Monday, February 24, 2014

WhatsApp to Introduce Voice Calling

WhatsApp to Introduce Voice Calling 

The world’s biggest messaging service WhatsApp will add voice calls to its product in the second quarter of this year.


The announcement came days after its blockbuster $19 billion acquisition by Facebook.

”We are driven by the mission that people should be able to stay in touch anywhere and affordably. Our goal is to be on every mobile phone in the world,” WhatsApp CEO Koum said on Monday, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Koum also announced a partnership with KPN’s E-Plus under which it will launch a WhatsApp branded mobile service in Germany.

“We are working with carriers in established markets to bring value to end users,” he said

It is worthy to note that Facebook announced the purchase of the mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Wednesday, in a $19bn deal. A deal that represents the social media company’s biggest acquisition yet.


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Sunday, February 23, 2014

QMobile Floated Job Opportunities

QMobile Floated Job Opportunities

 

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Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2014

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WhatsApp? Service down, Facebook deal?

 WhatsApp? Service down, Facebook deal?


New York:  WhatsApp's 450 million worldwide users were unable to access the smartphone free-messaging service for several hours on Saturday, three days after Facebook declared it was lavishing up to $19 billion on it.

"Sorry we currently experiencing server issues. We hope to be back up and recovered shortly," WhatsApp said in a message on Twitter that was retweeted more than 25,000 times in just a few hours and provoked ridicule because it comes so soon after Facebook's hefty acquisition.

Some WhatsApp users found they were unable to connect to the app, while others complained their messages were not going through.

WhatsApp did not say how long the outage lasted, but about 2.5 hours later it tweeted again to say: "WhatsApp service has been restored. We are sorry for the downtime..."

The specialist website techcrunch.com suggested the problem might be down to "a surge of signups and usage that has overloaded its servers" after the publicity the app garnered following Facebook's announcement on Wednesday.

Facebook is betting huge on mobile with the eye-popping cash-and-stock deal for WhatsApp, which was only started five years ago but has quickly grown as a free alternative to text messages.

It is Facebook's biggest acquisition and comes less than two years after the California-based Internet star raised $16 billion in the richest tech sector public stock offering.

Neither WhatsApp nor Facebook were immediately available for comment.

However, the outage was the source of much amusement -- as well as anger -- on Twitter.

"I expect you are all away from your desks on the ales drinking some of that Facebook cash!" one user, "leonclarance," replied to WhatsApp's tweet about the blackout.

Another simply tweeted: "Turn down Facebook's offer guys!"

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Another big winner in Facebook's deal for WhatsApp: your wallet


Another big winner in Facebook's deal for WhatsApp: your wallet

 

Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp for at least $16 billion has minted dozens of new millionaires and billionaires this week, but there was another big winner in the deal: Parents and their teenage children, who have most likely saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars in texting fees thanks to the hugely popular messaging app, and will continue to do so after the deal.

Before WhatsApp - and Line, Viber, WeChat and a few other messaging apps now being hungrily adopted by young people and adults across the globe - the main way to send a message from one phone to another was through SMS, a technology that routed the text through the same infrastructure that mobile carriers used to handle voice calls.

To the carriers, these texts are essentially free to provide. Each text occupies a minuscule amount of bandwidth on their airwaves, and it rides across the infrastructure that they have set up to provide voice calls.

But because there is little competition in SMS - after you sign up for a carrier, you cannot send your SMS messages through any other provider - carriers once charged exorbitant rates for texts, minting huge profits.

In the United States, until recently, Verizon charged 20 cents a text to customers who did not sign up for a messaging plan. Those who did - at $5-$20 a month per phone - could bring their costs down to as low as half a cent a message, although that was only if 5,000 messages were sent a month. AT&T's rates were similar, and so were those of many carriers around the world.

