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Google Labs SMS Channels – Amazing free service for Indians
Hey buddies, I am back after being off the buddy NEWS for a little while and I am here with some goodies.
Google Labs, known for coming out with innovative ideas and helpful services has done it yet again. And this service is something that would prove to be very interesting too. Though these days most of the Indians carry high end phones with GPRS/Edge and stay connected to the world through internet, that does not help one being alert and always informed about everything. This is where Google Labs’ new service, Google SMS Channels scores it.
What is SMS Channels?
A free service available, only for Indian Mobile subscribers right now, enables one to subscribe to Google channels and get updates on various services like blogger, reader or any RSS feed. There are quite a few channels available at present giving updates about NEWS, weather, sports, tech trends, fashion, etc. And the number of Channels are growing everyday. Check out the latest list of popular SMS Channels.
What is a channel, exactly?
A channel is just like a magazine which you can subscribe to and get the content on your mobile. The content can be subscribed by the channel owner or also by all the subscribers based on the channel settings. A channel generally fetches information from Google services like groups, reader, mails and also from any type of RSS feed.
As a subscriber you can subscribe to channels and that’s not all, you can create your own channels and invite others.
eWebBuddy now has its own channel which will keep you updated of all the posts that come of ewebbuddy blog. Subscribe to the service today and make sure you do not miss a post again!
Update: Check out the latest list of popular SMS Channels.
How to subscribe to channels?
You can search for channels in the channel directory of Google. Also there are several editor picked channels which google recommends based on their content.
To subscribe you will have to set a nickname online and then register your mobile number. On registering, you will recieve a verification code which is required to be entered along with accepting google’s term and conditions.
You can also register for the same through SMS. Following are the instructions from Google:
On SMS you can just send REGISTER to 9870807070 to sign up for the service. You will receive a reply ‘You’ve accepted the Terms of Service at http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/termsofuse. To subscribe, reply ON channel name. eg. ON GoogleNews. For more commands reply HELP’
There are several other commands which will help you to subscribe/unsubscribe to google channels. For the full list of commands available, sms HELP to 9870807070.
For more details and queries on the service, click here!
Update: Check out the latest list of popular SMS Channels.
eWebBuddy’s SMS Channel
As I mentioned earlier, now eWebBuddy has its own SMS Channel. Subscribe to it today and get regular updates. And what more, you can unsubcribe any moment, so what there to loose? 
You can also subscribe to the RSS feed directly for your feed readers and follow me on Twitter.
World eBook Fair – 2 million FREE ebooks for a limited time
A quick update folks and this one would require all of you to be quick too else you will miss the Golden Duck…or Opportunity or whatever! Just do not miss it!!
Its the 4th Annual World eBook Fair which is a month long celebration and sorry for spreading this a little late. The fair ends on 4th August, 2009 and so does the chance of gaining access to more than 2 million book.
The books have been collected from 100+ elibraries from around the world. Some mojor statistics according to the site are:
100,000 from Project Gutenberg
500,000 from The World Public Library
1,385,000 from The Internet Archive
250,000 from eBooks About Everything
17,000 from IMSLP’s Music eLibrary
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2,252,000 Grand Total
And its still growing. So what are still doing here, check it out and download your free ebooks today. Head there before the show ends.. Click Here
Please do share your experience on the site and the fair through comments. Looking forward to them.
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