But not everything is performing well for this company. In Q4 2011, Microsoft Windows sell decline by one percent and year wise the sell declined by 2%. There is no doubt that Windows 7, the current Windows OS is much better than Vista and XP but still the sale has declined. There may be more than one reason for this decline but the one which is clearly visible is the popularity of Tablet devices. Apple iPad and Android based Tablets are gaining market share every day and now people are preferring these mobile devices as they are handy and having lot many applications. Apple sells millions of iPads and even hundreds of companies are selling Android tablets. These devices will definitely hit the Windows PC market.

As Microsoft is coming with Window 8 in 2012, one can expect the growth in PC market after that release. Company is going to come up with Windows 8 tablets as well.

Anyway, congratulations Microsoft for 30% growth in net income and with this revenue, company will see full year revenue as $69.94 billion which is 12% higher than last year.

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The new Lion OS X is having more than 250 new features and the early reactions about the update are positive. Twitter and other social networks are filled with early reactions and most of them are liking the Lion updates. Few people reported the slow installation issue but that is still not more than Windows installation. If you are looking for the detailed review of this update before purchasing the same, then I would recommend to read the Ars Technica review of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

According to the official press release, this is the fastest selling OS update by Apple so far. Here is what Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing has to say,

“Lion is off to a great start, user reviews and industry reaction have been fantastic,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion is a huge step forward, it’s not only packed with innovative features but it’s incredibly easy for users to update their Macs to the best OS we’ve ever made.”

Apple Mac OS X Lion is available in 123 countries through Mac App Store. Did you install Lion on your Mac or planning to have one? Share of experience of using Lion through comments.

Dell has recently released an improved version of Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbooks. In small screen netbooks, Dell Mini 10 is definitely a market leader as it is providing awesome package in a competitive price. USP of Dell Mini 10 is definitely the battery life which is expected to be more than 7 hours (even 8 hours in some cases). So you just need to charge your netbook once at home and no need to carry adapter if planning to stay in office for just 8 hours. Dell Mini 10 is a nice choice for those who are looking for a small netbook which would be easy to carry. Those who travel a lot can access their favorite sites and even work on their saved documents like presentations even on move.

Design of Mini 10

Dell Mini 10 is designed for people who wants to give a really good impression while traveling at the same time need to do a lot with their netbook. You will definitely love to carry this small and compact device.

Performance

Intel Atom N450 processor with 1GB RAM is really good for people who want to run small application while browsing the web. Dell Mini is having integrated graphics card which make the graphics application smooth. You may choose for 2GB RAM for high end Mini 10.

Ease of access

Keyboard of Mini 10 is of 92% size of standard laptop keyboard. Key are bit curved so that you can type something with convenience. Trackpad also works perfectly on Mini 10. There are 3 USB ports to attach different devices. 10 inch display panel will show you a resolution of 1024 x 600px.

Battery Life

Dell Mini 10 is having 56WHr 6 cell battery which can give you battery backup of around 8 hours.

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Price

Price of Dell Mini 10 (Ubuntu 9.10 Linux) = Rs. 15,400/-

Price of Dell Mini 10 (Windows XP Edition) = Rs. 16,900/-

Price of Dell Mini 10 (Windows 7 Starter Edition) = Rs. 17,900/-

Price of Dell Mini 10 (Windows 7 Home Basic 32 bit + 2GB Memory) = Rs. 21,400/-

]]> http://blogern.com/1026/review-dell-mini10-inspiron-netbook/feed/ 2 http://blogern.com/235/kontera-text-link-pay-per-click-ads/ http://blogern.com/235/kontera-text-link-pay-per-click-ads/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:10:00 +0000 Blogern Media http://blogern.com/?p=79 Text link advertisements are very much popular in blogger community. If you want some other way of monetization than Google Adsense or Chitika or affiliate then you can try Kontera – Pay Per Click text link ads on your blog or website. Kontera is a popular text link advertisement (content advertisement) network thru which you can monetize from your blog. Once you will install Kontera on your blog, some of your blog’s keyword will convert into a link where visitor will see an advertisement after hovering mouse on that link. There are other popular text link advertisement network as well like Infolinks but in this post, I will show you how to use Kontera.

First of all register yourself on Kontera to get the control panel access. Sometimes Kontera checks the website traffic for approval but you can use below mentioned link to get yourself successfully registered with low traffic as well.

Sign up for Kontera

Install Kontera code on Website or Blog

Once you will login with the Email address and password, you will be taken to the Kontera Dashboard. On Dashboard, you can see some reports, graphs etc. First of all, you will have to install the Kontera code on your website to let Kontera show the links in your content. To add the code on your blog, go to “Kontera Setup” tab on navigation bar. You can choose from different platforms but I would suggest you to go for “website” as that is applicable for everyone. Now select the color of link as per your theme. Now you can paste the generated code on your theme templates’ footer before </body> tag. Done! After couple of minutes, you can see some text on your site converted into a link.

How To Track Clicks and Income thru Kontera

Kontera is having a dedicated tracking and report page which is nothing but the first page where you landed after login. On navigation , you can see “Reports” tab. Click on that to see revenue and clicks track for your Kontera implementation. Summary report will show you “Income in last 7 days” and it will also show you “Last 30 days income” in a graphical way. Summary report of 7 days income have lot many other details like Impressions, CTR, Number of Clicks, Income thru Affiliate (under Additional column) and eCPM. You can click on “Custom date Period” to see detailed report for a particular period. You can track the best performing keyword for your website on Kontera under “Keyword Report” and best performing URL under “URL Report” tab.

Payment and Make Money Online thru Kontera

Minimum payout on Kontera is $50. You can change the payout level to some higher value on “My Account / Payment Method” page. Payment type available on Kontera are PayPal, Wire Transfer and Check. You can choose any of them as per your choice.

As Blogern is a new initiative from my side, you can see Adsense ads running above the post title and in sidebar. I would recommend you to start using Adsense on your blog when your site starts getting nice amount of traffic. If you are thinking about how to run Adsense ads on your site then here is a guide to show you step by step operation for adding Adsense ads on your site and make money online.

Steps to use Google Adsense Program

1. Enroll your self on Google Adsense program by using your Google ID.

2. Once your accounts activate, you can generated Adsense code from “Adsense Setup” – “Get Ads” link. You can choose whether you want text ad or image ad. Text ads below the post title are best performing ads. Choose ad size as 300 x 250 and ad color matching with your theme template.

3. Create Ad Channel to track the revenue from different ad location and ads running on your site.

4. Save Changes and generate code of your Adsense Ad.

5. Now paste the Adsense code on your theme template file to show ad on your site.

As Adsense is a CPC advertisement network, so once a visitor will click on your ad, you will get paid for that.

Important Note: Don’t ever try to click on your own Ad to generate extra revenue. Your Adsense account may get ban for that.

According to Google Adsense Terms and Conditions, you are not suppose to share exact income or eCPM of your adsense account. So never paste any screenshot of your Adsense account or paste that after removing or hiding the eCPM, Impressions and CTR.