The Pakistan Shop: February 2010

Nokia N95 Secret Codes

Posted by Majid Chaudhry Sunday, February 28, 2010

*#06#
IMEI number (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

*#0000#
Firmware version and date, Phone Model and Operator Variant

*#92702689#
Life timer (W A R 0 A N T Y) - The amount of time your phone has spent sending and receiving calls.
*#62209526#
Wireless MAC Address (M A C _ W L A N)
*#2820#
Bluetooth MAC address (B T A 0?)

*#7370#
Format phone (R E S 0 ?)

*#7780#
Factory Reset (R S T 0 ?)

Note:
Format phone restores phone to as if it was out of the box. Retains firmware version and operator Variant changes but wipes all applications you have installed. Does not format the memory card so any apps on there may reinstall once powered back up again.

Another way to format some symbian phones: Power off phone. Press and hold Green, * and 3 and keep them held whilst powering on and for a few seconds after.

Factory Reset resets all settings to defaults but keeps any applications you have installed and photos etc. Both need the Security code, which, by default, is 12345.

N95 picture viewer:
2 – Scroll up (when zoomed)
4 – Scroll left (when zoomed)
5 – Zoom in (12.5%/25%/50%)
6 – Scroll right (when zoomed)
8 – Scroll down (when zoomed)
0 – Zoom out

Press and hold (in Standby):
Right selection key: Voice commands
Multimedia Key: Now Playing
1: Voicemail
2-9: shortcuts to address book you need to set up first
0: Web
#: Switches between General and Silent modes - not supported by all Operator Variants (when composing messages will switch between character and number input when held down)

12# (etc) in standby will dial the number held in location 12 on your SIM address book.

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BlackBerry Curve 8520 Is Not a Real Berry

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

Despite earlier erroneous reports, the BlackBerry Curve 8520, and in fact, the entire line of BlackBerries, are not real fruit. They can be fixed easier than a real berry though, if they’re taken for repair into your nearest CPR.
If you’ve ever seen a bushel of blackberries smashed on a sidewalk, or even blueberries or raspberries for that matter, you probably know enough that salvaging such a fruity mess is a lost cause.
You might be able to eat a few, or bake a sorry pie, but any grand plans you might have had for your berries is probably past-tense. Before you’d heard of CPR repair shops, you might have despaired of any repair even for your BlackBerries, including the BlackBerry Curve 8520. But let’s get one thing straight from the get go – you can take your BlackBerry, even your Curve 8520, into your nearest CPR repair shop, and if it’s not a real berry, our expert service technicians are going to be able to fix it – if it’s repairable.

Please ignore those reports of BlackBerries not being smartphones at all – but genuine berries. Yes, you might have “picked” your BlackBerry, but think back. Did it come off a bush? Chances are that it didn’t. Did you try to eat it after sprinkling bits of broken BlackBerry all over your breakfast cereal? Let’s hope you didn’t, or you’ll need your stomach pumped out mighty fast, cheerio!
In fact, the BlackBerry smartphones should never be placed atop your cereal, it says so right in the warranty if you still happen to have one. These smartphones are not edible. Eating them is seldom, if ever, advisable. If someone has taken a bite out of yours, believing erroneously the rumors that have been circulating, it’s your patriotic duty to take it to be fixed, or else restored to a relatively pristine condition, and if that warranty has expired or else can’t be found, your destination should be to your nearest CPR shop where one of our expert service technicians is waiting to serve you.
A smartphone with a piece of its LCD screen bitten off can be dealt with. Don’t get hysterical. Control yourself. The crime dog was talking about taking a bite out of crime in that radio spot, not a bite out of your BlackBerry. Isn’t it a crime that your device has been bitten? It may well be. But these things happen. It’s time to move on, and at CPR you can make your BlackBerry Curve 8520 whole again.

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Types of mobile phone repair services for your handset.

