The wait is over the for the lot who have been looking towards Google with eyes of anticipation asking them for the possibilities which no other web mail currently provides them with. And yes, the day has come when the Google has come with the most awaited feature for its product Gmail, called Gmail Offline.
A new Google-labs product, which as rumored fights outlook i.e. “Gmail offline”. Against all odds, if you are not connected to the internet and still wants to see your mail stored in the Gmail inbox, alas! You can do it.
Starting from setting up the offline Gmail which doesn’t take more than 5 minutes, provides you with myriad facilities to make your life a lot easier. It not only allows you to view the mails offline but also send the mails automatically which you create while you were offline. It still has a lot of unexplored features and will be notified as soon as we get the details.
All the offline facilities have been supported using Google Gears which provides a sync between the Online and the offline content launched in a conference in May, 2007 which is also famously known as Google's step towards the Google desktop ans has made all this possible. This leads towards another much anticipated Google Product "Gdrive" which as per current rumors will allow you to store all your data online, and will help you to get rid of your hard drives, pen drives and optical drives.
Apart from this, offline capabilities are also available with “Google Docs” with which you can work on the documents while you are offline and as soon as you go online, they are synced with the cloud.
Not just this, in line to get offline are the various Google products, such as Google calendar, Google Apps, and many more.
To setup the Offline Gmail, visit: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-ymhowto0109feb01,0,2946803.story
Yet again, the final between the two rivals, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the Australian open turns out to be the most exciting match of the season. The Finals turns out to be in favour of Nadal, but who really wins is just a matter of that final day, and that final game. In their respect, I would say that final set.
The score of the match finally stands with Nadal's victory at 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2. This turns out to be disheartening for Federer who hoped to win, to match the record of Pete Sampras of 14 grand slams.
Federer on receiving the Runner’s up trophy from his idol Rod Laver, choked and burst into tears and couldn’t even say anything more than a few lines in his speech. He remarked, "God, it's killing me” moving away from the microphone. And the only words of his speech were "I don't want to have the last word; this guy deserves it. So, Rafa, congratulations. You played incredible. You deserve it, man."
Nadal who had to face the longest match in the Semi-Finals against Fernando Verdasco which lasted for 5 hours and 14 minutes, was a classical triumph. He had one day fewer than Federer before this match and also had to go through that semi-final just before this match. He said, “He was light headed in his practice just before the match and was afraid that he would not be able to give it his best, in his first shot in Australia and he was certainly not happy about it.”
Nadal concluded saying, “But in the end, everything worked out well for me.”
11 year old retailer, Subhikha, is on the verge to close down a significant number of stores of its total 1600 stores all across the country. This is happening because of the major cash crunch being faced by the company.
Retail chain which is being promoted by Chennai based R. Subramaniam and Wipro’s promoter Azim Premji, is currently battling for survival. But promoters showing their confidence said, it will definitely not be closed down, but 10% stores are being removed from the kitty, to reduce the load. The promoters also said that it’s not the consequence of any demand reduction, but just the fact that they tried to grew too much, too soon, without substantial backing which created chaos and the current cash crisis.
Company currently has about 15000 employees, the salaries of which has been on hold since October and also the rentals of the stores operated under the name. The company officials say that we have overreached ourselves, by expanding at a rate that we couldn’t handle.
The company has recently touched the turnover of Rs. 2305 crores in 2007-08 which is 7 times of its levels in 2005-06. Company now wants to reduce its cost by shutting down stores, and relocating them nationally to locations where the rentals are low, taking advantage of the falling rentals across the country. 
Company currently needs an infusion of about Rs 300 crores, but how they are going to manage that, nobody has an idea. With a net worth of about Rs 250 crores and liabilities of about 750 crores, the future of the company does look dim to everyone but the promoter R. Subramaniam still calls themselves a "Golden Egg Laying Duck" and still is positive on their target of 2300 stores and Rs 4300 crores of turnover, but remarks that they will be an year late for that now.
On receiving the money and fulfilling the gap that they have, he first of all wants to pay the dept and that start on with the fresh operations of the company which are on hold for some time now.
Wishing Subhiksha a speedy recovery, for they dream to be the "Walmart" of India..
