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#CryptoCup – A Virtual World Cup Blockchain Game Is Going To be Your Next Addiction

Last month I wrote about a blockchain startup called Velix.ID which is an identity verification platform. I love services built using blockchain. Today I bring you #CryptoCup, a virtual world cup game built on blockchain tech which revolves around the 2018 World Cup hosted by Russia. It’s created on the public Ethereum(ETH) blockchain, you can easily verify the transactions. This is the beauty of blockchain, you can check every transaction and verify its authenticity. #CryptoCup uses smart contract and you can see all the transaction here.

Let’s talk about #CryptoCup and how it works.

You start by buying teams you want, there are around 40 teams and each them have a base price. You pay using ETH by interacting with the CryptoCup Smart Contract. Each team you buy is registered against your wallet and stays with you until and unless someone decides to pay more and buy it from you. You will get a part of the transaction when someone buys your team. As the teams are bought by more people the prices go up after the team is transferred to the new owner.

You can earn in 2 different ways, one by trading teams or by winning some of the prize fund as a team progresses through the knockout stages.

The ultimate price is the knockout price, if you are an owner of a team which wins the tournament you will get a good portion of the knockout fund which was generated when the team was purchased by new owners.

Head over to cryptocup.online and purchase your dream team right now. You can purchase as many teams you want. Let me know through the comments once you make a purchase. This World Cup season going to be a bit more competitive for sure.

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May 8, 2018
This Blockchain startup Will Fix One Of The Biggest Issue We have Been Facing

If you live in India, you might have noticed that one of the topics of discussion all over the media, is the safety of Adhaar card which is managed by the Unique Identification Authority of India. A security researcher from France has claimed that he was able to collect 1000 of Aadhaar cards within hours. Adhaar card like any other document when submitted to a 3rd person is at risk. Anyone could use your documents without your consent. Identity theft is one of the major issue faced by individuals all around the world.

I just came across a platform which can fix all these issues. The platform is named Velix.ID. At first, I was sure about it but I spend a couple of mins on their website and was mind blown. Velix.ID is a blockchain based decentralized global platform for frictionless identity verification. While mucking around their site, I thought of different ways on how to get around their system. I couldn’t think of one. It’s very neat and secure. If you ever used 2- Factor authentication, you will understand what is Velix.ID. Don’t get me wrong, even though they are similar, they use different technologies. Velix.ID uses the amazing blockchain technology which is transparent, decentralized & secure. Our personal data is stored on our mobile device instead of the main server. If anyone wants to access your information, they won’t be able to do it without your consent. When an organization wants to verify your identity, they can request for it and you will get a confirmation screen on your device, from there you can reject or approve the request.

Know your customer(KYC) is mandatory for all the digital payment wallets in India. While most of them have electronic KYC, there are still who haven’t done this because building an e-KYC platform requires a lot of investment, so these wallets who can’t afford this sticks to the old method of in-person customer verification. I still haven’t done a couple of KYC’s’s because they don’t have e-KYC. Velix.ID is not yet ready for the public but I am sure organizations who can’t afford to build verification from scratch can go to Velix.ID. Sign up here to become a partner.

I saw couple use cases on their site and I can say the future is bright. Check out their website and learn more about them. Be a part of this amazing platform by participating in their token sale. I am excited to try out Velix.ID soon!

March 31, 2018
Start Your Journey With these Amazing Deals On VR Hardware

When I got my first cardboard VR kit I was as excited as the day I got my LEGO kit when I was a child. Cardboard VR’s were a blessing when the mobile VR kits were introduced because the kits were expensive. They were being sold for around $500+ whereas cardboard was not more than $10. This was 4 years back and still now VR headsets being sold for more than $500. I never got a VR headset all these years because it was an evolving tech and I am pretty sure my $500 headset won’t matter after a year because new stuff is coming out daily. So I wanted to wait for sometime. I am not a guy who waits around, I have zero patience but my friend owned an HTC Vive, so I used to use that whenever possible.

Last month I came across an ad and found a website called The VRShop.co. And it happened, I got my first proper VR headset for mobile. It was so cheap that I was afraid that the quality might not be up to the mark. But to my surprise, the headset was good quality. I also got an HTC VIVE PU Leather Face foam replacement for my friend and he was happy with the quality. Well! They got me, both the products came in good condition and great quality. I have this bad habit of ordering more stuff when I find out a site which had quality stuff for a cheap price. They have listed PlayStation 4 VR and that’s going to be my next purchase along with Playstation VR Bag.

