Some infos that you should know!

The main difference between http:// and https:// is to keep you secure while browsing a website.

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it’s a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients.

The important thing is the letter “S” which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The “S” stands for ‘SECURE’.

If you visit a website or webpage and look at the web address in the web browser, it will likely begin with “http://”

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular ‘unsecured’ language. In other words, it is possible for someone to “eavesdrop” on your computer’s conversation with the website.

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Credit card can be a very good source to solve your financial problem or when you are facing emergency. But most of the peoples now are using credit card for shopping, especially engage on an “installment plan”. Some even worst, they use the credit card to withdraw “cash advanced” which will be financially killing you in long term! Continue Reading »

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10 useful airline safety tips

• Larger aircraft provide better opportunity for passenger survival

Based on the latest study on airline, aircraft with more than 30 passenger seats need to be designed and certified under certain international airline regulations. Also, incase of a serious airline accident, larger aircraft would provide a higher opportunity to save the passengers. Continue Reading »

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What you can do in the office to save the world?

1. Manage office equipment energy use better
Office equipments and electronics use energy even when idle or on stand-by mode. To save energy at work, always activate the power management features on your PC (automatically shut down when idle for 30 mins), unplug laptop power cords when not in use and turn off all electrical equipments before leaving office.

2. Look for ENERGY STAR qualified products for the Office
When buying new products for your office at work or at home, get the features and performance you want and help reduce greenhouse gases and emissions of air pollutants. Look for ENERGY STAR qualified office equipment, such as computers, copiers, and printers, in addition to more than 50 product categories, including lighting, heating and cooling equipment and commercial appliances. Continue Reading »

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I don’t know what you guys are paying for petrol … but here in Durban, we are also paying high for petrol, up to 47.35 per litre of petrol. But my line of work is in a petroleum company for about 40 years, so here are some tricks to get more of your money’s worth for every litre of petrol.

Here at the Marini Hike pipeline, where I work in Durban, we delivery about 4 million litres of petrol in a 24 hrs period thru the pipeline. Continue Reading »

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Credit card fraud

What is a credit card fraud?

Credit card fraud occurs when there is a theft or fraud in a payment transaction by using a credit card to purchase or obtain unauthorized funds from a particular account. The fraud is usually occurs when there is a credit card stolen, credit card lost, credit card security code stolen, credit card application fraud and account take over.

What should you do if you lost your credit card?

If you lost your credit card, you should immediately report to the credit card issuer and if you feel it is necessary, report to the police too. Once you have report your lost credit card, you are no longer baring the responsibility on any unauthorized use of the credit card.

It is advisable to store all the contact numbers of the banks for any of your credit card, incase of any lost, you can immediately report to the bank without delay. This is important because the credit card is still usable until you notify the bank.

How to prevent your personal information being stolen?

For a standard credit card, it should contains the information as shown below:

• Name of the card holder

• Account number

• Expiration date

• Verification or CVV code (security code)

All these info can be highly useful for a theft as an additional information of credit card holder verification. With this information, the theft is able to perform payment transaction easily, especially on online transaction. To prevent these informations being stolen, here is some suggestions to share with.

• Never perform any online transaction outside a security guarded website.

• Ensure the transaction is made under link address start with “https”.

• Never reveal any of your credit card information with anybody else.

• Keep you credit card deep in your purse to prevent easy falls out.

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What is Affiliate program?

Affiliate program is an online marketing practise in which the business owner is giving rewards to the participants who bring customers or visitors to purchase their products. The reward is usually will be turned into cash depending on the amount of visitors bring to the business. One of the most popular methods used by the participant in an affiliate program is to create a website to promote or review the products sell by the owner.

The diagram below shows the concept of an affiliate program: *diagram source from wikipeedia

How affiliate program work?

There are several popular methods used by the business owner to promote their affiliate program.

1. Cost per click (CPC)
2. Cost per impression (CPM)
3. Revenue sharing
4. Multi-tier

Cost per click - The participant(publisher) would required to place a link/banner provided by the business owner(advertiser) on their website or blog, the link will be equipped with a link code. When somebody click on the link and visit the advertiser’s website, the publisher get paid.

Cost per impression - The advertiser will place a link/banner in the publisher’s website, when the site’s visitor view the ads, the publisher get paid.

Revenue sharing - This is the most popular method used by the advertiser. When somebody comes from the link/banner on your website and complete a checkout/purchase, the publisher will get part of the cost of the goods sold.

Multi-tier - The advertiser distribute commission into a hierarchical referral network of sign-ups and sub-partners. In general: publisher “A” signs up to the program with an advertiser and gets paid for the agreed activity conducted by a referred visitor.

List of popular affiliate program

There are more than thousand or million of affiliate program available, in the list below you will find some of the most popular affiliate program provided by well known websites

There are more than thousand or million of affiliate program available, in the list below you will find some of the most popular affiliate program provided by well known websites.

Commision Junction (CJ)
Bidvertiser (Monetize your Website or Blog with BidVertiser)
Google adsense
Shareapic
Amazon
Skype
Clickbank
Ebay

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If you see a type of insect similar to ant, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH IT! Because this insect is poisonous, and will cause your skin allergies and itching, if serious, it will damage your neural. If the venom goes into your eye, you will be blind!

Thailand health department has announce a notice and remind the public this rain season, must be aware and be careful of this type of insect, called ROVE BEETLE. Continue Reading »

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Tips on prevent electrical hazard

To make sure there are no electrical hazards happen in your house, you have to make sure and check out few things around your house. Electrical appliances like bulbs, extension cord, adaptor, receptacles and any electrical cable may cause fire.

Tip #1
Do not run extension cord across doorways, under carpets or on the floor without covered. Consider having additional circuits or outlets added by a qualified electrician. Use extension cords only for temporary situation.

Tips #2
Replace any receptacles that are broken, if they do not hold a plug securely, hot to touch, sparks, or makes a noise when you inset or remove a plug. Also replace frayed wires.

Tips #3
Replace any or all faceplates that may be cracked or damaged so you dont accidentally touch a plug to a live portion of the receptacle when plugging your appliance in. Only use multi-plug adapters for a short period of time. Make sure all three slots receptacles have a ground wire available.

Tips #4
Light bulbs can get very hot. Make sure nothing that can burn is close to the bulb. The halogen type light bulbs get very hot and could ignite any combustible material that is too close. Most light fixtures are labeled to show the wattage of the bulb that can be safely used in that fixture or appliace. Do not use a higher watt than it calls for.

Tips #5
Check all the bulbs in every rooms.

Tips #6
Keep your eyes open for dimming lights every time you turn on an appliance. It could mean the circuit may be overloaded or have a loose connection.

Tips #7
If your circuit breakers or fuse keeps tripping it may be an important sign that you have a problem.

Tips #8
If an electrical fire starts at a wall outlet, pull the plug or turn off the main switch.

Ref : The Star

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How to successfully lose fat and get slim?

Everybody knows getting slim is not an easy job since a decade ago, to success you need to have a very strong mindset and a scheduled slimming plan must be developed. To get slim, sizing up your daily meals is a must, most of the time we are not able to withstand the attraction of delicious foods, and yet most of time causing us to overeat where we don’t realize. Continue Reading »

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