I have the interest of reading books and financial magazines when I’m free.I think reading is a perfect way to study things and remind ourselves of applying the knowledge to our daily lives.
Personal Money is a good local financial magazine under The Edge which always has discussions about the simple investments,the strategy,the concept of saving money etc and so I can keep my track of growing up my family fund by a right way.I believe the difference between a rich man and a poor man is of their thoughts.Thus,learning towards richness is definitely necessary.
I hope my friends could also know it and learn it from Personal Money.It’s monthly published and only RM9.00 if you are in Peninsular Malaysia.
According to Wikipedia,A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger networks, such as the Internet, as opposed to running across a single private network. The Link Layer protocols of the virtual network are said to be tunneled through the transport network. One common application is to secure communications through the public Internet, but a VPN does not need to have explicit security features such as authentication or content encryption. For example, VPNs can also be used to separate the traffic of different user communities over an underlying network with strong security features, or to provide access to a network via a customized or private routing mechanisms.
Why need a VPN?
In many countries,Internet Service Providers set some restrictions on their services.For example,in Dubai,ISPs blocks VoIP service;In china,ISPs block some websites such as YouTube;In Malaysia,ISPs block some P2P applications.
With using a VPN,your computer is showing an IP address assigned by the VPN server which is located outside the country that you live in.That helps the computer to bypass the monitor and censorship of your local ISPs.
Who need a VPN?
People who wants some more security.Nowadays many modem people like to have some coffee in Starbucks and get WIFI access there at the same time.However,since the WIFI network is open to public,the computers in that public network is fully exposed and less security.Applying a VPN,it encrypts all units transmitting from your computer to the Internet.That means you definitely could keep your privacy well.
People who wants to access some restricted contents/applications blocked by local ISPs may also need a VPN because it could bypass local ISPs’ control and set you free.
I set up a VPN(PPTP) server in Singapore currently and it’s working on a shared 10Mps connection which could provide a stable and high-speed service to the users.
If you want to try it the service,you could only pay RM6.5/US$1.99 for one-day trial.If you want to continue to have use this useful service,you could pay RM45/US$12.99 for one month or pay RM120/US$34.99 for one quarter.
I provide dedicated VPN(Shared speed,no GUARANTEED with best effort basis) as well.That means people who subscribe this dedicated VPN service could use it to do whatever legal things .It could handle normally up to 10 users in a server with a reasonable speed.(Some extra charges will be applied if you want to add more than 10 users in your VPN or you want to have some guaranteed bandwidth.It’s good for small/medium cooperations or groups of friends/gamers.)
For the dedicated server,the minimum subscription duration is 2 months and I will charge it for RM650/US$185 for the 2 months.Once I get the payment,I will go to setup it immediately and put it into service within 24 hours(during working days;order made during weekends,I will make it in the coming Monday).
*Since the foreign exchange rate is fluctuating currently,I may adjust the price slightly in a near future.For sure,I will also inform my existing customers in advance in order to pay the recurring payment at a new rate.
Once I receive the payment,I will give you the instruction to use the service within 24 hours.Every subscriber should leave a comment as a reminder to me.Please kindly let me know the pros and cons of my service after your trial and hopefully you will like it always.
Thanks.
*Note* The VPN service is not allowed to do any illegal activity according to laws and regulations in Singapore.It has no limits on usages,however,any activity which may cause overuse the resources(eg. heavy P2P downloading/file transfer) will be prohibited and once it happens,I will send acknowledge to the user firstly and reserve the right to terminate the account with no refund.Please be noted that all users must take full responsibility on their own activities.The terms and conditions are applied to both Premium Singapore VPN and Dedicated Singapore VPN.
Magpie is the very first Twitter-link ads program I know.It’s a very unique idea to publish ads in private Twitter channel.However,as I told your guys before,it always lacked of enough sources.
Yesterday night I received an email claiming that Magpie is going to give more Magpie-Tweets to its participants.With this change,all Pay-per-View model ads will shift into besides the existing Pay-per-View model ads,more models such as Pay-per-Click,Pay-per-Lead,and Pay-per-Sale models are coming.
The details are as follow:
First of all at Magpie, we would like to say thanks for taking the plunge and getting involved first. Over the last few months, we have been overwhelmed with the enthusiasm by Twitterers wanting to get onboard. In fact, as a result we have found that we couldn’t satisfy the demand.
And so, we have been working really hard to turn this around.
Finally, more Magpie-Tweets!
We are really excited to announce that all of our hard work has paid off. We have recently signed contracts with a number of award-winning communications agencies – working with renowned global household brands.
So what does this mean for you? Well obviously initially more tweets, but another exciting opportunity that this presents is the opportunity for you to earn more money per tweet.
New Compensation Models
These new alignments allow us to implement additional models of compensation, which as a Magpie-Twitterer, you will have a choice to be involved in. Starting today, the Magpie Network will be offering the following new compensation models. These are: Pay-per-Click; Pay-per-Lead; and Pay-per-Sale – in addition to the Pay-per-View model (which has been used to date).
These new compensation models are linked to certain actions performed by your followers and each come with compensation rates that are up to 20% greater than currently offered through the Pay-per-View model. Such an action may simply involve clicking on a link within the Magpie-Tweet (“per click”), the purchase of goods (“per sale”), or the request for services, the registration on a website or the subscription to a newsletter (“per lead”).
At the pre-approval stage, you will be made aware of the compensation model linked to a particular campaign – enabling you to make an informed decision as to whether you want to participate or not. To keep you in control while introducing these new models, all accounts that previously had pre-approvals deactivated, will be altered and pre-approvals activated.
If you have any questions, comments or feedback please contact us on [email protected] or check out our updated FAQs at http://be-a-magpie/twitterer/faq. Also, please take a moment to check out our modified Terms and Conditions at http://be-a-magpie.com/twitterer/terms.
At Magpie we are all really excited about being able to offer you these new income opportunities as we are dedicated in converting your tweets into bling-bling!
I tried Magpie for a few days and I found that my earnings stops after the first day.After checking up my settings,I got no evidence that there are errors on my side.Thus,I wrote a feedback to its customer service two days ago and I received the reply just now.
Hello there, Thanks for your mail. Please note that the tweet/ad ratio is a minimum ratio you accept ads along your tweets at. It is not guaranteed to receive a matching ad at every round though. Currently, we do not have enough advertisers to serve every Twitterer at full capacity yet.Just stay tuned, more ads are very likely to be available in a few days. Kind regards, Boris Ruf – Magpie & Friends Ltd. Boris Ruf 69 Great Hampton St B18 6EW Birmingham United Kingdom
All right,I think I have achieved the clear answer and waiting here is the only thing I can do now.Frankly speaking,I like the idea of Magpie so that I’ll eye on it for every update.What do you think?
I have the interest of reading books and financial magazines when I’m free.I think reading is a perfect way to study things and remind ourselves of applying the knowledge to our daily lives.
