The amazing journey of Google's Android operating system. Enter the colourful world of Android devices

Colourful world of Android devices

7 years back in month of October 2007, Google launched its Android operating system and the very first Android smart phone was launched in October of 2008. The first device to feature the Android OS was the HTC Dream.  At that time, the world was caught in the Nokia and Symbian frenzy and hardly anybody noticed the launch. 

But Google had other plans for Android.  In 2009 Google launched the very first version of Android 1.5.  It also started the practise of naming the Android versions after desserts.  The Android 1.5 was known 'Cup Cake'.

The rest they say is history.  From 2009 to 2013, from then up until now the Android has been so successful that Google have successfully rolled out its 9 version.  In a departure from the tradition, Google as named the most recent launch as  'Kitkat' after the Nestle and Hershey's KIKKAT Chocolate Candy.

All through these years, Android not only was successful in mobile phones and tablet, but also slowly making its way into Camera, Lap Tops, watches, Television, Microwave etc.  Here is a brief look at the convergence that is taking place in the technology space vis-a-vis the Android operating system.

1. Smart Digital Camera: with the success of Google's Android operating system and the popularity, camera manufacturers finally brought the operating in use in smart digital cameras.  A few of them are listed below :

Nikon's CoolPix S800C, is a 16 megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom. working on android 2.3. the camera supports Google Play and can be used to download photo editing apps supported by Android devices.

The smartphone giant Samsung also have Galaxy series camera with 16 megapixel, and 1.4 ghz quadcore processor. the device works on android 4.1 jelly bean. smart digital camera have almost every features that are included in smart phones. you can also share the photo by sending it to your Facebook or Twitter accounts. 

2. Smart Microwave: Yes, its all true, your very lovable Android is running microwaves too. Smart microwaves are one of the most interesting android devices I heard off.   A smart micro wave will do all the work that a normal microwave s capable of and in addition to these you can connect smart microwave to internet and can download receipes. with active voice command in smart microwave, it can help you with voice assistant to read the ingredients of food and how to cook it. some of these smart microwaves also enables users to download and play videos related to cooking.

3. Smart Refigerators: Yes you can buy android smart refrigerators from market. and your refrigerator can stay connected with world wide web while it is placed in your kitchen or dining.  Samsung the leading electrical and electronic appliance maker is one of the manufacturer that have brought the smart refrigrators to market. Most of these smart refrigerators is having a small LCD screen on the front and will be Wi-Fi enabled which helps it to stay connected with  internet. You can keep watching weather forecast. news, your calender, social network updates from Twitter and Facebook Picassa photo albums and much more all within confines of your refrigerator.

4.Smart watch: I guess some of you must already purchased a Android smart watch.  The smart watch technology is supposed to the next in thing in the world of tech.  The first one was launched by Sony, with the name of smart view while the most recent one was launched by Samsung named as Galaxy Gear. This smart watch acts as a extension of your galaxy smart phone and has almost all features that are enabled in your smart phone. and the best part is you have a gadget that looks like the ones used by spies :).

5. Smart media player and music system: Most of the music lovers still loves to have one media player in addition to their smartphones that surely can do greater works than their ordinary Media Player or Boom Box.  As of now many of the media device manufacturers are working Android OS to their devices. Phillips Go Gear Connect and Samsung Galaxy Music Players 5.0 are some of the Android enabled media players available in the market. Most of these media devices not only have audio capabilities but also are inbuilt with video features.

Phillips Go Gear Connect runs on Android 2.3 Ginger Bread OS with 3.2 inch display. The Go Gear is Wi-Fi enabled so you can stay connected with internet.  It also allows you to Google Play Store to download Music. You can also access your favourite social media networks as well as access thousands of online sites offering free  media downloads.

6. Smart robots: In future robots will be enabled to work on with your Android devices with accessing some of the Android Apps. Robot developers inspired from Google Bug Droid have developed a robot name 'Baro', which works on android operating system and can be controlled by Android devices by downloading the suitable Apps made to control it. 'Baro' is a open source robot which is built with 2 infrared transmitter which help it to act as a navigation expert.  