These prices proved enormously lucrative for carriers. Analysts' estimates put global SMS revenue at around $100 billion a year annually - money that was essentially all profit for carriers.
WhatsApp did not start out as a messaging app. Its earliest version, introduced in 2009, was more of a mobile status-updating app - something closer to Twitter than SMS. But as Forbes reported in a detailed profile of the company, its founders quickly noticed that people began using the app for back-and-forth communication, a way to send texts without incurring SMS fees.

Technically, this was not totally free to users, but it was very close to free. WhatsApp routes its messages over the Internet, so people had to have a mobile data plan to use it. They also had to have a smartphone. (SMS could work on more basic phones.) But after that cost, each message over WhatsApp required such a tiny slice of mobile bandwidth that it was basically free. If you paid AT&T $25 for a 2-gigabytes-a-month data plan, each WhatsApp message might cost about two ten-thousandths of a cent, according to Gizmodo's math.

This means that someone who sent 5,000 messages over WhatsApp, a not unreasonable number for some overactive teenagers, would pay about a penny in data fees. If 5,000 SMS texts were sent at AT&T's nonplan rate of 20 cents a message, the sender would be out $1,000, which is 100,000 times WhatsApp's price.

But Internet texting was not just cheaper, it was also better. In WhatsApp's early days, it was one of hundreds of apps trying to offer a replacement for SMS, so it was forced to create a better service to stand out. Among other features, it eschewed ads, while some competitors' apps were glutted with them, and per-message fees.

The company also focused on the service's functionality, making sure messages flew across the globe extremely quickly and efficiently, and that the app itself was well designed and easy to use.

Its founders were also determined to make the app work everywhere: They started on the iPhone, but quickly created versions for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Phone. This gave WhatsApp a leg up over proprietary messaging systems like BlackBerry's BBM and Apple's iMessage, which worked only for messages between similar devices.

It is still unclear whether WhatsApp can make a lot of money providing very cheap texts. Today, the app is free to use for a year, after which it charges a user $1 a year. With 450 million users and growing, that could add up to a lot of money, but it is not obvious that the company is worth as much as $19 billion.

That is especially true when you consider that the service does not collect a lot of data about its users - data that the company's new owner might use for ad targeting - and that it has pledged to remain ad-free after the acquisition.

But to users, WhatsApp's fortunes are almost irrelevant now. In response to the rise of WhatsApp and other app-based messaging services, carriers have had to reduce their SMS prices. Both AT&T and Verizon now offer unlimited texting with their basic smartphone plans. Around the world, carriers' SMS revenues are now falling by tens of billions of dollars a year.

And even if Facebook fails to turn WhatsApp into a viable business, we are never going to return to the old pay-per-text days. Messaging is now on a one-way path toward its natural price, which is free.

There is a larger lesson in this story: When telecom companies control specific protocols on their lines - whether it is texting, voice calls or even cable TV - customers lose out. And as soon as our devices get access to the open Internet, we have a bounty of competitive choices that reduce prices and improve service.

What happened to texts is likely to happen to voice calls, too, in a few years' time. Because of competition from FaceTime Audio, Google Hangouts, Skype and lots and lots of other Internet-phone services, few of us will worry about voice minutes anymore; for some, that might even be true today.

And perhaps the SMS story will play out on TV, too. Cable is expensive and inflexible. Internet-based alternatives like Netflix and YouTube are cheap and available everywhere. In the long run, there is only one way that story ends.
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Friday, February 21, 2014

WhatsApp for Android brings in new privacy features, allows you to hide your 'last seen' Status

WhatsApp for Android brings in new privacy features, allows you to hide your  'last seen' Status


After having caused ripples across the industry for agreeing to a buyout by Facebook for a whopping $19 billion, the cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp has rolled out two new features for mobile users on the Android platform. The new reports say that the update for the Android platform will allow users to hide the 'last seen' notification from other users, with the choice of hiding it from everyone, from certain contacts, or only those not on the user's phonebook.

This features has been available to iOS users for a while. It is now included under the privacy settings on the WhatsApp for Android app. Currently the new features are not available for download on the Google Play store.

