And gmail adds pixel saving features to minimize/hide modules which you think you are not interested in, and separation of mail, contacts looks good too.

But the question remains that after all these updates, the Gmail Invitation feature still remains alive ? Why? Gmail is not in Beta and has a feature for signup. So why still have invitation facility being visible to the users and also with the “invites left” counter (71 left) showing up. They could just hide that feature – as we don’t use it – as Gmail is not exclusive as it was few years ago when it started and people had to get an invite to signup .

Below are some screenshots showing updates of YouTube, Gmail and also showing the Gmail Invitation feature still alive

[Deepika Padukone's 'extra topping' - IBNLive]

[Deepika's sudden growth spurt - Mid-Day]

Felix Meyer and Pascal Monaco picked up 35 of their favourite movies and show them in the shortest of the time. Its a nice journey of different genre of movies of different times brought together in a 2 minutes video.

Even though I have seen these movies I couldn’t make out many of those seeing the video. I could figure out only Titanic, Jaws, Apollo 13, Toy Story and Gone with the wind. Watch the video and lets see how many movies do you get out of this 2 minutes video.

note: wondering whats VOTD ?  Its – Video of the day

Watch the short film – 35 MM (35 Movies in 2 minutes)

Concept / Layout: Sarah Biermann, Torsten Strer, Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco

Animation: Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco

Sound: Torsten Strer

Have a look in HD quality – Original link @ Vimeo

Hopefully this should work. After you install the app on your phone, you should accept some terms and then login using facebook account, sometimes that gives an error saying to try again later – try that around 3-4 times and it will login and the app is ready to use.

Advantages of this app:

- one time install

- one time login (using facebook)

- save on adding friends numbers manually

- FREE calling around the globe

- Save on international calling cards

Video demo on how it works:

Hopefully this calling is really for FREE.
Update: Tested with few friends and the quality is really good (only sometimes there is slight breaks in the speech) . The call works really good on Wi-Fi.

Status: Confirmed (tested locally)
About FREE calling: Not Confirmed (will confirm after the usage minutes get reflected on my at&t account)

Timepass thought: Why such an app only for iPhone, iPod Touch & Android phones? Increase sales of these smartphones and popularity of facebook? And what about Vonage phones, will they lose market of international calling if this thing gets popular .. All that won’t happen so fast.. Just sit back and enjoy the present FREE service

Vonage Mobile App on iTunes |    Facebook Vonage App Page

Link: iPhone Antenna Song + Lyrics

Video Song:

It’s free for students – sign up by providing your school and major

So this is what they offer on this free offer of Amazon Prime:

- Amazon Prime free for one year ($79 value)
- Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on textbooks and millions of other items
- No minimum order size
- Upgrades to One-Day shipping for $3.99/item

Amazon Student [via lifehacker]

This list will keep updating. Check back regularly..

But when I ordered this book from amazon.com recently the same grammar mistake filled mail arrived again. I thought to hype it a little and put it up . So here it goes…

Wrong usage currently used: “Your Amazon.com order of “The Kite Runner” has shipped!“

Corrected: “Your Amazon.com order of “The Kite Runner” has been shipped!“

They forgot the present participle – “been“. This correction seems a necessity as its a routine mail thats being sent to everybody who buys stuff from amazon.com. Even though this seems very silly, I thought it would be necessary for them to correct as this is a common mail

I hope they read this post and correct it . Check the screenshots below. First one is of May 5 and second if of July 13. Both have the same grammar mistake.

Brandy Schaffels wrote on Automotive Traveller:

Everybody on the American women’s blogging network is talking about a recent BMW ad (pictured at the right). And all of them are offended by it.

According to Interpol:  “Age of consent for sexual activity: The legal age of consent for sexual activity is fifteen (15) years.” Whispering: Did you know they also allow nude sunbathing on the public beaches there? Some might also consider that offensive. I would simply like to remind “Different strokes for different folks.”

When the fact is clear that that was intended for Greek audience and the information above about the sexual consent is clear, why create a fuss about it. Instead of taking it personally, we should appreciate the way the ad was made. The fact converted so very nicely to an ad which conveys so much about the car !

I liked this sentence from the article by Brandy – “Trust me: BMW marketers spent a lot of time, money, and research developing that ad for its intended market. The fact that we are offended by it only PROVES that WE ARE NOT its intended market”

Why be offended by an Ad ! Ads are there for fun and not to be taken personally

njoy people

Thanks to shaanya for the link

Media Articles (without taking any sides):

India Today – 3 Idiots resembles Chetan Bhagat’s book, say readers

Express Buzz - Chennai spots Five Point Someone in the 3 Idiots

Business Standard – Three Point Someone Idiots

NDTV – 3 Idiots could sue Chetan Bhagat?

TOI – 3 Idiots is Five Point Someone: Chetan Bhagat

OneIndia – “3 Idiots retains the soul of Five Point Someone” – Chetan Bhagat

IBN-Live – From Three Idiots to a Nation Of Idiots (Something different from Sagarika Ghose)

Important Related Links :

Agreement between Vinod Chopra Films & Chetan Bhagat

30 Reasons Why 3 Idiots is not Five Point Someone

Rajkumar Hirani breaks silence on 3 Idiots & Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone

25 reasons why 3 idiots != Five Point Someone – read why chetan bhagat is a liar -  4th Idiot