How these tech giant got their iconic brand name

1. Wipro:
From Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd Wipro Technologies. The company started as a modest Vanaspati and laundry soap producer and is now also an IT services giant.

2. HCL:
HCL is the short form of Hindustan Computers Ltd, Indian Software Company founded by Shiv Nadar.

3. Infosys:
Short form of ‘Information Systems’.

4. Intel:
Intel was originally founded in Mountain View, California in 1968 by Gordon E. Moore (of "Moore's Law" fame, a chemist and physicist), Robert Noyce (a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit). Moore and Noyce initially wanted to name the company "Moore Noyce". Instead they used the name NM Electronics for almost a year, before deciding to call their company Integrated Electronics or "Intel" for short. New name was of course - INTegrated ELectronics, or Intel for short. The fact that "intel" was the term for intelligence information was also quite suitable, but "Intel" was already trademarked by the hotel chain Intelco in the mid-west. In the end, Moore & Noyce Electronics bought the rights for the name and renamed itself Intel Corporation.

5. Apple:
According to Steve Jobs, Apple was so named because Jobs was coming back from an apple farm, and he was on a fruitarian diet. He thought the name was "fun, spirited and not intimidating".

6. Hotmail:
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "HTML" – the markup language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing.

7. Facebook:
Name stems from the colloquial name of books given to newly enrolled students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.

8. Amazon.com:
Founder Jeff Bezos renamed the company Amazon (from the earlier name of Cadabra.com) after the world's most voluminous river, the Amazon. He saw the potential for a larger volume of sales in an online (as opposed to a bricks and mortar) bookstore.

9. Dell:
Named after its founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.

10. Cisco:
Short for San Francisco.

11. Microsoft :
Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to microcomputer software. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' disappeared on 3/2/1987 with the introduction of a new corporate identity and logo.

12. HP:Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

13. IBM: 
Named by Tom (Thomas John) Watson Sr, an ex-employee of National Cash Register (NCR Corporation). To one-up them in all respects, he called his company International Business Machines.

14. Google: 
An originally accidental misspelling of the word googol and settled upon because google.com was unregistered. Googol was proposed to reflect the company's mission.

15. Twitter: 
Having rejected the name Twitch for their social networking service, co-founder Jack Dorsey says: "we looked in the dictionary for words around it and we came across the word 'twitter' and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential.

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How to encode/decode your facebook, Gmail emails and messages

1. Add bookmark
Firefox or Google Chrome:
Drag this link:  Digitzz it  to your Bookmarks Bar.
Internet Explorer:
Right click:  Digitzz it  and click "Add to Favorites"
Apple Devices:
Please use iOS version
If you need to decode text from the first version, use this bookmarklet.

2. Encrypt message
Login to Google Mail, Facebook or other site where you want to protect the text.
Type your message and click the bookmark.
Enter the password and click the "Encrypt" button.

3. Decrypt message
To decrypt the message on the page, just click bookmark again and reenter the same password.
 










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Facebook unfriend finder-Know which friend has unfriended you

Facebook never allowed any apps which will give you unhappy news from your friends. But yet you want to know that which friend has unfriended you and no more interested in you then you can find NOW.

Whenever your friend unfriends you from their friend list, it doesn't show any notification in your profile that you have been unfriended by someone.

So here is the trick. Let's find out HOW.

This trick works only with Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Greasemonkey.

Step 1: Go to www.socialfixer.com

Step 2: Click on any browser where you want it to install.


Step 3: Now login to you facebook account.

Step 4: In the right hand bar it will show a portion "Friend tracker". here you will find a name of friend who have unfriended you.

But sometimes it's best not to know.

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How to make the best use of social media @ work

Social media is a strange animal. Everybody we know is on it; everyone thinks everyone else except they waste a lot of time on it; and everyone has their own opinions as to how one should carry oneself out there. Some people want to be the ideal employee; others go to great lengths to hide their connections with their company. But all of us may agree on a couple of basic facts:

a) Social media is here to stay, and

b) We’re doing more harm than good, as individuals or as an organisation, if we ignore social media.

The question here, then, is how do we make good use of an opportunity? Let’s step back for a moment, shed the being employee skin from ourselves, and look at ourselves as people. Individuals with jobs, with families, with friends, classmates, and colleagues.