A user can however download the apk file from the WhatsApp website. The minimum requirements there, are listed as, having Android version 2.1 or higher and an unlimited data plan. It is also mentioned that the upgrade is currently only for mobile phones running the Android platform, and not tablets.

WhatsApp has added another update, which lets users of WhatsApp for Android hide their profile pictures and status from select friends, strangers or just about everyone. The new privacy tab will only be visible under the new settings tab under account settings after the new version has been downloaded.

Facebook announced the acquisition of WhatsApp on Thursday, in a deal worth $19 billion in cash, stocks and bonuses. WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum has assured over 450 million monthly active users of the popular messaging app that 'nothing' will change for them as a result of this 'partnership' with Facebook. Koum added that WhatsApp 'will remain autonomous and operate independently' of Facebook.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

King Abdulaziz Scholarship for Pakistani Students – 2015

  King Abdulaziz Scholarship for Pakistani Students – 2015

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Students who want to pursue a MS or a PhD degree can now avail this scholarship at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia 2014 and 2015.

Subjects:

 Sciences, Humanities, Engineering, Meteorology, Environment Arid Land Agriculture, Arts, Earth Sciences, Marine Science, Environmental Design, Computing & Information Technology.

Degree Level: Master’s, PhD

Scholarship Provider: King Abdulaziz University

Host University: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must be less than 30 years old for a Master’s program and must be less than 35 years for a Phd program at King Abdulaziz University.

• Applicants from Pakistan must have taken one of the following English language standardised tests: TOEFL (PBT), TOEFL (CBT), TOEFL (IBT) or IELTS and scored at least 500, 171, 61 or 5 respectively. Moreover these tests must be taken within the last two years.

• Pakistani students must be fluent in Arabic if they want to pursue Islamic or Arabic studies at King Abdulaziz university.

• Pakistani applicants must submit two academic references from former professor’s who tutored them at an earlier university.

• All certificates, transcripts, degrees and documents must be attested by Saudi embassy in Pakistan.

Scholarship is Open for: Students from Pakistan.

Number of scholarships: 3

Duration of scholarship: 1 year

Pakistani students who receive this scholarship will get the following scholarship benefits:

1. A monthly stipend of SR 1,900 (approximately Rs. 60,000)
2. A one time settling allowance of SR 1,800 (approximately Rs. 54,000)
3. Complete Health care along with free accommodation and facilities
4. Subsidized food
5. PhD students from Pakistan will get SR 4,000 (Rs. 120,000) and SR 3.000 (Rs. 90,000) for masters program for printing their research thesis
6. SR 2,700 (Rs. 84,000) for books
8. One return ticket every year to and from Pakistan

Selection Criteria
: Applicants from Pakistan must have a perfect academic and behavioral record. They must be proficient in English language since all the courses are taught in English in the university. Moreover Pakistani students must be well versed in their field of interest.


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Australian Scholarships For Pakistani Students 2014 – 2015

 Australian Scholarships For Pakistani Students 2014 – 2015


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Australia Awards Scholarships is given to Pakistani students to pursue a Masters program in 2015. It aims to improve their intellectual ability and leadership skills so that they can come back and contribute in the development of Pakistan. It has the vision to allow Pakistani students and future leaders to build strong social links with people from abroad.

Half of the scholarships are given to female students and 5% are provided to those who have a disability. As part of the Masters degree the students are also allowed to work for a few weeks and attend conferences in Australia. Moreover Pakistani students must return to Pakistan for a minimum period of 2 years after completing their education. Applications were opened on 9th February 2014 and the last date to apply will be 21 March 2014.

Applicants from Baluchistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are given slight preference.
 
