(10) Gadgets

Whenever people want to buy a new cellphone or camera, they check out the internet first. And because of this, they end up buying their wanted gadgets online.

(9) Memorabilia

Memorabilia are very hard to find. In fact, you will find very few stores that are willing to display them. For this very reason, the only time you will be able to find great deals on memorabilia of your favorite icons or events is when you search the internet.

(8) Tickets

Whether this be movie tickets, plane tickets, concert tickets or the like, the best way to purchase them is online. This is more convenient than going to the place of event just to buy a ticket. Plus, you won’t need to be part of a very long line.

 (7) Clothing

There are millions (okay fine, just thousands but who says the number can’t grow) of online clothing stores online. You got a brand in mind? For sure they have a website already up and running to serve your needs.

(6) Shoes

It is hard to find footwear that is original from others. It is more ideal if you look for shoes online so that your style remains original from those who are around you. Just like clothing websites, there are also lots of shoes for sale online.

(5) Music

Everyone listens to music nowadays through gadgets such as mp3’s, iPods, iPads and the like. This digital music does not come for free though. If you want high quality songs of your favorite artists, then you can purchase them online. They are actually relatively inexpensive.

(4) Toys

Many parents invest on good toys to make sure that their children develop their skills while playing. However, quality toys cannot just be found anywhere. You have to go online and search for the best toys that will suit your children’s need. There is a wider variety of choices and the learning possibilities are endless.

(3) Furniture

Malls and department stores have limited choices when it comes to furniture. And furniture is a big investment. As much as possible it is best to search for the best furniture you can find that will be worth your money.

(2) Books

Traditional books are out! EBooks are in! There are thousands of eBooks being sold daily through websites like Amazon or Kindle. All you need to do is register, purchase and read away! As long as you have an eBook reader and computer, then you can do so. Plus, eBook is less the clutter at home.

(1)    Applications

There are many applications for your gadgets that come for free. But those that are really useful and awesome come with a price. Many users buy applications such as games, photography apps, productivity apps and the like online.

10. Having a Positive Attitude:

As is the case in any life engagements, you ought to have a positive attitude for you to be able to succeed. Remember, diligence pays and you ought to ensure that you commit to stick to seeing your business succeed. Negativity will make you fail on the way especially when you encounter challenges.

9. Define Your Business:

For you to define your business you have to write a business plan. In fact, just like the offline businesses, writing a clear business plan that contains the precise descriptions and details of the business is your first step in starting an online business. It involves deciding on your products or services and even the budget for the business.

8. Developing a Marketing Plan:

This will help you in understanding your outline at large. The plan will show you how to start marketing your business to the virtual market on the internet, what you actually need to get there and how your business is doing.

7. Know Your Product:

Regardless of whether you are selling goods or services directly, having sufficient product knowledge is extremely important. You ought to intensively do your research both on the online and offline platforms so as to ensure that you get everything right from the beginning. It’s very embarrassing to show lack of knowledge when discussing about your product or service with your customer.

6. Know Your Market:

Of course, you cannot be able to sell anything if you don’t know who your target market is! You can find out where your customers hang out on the online forums so that you can answer their questions and link them to your site. Alternatively, you can package your site in such a way that it markets itself to the target audience. For instance, you can write SEO articles to market your site through article marketing and link building.

5. Developing An Online Payment Account:

If you have an online business, you ought to develop an online account through which your customers can make payments for goods and services. You should ensure that you use easy online banking platforms and accounts that are not too complex; such multifaceted systems scare potential customers from transacting business with you. Moreover, you should do some research before choosing the right online bank that suits your needs.

4. Developing a well thought-out work area:

Your home-based working space should be organized for easy accessibility and planning. Don’t allow the kids to play around your online business working area just because your business is home-based; without a doubt, someone can easily tamper with your confidential or financial details and put your business at risk. This will keep the tone of the working space official and professional.

3. Develop a Schedule:

You ought to set aside time to concentrate on your business without affecting your family’s way of life. Make sure that your spouse or kids understand that it’s your time to work and thus should give you time to do so.

