Search Direct and Indirect Trains in Minutes with searchtrain.in

Cyberpassion launched searchtrain.in in Novemer 2014 for train travelers to search direct and indirect trains between cities in India. The website has a user-friendly interface where all you need is to just enter source and destination stations to see a list of direct and indirect trains between them. If there are no trains between two stations, the website intelligently picks nearby stations around the source and displays trains.

searchtrain.in is an innovative website to search direct and indirect trains between cities or railway stations in India. Our AI based search allow you to plan journey to remotest of location by displaying numerous connecting trains from your source station.

Now search trains between any pair of city across India. Be it from a tier-4 city like Gangtok and Datia to Delhi or tier-3 city like Bhatinda and Jaisalmer to Mumbai, searchtrain will show you all direct and indirect trains in a jiffy. Also just by entering train number or name you can view complete train schedule, route-map, fare, speed and images. The website also provide comparative analysis of trains running on the same route. You can also view address of railway stations, images and trains travelling through it by simply entering train name or number. This website is for all those who enjoy travelling in Indian railways and wish to have one website to easily search train between stations in India.

Apart from this, users can view train timetable, speed, days of journey alongwith complete route in Google Maps,

Also users can search trains starting and passing through a railway station. They can view the postal address, location on Map of more than 3000 railway stations in different states of India. This and lots more amazing services are present in searchtrain.in.

In the coming few days, many more amazing features are expected to roll out on the website including running train status and API.

Google Maps to stop illegal mining in Goa

Google Maps could be used to fight illegal mining in Goa. The news came at the concluding session of environmental seminar in Panaji. Noted environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, a Padma Bhushan awardee, supported the use of the Google service to stop illegal as well as excessive mining around various site in Goa which consumes 18 percent of Goa’s annual output.

It’s interesting to note that there exist over 100 open cast iron ore mines in Goa and more than 130 waiting for clearance. Most of the operational mines are either taking out more ores than what assigned to them, or facing illegal activities under the shadow of influential people. Several Goa ministers are supposedly involved in illegal mining activities, as per the opposition’s argument.

The use of Google Maps can certainly have some impact if not larger. It’s being presumed that Goa government is all set to stack this idea in the state’s futuristic Regional Plan 2021 to protect illegal mining, and save Rs. 6000 crores of Goa’s annual income. Use of Google Maps can also be extended to pin-point locate the naxalites in Chattisgarh, West Bengal and other parts of the country. A blend of technology in a democratic nation like India could do wonders to the country’s cause.

Read more about using Google Maps to Get Location

Top 10 Companies gone bankrupt with time

The global economic recession that we recently experienced knocked several great economic titans off balance. Here’s a list of the top 10 companies gone bankrupt with time.

1) Lehman Brothers

This global banking giant couldn’t bear the weight of the debts of over $613 billion on its accounts. Lehman brothers filed their chapter 11 and declared bankruptcy in late 2008. This move came as a global shock and marked the beginning of the recent economic depression.

2) Washington Mutual

This used to be the second largest banking firm in the US. Suffering from the general blow to the finance and banking sector, this banking firm went under soon after Lehman Brothers.

3) WorldCom

This perpetrator of the biggest accounting fraud in world history went bankrupt in 2002 when its cover was blown. It comes third on the list of top 10 companies gone bankrupt with time.

4) General Motors

Coming as a global shock to the automotive industry, this seemingly invincible powerhouse that manufactured renowned brands like Chevrolet and Vauxhall went bankrupt in 2009. Though with funds infusion and restructuring, it is back in the black today, but it did give the automobile sector a big shock by going broke.

5) Enron

Another of the big names makes it to number five on our list of top 10 bankrupt companies. This global brand took down with itself a lot of stock holders and is remembered with grim notoriety despite its worth of $65.5 billion at the time of bankruptcy

6) Conseco

Insurance giant Conseco went bankrupt in 2002 leaving a giant void in the insurance sector which its competition wasn’t in a financial position to fill. At number six it is the biggest bankruptcy in the insurance sector.

7) Chrysler

Just before the industry would witness the falling of a legend in the form of GM, one of its founding pillars Chrysler went bankrupt at a value of $39.3 billion and file for their chapter 11 reorganization. This automotive behemoth is considered by some to have greatly weakened the automobile sector as a whole paving way for the falling of General Motors within the next two months.

8) Thornburg Mortgage

Another lending firm joined the league of financial organizations going bankrupt, when Thornburg Mortgage bottomed out under extreme lending pressure. Even after filing for chapter 11 within 24 hours of Chrysler filing its own papers, Thornburg no longer exists as a going concern.

9) Pacific Gas and Electric Company

At number 9 on the list of top 10 bankrupt companies of all time comes Pacific Gas and Electric Company. This was once the largest electricity provider in the Americas and went under in the year 2001 but has since then recovered to its original splendor.

10) Texaco

This company was from one of the core sectors; oil and petroleum. Though it went bankrupt way back in 1987, the gravity of its situation can be estimated by the fact that it still makes it to the list of top 10 companies gone bankrupt with time.

Add comment to your website with DISQUS

Have a new website or a blog where you’d like to start interacting with your readers? If you’re not too sure regarding how to go about it, fret not. Welcome DISQUS, a novel and ingenious free website comments tool. You can let users comment to your website with DISQUS taking the interactivity to a new level. Here’s a sneak peek at some of its best features.