 Subjects:

• Basic education services
• Maternal, neonatal and child health services
• Rural development and food security
• Governance
• Trade for economic growth
• Mining
• Water Resource management
 
There is quota system for each department

30% of the scholarships will be awarded to Public sector policy makers and practitioners
20% of the scholarships will be awarded to Public sector reformers and leaders
40% of the scholarships will be awarded to Non-profit civil society / development Workers or associates
10% of the scholarships will be awarded to Private sector reformers and promoters of pro-poor growth

Degree Level: Masters

Scholarship Provider: Australia awards scholarship are provided by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Scholarship can be availed at: Any accredited Australian University.

Eligibility Criteria: The Pakistani student must:

• apply to the subjects eligible under the Australian Scholarship award
• be a Pakistani citizen living in Pakistan in the last 24 months
• not have applied immigration to Australia or New Zealand
• not have another scholarship or held another scholarship in last 24 months
• have 16 years of education
• have two years of minimum work experience after 16 years of education in the field in which they are applying
• have minimum 6.5 in IELTS with no less than 6 in each section
• Not be more than 45 years of age at the time of applications
• for research based masters degree, applicants must provide a 1000 words long research proposal

Scholarship is Open for: Students from Pakistan.

Duration of scholarship: 1 to 2 years

Award of the Scholarship: Pakistani students who receive this scholarship will get the following scholarship benefits:

• 1 return air ticket every year
• a one time settling allowance
• 100% tuition waiver
• fully paid living expense
• full health coverage
• research students will be given a research allowance

Selection Criteria: Applicants from Pakistan must have a perfect academic and behavioural record. They must be proficient in English language since all the courses are taught in English in the university. Moreover Pakistani students must be well versed in their field of interest.
 
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Hague University Scholarships for International students - Netherlands

Hague University Scholarships for  Bachelors/Masters-Netherlands


The Hague University offers scholarships to brainy international students who would like to start their Bachelor or Master programme during the academic year 2014-2015.

Host/serving Institution: 


The Hague University of Applied Sciences - Netherlands


Deadline: 1 April 2014
Study in: Netherlands
Course starts September 2014


Fields of study:
Any Bachelors or Masters Programme offered at the Hague University, Netherlands

Total Number of Scholarships:
Total 54 scholarships are for Bachelors and 9 scholarships are for Masters.

Target audience:
Students except from European countries (and not from Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Surinam)

Amount of scholarship:
Each scholarship is worth € 5,000.

Eligibility:


For Bachelor's Programme, you are eligible to apply for one of these scholarships if:

• You are not from European countries ( Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Suriname)
• You are enrolling for the first time and have not studied at any of the programs The Hague University of Applied offers
• You are a first year student joining one of their bachelor programs
• You would have to pay the full institutional tuition fee rate
• You have never used this scholarship scheme before
• You have been provisionally accepted also-called ‘offer of student position’ as a student on or before 31 March 2014

For Master’s Programme
, you are eligible to apply for one of these scholarships if:

• You are enrolling for the first time for one of their International Master programmes
• The scholarship is a tuition fee waiver.
• You have fully completed the scholarship application form
• You will have been provisionally accepted as a student on or before 31 March
•You have written an essay, as explained below


Application instructions and procedure:
Please note that you will only be awarded the scholarship after you have been conditionally accepted and have meet all terms and conditions of enrollment.

To apply, you must complete the scholarship application form and write an essay of 950 to 1100 words that would convince the University to provide you with a scholarship. In the essay, describe your cultural background and explain why and how you can contribute to the multinational, multicultural beehive that is The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The deadline for scholarship applications is 1 April 2014.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access the application form and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
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Other Scholarships 

Malaysia International Scholarships for Masters/PhD/PostDoc

Malaysia International Scholarships (MIS) 

 For Masters/PhD/PostDoc

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The Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS) is offered by Government of Malaysia  for International Students is an initiative by the Malaysian Government to attract the best students from all over the world to pursue advanced academic studies in Malaysia. This scholarship aims to support Malaysian Government’s effort to attract, motivate and retain talented human capital from abroad.

