Yes, that’s right !! Kerala Government will soon implement a new law,  that will  ban children from using mobile phones in schools.

‘All what we have now is a mere government order that mobiles cannot be used in schools. But now it has been decided that we will introduce new laws to this effect, banning the use of mobiles in all schools,’ Balakrishnan told the state assembly.

Do they really need cell phones in Schools ? I don’t think so. Well, its not because I did not have a mobile phone when was in School .. ( yep, I am not jealous !! ) but, I really don’t see any use for mobile phones in school, at least when they are in the Class rooms.

But, if you ask if I have seen any one misusing Mobile phones in schools, sorry, No, but I think there are chances, ( like any other place ) but, we don’t expect any such incident from Schools right ? What do you think ?  Its time for some serious discussion now !!!

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Yes, that’s a news from Blogger the google’s blogging service. You can now have Scheduled post publishing on blogger blogs.

Have you ever wanted to announce something on a certain date but knew you wouldn’t be at a computer to make a post? Or you wanted to keep posting regularly but knew you’d be on vacation for a few weeks? Scheduled post publishing is here to help you out.

Do we have it on Wordpress yet ? Not comparing, just curious… I think there are some plugins, so far. Isn’t it a good feature to have here on wordpress too ?.

I do have a blogger blog, where I just keep on writing without actually, “thinking”. I am not linking it here, since its not something worth reading, lol. I may use this future post sometime in future. Guess when ? If someone tried this feature, just drop me a comment here.

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So, here is another new feature on Google Docs, for those who wants to do things in “style”. You can now add CSS styles to your docs on Google Docs. Before we go any further, here is a quick explanation of what CSS is, in case you do not know what it is.

CSS is used to help readers of web pages to define colors, fonts, layout, and other aspects of document presentation. It is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation (written in CSS). This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content. ( Wikipedia )

Now, here is what you can do with CSS, on google docs ( just few examples ok ? )

1 Add Image

2 Add Watermark

3 Repeating backgrounds

4 Styled headers

5 Styled Quotes

6 Images Borders

7 Styled Bullets

Need help on how to do all these ? Go here

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I have seen many crazy orkuteers who keep updating their album on a daily basis. If you are  one of them, orkut has a new feature for you. You can now “drag n drop” photos to re order them in the same album.

Here is what you need to do, in order to re-arrange your photo album

1 Login to Orkut > Albums > Album that you want to edit >
2 Now, Click on “Reorder photos”
3 Drag and re-arrange your photos you wish
4 Save

I know it’s a good feature, but I am expecting more here. How will you move photos from one album to another ? There is no option for this at the moment. When will you enable this feature pleas ?

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Okay, is it new features week on Google Docs …. may be, because they are rolling out features one after the other. Here is the latest: You can view your presentations and spreadsheets etc offline too.

You won’t need to worry about an unreliable internet connection as you walk up to the front of the room to give your next presentation. Just click on your Google Docs desktop icon and know that your presentations and spreadsheets will be stored on your computer, at your fingertips.

Well, thats something useful for me. Not because my connection is unreliable, but because it is little costly at the moment. ( I am using Wireless connection : “Plug 2 Surf” from Tata Indiacom. ) So, when I am working with my google docs, I can save my free hours.

We still only support English language access, and Google Apps users shouldn’t expect to see offline Docs unless their domain admins have opted in to getting this new feature

Thanks, I am okay with “English Only” part. But I said thanks because I just started using Google Apps that will be great to have this feature here on my website too. So, Offlineblog.net can really go Offline !! ( I will post my Google Apps experience as soon as possible. )

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Yes, here is a new feature on Google docs. Add Youtube Videos to your presentations. You can insert one or more YouTube videos onto your slides and play the videos while you’re presenting.

Its been a long time since I have done a presentation. Anyway, I will be doing my next presentation on Google docs. Well, if I ever get chance to do one. If any of you guys are using Google Docs presentation, and would like to comment on how useful this feature is, you are most welcome to drop a comment here.

Another feature they added recently, is Speaker notes. If you do now know what speaker notes are, on a presentation, this is what it is. “Seasoned presenters keep their slides simple and use slides to help illustrate their points, not to present all of their information. They jot down their talking points, examples, and supporting evidence in speaker notes”

So, if you were looking for this option in Google Docs, its there now, try it out !!

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If you do use mobile to browse, and hate images ads at the same time, here is a bad news for you. Google has announced ” Mobile Image Ads”. Oh wait, what if you really liked this idea, and would like to know more about it ? Okay, read on for more details.

First, take a look at the mobile image ads example page to see samples.

All mobile image ads are keyword-targeted, are priced on a cost-per-click basis, and must link to a mobile web page. That means, the page on which you see the ad will be a mobile friendly page, or mobile web page and the website, or url that you are going to reach by clicking the mobile ad, also, will be a mobile web page.

Publishers who are already using AdSense for mobile content just need to update their AdSense code to start displaying mobile ads on their site. So, if you are a publisher who has a mobile web page, and a google adsense account, its your turn to monetize your mobile page.

Mobile image ads are currently available in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the US

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