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

Mobile phones are backbone of this centuryâ€™s communication. If the mobile phones face some problems, the world comes to a halt for many of us. If you are facing such inconvenience, you do not need to worry as the mobile repair solutions are provided for all types of problems in the mobiles.
You can get the phone unlocking services, Nokia screen repair services, language setting problems and all other kinds of problems related to the mobile phone solved with the help of mobile repair providers. These providers not only give repair solutions to individuals but also to the network operators, insurers, small mobile repair service providers and manufacturers.
You can avail the best of repair solutions and can relish the uninterrupted communication. No matter how complex or basic the repair needs of your phone is, these professionals take care of the problems efficiently. Broken LCDs, microphones, speakers and charging points are fixed professionally. You can also seek help in complicated repairs like that of software upgrading and phone motherboard repairs. Extensive phone repairs services can be undertaken at the corporate and domestic level for your convenience.
You need not fret if the problem relating to your mobile phone is a complicated one. The mobile repair service providers can bring the phone to life with the effective services. The repair services for all kinds of handsets are taken care without any hassles. The use of latest technology and equipments allow the professionals to track the fault in the phone and repair it quickly. Diagnostic feedback can be obtained within some time with complete efficient services for your phone.
You can avail the repair solutions for your handsets at competitive prices. You can get the repair quotes for the repair of your handset by giving in the details online. These repair quotes let you choose the services fitting your pocket and mobile needs in the best possible way. You do not have to burn a hole in your pocket for getting your phone fixed now, all you have to do is fill in the repair form online and get the quotes for getting the phone fixed by the best service provider.
You can get various services in mobile phone repairs. You can get the language setting of your phone changed with the assistance of the mobile repair service providers. The companies that are indulged in buying stocks around the globe need different language settings in the handset. You can get the language settings changed in different languages with ease now. The language setting of your handset is changed according to your requirements at affordable prices by these service providers.
The insurers can also avoid the underwriter scams by the help of the legitimate mobile repair service provider. Effective and proficient solutions for the insurers are provided by these companies. Swap policies for these insurance are arranged that lets the insurers get away without getting fleeced with deals with the clients. Avail different mobile repair services for getting your phone fixed without any hassles.

Find more information relating to nokia screen repair, and phone unlocking here.

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EU Tells Google to Delete Street View Pics After 6 Months

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

The European Union’s Data Protection Working Party has given an express order to Google: Ditch Street View images taken in the UK after six months.
Computerworld reports that the working party found Google’s current 12-month retention time for the images to be a “disproportionate” length of time.
The party reported being “concerned that Street View continues to give rise to data-protection issues,” despite Google’s compliance with the initially laid-out requirements. It also ordered Google to give UK citizens more information and lead time surrounding when its Street View cars would be in particular areas to take photographs.
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said of the decision, “Google needs to raise much more awareness of Street View cars going though people’s streets as there is an option to opt out of appearing in them but no one knows about it.”
As Nokia’s Henry Tirri recently told us, the EU is known for being more outspoken about privacy issues than other regions, particularly where Street View is concerned.
For its part, Google is defending its stance on keeping the images for the year-long period. A lawyer for the company, Peter Fleischer, responded, “The need to retain the unblurred images is legitimate and justified — to ensure the quality and accuracy of our maps, to improve our ability to rectify mistakes in blurring, as well as to use the data we have collected to build better maps products for our users. We have publicly committed to a retention period of 12 months from the date on which images are published on Street View, and this is the period which we will continue to meet globally.”
In other words, we’re not quite sure yet how this one will turn out. We’ll keep an eye on this space, which we’re tempted to refer to as “Google Street Fight.” Do you think the EU is making a reasonable request in the service of data protection and privacy, or should Google continue to hold its ground?

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What is a blog, why n what to blog? – The pros and cons of blogs.

Posted by Majid Chaudhry Saturday, February 27, 2010

“A blog (a contraction of the term "web log")is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” – wikipedia

A blog is a short form of “weblog” that refers to an online diary, which is visible to everyone on the Internet, but now a blog is much bigger than its early days. A blog is just like a personal diary that you write regularly but the big difference between a blog and personal diary is that a blog is visible to every one unlike a diary, any one can read it with the help of Internet. A common thing between blog and diary is that both the things are sorted by date but blogs are usually sorted reverse by date.

From past few years blogs have became bigger and stronger than a personal diary. It has changed the entire web. It has changed the entire scenario of Internet to quickly, because it has became a product now days that can make money.

A blog generally uses software that makes it like a diary, this software is called CMS (content management systems). This system helps us to manage our content, which we writes in it, this content are called posts in blogs.

Why to blog?

There are several reasons of starting a blog, it can be your hobby or a way to connect with peoples and friends, and it can be for your business. Some answers of this question are given below.

Blog to start a new hobby
For sharing your idea and experience
To help others in a field
To expend your business
To connect with other like you
To make money

Take your time and think on it that why you want to make a blog, this question can also help you in starting your blog.

What to blog?

The answer of this question is very simple but also very deep, because it’s easy to make a blog but it’s difficult to run a blog.

