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The java way of highlighting an HTML content with JSoup and Regex (works for android too)

2011-12-28T09:03:00.000-08:00

When I wanted to do this the first time, I tried to search on Stack Overflow and other Q&A forums but in vain. There are very few places where this topic has been discussed and none really concluded it. So here's some solution I formulated with parts of it flicked from various places.

What I wanted to do was: fetch html from a web page into my java application; get a search string from the application user; build a regex out of search string and highlight html content that matched the regex. This is quite easy to do this with a javascript but my use case required this to be done in the java code.

Basically I required this piece of code around the text that should be highlighted.


<span style="background-color:yellow"> Text that matched regex </span>

Building the regex from search string

Suppose my search string was 'hello world' then my regex would be (hello)|(world*).

Here's the function that will do it.

private static String buildRegexFromQuery(String queryString) {
        String regex = "";
        String queryToConvert = queryString;

        /* Clean up query */

        queryToConvert = queryToConvert.replaceAll("[\\p{Punct}]*", " ");
        queryToConvert = queryToConvert.replaceAll("[\\s]*", " ");

        String[] regexArray = queryString.split(" ");

        regex = "(";
        for(int i = 0; i < regexArray.length - 1; i++) {
            String item = regexArray[i];
            regex += "(\\b)" + item + "(\\b)|";
        }

        regex += "(\\b)" + regexArray[regexArray.length - 1] + "[a-zA-Z0-9]*?(\\b))";
        return regex;
    }

Searching and replacing proper html content

I cannot just do a simple String.replaceAll() because that would mess the whole thing when matched text is inside the tags. So I was pretty sure I required a html parser. Then I met the beautiful. JSoup.

JSoup made things quite easy to me. I just had to traverse the HTML DOM tree, retrieve text and make changes. With the NodeTraversor and NodeVisitor class it is a piece of cake to traverse the html content.

     public String getHighlightedHtml() {
    
     Document doc = Jsoup.parse(htmlContent);
    
     final List<TextNode> nodesToChange = new ArrayList<TextNode>();
    
     NodeTraversor nd  = new NodeTraversor(new NodeVisitor() {
    
      @Override
      public void tail(Node node, int depth) {
       if (node instanceof TextNode) {
        TextNode textNode = (TextNode) node;
        String text = textNode.getWholeText();
         
        mat = pat.matcher(text);
        
        if(mat.find()) {
         nodesToChange.add(textNode);
        }
       }
      }
    
      @Override
      public void head(Node node, int depth) {        
      }
     });
    
     nd.traverse(doc.body());
    
     for (TextNode textNode : nodesToChange) {
      Node newNode = buildElementForText(textNode);
      textNode.replaceWith(newNode);
     }
     return doc.toString();
    }

Wrapping it all...

Here's my final class to wrap things up -

public class Highlighter {
    
   private String regex;
     private String htmlContent;
     Pattern pat;
     Matcher mat;
    
    
     public Highlighter(String searchString, String htmlString) {
      regex = buildRegexFromQuery(searchString);
      htmlContent = htmlString;
      pat = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
     }
    
     public String getHighlightedHtml() {
    
      Document doc = Jsoup.parse(htmlContent);
    
      final List<TextNode> nodesToChange = new ArrayList<TextNode>();
    
      NodeTraversor nd  = new NodeTraversor(new NodeVisitor() {
    
       @Override
       public void tail(Node node, int depth) {
        if (node instanceof TextNode) {
         TextNode textNode = (TextNode) node;
         String text = textNode.getWholeText();
         
         mat = pat.matcher(text);
         
         if(mat.find()) {
          nodesToChange.add(textNode);
         }
        }
       }
    
       @Override
       public void head(Node node, int depth) {        
       }
      });
    
      nd.traverse(doc.body());
    
      for (TextNode textNode : nodesToChange) {
       Node newNode = buildElementForText(textNode);
       textNode.replaceWith(newNode);
      }
      return doc.toString();
     }
    
     private static String buildRegexFromQuery(String queryString) {
      String regex = "";
      String queryToConvert = queryString;
      
      /* Clean up query */
      
      queryToConvert = queryToConvert.replaceAll("[\\p{Punct}]*", " ");
      queryToConvert = queryToConvert.replaceAll("[\\s]*", " ");
      
