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Bye bye Nexus

2016-10-10T00:47:00.000-07:00

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Since Android started, Nexus was the personification of how Google meant it to be. But the Nexus is no more ...

With the October 4 announcement of Pixel and Pixel XL the era of the Nexus brand came to and end. While the Pixel phones have excellent hardware and promise a great performance but they seem to lag behind the Nexus line in terms of price to performance ratio. At the base price of $650 it has already shattered the Nexus tradition of killer price to performance ratio angering many Nexus fans.

Let us see how this new strategy works out for Google but for now it seems the Nexus philosophy is truly being honored by the Chinese brand OnePlus. Nexus you will be missed.

Google Plus: 2 weeks, 10M plus users. WOW

2011-07-15T13:02:00.000-07:00

Google Plus grew to more than 10 million users in just two weeks, the company announced Thursday. These stats were shared by Larry Page on Google+ as well.

"However, the growth on Google+ has been great--and I’m excited to release some new metrics for you today. Over 10M people have joined Google+. Great achievement for the team", said Page's Google+ post.
Google also took +1 buttons to search results and advertisements across the web. “Our +1 button is already all over the web,” Page said, “It’s being served 2.3 billion times a day.”

There’s significant interest from companies to join Google Plus too – while Plus still doesn’t allow profiles for businesses, they can sign up for the upcoming Google Plus Business profiles.

Android Market revamped

2011-07-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

Google has announced a refreshing update to the Android Market , bringing some interesting changes, including books and movie rentals to users in the United States. The update is available for devices running Android 2.2 or higher and will bring the ability to purchase books via your Android Market account, as well as rent movies through the Videos app starting at $1.99. Google says they plan to expand this outside the US in the future.

All sections of the Market have their own slot for featured content,

and Google is adding a staff picks section to help users find decent apps. Navigation is also improved, letting users swipe through various sorting options, such as top paid, top free and top grossing apps. It's rolling out to phones with Android 2.2 and higher in the coming weeks.

Google+ invites closed, but you can still find one?

2011-06-30T23:05:00.000-07:00

Google+ beta launch was so successful that the invite program was shut off. Late on Wednesday night a senior vice president of Social for Google, posted on the Google+ network that the company has been overwhelmed with interest and had to stop taking new users.

"We've shut down invite mechanism for the night, Insane demand. We need to do this carefully, and in a controlled way. Thank you all for your interest!" Gundotra, Google's head of social media posted on Google+.

You can sign up for invitation code at Google+. But if you cannot
wait, there are some other ways which you can try.

Google+ invites are currently on sale on eBay for prices up to $27. The following link shows several ways to get in, if you are lucky enough you might be able to join the party.

How to get your Google+ Invite

Do share you experiences :)

Google+: Google's latest take on Facebook

2011-06-29T04:59:00.000-07:00

Google has announced its most ambitious Facebook alternative to date. The service was launched to a limited number of users today in what Google is calling a "field trial".

Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company’s maps and images into the service. In an effort to create a viable alternative to Facebook, Google+ is built around a platform dubbed Circles
, which lets you readily create multiple social networks that operate separately from one another .

Google+ might pose a serous threat to Facebook, but some analysts say Google has simply reproduced features of Facebook while adding a video chat function.

In short, Google+ is a solid start to an insurgent social networking platform that is sure to be enhanced rapidly over the coming months, and could soon offer a solid alternative to Facebook. It’s not up and running yet, but you can check out its features here.

Nokia Sea Ray leaked!

2011-06-27T22:28:00.000-07:00

Nokia vowed a few days back that it would keep its WP7 devices in a veil of secrecy before they were officially released. However, Mr. Stephen Elop (CEO Nokia) unofficially unveiled the Nokia Sea Ray device at an event.

Although asked the audience to put away cameras, some pictures were taken and
a video has been surfaced on internet, where Mr. Elop exposed the handset to the audience. This handset is almost like Nokia N9, but has Windows Phone 7 platform installed in it. Though, the video is quite not clear but one can make out few features. Elop talks about the 8-megapixel camera which has Carl Zeiss lens.

HP TouchPad rumoured To Get 7-Inch model

2011-06-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

In just a few days, HP’s 9.7 inch TouchPad units will be available on retail shelves across the U.S. It look like HP is planning to give its tablet users more options for mobility, according to a report from Taiwan Economic News.

In addition to reporting that Inventec will be producing nearly half a million TouchPads per month
for HP, the posting revealed that there is a 7-inch TouchPad variant due out in August. No hardware specifications were revealed, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see this smaller model sporting internals that are virtually identical to those of its big brother

Lytro: dont focus, just shoot

2011-06-26T04:20:00.000-07:00

Shoot now, focus later. That’s just the start of what you can do with a Lytro camera, the camera that captures the entire light field. With "light field", lens and image sensor technology doesn't focus on a particular subject, but instead gathers light information from different directions; processing after the fact means different aspects of the scene can be recreated.

You get a digital photo an d you can interact with it. You can focus anywhere in the picture,
change the light levels, shift their perspective of the scene, and even switch seamlessly between 2D and 3D views. With these amazing capabilities, pictures become immersive, interactive visual stories that were never before possible, according to Lytro they become "living pictures".

Recording light fields requires an innovative, entirely new kind of sensor called a light field sensor. The light field sensor captures the color, intensity and vector direction of the rays of light.

By substituting powerful software for many of the internal parts of regular cameras, light field processing introduces new capabilities that were never before possible. Sophisticated algorithms use the full light field to unleash new ways to make and view pictures.

