Facebook Vs Google Plus

Merits of Facebook :Allows the limitation to share status updated to specified list of friends.Allows you to share your location while updating a status.

1. Timeline interface allows you to maintain monthly status records.
2. Video chat feature launched in association with Skype provides good quality of video.
3. Group chat system which was added later on has turned to be one of the best conferencing platform online.
4. Good variety of games and other applications.

Demerits of Facebook :

1. You can share things with your friends only if he accepts your request.
2. Doesn’t have the tools to hide your data in search results.
3. Doesn’t provide the option for user defined profile appearance/theme.

Merits of Google Plus :

1. You can receive updates by adding your friends to your circles.
2. Grouping your friends provides you to limit the updates to specific group of friends such as college friends, family or colleagues.
3. Uses its Gmail chat for chatting within Google Plus which also allows group chatting.
4. Easy to use Google Plus applications.
5. Provides an option to hide/show your data in search results.
6. Good notification system that notifies about every Google Product.

Demerits of Google Plus:

1. Good gaming applications are lacking yet.
2. Chat privacy is not user friendly.
3. Monthly record of updates cannot be maintained.

These were the major merits and demerits that I found for Facebook and Google Plus. Now the final conclusion depends upon you as what priority you give to the above listed points. It would be great if you could suggest anything more regarding this topic.

The only thing running in the mind is the thought of getting a gold'

Indian welterweight Vikas Krishan Yadav will draw on all of his skill, discipline and determination to return from London with an Olympic medal and fulfil a promise he made to his father. Here's an interview with him, by Bharat Sharma.


Comfort-wise, is it better to play in front of a home crowd or in the international arena?It is good to play at home, but it has its disadvantages too. There is a lot of pressure, people expect you to win all the time. As I have got a lot of experience now, the place really does not make any difference. The motive is to get in the ring and win the bout....


How do you prepare yourself mentally before a big game?

I don't do anything extra before a big bout. I remain focussed on the job at hand and pay attention to my  coach's advice. Another thing is that I never fear my opponent.

London Olympics - what are the expectations you have set for yourself.

The only thing running in the mind is the thought of getting a gold. It is the first time I will be competing at  the Olympics and I am really looking forward to it. While the team was training in Ireland last month, I was juggling with my practice and exam preparation in Bhiwani, Haryana. I think my preparation has been good even though I was not able to acclimatise to the expected weather like the other boxers who went to  Dublin. In fact, I prefer training in India for longer duration as I feel home sick abroad. 

How do you keep yourself fit for your sport?

I do the usual training which is working in the gym early morning and then spending time in the ring. As far  as food habits go, I eat all stuff that an athlete requires. Drinking milk is something that I can't do without. Ever since I was a child, I loved milk and fruits. 

India is a cricket country; do you think your sport is underrated?

I won't like to compare boxing with any other sport. It has its own place. Vijender Singh brought the sport into the limelight by winning bronze in Beijing and its popularity will only increase if we win the medals expected of us at the London Games. I think we should get at least three medals this time around.

Tell us about a memory that is etched in your mind that proves to you that you cannot do without mom.

Both my father and mother have been really supportive. The one thing that will stay with me is that my mother always let me do what I wanted to do. She never forced me to study. I was always into sports and she encouraged me to take whatever game I wanted, at a time when other parents focussed more on the academics.

What is the message you would like to give your mom?

She has told me that she would settle for nothing less than a gold and I want to say to her that I will give my all to make her proud. A medal would be the best gift to my mother, who has spent most of her life thinking I will win at the Olympics. 

How has mom been an influence in your life, professionally and personally?

I have no role models but as I said before, she has been a stoic mother. I owe her whatever little success I have achieved so far and a medal at the Olympics will be a fitting present for her years of love and support.

Cancer survivor Yuvraj named in India squad

India on Wednesday picked Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from cancer, in a 30-man preliminary squad for the World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka later this year.

The 30-year-old, regarded as one of the most flamboyant batsmen in world cricket, completed chemotherapy in the United States in April after being diagnosed with a rare germ-cell tumour between his lungs early last year.

