Don't buy a domain from Yahoo !

Tyranny of Yahoo! Domains.

A Red Alert for all those who have bought their
domain names from Yahoo! or are planning to.

Why?
Because it automatically saves your credit card info
and uses it to renew your domain every year.

But I want to renew it every year anyway.
On Yahoo!, you don't want to do it since their
renewal fees is 35$ per year as compared to 10$
offered by others.

Can't I opt out of auto renewal after I have bought the domain?
The only way to do it is to cancel your
service with Yahoo!. But if you do that,
you will lose all control over your domain.
Basically Domain control panel will disappear
from your dashboard, even though you
have paid for 1 full year.

I have bought it already, what to do now?
1. Migrate your domain name to another service provider.

OR

2. Remember to cancel your service in time(almost at the
end of the 1st year)

OR

3.Cancel your credit card and apply for a new one,
so that they can't reuse your information saved with them.

Casual gaming on FaceBook

Going through some PPTs, came across some not-to-be-missed points :

1. Bragging rights or customization

If the target audience be Asians, have elements in your game which give
bragging rights to the players. And if it be Caucasians, have elements which
allow the user to customize the game as much as possible.

2. User Demogrphics on FaceBook

Users of facebook are increasingly more and more females and older people.
So make your application, keeping them in mind. The point could be
that the games should be easy to comprehend and easy to play.

3. Playing with strangers and reasons for sharing

Players should be able to play with strangers. If your game
allows only your existing friends to be played with, it can
be a hamper player interest. Most of the players would
want to connect/play with people who like the game already
rather than cajoling their friends to play it.

Also, while prompting users to publish feeds, through which
you would like to bring new users on board, make sure that
the new users have a reason to follow the feed. They won't
click it just for the sake of it. There should also be an incentive
for publishing the feed in the first place.

List of deemed universities to be derecognized

Source

• Christ College, Bangalore
• Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• Lingaya's University, Faridabad
• St Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
• Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari
• Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
• Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
• Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat
• Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka
• Yenepoya University, Mangalore
• BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
• Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
• D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
• Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
• Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram
• HIHT University, Dehradun
• Santosh University, Ghaziabad
• Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
• Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad
• Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka
• Jain University, Bangalore
• Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
• Siksha "O" Anusandha, Bhubaneswar
• Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
• Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan
• Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
• Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
• Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu
• Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur
• Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
• Vel's Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai
• Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore
• Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D Institute of Science, Chennai
• Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar
• Grapich Era University, Dehradun
• Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad
• Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
• Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
• Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
• Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
• Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar
• Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
• National Museum, Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology, Janpath, New Delhi

3 Idiots vs. Chetan Bhagat controversy

So Chetan Bhagat says he wasn't given enough credit for the movie.
People from 3 Idiots say, he has been given enough.
They also say that not more than 5% of the movie is based
on his book.

I haven't seen the movie and I guess they are luring people like
me to watch this movie. I am one of those skeptics who believe that
if this movie is based on Chetan Bhagat's book, how different could
it be?

They are answering my doubts through TV channels and newpapers
and what not. I agree, if they had said it in a straightforward manner,
I wouldn't have listened. But as soon as it is in the form of a controversy,
I am all years. So yes, I have heard it loud and clear that :
not more than 5% of the movie is based
on his book.
Thanks a lot for clarification. I will go watch it.


It's free publicity for the producers and I guess Chetan Bhagat
is hands in glove with them.