Holiday with magazines @ Google Book Search

google book search Holiday with magazines @ Google Book Search

Going nowhere this holiday? Want to do something better?? Well, head to Google Book Search. In addition to books, they have recently added magazines to their collections.

A quick search on various keywords return these magazines. You might want take a look at it, while enjoying your time with family. Happy reading!

Maximum PC

Popular Science

Man health

Windows Vista

Vegetarian

Organic Gardening

Black Belt

Mac Life

Sending SMSes from Yahoo Mail, it’s real

There are a lot of buzz about how to send SMSes from Gmail, which eventually was pulled back due to some issues.

Unlike Gmail’s sms service, Yahoo SMS service works like charm. It works from Yahoo Mail, and is available for lucky users from countries, among others are Malaysia , Indonesia, India , US and etc.

Just follow the steps below, and you’re ready to send your first free SMS today!

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Credit: Yahoo

Register Google App and set your email client on Gmail

I initially documented these steps for a friend of mine, but I decided to put on a more detailed, together with the screen shot and to post on Blogjer.

If you’re already a Google App user, you should be very familiar with these steps. Anyway, for those who are new to Google App, it is a platform for building and hosting web applications on Google Web Servers
(definition from Wikipedia). Among the applications offered are Gmail, Good Doc, Google Sites and etc.

In Google App, I’m interested most with Gmail, whereby I can use Gmail as my blog’s email client, meaning that all emails sent to my blog’s email address are accessible from there. Or in other words, I’m able to  manage all my @blogjer.com email address in Gmail.

This is far more convenient, as compared to using default email client in CPanel, such as SquireMail. Furthermore, these emails are stored on Google Web Server, which is more reliable than our own web hosting server. I have now registered Google App account for my main websites. Here is how you can get started.

1. Head to Google App

2. Click sign up button such as below
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3. By default, it will only show the trial version for Premier edition (not free). So click on ‘Standard Edition’ link (Free) to get free edition. But keep in mind that standard edition as it name says, has limited features as compared to Premier Edition.
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4. Once you’ve decided to go for Standard Edition (after comparing the features), click on ‘Get Started’.
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5. Key in your domain name

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6. Fill in all required fields, and press ‘Next’ button

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7. The next screen will will create the admin account. Fill up all fields and press Next button
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8. Now you have completed the registration process. You’re required to verify the domain Ownership. Click on the ‘Verify domain ownership’ link.
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9. You have 2 options here, either by uploading file or changing CNAME. I chose the uploading file method which is easier, and once done, click ‘Verify’ button. It will take approximately 24 hours before your domain is verified.

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10. The registration process has completed. Now it is time to activate your email. From your dashboard (see step # 8), click on ‘Activate Email’. Depending on your hosting, choose the instruction accordingly.
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11. Login to your cPanel account and follow the instructions on how to update your MX in cPanel. (Sometimes you may need to wait until your domain is verified by Google before you can proceed with this step)

Once done, your email should be accessible via this link.

http://gmail.google.com/a/yourwebsite.com

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12. Changing your email URL

The default email’s URL is not a beauty, you can customize it to be like ‘http://mail.yourwesbite.com’ . To achieve this, access the menu from service setting – email services. Click on ‘change URL’ and follow the instructions. Keep in mind that you must be able to modify your DNS setting. By default, this option is not available when you buy the domain, you have to register this add-on in which costs you USD1 annually (NetKL rate). That’s all, you’re done.

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MNP come to the town

Yeay!! it is here finally. I’ve no idea when it’s been kicked off, but I’d seen the digiads aired on TV.

I wrote about MP last year, and it took almost 10 months to get materialized.

Who WINS? Absolutely us, the customer. Previously, we’re reluctant to switch telcos because we don’t want to change our number, that is the biggest obstacles if you’ve been using it for a long time. Worry no more. With MNP, you can choose whatever telco you desire and retain your number.

Interested? Find out more on this page – Maxis, Celcom, Digi. Of all 3 telcos, Celcom seems to be not really ready (or left behind) on the MNP, since some of the links are broken.

Digi and Maxis also appear to be on sponsored links on Google for MNP keyword, again where is Celcom (sad… I’m a celcom user)?? Perhaps the marketing method is different.