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Blogger Alert: Official US Daylight Saving Time Change

QuickOnlineTips — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:24:47 +0000

US Daylight Savings Time changed today! Official Time changed across New York to San Francisco, and bloggers need to be aware and modify the time they send out their blog articles … the clock rolls back an hour for daylight savings at 2 a.m.

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Daylight Savings Time Change

So what is Daylight Savings time? Daylight Saving Time (or summertime) helps get more light out of the day by advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. Well the Daylight saving time in most of the United States ends at 2 a.m., local time, on Sunday, November 1 (every year on first Sunday in November).

In the U.S., clocks change at 2:00 a.m. local time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. Read more about how the clock changes. Europe has changed time already on October 25. See the Daylight Saving Time changes across the world.

How does DST affect bloggers? US web traffic accounts for a major source of traffic and readership for many blogs. I know several top Indian and international bloggers publish their articles (or future post it) accurately on time in early US morning to get on top of the RSS readers of US readers, which will drive more attention and better article response. Now they need to account for the Daylight Saving Time, and if majority of their readers are starting the day early, they might need to press the publish button an hour earlier!

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Have You Seen the 4 Billionth Photo on Flickr?

QuickOnlineTips — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:34:54 +0000

Flickr, the popular social image sharing service today crossed a new milestone of 4 billion photos! Punimoe had the honour of uploading our 4 billionth photo.

This is what the 4 billionth photo looks like -

You can also check out what the 2 billionth and 3 billionth photos look like.

Lots of free publicity for these pics… how lucky is that!

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Miley Cyrus Quits Twitter, Sings Rap Song!

QuickOnlineTips — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:30:14 +0000

As more celebrities join Twitter everyday, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus decided to quit Twitter, but she did it in style and made a rap song to tell her fans why!

If you hear the Miley Cyrus rap song, some reasons she suggests are she wants her private life private, and wants to put a stop on gossip sites buzzing news of every tweet she makes. She wants to stop pleasing people and admits she is too busy. Naturally Tweeple are tweeting our loud which gets the topic trending at #mileycomeback.

Celeb sites are analyzing if Miley Cyrus boyfriend provoked her to quit

And many Miley Goodbye videos are emerging all over the web

Did you know that the top 10% Twitter users accounted for over 90% of tweets and its not surprising that 60% twitter users quit within first month! Did you quit Twitter?

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Why Does Google Front Page Show a Barcode?

QuickOnlineTips — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:51:50 +0000

Have you checked out the Google front page today? The Google logo is replaced by a barcode! Is this a new Google doodle? Click on the barcode and it leads you to these results.

Google is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the first patent on the bar code. And any barcode reader will probably read the above code as Google!

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Celebrate Joy of Giving Week: What Will You Give?

QuickOnlineTips — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:55:08 +0000

The Joy of Giving Week is being celebrated from 27th September to 3rd October 2009. The Joy of Giving initiative is a national movement, that aims at engage Indians in different “acts of giving” money, time, resources and skills.

A lot of events are taking place as celebrities, corporates, NGOs and individuals are giving their support to the initiative.

Some key events taking place are

Design for Giving contest aims to reach out to over 30,000 schools and have over 100,000 children for bold, fresh ideas that will be documented and showcased to demonstrate that our children can ‘design’ solutions for India’s greatest challenges!
India Giving Challenge provides a way for NGOs to raise even more money for their cause through a matching grant from GiveIndia.
7 Day Gift challenge – Give one gift each day for 7 days to a friend or a complete stranger. Put a little thought to each of the gifts that you make. See the world change and see the change in you.
Joyfest is a cultural event in your campus, during the ‘Joy of Giving Week’ where the students will make it happen. Your college will invite a local NGO of its choice (orphanage, old people’s home, blind school) as guests of honour and put up a cultural performance with a mix of popular events.
Battle of the Buffet – Leading 5 star hotels & top restaurants in the city sponsor a fundraiser for NGOs. A donor who makes a donation of Rs 5K to an NGO will be given an invite to this event.

What are you going to give?

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Submit Websites, Ads, Videos for Webby Awards

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:17:39 +0000

Now you can submit websites, advertising campaigns and videos for the 14th Annual Webby Awards, which honor the best in Websites, Interactive Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video and the Mobile Web. This the best time to get early bird pricing and enter your best online work to be judged by the 650-member IADAS jury.

The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category: The Webby Award and The People’s Voice Award; in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile Web. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards, while the online community votes for the winners of The People’s Voice Awards.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Submit your site and get the best publicity ever. You can submit your website, ads or online video for $255 only. Get a discounted rate of $150 in Blog-Personal/Culture, Personal Web Site, NetArt, Student and Weird categories; also in Viral and Student Film & Video categories.

What will be your five-word speech?

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Support Blog Action Day 2009 for Climate Change

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:49:03 +0000

Blog Action Day 2009 is back on October 15, 2009 and the theme is Climate Change this year. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Join the movement.

International climate negotiations are occuring in Copenhagen this December, and this Blog Action day aims to to mobilize millions of people across the world for finding a sustainable solution to the climate crisis. On October 15, take time to blog about climate change and help raise awareness about the issue. Register your blog today

Remember how Blog Action Day 2008 focussed on Poverty.

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

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Submit Blogs to Next 9rules Selection Round

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:25:09 +0000

9rules blogging network is ready to open the next round of blog submissions on October 1, 2009. Previously their 24 hour submission rounds have been a craze in the blogosphere with thousands of blogs wanting to get in.

Our blog QOT also got selected in 9rules last year. What is interesting this year is that Splashpress bought 9rules and the new rounds are now being conducted under the new team. It will be interesting how it turns out and there is a lot of responsibility on Splashpressn on how well they handle the old and new members.

We had long time back written some ways to get noticed by 9rules in round 5. You might also like to know the highlights of their earlier member agreement. Prepare your blog and give it the professional touch it needs to get selected. Mark the date and submit your blog.

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Play HALO 3 ODST Game on PVR Super Size Screen

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:46:14 +0000

Halo 3: ODST is releasing September 22, 2009 and hot invites are trading for the 12 Hour Gaming event on PVR super size screen in Delhi being organized by Xbox 360 India.

Here is HALO3 ODST Event on Facebook. The event starts at Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:30pm, and ends Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 6:30am at Gold Class, PVR Premiere, Select CityWalk, Saket, New Delhi. Xbox 360 India Twitter page is actively send out invites and very few are left now.

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for Xbox 360. In Halo 3: ODST, a prequel to Halo 3, the players assume the role of a UNSC Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST), instead of the Master Chief. You can preorder Halo3 ODST today and get the game as soon as it is released.

Hurry and grab the invites and you could get a chance to play Halo3 ODST all night long on the biggest screen ever. Watch these trailers to get motivated.

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Join Mozilla Service Week

QuickOnlineTips — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:01 +0000

Mozilla Service Week is happening from September 14-21, 2009 and they are asking people to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. Can you share, give, engage, create, and collaborate by offering your time and talent to local organizations and people who need their help?

How Can You Make a Difference?
Go out in your local community this week and try this
* Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
* Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.
* Help install a wireless network at a school.
* Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.
* Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
* Update a non-profit organization’s website.
* Teach the values of the open Web to other public benefit organizations.

Mozilla Service Week is based on the belief that everyone should know how to use the Internet, have easy access to it, and have a good experience when they’re online. Search for opportunities on Idealist, challenge your friends to join your efforts on PledgeBank or promote your participation in the Mozilla Service Week with a customized Personas skin for Firefox.

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