You guys should try them, whether you are new to VR or already own VR headsets. If you don’t want to spend much right now and would like to experience it, you should try the Virtoba V2 Cardboard 2.0, it’s just $9.99 and it will give a similar experience of a normal VR headset. Exclusive discount for our readers. Use the code “Low10” while checking out to get a flat 10% discount. Enjoy!

March 27, 2018
PublBox brings Social Media Strategising, Curating, Designing, Scheduling and Publishing under One Umbrella

From day one of my marketing career I keep hearing “Content is King” and yes it is. With the right content, you can sell your product without any hassles. I come across various brands and I go blank when it comes to finding the right content to share. Keeping content interesting and informative is not a small task. It starts with finding the information and then turning that into an image with the help of a designer or turning it into a video. I don’t publish anything on my social media pages without an image or a video. But this takes up a lot of time. Coordinating with the designers or the video editors is a pain when you are not with them in the same room. I tried a couple of designing software out there, but those didn’t help much because it involved a lot of moving around. First I had to design on one website and later download that and then again upload it to the post scheduling site. For a bit, I did this but it got too time-consuming.

Last week I came across PublBox like I’ve mentioned the headline, they bring everything to one single website. PublBox helps you with Content Strategy, scheduling, designing your posts and more. I just love how they suggest content type and also how they suggest a picture along with it. The picture which is suggested can also be edited using the drag and drop image designer.

They are still working on amazing new features which included “Post ideas”. The “Post ideas” is every social media managers dream for sure. There are times when we run out of ideas. I checked out their content strategy and it was pretty neat and relevant, so I am sure that “post ideas” is also going to suggest relevant ideas. Other than English they are available in 5 different languages.

I hope in future they integrate with Zapier. I would be soon writing about how I have automated my marketing with Zapier. I am still playing around with Zapier, just giving you guys a heads up. I would like to see a Zapier integration for PublBox.

Now coming to the support. They have a live chat support system, I was able to get hold of a customer service executive within 5-10 mins. He helped me with my issues and sorted it within minutes.

Try out PublBox and let me know your thoughts.

January 25, 2018
This App Completely Removes The Awkwardness When Sharing Money With Friends

I love my friends and spending time with them is the best thing to do after a hectic week. Most of us love to try new restaurants and we don’t hesitate to travel to try new food. Well after enjoying the amazing food, when the bill comes one of us takes our smartphone to calculate and divide the bill. This gets bit awkward when someone doesn’t have change, someone pays for someone, someone doesn’t have cash and wants to pay using his card, etc… Messy right? To avoid this we decided that one of us will pay the bills and once we reach home we will transfer the amount to the one who paid. Well, some of them had free food as they didn’t transfer the cash even after a couple of months. The one who paid doesn’t bother asking because it’s embarrassing for him and doesn’t want to ask his friends.

The solution for all the awkwardness above is here. Let me introduce you to Mypoolin. I came across Mypoolin when we were planning our office trip, one of my colleagues introduced it to me and I was really impressed by the app. Initially, our office was supposed to pay for the trip but because of cost cutting they decided to cancel the trip and we decided to fund ourselves.

All it took me to set up Mypoolin was less than 5 mins. I had to enter the total costing and share per person. Mypoolin did rest of the work. Mypoolin sends messages and reminders automatically to everyone on a periodic basis and payments started coming in. People who didn’t pay got automated notification about deadlines, I didn’t have to do a single thing to remind them. People who have planned trips will know the pain. We had a wonderful trip and I still use Mypoolin for any group activity we do. From paying to food to paying for gifts we buy in a group. The app has many payment options including my favorite PayTM. People who don’t have this app can also send payments to you.

Go ahead and try Mypoolin and let me know your feedback using the comment box below.

Click here to download from your preferred app store or using their website version.

May 15, 2017
This Is Possibly The Best Way To Play Checker Using Your Smartphone

Augmented Reality(AR) is slowly taking over the world. I’ve been keenly following all the buzz from the AR industry and being a gamer I am more than excited. I got a pair of Google Cardboard as soon as it was available in my area and oh boy it was one of the best day. When Microsoft announced Hololens back in 2014 I was way too much excited about it but my excitement level came down when I came to know how expensive it was going to be. But the following year’s developers started using the power of smartphone devices and started making AR games around it. I’ve been using my Cardboard headset to enjoy these games but after a while, my head started to pain. So I slowly reduced my cardboard usage and later completely stopped using it. I really wished I could play AR games without a headset.