Human beings with our own emotions, ambitions, achievements and egos. With the same urge to communicate, the same urge to share, the same urge to learn – either as individuals or groups of people. All 2,50,000 (and counting) of us are part of the rest of the world, and we are beginning to live a substantial part of our lives online.

The trick is to balance this out—utilize it, yet not be consumed by it. It calls for some amount of discipline and thought, but generally, for the most part—it’s fun.
So, if you haven’t started your journey, what are you waiting for?
Let’s see what are the “social media essentials”?

a) A LinkedIn profile: As of last count, 1,33,000 of us are on LinkedIn.com. If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, it may be good to build one, and this is usually a good starting point for your personal online presence. A few tips:

• Be cognizant of the information you share as part of your profile. Avoid client names and details, and details of your project. Emphasize your expertise by citing your domain knowledge, skill sets, attributes and years, but refrain from anything that could divulge details of your clients or your projects.
• Be factually correct and honest in your profile. Don’t add qualifications or experiences that you cannot quantify. Remember Scott Thompson, the ex-CEO of Yahoo? It’s tempting to write that fancy job title or fake a certificate or two, but remember, if you lose your integrity online, it’s pretty much irretrievable
• Connect with other employees of your organisation you know on LinkedIn, and follow the company page, if any, to get updates about recent happenings.
• Feel free to share news and knowledge links that are published on our company page, among your network.
• Avoid using direct company name in your name and company logos or branding on your individual display picture (DP) or if you are running a group, ensure that you don’t use official branding things.
• Besides news and updates from the company website, it may be a good idea to share links of professional and business interest on your LinkedIn profile.

b) A blog: Blogging is a bit like school—very easy to get into (your parents took all the trouble—you just had to go there!), but very tough to sustain and get out of. It takes a few minutes to set up your own blog, but it takes several hours a week to maintain it, keep it relevant, and build it. It’s not easy and isn’t for everyone.

But if you are an expert in your area, and have knowledge to share, it is one of the most fulfilling pursuits that you can do entirely online. A blog may not be related to your subject of professional expertise at all—you could well write a blog on your hobbies and interests. The important thing is to be passionate about it.

There are many free blogging platforms available— you could choose between WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Posterous and others. If you are blogging on areas closely related to organisations’ business interests, ensure that you disclose your organisation association, and have a suitable disclaimer.

Some pro-tips:

a. Prepare well – decide clearly what your subject would be, and more importantly, what you would not be writing about. Create a calendar, if possible. Analyze various blogging platforms—look at the themes available, try them out and chose what fits your subject. Study other bloggers and if possible, interact with them.

b. Research your topic well and be original in your content - particularly if you are blogging about areas of professional interest. It pays to say less and be original and interesting, rather than to say more and be meaningless.

c. Do not succumb to the SEO + adwords trap - there are quite a large number of bloggers who churn out garbage to ensure that their blogs are found by users who search for particular keywords and then gain income by adwords. This is called content farming. Your reputation erodes rapidly and you could even be blacklisted by search engines.

d. When you are talking of areas which are of professional interest, closely related to your work at your organisation, ensure that you do not reveal any confidential or business data related to the company or its clients.

e. Do not write disparagingly about our competitors. Try to be neutral, and subject-oriented.

f. Invest time in networking with bloggers of common interest. Comment on their blog posts, invite them to yours. Use a Twitter handle, a Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+ profile to communicate new updates to your social network.

g. Be conscious of copyright and IP related rules and guidelines. Always give a link and name your sources/ references.

h. Be patient. The benefits of blogging are best seen after years.

c) A Facebook profile: Most of us are already on Facebook. A lot of us use Facebook as one of the methods to keep in touch with classmates, family and friends, and sometimes our colleagues at work. Our activity there is usually leisurely—we post pictures, fun status updates, have conversations and comments on our friends’ activities, share links and more. It’s a great place to spend your free time. There are privacy concerns, but there are enough safeguards—you are only as safe or unsafe as the information you share online.