Serving Institutions:

Malaysian Public & Private Universities

 Fields of study:


This scholarship is divided into two (2) categories of study: Masters and Post-doctoral Studies. Field of studies are in the following areas:


1. Agriculture and Fisheries
2. Science and Engineering
3. Information and Communication Technology
4. Biosecurity and Food Safety
5. Biotechnology
6. Environmental Studies
7. Infrastructure and Utility
8. Economics and
9. Health including but not limited to, nursing, medicine, clinical pharmacy

*Applicants may choose any related course from the field/areas mentioned above

Number of Scholarships:

Not Mentioned

 Target sectors:

Talented international students with excellent academic records and outstanding co-curricular backgrounds


Each scholarship has:


a) Air tickets from recipient’s capital city to Malaysia
b) An approved tuition fees
c) Monthly maintenance allowance
d) Annual grant for books and internal travel
e) Medical / Health Insurance
f) Installation and Termination grant
g) Thesis allowance
h) Visa


Eligibility:

To be eligible for Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS), applicants must fit the following criteria:-

i) Not be more than 40 years (Postgraduate) and 45 years (Post-doctoral) of age during application.

ii) Obtained a minimum of Second Class Upper (Honours) or a CGPA of 3.5/4.0 at Bachelor Degree Level for Masters Degree applicants and for PhD candidates must possess CGPA 3.5/4.0 or very good result at Masters degree level in a similar field of intended PhD study. In addition, for post-doctoral programme, the selection will be evaluated based on the number of books produced, refereed/non refereed journals, portfolio and patent copyright. The Post-Doctoral candidate must have excellent reputation in research and possesses knowledge related to the research to be carried out.

iii) Took one of the following English Language Proficiency Test not more than two years before the date of application. The list of tests and minimum scores required:

- IELTS Academic Test with a score of at least 6.5; or

- TOEFL paper-based test with a score of at least 580 or computer-based test with a score of at least 230 or internet-based test with a score at least 92.

iv) In excellent health condition and certified by a Certified Doctor/Medical Professional. The cost of medical examination is to be borne by the applicants

v) Wrote a proposal that is relevant to the field of studies.

vi) Has applied for and gained admission to postgraduate and post-doctoral studies in Malaysia (conditional letters of offer will be accepted at the time of application or has a confirmation of acceptance or affiliation with the universities in Malaysia).

Application instructions:

All applications should be made ONLINE through Ministry of Higher Education’s website starting from from 01 January 2014 until 31 March 2014. It is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access the online application form and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Islamic Finance
  

Official Scholarship Website:
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Curtain University Scholarship for International Students

Curtain University Scholarship for International Students


Curtin University is offering postgraduate research scholarships within in Humanities, Science & Engineering, Curtin Business School, Health Sciences and Center for Aboriginal Studies. These scholarships are open for international and Australian students.

Application Deadline: 28 Mar 2014

Faculty
Humanities
Science & Engineering
Curtin Business School
Health Sciences
Center for Aboriginal Studies

Postgraduate Research

Nationality
Australian Citizen
International students
Scholarship base

Merit Based Maximum number awarded: 2

Value
The successful candidates will receive a stipend of $25,392 (2014 rate) which will be indexed annually for a duration of 2 years. This scholarship is tax exempted. For the successful International student, Curtin University will waiver the tuition fees for 2 years.
In addition to the stipend, recipients are also allocated a travel allowance towards their research activity.
Eligible courses

The theme of the research is measuring the performance of delivering and managing constructed facilities - building and infrastructure. In particular, the research will examine productivity and economic benefits of digital modelling (BIM/ VDC) and integrated project delivery in the delivery process. In this industry-based research, the team will develop performance measures for the digital transfer of information throughout the project life cycle, including asset management.
Experience and/or interest in the link between productivity and economics growth in the construction industry, especially as it relates to productivity gains through improved digital interoperability and documentation quality would be a distinct advantage.
It is envisaged that one Australian and one Scandinavian student will be selected for these two prestigious scholarships. One element of the research may involve a comparative analysis of practices on Australian and Scandinavian building or infrastructure projects. Accordingly, applicants with an interest in traveling to Scandinavia/Australia coupled with appropriate language skills are particularly encouraged to apply.
It is likely that the successful applicants would have an academic and /or industry background in engineering, built environment or business; though applicants from other disciplines should not be discouraged from applying if they are enthusiastic about this research theme.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

HOW TO EARN $500 MONTHLY AND BE A RICH DUDE??