      String[] regexArray = queryString.split(" ");
      
      regex = "(";
      for(int i = 0; i < regexArray.length - 1; i++) {
       String item = regexArray[i];
       regex += "(\\b)" + item + "(\\b)|";
      }
    
      regex += "(\\b)" + regexArray[regexArray.length - 1] + "[a-zA-Z0-9]*?(\\b))";
      return regex;
     }
    
     private Node buildElementForText(TextNode textNode) {
      String text = textNode.getWholeText().trim();
      
      ArrayList<MatchedWord> matchedWordSet = new ArrayList<MatchedWord>();
      
      mat = pat.matcher(text);
      
      while(mat.find()) {
       matchedWordSet.add(new MatchedWord(mat.start(), mat.end()));
      }
      
      StringBuffer newText = new StringBuffer(text);
    
      for(int i = matchedWordSet.size() - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
       String wordToReplace = newText.substring(matchedWordSet.get(i).start, matchedWordSet.get(i).end);
       wordToReplace = "<b>" + wordToReplace+ "</b>";
       newText = newText.replace(matchedWordSet.get(i).start, matchedWordSet.get(i).end, wordToReplace);  
      }
      return new DataNode(newText.toString(), textNode.baseUri());
     }
     
     class MatchedWord {
      public int start;
      public int end;
      
      public MatchedWord(int start, int end) {
       this.start = start;
       this.end = end;
      }
     }
    }

Don't forget to add the JSoup library to your build path. Download JSoup from here.

What did people google in the last year?

2011-12-20T19:04:00.000-08:00

The Zeitgeist 2011 report is released and the top 10's are all out there making a buzz on twitter and blogs. For those who don't know what a Zeitgeist report is, it is a report that Google releases at the end of every year to show the top searches of the whole year in different categories.

Rebecca Black tops the list of fastest-rising global queries and amazingly Google+ has taken the second position. Had it not been Google pushing Google+ onto their users, Google+ would have probably not made it to the top but anyway here it is now. Steve Jobs is at position nine and most of what contributed for his search queries came only after he died. But with iPhone5 (the biggest disappointment of 2012) at position 6 and iPad2 at position 10, apple did rock the list of top 10 this year.

MySpace has topped the list of 'Fastest falling' search queries and surprisingly Orkut is no where in the top 10 which quite amazes me. May be it is just no in the league anymore.

Coming to the consumer electronic section, Kindle Fire happens to be the most searched gadget of the year. With all the hype amazon has made, this definitely deserved to be there but on a related note : Kindle fire is no where in league with iPad. iPhone4S is in second position.

Now to see through the top 10's of India, Facebook is in first place and G+ is 3rd. Looks like Indians were busy socializing this year. Three movies in top 10 fastest rising searches is quite a lot. Bodyguard at number 5, Ra.One at number 6 and Ready at number 10. Indians don't have anything else to search? Or am I just being paranoid.

World cup this year is at number 4. Poonam Pandey, one of the reason why a part of Indian population wanted India to win world cup, is at number 9. India won the world cup, people still wonder where is poonam pandey?

Anna Hazare takes the lead in fastest rising people. With all the friction going on in India, he definitely is the most searched upon person. Poonam Pandey is again second and I can understand why. Third comes Steve Jobs and rest of the list is populated with celebrities like Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Kajal Aggarwal, Vijay Mallya and etc.

Katrina Kaif is the most searched upon person in 'People'section. Sachin Tendulkar takes 7th position. Bodyguard is the most searched movie and followed by RaOne and Harry Potter in 2nd and 3rd position.

So this is the Zeitgeist 2011 list and you can find the complete list on the official website.

Get the new Google Bar

2011-12-02T21:57:00.001-08:00

Google recently went on a renovation spree to change the appearances of all the google services. Ever since the release of G+, google started rolling out new appearances to every other service they had.

Recently Google announced in its official google blog that google is now ready for its next set of change - the new Google bar which makes it easy to access different Google Services. Even though the new google bar is announced, it is still not rolled out for users but here is a simple tweak that help you get a head start in trying out the new google bar.

The tweak is to modify your cookie. All you have to do is follow these simple steps -

For Google Chrome users -

1. Add 'Edit this Cookie' extension to Chrome
2. Go to google.com
3. Click on the extension

4. Go to PREF section and change the value field to this

ID=03fd476a699d6487:U=88e8716486ff1e5d:FF=0:LD=en:CR=2:TM=1322688084:LM=1322688085:S=McEsyvcXKMiVfGds

5. Refresh the page

For firefox users -

1. Go to google.com
2. Press Ctrl + Shift + K
3. Paste the following into the text field and press enter

document.cookie="PREF=ID=03fd476a699d6487:U=88e8716486ff1e5d:FF=0:LD=en:CR=2:TM=1322688084:LM=1322688085:S=McEsyvcXKMiVfGds; path=/; domain=.google.com";window.location.reload();

For IE users -

Install Chrome, firefox or anything that evolved after dinosaurs!