2. Memorizing your various log-ins, user-names and passwords:

This is extremely vital so that you don’t end up wasting time on asking sites to help you retrieve your forgotten personal identification numbers. Moreover, it’s very risky to forget online banking financial details. If you choose to make a spreadsheet of these details, you have to ensure that it is password protected.

You always ought to ensure that you strive to give your clients more than their money’s worth. With the stiff competition on the internet businesses, you should make sure that you have your clientele’s interests at heart in order to get more leverage.

The greatest advantage of doing a home-based business is that you’ll get a chance to spend more quality time with your family and increase your income.

10. Affiliate Marketing:

The beauty about affiliate marketing is that you can sell products and services on the World Wide Web without having to manufacture, store or even ship the goods. All that you are supposed to do is send the leading companies prospective potential buyers and once the transaction is successfully made you get paid for the service. Moreover, you don’t need a huge capital to start this business as is the case with other businesses because you actually don’t have to buy the products or services.

9. E-book Sales:

There are actually two ways of making money through eBooks namely writing the books or selling other authors’ books. You can sell the eBooks of other authors through the affiliate marketing programs or better still by buying the rights of the eBooks before selling them from various sites.

8. Web Designing:

If you have the knowhow and the necessary skills required in designing or developing websites you can easily start making money by doing web design. All you need is the necessary hardware and software to start making money in this field.

7. Accounting:

If you’re a professional accountant, you can start bookkeeping on the internet. You can actually earn some extra income by doing some accounting on the internet right from your home. You can buy a tax franchise, if you have enough free time so as to provide businesses in your locality with the servicers.

6. Billing:

You can take up all the billing for small businesses in your area if you convince them that you have top notch financial skills. Medical experts such as dentists and optometrists can hire your services.

5. Transcription:

It’s common knowledge that professionals in the medical and legal industries need transcribers for their businesses. Good English language qualities can help you a great deal when it comes to transcribing.

4. Consulting:

This is actually a very vast area that is dictated by your particular expertise. So depending on what you can do professionally and your experiences in various areas, you can very well consult for different companies through the internet.

3. Interior Design:

Although, you won’t fully work from home with this particular field, you can still come up with customized interior designs that you can sell online. Alternatively, you can contact some of your local customers to hammer the details of the interior designs you design on your computer.

2. IT Services:

If you understand some of the quirks that come with the computers and how to go about solving the problems, you can simply make money from the comfort of your home. As a technician you can start a service of walking the computer owners through the problem of solving the problem. You can use emails, phone or live chats in talking with your customers and getting paid through the online banking platforms.

1. Freelance Writing/Editing:

If you have amazing writing and grammar skills, then you should consider using your strong points for making a living through the internet. You basically, need a computer and stable internet connection to start bidding for writing projects on some of the major article writing sites.

10. Samsung’s ‘Eco-tree’

This one appears on this list because it is remarkably clever and funny at the same time. Also, the whole prank consists of some writing and a picture of a tree. Zero dollars were spent in the making of this prank, making it possibly the lowest-budget prank ever.

9. Toshiba’s “Tube-Top’

Credit must be given to Toshiba for the creativity that is involved in this prank. Toshiba reported about releasing a laptop that can be used while in the water. Once again, the budget was quite small, with a laptop placed on top of a Floaty.

8. Bing Google

Okay we admit that Bing has not become popular enough to be used as a verb, but if you search for “google” in the Bing search engine, then the format of the page changes to that of Google, while the search engine would still be Bing.

7. YouTube is over

YouTube announced that website was actually a project to find out the best video ever made. The contest is over and after watching every one of the videos uploaded to the site, the results would be announced, in the year 2023. Google is the most generous when it comes to spending on pranks.

6. Twitter announces Twttr

Twitter announced on March 31, 2013 that the social network as we know it would now be available on a paid subscription of $5 per month. The free version would not allow vowels to be entered. This pranks is featured on this list because it is both believable and funny.

5. Google Nose

There is hardly any aspect of the internet, or even our daily lives, where Google is not involved. Reiterating its dominance, Google said it would release a service that would recognize different scents and give results on what the smell might be coming from.

4. Soundcloud debuts the Dropometer

There are dubstep origins to the term “drop” and Soundcloud took advantage of this.  The dropometer would point out on the graph exactly where the drops occur, while a song is playing.

