For those born in the 80s, entertainment options were few. Other than Bon Jovi and Back to the Future, there wasn’t much else happening, i.e. until the arcade games came along. Only, no one then had a fleeting clue that this rage would evolve into a full-fledged industry. Starting with wall-sized machines hosting mechanical controls, gaming today has us spoiled for choice. Just think about it… twenty years back, games were fun but restricted to gaming parlours, where one had to wait for hours before getting his/her 15 minute turn to play Donkey Kong. Now, you can to enjoy endless hours of your favourite games over the TV, computer or on the go with your personal gaming console. Yet, quite noticeably, it’s not the freedom of hours of gaming, but the experience that has leapfrogged incredibly. Take an example of the classic 80s game Super Mario Bros (Nintendo), where the plumber brothers strutted across the pixelated mushroom kingdom to rescue princess Toadstool. It has come a long way since with below average resolution to a crisp 3D. Another example of FIFA, which once was played using a PC keyboard/mouse or a wired remote control, now follows motion sensor gaming. Just face your console (Xbox 360 with Kinect) and pretend to be in a football stadium and you could feel like [...]
Fashion lovers rejoice! HomeShop18’s End of Season Sale on men’s formal and casual wear has begun. This collection includes smart t-shirts, shirts and caps from reputed brands like John Players, Wills Lifestyle and FIFA. With a product for every occasion – casual, formal and party wear, you can pep up your weekdays as well as weekends. There are only limited stocks available, so if you like it, buy it right away. You can also indulge more, with the sale on office wear – Fashion @ Work. It offers a range of outfits, jewellery, watches, fragrances and grooming kits to jazz up your professional look. The collection includes trendy ideas for both, men and women. Formal and semi-formal attire like shirts, trousers, kurtis, jeggings, and sarees are on offer. You can choose from a range of smart accessories like wallets & handbags, organizers, laptop bags and belts. Stylish jewellery for both men and women is also available. It includes bracelets, chains, rings, formal sets, earrings and bangles. To enhance your image and make a smart impression at work, there are a variety of perfumes, skin care products, hair styling kits, epilators, shavers and trimmers. What’s more, End of Season Sale and Fashion @ Work, both offer discounts upto 70% to help you save big as you revamp your wardrobe. HomeShop18.com has [...]
We, at HomeShop18.com, always attempt to bring you the widest range of products and the finest assortment of brands in terms of whatever we offer. We believe in making your lives better by gifting you ease, convenience, affordability and the wealth of good health in every way we can. Today, our constant endeavours to deliver only the best have made us the undisputed leader in nonstick and hard-anodized cookware. We now have some of the biggest and most famous brands under one roof, like: Nirlep Nirali Crystal Kishco Bergner Wonderchef Pigeon Prestige The modern kitchen is equipped with hi-tech appliances and fancy crockery to blend in with contemporary home decor. But, with the number of health conscious people on the rise, kitchen essentials have also gone a long way in making cooking fast and fat-free. Thus, an increasing number of people are now looking for cookware that not only adds to the style of their kitchen, but is fuel-efficient and durable too. Non-stick and hard-anodized cookware are poles apart when compared to ordinary cooking utensils. Their advanced features make them more useful and valuable. Let us have a look at what each of these are and how exactly do we stand to benefit from them. Non-stick Cookware – This cookware is designed with Teflon coating to prevent food from sticking [...]
In the last post, you read about the difference between Parfum, EDP, EDT, EDC & Deodorant, and the types of Fragrance Notes. Read on to know more about perfumes… The correct way of applying perfume – Generally, experts consider three methods most effective when applying perfumes: 1. Spraying on pulse points: Certain points of the body that generate heat will help release the maximum scent of your perfume. Typically, these pulse points are: Behind the ears Hollow of the throat Inner side of the elbows Inside the wrists (Do not rub your wrists together after application) Cleavage area Behind the knees and the ankles 2. Spraying in the air: You need to spray the perfume lightly in the air and just walk into that area, allowing the scent to diffuse evenly over your body. The best way to spray it in the air is to start from the floor and continue spraying in a straight line above your shoulder before walking into that space. But, according to some, this method can lead to wastage of perfume as the fragrance collects on the floor. Also, it’ll work better if you try it with deodorant sprays rather than perfumes. 3. Layering with similar products: Layering perfumes is the process of using products from the same fragrance line together in such a way [...]
