Archive for September, 2010

Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrated With Great Enthusiasm

Sep 24th, 10 / 0 Comments

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CommonFloor Apartment communities celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with great enthusiasm and devotion. Apartment owners, owners association and all residents of apartments actively participated in Ganesh Chathurthi celebration offering worship and organizing various cultural programs.

Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the famous festivals of India celebrated with pomp and spirit. The festival begins with the installation of beautifully sculpted Ganesha idols in homes or mandaps. Many cultural events are organized and people participate in them with keen interest. On the last day of worship the idol is taken out in a colorful and musical procession to be immersed traditionally at a beach, lake or tank specially made for the purpose. Ganesh Chaturthi is the auspicious day and devotees celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with great passion and enthusiasm. It is believed that the task which  begins with worship of Lord Ganesh gets successful and celebrating Ganesh Chathurthi helps in prosperity and well-being of  family.

The event was successfully organized in CommonFloor communities with support of Apartment owners, residents and sponsors. The event started with the arrival of Ganesha statues and environment echoed with the hymns and devotional songs.

Many CommonFloor Apartment Communities in Bangalore including Raheja Residency, L&T South City, Ferns City, NGV Kumaradhara, Mahaveer Seasons, Veracious Sonesta successfully organized Ganesh Chathurthi events in their apartment complex. The Sponsors such as Aegon Religare, CITI Bank, Itrust Financial Advisory Services, Kodak Express, Sterling Holidays and Vinayak Skoda offered their services and exciting offers to the apartment residents during the event. The sponsorships raised through CommonFloor helped organizers and apartment owners to conduct a successful and entertaining Ganesh Chathurthi event in their apartment complex.

In Raheja Residency Bangalore, the event started with Pooja and bhajan by the residents of the apartment at 9 Am and in the evening various cultural and dance programs were organized. Bhajan Sandhya was organized for the resident by professional artists. In  evening at 7:30 PM  Ganesha Visarjan was done among the chanting of hymns and chants of “Ganapati Bappa Moriya”.

In L&T South City Apartment Bangalore, the event began with pooja by the residents of the apartment at 9 Am and followed by various cultural programs. The event was  made entertaining by dance and cultural program of kids. After Pooja and arati of lord ganesha, prasad were distributed to all devotees and residents of apartment. The event ended with Ganesha Visarjan. Fun and game events like darts and basketball for kids were also organized by CITI Bank.

Words of appreciation from CommonFloor Apartment communities


“It was very comfortable dealing with CF, and the clarity of communication was very good. CF could rope in reputed brands which stood out. We look forward to having more association with CF.” Nelofer, Raheja Residency, Bangalore


Thanks to CF team for helping us to raise the funds for this function and making it a grand success. I also checked with the sponsors who came over and got to know that they had a good response from our side as well which was great. Again thanks a lot looking forward for your support in future events” Sameer, L&T South City Bangalore.

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Halt on SMS deliveries, Govt. Ban on SMS Gateways for 72 Hours

Sep 23rd, 10 / 0 Comments

We will not be able to dispatch any SMSes for the next 72 hours because of a ban on SMS Gateways for next 72 Hours, imposed by Govt. of India as a precautionary step in the light of Ayodhya Verdit going out.

News Piece from The Hindu:

Bulk SMS, MMS banned ahead of Ayodhya verdict

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday banned all bulk SMS and MMS across India for next 72 hours with immediate effect in view of the impending verdict on Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits by the Special Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, scheduled for Friday.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, has directed all mobile telecom services providers to ban all bulk SMS and MMS service across India till Saturday, which could be extended further if the need arises.

For individuals, bulk SMS would be above 10 per day, while for companies it could be 100 or more.

The Home Ministry has asked the Department of Telecom to issue such directions following apprehensions from the intelligence agencies that anti-social elements and rumour-mongers could use SMS and MMS services to create tensions and disrupt peace in the country, particularly in communally-sensitive cities and towns.

A senior Home Ministry official said intelligence and law enforcement agencies would also be monitoring the flow of SMS and MMS for the next three days, and anyone found guilty of creating tensions would be severely dealt with.

Mobile operators have also been asked to keep a watch on the flow of SMS and MMS and keep government agencies informed so that prompt and proper action can be taken.

Reference: http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/23/stories/2010092363951400.htm

Google and Firefox issuing malware warning on 19-Sept for CommonFloor.com

Sep 20th, 10 / 2 Comments

Yesterday morning we received emails from few of our well wishing users about the warning being shown by google and blocking of commonfloor page by firefox and chrome browsers.

This was reported to us around 10 in the morning.

What was observed?

Here is what google diagnostics reported:

“Safe Browsing

Diagnostic page for www.commonfloor.com

What is the current listing status for www.commonfloor.com?

This site is not currently listed as suspicious.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

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Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, www.commonfloor.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

(http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.commonfloor.com/&hl=en) “

And Mozilla Firefox reported:

“Reported Attack Page

This web page at www.commonfloor.com has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked based on your security preferences.”

What action was taken by us?

