rg's dashboard

rahul1042 replied on September 02, 2008 17:18 to the idea "Posting msgs through IM Clients like Gtalk and others" in Vakow!:

Ya good ideas!!!11
plz try to implement.

passionvaibhav replied on July 09, 2008 17:58 to the idea "subscribe to my sms fwds widget for blogs!" in Vakow!:

so u really implementedmy idea and that too so quickly banners is surely a gr8 thing u added bt it will be really gr8 if u cn come up with some kinda widget in which a visitor to my blog can just put in his 10digit phone no and vakow he gets a msg on his cell that you are now following passionvibs...

rg replied on July 08, 2008 06:31 to the idea "Posting msgs through IM Clients like Gtalk and others" in Vakow!:

I think IM integration is a fantastic idea which will make posting to Vakow! much easier for our users (and creates a perfect micro-blog scenario)

We'll most definitely build it, but at this stage I can't say when. :(

And, you're not asking for too much AT ALL.

cheers

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Sujit Philip replied on July 06, 2008 20:37 to the idea "subscribe to my sms fwds widget for blogs!" in Vakow!:

Yup!!!
Even i would like some kind of gadget like what he has mentioned above. Something like where in when a visitor visits the website, he can directly subscribe to my group by entering his 10digit mobile number.
It will be kind of convinient thing.

Moreover, then u can ask the site visitor to verify his subscription request by replying something to 9901554321 or something like that.

And one more thing i like the most is that unlike other websites, VAKOW is not using a premium number. I just love this place.

MMWWAAHH to VAKOW !!!

gaurav replied on July 01, 2008 10:23 to the question "SMS for comments" in Vakow!:

oh cool!, i still didn't understand the part about Posters though

rg replied on July 01, 2008 10:21 to the question "SMS for comments" in Vakow!:

This needs to fixed quickly and will certainly enable better conversations through Vakow!

Only thing that's slowing us down is that SMS for each comment might overwhelm the poster (or some posters) and hence want to do it with appropriate controls.

thanks for the question. and don't be sad.

rg replied on July 01, 2008 10:11 to the idea "subscribe to my sms fwds widget for blogs!" in Vakow!:

Hey Vaibhav, widgets is a great idea.

For now you can use the RSS feed to display your SMSes on your blogs. You'll find the RSS link at the bottom of your SMS collection.

A comment on the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

Hi Santosh,

Here's what you can do:
1. Confirm your device using twitter's international number (hopefully you'll start receiving smses)
2. Connect your twitter account with vakow account (to post via vakow's number) – rg, on June 13, 2008 06:42

Santosh replied on June 12, 2008 11:51 to the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

I am using Vodafone (Hutch) and still I am not able to send SMS it says "Message sending failed."

A comment on the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

Do you currently pay (if you're not on roaming)? No (it's against TRAI guidelines). So, receiving messages from Twitter doesn't cost either. – sol, on May 27, 2008 19:07

A comment on the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

No you don't. Receiving the SMS is not charged. However, twitter only lets you receive 250 SMSs per month. – Preshit, on May 27, 2008 17:56

Chaos replied on May 27, 2008 17:48 to the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

Do i need to pay for recieving twitter messages on my mobile phone ?? I am from india...

mdy replied on May 09, 2008 14:43 to the question "Any plans to bring Twitter track to the web?" in Twitter:

The recently launched Summize Twitter Search is also a great alternative.

You can filter results by language, by sender, by recipient, and more...

A comment on the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

Bearing in mind that this reply was posted 5 months ago, is it still current? None of our friends and relatives in India (West Bengal), including those with BSNL or Vodafone Essar, have been able to use the short code, other than to receive SMS. The short code also appears to be a premium rate number - is it still cheaper to send text messages to that than to Twitter's international number?

Isn't it possible to have a normal Indian number as an alternative (as seems to be offered by www.vakow.com/twitter listed by rg in his reply)? Finally, Twitter currently automatically encourages everyone registering an Indian mobile phone to use the 5566511 short code, even though it may not work for their mobile number. Shouldn't Twitter provide the usual international number rather than the short code to those users whose mobile numbers aren't attached to the listed carriers on a plan on which it works? – obhi, on April 19, 2008 22:14

obhi marked one of rg's replies in Twitter as useful. rg replied to the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511".

rg replied on April 04, 2008 08:32 to the question "5566511 is not working in India." in Twitter:

Hi,

We have just starting allowing posting to twitter via our 10 digit non-premium number in India.

It's cheaper than posting to a shortcode (regular SMS cost apply) and works on all mobile operators in India.

Please visit:

http://www.vakow.com/twitter/

You can complete your twitter registration by sending the confirmation SMS to their international number (one time) and then connect you account with Vakow! to post.

Please do send feedback at twitter@vakow.com

cheers
rg
http://www.vakow.com/user/rahulg/

rg replied on April 04, 2008 08:31 to the question "hi im from india,mumbai,using vodafone mobile on number +919819151190,,,,on trying to add mobile device number on twitter settings , im asked to send a code to 5566511 , after sending the code , i get back a sms on phone saying 'this service is not enabled yet' ,,,,, then im not receiving smses of those i m following on twitter" in Twitter:

Hi,

We have just starting allowing posting to twitter via our 10 digit non-premium number in India.

It's cheaper than posting to a shortcode (regular SMS cost apply) and works on all mobile operators in India.

Please visit:

http://www.vakow.com/twitter/

You can complete your twitter registration by sending the confirmation SMS to their international number (one time) and then connect you account with Vakow! to post.

Please do send feedback at twitter@vakow.com

cheers
rg
http://www.vakow.com/user/rahulg/

rg replied on April 02, 2008 08:49 to the problem "Can update twitter stauts via SMS using the India shortcode - 5566511" in Twitter:

Hi,

We have just starting allowing posting to twitter via our 10 digit non-premium number in India.

It's cheaper than posting to a shortcode (regular SMS cost apply) and works on all mobile operators in India.

Please visit:

http://www.vakow.com/twitter/

You can complete your twitter registration by sending the confirmation SMS to their international number (one time) and then connect you account with Vakow! to post.

Please do send feedback at twitter@vakow.com

cheers
rg
http://www.vakow.com/user/rahulg/

mdy replied on March 13, 2008 17:04 to the question "Any plans to bring Twitter track to the web?" in Twitter:

The other alternative is to use Tweetscan. This service lets you specify up to five keywords that you want to track.

It will then email the search results for these keywords to you on a daily or weekly basis.