The number of people upgrading their homes seems to be on the rise – Over 250 Home & Kitchen products and Household Appliances were sold everyday. Looks like kids are busy having fun nowadays – Around 100 Toys were bought everyday. It’s good to see that India is getting style conscious by the minute – A Fashion item was purchased every 3 minutes, i.e. over 500 items everyday. Pursuing a hobby or indulging in personal entertainment is no more a luxury – A Camera or an Electronic item was sold every 5 minutes. It’s amazing how geeks just don’t seem to have enough – Over 1000 Computers & related accessories were sold everyday. All of a sudden, communication seems to be the lifeline of our nation – About 100 Mobiles and related accessories were shopped for every hour. We’re glad that people are getting merrily addicted to online shopping – Close to 1500 unique items were sold on HomeShop18.com everyday. We delighted our customers with our services and the endeavor continues – Online buyers from over 350 locations in India shopped on HomeShop18.com everyday, in 2011. Happy shopping folks. Biren Sampat, Head E-Commerce Strategy & Analysis, HomeShop18
If you could spend 100% of your time painting the future of eCommerce on a canvas that will touch over one billion consumers, and had the strength of the #1 Media Company behind you, what would it look like? Last year has been a busy time for HomeShop18 engineers as many of our team members celebrated the launch and growth of several projects. Same time last year, we were a small, lean team of ten, working round the clock towards our goal of becoming a leader in e-commerce, in India. As of the end of 2011, com-score data shows that we are one of the largest e-commerce players in terms of traffic, owing to our 410% growth over last year, while e-commerce in itself is growing at 70% per year. Taking these numbers as our driving force, we are now looking to scale up our technology team to match the swift expansion, ever-increasing demand in functionalities from our product team and providing a seamless user experience. Since day one, our focus has been on building a rich software platform for the technology-intensive website and TV business. To achieve this, our young pool of talent has been working on a slew of technologies – search, information retrieval, data mining and business intelligence. In addition to the aforementioned, the team has also [...]
Everyone wants to smell like a dream and many products in the market will promise to fulfill your desire. But, does the fragrance really last you long or vanish within seconds of spraying? Do you ever get stuck with an answer when anyone asks you ‘What perfume are you wearing today?’ Are you still in search of your signature scent? Well, whatever stage of discovering perfumes you are at, you might want to keep these tips in mind to make an informed choice the next time you buy a bottle of fragrance. Difference between Parfum, EDP, EDT, EDC & Deodorant Perfume extract consists of strong aromatic oil. Alcohol or water is usually added to dilute it, else the scent can get overpowering. It is this concentration of pure perfume oil to the amount of alcohol in the blend that creates the different types of perfumes. The higher the concentration of perfume oil, the longer the scent lasts. The % by volume that you see on the bottles is the amount of alcohol that is in the fragrance blend. Perfume (Parfum) – This consists of maximum concentration of perfume essence, i.e. 15-30% and is the strongest fragrance available. You can just dab a little amount and the scent will linger for up to 6 hours. But, pure perfumes are usually very [...]
The New Year has brought along hordes of fun and happiness in its wake. Not to mention, a long list of demands from kids to add to the tantrums they always throw around. But frankly speaking, it does make one feel good to decorate his/her kids’ room in bright and beautiful colours. And the best part is the smile that lights up their face when they see what their parents have done for them. Naughty as they are, you cannot deny that your little hero or angel actually makes your fatigue ebb away as he/she runs into your arms after a hard day’s work. Kids respond to different colours differently, but more often than not, bright colours infuse them with an infectious enthusiasm. A kid’s room decor can also affect his/her mood to some extent. So it’s best to keep your child’s likes and dislikes in mind while choosing a theme for decorating his/her room. While some kids are particularly fond of soft toys, others just love to sleep on a bed wrapped in their favourite characters. Also, there is the perennial problem of storing their toys in some place safe and accessible. In this context, it is better to look for items that would not only add to the charm of your kid’s room, but would also serve some [...]
Every decade sees the release of thousands of comedy movies around the world. Some are really good. Some are just bearable while the rest are happily discarded as ‘70mm trash’. On further dissection of good ones, most are forgotten within hours of viewing and only a handful are remembered for days, months and years. It’s these movies which go into the physical and web archives as Classics. That one genre of timeless comedy that is sure to crack you up EVERY… SINGLE… TIME! They are the 120~ minutes of awesomeness that you crave when you’re down and low. They are the most cheerful memories from anybody’s movie-watching timeline. These are the movies that definitely belong in a movie-buff’s collection. Why especially comedy, you must be wondering. Well, because you never grow out of it. Humour never gets old. Whatever made you laugh 20 years ago will continue to do so 20 years later – be it Charlie Chaplin’s Collection from back in 1910s, Padosan from the 1960s or the Scary Movie Series from 2000s. The patterns of movie-watching may have changed since the 90s with the advent of internet and “free movie downloads”, but the essence remains the same… hysterical fits of laughter just when you need them the most. So, if you’re planning to get your friends over for [...]
With the fast paced lives we lead today, online shopping has made things a wee bit easier. Not only does it save our valuable time, but also opens up new shopping avenues to explore. This coupled with great discounts, high product quality and speedy delivery has led more and more consumers to opt for online shopping. Many people, however, are still wary of shopping online because of the risks it involves – one of them being the issues concerning the safety of online transactions. Cases of trickery and identity theft are also not unheard of. Here are a few things you must keep in mind while shopping online to ensure that your transaction is safe and secure. • Check if the URL of the payment page begins with https:// or http://. Use the ones that begin with https:// as the “s” in “https” denotes that the website is safe for online transaction. • Use a site with an approved Secure Socket Layout (SSL) digital certificate. Such sites have a symbol emblazoned on the page where you make the payment. You can find out more about the certificate by clicking on the logo. • Avoid sites that do not accept credit/debit card. Using cards is the safest means of transacting online. • Secure your computer with a good anti-virus, anti-spyware software [...]