HOW TO EARN $500 MONTHLY AND BE A RICH DUDE??

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EITHER AM I INSANE, NOR AM I A PERSON ADDICTED TO DAY DREAMING. THIS IS WHAT I MADE POSSIBLE BY TURNING ORDINARY INTERNET USE INTO A PROFESSION. BOYS BETWEEN 10-20 YEARS OF AGE ARE EARNING IN HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH BY SHARING THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH AN ONLINE CROWED OF 1.67 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. INTERNET IS EXPANDING WIDELY AND HAS ENOUGH SPACE FOR ACTIVE MINDS LIKE YOU WITH CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT CAN RESHAPE THE WORLD AROUND US. IT WAS A TIME WHEN IT TOOK MONEY TO START YOUR OWN WEBSITE BUT AMAZINGLY TODAY YOU CAN LAUNCH YOUR OWN WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN WRITE 1000 OF ARTICLES AND YET YOU DON’T NEED TO PAY EVEN A PENNY. HOW? FOLLOW UP,
THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT YOU MUST HAVE COME ACROSS MANY TIMES WHILE BROWSING THE INTERNET AND SUCH WORDS ARE “BLOG” AND “BLOGOSPHERE”. AMAZINGLY, THESE WORDS ARE THE MOST POPULAR WORDS IN ALL COUNTRIES EXCEPT PAKISTAN. A CHILD OF AGE 10 IN UK, USA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, AND INDIA CAN WELL DEFINE WHAT BLOG MEANS AS COMPARED TO AN IT UNDERGRADUATE LIVING IN PAKISTAN. THANKS TO OUR PROFIT MOTIVATED ELECTRONIC MEDIA, PRODUCTIVE INFORMATION WILL NEVER REACH US. BUT TODAY WE WILL DIG DEEPLY INTO THE MEANING OF THESE TWO WIDELY USED AND SEARCHED WORDS IN THE INTERNET BY ANSWERING THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE,
1. WHAT IS BLOG AND BLOGOSPHERE?
2. HOW DO I CREATE A BLOG?
3. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF BLOGGING?


WHAT IS BLOG AND BLOGOSPHERE?
A BLOG IS NOTHNG BUT AN ONLINE NOTEBOOK DIARY I.E. YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE. WHAT DO WE WRITE IN A NOTEBOOK DIARY? OFCOURSE STUFF THAT WE LIKE AND THINGS THAT WE FEEL IMPORTANT TO BE RECORDED AND SHARED WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. A NOTEBOOK DIARY CAN BE BASED ON ANY TOPIC THAT YOU LIKE FOR EXAMPLE: YOU CAN WRITE ON YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES, ACTIVITIES, POEMS, SONGS, PETS, SPORTS OR EVEN YOUR RANDOM THOUGHTS ETC. PEOPLE WILL READ YOUR DIARY ON DAILY BASIS AND WILL LEAVE YOU A COMMENT, SUGGESTION OR FEEDBACK. IF YOY WRITE ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN A NOTEBOOK MADE UP OF PAPERS, THEN YOUR WRITEINGS WILL REACH ONLY LIMITED PEOPLE AROUND YOU BUT WITH AN ONLINE DIARY (WEBSITE) LIKE A BLOG YOU SPEAK TO THE WORLD!
SO, IN SHORT A BLOG IS YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE, WHERE YOU WRITE AND SHARE THINGS, YOU LIKE WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE EAGER TO READ WHAT IS COOKING IN YOUR MIND!
BLOGOSPHERE IN SIMPLE WORDS MEANS THE WORLD OF BLOGGING AND BLOGGERS. IT IS THE BLOGGERS COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN FIND BLOGS OF ALL SORTS (TOPICS) 