3. College Humor is subscription-based

College Humor, which is a comedy website aimed at college audience, announced that you would only be able to read 4 articles and watch two videos for free. Different paid packages were also announced.

2. Google’s Treasure Maps

When it comes to the best and most worked on April Fool’s Pranks, there is simply no competition with Google. Treasure maps transforms modern maps into graphics that would have more to do with primitive times.

1. Snail mail uploads at Imgur

This one tops the list because it would have made the most sense about 20 years ago. Back then, internet was so slow, you would have been better off just mailing off the bundle of pictures.

10. Affiliate marketing

This is an online business venture that is suitable for budding business people who don’t have enough capital to start out their own online businesses. You also don’t have to spend money in running the business. Basically, you are supposed to promote other online products and services in order to make money. The affiliate business involves tasks such as per click services, copy writing and web marketing.

9. Blogging

These are chronological sites that basically discuss products, articles or journals and reviews of other topics. You’ll start making money in blogging by incorporating marketing or advertising on the blog post comments.

8. eBay and auction

You can also invest in selling or reselling other products on certain online platforms such eBay. Amazon is also another amazing example of such sources of online markets where you can sell or resell products.

7. E-commerce

They are businesses that enable business people to sell technologically based products or services. It’s a growing business area due to the rapid demand for such services and products.

6. Arts and Crafts.

Creativity and talent are very important in this kind of business. You can decide to showcase your arts and crafts on the online market and source for a wider clientele than the ones in your locality by opening an online site or selling them on shopping stores online.

5. Online research business.

You can also earn a living or get some extra cash to supplement your income by doing some online researches from the comfort of your home. You’ll get contracts from libraries, law firms, training institutions and individuals and get paid for it.

4. Freelance services

There are several professions that can be sold on the online platforms such as web designing, copywriting, article writing, programming, life coaching, telemarketing and photography among others that you can do from anywhere. So, regardless of your location you can still freelance online provided that you have a computer and an internet connection.

3. Recruiting

You can also conduct business by recruiting employees for companies over the online platforms. The company will pay you as a recruiter once you have successfully recruited an employee for them.

2. Consulting

If you are a professional in a certain field, you can offer specialized consulting services to companies that are outsourcing certain operations in their companies.

1. Virtual assistant

You can start a business of offering virtual assistant services to various companies on the World Wide Web. In other words, besides being a business owner you can still offer the virtual assistant services to other online businesses such as administrative services if you have some extra time to spare.

10. ProXPN

This service originates from the Netherlands and has two versions: free and premium. The free version is agonizingly slow but if you pay for it, you can get a steady 2 Mbps speed if your internet connection is fast enough.

9. Unblock US

The main reason for the existence of Unblock US is to get an American IP address. This means that you can watch Hulu, Netflix and iPlayer from outside the US. Remember that Unblock US does not encrypt your traffic; it merely changes your IP.

8. BoxPN

This service has servers located in 10 different countries including USA, Canada and Singapore. So you have plenty of options when it comes to choosing your virtual location. The speeds of this service are quite fast compared to other VPNs.

7. HideMyAss

HideMyAss is one of the more expensive VPN services out here on the internet. But you also get a quality of service that is worth every penny that you pay. The speeds can vary greatly with a minimum guarantee of 1.4 Mbps if you choose a very remote server.

6. VyprVPN

VyprVPN is an offshore company and is headquartered in the Bahamas. This means that the chances of their servers being raided under the USA PATRIOT Act are a lot smaller. But you do have to pay a lot of money for using their services.

5. Overplay

The most basic price plan that Overplay offers costs $5.00 per month and according to reports by its users, the average speed is around 6 Mbps, which is fast enough to stream HD videos.

4. AirVPN

The install and setup of AirVPN might not be as simple as most people would like, but the service is great and there are no bandwidth limits imposed on the users whatsoever. More advanced users will enjoy the remote port forwarding feature.

3. Strong VPN

This one costs $20 per month but you know exactly where your money went when you use this VPN. The downtime,
  if any, are minimal and users from the Pacific report that this is the best VPN that works for them.