By 10.30 Am IST we had identified the cause of the alarm and fixed the same. Although warning was not caused by CommonFloor server, we had quarantined the server and diverted all visitors to under maintenance page. At 11.00 am we reported to google for a rescan and review. Generally it takes 24 hours for a review, based on our escalated request a rescan was done within 12 hours and by 11.30 pm IST the warning had been removed.

As an added measure we also completed a security audit which reported no compromises.

What had happened?

As google had reported :” In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message”.

In our case the culprit was an ad server which was NOT the part of CommonFloor site.Advertisements are served from an isolated server, and no other CommonFloor services were affected at any stage. We deactivated the same. The vulnerability of the ad server was discovered and a patch was released on 18th Sept and Google had issued the warning to all sites which could be affected.

This issue had affect 1000’s of websites across the globe serving ads through that server.

Can I now safely browse Commonfloor?

Yes, your CommonFloor is completely safe to browse. In fact, it was a very small window of vulnerability which we closed as soon as we discovered the same.

You can rest assured that we have taken all necessary steps to keep your commonfloor and data safe. We also proactively keep a check of any new vulnerability discovered and update to patch up the same.

It was a humbling experience for us, for the fact that all the users who reported this to us did it out of the concern for CommonFloor. They themselves were confident of the services and wanted us to take appropriate actions to assure new users that this is a once in a blue moon kind of issue which would certainly be taken care of. Some of our users even suggested us pointers on what could technically be the issue and how we can detect a false positive.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and  thank our users for their understanding, patience and support to keep their commonfloor safe and secure.

image credits: Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alphageek

CommonFloor features in Financial Express’s story on Indian Social Media

Sep 5th, 10 / 1 Comment

Goutam Das
Posted: Monday, Sep 06, 2010

financial-express “… CommonFloor is a social media platform for apartment owners, helping in local networking. Know what book your neighbour is reading; what he thinks of the swimming pool no one visits; of dog menace in the locality; is he open to car pooling? … ”

” …There are 20,000 apartment communities on the platform from 95 Indian cities. About 500 businesses—starting from banks to car makers—are either advertising on the site or paying a fee to get recommended to consumers who need a product or service…. ”

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Email interface made Cleaner, Sweeter and Better

Sep 4th, 10 / 0 Comments

Did you notice the missing [# ID] in the emails from CommonFloor?

Well ya, its now cleaner, faster and better.

Its under close observance and would be improved even more.

Stay tuned.

Sub Groups Upgraded

Sep 4th, 10 / 0 Comments

Hope you’re having a great time this festive season.

Your sub groups at CommonFloor are now available with:

a) Change of Ownership

Existing sup group owners can transfer the ownership another member of the subgroup. Notice the Section that shows who is the current subgroup owner and check out the change owner link just below the image.

b) Subgroup Members Quick Search

Many a times you require to quickly search if you have already added a member to the subgroup, you can now do a quick search by typing the members’ name in the search box just above the box showing recent members.

Do check these new enhancements and stay tuned for some really cool features that would redefine what Managing an Apartment Community is.

Psst..  Treasurers and Property Managers, there is good news for you, stay tuned.

Quick Testimonials: Mumbai, Pune, Kochi, Chennai, Delhi

Sep 1st, 10 / 2 Comments

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“I found Commonfloor secure and very useful for my apartment.

We widely use commonfloor for Posting Notices, Online discussions and Maintaining a members database for all our requirements.

Till today I have been receiving excellent support.
I have already recommend commonfloor to my close friends and relatives.”

Mr. Philipose Mathew, Skyline Melrose, Kochi


“Commonfloor suits our purpose of apartment Communication and Management and has been useful.

SMS, Notice Board, Email Discussions, Members Database, Subgroups are the most commonly used by our residents.

The support has been very good. Mr. Vikas has been great.”
Mr. Hozefa, Twin Courtz , Chennai

“CF has been immensely innovating ideas on managing tasks of housing societies across cities.
I am really surprised to see such innovations. The followup done by CF officials and counter checks are absolute and creates a personal one to one relationship which is helpful and encouraging.

Some very fantastic attributes of CF
1.Its beyond management.
2.Human approach to problems faced by society.
3.High Level transparency.
4.Better Management of society events.
5.Polls keep the process democratic.
6.The society management is single point.

CF has been very useful and I found it secure for my satisfaction.”


Mr. Anand Yadav, Moderator- Meenaxi Apartments, Mumbai.

Also a User – Era Divine Court, Delhi



“First of all , let me appreciate the quality of web site , superb , bravo, very very good, Kodos to all your team, And when I came to know , people behind are Indian guys , I am just so proud ( I am tired of Google, NIKE, Coca cola, etc…. everything from US and china ) We in “Park Land Housing society” have recently started using your site, “commonfloor.com” ,and most of us agree that the services provided are excellent.

Support from CommonFloor  has been Very Good,I have asked some basic questions , and within 24 Hr commonfloor called me up and discussed my points.

Very very good”

Mr. Dhananjay Joshi, The Parkland, Pune



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