Ubuntu Transformation Pack for Windows XP, Vista and 7

2011-09-01T01:03:00.000-07:00

Transformation pack allows you to change the look and style of your operating system. It changes the look and feel of windows without installing the new operating system. Some pack also gives additional functionality according to operating system.

There are number of ways in which one can transform Windows look into Ubuntu’s, viz. using a theme or by using a transformation pack. Here are some links where one can find themes as well as transformation packs for Windows XP, Vista, 7 to transform the look and feel.

Here is the Link for downloading UBUNTU theme:

Download Ubuntu transformation pack for Windows 7

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/122/e/3/ubuntu_skin_pack_4_0_for_win_7_by_hameddanger-d3ff3od.zip

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Ubuntu-Skin-Pack.shtml

Download Ubuntu transformation pack for Windows XP

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24453-ubuntu-transformation-pack-for-windows-xp/

http://techpp.com/2009/02/13/ultimate-collection-ubuntu-themes-visual-styles-for-windows-xp-vista/

Download Ubuntu transformation pack for Windows Vista

http://hydrattz.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-Transformation-Pack-88978320

Precautions to take before using Transformation Packs

Try to use transformation pack which just changes look and feel rather than one introducing new features as some irreversible change may occur to your system files causing system not to work properly.
Read all the instructions carefully as these steps may introduce some unwanted change to your computer.

If the care taken, one can enjoy different look and feel every other month without harassing one’s system.

How to install Kernel v3.0 on Ubuntu 11.04

2011-08-19T02:17:00.000-07:00

Kernel v3.0 is out there and will be released with Ubuntu 11.10 and yet, there are no kernel updates for Ubuntu 11.04 after Kernel v2.6.38. If you are very eager to install kernel 3.0, then you can build them directly from the source code. Or just use the packages that are used to install Kernel 3.0 on Ubuntu 11.10. Since the latter approach is simple and easy, I will mention step by step instruction to install Kernel v3.0 on your Ubuntu 11.10 Natty Narwhal.

Step 1: Download the debian packages from here.

For 32 bit users -

1. linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_all.deb
2. linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_i386.deb
3. linux-image-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_i386.deb

For 64 bit users -

1. linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_all.deb
2. linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic3.0.0-300rc2.201106081532_amd64.deb

3. linux-image-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_amd64.deb

Step 2: Once you have downloaded all the files, place them into a single folder. Browse to that folder from your terminal and then copy paste the following code into the prompt.

sudo dpkg -i linux-*

The execution will continue to install kernel 3.0 on your Ubuntu 11.04. Just in case kernel 3.0 mess up, do not remove previous versions. You can always choose from the previous versions in the grub.

If you have or happen to install this, then please comment on the power consumption and other pros and cons of kernel 3.0.

Sharing files between two ubuntu systems through local router

2011-08-16T22:48:00.000-07:00

I have a old desktop running Lubuntu 11.04 and it is connected to internet through a wireless router. While I store lot of information on this computer, I also have a laptop running Ubuntu 11.04 that I most of the times work on and it is also connected to internet through the same router. Transferring files between these two machines is important to me. There are countless ways you could do it, but I preferred ssh to have a safe and reliable connection through the local router. If you are willing to do the same then here's how you do it.

Step 1: Install ssh on both the machines. Run this command in terminals of both the linux machines.

sudo apt-get install ssh

Step 2: Learn the IP address of your desktop. This can be done by right clicking the connection icon on the panel and then on "Connection Information".

Otherwise you can just run the following command and read for "inet addr:" field.

ifconfig

In my case, it is 192.168.1.3.

Step 3: Go to your laptop. Find "Connect to Server" option.

If you are using GNOME then you find this on "Places -> Connect to Server".

If you are using UNITY then you find this option by opening Nautilus. Go to File -> Connect to Server.

You get this window -

Step 4: Fill details into the fields and click Connect.

Service type must be selected to SSH.

Server field takes the address of the computer to which you want to connect to.

Port is 22, which is a TCP standard for SSH Connections.

Folder that you want to share.

Username to access the desktop.

You can add a bookmark and give it a name for you to access it next time.