7: PhoneSat: yep thats a satellite. NASA have recently sent three smart phone satellites in space which is named as PhoneSats. These nano satellites are inbuilt with HTC Nexus One and Samsung Nexus S both of which work on the Android operating system.  The PhoneSat does not have  the calling and messaging features.  Both of these smartphones are fitted in a square box which acts as a computer connected to the satellite. The sensors enabled in the satellite are used to measure the distances and take photographs from different reasons of our Planet Earth. These smart phones have also added radio transmitter facilities to the PhoneSat to send and receive instructions.

These are only a few of examples that work on Android Operating System. But the day isnt far when Google's Android will be running probably all the devices in our day to day  life including  medical infrastructures, military, space projects, electrical and electronic appliances, glasses and much more.

This guest post has been written by Abhishek Kumar who is a Security Analyst and works on various ethical hacking practices and is the CEO and founder of  Techworm.  Every once in a while he uses his Android device to make a call!!

Income Tax House Rent Allowance exemption new rule makes it compulsory to submit PAN number of the landlord if your rent is over Rs.1.00 lakhs

The Income Tax department through the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued a circular regarding the limits on House Rent Allowance deductible.  The circular which was issued by CBDT vide its Circlular No. 08/2013 F.No. 275/192/2013-IT(B) dated 10.10.2013 if you are a salaried and claiming HRA (House Rent Allowance exemption and the rent paid by you is more than Rs.1 Lakh per year then it is compulsory to provide PAN (Permanent Account Number) of your Landlord or a declaration duly signed by you and the landlord.

This makes it compulsory on your part to give the PAN number of your Landlord the the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) or the Tax Deducting Authority if you are paying rent of more than Rs.1,00,000.00 per year.  Earlier the limit was capped Rs.15,000 per month which meant that if you paid upto 1,80,000.00 per year, you were not required to give any PAN details about your landlord. Now the limit has been capped to Rs.1,00,000. 00 per year which make the limit of Rs.8,333 per month.

This move from CBDT has a two pronged effect.  One is curb those who claim the HRA benefits when they still live in their own houses.  The other is to bring the landlords under the income tax dragnet given the obscene amount they take as rent in the Metros but do not disclose the same in their own returns.

The problem become more acute for a Tax payer in case the landlord refuses to disclose the PAN number to him.  Though the circular states that in case a landlord doesn’t have a PAN, then a declaration needs to be filed by the employee by declaring the name, address & details of landlord.  But it also notes that the same has to be be duly signed by landlord.

The circular also states that in case a landlord’s rental income is assessed in Income Tax then he’ll not refuse to provide PAN. But if the landlord refuses to part with his/her PAN No. or signature you have no option but to leave your current apartment and find out a new landlord who provides PAN or not claim the HRA benefit at all.

Narendra Modi and India : Part 6 : the rise and rise of the far right across the world

Narendra Modi is Bhartiya Janata Party's candidate for Prime Minister in the General Elections which will be held in May 2014. People from across the globe including our own politicians have branded him and his policies as extreme rightist.  

Today I give you a comprehensive study about the Right and extreme Right wing politicians from Europe.  This right winged politicians are not only famous in their own countries but many are also part of the ruling coalitions in some of them.  I do not see anybody raising a brouhaha over them but when it come to NaMo everybody from the US to the Harvard raises some opposition. That too, when it is to be singularly proved that NaMo was responsible for the carnage in Godhra 2002 riots directly.  The onus of the riots may be on him due to his being Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat at that time.

Lets start with United Kingdom.  UK has almost 16 far right parties running for elections.  Most notable of them are the UK Independence Party Led by Nigel Farage, the ideologies of UKIP are Euroscepticism (anti Euro), Right-wing populism and Libertarianism.  As of 2013 it has  has 9 of the 73 UK seats in the European Parliament, three members in the House of Lords and one seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly, though it has never won a seat in the House of Commons.  This should change in the next elections scheduled in the UK because it as 14% popular support among the Britons and is third most popular party after the Tories and Labour.

