Friday, June 30, 2006

"Chalo Gujarat" Convention

WGC (World Gujarati Conference) is organizing an historical event in New Jersey, USA - "Chalo Gujarat". About 30,000 Gujaratis from places around the world are expected to attend this convention at Raritan Expo Center, Edison, new Jersey, USA on September 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2006.

You can download a copy of the registration online at www.wgc06.org or contact AIANA (Association of Indian Americans of North America) office at (732) 9933072 or send AIANA at email@wgc06.org

For information on the event mission, click here.


Monday, June 26, 2006

Free Phone Options - United States and India

Internet Telephony has been in existence for over 5 years now. I am sure you all remember services like Net2Phone, and Dial-Pad. Lot of other companies have come and gone. The 2 of the recent ones are the best and are here to stay for a long, long time.

1. Skype - In addition to regular PC phone calls, Skype application allows making free calls to any landline or cell number from your PC. This is only limited to calls made within United States and Canada.

Download Skype from http://www.skype.com/helloagain.html

2. Windows Live Messenger - This is by far the best IM messenger of all. The most recent version has an option called "Video Call". Free Video Conferencing at its best. No other program beats Windows Live Messenger voice and webcam picture quality. You can talk with your folks in India and at the same time see them live. All you need at both location is mike, speakers, and webcam.

Download Windows Live Messenger from http://get.live.com/messenger/features

You will also need Broadband Connection at both ends. Another PC-to-PC service that comes closer to Windows Live Messenger in terms of voice quality is Google Talk. You can download it at http://talk.google.com

Online Bollywood Radio with AIM

This is what I was waiting for all this while. You know of great sites to download hindi mp3 songs, wallpapers, read moview reviews, monitor cricket score. However, have you ever wondered a bollywood radio station like FM our folks listen to in India. You can now listen to old and latest hindi songs by downloading the latest AOL IM Messenger.

There is a built-in plug-in wherein you can pick various radio stations and listen to your favorite one, as you are browsing online. One of the radio channels under World/International category is "Bollywood".

Check it out. You can download the latest AIM software at http://beta.aol.com/projects.php?project=aimpro&loc=2


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