Home » internet » technology

technology

Developers offered Free Blackberry Playbook to convert Android Apps to BB apps!

by Arun Prabhudesai on February 9, 2012 |

tweet

Here is a golden chance for Indian mobile developers to lap up a shiny new 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet. We are slightly late in reporting this as there are only 4 more days to go, but I guess it is still worth all the effort! Alec Saunders, Blackberry’s Vice President of Developer Relations …

{ 0 comments }

8 Awesome Tools for Marketers!

by guest
clip_image002

Modern marketers can be easily compared to superheroes. The job that used to boil down to a simple exchange of goods for money somewhere at a fairground several hundred years ago has become a genuine art. Nowadays it involves creativity, good command of at least one foreign language, ability to analyze the tendencies …

Continue Reading →

Ruby vs Python vs PHP Face-off [Programmer’s preference Infographic]

by Arun Prabhudesai
programming languages, infographic

This post is probably only for techies, specifically developers. I generally do not publish posts that are highly tech-oriented. However, a techie in me could not pass this one. Guys at Udemi have published a great infographic that compares three programming languages popular with developers currently – PHP, Python & Ruby. …

Continue Reading →

5 incredibly useful iPhone apps for Indians!

by Kaushambi
sari-drape

We’ve already covered 10 Indian Android apps earlier so now it’s time to offer something to Indian iPhone users. Here are 5 India centric iPhone apps that will arm you will all the necessary information you need while you’re in the country. But, one thing you have to keep in mind, unlike Android Apps, most [...]

Continue Reading →

Megaupload shut down by US FBI/Justice Dept., Anonymous retaliates!

by Arun Prabhudesai
megaupload

Update: Looks like a new site has cropped up and has exact look & feel of Megaupload, but does not have a domain name… just the IP address – http://109.236.83.66/ . Not sure if it is someone from original Megaupload team, or an imitator… But it did not take much time…did it! …

Continue Reading →

Indian Govt. to enable all Public Services through Mobile Devices [Mobile Governance Framework]

by Arun Prabhudesai
m-governance framework

Government of India yesterday released “Framework of Mobile Governance report”, an extension of National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), that may potentially bring about massive changes in the way Indian citizens access public services. The Mobile Governance Framework is laid down taking into cognizance India’s huge mobile phone subscriber base of over 870 million. It …

Continue Reading →

HP Vayu – Potentially Revolutionary Cheap Internet on TV device!

by Arun Prabhudesai
image

Aakash is history – There is another device in the making that may prove to be more revolutionary than Ultra Cheap Aakash. According to ToI story researchers at HP have created a mass internet access device that enables people access internet content on even the most basic TV sets and manage all screen operations using [...]

Continue Reading →

Why Emails are going to be obsolete?

by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran
Emails-001

“Emails are dead” – Marc Zukerberg 2011. I am not sure if the above statement was a prophecy for the future or a warning to Google but Marc Zukerberg has one attentive listener – Atos CEO Thierry Breton. In December last year Breton famously declared that the 80,000 strong, 6 Billion Pound …

Continue Reading →

How Indian brands are using Apps…

by Kaushambi
kurkure facebook app

Here are some facts for you…. Smartphone penetration in India is expected to rise from 4 percent in 2009 to 15 percent in 2013. There are over 100 Million Internet subscribers in India, out of which about 60 million users actively use social media. …

Continue Reading →

Yahoo Stars: Well implemented Celebrity updates aggregator!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Yahoo Stars

The Twitters and Facebook’s and Google Plusses of the world have made one thing simple – Fans can follow their celebrities first hand. However, in last 2 years many celebrities have joined multiple platforms making it difficult to follow your favorite celebrities on a single platform. Yahoo has come to rescue and made it …

Continue Reading →

Indian Govt. to soon float another Tender for Millions of Aakash Tablets!

by Arun Prabhudesai
aakash-tablet

There have been talks that Ultra Cheap Aakash tablets may be shelved over the quality of 30,000 tablets provided by Datawind in the first batch. The general feedback from users, who have had a chance to use Aakash Tablet is that, it extremely under-powered and lacks features for it to be really useful. Even the [...]

Continue Reading →

RIM, Nokia and Apple provide Backdoor access to Indian Govt. for exchange of Indian market presence!

by Arun Prabhudesai
lord-of-dharmaraja

This looks like precisely the reason why Government has been so silent on matters pertaining to access of data from biggies like Nokia, RIM, Apple and others. They made a big hue & cry about it earlier last year, but everything went silent and no action was taken after threatening the likes of RIM & [...]

Continue Reading →

5 Innovations that will change your life in 5 years [ IBM 5 in 5]

by Arun Prabhudesai
5in5 Energy Icon

Its amazing how technology changes our lives – The life we lived 10 years back and the life we live today is completely different, thanks the advent in Technology. Just think how Mobiles have changed our lives, think how internet has made such a great impact on us… Have you thought about how …

Continue Reading →

MIT scientists develop camera that shoots Trillion Frames Per Sec [Indian Connection]

by Arun Prabhudesai
ramesh raskar

I am sure you are aware ultra slow motion cameras – the ones that are used in cricket matches to show those super slow motion videos (of run-outs, cricket shots etc). Those are sophisticated video cameras that shoot at over 1000 Frames per second (FPS) and can capture details that are hardly visible to human [...]

Continue Reading →

Top 10 Tech News of 2011! [Global]

by Kaushambi
tech news

We are are in the month of December – generally a time when we see lot of recaps and happenings of the year. We will be putting up series of posts on trak.in this month that will remind you of the events past by. Most of them will be India centric recaps, however, some will [...]

Continue Reading →
Page 1 of 211234...1020...Last »
who's online