I think my wish has come true. I came across an amazing AR game. The app is called CheckARs. It’s Checkers in AR, I really loved how they creatively included both ‘Checkers ‘ and ‘AR’ in their game title. For those who doesn’t know what checkers is, let me give you a short description.

Checkers is a very old board game which is around since the 12th century. You need a checkerboard(see image) and a couple of pieces depending on the size of your board.

Now let’s talk about the AR game. CheckARs brings the checkerboard and the pieces as a virtual object into the real world and creates a mixed reality. It allows you to place the checkerboard anywhere in your surrounding. You can place the virtual checkerboard on any physical object, unlike other AR games which require you to place a device on the surface or asks you to print and scan QR codes.

My best feature is that I can play the game with my friends sitting face to face. Just like how they share the same dream in Inception, you share the virtual environment with your friend. How cool is that?

Too long to read? Check out the video below and get to know more about the game. If you have an android device check out the game here. Let me know your thoughts using the comment box below.

April 29, 2017
Cheapest Laptops With Windows 10 & 1 TB Hard Disk In India

Previous financial year went for me. I’ll be moving to new office space to accommodate more people. Will be sharing more about my growth on my blog here. In this article I want to focus on some research I’ve been doing while scouting the web for new machines for my new office. When I was scouting for new laptops my requirements were Windows 10, 1 TB HDD space, 4GB RAM, decent inbuilt graphics card and the price to be something which comes under my budget.

Before going to my local dealer I check the pricing online to finalize some models. As usual I logged in to top e-commerce players in the country. They did provide me a list of cheap laptops but upon checking the reviews I noticed that most of the reviews are fake and more than half of them were paid reviews. Negative reviews showed that those laptops didn’t last long because of many reasons.

I realised these sites are not be trusted. So I turned to some blogs who write genuine reviews. Most of them were lazy blogging or copy pasted stuff. One of the websites which wrote good reviews was Review Station. They have an article names 10 Best Laptops Under 35000 Rs in India (2017) | Review Station and the articles gives a list of cheapest laptops with windows 10 & 1 TB hard disk in India. I really wished I visited this site before wasting my time e-commerce sites which gives you fake reviews. This incident has really changed on how I purchase anything electronics.

Do you know any blog or website which gives genuine reviews after testing out the product, so let me know through comments.

April 8, 2017
Create Your Own Event Listing Website Within 5 Minutes Using This Amazing All-in-One WordPress Plugin
A couple of years back I wrote on plugins you can use to make an alumni association website using WordPress & BuddyPress, I hope the article helped you all. If you’ve read the article which I’ve written about this topic, you’ll notice that you’ll have to install 4-5 plugins to get basic features. But this article will focus on one plugin because the plugin I’m talking about is feature rich. Today I’m going to talk about WP Event Manager, one of the best free plugins I’ve come across.

Usually, free plugins don’t come with so many free features and WP Event Manager surprised me there. Developers did a great job of identifying and segregating basic features and add-ons. It would have been a big no from me if I had to pay to create custom event fields. Trust me, I know a plugin which makes you purchase an add-on just to add basic details to the event. WP Event Manager only charges you for add-ons which I’m pretty sure that are only required if you are making some money of your event.

WP Event Manager is fully responsive, I found no weird errors while testing it on a Google Pixel and iPhone 6. A couple if other features are Recent, Upcoming & Featured Events widgets, event categories, custom event fields, etc.

Out of the box WP Event Manager has the following features:
- Multilingual Support
- Completely Ajaxified for super smooth browsing
- Searchable and filterable ajax powered event listings can be added pages via shortcodes.
- Frontend forms for guests and registered users to submit & manage event listings.
- Allow event listers to preview their listing before it goes live. The preview matches the appearance of a live event listing.
- Each listing can be tied to an email or website address so that attendees can register to the events.
- Searches also display RSS links to allow attendees to be alerted to new events matching their search.
- Allow logged in organizers to view, edit, mark canceled or delete their active event listings.
- Event categories
- Easily create custom event field (e.g. dress code)
- Assign event locations and view events by location
- Widgets for Recent, Upcoming, Featured Events
- Plenty of template tags and shortcodes for use in your posts and pages
- Caching Support
- Developer friendly code & Debug Mode for Developers, Custom Post Types, endpoints & template files.
- Well documented
The above list is just a couple of features which caught my eyes, to read more about the core features visit WP Event Manager WordPress page.