Blogging is nothing but your idea, knowledge and experience about a topic, therefore it is very important to think about your topic hundreds of times before starting it. In my opinion you should always write a blog about your passion or about a topic in which your expert, because you have to write a lot on your topic, don’t write a blog about a topic that you don’t know. Not sure what your blog should be about? Here are some suggestions.

Animals and pets
Art
Business
Career Guide
Celebrities
Crafts
Computers
Hobbies
Education
Entertainment
Environment
Fashion
Music
News and events
Personal diary
Politics
Religion
Sports
Technology
Travel
Video games
Women’s problems
Work
About your experience
Writing

I hope this post will clear your concepts about a blog. If you have any problem, please post a comment, thanks.

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05 popular blogging platforms – See which one is the best for you.

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

Unlike the old age of blogging there are hundreds of blogging softwares (CMS) and platforms are available now days. It’s not difficult to choose your blogging software, it totally depends upon what is your going to do with your blog. If you want to make a video blog there is a different software and platform available for video blogging, just like this there are many different types of software available for every blog type.

Without going in too much detail I am going to state some popular blogging softwares and comparing them with each other.

Blogger.

Blogger is owned by Google in 2003 since then it has been becoming popular and popular. It is the most popular blogging platform available for free now days. Its very easy to use, flexible, versatile and customizable. It has lots of features. The big advantage and plus point of blogger is that you can monetize (can make money by the blog) it easily even its completely free.

Blogger is the leader of market, it is continuously improving with updates and new technologies that ensure it to retain as a leader in market. There are several other softwares and platforms of blogging which can help you to start a blog. The comparison between them is given below.

Wordpress.

Wordpress is the biggest competitor of blogger. It is very powerful CMS that has hundreds of features available. It has a free version and a paid one. The biggest drawback of Wordpress is that its free version does not support monetization, which means you can’t make money by its free version.

Wordpress is the winner in the race of customization(tools and plugins) and features. If you want to make a blog with too many customizations I suggest you Wordpress. It works with hosted and non-hosted both the types of blogs.

Typepad.

It is another blogging platform popular now a day. It is easy to use, compatible and customizable. It has many tools by not more than Wordpress. It is not free at all you have to pay monthly fee for this CMS.

Movabletype.

It is a popular platform for team blogging, because it is very easy to setup multiple authors in the same account. It is non-hosted type of platform. Just like Typepad is also not free for use, you have to pay for the license, that is the biggest problem of this blogging platform. Its installation process is also not simple as others.

Joomla.

Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build blog. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

There are hundreds of CMS available now on Internet. Some are free and some charge you fee. A new trend is growing on the web which is social networking + blogging like myspace, facebook and xanga. Choosing a blogging platform and software is completely depends upon the question that what you are going do with your blog, why you want to make your blog and what role will your blog performs in the blogosphere so, take your time and think about it before starting you blog.

If you have any problem or question please post comment.

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Basics of using blogger and blogger dashboard.

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

Welcome in Infopioneer, in this post I’m going to describe the basics of blogger, how to use blogger dashboard, how many functions blogger have, what each function do and so on. So lets start.

Sign in and sign out with blogger.

First of all you have to sign in before using blogger, so go to blogger.com and enter your ID and Password in the textboxes as in snapshot.

You can sign out from blogger by clicking on sign out as in snapshot.

Using Blogger Dashboard.

This is blogger dashboard, it has lot of features like you can make a new blog, you can go to many tabs of your existing blog from dashboard, it has a button of new post to make a new post, you can see your profile at the left side and can access you account from here easily.

This is a snapshot of blogger dashboard bottom.

Using posting tab from Blogger dashboard.

This is a snapshot of new post editor of blogger.

When you want to make a new post in blogger you have to go to posting tab from your dashboard by clicking on new post button. You can enter the title and post data in editor and other many more features by this new post editor. You can see a sub tab under posting tab. Some important features of posting tab are discussed under as.

New post: You can access your post editor and can make your new post by this feature.

Edit posts: You can edit your existing posts and can remove and give them a label by this feature.

Edit pages: It’s a new feature this enables you to make pages like contract us, About us and TOS pages. You can make 10 pages for each blog by this new feature and can edit them.

Comment Moderation: If you have enabled comment moderation, you can moderate your comments directly from comment moderation sub tab.

Setting tab from blogger dashboard to edit your blog settings.

Setting tab is very important in blogger platform. It enables you to change and edit your blog settings and important features.

You can see sub tabs under setting tab. Important features of blogger setting tab and its sub tabs are given below.

Basic: In this tab you can enter and change your blog title and description and can add your blog in blog directory by some features like add blog in our listing.

