If you are an aspiring photographer with an idea to buy a ideal DSLR camera that suits your budget, then this is for you. Just take a look at Canon 550D.The 550D is surely a newcomer’s dream with amazing capabilities and features.

Catch up the review of Canon 550D by Kiruba Shankar, one of the top Blogger of India. Kiruba is the CEO of Business Blogging (Social Media consultancy based in Chennai). He is also a Podcaster and Columnist in various dailies.

When you begin to admire photos from a certain camera, there’s a good chance that you’ll soon fall in love with it. My friend’s Canon 500D produced consistently great pictures and it has already earned my respect. When I had a chance to review a DSLR, I had no hesitating in picking up its bigger cousin, the 550D.

The entry level DSLR market is not only crowded but very fiercely fought over for a market share. The camera companies are competing amongst themselves in packaging in more and more features so much so that this year’s entry level cameras have higher features than last year’s mid-range models. But hey, no one’s complaining!

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And to tell you a secret, we at Business Blogging also enjoyed reviewing the camera while it was in office…

Kiruba Shankar our CEO at Business Blogging, (we’re a social media consultancy firm) and can be reached at Kiruba@Kiruba.com. Below is the article (dated Aug 12, 2010) written by Kribs (as his friends call him) for his a weekly column in Financial express. The column appears every Thursday and focuses on technology with a strong local perspective and a global outlook.

Let me begin this article by saying this. If you are interested in running and if you are considering buying a device that helps you track your performance, then stop thinking right now. Save your thinking time and go right forward with the Garmin Forerunner 305. Once you have it, you will never run again without it! This watch does everything you will ever need it to.

For those who train regularly, you can compare your current performance with your earlier run. You can compare the pace and your heart rate and thus keep track of your improvement. You can see the average and max temperatures and wind speed to see if climate may have affected your performance.

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3G is the next generation of mobile communications systems. It enhances the services such as multimedia, high speed mobile broadband, internet access with the ability to view video footage on your mobile handset. With a 3G phone and access to the 3G network you can make video calls, watch live TV, access the high speed internet, receive emails and download music tracks, as well as the usual voice call and messaging services found on a mobile phone.”

Find out what more 3g can do for you from this article (dated June 03, 2010) written by one of the sought after public speakers and social media expert, Mr Kiruba Shankar, who has close to 60000 followers on twitter,

“If there is one term that is least understood but still continues to generate a lot of buzz, it has to be 3G. I’ll demystify this jargon and find out exactly what it is and how we can benefit from it. 3G will also unleash an amazing number of new gadgets that will redefine the way we look at entertainment, education and communication.

3G stands for third generation, a wireless technology that helps to simultaneously transfer voice (telephone calls) and data (broadband Internet). 3G is an evolution of the existing 2G technologies that has limited capabilities, both on the device side and on the network side. The mobile connectivity we currently use runs on 2G network and its plagued on two accounts. One is the limited network bandwidth which explains why our calls can’t go through because of network congestion. The second is extremely lean data bandwidth, which explains why surfing on the mobile phone or the GPRS data card is so pathetically slow.”

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Cell phone ownership has become near ubiquitous in India. 2/3rd  of the human population (more than 4 billion users worldwide) use cell phones. In fact the no. of mobile in the country out numbers the total population! And thus cell are an integral part of the modern man’s world.

Mobiles are definitely regarded as status symbol. The new age saying goes this way “Show me your mobile I will tell about u”. So people put in a considerable amount of time and effort in making a choice to pick apt mobile, which meets the need and status

To make your decision process simpler, here is the perfect and precise review of Nokia N8 – the smart phone by Kiruba Shankar, who heads BusinessBlogging Pvt Ltd, a reputed Chennai based Social Media consulting Company. Now just read on to know if this smart phone fits your choice

“The Nokia N8 introduces a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a large sensor that rivals those found in compact digital cameras. I have used the Nokia N82 which has a 5 MP camera and I was super impressed with the photos. So, I have very high respect for Carl Zeiss and Xenon combination. Expect very good photos from this phone.”

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Mr. Kiruba is a regular columnist in financial express. The column appears every Thursday and focuses on technology with a strong local perspective and a global outlook.

Here is an excerpt form one is his columns dated May 06, 2010

The first time I heard that Google was coming out with a phone, I thought it was a well laid-out prank. After all, Google is notorious for fooling people. Very soon, many reliable news outlets on the Web started to talk about it and the first pictures confirmed that it indeed was real.

