Who Can Track Your Web-Surfing History

Whenever we visit a site, most sites will insert or update a small bit of code on your computer which is also called a cookie. A cookie allows a site to track your visits as well as monitor where else you might be surfing. Marketer's buy, collect and process this data such as location, brand preferences, purchase activity and other behavioral data. Each time you visit a site, additional data is added to above data types and marketers can grab that information for their own use. Experts advice to surf in privacy mode. In Firefox, look for "Start Private Browsing" under the Tools menu. In Internet Explorer, click the Safety link, then select InPrivate Browsing.In Safari, look for private browsing under main menu. It is safe if you log in your bank and email accounts every time you need to and avoid clicking "remember username and passwords".Some sites will not allow you to enter unless you allow cookies to be saved on your computer. If this happens, use "clear cookies" after you have finished visiting sites. This is found in most browsers. Internet Explorer and Firefox have recently added so-called do-not-track features designed to limit the information marketers can collect about you as your surf the web. As there is no law to stop them, these few precautions can protect some data from these marketers.

Clearing cookies and using privacy modes may keep the marketers away but your service provider may still maintain detail logs of your surfing which helps in crime fighting. leaving comments anonymously can also be tracked by your logging IP. Some websites also log IP addresses of visitors. So no matter how safe you try to be, there is still someone who is watching you. Happy Surfing :)

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Is it really so hard to decide?

Read in local media about Sri lankan Captain saying no to playing cricket in Pakistan.

This immediately sent line of thoughts running of the consequences this can bring to the country involved. What could result in such a statement being in International Press.....

 1. No Tourisim
 2. No Sports
 3. No Foreign Investment
 4. No Medical Tourisim
 5. No Foreign Students coming in
 6. Industries shut down as even locals move to safer places
 7. Un-employment on rise, shifting soon to Crime, hatred, civil war
 8. Foreign Aid stops flowing in
 9. Relations with the world start getting cut off
10. Country starts being looked as Terrorisim Factory
11. Local Investment starts leaving country for settlement abroad

All this means millions of dollars of revenue lost to the Gun. Is this good or bad, this is the question which can only be answered by the country who choses Terrorisim against economy, against going forward, against progress, against making it's people self reliant, against stopping brain drain to other countries.

Is this really a difficult decision? Does it really need a genius to figure out which side should one take? Terrorism or Progress. A food for thought...

Service really commendable

Arranging an event is not as easy as it sounds but if you have a good supporting team, nothing seems hard any more. Had a B'day party for our boss in Metropolitan Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai on May 23, team members were all tensed as usual, list of things yet to be completed, last minute decorations pending even after early start, pressure piling up and then suddenly help poured in...the supervisor stepped in with his team offering help even with stuff that was not included in the service package from the Hotel.

Hesitatingly we accepted his kind help offer and in less than an hour, were amazed to see everything under control, target achieved and we were ready with smiles to welcome everyone.

All evening, this gentleman stood with us with his loyal team ready to do anything at just a wink making sure there was no room for error. Seeing this, not only were we impressed by the Hotel management's abilities in chosing such excellent staff but also the team's unconditional support in delivering a lot more than what was supposed to be. Hats of to the entire team assigned by Anita and specially to the team leader who deserves a pat, sorry can't recall his name. Metropolitan again will be our next event venue...Thank you.

Etisalat...still a long journey

Etisalat being one of the oldest institutions has yet a lot of miles to cover before it can pride itself in being the best of the best. Usually a competitor brings correction in service pushing companies to deliver more but in case of Etisalat this still seems to be a milestone yet to be achieved.

Coming back to Etisalat after long 5 years was not by choice but by force as my new place is not yet covered by DU, I applied for elife, was shocked by getting connection the next day even after being told that it will take 5-7 working days. I said to myself, times have changed and was not aware then that my happiness will be short lived for it's 10 days since I got hooked to elife, yet cable tv is not working, calls to 101 were responded by 2 technicians visiting, noting serial nos, promising service to be restored in 24 hours, still almost half month lost, money wasted and no results.

When...When will you be No. 1 Etisalat? will that ever happen?

Service really commendable

In a world where customer service has become so rare, a visit to Trading Enterprise in Rashidya turned to be an eye opener.

The very first call was greeted by courteous staff who helped me fix an appointment at short notice, they also called me back to squeeze me in even earlier for a cancelled appointment.

Sms to remind me a day before and on the day of appointment, service advisor who not helped noted my requirements but also advised me on safety features.

All this in a day's work, amazing team. makes you believe in what they say....we care and it shows :)

Stop Plastic Bags

A recent trip to Jaipur in India, I was amazed to see what this comparitive small city has achieved that big cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai haven't.....getting rid of plastic bags!

I learned that in Jaipur one could be fined 1000 Rs for giving platic bags as a shop owner and even for accepting plastic bags as a customer.

Result.....the city is almost clear of plastic bags, none found any more on roads, none in garbage bags and no more worrying about environment.

If Jaipur can do it, can others not follow? a thought!

International City, Dubai - A Bargain with such low rents

In 5 years of living in International City, have seen the place grow with likes of spinneys, al madina, plug inns opening shops to serve this little community better.

From the place that earned its reputation due to Dragon Mart & its notorious sewage plant to now being a clean place after the plant was moved to Jebel Ali, ICity has lately become popular for it's low rent and easy access to city and jebel ali.

Bus services have improved greatly, taxis are available in plenty and with opening of carrefour, mashreq bank, dubai islamic bank, restaurants, clinics, laundries, pharmacies etc, one hardly has to venture out to the city for shopping.

Easy access to Emirates Road and Dubai bypass road, driving to Sharjah, Ajman or Jebel Ali now takes so much less time than being in town.

No traffic jams, no high rents, no smell from the sewage plant, close to Global village, Business Bay, Dubai Airport and Festival City, it real is a secret treasure yet to be explored.

I have enjoyed my stay here and as it has so much more room, am sharing my secret with others who would be able to make it their home.

Giving back something

We often read about people who take steps to do something for others.

How often does our busy lives allow us to do so?

It shall never happen unless we really start doing something no matter how small.

There is so much that can be done.....donate used clothes, donate medicines, books,
fees, drinking water, food and so on.

Why wait for the goverment or others to start?

Let each one of us do our bit starting today and soon we all will
be able to change things around us.

Everyday starting tomorrow, I shall do my bit and mention it here, if
you would like me to know what you did, email it to me on info@istechsoft.com
and I shall post your good deed so it becomes an inspiration for others.

Shall we start now?