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If you use Parse for sending Push notifications, you might be struggling a bit like we did initially to add images to these push notifications – no explanations needed for why image notifications are way better, open rates go up dramatically with good image notifications. Thanks to the FB Start session organised by Facebook in Gurgaon in August 2015, we met the Parse team and were able to understand from them first hand how to do this. Mentioning on the information here so it can help many other developers who are using Parse too:

1.     You will need an image URL to be able to add this to Parse Json while sending the notification. Please use your own backend CMS to be able to do this and generate an image url for the image you wish to use for your notification

2.     Add image tag and image URL in parse json

3.     Send this json msg + image tag using parse panel as you normally do

4.     Your app will  receive this json in receiver class through  parsereciever

5.     We convert this image URL to bitmap and then we use pushnotification.compact class which provides a method name bigImageData and we need to pass this bitmap image to this bigimagedate method in pushnotification.compact class and that’s it! When your customers see this notification, they will see this with the image

We celebrates Independence Day on August 15 each year, so a gazetted holiday is held annually to remember this date not only because it is a holiday also you can get amazing discounts & offers as well online. 

Online Shoppers celebrate Independence Day the same way they celebrate every other national festival or holiday: by offering big deals, discounts and sales. Here are a few of the best deals you can take advantage of this Fourth of July week. 

The big brands -- Like Myntra -- is offering "spangled savings sale." That means 42 percent off when you shop any product at their website. They will share code which will be only good till Independence Day weekend till 12 midnight, so check the site  & shop your maniac. 

Through the end of the holiday weekend, Jabong is also offering a coupon for 40 percent off on anything in  online stores. But note the fine print, which excludes basically all the categories, like apparel, accessories, footwear  and so on. See the site for full details. The coupon is valid through weekend on Sunday, August 18. 

If you want a sale where you can actually get a discount on electronics, check out Flipkart's Independence Day sale, which lasts through midnight on the night of the Sunday 18th August. You can grab everything from Rs. 200 cables to Rs. 500 headphones, and there are also discounts on laptops, tablets, monitors and TVs. Some of the deals can be discounted further. 

Don't Forget to check LafaLafa site to get an extra Cashback and Discount. 

Excited at the release of the new version of your mobile? But at the same time also confused on which one to buy as various brands with different models and colors are in line? If you can relate to this dicey situation, then LafaLafa is the best shopping platform for buying your next mobile! With the scorching sun shining over your head, you surely won’t want to give yourself a headache going out for shopping. Here LafaLafa comes to your rescue by providing you innumerable options on a single platform, which you can go through while sipping a cool drink, all under your roof. You also need not walk through different roads finding different showrooms of Samsung, iphone and Motorola, deciding which one to buy.

Just log in to Lafalafa and et Voila! you will find all mobiles of all brands of all colors! You must have done online shopping before from other shopping platforms, but the reason why LafaLafa is a notch ahead is that it provides you all the shopping stores on one platform and lets you compare across the prices and deals. Apart from the cool comparison offer you are at an advantage buying from LafaLafa as it gives you extra discounts. With the flipkart discount on your mobile, you also get an extra discount from LafaLafa on your mobile. Currently, there is 16% discount on flipkart mobiles such as Mototola E, G and Zenfone 2. And not to forget the uber cool cashback you earn on general shopping at LafaLafa and also the unique referral scheme which makes you earn a lot of cash while referring it to your friend and making them sign up.

An early morning login to Facebook has now become an integral part of my daily routine since the day doesn’t seem to start for me unless I see the everyday change of profile pictures or the goddamned newsfeed crammed with “Stop Yulin” shares. What came as a surprise was a Flipkart promotional post with “BIG APP SHOPPING DAYS” flashing. The post somehow caught my attention since the Flipkart app on my phone was yet to be put to use and it seemed like a proper time to actually go through what they had to offer. Interestingly enough, I was joined by my best friend and both of us started hunting for our favourite products on our phones when she told me about the extra cashback LafaLafa was offering on shopping between the 22nd and 24th of July from the Flipkart app via LafaLafa.

LafaLafa launches Campus Ambassador programme

By Radhika Shanker, Campus Ambassador Programme, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University

To all the enthusiastic and creative individuals out there who feel they can work with a fast-growing startup, LafaLafa launches it’s Campus Ambassador Programme. LafaLafa is offering opportunities to students of institutions from all over the country to work with them as campus-leaders and perform engaging and exciting tasks. Do you feel you have the ability to create a buzz around people? Do you have a knack for marketing online?  Do you feel you can create a substantial impact on people? If your answers to the above questions is in the affirmative, then the Campus Ambassador programme is custom-designed just for you!

This programme looked inviting and appealing to me personally because they have a lot of incentives to offer to students. Being an undergraduate student from Delhi University myself, I feel that the tangible incentives offered in the form of letter of recommendations and future internship opportunities with a paid stipend are really beneficial for any college student. Also, student-friendly offers like LafaLafa cash back on recharges and food orders from major companies like Flipkart, Paytm and FoodPanda can lead to huge savings specially for students like us with a limited budget and more of broke days :).