Next one on the list is Austria.  Austria's right wing populist Freedom party which is called Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ).  The FPO is lead by  Heinz-Christian Strache and is called a Neo Nazi party in the political circles.  Its ideologies are : National liberalism (traditional)

National conservatism

Right-wing populism

Euroscepticism but FPO has been in forefront for preaching aggressively populist nationalism and reactionary rhetoric which often encompasses racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia.  As of now Strache and his FPO are neck in neck with the ruling Social Democrats in Austria and maybe FPO will win the next general elections in Austria

Belgium has its own far right party called Vlaams Belang or Flemish Interest (VB).  The VB is led by Gerolf Emma Jozef Annemans who believes in Flemish superiority.  The ideologies of VB are :

Flemish nationalism

Euroscepticism

Separatism

Conservatism

In 2009, the VB contested elections for the Flemish Parliament and the European Parliament. The party was reduced from 32 to 21 seats (from the Vlaams Blok's record 24%, to 15%) in the Flemish parliament, and from three to two seats in the European parliament. In the 2010 general election, the party was again reduced, to 12 seats in the Chamber, and three in the Senate. This was largely due to the great success of the more moderate new party New Flemish Alliance which is also pro Flemish Independence.

Now we move to the country which is often said to most peaceful country in the world.  In fact Norway has always had a hand in almost all the peace pacts in the world.  What about Norway's own internal politics.  Norway has as many as 10 right leaning parties and the most prominent one is the Progress Party  Fremskrittspartiet or Framskrittspartiet, Nynorsk: Framstegspartiet, (FrP). The FrP is led by charismatic Siv Jenson and has been pretty successful as of today. Its ideologies are :

Conservative liberalism

Conservatism

Right-wing populism

Classical liberalism

Right now it is the second largest party of Norway.  Similarly Denmark has it own Progress Party which is also highly popular. The Greeks have their own Golden Dawn which is considered highly neo Nazi.  In France, President Hollande is facing a serious challenge from the National Front whose prime agenda is anti immigration and anti Arabs (expecially the Algerians) living in France.

Though the big daddy of them all, the United States has 5 parties listed as far right with highly explosive ideologies they have been unable to penetrate the mainstream politics as of today.  Australia has its own share of rightwinged parties.  The prominent among those are the Liberal Party, the Australia First Party (with white nationalism (sic) anti zionisim (another sic) anti immigration (read that anti Indians) agenda.  

My point of putting this article is not spreading hate but just making aware that the right wing is not just a Indian phenomenon ergo it is a pan world.  It is already known that the entire Islamic world is ruled by right winged parties or dictators except a few countries. The US, UK and Euro implementing Visa restrictions NaMo reeks of double standards on their parts (Euro and UK have since rescinded the restrictions) while their own backyard is filled with anti Semitic  anti Zionist  anti Indians, anti Arabs  anti immigration, anti blacks and islamophobic elements which they do little to stop.

Hope the world notices a certain amount of mockery and prejudice the so called developed nations indulge in.

You can read the entire Narendra Modi and India series here :

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4
5. Part 5

Narendra Modi and India Part 5 : The Anointment and its effects on India; Polarisation or Progress what will he deliver

Friday the 13^th 2013, the day Narendra Modi was anointed as the next Prime Minister candidate by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the largest opposition party of India.  Many superstitious people in the western hemisphere may grimace at the choice of Friday the 13^th date but as per Indian astrology, the day was  very auspicious.  How auspicious that will be to the billions of ordinary Indians only time will tell because first of all the Indian general elections have to take place in the month of May, 2014 and BJP has to handsomely win them.

India has suffered gravely under the UPA I & II.  The inflation as per government figures is at 9.52 percent but a ordinary man has nothing to with these numbers.  They sound alien to him when he goes to the market and finds out the onions are selling at Rs.100.00/kg, the onions make him cry even without buying them leave alone dicing them at home.  Among other vegetables the tomatoes cost Rs.50.00/kg, Potatoes cost Rs.30.00/kg while common vegetables like Cauliflower, cluster beans, lady finger, brinjal and capsicum cost in upwards of Rs.60.00/kg.  Those eating non vegetarian fare are not spared either, the staple eggs now cost Rs.48.00/doz, while chicken meat and mutton is available now at double the cost it was earlier.  Gold has already crossed Rs.32000.00 and silver is at Rs.50000.00 above.

