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A must read for job seekers in current economy

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I came across a useful post which gives a list of must read presentations for a job seeker. Applicant.com has compiled a list of 7 presentations from SlideShare.
The first thing to hit during recession was hiring and recruitment and the first thing will pick up would be the same. Economy is already showing signs of [...]


How to install IntenseDebate on wordpress 2.7.1

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IntenseDebate – super charge your commenting system
I installed IntenseDebate to offer highly interactive commenting system to the readers of GigaThoughts.  As always it started with a lot of research, which led to final two competitors to choose from – IntenseDebate and Disqus. After testing both commenting system on local machine for a week, I finally [...]


RBI makes it mandatory for banks to provide additional authentication for online shopping

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According to a new ruling, the Reserve bank of India -RBI has made it mandatory for all banks issuing credit and debit cards to provide additional authentication information over and above what is visible on the card. To prevent fraud and to make online shopping safer, the RBI has made it mandatory, from 1st August [...]


Nandan Nilekani and Congress initiate unique identification card project

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Latest update – UID project to roll out in first week of September, the state chosen for the launch is Andra Pradesh.  Click HERE for more info
Original Post follows below:
2010 On 26th June 2009 times of India carried the headlines “Infy boss to join the government as a cabinet minister.” I am proud of Nandan [...]


Beware and Prepare for floods in Mumbai – June and July 09

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Beware and Prepare for floods in Mumbai – June and July 09
I would like to use this platform to spread the message so that more and more people in Mumbai can be aware about the weather and rain forecast this season (June-July 2009) and be prepared to tackle the floods in a better way. I [...]


Microsoft Bing – search and decision engine

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This week has been excellent for social media enthusiasts.  The second big news in of the week is the pre-launch of Microsoft Bing, its redefined version of search. The search engine will be launch officially on June 3rd.  I have been using it for a week and as heavily as i use Google search and [...]


Google Wave – web based real time communication platform

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During the Google I/O keynote, Google utilized the opportunity to launch its new communication platform called Google Wave. We all know that Google likes to surprise the world by developing application that changes the rules of the game. This time around they have raised the bar further by launching Google Wave as an open source [...]


My research and experience on how to manage multiple twitter accounts.

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Twitter has already become an integral part of every marketer’s social media strategy.  During the initial days of twitter people were not too sure on its business potential and only thought of it as a personal / social networking tool.  The sheer volume of twitter follower and tweets has forced everyone sit back and have [...]


T20 World Cup Schedule 2009

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The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20. The tournament will have 12 teams, just like the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa in September 2007.
World Twenty20 Schedule – http://www.20-20.in/world_cup_twenty20/2009_england/schedule.php
The team selection committee of India [...]


IPL T20 – A $2 billion brand to be listed on stock exchange

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I was reading this interesting article on Economics Times  and would like to share this with the readers of GT.
The slam-bang version of the gentleman’s game has also brought a bang for the bucks for BCCI and the eight franchise owners. But the real proof of success will be when the teams are listed [...]