ARCHOS G9 Android tablets: blazing fast, dirt cheap

2011-06-25T12:37:00.000-07:00

ARCHOS has announced its 3rd generation of Android powered tablets. The ARCHOS G9 Tablets are ARCHOS’ most powerful tablets yet. Powered by Honeycomb 3.1, the G9 Tablets are designed to maximize your media and Android experience whether at home or on the move. Both the tablets come with an OMAP4 dual-core processor at 1.5 GHz, the fastest for a tablet yet.

The 80 G9 has an 8 inch display
with 1024 x 768 pixels resolution. The flash memory version of the 80 G9 tablet measures 226 mm x 155.3 mm x 11.7 mm (8.90 x 6.11 x 0.46 inch) - 465g, while the Hard Drive version is 226 mm x 155.3 mm x 14.7 mm (8.90 x 6.11 x 0.58 inch) - 599g. Price ~ $280.

The 101 G9 has a 10.1 inch screen with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. The flash memory version of the 101 G9 276 mm x 167.3 mm x 12.6 mm (10.86 x 6.59 x 0.50 inch) - 649g, while the Hard Drive version is 276 mm x 167.3 mm x 15.6 mm (10.86 x 6.59 x 0.61 inch) - 755g. Price ~ $350.

Both the tablets come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, front-facing camera, multi video format support and full-size USB port. The G9s will be available in the 3rd-4th quarter of this year.

Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

2011-05-10T11:13:00.001-07:00

Till yesterday there were just rumors, but now it has been confirmed that Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion. This is the biggest sum Microsoft has paid for an acquisition to date. Microsoft plans to integrate Skype with Microsoft Lync, Outlook, Xbox, Kinect and Xbox Live.

Microsoft has pledged to continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms such as Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, and WebOS. Is this the end of Skype or a new beginning, only time will tell.

HP refreshes laptop line

2011-05-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

HP has just launched a refresh of their popular laptop line. The new product include the Mini 210, Envy 14, Pavilion dv4, Elitebook 2560p, 2760p and ProBook 5330m. In this post we will be focusing on the new ENVY 14.

The ENVY 14 combines power, mobility and aesthetics. We get the second-generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors, USB 3.0 and a new HP imagepad that uses image sensor technology for advanced gestures. The premium machine has an aluminum case with a 14.5-inch diagonal, HD BrightView LED display for superb viewing experience. It also has Beats Audio for spectacular sound.

Source

Exporting and Importing mysql data using command line

2011-03-26T00:39:00.000-07:00

To take db dump (export) use the following command. This will take the dump of the whole database

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name > dump.sql

To take backup of specific tables you can specify the table names like

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name table1 table2 > dump.sql

Now if you want to select some particular rows in a table u can use the following

mysqldump -u user_name -p database_name table1 --where=condition > dump.sql

To import (restore) use the following command

mysql --user=user_name --password=password database_name < dump.sql

Restarting Mongrel Server

2011-03-25T03:01:00.001-07:00

Switch to your app directory and run the following command

sudo mongrel_rails cluster::restart

and you are done :)

Awesome Screenshot

2011-03-23T22:24:00.001-07:00

Awesome Screenshot, an extension to capture, annotate and share awesome screenshots in Firefox 4, Chrome and Safari.

Torpark Rocks!

2007-01-06T03:56:00.000-08:00

Torpark is a portable web browser based on firefox. Use it for anonymous surfing and enjoy!!

SE M600 announced

2006-02-08T01:58:00.000-08:00

Sony Ericsson announced their new M600 handset. M600 is 15-milimeter-slim, 3G dual-mode communicator (UMTS and tri-band GSM/GPRS). It has a touch-sensitve, 2.6-inch 240x320 262K color display, dual-function QWERTY keyboard, RSS reader, and Bluetooth with A2DP stereo audio support for untethered playback of that MP3/AAC audio stored on the 80MB of internal memory or Memory Stick Micro expansion card. M600 is the second SE phone to feature the Symbian 9.1 OS and UIQ 3.0 interface with support for a wide range of push email for business users including BlackBerry Connect, Seven, Vista, and more.

Official Page

BenQ-Siemens phones launched

2006-01-20T05:40:00.000-08:00

BenQ-Siemens unveiled the first three products named EF81, S68 and S88. BenQ-Siemens EF81 is a clamshell phone with UMTS support. BenQ-Siemens S88 is a bar phone with with a 2.0 megapixel camera autofocus camera. The S68 is a slim bar shaped phone with an attractive design.

more here http://www.benq-siemens.com

Google Pack

2006-01-20T04:52:00.000-08:00

The Google Pack is basically a quick and easy way to get useful software onto your PC. The software in the Google Pack can be downloaded and instlled using Google Updater.

The Google Pack includes the Firefox browser, Norton AntiVirus, Adobe Reader 7, Lavasoft's AdAware, Google Picasa image editor, Google Desktop Search, Google Pack Screensaver and Google Earth.

For more info and download http://pack.google.com

AMD's 'Live' and Intel's Viiv

2006-01-04T03:13:00.000-08:00

AMD will unveil its "Live" brand at the Consumer Electronics Show, which takes place in Las Vegas.

read more
http://news.com.com/AMDs+Live+to+rival+Intels+Viiv/2100-1006_3-6016376.html

EyeBud by eMagin

2006-01-03T03:31:00.000-08:00

eMagin has developed a wearable headset system that plugs into a video iPod giving it a decent sized, higher resolution screen

read more
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28668

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2005-12-22T03:02:00.000-08:00

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