Step 5: Once you are done, click on "Connect". It prompts for password. Enter it and you are done. You have successfully established file sharing from your desktop machine to your laptop machine. You can do the vice versa by following Step 3, 4 and 5 on your other machine.

PS: I have used terms 'laptop' and 'desktop' everywhere. But this need not be the case and procedure is same for any two machines connected through same router.

Linux then. Linux now - An Infographic

2011-08-16T21:09:00.000-07:00

It was 25th August of 1991 when Linus Trovalds first announced that he has created an OS of his own. Ever since, Linux has gone through a lot to become a successful people OS.

I still remember the first Linux I ever installed on my computer. Ubuntu "Breezy Badger" 5.10 which i tried out of curiosity and I remember erasing all the contents on my computer. But Ubuntu of now is lot more sophisticated and easy to use.

Here is an infographic created by The Linux Foundation which compares Linux of then and Linux of now.

A bit on partitioning

2011-08-15T08:03:00.000-07:00

Linus Trovalds created Linux, but ever since its there in the open source world, there have been countless varieties and versions and the list is exponentially growing. Unlike Windows, Linux is a playground where people can tweak around, experiment (and mess it up). Whenever there's a new version or a distribution which makes lot of fuss on the Internet, users tend to move on to the new version. Quite obvious they want to.

Being into Ubuntu evangelism for quite a long time, I often come across people who complain that they lose their home folder contents on installing a different version or a distribution. So how do we not lose home folder contents then?

Rather explaining each individual I thought I write it down. The problem lies in specifying partitions during the installation. Here's my advise. While installing any Linux, it is of best practice to have these three partitions -

swap

Without specifying this partition, you will not be allowed to install any Linux distribution. When you start an application installed on your hard disk, the application's required resources are first brought to RAM before it runs. When your RAM is overloaded, a bit of unused data from RAM is transfered to swap space making room for the application to run. And when its done, the data moved to swap space is brought back to your RAM thus acting like a secondary RAM. If you have a huge capacity of RAM, then a small hard disk partition is enough for swap. It is ideal to keep your swap partition as big as your RAM capacity.

root (/) 

root file system, represented by a forward slash (/) is the top most node of your directory tree. This contains the linux kernel, device drivers and every other files that you install. This is where your actual linux is running from. This is similar to the C drive of your windows where windows and other programs (C:\Program Files) are stored. The size of this partition depends on the size of the linux distribution you are about to install. Minimum requirement will be specified in its documentation but the partition size must have a few extra bytes for you to install extra applications. For starters, 5GB of space is more than enough, but if you have a really huge hard disk space, then you can always keep some room for more applications.

/home

This is the final partition which will hold /home directory. Every user will have his/her own directory under /home. If your username is 'john' then your home folder will be at the path '/home/john'. All the user specific files will be stored in their respective home directories. Every document you create, pictures you download or any files specific to you are stored in your home directory.

Strictly speaking, you can install Linux without specifying partition to /home but in which case, the /home will be mounted under root (/) and is erased next time you reinstall.

Now that you have the idea of these three partitions, you should remember that whatever you install (like GIMP, VLC media player, any application) is stored in your root directory while whatever you download or create (like documents, pictures, music, webpages) is stored in your home directory.

Once you install linux with these three partitions, you can save as much content as you want in your home directory and next time while installing Linux, it is enough to specify your root and swap partitions. This way, your /home partition remains untouched and you don't lose any data.

Resize images in bulk - Ubuntu

2011-08-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

People ask me this quite often. How to re-size hundreds of images the easy way?

The answer is quite simple if you are using Linux/Ubuntu. You need to install a package called image magick which could be installed by executing the following instruction in the terminal -

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Once you have installed it, you can change the width of all the images in the current folder by executing this following instruction in terminal -

mogrify -resize 600 *

This changes the height of all the images in current folder to 600px.

To change the height to 600px, execute

mogrify -resize x600 *

mogrify is a tool present in the imagemagick package. To know more about imagemagick, visit their website.

Check which services are enabled/disabled on your Ubuntu

2011-08-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

There are various services that an OS provides. If it is Ubuntu then you may at times want to know which one is enabled and which one is not. The best way to know it is chkconfig.

chkconfig provides a simple command-line tool for maintaining the /etc/rc[0-6].d directory heirarchi by relieving system administrators of the task of directly manipulating the numerous symbolic links in those directories. chkconfig has five distinct functions: adding new services for management, removing services from management, listing the current startup information for services, changing the startup information for services, and checking the startup state of a particular service.

