Facebook said today it has paid more than $40,000 to people who have uncovered bugs on its Web site in the first three weeks of its Bug Bounty program.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Get ready for the photo-filter wars to begin.
Facebook plans to add a series of photo filters to its mobile application in the coming months with the hopes of drawing off fans of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system was a complete ground-up rewrite of its mobile OS. The Mango update adds many new features, and since the OS is quite an unfamiliar one to most users (given the dismal sales of WP7 devices), we've written this as an introduction and guide to help users get to know their handsets better. You may also want to check out our earlier review on the the first version of the WP7 OS.
Learning about the UI
Windows Phone's Metro UI is all about Tiles and Hubs, and right from the start, you'll notice that these tiles update based on the information received--if you have four unread messages, your Message tile will flip to show the amount. It's pretty intuitive and you'll easily understand what going on with your phone at a glance.Friday, 26 August 2011
Indian IT sector, riding high on the outsourcing wave to expand its global footprint, seems to get stuck with this conventional model. But it is not the endgame rather it shows signs of becoming stagnant.Once the realization sets in that the market is stagnating, and the existing business model goes "stale", these companies will have to think of what comes next. They will need to rejig their business models to garner growth and brand themselves as sustainable.
Microsoft has introduced an update to its Windows Phone operating system, code-named "Mango”. The latest mobile platform will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers with 500 new features and will offer fast browsing with Internet Explorer 9.The software giant demonstrated the speed of Web browser IE9 by comparing the time it took to load a Web page on a Mango device, on a BlackBerry from Research In Motion, on an iPhone 4and on an Android device from HTC.
Questions:
1. The Italians call it the snail, the Germans call it spider monkey, Dutch call it monkey tail and in Chinese it is called the little mouse. What am I talking about?
2. What is the present name of the Alexander Bell Telephone Company?
All the best to Guys Giving TCS IT WIZ @Ahmedabad.
Here are some of the preparatory questions as part of my daily set.
1. Identify the Logo:
Here are some of the preparatory questions as part of my daily set.
1. Identify the Logo:
Here concludes another Edition of TCS IT WIZ @Pune. Thanks to Tejas Deshpande (Stood Third in the Quiz :: And HAS BEEN QUALIFYING IN THE FINAL FOR LAST FIVE YEARS @ 4,2,2,1,3 respectively)
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Just how interactive do you want your game console to be?
Your hairdresser knows everything about you. So does your shrink. Soon it could be your PlayStation. Sony executives are apparently looking to give game consoles abilities that go far beyond tracking your movements.
The IdeaPad U300s would be Lenovo's first portable tagged as an Ultrabook--a category of sub-0.8-inch-thick laptops that has many of the hallmarks of Apple's MacBook Air. That is, weighing typically 3 pounds or less, constructed from special materials like aluminum or carbon fiber, powered by Intel Sandy Bridge processors, and priced--at least some models--below $1,000.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
With this type of surging growth, no wonder Facebook needs new digs.
Today it was revealed in the San Jose Mercury News that a second Facebook campus is in the works, even as employees are just starting to migrate from the company's current location in Palo Alto, Calif., to a sprawling new headquarters in nearby Menlo Park.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
According to rumors, HTC will unveil two new Windows Phone devices September 1 but no Android handsets.
By now, everyone should know a little about the hacking onslaught that has been happening around the world. Some hacking groups such as Anonymous, do it for a cause. Others, like LulzSec invade sites just to get in the headlines.
A recently emerged Web site, called RankMyHack.com, seems to be geared more toward bragging rights.
As long as they're not standing too close, your friends will think you've gone analog. Hipster glasses not included.
If you miss the feeling of carrying around one of those old-fashioned standalone cameras (remember those?), this case lets you dress your iPhone up like one.
The Wood Camera iPhone Case, from Photojojo, comes in bamboo or walnut engraved with old-school camera stylings to "up your photo-taking cred". It's made for the iPhone 4 and contains openings for the phone's volume button, headphone jack, power button, and camera flash.
Monday, 22 August 2011
The company made these statements ahead of its third-quarter earnings report, which hinted at a possible rationale behind the move: HP PSG remains the PC market leader, but revenues fell by three percent and profits were the lowest among the company's other divisions at 5.9 percent.
Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility was all about the patents. Just as shopping at Prada is all about the necessity to own something that is black.
Many have theorized about the strategy behind blowing two years of Google's profits on a hardware operation. Some have even whispered mischievously that there may be no strategy at all, other than some vague pragmatic expediency and Microsoft-battling.