Now let’s look at the add-ons they provide.
- Registrations – This plugin allows the visitors of your website to register for an event as an attendee. When a user registers, you can view it through the dashboard and also manage the registered attendees.
- Sell Tickets – This plugin enables you to sell events tickets. So display events on your events portals and also allow your visitors to get tickets for those events. Even the registered users on your website will be able to sell their tickets.
- Bookmarks – Attendees, user or anyone can bookmark events and organizer can bookmark attendees/user using Bookmarks Plugin. Additionally, a user can give a note while bookmark and this note are optional.
- Emails – The email alerts on various triggers will be able to send to the registered users. For instance, an email is sent when the new user registers on your website. These email templates can be overridden at theme side.
- Calendar – Using this plugin will let you display an event calendar that lists the upcoming events on your website. This is the most convenient way to display all your events based on the dates.
- And much more…. Read more about add-ons here.
Click here to try the plugin by yourself. Do let me know your feedback via the comment box below.
March 26, 2017
Omnipol Is The Only Accounting App We Freelancers Need

I’m a freelancer and I do small scale web development for a friend of mine who is running a digital agency. When I started out it was easy for me to manage my income but when more work came in I was unable to track anything. I wasn’t even sure whether I’m making any profit out of my freelance work. I used to pay my server rents and software subscription prices from the money I got from my full-time job. I knew I was getting a good amount from my freelance work but I wasn’t sure where it was going. I spent it everywhere without any limit.

So I decided to track my income and expense. I began with some free web apps but most of them weren’t reliable. Thanks to Google’s search tracking, I was served an ad about an accounting app named Omnipol. I gave it a try. Well, if you are a constant reader of my blog, you’ve already guessed it. Yes, I loved it. Simple, Elegant and great functionality.

Omnipol has everything a freelancer and small businesses need to manage their income and expense. If I list down all the features they provide, this article is going to be long. So let me write down my favourite features.

Top feature in my favourite list is sending sales quotations and later converting it to sales invoice once the client accepts your order. You’ve no idea how much time you saved there. Try the app and you’ll be blown away. Another feature is the most amazing invoice layout, it’s so beautiful that I just sit there and create invoices just to see all those layouts come live. Plus the pie-charts. I love pie-charts and Omnipol App does pie-charts right. There are many features, why don’t you guys try it once and see it for yourself. Head over to Omnipol and try the app for free. Get your free trial here. Let me know your experience via the comment box.

February 25, 2017
SpyHunter 4: All-In-One Malware Protection For Your Windows PC

Managing 40+ windows machine is a pain. I get around 5 requests everyday saying that some machine is affected by malware which include pop-ups, adware, etc… I was fed up with all the complaints about pages getting redirected or people being served with ads on every page they visit even after installing adblock. The thing about these malwares are that they infect your registry and won’t show up as a program which you can uninstall. And if you mess with the registry without proper knowledge, you’ll end up losing all the data. It’s not a pleasant job to sit on a PC and clean the registry daily.

I tried countless number of Anti-Malware softwares and was disappointed by their performance. They lacked some things when it comes to features and installing multiple Anti-Malwares to get all the features will slow down the PC. I came across SpyHunter 4 while I was searching for a single software which could do everything. SpyHunter didn’t disappoint me.

I installed SpyHunter on 5 PC’s so far and I didn’t get a single complaint from the users about adware or pop ups after that. I’m really impressed and this weekend I’ll be installing SpyHunter in every system at work.

Before SpyHunter I spent almost 4-5 hours per day on malware hunting and now I 1-2 hours. I am sure that after installing SpyHunter on every PC that would go down to 0 hours. All I had to do was install and do a full scan, every single malware was removed and the system was back to normal.

I really wish SpyHunter was available on Mac too. I’ve contacted the devolpers for an update on Mac. Currently it’s compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 & Windows 10. Click here to download SpyHunter.

November 10, 2016