Archive for April, 2008

zoombak Dog’s GPS Locator - Track your pets using GPS

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Zoombak Dog Pet GPS Locator

Zoombak has introduced a GPS Dog Locator which can used for tracking accurately where pets are currently stationed. Zoombak provides a small. lightweight device which can be placed in to your pet’s collar. Then you can find your pets location using Zoombak.com portal which offers realtime position tracking. The device also has facility of sending alert before the battery goes down, and alerting the owners if their pet cross over the pre defined customised zone. Zoombak offers 24/7 customer service using a toll-free phone number.

Useful Links - Startup Companies and Startup Jobs

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Listed below are some of the sites where you can get information about startup companies and startup jobs.

KillerStartups

younoodle

jowba

TradeVibes

Nokia 6110 Review - a GPS Navigator 3G Phone

Monday, April 14th, 2008

image  Nokia 6110 is latest product in the GPS space from Nokia. Apart from the standard phone specification this device has a built-in GPS receiver. The main features include

1. Built with latest Symbian S60 operating system.

2. 2.2 inch TFT screen and weighs 125g.

3. Pre-loaded with Indian cities Maps. (Delhi + NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderbad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur).

4. 3G, EDGE and HSDPA enabled Phone.

5. Programs installed include Quick Office, PDF reader, regular Nokia programs and GPS data.

6. Built with 2MP camera and front has a VGA camera for Video Conferencing.

7. Supported music formats includes MP3, WMA and AAC and Real Player for videos.

8. Packaged with a 512MB microSD card, mobile holder to use in car and a car charger.

One of the best phone available with GPS features and priced reasonably.

Hooeey - record, analyse and manage browsing history

Monday, April 14th, 2008

hooeey  Hooeey is a startup based in India which specifically targets Internet users and provides a personal web application which records the users browsing history. The recorded data can then be used for analysing and identifying the different pages visited and if needed we can reuse any information. The web pages browsed can also be shared with other users. The recording of web pages are full user control through a click of button and in case of sensitive data or you want to maintain privacy then you do not have to record your browsing details by turning off recording with a single click.

This is available as a toolbar or button for both IE and Firefox and you can download from here.  And there are enough tutorials available to help us through different tasks such as

  • How to install hooeey toolbar in Internet Explorer.
  • How to use the hooeey toolbar.
  • How to upload browsed links.

How to use Microsoft Word 2007 as a blog editor for Wordpress

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Microsoft Office 2007 can be used a blog editor and for publishing blog posts. Some of the blog providers supported by Microsoft 2007 are Windows Live Spaces, Wordpress, Blogger, SharePoint blog, Community Server, Typepad and others. The steps to be followed to make Microsoft Office 2007 as blog editor for a wordpress blog are listed below.

Click on the office button and select publish option followed by Blog option.

PublishOption

Now Register the blog

RegisterNow

And provide the Account information of your blog.

New Blog Account

After selecting the blog provider and clicking next, another dialog box should appear requesting for Account Information.

New Wordpress Account

Now provide the Blog Post URL information, and the required user credentials.

After clicking OK, the blog account gets registered and any new blog post now written would be posted to this new blog account.