Search giant Google has recently released a new version of its social networking community, Orkut. The new version, said to plug all the bugs, remove all complications and irritable features of Orkut, sports a challenge to its arch-rival and competitor, Facebook.

Can the new version of Orkut beat Facebook? This question boggles the minds of a lot of Facebookers.  Doubts and questions apart, Google’s new version is sleek, trendy and upbeat enough to end the solo-party of Facebook in the social networking domain. If you’re an Internet geek, you will definitely know the influence and impact Orkut had over other social networking sites. With the arduous efforts of the Orkut team, Google has finally come up with the new clean and sensational version of Orkut,  a version vibrant enough to make people look up to Orkut once again.

Besides the new layout which is easy-to-use, the Orkut team has introduced several other new features into the social networking site. If you are up for a thrilling ride, come on, let’s have a look at the exciting new features. Before that, one important reminder. The new version of Orkut can be accessed only through invites.

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You can read more and more about being productive. But you need to know the art of managing work stress. Your are truly productive only if you are stress-free. You get projects and tasks to accomplish because you are productive.

Here are eight great ways to be happy even if you are assigned to handle a stressful project:

8 Great ways to be happy while handling a stressful project

1. Stay focused – Focus on every single work you do. If you can focus more on a single task then you can reduce the friction in your work. Having too many tasks is fine but focusing on too many things is overwhelming. Sometimes our attention gets distracted when there is no deadline. So, you can even create a small stress, like a deadline, when you need to stay in focus.

2. Prioritize your tasks – What are you going to do right now matters. Push back relatively less important tasks. When you start a day with a stressful project, don’t ever think you are stressed. This thought will ruin the day. Start making a list of tasks for the day and work at the the most important task. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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When something is said to be proven, it helps others readily. These are easy, tested-and-proven ways to increase your Twitter followers.

Anything achieved in a short period of time demands great respect. Twitter has indeed grown from a startup which was about status updates to a medium that has revolutionized the way social networking is done. But instant success in social networking brings with it the threat of bots. When you try hard to increase your followers you can be scammed by bots. Don’t be deceived by bots. The simple ways listed below can help you increase your twitter followers steadily:

11 Proven Ways to Increase Twitter Followers

1. Focus on your niche and start tweeting. – You maybe a blogger, entrepreneur, service provider or a developer. Be focused. Choose your niche and start tweeting about it. You can earn a lot of followers with similar interests.

2. Be more professional than personal. – Twitter was once a space to express what you were doing. Now, being a powerful social medium, Twitter is known for knowledge-sharing, connecting to people of similar interest and a lot more. To increase your followers be informative and professional.

3. Use simple Push and Pull.– When it comes to increasing your followers, you can use the simple Push and Pull techniques. Pushing is all about spreading your Twitter profile. It can be via blogs, forums, profile links and other social media. Pulling is something related to attracting people to follow you with your content. One fine example of pulling is the RSS feed.

4. Keep the conversation going. – To increase your followers, it is always necessary to keep in touch with your current followers. That way you let your followers share their ideas with you and retweet your content. So it is important to keep the conversation going with people who reply to your messages.

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Apart from being a site for knowledge sharing and thought sharing, Twitter has become good traffic source for people conscious about branding and advertisement. That is the reason the whole world is using Twitter. Here are 11 simple Twitter secrets which will help you establish your brand when you are using Twitter for branding.

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1. Be simple to identify yourself – Your profile should be easy to remember. It is better if you have your company name or the name of the product/service as your username. Branding becomes easier when the username is easy to remember.

2. Make use of the ‘bio’ option to the fullest – The place where you can make things clear and get close to your target tweeters. Use it efficiently. The 160 characters should speak about the brand.

3. Start using smart applications – You should be wise enough to use Twitter applications which help you to stay connected to your audience. Irrespective of the platform, you have got a wide range of desktop applications, web applications and mobile applications. Get the one convenient for your use and start tweeting.

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When we come across a physically-challenged person we feel pity, but at the same time when we meet a mentally-challenged person, we get scared. It shows the difference in the mindset the society has nurtured in us.

World Health Organization (WHO) has a more remarkable way of putting things when it comes to health issues. It says, If someone has a broken arm, you feel sorry for them. But when the problem is psychiatric, people don’t know how to react because they can’t see anything. But just because you can’t see someone’s pain, it does not mean they don’t need care and support.

But throwing away all crooked thoughts and barriers, we planned reach out to people suffering from mental illness.

Just a formal announcement, contributions started flowing in from office staff. Each and every staff in DCI contributed their best towards the initiative. We visited RETREAT, a long term care center run by M S Chellamuthu Trust for people suffering from mental illness.

DCI Staff serving food to residents

M S Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation is one of the largest providers of mental health services. Their services range from early identification to treatment, care and rehabilitation of mentally ill patients. Run by committed social workers, the Trust is supported by the who’s who of the region. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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