Publishing: you can change you blog domain name and assign it to custom domain from this sub tab.

Formatting: This enables you to change blog text colors, background and font.

Comments: The comment options are present in this sub tab.

Archiving: This enables you to make separate pages of your post, by default this feature is on.

Site feed: You can edit your blog feeds and can redirect it to feedburner from here.

Open ID: You can see your open ID user name and password here.

Permissions: If you want to setup multiple authors to a blog you can do this from this tab.

Using layout tab from blogger Dashboard.

Layout tab is also important in blogger platform. It helps you to access and change your blog layout and HTML codes. You can also change your template from here.

Page Elements: You can change your blog layout from this sub tab and can change the position of gadgets and widgets from here. You can also add new widgets by this tab.

Edit HTML: If you want to see and change your HTML codes, you should use this function.

Pick New Template: You can change you template by this function.

Note: After any change you must click on save button to save the changes that you have made.

Monetize tab from blogger dashboard – Make money with your blog.

I think every one want to make money with his blog, thankfully blogger is owned by Google and it has a money making program called Adsense, this enables every blogger to make money with his blog very easily.

Setup Adsense: This helps you to make money from adsense program, but you have to sign up for first time.

Adsense for Feeds: If you want to publish Adsense ads in your blog feeds so, this is the right feature.

Amazon Associates: This is a new feature that enables you to setup Amazon Affiliate program to your blog, your can earn commission on every sell by this feature.

That’s the end of blogger Basics, if you have any problem contract me. Tell me what you think about blogger.com platform and it dashboard.

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10 Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

I believe all of you has so many experiences of seeing so many web design when surfing in internet. I could guarantee that you often see bad web design layout more than good one. I feel the same way too, there are a lot of websites which has bad web design & layout, so i won’t comeback & bookmark them. I will share some of my experiences of seeing basic visual web design mistakes which makes me leave those websites forever.

1. Bad Font Usage

Do you even remember when you visit a website with fancy script font that is very hard to read? Fancy script font must not be used in body text, otherwise your reader won’t be able to read anything. Use fonts that are easy to read.
Other mistake is some people use non standard font in their websites. If their reader is only a common person who don’t have so many additional fonts, they will be confused and say, “Why is the font size in this website is very small?” I experienced this when i use non standard font for my website to enhance readability. But unfortunately, it makes people complain about my website. Just use common font like Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Georgia, or Times New Roman, which every people has in their computer.

2. No Images, Text Only

Believe me, people will be bored if they see text only & they will leave your website once they are tired of reading your ocean of words article. This is internet, not a personal development book. If you don’t have idea about what image you should add, just use any image related with your post title. Don’t leave your body text alone without any images.

3. No Paragraph On Long Articles

Even though you have inserted images on your article, you should remember to separate some sentences with a paragraph. Imagine that you are reading more than 500 words article without any paragraph on it. It’s confusing right? With some sentences separated with paragraph, people will find it easier to read your article.

4. Very Tiny Font Size

Have you ever visit a website and you have to zoom in to read the content? This is bad, make your body text at least 12pt to make sure that your body text are readable enough. If not, people will have to provide large magnifier to read your article.

5. Heavy Flash Usage

Almost any Flash usage will bring added value to your visual perception. But unfortunately, Flash usage will only make your website slower to open & it gives more chance for new visitors to leave you quickly. Reduce usage of Flash, unless it’s needed to explain something. I personally don’t really like websites which has Flash intro. They are really annoying & wasting my time.

6. Body Text Above Colorful Background

Most of good websites use plain color background to enhance its readability. If you use colorful background to make it nicer, you are absolutely wrong. It only makes people tired of reading your articles, because the body text color are blended with background image. Make your background plain & put image somewhere else where there are no text.

7. Too Many Advertisement

Have you seen a website full of banner advertisement & google adsense inside? I’m sure that you will leave that website once you have done with it, Or worse case, you will instantly hit close and move to another website. Never prioritize advertisement over content. Good websites always place advertisement in a proper places which aren’t bothering the main content of websites.

8. Unwanted Pop Ups

I always hate websites which has unstoppable pop ups. It really annoys me. I want to look for information, but the pop up interferes & wastes my time. I don’t know why, but i really hate pop ups.

9. Too Long Articles

I don’t know about you, but i don’t like too long articles. It takes you more time to write it and also make people bored to read it. Make it at most 1000 words with some image addition to make it more attractive than just a plain text. Make your words simple & understandable. Believe me, most people doesn’t like too long articles.

10. Links Color Aren’t Visible

Make sure that link color has different color with body text color. It helps your reader to identify which links they have visited and also help them not to visit the same links unintentionally.

