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Google Calendar- receive free SMS reminders
by Sudhir Upadhyay
It has been over 2 years Google Calendar has been launched. Many of you might don't know that Google Calendar can send you SMS reminders for free. To activate Google Calendar reminder on SMS, go to Google Calendar and click on Settings -> Mobile setup. Select your country and enter your mobile number. You will receive a verification code on your mobile, just enter the verification code and Voila!!! You will receive reminders on your Mobile. Now, you can be sure that you will not forget your Girl/Boy friend's Birthday anymore. Check the supported mobile operators.

Burrp.com - your city and TV guide
by Sudhir upadhyay
Want to visit a restaurent and don't know how the food is? or want to know what is good program available today on TV to watch? Look no further check out Burrp.com, it's a local site which gives information about Restaurent, bars, cafes and events in your City, Burrp also has TV guide. You can set TV reminders on website and can receive SMS reminders for free. Now, you will never miss your favorite movie. you can also review restaurents and give ratings. The cities covered are Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahemadabad, Hydrabad and Kolkata.

Orkut goes local, launches orkut.co.in
by Sudhir upadhyay
After launching Indian version of You tube, Google has launched Orkut India. Orkut also introduced themes in India. Go to your edit profile link and you can select your desired theme out of 11 themes. The theme will be visible to you and your friends when they visit your profile. Orkut is adding more and more features, after recently launch of applications, it's another developement from Orkut.
Website of the week
Want to manage your finance and invest in stock market? Don't know where to start from?
Learn the  basics of personal finance and investing on Pehla Kadam. The site started by NSE and money control.com gives you basics of different investment strategies and teaches you how to manage your personal finanace. As the financial year has just started and you have got your increament then this is the best time to start investing to avoid income tax.
 
Tech-Gyan
Ego surfing: Ego surfing is the practice of searching one's own name on search engines to see what results appear, in short Googling your name.
Jim Killeen, a struggling actor from Los Angeles once Googled his name and he decided to meet all the Jim Killeens in World and made a movie Google Me the Movie.
Have you done ego surfing lately?  try it, it's a lot of fun.
 
Power tip - Income Tax
Albert Einstien once said "The hardest thing to understand in this world is income tax". Now, you do not need to understand income tax. Download the income tax calculator from ynithya. This is by far the best and easy to use Income tax calculator I have ever seen. Know your IT liability well in advance and invest accordingly.
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