When hunger pangs hit you during midnight, it’s the end of the month and you don’t really have a heavy pocket or a debit card full of cash, you furiously start hunting for discount on food ordered online and that was when I came across this amazing coupon and cashback offering website called LafaLafa which apparently  makes you “laugh your way out to maximum savings”(which is quite an innovative tagline that further drew my attention to this portal).

Getting Started: The logic procedure for LafaLafa is quite simple and fuss free. After the login, you can browse through the various categories of services which have offers attached to them.Being a complete foodie, I was extremely elated when I saw a “Food and Drink” category on it.

Choosing my restaurant:  LafaLafa, very comprehensively, shows a list of restaurants, the amount of cashback and the number of discount coupons/offers available for that particular restaurant. JustEat was my choice from the list of restaurants  they had to offer owing to the high cashback value and an available discount coupon. LafaLafa redirects you to the website and your visit is noted so that you are automatically credited with your cashback within 72 hours once a notification is received confirming the order.

Getting my best deal : Browsing across the menus of my favourite restaurants, I chose Subway and The Rural Punjab since both the restaurants were offering a whopping 40% discount on the billing amount. I could order something really healthy and filling for myself since I’m trying to lose weight and some authentic Punjabi cuisine for my room-mate to satiate her for the night without having her complain for more.

The Final Verdict: Through LafaLafa, I managed to save a total of around Rs. 215 and also got an extra cashback of Rs. 96 which is quite a deal for a serious foodie like me for whom websites like JustEat and Foodpanda serve as lifelines. We are relieved of the tedious procedure of hunting for discount coupons on various websites and quite effectively and easily maximize our savings by knowing the banks which offer an additional discount when their card is used. What differentiates this particular portal from it’s competitors is the extra cashback they offer in addition to the regular discounts. Also, we’re updated about what is coming up.  The hottest deals are just a click away!

LafaLafa is one of India’s leading coupons and Cashback shopping website and mobile app, the easiest way to save on the favorite goods from the favorite brands. The popularity of the website among students can be gauged by the fact that within three weeks of its launch, the app has been downloaded by more than 50,000 people. It is a one stop shop for all offers and covers a variety of brands, all done by taking into consideration the students’ choices. Till now, to buy a pair of jeans, one used to open multiple tabs of multiple brands all in order to get a discount and a cheap price, but how wonderful it would be to see all our favorite brands at one website, updating ourselves on the latest sale, discount, and coupons while giving extra cashback! Yes, LafaLafa does it all.

With limited pocket money and everyday changing fashion, students wish to buy things which are not too heavy on their pocket and also enable them to save a lot. LafaLafa is a very student friendly website, which while making their shopping experience enjoyable, also gives them ample opportunities to save their money.

One of the interesting feature at LafaLafa is ‘extra cashback’ on all offers. When one visits any of their favourite 250+ stores through LafaLafa, the stores give them a referral fee which LafaLafa shares with their customers, given back as Cashback. To get cashback, one simply needs to register with their name and e-mail, and then browse through the 250+ partner store offers, select a product, and get the cashback in payable status in about 6-10 weeks of transacting.  Apart from cashback, customers can also get the best deal on offers by comparing offers across banks and stores, and they also get bank offers for which LafaLafa is not commissioned. One can get maximum savings by choosing any of the cards one has, debit or credit. There are offers on both debit and credit card from all the top banks! Everyone must have shopped with coupons on different brands, but what differentiates LafaLafa’s coupon program is that it offers all the best coupons in one place. All one needs to do is to login to LafaLafa and see the available coupons, offers, vouchers and freebies that are going on, all in one place, there is no need to visit different websites for various coupons, deals and offers. There are 250+ partners with LafaLafa and all of them provide interesting coupons, vouchers and deals.

What is fascinating is that there is a ‘deal engine’ which strives to give the consumers the best combination of offers, and will show what all offers are applicable on the products one chooses. No more worries on remembering all the offers! LafaLafa website has also been personalized to avoid giving any inconvenience to consumers, it has a calendar on its home page to keep one updated on the various offers and also provides a heart button, to save all the products you wish to come back to later, compiled in a ‘My favorites section’.LafaLafa also takes care of its commitment towards society and has an interesting concept of contributing cashback to various relief funds. Hence, one can contribute their desired amount of cashback to relief funds and help out the people in need.

The season to save extra with LafaLafa is here! All you need to do is sign up and keep shopping! 

Contribute your cashback and we will match it Rupee for Rupee.