Don’t forget to share your thoughts about the article in comment section.

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How To Find Great Keyword Ideas For Your Articles

Posted by Majid Chaudhry

SEO is the most important thing you have to keep in mind when you start blogging. Optimizing your content and using the right keywords can bring you huge benefits and also it can make your job a lot easier and fun. SEO is very complex and it has lots of adapters, finding keywords for your content is without a doubt one of the most important things when we talk about SEO.

Even though keywords are very important, not many people know how to find best combination in order to get best results. The keywords research is very important for PPC campaings too and that means lots of money can easily be earned by doing a good keyword research.
Today, in this tutorial I’m going to show you how to find best SEO keywords the easy way. It is pretty obvious that we need some tools in order to succed. The next 5 tools are in the top of my keywords generators.
Whit each of the tools below, you have to start with a main keyword which is related to your website niche. In this example I will use “design” as a main keyword.
1. The Google Wonder Wheel – Find Topics to Write About
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Google is not only the best search engine there is, Google can also help you to find the most relevant and successful topics and keywords in order for you to get the results you want no matter what your niche is. The Google Wonder Wheel is a tool available on the main search page on Google. It can be activated using the “Show Options” bar. The Wonder Wheel will create ramifications from your base keywords and it will display you related topics in a tree form.(As you can see in the picture above).
This Tool is used even by Darren Rowse from Problogger.net . You can also view the video created by him at problogger.
2. Google Adwords Keyword Tool – Best For PPC Campaings
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Is a well known fact about how powerful the Google Adwords system is and also how many people around the world are using this service. The Google Team has also developed a powerful keyword research tool designed to help you find best keywords for your Adwords Campaings and also help PPC users to select niche keywords for their websites. The tool has many useful features, but the most important in my opinion is the CPC feature available in the “Choose columns to display” menu after you search for the keyword. This feature displays the Cost Per Click (CPC) for that keyword or phrase.
Another very important factor is the Global Monthly Search Volume which helps you to determine how much searches were made for a specific keyword and helps you to see if that keyword worth your attention or not.
3. Word Tracker

A simple yet very powerful Keyword researching tool. Is great and very relevant so you will get great results. The Wordtracker tool is free, but you can also use the Premium version which costs $59. You should keep in mind that Word Tracker tool is optimized for best results using the search engines available in US so WordTracker is based on searches made by people leaving in US.
To use word tracker for best results you should enter a keyword or phrase and click the “Hit Me” button. The results will be a list of most searched related keywords and phrases to your one. On the right you will see the number of searches generated for that keyword. Like I said, WordTracker statistics are based on information collected from search engines from US.
4. Keyword Spy
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Keyword Spy is not just a great tool for obtaining the best keywords for your articles, but it has the power to bring you the information you need in order to smash your competition and get better and better. Another great thing is that Keyword Spy is free to use and you can also search for Domains, Destination URLs and Ad Copies.
Another thing special at Keyword Spy is that it allows you to see more relevant statistics about PPC competitors which is a feature I haven’t seen on other keyword research tools and it is very important for PPC users.
5. WordStream
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With a database of more than 1 billion high rated and popular keywords, WordStream is the ultimate source of free Keywords designed to help you build the content you want. WordStream also allows you to export a list, a huge list of keywords containing more than a thousand of niched words.
You can also check the list of most recommended keywords research tools available created by the SEO experts from SEO Book.
I also recommend using the hot searches available for most popular search engines. AOL Hot Searches, Google Trends and Zeitgeist, MSN Search Insider and of course Yahoo! Buzz Index.
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Before starting using any of the tools in this article, I really recommend you to start brainstorming and write some random keywords related to your niche so that you can create an idea about what you want.
That’s it! Enjoy the tools and start improving the SEO for your website right now.

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Why to blog?

What to blog?

Blogger.

Wordpress.

Typepad.

Movabletype.

Joomla.

Sign in and sign out with blogger.

Using Blogger Dashboard.

Using posting tab from Blogger dashboard.

Setting tab from blogger dashboard to edit your blog settings.

Using layout tab from blogger Dashboard.

Monetize tab from blogger dashboard – Make money with your blog.

1. Bad Font Usage

2. No Images, Text Only

3. No Paragraph On Long Articles

4. Very Tiny Font Size

5. Heavy Flash Usage

6. Body Text Above Colorful Background

7. Too Many Advertisement

8. Unwanted Pop Ups

9. Too Long Articles

10. Links Color Aren’t Visible

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