SMS has became one of the most important medium of mobile communication . In India , there are several operators including Airtel , Vodafone , Idea etc. giving pretty good tariff rates for mobile SMS . With the increased influence of internet , probably unlimited or free internet in colleges and schools , free SMS websites are gaining popularity in India.
There are several free SMS websites in India . Popular ones' offer group messaging, social networking , and mobile alerts .These Free SMS websites are supported by advertisements but delivers messages almost instantly .
160by2 offers free SMS to all mobile phones in India . But the number of daily SMS's are limited to 50 . They maintains an excellent mobile portal and a mobile software for sending messages .
Youmint is another free SMS website in India paying its users for receiving SMS .They pays the users through the targeted advertisements sent through SMS. Users can also invite their friends and relatives to their SMS network , that adds up to their payments .
Way2SMS has a totally impressive SMS delivery time .Users can attach their email address to way2sms so that they would be alerted on arrival of a new mail .
Ibibo is a complete Indian entertainment portal . Their iSMS feature allows the users to send SMS worldwide . You can send unlimited free SMS over India through ibibo with an average SMS delivery time.
Google SMS channels are operated by Google labs India . This service is still in testing but offers a wide variety of delivery options . This services enables the user to create and promote their SMS channels . Whenever the channel owner update the content , All the members are alerted by SMS .Channel owner can also add a site feed as SMS source . This is the only free SMS website in India which is not supported by advertisement , but the speed of SMS delivery is not so impressive . There are many groups to join : celebrity , Bollywood , Hollywood , SMS ,technology etc . You can join Wonderful-Tricks's SMS channel here .
Smsgupshup is service similar to Google SMS channels . They allows group messaging across India . Massages are either advertisement supported or prepaid .You can also contribute to the free SMS websites in India list , in the comment section .
Twitter is a privately funded startup with offices in the SoMA neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. Started as a side project in March of 2006, Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices.
In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends. See what people are doing right now.
Where did the idea for Twitter come from?
Jack Dorsey had grown interested in the simple idea of being able to know what his friends were doing. Specifically, Jack wondered if there might be an opportunity to build something compelling around this simple status concept. When he brought the idea up to his colleagues, it was decided that a prototype should be built.
Twitter was funded initially by Obvious, a creative environment in San Francisco, CA. The first prototype was built in two weeks in March 2006 and launched publicly in August of 2006. The service grew popular very quickly and it soon made sense for Twitter to move outside of Obvious. In May 2007, Twitter Incorporated was founded.
Why do so many people seem to like Twitter?
Simplicity has played an important role in Twitter's success. People are eager to connect with other people and Twitter makes that simple. Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.
Twitter's core technology is a device agnostic message routing system with rudimentary social networking features. By accepting messages from sms, web, mobile web, instant message, or from third party API projects, Twitter makes it easy for folks to stay connected.
Isn't Twitter just too much information?
No, in fact, Twitter solves information overload by changing expectations traditionally associated with online communication. At Twitter, we ask one question, "What are you doing?" The answers to this question are for the most part rhetorical. In other words, users do not expect a response when they send a message to Twitter. On the receiving end, Twitter is ambient--updates from your friends and relatives float to your phone, IM, or web site and you are only expected to pay as much or as little attention to them as you see fit.
The result of using Twitter to stay connected with friends, relatives, and coworkers is that you have a sense of what folks are up to but you are not expected to respond to any updates unless you want to. This means you can step in and out of the flow of information as it suits you and it never queues up with increasing demand of your attention. Additionally, users are very much in control of whose updates they receive, when they receive them, and on what device. For example, we provide settings for scheduling Twitter to automatically turn off at dinnertime and users can switch off Twitter updates at any point.
Simply put, Twitter is what you make of it--receive a lot of information about your friends, or just a tiny bit. It's up to them.
How is Twitter built?
Our engineering team works with a web application framework called Ruby on Rails. We all work on macintosh computers except for testing purposes. Our web site and user interface were designed using Omnigraffle and Photoshop.
We built Twitter using Ruby on Rails because it allows us to work quickly and easily--our team likes to deploy features and changes multiple times per day. Rails provides skeleton code frameworks so we don't have to re-invent the wheel every time we want to add something simple like a sign in form or a picture upload feature.
How do you make money from Twitter?
Twitter has many appealing opportunities for generating revenue but we are holding off on implementation for now because we don't want to distract ourselves from the more important work at hand which is to create a compelling service and great user experience for millions of people around the world. While our business model is in a research phase, we spend more money than we make.
What's next for Twitter?
We continue to follow user behavior and pay close attention to feature requests. We launched our mobile site, m.twitter.com after getting lots of requests for this feature. However, we are also very much guided by our philosophy of keeping things simple and intuitive so we like to restrain ourselves with regard to features. That being said, people seem to be calling for more interesting ways to share feedback with one another and organize themselves and their updates into groups--we're paying attention to these requests.