2. VPN4All

According to users of VPN4All, the software is easy to set up on the machine and there are many useful features like instant IP switching. 24/7 support is offered  along with a full refund policy.

1. Witopia

This is arguably the best paid VPN service out there with its remarkable speeds, non-existent down times and 24 hour support. You will know how good it is only after you use it. It costs just $40 for 6 months.

10. Anxiety or pain catastrophe: A condition where one thinks worse when he is in pain. The availability of information on the internet had made it possible to find almost everything. One can relate the pain to experiences on the internet and can feel worse even if he is not suffering from that painful illness on the internet.

9. Eyes getting sore: It’s not surprising that staring at the screen for a longer period of time strains your eyes. Although it is not fatal but you need a good rest afterwards but an eye sore is as annoying as any other disease.

8. Back pain: Bad posture with long hours on a computer will definitely give you a bad back pain. With excessive use of internet the frequency of junk food intake also increases. Unless you don’t put your butt out and do some crunches and sit ups, you are going to end up like a grandpa.

7. Headache: Headaches may cause from tiredness or stress you take. All the stress that comes along when you have a slow connection might end you up with a bad headache. Or sitting in one place may also stress you out and give you a headache.

6. Munchausen Syndrome: This might sound weird but people fake illness on internet in social networks or chatrooms in order to gain attention. Such people need psychiatric treatment however, they don’t seem to seek help but they want to treat like serious medical patients.

5. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Sticking to one place for a longer period of time without drinking water or moving around can clot your veins in your legs. Get out of this virtual world for a while and get some fresh air and water too.

4. Internet Rage: Perhaps you might not think that using the internet can actually cause stress but studies have shown that unlimited information on the internet and our capability to access it very slowly causes stress. No doubt you see all those outrageous comments on blogs and YouTube!

3. Social network depression: When adolescents use social network to share their failures they get more depressed and develop negative emotions by talking about it over and over.

2. Upper Limb Disorder (ULD): The continuous use of upper part of body result in tissues damage or cramps. This disorder resulted when some of your tissues in your upper limb get damaged from excess use of computers.

1. Addiction: You are addicted when you can’t keep track of real time, when you can’t leave the internet and it is highly impossible separate your virtual and real world. In countries like South Korea, rehabs have been built for young to refrain them from using an excess of the internet.

1) When a system is infected, it will be known

When a malware or virus affects your system, you expect the PC to immediately crash or make sounds indicating the attack of the bug. It is reported that 93% people think that malware attack will certainly produce some sounds. 45% or more think it will crash. However these days a PC infection is clearly not visible as the system crashes or by the pop-ups.

2) Free antivirus offers security as paid ones

Most of the people have a general believe that if they are using an antivirus their system is not at risk. But this notion is completely wrong. Free anti-virus includes certain protection. Your personal information might be at risk. About 83% of the population think free anti-virus will safeguard the system which is not true.

3) Emails promote malware

54% of the population think that the malwer’s are spread through email only. There have been cases of cyber crimes through several website links as well.

4) Infected site hardly affects your PC

If you are thinking that a malicious or infected site won’t make much difference to your system, you are certainly wrong. Most of the cyber crimes take place in this way. About 50% surveyed web users are in the notion that their PC will not get affected by clicking an infected site.

5) Malware spread by torrents and other downloading sites

48% of the web users believe that downloading videos, movie from torrents and other site infects the system with malware. However there are reports to prove them wrong. Bugs enter the system by clicking on unknown and random sites.

6) Encounter of malware on porn sites

Most of the people fear to visit the porn sites as they think clicking sites will infect the system with a virus. This is not always truth. However porn sites have the greater risk of infecting your system with the bugs.

7) Firewall can protect PC from download attacks

Most of the people think installing a firewall will certainly protect your PC from virus attack. It is important to know that it is not effective to protect your PC from download attacks. A firewall cannot block the malicious tasks. It has been reported that 26% of the web users are wrong in this notion.

8) System is safe by not visiting the risky sites

If you are not aware of the cyber attack, please be alert because you might be a victim. For all those who think by not visiting nay risky sites will safeguard our PC, this is not true. Most of the hackers use highly trustworthy sites to create havoc. They manipulate the web banners and use web exploit tools.