Our heart goes out to all our friends in Nepal and we want to help in any way that we possibly can, we are sure that you also want to help. Here’s what you can help us with so together we can contribute more:

Use your cashback for contributing to Nepal’s relief fund

We have created a section on our website redemption page(Charity Donation and Shopping Vouchers), please select ‘Nepal Relief Fund’ from the dropdown and contribute the amount you would like from your ‘Payable’ cashback

We will match this amount rupee for rupee all through the month of April and May

We will select the appropriate charity like Prime Ministers Relief Fund and contribute the lumpsump amount to them , we will post about this on all our social media pages to keep you informed

We will not be able to give individual tax redemption certificates as we will be contributing the entire amount as lumpsum

For any questions please write to us at [email protected]

Cricket, for mostIndians, is more than just a game. It’s an emotion - some even call it a religion! For many of you,this game may bring many different memories, but to me, the most strikingaspect is Superstition!

Hailing from afamily of ardent cricket fans, this peculiar element of the sport is unavoidable part of my cricket-watching experience. I want to quote this episode that happened a couple of years ago. Our entire family gathered to watch the India Vs Sri Lanka series. India, in that particular match, was struggling, with very few wickets in hand to win the match. My uncle, resolved that he would shave off his moustache if India won the match. Well, what are the odds - miraculously, India did win, and till date, my uncle does not have a mush!! May sound crazy to some of you, but all is fair in love and war, they say.. I could see the true love for the game and for India.

I am sure, most of you have similar stories to share!

There are other kinds of superstitions that people follow at home. My Dad only sits on a particular chair, and expects no one to move from their seats when the match is on. If by mistake, we do, and by our very poor luck ( Murphy’s law holds very true in these situations!) a wicket does fall… POOOOF! We literally get roasted by Dad!

No matter how famous a cricketer is, no matter many hours are spent at the nets, cricketers too have always had certain superstitions.

Says the “God of Cricket” – Sachin: “I always put the left padfirst, before putting on the right one”

MS Dhoni has 7 as his jersey number having being born on the 7thof July (7th day of the 7th Month – and so considers 7 lucky!)

Zaheer Khan carries a yellow handkerchief, Michael Clarke listens to loud music before he goes out to bat and Steve Waugh, carried a red handkerchief in his left pocket (which was given to him by his grandfather) and so on…

Every one holds some superstitious belief or the other – and hold it strongly only because it gives us a sense of security, amidst all the uncertainty prevailing around us! We expect miracles to happen - we hold on to some mystic belief in the hope that the situations works out to our benefit.

Here, at LAFALAFA – you can indulge in your superstitions and shop for your official cricket merchandise – GET the BLEED BLUE Tshirts, the caps, gloves gears or whatever you choose as your lucky mascot before the big match! What’s more? – You get Extra Cashback – So that’s another lucky sign guys- extra savings for lucky mascots! Grab them here today! 

India vs South Africa at ICC World Cup 2015 on February 22 is all set to be a fiery contest. The build-upto this one has been no less comical then what was for the India vs Pakistan match. After the explosive 'Firecrackers' ad that poked fun at Pakistan for never winning against India in any ICC World Cup, another one has now brewed up that pokes fun at India for not having won against South Africa till now. The ad shows South African fans hand over the same box of firecrackers to a bunch of Indian fans and teasing them with the ‘mauka’ catchphrase. (Watch the hilarious video here)

Continuing the video episode is another latest video from the youtube channel (Be Your Nick) which aptly mocks the proteas. The video rolls with some Indian fans enjoying softdrinks when the doorbell rings suddenly and the usual ad continues with two South African fans mocking Indians making them realise they haven’t yet beaten South Africa in an ICC World Cup contest. That is where the fun BEGINS! 

As the Proteas’ return, the Indian fans call them back by mocking them with a whistle. The surprised SA fans return unaware of what’s coming towards them. The Indians quickly return the box of fire crackers and direct the SA fans towards the wall. What happens next will leave you in splits!

Watch Indian fans response to Star Sports ad of India vs South Africa’s Mauka Mauka below,

It's that time of the year again, when Valentine's Day is around the clock. Being a festival of romance and love, the lovebirds are all preped up for the occassion. Pampering eachother with Gifts is considered as the best way to show affection these days. Gifting ideas have definitely got a lot more innovative with time. 

People used to present cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner but nowadays gifting is not limited only till here. Now, people also tend to arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel. Some Common symbols of Valentine's Day are hearts, red roses and Cupid. 

People who would like to have a romantic relationship with somebody may use the occasion to make this known to them. Many restaurants and hotels have special offers at this time. These can include romantic meals or weekend breaks. 

Now you can enhance your gifting experience this Valentine's with LafaLafa.com . Gifts besides being lovely can sometimes be a bit heavy on your pocket as well. Be the "Smart Valentine" this time around with LafaLafa and take away Extra Cashback on everything you buy. 

Here are some attractive gifting options that you may find worth it,

- Valentines Special, Upto 90% OFF On All Products at Shopclues​ + Upto 4.4% Additional cashback from LafaLafa

- Valentines Special, Flat 50% OFF On Men's Footwear + Additional 2.4% LafaLafa Cashback