Next up is the fuel prices.  The government blames the rising fuel prices in the international markets and volatility of Indian Rupee in the markets to raise prices every fortnight.  But where is the plan that was mooted after the Lehman Brothers crisis in 2008.  In 2008, Government of India announced a grandiose plan to build a strategic reserve of oil in underground sumps in Mangalore and Vishakapatanam.  The Times of India carried an article that this strategic reserves would be ready in 2011. Where are the reserves when Indians need it most.

Perhaps 2011 has not arrived yet for the UPA government for it is still living in 2008 era by announcing a spate of grandiose plans.  The plans which sound very socially correct are not going to work unless the implementation is just.  And implementation of government works under UPA leaves much to be desired.

Indian Public Distribution System (PDS) which we inherited from our colonial rulers is robust and dynamic.  But the problem occurs when there is a pilferage/corruption at both the planning end and the distribution end.  Even today, kerosene is not available for ordinary people but is available in infinite quantities in the black market.  The same is the case with the grains and sugar available in PDS which is announced as sold out the moment it arrives at the Ration shops only to find its way to the warehouses of private contractors who hoard it for windfall gains.  Instead of announcing the FSA, if the government would work harder at implementing the PDS in its true and proper form, India will have no problems with food security.

We are a poor country in all respects so isn’t it better for us to build in on inclusive growth rather to give away free food to poor people.  By giving free fund food without work, we are creating millions Frankensteins in the society who will never work and always live a parasitic existence thanks to the acts like Food Security Act.  The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is touted as a success by the UPA government.  Does it know that, MGNREGA has created a cyclical inflation in India.  When the poor have jobs and earning under MGNREGA, which is limited to a number of days per year, they have money to spend which has created a cyclical hyper inflation in the remote places.  It has also lead to unemployment in the traditional pockets like the chilly farms in Andhra, the coconut farms in Kerala and Karnataka, the rice farms in Uttar Pradesh, the tobacco farms in Maharashtra and the wheat farms in Punjab and Haryana, where the farmer now don’t labour which obviously is working in MGNREGA.

While the growth for the current fiscal is going to drop less than 5 percent, the UPA is indulging in its obvious past time, naming its erstwhile finance minister for the wrong policy decisions rather than taking concrete steps to correct the wrongs.

I would request the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Mr. Narendra Modi to come out with a clear cut written manifesto on how he plans to deal with all these short comings of the UPA government.  By clear cut I mean that he has to spell out step by step plans he has to tackle all these problems like price rise, inflation, steps to accelerate the economy, reducing the fiscal deficit.   On foreign policy front, India has suffered a huge loss of face in recent times.  NaMo should spell out exactly he envisions India’s future foreign policy.  Even here clear cut information on how he plans to deal with the United States which has denied him VISA, Pakistan for constant ceasefire violations and China for the stapled VISA regime it follows.

Next up is the continuing worsening law and order situation in the country, especially towards women.  The lawlessness has gone out of hand in many parts of the country with a RAPE being reported almost every day in some part of India.  Here to a clear cut policy roadmap would be desired  from NaMo.  It would also be better if he spells out how he is going to implement the dream schemes announced by the UPA or plans to discard them.

The next important thing in India is communalism.  India is not a secular country no matter how many times anybody says so.  But not being secular is not a concern as long as there is no polarisation.  It is a well known fact that Nehruvian policy of bunching a similar class of people based on their religion has propagated  ghettoism in India.  Ghettoism is the worst breeding ground for crime, terror and antisocial elements and it does not really matter whether the Ghetto belongs to a Hindu, Muslim, Christian or other cohabitant.   In a situation where all the people belong to a single caste come together in a crisis, it is a known sociological fact that the result is always very counterproductive.

