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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
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
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
Fusioo: The Most Flexible CRM & Project Management Software
Finding a CRM & project management software for Short of the Month was a huge task. We have 5 teams working on different things for the same festival. These different teams are:
1. Selection Team
2. Operation Team
3. Design Team
4. Filmmaker Support Team
5. Review Team
We don’t a have the same workflow every month. At times Selection team has to work with the Design team and at times with review team. Most of the project management software out there didn’t give us the option to do this. Most of them had a simple straight flow. But we needed something which could assign tasks to someone or a team with a simple click. With Fusioo communicating with team members was never so easy. Grab someone’s attention to a talk or project by mentioning them. Fusioo helps us work the way we want. They gave us the freedom to do anything.

Another great feature which makes Fusioo my favorite is integrations. We use around 5-6 other apps to run Short of the Month including WordPress, Slack, Twilio, etc. Fusioo’s Zapier integration makes it easier to connect with other apps. I’ll be soon writing about automation and how it helped us save a lot of time and yes Fusioo is going to be featured in that article.

Fusioo is not like other CRM and project management software out there. Fusioo makes you feel like a god with all the functions and flexibility it offers. When a team member makes a request to make some changes to the workspace, I can implement it in minutes. With our previous CRM, I had to wait for a developer to do it for me. Fusioo’s onboarding helps you get to know every tool they provide without much confusion. They have made an amazing app.

You can try Fusioo for 14-days for free and if you like their features you can continue using it for $9 per month(if paid yearly).
August 28, 2016
Can YouTube Views, Comments & Subscribers Sellers Be Trusted?

Videos are taking over our online life, from cute cat videos to professional business explainers. A recent study by CISCO showed that by 2019, 80% of the world’s internet traffic will be video. YouTube is the biggest player in the online video market followed by Facebook. YouTube is forecast to record 3 trillion video views during 2015; in contrast, Facebook’s video views are estimated to reach 2 trillion during the year, according to a study by Clickz. So if you haven’t started using videos for your marketing, it’s high time to join the party. It’s not easy to start video marketing, as it involves many steps like pre-production, production, post-production and finally taking it to your potential customers(marketing).

In this article I’m going to talk about the last step, ‘marketing’. So how do you promote your videos and boost its viewership? You can always share it with your potential customers directly via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. But what about those customers whose details you don’t have? Well, let YouTube take care of that for you. YouTube will show your video as suggested video to viewers if YouTube thinks that the person might find your video interesting or useful. Google, YouTube’s parent company believes in user experience and always tries to serve it’s users relevant content across all the products.

For example, if you are a sports shoe retailer and you made a video about your shoe business. Your target would be athletes or anyone who plays a physical game. Once you upload your video on YouTube with relevant tags, a good title, and a good description, YouTube will start showing your video to users who watch similar videos like yours.

But wait! They are millions of videos out there which are similar to yours. So what factors are considered when YouTube suggests a video? YouTube looks for couple things in a video for suggesting other than Title, tags and description. They look into the number of views and audience retention ratio. Every marketer struggles to keep a good ratio of views and audience retention. Business with good social media following won’t have to worry much but start-ups won’t be able to garner many views in the beginning. This is where YouTube views sellers come in handy. There are thousands of sellers out there, some of them are cheap, some are costly and some are frauds who just take our money and disappear.

I’ve been being into video marketing for 2 years now and have came across many YouTube views, comments and subscribers. I never had any issues with subscribers and comment sellers but view sellers in many cases failed to deliver. Most of the time YouTube blocks out these views and in some cases, sellers won’t even try to give us the views.

Three months back I came across a seller called YouTubeViewsBuy. For testing purposes I purchased the lowest package they had. My jaw dropped when I saw the results, I ordered for 5, 000 views and they delivered 5,532 views within 2 days. My jaws didn’t drop because of the views but because of the retention ratio. When most of the other sellers only view the video for 30 secs, YouTubeViewsBuy delivered views which had a view time of more than 2 mins. Again I brought a higher package to boost more and I got the views as advertised.

What was the result of this?

I almost had 1 million views when YouTubeViewsBuy completed their order. But YouTube picked up the video and started showing it in suggestions, right now I get more then 5,000+ views from organic YouTube traffic. All thanks to the boost by YouTubeViewsBuy.

So yes, some YouTube view seller can be trusted and my only favorite seller is YouTubeViewsBuy. Go head and try them out and let me know how it went.

April 28, 2016
5 Reasons Why XXL Cloud is The Best Cloud Storage Option Available Right Now

On a daily basis, I transfer 25GB data via FTP using a server located in the United States. When I started Short of the Month we used to embed films directly without getting an HD version of the film, but as we grew our viewers demanded HD versions, the only way to get HD version from filmmakers was to use an existing cloud storage platform but most of the films exceeded file limit. So we ended up using FTP servers. We didn’t have much trouble teaching them how to transfer files so we continued using it until we ran into a serious security issue. Our FTP got hacked and an unreleased short film was released on a public platform. The filmmaker understood our situation, so they didn’t sue us. We fixed the damage by taking down the film from the site and paid the filmmaker for the damages caused.

This is when we started searching for a new cloud storage, which focused more on security. This is when we came across XXL Cloud. It was easy to setup and within hours, we were able to receive films from filmmakers. It was way faster then our FTP servers and we didn’t have to worry about the security as XXl Cloud offered end-to-end encryption.

XXL Cloud comes with many industry level features but these are my favorites and these made me choose XXL Cloud as our online storage platform.

1. End-to-End Encryption

Most of us are aware how government and hackers try to steal data when a piece of data travels from the user to the server or vice-versa. XXL Cloud protects the files by encrypting it when it leaves it’s servers and decrypts it when it reaches the user, same procedure when it leaves from the users device.

2. Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery

When we used FTP to transfer files, one of the major issues we faced was FTP going offline. Our server provider used to reset the server time to time which caused major issues to both us and the filmmaker. A lot of them complained that transfer was being terminated in the middle of the transfer. Also, time to time we were not able to access files because of a power failure at the data center. XXL Cloud stores the files in 3 different geographical locations, so even if one of the data center is down, we can access the files from the others. Don’t worry, this is all automated, you won’t even notice what’s happening in the background.

3. ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Privacy

XXL Cloud gives us the option to save the data using ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Privacy Policy. I think this is a unique feature, I’ve never come across a similar feature earlier. ‘Zero-Knowledge’ privacy means the server never knows the plaintext contents of the data it is storing. So our files won’t get compromised by harmful attacks. Cool, right?

4. XXL Box Crypto Libraries

This is like the mother of all cloud storage security feature. XXL Box Crypto Libraries provide password protected file collections which are encrypted on users devices and decrypted when the files are opened with the password used to encrypt them. But if you lose the password, forget your file too, it can never be recovered.

5. Versioning & Backup

Different versions of your data are stored and backed up for 30 or more. Also, you can decide where the previous versions are backed up so that you can easily find them.

XXL Cloud can be accessed from all the major browsers, iOS, Android and Kindle. Let me know your take on XXL Cloud via comments and I’ll update the article with your favorite features under reader favorites.

March 27, 2016
JotForm: Best Free Form Builder Ever Made

When we started designing shortofthemonth.com, one of the most important item on our list was a form builder. We jotted down all the required form fields we wanted and saw we had more than 20 fields and our server was not capable of handling more than 500 per day. Just after the 4th day of launch, our WordPress server crashed, we requested a crash report from our host and found out the issue was our form plugin. We panicked, because one of the important part of our site is broken. I went to the WordPress plugin directory and started searching for a new builder, but this time I tried for a plugin which stores submissions in another server. I shifted my search to CodeCanyon and still couldn’t find any good plugin.

One thing I didn’t do all this time was to Google for a form builder. I was under the impression that WordPress Plugin directory and CodeCanyon had the best plugins, so didn’t bother searching outside them. I googled “form builder” and tried all the results one by one. The one which got my attention was “JotForm”, the main feature which attracted me was the drag and drop. Well, who don’t like the painless Drag n’ Drop? They let me try the form builder without logging in, that contributed to my decision making process.

So now let’s talk about what JotForm can do. I will mention all the main features that mattered to us and write a new article about all the features provided by JotForm.

1. Conditions
Conditions where one of the main feature we required in our form builder and we chose our previous form builder because it had the conditional field feature. Let me explain conditional fields for those who didn’t get it.
Imagine you are a bookseller who sells both Physical and Digital books. You sell your books through your site and you want your customer to fill a form so that you can fulfil the order. Without a conditional form you will have to set-up two different forms in the physical book order and digital download orders. But with conditional form you will only have to set-up a single form. Create a condition like this,
When Physical Book is selected show “Mailing Address” and when Digital Download is selected show “Email Address”.

2. Integrations
Email mail list plays an important role in building a good customer base. We use MailChimp to deliver our newsletters and JotForm provides the option to integrate MailChimp with JotForm. If you set it up, email address will be sent to your MailChimp list. Mailchimp integration is just one of the integration they provide. Other amazing integrations are PayPal, Google Drive, Google Spreadsheets, Dropbox and many more.

3. Email Alerts
At first I used Email Alerts, just to receive notification when a new submission is made. Also used it to alert the form submitter. But when we moved to our new CRM, the Email Alert feature was a blessing. Oh, the joy we had when we found out that we could automate our selection process.
You can customize Email Alerts however you want.

4. Embed
You can embed forms made with JotForm literally anywhere. Anywhere, where embedding is allowed. You can embed it as a lightbox, pop-up, as feedback button, normal web page embed, etc…

5. Thank You Message
This is an important part, you need to tell your customer that their form has been submitted successfully or else they will resubmit again and again. Trust me, it happened to us with our old builder, people kept on resubmitting thinking the form was not submitted. With JotForm you can display a simple thank you message or redirect to a custom page you made. Perfect for taking visitors to a landing page once they sign in for your newsletter.

6. Support
JotForm has a world class support team, your issue will be attended within 1-2 hours and most probably your issue will be solved. Make sure you describe your issue properly so that the support team gets a clear vision of the issue. This is will make the solution process is faster.

7. No Strings Attached
Some say that there is nothing called Free in this world, “Free” always come with strings attached. All the other free form builders come with the builder’s logo or their branding in one way or another. That’s not the case with JotForm. JotForm does not brand their form with JotForm logo, no one would even know that you are using JotForm. The only way people will know that you are using JotForm will be by noticing the email address they received the confirmation mail. Oh wait, JotForm even allows you to change the email to a custom sender email. Epic, isn’t it. Go to your email setting and enter the necessary details to make your own custom sender email. I can promise you that, you can white label JotForm completely.

The only limitation is that we can’t receive more than 100 submissions per month using a free account. But that is totally understandable. If you are getting more than 100 submissions per month you might be having a pretty good business, pay the awesome guys at JotForm some profit you make. Just kidding, but 100 forms per month is a good deal.

My Final Take:

Ways you can make amazing forms using JotForm is endless and the time saved is countless. Visit the apps and form widgets section to give us more customization and integration options. JotForm is the best form builder out there that I know of. As mentioned earlier, JotForm can be integrated everywhere. It can be also integrated into your favorite CMS’ like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc… Give it a try and you will defiantly love it.

February 2, 2016