Download Complete Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Setup

Many new Windows applications requires latest version of Microsoft .NET framework which is version 3.5 at the time of of writing of this post.

If you go to Microsoft download center, then by default you will get live installer of approximately 2-3 MB’s while complete .NET framework requires 50-200 MB. Actually on the same page there are links to complete setup but they are placed in a way that anyone can hardly notice them. Seems like Microsoft wants you to download live installer but there are problems with live installer…

1. It may hang forever if you have slow internet connection like dial-up, GPRS, etc.
2. You can not use it at all if your computer is not connected to internet
3. Also if you are running pirated Windows better not to use any software/installer from Microsoft which connects to Internet.

Here I am giving you links to complete Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 & 3.5 setups which are gathered from Microsoft pages (links: v3.5 & v3.0)

# Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Setup

• 32-bit version (Size: ~200MB)

# Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Setup

• 32-bit Version (Size: ~50MB)
• 64-bit Version (Size: ~90MB)

Do not worry about authenticity of above links as they are from Microsoft’s server!:D

Create free “Group SMS” service using Google SMS Channels

Did you ever wish for an SMS service similar to Yahoo Groups or Google Groups???

A service that you could help you send your one SMS to all your friends and if any one of them reply to it… 

the reply goes back as an SMS to mobile phone of all you friends in the group.

Well here is a cool usage of Google SMS Channels to create a similar service…..but before going into details…

Catch this situation…

One lazy Sunday afternoon in Ahmedabad, sitting at home you feel like planning to watch a late night movie show….You type an SMS and send it to 6 of your friends to check who is interested to join you. Minutes later you start getting all types of queries.. one wants to watch “Drona” the other friend is ok with any movie but only in “Inox” … the third one can watch any movie but only in “Rahul cinema”…. while you start trying to collaborate using only SMS (as its only 10 paise per SMS) you actually end up doing 2-3 round robin of calling everyone to bring all to a conclusion…… Total time taken : 30 minutes

 

Now the same situation using "Group SMS"...

One lazy Sunday afternoon in Ahmedabad, sitting at home you feel like planning to watch a late night movie show….You type an SMS and post it to your “Google SMS channel”. All your friends receive this message (as an SMS on their mobile) as they have subscribed to your channel… now everyone post back to the channel (reply the SMS) what their preference is (You have set up your Google SMS channel in such a way that it allow its subscribers to post messages).

Everyone’ s SMS is further relayed to all other friend’s mobile handsets..  and after 2-3 iterations (posting back SMS on the group)  you come to a unanimous plan. Total time taken : 5 minutes

Before winding up here are few simple steps you need to take to create your own cool SMS group!!!!!

Step 1

• Start your own SMS channel
• Click on “Try now>>” under “Create your own channel” on http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/browse
• Give name to your channel say “CoolGroup”
• Do not select any Data Source
• Set ‘Allow publishing by’ to ‘Any subscriber’
• Set ‘Who can subscribe’ to ‘By invitation only’

Step 2

• Invite your friends using “Invite others”

Step 3

• All your friends will receive an invitation SMS from Google on your behalf
• They need to send an SMS ‘ON CoolGroup’ to 9870807070
• and later ‘accept’ to 9870807070 to accept the terms and conditions

Step 4

• To post a message to the channel (sending SMS to all your friends) any of the members can send an SMS <channel_name> <message>  to 9870807070
• In this case it will be sending an SMS ‘CoolGroup Hi all wanna go 4 any movie 2nite?’ to 9870807070
• This message will reach everyone’s mobile to which they can further reply back using the same method

Google SMS channels are poised to bring a complete revolution in the way we exchange information today!  People are already exploring ways to innovate cool applications using Google SMS channels….

So keep exploring the countless possibilities and do keep me posted…

 

 

 

Free GPS on your phone

People in India have a tough time overcoming traffic everyday, as they are hardly aware of alternative routes, intensity of traffic in a particular area, roadworks, etc. Waze is a free mobile application which has been in existence over a year now and a very few smart phone users in India are seen using it.

A general inclination is towards Google maps, mainly due to its popularity. Waze is a fairly new kid on the block and has an edge over other GPS maps, as it enables the drivers themselves to build live maps. It also gives them the power to inform people in the vicinity about real-time traffic updates, accidents, road blocks etc. The new routes created by the commuters, are added to the database of waze.

Thus, the more we drive with waze on our phones, more maps are created. If I was not eloquent enough, here’s a video explaining how waze works!

Waze can be downloaded to the following smart phones :

• iPhone
• Android Phones : HTC Dream G1, HTC Magic, Motorola Cliq, HTC Hero, HTC HD2
• Nokia: E66, E75, N82, N85, N95, N96
• Windows Mobile: HTC Touch Cruise, HTC touch HD

Check out waze.com to see whether your smart phone supports waze or not.

In India, Satguide (India’s GPS Pioneer since 2005) is providing a satguide-waze package completely free of cost for the growing Indian Community of smart phone users. Check out satguide-waze Here.

Try it out on your smart phones and leave feedback and comments.

Link: Waze