Only attacking Rahul, Sonia or Congress and other opposition may earn NaMo some brownie points and claps but in the long run, it will not matter much to India and its progress.  Concrete steps are needed to be taken to boost the business, investor, and common man’s confidence in the idea called India.   A business man need a best environment to conduct his business without latent government interference, either overt or covert,  removal of red tapism that exists.  A investor needs a conducive environment where he can earn good returns without high risk speculative volatility.  Ultimately the last man standing is always the common man.  It is this common man that will vote for Narendra Modi and BJP in the GEC 2014.  A common man is disgusted against the rising prices, terrorism, safety of his kith and kin and a nice conducive environment where his sons and daughters can study.  He needs nice roads, good houses with proper sanitation and 24 hours electricity and water.  He needs better connectivity options for travel throughout India whether by road, rail or airplane.  He wants development and Narendra Modi should deliver them.   It is known within Gujarat that NaMo is a hard task master who gets things done. 

I guess India needs a hard task master right now and ASAP.

You can read the earlier part on Narendra Modi here :

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4

Here is a beautiful cartoon from my dear friend, Jack MySay of mysay.in which depicts it all

Top advertising slogans of all time, a complete list of international and Indian slogans to catch your eye

We here it all the time, sometimes on radio or television, some times on the huge billboards.  Yes they are the ad jingles or ad slogans created by the creativity team for a particular brand.  A ad slogan is often the first thing we remember about a particular product.  For example when I utter the brand name Nike you will instantaneously remember its ad slogan : Just Do It.  

Ad slogans have been a very powerful tool for putting your product across for sales through ads.  The thumb rule is that the catchier the slogan, the more the sales.  I have tried to put together the best know slogans of various companies over the years by scouring the net and making it available for my readers.  They may be helpful to you in your school project or very helpful to you if advertising is your future career option.  

Famous Advertising Slogan	Product or Company
Reach out and touch someone	AT&T
Please don't squeeze the Charmin	Charmin
Where do you want to go today?	Microsoft
Life's Good	LG
Neighbor's envy, owner's pride	Onida TV in India
Snap, Crackle, Pop	Rice Krispies
The Real Thing	Coca-Cola
Where's the beef?	Wendy's
Be wise - Alkalize	Alka Seltzer
Sharp Minds, Sharp Products	Sharp
Finger lickin' good	Kentucky Fried Chicken
Connecting people	Nokia
He Keeps Going and Going and ...	Energizer Batteries
Do you... Yahoo!?	Yahoo!
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia	Wikipedia
Because you're worth it	L'Oreal
Inspired Living	Haier
Let's Make Things Better	Philips
Hello Moto	Motorola
Makes quitting suck less	Nicorette
It's everywhere you want to be	VISA
Eat Mor Chikin!	Chick-fil-A
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline	Maybelline
We make money the old-fashioned way....We earn it	Smith Barney
Be all that you can be.	United States Army
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't	Peter Paul Almond Joy & Peter Paul Mounds
Everything is easier on a Mac	Apple Computer
Welcome to the World Wide Wow	AOL (play on World Wide Web)
Nothing Runs Like A Deere	Deere & Company
Live unböring	Ikea
The ultimate driving machine	BMW
Live in your world, play in ours	Sony Playstation
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight	Federal Express
Get N or get out	Nintendo 64
See what the future has in store	Future Shop
Easy as Dell	Dell Computer
Go further with Shell	Shell Oil
Once you pop, you can't stop	Pringles
Push Button Publishing	Blogger.com
How do you spell relief?	Rolaids
We Try Harder	Avis Rental Cars
Is it live, or is it Memorex?	Memorex
The World's Online Market Place	eBay
Wherever you go, our network follows	Hutch Cellular India
Consider IT Done	Syntel
Nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven	Pillsbury
No battery is stronger longer	Duracell Batteries
High Performance, Delivered	Accenture
Intel Inside	Intel
Making Tomorrow Better	ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Commission, India)
Let your fingers do the walking	Yellow Pages

Foods and Beverages

♦ A-1 makes hamburgers taste like steakburgers. ~ A-1 Steak Sauce

♦ Always Coca-Cola. ~ Coca Cola

♦ Australian for beer. ~ Foster's

♦ Australians wouldn't give a Castlemaine XXXX for anything else. ~ Australian Beer