HOW DO I CREATE A BLOG?
CREATING A BLOG IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. THERE ARE MANY QUALITY BLOGGING HOSTING SERVICES THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CREATE A BLOG BUT THE BEST AMONG THEM IS BLOGGER (WWW.BLOGGER.COM) AND WORDPRESS (WWW.WORDPRESS.ORG). I AM CURRENTLY THE AUTHOR OF THE BLOG (WWW.TECHELITE-DIGEST.BLOGSPOT.COM) AND I CREATED THIS BLOG OUT OF SCRATCH WITHOUT EVEN PAYING A PENNY! AND TODAY WHATEVER POCKET MONEY THAT I EARN COMES FROM THIS BLOG. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO VISIT WWW.BLOGGER.COM AND SIGN UP FOR A FREE ACCOUNT. FILL UP THE VACANT BLANKS, SUBMIT THE FORM AND GIVE YOUR BLOG A NAME. AMAZINGLY WITHIN SECONDS YOU WILL HAVE YOUR BLOG UP AND RUNNING WITH A UNIQUE WEB ADDRESS (URL)!
THEN AFTER SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATION OF YOUR BLOG THE NEXT STEP IS TO CUSTOMIZE IT TO YOUR PREFERENCES IN ORDER TO GIVE YOUR BLOG A MORE PROFESSIONAL LOOK AND FELL THAT MAY GO ACCORDING TO YOUR BLOG’S TOPIC THEME. THEN COMES THE BEST PART I.E. MONETIZING YOUR BLOG, WHICH MEANS DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS ON YOUR BLOG. IN A NUTSHELL YOU JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THREE BASIC STEPS WHICH ARE:
1. SET UP A BLOG AND START WRITING ON A TOPIC YOU ARE GOOD AT.
2. CUSTOMIZE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF YOUR BLOG TO GIVE IT A PRO TOUCH.
3. MONETIZE YOUR BLOG TO START EARNING IN $$.

WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF BLOGGING?
INDEED EVERY DROP OF SWEAT HAS ITS PRICE. AFTER SETTING UP A BLOG, YOU CAN THEN ADD ADVERTISEMNETS TO IT. THERE ARE GAINT COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE ADSENSE FOR INSTANCES THAT IS PAYING PEOPLE IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! IT GOES LIKE THIS. YOU WILL WRITE ARTICLES ON YOUR BLOG AND ADSENSE WILL DISPLAY ADS ON YOUR WEBSITE RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THE ARTICLE WHICH YOU HAVE WRITTEN. ADSENS ENGINEERS DOES IT USING THEIR OWN COMPUTER PROGRAMS. FOR INSTANCES IF YOU ARE WRITING AN ARTICLE ON SONY DIGITAL CAMERAS THEN UPON PUBLISHING THAT ARTICLE ADSENSE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY ADVERTISMENTS SPECIFIC TO SONY COMPANY NEXT TO YOUR ARTICLE. IF ANY OF YOUR VISITORS CLICKS THOSE ADS THEN YOU WILL BE PAID A COMMISSION IN DOLLARS BY THE ADSENSE COMPANY. WE CALL THIS COMMISSION PAY PER CLICK (PPC). SO, ADSENSE WILL PAY YOU FOR EACH CLICK MADE ON THE ADS AT YOUR BLOG. THE COST OF A CLICK DEPENDS UPON THE TYPE OF THE CONTENT YOU ARE PUBLISHING. IF SUPPOSE YOU ARE WRITING AN ARTICLE ON “BEST NIKON CAMERAS” OR “LIFE INSURANCE” OR “JEWELRY” OR “BEST COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES” THEN THE COST FOR ONE CLICK CAN RANGE FROM $.2 TO $.75 OR EVEN MORE. IF YOU SUCCEED IN ACHIEVING GOOD READERSHIP AND IN BUILDING GOOD REPUTATION IN BLOGSPHERE (I.E. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE VISITING YOUR BLOG) THEN YOU CAN UNDOUBTEDLY EARN
$100-$500 MONTHLT!! FOR EXAMPLE: JOHN CROW, AUTHOR OF THE BLOG (WWW.JOHNCHOW.COM) WHO IS JUST AN ORDINARY BLOGGER IS EARNING MORE THAN $40,000 A MONTH! IT’S ALL A GAME OF HARD WORK.