9) If you aren’t opening a corrupted file you are safe

Many people are still ignorant as they think if they do not open the infected file; their system is not at risk. But this wrong belief creates havoc for many. It is quite possible that the malicious file can run without clicking on it.

10) Malware spreads by USB

Do you think that USB is the greatest means by which your system will be affected? Conficker worm prevents the bugs from being installed in the PC when your USB is connected to the computer.

10. Use Some Hidden Emoticons

You can access the wide array of Skype emoticons using the smiley icon inside the textbox. But did you know that there are a lot more smileys available than visible? Try typing (wfh) or (bug) into the textbox. For more, just Google “extra Skype smileys”.

9. Create Line Breaks

In Microsoft Word, if while typing you press the enter key, the writing cursor would move on to the next line so you can start a new paragraph. This is not how it happens in Skype. If you press enter, the message would be sent. Hold down shift and press enter to insert a line break.

8. Display Multiple Chat Windows

If you are instant messaging with more than one person at the same time, the standard view might cause you a few problems. To switch modes so you get a different window for every person you are chatting with, go to View in the menu bar and click on Compact View.

7. Stop Animated Emoticons

There is no shortage of people who would rather look at a colon and a parenthesis instead of a smiling face. If you are one of them, just go to Tools, Options, IM & SMS, IM appearance. Here you can change the option of being able to see emoticons.

6. Edit a Recent Message

If you noticed a typo in your message or accidentally sent your mother a message that was meant for you lover, then just press the up key in the textbox and change the message.

5. Heartbeat

If you are experiencing problems while chatting, making a phone call or sending an SMS, then you can use heartbeat to check whether it is Skype that is experiencing problems or one of the two parties involved.

4. Set up Keyword Notifications

You can change the alerts that you get in the Windows tray when logged into Skype by going to Tools, Options, and Notifications/Alerts.

3. Hide the Typing Indicator

When the person you are chatting with is typing a message, you can see an animation of a moving pencil to signify this action. If you prefer people not finding out whether or not you are typing, you can turn this option off by going to Tools, Options, IM & SMS, IM settings, Show Advanced Options. Uncheck the “Show when I am typing” option.

2. Change How a Contact’s Name is Displayed

If you want to change the display name of a contact, just right click that person’s name and press F2. Then type the name that you would like displayed.

1. Change the Font and Text Size

The default text size that Skype displays is quite small. To change that, go to Tools, Options, IM & SMS, IM appearance. Select the font style that you would like to see.

Below is a list of the most popular email clients that exist out there on the internet.

10. Sylpheed

This is a versatile email client. The amount of features that are packed under its hood are probably more than you need and the graphical user interface (GUI) is very user-friendly.

9. Alpine

This is a powerful console-based email application that would let you make use of every last feature that your email service provider offers you. There are few distractions in this program and quite a few things that you would have done manually in other clients are done automatically in this program.

8. DreamMail

In this application, not only emails but your RSS feeds are also managed. However, there are a few downsides in that it is available only in the English language, the spam filter is not that effective and only POP3 email accounts are supported.

7. Foxmail

This email client makes sending and receiving messages fun with its great features. This too does not support IMAP accounts and the text editor that comes built-in with the client is too primitive and does not have basic text formatting tools.

6. Mulberry

The power and versatility that is packed into this email client is incredible. Also, all the popular platforms are supported by this application.However, the user interface might not be found very simple.

5. IncrediMail

This is another fun and easy email application which has an effective spam filtering system. It also prevents phishing and fraud attempts that are made against you using your email.

4. Pegasus Mail

It is one of the most powerful and full-of-features email client that exists out there. However, its features are not readily available on its user interface, which could use a little polishing.

3. Windows Live Mail

This application by Microsoft which lets you access IMAP, POP3 and Outlook accounts has the option to be integrated with Windows Messenger and Calendar.

2. Opera

Opera is more popularly known for its web browser, but its email client is also good enough to be featured on number two on this list. The interface design is quite good and RSS feeds are also supported.

1. Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla, which is also known for its web browser, owns Thunderbird the number one email application. The junk mail filter is effective, and there is a built-in RSS feed reader too.