Yuvraj, who has not played competitive cricket since the two home Tests against the West Indies in November, only recently began light training at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

It is not certain that Yuvraj will be selected in the final 15-man squad that must be finalised by mid-August for the September 18-October 7 tournament.

The left-hander will need to play club cricket in the intervening period if he is to remain a serious contender for the tournament.

Yuvraj, speaking in an International Cricket Council television show last month, declined to give a time frame on being match-fit.

"I've done six or seven sessions of very light training and very light yoga," he said. "I'm just getting back into the groove of being a normal person.

"I can't really give a timeframe but I have to see how my body is recovering and how fast I can come on the field. I might take six months, I might take two months. So I don't know.

"But the day I feel 100 percent I surely will be back."

Yuvraj played a key role in India's 50-over World Cup triumph last year, scoring 362 runs and taking 15 wickets in nine matches to be named the man of the tournament.

He rose to fame when he smashed England's fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in one over during the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007, which India went on to win.

India failed to reach the semi-finals in the next two editions in 2009 in England and 2010 in the West Indies.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has been out of favour since the England tour last year, was also named in the preliminary squad announced by the Indian board in a media release.

India's preliminary squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Mandeep Singh, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Naman Ojha, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

'Out of ideas' Google clueless how to spend $50bln cash reserves: PayPal co-founder

Sydney, July 18 (ANI): Global e-commerce company PayPal's co-founder Peter Thiel has said Internet search giant Google has run out of ideas and doesn't know how to spend its money.

"Google also has 50 billion dollars in cash," Thiel said during a technology conference also attended by Google chairman Eric Schmidt.

"It has no idea how to invest that money in technology effectively ... if we're living in an accelerating technological world, and you have zero per cent interest rates, you should be able to invest all of your money in things that will return it many times over. The fact is you're out of ideas," he added.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Schmidt countered that the company had no deficit of business models, but instead suffered from real-world constraints.

"What you discover in running these companies is that there are limits that are not cash. There are limits of recruiting, limits of real estate, regulatory limits," he said.

Thiel shot back saying, 'Google is just a search engine, and no longer a technology company'.

"Then the intellectually honest thing to do would be to say that Google is no longer a technology company," the paper quoted Thiel, as saying.

"It's basically a search engine developed a decade ago. That's why all these companies are building up hordes of cash, because they don't know what to do with it, but they don't want to admit they're no longer tech companies," he added. (ANI).....

The 25 tallest dams in the world

Mratinje Dam
The Mratinje Dam is a concrete arch dam in the canyon of the Piva River in Montenegro. The dam is 220 metres (720 ft) high, one of the highest in Europe. The dam is 268 metres (879 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) thick at the crest, while it is 30 metres (98 ft) long and 36 metres (118 ft) thick at the base. The foundations go as deep as 38 metres (125 ft) into the ground. 820,000 cubic metres (1,070,000 cu yd) of concrete and 5,000 tonnes of steel were built into the dam.
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Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water.

The unique resort is being built into an abandoned, water-filled quarry.

A naturally-lit internal atrium incorporates the existing rock face, with its waterfalls and green vegetation.

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Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet

Google Inc will sell its first tablet from mid-July for $199, hoping to replicate its smartphone success in a hotly contested market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire and Apple Inc's iPad.By taking a greater role in the tablet market, Google hopes to ensure that its various online services remain front-and-center to consumers amid a changing technology landscape in which tablets by Apple and Amazon are increasingly becoming gateways to the Web and Web-based content such as movies and music.

 Attendees interact with a Google Nexus 7 tablet during Google I/O 2012 Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California June 27, 2012. Google Inc unveiled its first tablet PC on Wednesday, as the Internet company looks to replicate its smartphone success in a tablet market where it faces stiff competition from Apple Inc, Microsoft and Amazon. The "Nexus 7" tablet, built and co-branded in partnership with hardware maker Asus, will be priced starting at $199. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Vic Gundotra, director of product management of Google, demonstrates Google+ on the Nexus 7 tablet during Google I/O 2012 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)