A confident ford besides falling sales and their falling share prices looks confident on sailing through this mayhem all alone. On latest reports, Ford lost a massive $5.9 billion in the fourth quarter and about $5.5 billion in cash as sales slumped but still is confident on passing through without the Federal contribution of loans.
Ford reported that it has gone through major losses of $14.6 billion in 2008 with 2009 looking tough to. In its struggle through this, Ford plans to cut 1200 jobs and to borrow $10.1 billion from its existing line of credit.
Ford’s CEO Alan Mullaly has reported a loss of $2.46 per share in the quarter ending December ’08 and also informed about the loss of $1.13 per share in the year before that. Revenue has also been reported to have fallen by 36% from $45.5 billion in 2007.
GM and Chrysler reported to have been granted $13.4 billion and $4 billion loans by the US Treasury Department respectively. Ford also been granted $9 billion by the department, but Ford believes that it can sail through 2009 safely without using it unless unexpected happens. This is so for Ford had a cash reserve of $13.4 billion as of Dec 31 ’08 and also expects to receive the $10.1 billion soon.
Economy stimuli plan, suggested by Obama, which considers the return of $500 to every citizen of America, to stimulate the economy, and to increase the cash flow in the market is the bill which is to be passed first by the American Parliament house. This bill will spread an amount of $825 billion amongst the citizens of America, is expected to increase the money spent by the Americans for the same amount.
This expansive and expensive bill is supposed to be brought down in front of the Parliament house by mid of February, and will clear easily looking at the majority that the Democrats have in the Parliament but considering the new kind of politics that Obama wants to show, he also considers the Republicans to follow the steps and support the bill.
This bill, considering the amount is the single largest bill ever passed by the house which the new President has been working from the very first day since he joined office, to jerk the country out of the 1 year old recession that he inherited from the former President.
The bill will go to the house in mid-February which is casted as the first step towards turning around the sleighing economy while planning for the long-term objectives.
Republicans leaders, which have been India’s friends since quite a long time, democrats are a new step towards indo-us ties. The new American leader being a democrat, open his arms wide towards the country which he sees as the biggest democracy.
US president praised India on their shared belief in democracy, liberty, pluralism, and religious tolerance, ahead of observance of Indian Republic Day. He said that India has shared a lot of things with America, may it be the fight against terrorism, or any endeavor towards building a better world. He also praised India on standing shoulder to shoulder to provide benefits to the whole world, may it be the scientists solving environmental problems together, doctors inventing new medicines, engineers advancing our societies, entrepreneurs generating prosperity, our educators laying foundations for the better younger generation or the governments working towards the peace, prosperity and stability around the globe.
Obama stated that, “Indians should know that they have no better friend and partner than the people of the United States” and reinstating the above statement he said, “It is our shared values that form the bedrock of a robust relationship across peoples and governments”. He then said that, these values and ideals are the pillars which enable us to meet any challenge, whatsoever.
On conclusion of his speech, he wished the Prime Minister of India a speedy recovery who has undergone a heart bypass surgery on Saturday.
America under the new leader seems a lot promising to the outer world, with especially those who are not in real good terms with the world’s strongest nation. Countries which are so lined up are North Korea, Iran, and others. Some of the world leaders which have come forward are the Cuban revolutionary leader “Fidel Castro” who said to have liked the new American leader and many such stories to explore.
Where North Korea and Iran seems to have open up with ideas towards the defusing the nuclear-tinged tensions amongst the nations, but what they are going to demand from America in return, nobody is clear about any such anticipation. Though America is still suspicious about the Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian president’s threat about Israel, and Tehran’s support to terrorists in Iraq, pulls a shadow on what they are actually saying on the face.
Although the stand of America towards the Mid-east tensions with all their new promises, Iran still believes, nothing much is really going to change.
High tensions which still prevails in the Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Hamas region, America’s stand on Syria’s indication that it wants no further quarrels with Washington, may take a major upturn. For Syria’s control over few if the nations in the above said region, may play a major role in restoring peace there.
But a doubts just confronts at times that, it just the fear of the super power, or really something fruitful that they see within the America’s new leader which has made them come with open arms towards the nation even before a completion of him being in office for a week. Can it be just a self-interest that they believe they can lure the new diplomat to fall into, only the time will tell?
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