While having all this fun and a good time, a few basic tips in etiquette out there:

• While posting pictures, ensure that you don’t tread on anyone else’s right to privacy. If you are taking a group picture or a party picture, it is best to k eep others informed that you’re likely to post these on Facebook. It’s a good habit, which keeps you out of trouble.
• Ensure that you don’t post embarrassing pictures of others. While you may find some situations funny, others may not have your sense of humor.
• Don’t post any copyright material anywhere online, and most definitely not on Facebook. What’s the fun in that? The real thrill is in being original and owning all the likes, oohs and aahs that you may get from your friends.

d) Twitter account: The social network that is often credited with enabling revolutions—the Arab Spring, for example—forcing governments to repeal laws—the SOPA and ACTA laws in the US—is however, used and populated by a fraction of the crowd that Facebook attracts. Twitter is also the favourite of many brands and organisations—the crisp 140 character format enables participants to spread messages effortlessly and helps in customer service management, broadcasting of messages and engaging with target audience.

It is also the network scientists delight in, as it often resembles real-life human web of information—it predicted the Haiti Cholera outbreak a few days before it actually happened. The nature of Twitter also allows it to be used as a barometer for public reaction to messaging, either by corporate, or by celebrities or governments.

Die-hard Twitter enthusiasts will swear by it—it’s a fun place to be and there’s rarely a dull moment. There’s a lot of randomness and serendipity since you are more likely to meet new friends on Twitter than on Facebook or even LinkedIn, where you connect with those you anyway know already.

If you are inclined to plunging in, do so. Some tricks to maximize the benefits
of Twitter:

• Like it is expected in all human interaction, be polite, courteous and tolerant of others’ views and opinions.
• Avoid badmouthing any person or organisation on Twitter, including your own, and also your competitors.
• Seek out people with whom you have common interests, follow them, interact with them and be of mutual help. There are quite a lot of technical and domain-related experts you can find on Twitter. It’s one of the few places where you could talk to a head of state, a film celebrity, and a tech geek in practically the same minute.
• If you are an expert in a particular domain, related to technology, business or just a hobby, Twitter is one of the best places to “be found”. Work out a plan, be consistent with your tweets, be interactive, learn the game—and substantially enhance your online profile.

Besides these “foundation” social media networks, there are quite a few others which may be less generic and more interest-oriented, such as Flickr, for photo-sharing, YouTube for videos, Quora, for a Q&A-based networking. There’s also Google+, which has shown a growth spurt in the recent months. It seems to be a fairly hot space for the tech blogger and the tech journalist.

There’s a world out there, waiting to
be explored. Go on, live, and love your online life.

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Now access facebook on any mobile by dialing *325# or *fbk#. No need of internet, GPRS, 3G, WiFi

In todays world facebook become an integral part of social life of you. You spend long time on facebook doing status updates, comments, Wall post. 

Now all these things you can do without the internet, GPRS, 3G, WiFi connection via USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) code technology on any Mobile. 

All you need is 

1. Mobile Handset 
2. Active SIM 

Dial *325# or *fbk# from any mobile and you will get an Welcome message.

First Regsiter yourself by giving your email id (e.g. xyz at gmail.com)

Then put in your password.

Choose option according to your requirement.

Thansk !

Make online money from Facebook and Twitter account

Earn Money from Facebook and Twitter account

"Make Money Online With Facebook" sounds funny but its true. Now you can make some money from your twitter and Facebook account. 

When i was searching some ideas for online money making, i gone through FanSlave. With the help of this site  Facebook users can make out some money from their own Facebook Account. you need to just click on "Like" button of Fanslave's created pages on Facebook and they will credit your account with points (cash is the half of your credits points) for that, Isn't it nice?

Just follow the steps Given Below :

•  Register at FanSlave and connect your Facebook and Twitter Account with it.
•  You  will see list of pages with amount of credit points, Start to "Like" the fanpages and follow on Twitter.
•  You will get credits accordingly (cash is the half of your credits)
•  When you will 15.00 EUR, you can apply for payment via paypal or alertpay.

Note : It will take much time to earn money by just liking the fan pages, You need to refer friends with your own special referral link given and you can see the flow of money in your account. But you need to refer real and long lasting friends, and don't try to cheat them.

So Sign up NOW...