We plan to build Twitter, Inc into a successful, revenue-generating company that attracts world-class talent with an inspiring culture and attitude towards doing business.
There are hundreds of Search Engines on the internet. Out of these numerous internet search engines, I love Google.Com the most. Why? Let me briefly eleborate it.
Voted four times Most Outstanding Search Engine by Search Engine Watch readers, Google has a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for those searching the web. The crawler-based service provides both comprehensive coverage of the web along with great relevancy. It's highly recommended as a first stop in your hunt for whatever you are looking for.
I love Google for the wide range of features it offers, such as cached links that let you "resurrect" dead pages or see older versions of recently changed ones. It offers excellent spell checking, easy access to dictionary definitions, integration of stock quotes, street maps, telephone numbers and more. See Google's help page for an entire rundown on some of these features. The Google Toolbar has also won a popular following for the easy access it provides to Google and its features directly from the Internet Explorer browser.
Some other reason why I love google.
Alerts I received news, my people, my area, my places and search results via email every day which help me to update my people in return. I dont have to keep on searching a particular topics. I am always alerted.
Blog Search Find blogs on your favorite topics: Again this is one of the tools which am am using intensly. I keep on searching for what kind of blogs are being develop in the internet environment.
Google Chrome New! A browser built for speed, stability and security
Desktop Search your own computer
Directory Browse the web by topic
Images Search for images on the web
NotebookNew! Clip and collect information as you browse the web
Scholar Search scholarly papers
Specialized Searches Search within specific topics
Toolbar Add a search box to your browser
University Search Search a specific school's website
Web Search Search over 8 billion web pages
Web Search Features Do more with search
Explore and innovate
Code Download APIs and open source code
Labs Try out new Google products
Communicate, show & share
Blogger Express yourself online
Calendar Organise your schedule and share events with friends
Docs Create and share your online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
Google Mail Fast, searchable email with less spam
Groups Create mailing lists and discussion groups
Orkut Meet new people and stay in touch with friends
Picasa Find, edit and share your photos
Talk IM and call your friends through your computer
Tasks Keep track of what you need to do with a lightweight task list right inside of Gmail. Just click and type to add new tasks, convert emails into tasks, and (most satisfyingly) check them off as you're done. Once you turn on this Labs feature, look for the Tasks link to the left of your inbox under Contacts.
Text Messaging in Chat Send SMS text messages right from Gmail. You chat from your comfy computer and reach your friends on the go; they get your messages as texts and can peck out replies on their little keyboards.
To get started with these Labs features and more, click Settings and go to the Labs tab. Then select "Enable" next to the features you want to turn on and click "Save Changes." Learn more
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Spice up your inbox with Gmail Themes From minimalist grays to dynamic mountain landscapes, choose from over 30 options to personalize the look and feel of your Gmail account. To get started, check out the Themes tab under Settings. Learn more
Talk face to face with Gmail voice and video chat: See and hear friends and family right from within Gmail. All you need is a webcam and a small download that takes seconds to install. Learn more
15 new Labs features to try out
There's a whole lot more to play with in Gmail Labs, our testing ground for experimental features. Google Calendar and Docs gadgets, a forgotten attachment detector, advanced IMAP controls, and canned responses are just a taste. Turn on these and more from the Labs tab under Settings. Learn more
Gmail on Android Gmail is now available on the world's first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1. All of the features you love about Gmail on your computer, plus real time push email so you never need to refresh your inbox. Learn more
Emoticons – they're not just for chat anymore Express yourself with emoticons from to or even . Click the button when composing a message in "Rich formatting" mode, or choose the new emoticons tab in chat, and express yourself to your 's desire. Learn more
Gmail for mobile 2.0: Save multiple mobile drafts, compose and read recent email offline, use new shortcut keys and more. Download Gmail for mobile 2.0 for your BlackBerry or J2ME phone by going to m.google.com/mail in your mobile browser.
Gmail Labs: A testing ground for experimental new features: Try out features in development and let us know what you think. To get started with Labs, click the Labs tab under Settings. Learn more
Gmail has a new look on the iPhone browser: Now with auto-complete when composing, automatic refreshing, and faster load times when viewing email. Learn more
More friends are more fun. Gmail welcomes your AIM® friends.: Now you can talk to your AIM® friends using an integrated chat list right inside Gmail. Learn more
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Colored labels: Better organize your email with new colored labels. Just click the color swatch next to each label to assign a color. Learn more
Group chat: Chat with multiple people without multiple windows. Invite your friends to a group discussion. To start a group chat, click 'Group chat' from the 'Options' menu when chatting. Learn more
New emoticons: Start sending richer expressions to your friends. Learn more
Free IMAP: Sync your inbox across devices instantly and automatically. Whether you read or write your email on your phone or on your desktop, changes you make to Gmail will be seen from anywhere you access your inbox. Another way to use Gmail on your iPhone is through the browser. By going to m.gmail.com you get the full Gmail experience including conversation view, search, and more. Learn how to set up IMAP on other devices.