Realtime Comment system

This feature from DISQUS practically eliminated the need of separately adding a discussion forum platform. Comments appear almost as if they are a live discussion and users can interact with you as well as other users in realtime.

Media Sharing

Comments to your website with DISQUS needn’t always be plaintext. This module allows you to embed content like videos and images in line with your comments. DISQUS currently supports all leading services like YouTube, Flickr etc.

Notifications

DISQUS sends a notification to people when they get response to their comments or when someone addresses them in their comments. These notifications are sent via email and what’s more, people can continue the discussion right from their email accounts.

Mobility Unleashed

Comments to your website with DISQUS can also be posted from handheld devices and your cell phones. The module loads up fairly quickly and makes sure your following can stay connected even on the move.

What is Foursquare

Foursquare is a hand held device based platform that is dynamic with its locations. This keeps your online social network informed of your whereabouts and also makes exploring new cities and places more fun. Users can check in with their Smartphones or net enabled hand held devices to let their friends know where they are. A reward system allows them to collect foursquare badges and points.

Why Foursquare?

The ability of Foursquare to translate the offline real-world scenarios and travels of its users into an online directory has made it very useful. It allows its users to bookmark their venues and save information about the places they visit. Then using this user developed database, it suggests other users about possible interests in the nearby venues. This way, it is a user generated online travelling guide to which you can add your experiences. It also gives small business owners a chance to encourage and pull in prospective through their profiles and Foursquare badges.

History

Originally founded way back in 2007, this platform has only recently started to gain popularity among both businesses and individual users. Co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai started this initiative from Dennis’ kitchen at his home in New York. Its first version was made live by Southwest Interactive a company based at Austin in Texas. This was in March 2009 and since then its popularity has grown manifold giving it an almost cult status today.

Foursquare API

The initiative also has a platform called the Foursquare API which much like Twitter provides a means for users to develop their ideas. Several among its rapidly growing crowd of patrons have already used this API platform to develop numerous Foursquare apps and functionality. The check in option was in fact a development through this very platform.

Compatibility

This service is available on almost all sorts of hand held devices. Foursquare mobile, Foursquare Android and Foursquare Blackberry are all customizations to help accommodate these devices and increase the brad fan base that the service has already developed.

Business Solutions

Foursquare also provides several software solutions for businesses and ecommerce ventures. They help businesses develop and share tools which can help them connect to their clientele and people on the payroll too.

In under a year’s time period Fourquare has already amassed a huge fan following of 275,000 people. Though it does not generate a huge amount of revenue for its owners yet, Foursquare in all senses has the makings of the next big thing on the internet.

Hide your IP with Tor and surf web anonymously

If anonymity suits your internet browsing style best, Tor is something you must have heard of. So before you decide to hide your IP with Tor and surf web anonymously, let’s look in a little deeper into this tool’s portfolio.

What is Tor?

Originally conceived as an onion routing project for the US Navy, Tor is today open source software that conceals your IP address and lets you browse the internet anonymously.

How does it work?

Tor basically is structured around an extensive network of servers and links spread on the internet. A software client installed into your machine (freely downloadable at their official website) contacts available nodes in this online network and picks a random path through the available options to the destination server. The links are encrypted between you and the penultimate node which directly communicates with the server. This allows access to servers which block encrypted links, but at the same time does not allow your IP to be tracked back through the Tor network.

Why do I need it?

Browsing the internet exposes you and your system to a number of threats and attempts at hijacking software or information from your system by the means of your online identity, your IP address. Unconcealed IP addresses can often be easily followed up by potential hackers on the lookout for soft targets. Using its software client you can hide your IP with Tor and surf web anonymously.

What’s so special about Oracle Database

What is a database? It’s a very easy-to-understand concept. In real life, we are all used to storing records folders and files for future reference and use. Databases play the same role in the virtual world except that the data and information are not stored in a tangible form but stored in a “soft” form (like softwares). Data stored in databases is much more efficient as the chances of losing data through natural or man-made means or chances of data falling into wrong hands is quite reduced. Also, retrieval, renewal and writing of data is much easier in efficient in databases.

                                      

Microsoft Access is quite a common term for computer veterans and amateurs. Oracle is not far behind either. Both are database management systems (DBMS) unique in their own way. However, since Oracle is a lot heard-about, it’s only rational to know what’s so special about Oracle Database.

The Oracle Database (commonly called Oracle RDBMS or simply as Oracle) is an object-relational database management system created by Oracle Corporation. An Oracle database system is identified by an alphanumeric system identifier which comprises minimum one instance of the application, along with data storage. An instance is identified by an activation ID and it comprises a set of operating-system processes and memory-structures that interact with the storage. The main usefulness of this database lies in the fact that it is a multi-platform database i.e. it can be run on many operating systems.

Oracle Corporation has teamed up with HP and, together, the database solutions that they offer has many unique advantages which, perhaps makes this database solution a bit under-rated. The whole “uniqueness” can be easily summarized. Besides being easy and cost-effective to manage, it upholds the typical feature that should be available in a good DBMS – it ensures that information is available whenever required. It also provides efficient performance, scalability and capacity and it provides extra protection for sensitive and classified information. For businesses, Oracle Database provides integrating options to integrate business information from external sources which include third-party databases and file systems. It reduces the time required for a business association to make a good business decision by analyzing data faster, thanks to parallel database processing and functionality. This allows associations to develop and deploy their business solutions quickly and efficiently. All these aspects together make Oracle Database really special.