♦ Coffee at its best. ~ Nescafe Gold Blend

♦ Coke is it? ~ Coca Cola

♦ Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation. ~ Pepsi Cola

♦ Eaters, start your orders. ~ Chipotle

♦ Every Pepsi refreshes the world. ~ Pepsi Cola

♦ Fresh squeezed glaciers. ~ Adelma Mineral Water

♦ Good to the last drop. ~ Maxwell House Coffee

♦ Have it your way. ~ Burger King

♦ How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S. ~ Rolaids

♦ I am Canadian. ~ Molson Canadian Beer

♦ Is it in you? ~ Gatorade

♦ I'm lovin' it. ~ McDonald's

♦ It just tastes better. ~ Burger King

♦ Keep walking. ~ Johnnie Walker

♦ Love it for life. ~ Dannon Yogurt

♦ No rules, just right. ~ Outback Steakhouse

♦ Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven. ~ 7-Eleven

♦ One thing leads to another. ~ Nescafe

♦ Probably the best lager in the world. ~ Carlsberg

♦ Something to smile about. ~ Quaker Oatmeal

♦ That frosty mug sensation. ~ A W Root Beer

♦ That's right. ~ Wendy's

♦ Think outside the bun. ~ Taco Bell

♦ The king of beers. ~ Budweiser

♦ The king of good times. ~ United Breweries

♦ When you say Budweiser, you've said it all. ~ Budweiser

♦ We're cooking now. ~ Denny's

♦ You know when it's Bacardi. ~ Bacardi

Clothing and Fashion

♦ A diamond is forever. ~ DeBeers

♦ Between love and madness lies Obsession. ~ Calvin Klein

♦ Because you're worth it. ~ L'Oreal

♦ Every kiss begins with Kay. ~ Kay Jewelers

♦ fcuk advertising. ~ French Connection United Kingdom

♦ Hello boys. ~ Playtex Wonderbra

♦ I am what I am. ~ Reebok

♦ Impossible is nothing. ~ Adidas

♦ It takes a licking and keeps on ticking. ~ Timex

♦ Just do it. ~ Nike, Inc.

