<br /><div><br /><strong>Yester years</strong></div><br /><div>Brand creation and management is an art and a science that creates added perceived value to both organisations and consumers alike. Tradition media such as the print, outdoor, television, billboards, and radio have their unique way of reaching to target segments and there is a high level of maturity in using these media to create the required impression about a brand in a consumer’s mind. Most of the brand images were created and pushed on to the public through these promotional channels fairly well understood by brand managers. </div><br /><div><strong>Consumer power</strong></div><br /><div>Companies can now reach out to millions of other users worldwide instantly and they play a significant part in creating a brand image. Salesmen are often outwitted by clients who have done thorough Internet research. Customers prefer personalised communications and are able to make highly informed decisions better than before. Clients with no time for consumer traditional media, surf the net, exchange emails, read blogs and watch video online. The social media is pure ‘customer play’ where reputation and referrals are based on client relationships.</div><br /><div><strong>Moving forward</strong></div><br /><div>Branding in the digital era can no longer be an afterthought. Once brand guidelines have been compiled with the client heavily involved, plans need to in place based on the local digital scenario and applicable dimensions of digital channels and their potential impact. A good brand strategy must include brand engagement in the digital environment considering the power of the democratic digital media.</div><br /><div><strong>Know where they are</strong></div><br /><div>The consumers are now living a second life in the digital world and they use their simple mobile phones as port keys. Even while working or holidaying, they constantly engage in conversations through digital channels and they have merged into virtual groups that constantly hang around in the online environment having intimate conversations. </div><br /><div><strong>Understanding the consumer</strong></div><br /><div>Once the target market segment is identified, it is necessary to understand their digital lifestyle. Then representative groups can be created both in the real as well as virtual world. It is increasingly important for organisations to have a presence online and engage in sincere conversations with these groups to build brand loyalty. There is a need to be visible but provide only a platform to engage in interactions. </div><br /><div></div><div>Creating websites, blogs and accounts on social media like the youtube, facebook, myspace are examples of these. Dialogues can be initiated either to create brand interest or to address negative comments. Giving useful and relevant information free can be rewarding. Recognise brand advocates in such virtual groups, recognise and reward them while do not risk replicating the entire real world branding online too. </div><br /><div><strong>Digital Media</strong></div><br /><div>Electronic media or digital channels as they are normally called are quite different from the traditional media. For example publishing your printed brochures online may not work as effectively as a mini-banner advertisement selected relevantly and placed less intrusively while consumer checks his emails or while he does a key-word search in Google. </div><br /><div>Online social media including blogs, micro-blogs, forums, social networks, groups within social networks, bookmarking sites, image and video sites are full of your current as well as potential clients and they are gladly engaged in communicating forth right opinions and sharing their brand experiences. They no longer buy-in your brand images as such; they want to prove it through their ideas, opinions and their experiences. Here is where online content will make a positive difference. </div><div><br />With more customers researching or reviewing your products and services online than ever before, online branding nowadays needs a strategy and budget of its own. The Internet has not only made searches easier, but the content returned is richer and it is even possible for instant comparisons and user reviews. So any brand marketing must have search strategy built-in to its core. Careful choice on online activists can create useful brand ambassadors who endorse your products or services purely based on their personal experiences. </div><br /><div><strong>Brand Consultation</strong></div><br /><div>The brand discovery process results in getting to the essence of the brand and laying the foundations for its successful communications through strategic focus, differentiation, relevance and simplicity. This exercise begins digital branding, working closely with brand consultants on having a review of the current brand perception across samples of customer segments. With this base, a new brand position can be formulated as brand guidelines. </div><br /><div>Brand guidelines may include a revival of the current brand or even rebranding exercise altogether. The various elements that comprise of your brand identity must be charted out strategically and a formal consensus can be reached with the senior management who will eventually approve and fund the exercise. </div><br /><div>Customers form integral part of this consultation to understand where a brand is currently poised, where and how it must proceed now on. In return for little or even nothing most customers are willingly vociferous on their opinions and experiences. One needs to sift out the credible ones and lend an ear to their voices. </div><div> </div><div>Being a common member on online media like forums and social networking sites avoiding sales pitch, along with subscriptions to blog feeds is an integral part of digital branding. It is paramount to enthuse your online community with authentic & relevant information willingly. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit source blog @ http://digitaloman.blogspot.com</div>Sangeetha Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167430581198213208noreply@blogger.com3