However, there has also emerged the notion that now Google can be like Apple--a company with its own hardware/software infrastructure that welcomes you into its warm bosom and keeps you there with untold varieties of emotional sustenance.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
It’s hard to believe that Google’s Street View has been in use for over four years. What’s more amazing, perhaps, given the rate at which they have canvassed the world’s streets and alleyways, that there is anywhere left unmapped. But while their teams have successfully traced the surfaces of most large cities and a number of other interesting areas, I suppose it won’t come as a surprise that the remote reaches of the Amazon have not yet been put under the lens.
Resist the temptation to declare "ich bin ein "Liker."
A German state would very much like for its residents to keep their fingers--and other assorted pointers or cursors--away from Facebook's "Like" button.
The state of Schleswig-Holstein has ordered all government offices to remove the button from their Web presence and shut down any Facebook "fan" pages, on the grounds that these things violate German and European data privacy laws.
Friday, 19 August 2011
Hewlett-Packard has been in the PC business for more than 25 years. And, needless to say, it had some good designs. It's worth a quick look at select models that stood the test of time in the wake of the disclosure today that the company is trying to unload its PC business.
Let me preface this with a caveat that was buried in the various HP statements today about its PC business: "There can be no assurance that any transaction regarding PSG (Personal Systems Group) will be pursued or completed." So, it's not a done deal. And there is a possibility, however remote, that HP holds on to the PC business. My hope is that it survives as an independent U.S.-based company, if only because the U.S. has almost no PC companies left.
HP's TouchPad tablet.
HP, like so many other tech companies, has had Apple envy for the last few years. But also like so many others, it's proved no match for Apple's design and marketing machine. And today, HP paid the price for that inability. It gave up on WebOS, the mobile operating system it acquired to compete directly with Apple's iOS. And it announced plans to rid itself of its PC business.
If you just have to share a video of a sneezing baby panda bear, Google has just made it a bit easier.
In a move that adds Google+ functionality to another Google product, the Web giant has integrated its social network even more closely with YouTube. Today, Google added a button to video pages on YouTube, letting Google+ users start a Hangout video conference with their friends while watching a video.
New rumors and anonymous details have surfaced this week that point to a third "Pure Google" phone arriving in October with the latest build of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.According to information out of Korea's Electronic Times, the handset is expected to come from Samsung, run Android 4.0 and feature a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 720p Super AMOLED HD display. These details confirm reports initially leaked by Boy Genius Report nearly two months ago.
Samsung has long been rumored to be the handset maker of choice for the Nexus Prime and this recent news appears to substantiate the claims. Just this week, a pair of sources separately confirmed with OLED-Info that Samsung is readying mobile displays with a 720p resolution.
Beetel Teletech has finally launched its low-cost Android 2.2 tablet called “Magiq”, which has been priced at Rs. 9,999. The launch comes weeks after we reported that the company was coming up with the device.
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Beetel Teletech to launch a low-cost 7-inch Android Froyo tablet next monthBeetel's Magiq sports a seven-inch screen and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. The device is powered by a 1GHz processor and supports 8GB of internal memory, which can be extended up to 16GB via microSD cards.
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
The video was prepared before the arrest and was posted immediately afterwards, and dealt with the way forward for the movement. Hazare spoke about the 'second line of leadership', naming Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Manish Sisodia and Shanti Bhushan, among others.
Both are free and allow you to create, delete or resize partitions without the need to format the entire drive.
There's no question that the mobile market was turned on its head yesterday when Google announced its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola.
So what's it mean for the rest of the industry? Typically, industry consolidation begets more consolidation
1. Microsoft keeps close partnership with Nokia but adds closer ties to Asian handset makers: Samsung, HTC, and LG Electronics
Since Google's plan to buy Motorola was announced, pundits have been speculating on what Microsoft's next move might be. As a sort of knee-jerk reaction, people have wondered if Microsoft might take its relationship with Nokia to the next level.
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Android‘s box of sweets has gotten much more diverse since launching its first dessert-themed operating system, Cupcake, in 2009.
Mobile app developers [x]cubelabs have laid out a timeline of these versions — from Cupcake to Ice Cream Sandwich — in the infographic below.
What updates do you think were most influential? At what point did you decide that Android was or wasn’t the right OS for you?
Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating system.
Buying a hardware company is an unusual move for Google. The acquisition, Google said in a statement, “will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem.”
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