MOREOVER REVENUE IS NOT JUST A SINGLE ADVANTAGE LINKED TO BLOGGING BUT THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER GOOD BLESSINGS OF SETTING UP A BLOG. BY BLOGGING YOU SHARE YOUR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE WITH AN ONLINE CRAZY CROWD OF 1.67 BILLION PEOPLE, ALL EAGER TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE GOT! AS AN AUTHOR YOU WILL HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH VISITORS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS, RACE, COLOR AND CREED. BLOGOSPHERE IS INDEED A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYDAY DELIVERS A NEW MESSAGE AND WHERE THERE IS A LOT TO SHARE AND EXPLORE. YOU WILL MAKE NEW FRIENDS EVERY SINGLE SECOND AND WILL DEVELOP A MORE FIRM AND STRONG SOCIAL CHARACTER. YOUR READERS CAN RANGE FROM 12-70 YEARS OF AGE AND ALL BELONGING TO DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO YOU WILL DEVELOP A VERSATILE TONE OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE OF ANY AGE AND COLOR. YOUR WRITTINGS, SOCIAL CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY WILL ALL REFLECT YOUR SENSE OF INTELLECT AND EACH SINGLE DAY WHEN YOU WILL MEET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, YOU WILL SOUND BOLDER. IN SHORT BLOGGING EDUCATES YOU WITH THE HUMAN BEHAVIOR WHICH IS THE BIGGEST WORLDLY EDUCATION ACCORDING TO ME. BLOGOSPHERE IS INDEED A BLESSED ONLINE HABITAT, FAR DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

FINAL WORD OF ADVICE
A YEAR BACK WHEN I USED TO READ SUCH ARTICLES, I OFTEN DISBELIEVED THE FACTS BUT TODAY I AM SATISFIED WITH MY WORK. BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT MUST BE KEPT IN MIND AND THAT IS THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH UNLESS YOU PAY FOR IT. A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGING CAREER DEMANDS A LITTLE HARD WORKS BUT A LOT OF PATIENCE. IF YOU START BLOGGING TODAY AND EXPECT SOME $$ BUGS TOMORROW THEN YOU CAN NEVER TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD WRITER, AUTHOR AND A WEB MASTER. REVENUE WILL FOLLOW YOU BY ITSELF BUT YOUR FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD BE BUILDING A GOOD READERSHIP AND SUBCRIPTION LIST. THE MORE READERS YOU HAVE, THE STRONGER YOU GROW. WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO BUILD UP TRUST AND RESPECT IN THE EYES OF THE ONLNE COMMUNITY. NEVER STEAL SOMEONE’S COPY RIGHTED CONTENT AND NEVER APPLY SHORT CUTS LIKE CLICKING YOUR ADS YOURSELF. MOST PEOPLE WHO CANNOT MAKE IT AS GOOD BLOGGERS ARE THOSE WHO THINKS THAT THE WORLD AROUND THEM CAN EASILY BE FOOLED. JUST REMEMBER THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A BORN GENIUS AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME TILL YOU REALIZE IT. BLOGGING IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND IT IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO SHARE, EXPLORE AND HAVE FUN. SO KEEP WRITING, KEEEP SHARING AND KEEP EXPLORING BECAUSE THE GENERATION AHEAD NEEDS YOU. WISHING YOU ALL A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGING CAREER! TAKE CARE J