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Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader. More precisely, it is a software and hardware platform developed by Amazon.com Four hardware devices, known as “Kindle”, “Kindle 2″, a third generation device simply called the “Kindle”, and “Kindle DX” support this platform. The latest hardware device, the 3rd generation Kindle with 3G support for use in 100 countries and territories, was announced on July 28, 2010.

Read on to know the pros and cons of Amazon Kindle written by Kiruba Shankar  CEO of Business Blogging, a social media consultancy and can be reached at Kiruba@Kiruba.com

It’s been over three months that I’ve been living with an Amazon Kindle. For those of you contemplating investing in an Amazon Kindle, this review would come in mighty handy. Amazon was one who practically created a market for eBook readers when they launched Kindle, very successfully way back in 2007. The first model was clunky but the technology was path breaking. The success of Kindle spawned an entire generation of rival products. In keeping with competition, the Kindle2 is a far improved product.

The biggest advantage for ebooks like Kindle is that they use the E-Ink technology that closely mimics the printed paper. You are almost tempted to touch the screen and feel the roughness of the paper!

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If you are looking to buy the latest iPhone 4 in India through the official channels, you might have to wait until Diwali. An Airtel executive recently confirmed to Reuters that the company is planning to launch iPhone 4 in India but around the September or October timeframe. There’s no mention of price but it will obviously cost you more than a mid-range laptop.

But prior to owing your iphone you definitely need to know the nuance of it. Here is the complete review of iPhone 4 by Mr Kiruba Shankar, who’s spearheaded several key events such as Cerebrate, Proto.in, TEDxChennai, Facebook Developer Garage, Chennai:

According to Apple, iPhone 4 will be more powerful, easier to use and more indispensable than ever. iPhone 4 comes with a new design, screen, processor, and also a new operating system (OS).

Face time: Through iPhone 4, video calling will become much easier. The Retina display on iPhone 4 is the sharpest, most vibrant, highest-resolution phone screen ever, with four times the pixel count of previous iPhone models. This technology makes the text amazingly crisp and images stunningly sharp. No wonder, Steve Jobs joked in the keynote, “Once you go Retina Display, you can’t go back.” In iPhone 4, you can multitask by running your own apps and this will not affect the performance of other apps or drain batteries. Great news for people who are mad about video recording, one of the key features of the camera is the ability to shoot HD (720p) video.

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Blogging is an emerging trend. It’s a place where people vent out their emotions, share their feelings and rejoice the success. In short personal blog is a personal diary – open to all

Some people blog to share their experiences with others, some try to influence the way other people think, and others wish to network or to meet new people, and some even do it for money

As you put forth your leg forward into the blogging world you would be welcomed by various small issues that may leave you puzzled. We are pleased lend you a helping hand for becoming a better Blogger. Learn the blogging secrets form One of India’s first few and most reputed blogger, Mr Kiruba Shankar.

I do know is a series of sure shot lessons I’ve learnt that’s helped me make my blog get a significant readership over the last nine years of blogging. Let me start with tips that will help you expand your blog’s reach.

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Mr. Kiruba Shankar is CEO of Business Blogging, Social Media Enthusiast, Podcaster, Teacher, Columnist, Wikipedian, Farmer and Proud Dad.

Kribs (as his friends call him) is a regular columnist in Financial express. The column appears every Thursday and focuses on technology with a strong local perspective and a global outlook.

Here is an excerpt form one is his columns dated May 27, 2010

When a product has high KAF a.k.a Kid Approved Factor, its time to give the product a lot of respect. Ever since a friend gifted me the Flip Ultra camcorder, my 8-year old daughter loves using it to rehearse as a TV anchor.”

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Kiruba Shankar, in this weekly column in Financial Express, writes about Google Android vs iPhone…

The first time I heard that Google was coming out with a phone, I thought it was a well laid-out prank. After all, Google is notorious for fooling people. Very soon, many reliable news outlets on the Web started to talk about it and the first pictures confirmed that it indeed was real.

I had the first real look at the phone during TED Active in February 2010 when Google decided to give a free phone to every participant. Not to mention, I was overjoyed. This was my first real smartphone. I owned a Nokia N82 and a Blackberry, but I really won’t put them in the smartphone category.

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