Archive for April, 2010

Flash will be Supported by Android 2.2 Says Google

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Andy Rubin from Google in an Interview with the New York Times disclosed that the new version of Android mobile OS is going to support Flash.
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How To Choose The Right Apple iPad For You

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

apple ipadApple iPad is a wonderful small yet powerful device with many features and a stylish look. The options available with iPad are so much that one could get easily confused on which iPad will be the most appropriate for him. Here is a little guide on how to make an appropriate choice for the iPad which you will carry!

Instructions

1. Amount of Storage

The first parameter to decide upon is the amount of storage space which you will need. What are your usage plans for iPad? Do you want to use it as a digital picture frame and keep a lot of pics of friends and family? Or do you want to keep a lot of games and apps? Or are you a writer and want lots of your articles stuff? All these depend on the type of work you do and thus according to it, you can decide the space.
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Now Share Your Documents Online With The All New Docs.com

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

We have been using services like Google Docs, Slideshare and Scribd till now to share our documents online. Now, you have a new option of sharing your public documents. Microsoft has come up with its new online document sharing platform called docs.com (The name couldn’t be any better). It lets you share your MS Office documents as well as create new documents online.

The site says it is still in beta but will allow you to create and share documents. Microsoft’s Docs.com has also integrated Facebook and you can share you documents with your Facebook friends using this platform.

Now you can socialize with your Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. Your Facebook friends can view and comment on your shared documents even if they do not have Office installed on to their desktops.

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10 Places Where It’s Unexpected To Find Linux Running

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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The open source wave is catching up slowly and governments as well as businesses are realizing it’s power. The most well known open source software that we know about is definitely Linux. Its really a boon that such great piece of software is available to us for free. Just because of the cost advantage it is definitely a good idea to check it out before you decide to go with any setup. Here are some places which have adopted Linux over Windows.

Virgin America

According to CrunchGear, Richard Branson’s Virgin America also uses Linux to run its in-flight entertainment system. It is known to use Red Hat and Fedora and chosen specifically due to its agility and stability which was proven after four years of testing.
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How to Improve Cell Phone Reception – Infographic

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Cell Phone ReceptionCell Phone industry is really on a boom and things have changed rapidly in the past few years with big players like Apple and Google Jumping in. We have the best phones with us but it seems that operators are not able to catch up. According to a survey it was found that around 70% of the people have experienced poor quality of signals and dropped calls.

Reception quality is most of the times not because of your phone but due to the service provider. But, just because you are not getting quality signals your service provider is not going to fix it. Ideally, they should, but I am afraid it will not happen in most of the cases. (more…)

Simplest Way to Add a Forum to Your Website

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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Forums tend to keep traffic on a website and make the visitors scroll about 50% more pages. To turn your passive blog readers into participating members, you need a Forum for your website. If you want that your website should contain a forum, no need to take pains now! You just need to take help of Tal.ki ! It is a new forum product from Lefora. To add a forum to your website, just go to Tal.ki , embed link and put it on your website : You’ve got a forum!

The most exciting thing is that you don’t need to create account – you can sign in with a variety of services like – Twitter, Google, Facebook, or OpenID.

Take a look at the sample forum : Click Here

iPhone 4G Pictures Released – Is This How It Will Look Like

Monday, April 19th, 2010

iPhone 4G ImagesThere have been grainy pictures of iPhone 4G all over the internet and now engadget has come up with some new ones. They call it the real iPhone 4G pictures. There have already been so many fakes and even these were considered so initially. But, John Gruber who keeps a watch on Apple Products confirms that these images are real.

The new version of iPhone looks pretty different from the previous ones especially the missing aluminum casing. Gruber did some research and came up with the patent that Apple filed in 2006 regarding ceramic enclosures for hand held devices. Not only these are unbreakable but radio transparent as well. (more…)

Flash Versions of Super Mario for Classic Game Lovers

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Super Mario ClassicThere are a lot of sites offering Flash Games but I was personally never interested in playing them. But when it comes to Mario I love every aspect of the game. Incidentally, I landed up on a page which talked about Super Mario and Flash games and directed me to this page. When I played it for the first time I started getting a hang of it.

I found out that people have been creative with this game and invented their own versions. It’s not just the plain old Super Mario but more than one games blended together to give you a completely different experience.

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iPhone OS 4 Release Announced by Steve Jobs

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

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Impress Your Prospective Employers with a Visual Resume

Friday, April 9th, 2010

visual resime exampleTimes are changing and so are the ways of impressing your prospective employer. I am sure you are also one of those who have those boring resumes in MS Word Format. All these years we have been seeing them and in fact bored of seeing them.

They have been around since days of snail mail and yes they still work but to catch the immediate attention of your prospective employers you have to get your creative side out. Have you heard of something called as a Visual Resume?

Visual Resumes can really make a difference and if you haven’t used it till now you should give it a try for your next job.

What is a Visual Resume

In a visual resume you try to tell your story through pictures and other forms of media instead of text. (more…)