♦ Levis. Original jeans. Original people. ~ Levis

♦ Lifts and separates. ~ Playtex Cross-Your-Heart Bra

♦ Maybe she's born with it - maybe it's Maybelline. ~ Maybelline

♦ The mark of a man. ~ Old Spice

♦ The official uniform of New York. ~ DKNY Jeans

♦ The jeans that built America. ~ Lee

♦ There's a bit of the west in all of us. ~ Wrangler

Automobiles

♦ Born to perform. ~ Jaguar

♦ Break through. ~ Cadillac

♦ Eye it - try it - buy it! ~ Chevrolet

♦ Ford. Designed for living. Engineered to last. ~ Ford

♦ It's not your father's Oldsmobile anymore. ~ Oldsmobile

♦ Inspiration comes standard. ~ Chrysler

♦ Mercedes-Benz. The future of the automobile. ~ Mercedes-Benz

♦ Never follow. ~ Audi

♦ Power, beauty and soul. ~ Aston Martin

♦ Porche, there is no substitute. ~ Porche

♦ Relieves gas pains. ~ Volkswagen

♦ Sheer driving pleasure. ~ BMW

♦ The power of dreams. ~ Honda

♦ The ultimate driving machine. ~ BMW

♦ The road will never be the same. ~ Acura

♦ Volkswagen. Drivers wanted. ~ Volkswagen

♦ We try harder. ~ Avis

♦ Zoom-Zoom. ~ Mazda

Electronics, Broadcasting, Communications

♦ 1000 songs in your pocket. ~ Apple iPod

♦ All the news that's fit to print. ~ The New York Times

♦ Always low prices. Always. ~ Wal-Mart

♦ ABC: America's Broadcasting Company. ~ ABC

♦ Acquire, manage and listen. ~ Apple Computer

♦ Connecting People. ~ Nokia

♦ Do you have the bunny inside? ~ Energizer Max

♦ Fair and balanced. ~ FOX News

♦ Get more ~ T-Mobile

♦ Game on. And on. And on. ~ Apple iPod Touch

♦ Hello Moto. ~ Motorola

♦ Hello Tosh, gotta Toshiba? ~ Toshiba

♦ How many bars do you have? ~ AT&T Wireless

♦ How does the wireless industry make you feel? ~ Sprint

♦ If you don't get it, you don't get it. ~ The Washington Post

♦ Intel inside. ~ Intel

♦ It's not TV, it's HBO. ~ HBO

♦ Just what I needed. ~ Circuit City

♦ Keeps going and going and going. ~ Energizer Batteries

♦ Let your fingers do the walking. ~ Yellow Pages

♦ Meet your new personal trainer. ~ Nike+iPod

♦ Nick is for kids. ~ Nickelodeon TV channel

♦ Reach out and touch someone. ~ AT&T Wireless

♦ Save money. Live better. ~ Wal-Mart

♦ Taking care of business. ~ Office Depot

♦ The fun develops instantly. ~ Polaroid

♦ The Eye in the Eyes. ~ CBS

♦ The first network for men. ~ Spike TV

♦ The most trusted name in news. ~ CNN

♦ This changes everything. Again. ~ Apple iPhone 4

♦ Thousands of possibilities. Get yours. ~ Best Buy

♦ Turn It Up. ~ UPN

♦ We never stop working for you. ~ Verizon Wireless

♦ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ~ Wikipedia

♦ Your Potential. Our passion. ~ Microsoft

♦ You've got questions, we've got answers. ~ RadioShack

Best Indian Slogans

♦ Yehi hai right choice baby! Aha ~ Pepsi

♦ Taste the thunder ~ Thums Up

♦  Born tough ~ Ceat

♦ Shock laga kya ~ Havells

♦ The mint with a hole ~ Polo

♦ Daag acche hai ~ Surf Excel

♦ Har ghar kuch kehta hai ~ Asian Paints

♦ I love you Rasna ~ Rasna (remember the sweet Rasna girl)

♦ Fresh n Juicy ~ Footi

♦ Thanda matlab Coca Cola ~ Coke

♦ The complete man ~ Raymond’s

♦ Definitely Male ~ Bajaj Pulsar

♦ Swad zindagi ka ~ Dairy Milk

♦ The honest shirt ~ Peter England

♦ No confusion, great combination ~ Bingo

♦ Boost is the secret of my energy ~ Boost

♦ Tandurusti hai yahan ~ Lifebuoy

♦ Tyres with muscle ~ MRF

♦ What an Idea Sirjee ~ Idea

♦ An idea can change your life ~ Idea

♦ Wherever you go, our network follows ~ Hutch, Vodafone

♦ Neighbour’s envy, owner’s pride ~ Onida

♦ The king of good times ~ Kingfisher

♦ Live life kingsize ~ Foursquare

♦ Hungry kya? ~ Domino’s

♦ Yeh dil maange more ~ Pepsi

♦ Pal banaaye magical ~ Lays

♦ Hum mein hai hero ~ Hero Motocorp

♦ Start it, fill it, forget it ~ Hero Honda

♦ The taste of India ~ Amul

♦ Express yourself ~ Airtel

♦ Mera sapna, sabka apna ~ Reliance communications

♦ Only Vimal ~ Vimal

♦ Do you have it in you? ~ Indian Army

♦ Zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad bhi ~ LIC

♦ Isko laga dala to life zingalala ~ TataSky

♦ Yeh fevicol ka majboot zod hai, tootega nahi ~ Fevicol

♦ Dobara mat puchna ~ Chlormint

♦ Dimaag ki batti jala de ~ Mentos

♦ Bajaate raho ~ Red FM

♦ Its hot! ~ Radio Mirchi

♦ Wah Taj!  ~ Taj Mahal Tea

♦ Bujhaaye pyaas, baki all bakwas ~ Sprite

♦ No one can eat just one ~ Lays

♦ Jiyo sir uthake ~ HDFC Life Insurance

And finally

Have a break, have a KitKat !