When chkconfig is run without any options, it displays usage information.

To install chkconfig on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install chkconfig

To check which services are enabled, just type chkconfig in the terminal and press return. It will list all the services available.

chkconfig can be used with options. More can be learnt from the man pages or here.

Get the new Android Market

2011-07-12T20:44:00.001-07:00

Google has just announced the release of its new version of Android Market which is the version 3.0.26. Google said the new Android market will be rolled out with the new devices that are going to come. If you are an android owner and still waiting for the new version to hit your phone, then you’re probably missing all the fun. You can right away download this Android market from here and install it like any other application. The new android market has lot more applications and a whole new look. Here’s the video released by the Google -

New Android Market for Phones

<<Download link>>

Social Memories– One of the best Apps of Facebook

2011-06-30T11:53:00.001-07:00

Facebook applications are most of the times stupid and full of clowns dancing around and stupid ads. These applications most of the times land you into some junk advertisement with a little treasure hunt for you to find the right link that takes you to the right app.

But here’s one application that I found really intriguing and brought a smile on my face.

Social Memories.

It is not everyday that you get an application which is so neat and clean like this one. Social Memories neatly analyzes your facebook account entirely: your facebook statuses, photo albums, comments, likes, events you checked in, photos you were tagged in, friends you interact with and almost everything you’ve done after 1st June 2009 and elegantly creates a picture book containing beautiful infographics of your facebook life. And they call it Social Memories.

Once everything is calculated, you get to see the book in flash version on the application itself though not in a high resolution. You can get the hard copy of it for a price of $32 including the mailing charges.

If you’ve been active on facebook for the past few months, then this Social Memories application is sure to bring a smile on your face.

Here are some screenshots -

India's 35$ Laptop finally out!

2011-06-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

India's much awaited 35$ tablet is finally being released. The challenge the IITians took to build this cheapest tablet has been fruitful. Indian government has decided to provide this tablet to Students at a subsidized rate of Rs.1100 and for the general public for a cost of Rs.2200. It is cheaper anyway.

Called as Sakshat Tablet, it features -

7 inch touch screen
2 GB RAM
Wifi and USB Connectivity
32 GB HD space
Android OS
VGA Camera to support video calling
Multimedia capability

Even though the release is close, the company has not disclosed any information regarding the processor speed or the version of Android it will support. The tablets will be distributed by the HRD ministry through institutions.

A 7 inch tablet for a price of Rs.2200 looks very reasonable and worth buying if you are looking for a cheap handy tool to keep your notes. A low price will have its take. But since it is built by the IITians who have amazed indians for decades, you cannot really predict anything until the tablets are out for sale.

I just wish this move by the HRD ministry really help the technology & education sectors in India.

HTC Flyer launched in India and overpriced

2011-06-12T03:29:00.000-07:00

HTC launched its tablet HTC flyer in India and is priced Rs. 37499. Featuring an aluminium unibody design and weighting 420 grams, HTC flyer comes with 7 inch touch sensitive screen of resolution 1024 x 768. Embodying a 1.5Ghz processor, HTC flyer, like most tablets comes with Android OS and HTC Sense UI. A 5 MP camera for photography in addition to a 1.3 MP front camera facilitates video calling. HTC Flyer encapsulates a 1GB powerful ram and 32GB internal storage. Communication is supported by 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth capabilities. HTC flyer provides support for huge variety of video formats - .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3).

Here's the official promo of the HTC flyer -

Even though HTC flyer comes power packed with a lot of features, the price is very unreasonable as iPad2 itself is available in India for a price tag of Rs. 29k.

Beginning with Manual Mode Point and Shoot Cameras

2011-05-22T18:49:00.000-07:00

There have been lot of camera models lately, which are point & shoot but features manual mode of operation. If you are new to such a camera then here are few tips on how to configure your camera for best results.

The only three things you need to know are : Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority and ISO. It can be explained as -

A fast shutter speed will freeze movement, giving a crisp, sharp images of the subject. A slow shutter speed can create deliberate blur in a moving subject - when photographing moving water, for example.
When you are shooting landscapes, you will often want everything from the foreground to the horizon to appear as sharp as possible. This requires a small aperture, such as f/16 to give a wide depth of field.
ISO is the indication of how sensitive a image sensor is to light. The lower the number the lower the sensitivity of image sensor and the finer the grain in the shots.