View as slideshow Now you can open PowerPoint attachments as slideshows, without having to download anything. Just click "View as slideshow" next to the .ppt attachment you want to preview. Since you can open .doc and .xls attachments with Google Docs and Spreadsheets too, there's no need to leave your web browser to check out your Gmail attachments. Learn more
Increased attachment limit-- 20 MB! Now you can start sharing more of those home videos, large presentations and files you just can't seem to get smaller. We have doubled the allowable attachment size to 20 MB to make your Gmail space even more useful. Learn more
It's a Gmail party and everyone is invited! You can still invite your friends to enjoy Gmail's spam protection, 5GB free storage and other great features, but now you can also just tell them to visit www.gmail.com and sign up without an invitation.
Get mail from other accounts Now Gmail can check for the mail you receive at your other email accounts. You can retrieve your mail (new and old) from up to five other email accounts and have them all in Gmail. Then you can even create a customized 'From:' address, which lets you send messages from Gmail, but have them look like they were sent from another one of your email accounts. Please note that you can only retrieve mail from accounts that have POP3 access enabled. Learn more
Embarrassment-reducing new message notifications Ever replied to a message only to find out that someone sent a better, smarter reply right before you? Now, if someone sends a reply while you're in the middle of reading a conversation (or replying to it), you'll get a notification that a new message has arrived. Click "update conversation" to see what you’ve missed.
Forward all When viewing a conversation, use the new “Forward all” link on the right if you want to forward the entire conversation instead of just one message.
Chat even when your friends are offline Chatting in Gmail just keeps getting better. Now, if you're chatting with a friend who goes offline, your friend will be able to see whatever you were typing the next time he or she goes online.
Get Gmail on your mobile phone Download it once, and start accessing Gmail on your phone with just a click or two. To try it for yourself, point your phone to gmail.com/app. Learn more
Voicemail Your friends can leave you a voicemail using Google Talk. The voice message is sent to your Gmail account as an audio file that you can download or play right from your inbox. Learn more
Reply by chat When you're about to (or in the middle of a) reply to someone, and you see that person online, you can just send your reply as a chat message. And if you've chosen to save your chat histories, then your chat even gets threaded with that original email conversation. Learn more
A picture's worth a thousand words With contact pictures in Gmail, you can pick ones for yourself, see which ones your friends have chosen, and set certain pictures to show up for specific people in your Gmail account. Best of all, you can even send picture suggestions to your friends. Learn more
Gmail Chat Get in touch with your friends instantly, from right inside Gmail! It's the biggest thing to happen to Gmail, since well, Gmail. Learn more
Vacation auto-responder Set an auto-response so that if you're lying on a beach or taking a train across Siberia, your friends will know you won't be checking your email. Learn more
Contact groups One of our most-requested features is finally here! Now you can send messages to a group instead of having to pick out the individual addresses every time.Learn more
View as HTML Now you can view Microsoft Office, OpenOffice or .pdf attachments as web pages by clicking the "View as HTML" link instead of downloading. For when you want to see it faster, you're on a mobile device, or you don't want to install software just to view a document. Learn more
Shortcuts on the right Now Gmail automatically detects addresses and tracking numbers, and displays useful information such as directions and package tracking alongside your messages.
Virus scanning is here! For your protection, Gmail now automatically scans for viruses every time you open or send a message with an attachment. We even try our best to remove all the viruses we find. Learn more
Export contacts Export your Gmail Contacts and save them in a file for back-up or to use in another account or service–great if you're using Gmail's free POP access. Learn more
Auto-save Saves to ‘Drafts' as you're composing. Never lose a half-written email again.
Get to Gmail from any web page Download the new Gmail-enabled Google Toolbar. Search your mail or instantly go to your Inbox from any web page with just one click. Learn more
Google Talk IM and make free calls through your computer with Google Talk. Your Gmail contacts are even pre-loaded. Learn more
Customized 'From:' addresses Customize the address on your outgoing messages to display another one of your addresses instead. Learn more
An application for Macs The Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X even supports plug-in development.
Free POP access and automatic forwarding Access your mail the way you want to. Download your messages. Read them offline. Use your Blackberry or Outlook or any POP-enabled device. Or forward new messages to an email account you specify. You can even switch to other email services without having to worry about losing access to your messages. Think of it as email portability Learn more
Import Contacts Move all your contacts from Yahoo! Mail, Outlook, and others to Gmail in just a few clicks. Learn more
Signature options From the settings page, create a signature that's automatically added to the end of all your outgoing messages. Learn more
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