To better understand this concept, check out this flash website that is intelligently designed to briefly understand the above concepts in photography.

http://camerasim.com/csv1.swf

You can change the ISO, focal length, Priorities and etc..

Teleport Yourself - Globe Genie

2011-05-18T09:17:00.000-07:00

You may have seen lot of movies like Jumper or like Hiro Nakamura of Heroes where they teleport to the different place in a split of a second. Well, now you can teleport yourself to anywhere in the world just on a click of a button.

Globe Genie is the website where you can do all the teleportation. Google has captured almost whole of the world. The Globe Genie website just puts you into a random place on the Google Street view. Most of these views are scenic and you would love it. Just go the link given below and enjoy virtual teleport!

The URL to the Globe Genie website is -

http://web.mit.edu/~jmcmicha/www/globegenie/

Well enjoy the beauty of Google Street view.

How to stop facebook spam?

2011-05-16T07:01:00.000-07:00

Well, i'm being troubled on facebook for a very long time now and finally decided to enlighten people with some knowledge on how to differentiate between spam and not spam.

What is spam now? They are those stupid and silly stuff that people post on your wall or someone just pings you. Like there was this line - "look what this gal did to get busted by her dad" or there was this "oh my god! look what this gal did on webcam" and the latest one recently is this "omg! untag yourself from this video".

The first thing is you cannot really stop it (only spam) from being posted by your friends on your wall. It is just not in your hand. But you can definitely block all your friends from posting on your wall (even the legitimate ones). But what else you can do is stop yourself from posting such stupid stuff on your friends' walls. There are some simple tricks which I ll explain here.

First one: Stop being very desperate. Youtube and facebook block porn on their sites. So there is no way you are going to get it. And even if it doesn't, just give a thought whether that particular friend would share such stuff with you? Go with your intuition, control your emotions and that would do.

Second one: Don't trust on URL shortened links such as bit.ly. These are not the actual URLs. These are web based services that actually redirect you to some other site. How do you find whether these links are genuine or not? Simple. These URL shorteners have strange domains like they don't end as normal websites such as .com or .net. They end like bit.ly or tiny.cc or is.gd or ow.ly. So next time you find a link as - bit.ly/xcvz or something else then just stay away from clicking them. When you click on them, the same message will just automatically be pinged to all other friends currently online on your chat list.

Third one: When you find a video saying you're tagged in that video, first thing you do is - Doubt. Just keep your pointer above that video and the browser will show what that link is redirecting you to. It is shown at the bottom near the status bar. If that link is redirecting you to some youtube website (http://www.youtube.com?watch******) something then it is genuine. Otherwise don't click it.

Hope that has helped. If i missed any points then please let me know.

BMTC Bus routes - Online

2011-05-11T20:32:00.000-07:00

Traveling in Bangalore is a real headache. Thanks to the local Bus service, BMTC for making available thousands of buses for the general public. But these buses have thousands of series of numbers and are almost always confusing to any person. Though we have online system to check out the train and KSRTC services there wasn't a proper website to check out the routes of the local BMTC. Though btis.in did fairly well, it had its own limitations. But now thanks to Narasimha Datta for bringing in this beautiful piece of website to find the routes

http://narasimhadatta.info/bmtc_query.html

The site also gives routes depending on the least number of hops or on the availability of buses. The user gets a variety of ways to choose the buses.

Hope this is a helpful website. :)

Watch Shemaroo Movies on youtube now

2011-05-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

Youtube has been doing remarkably great in Indian Market. Youtube hosted the live streaming of DLF Indian Premier League for the last two seasons and has been getting more than 2 billion viewers everyday.

Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd., has now joined hands with youtube to serve a youtube channel hosting all the latest and old Indian hindi movies as well. This is an incredible effort for an Indian Company to dive into this new media segment. This step by Shemaroo Entertainment may actually inspire other Indian Entertainment Channels to get into a new competition.

The Shemaroo's Youtube Channel is

http://www.youtube.com/shemaroomovies

Movies are available for free and could be viewed in different resolution.

Spice M-9000 Popkorn – World’s First Smartphone with Pocket Projector

2011-03-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

Spice, cheapest smart phone maker from India unveiled a new mobile phone named Spice M-9000 Popkorn. This is the world’s first smart phone with in-built Projector technology. Project Movies, Pictures, or even live tv on to the big screens, walls and even on to your friend’s dress to surprise him.

Spice M9000 features a document viewer, using which you can view MS Word, Excel, Power Point and also PDF files. Don’t just bound to your small screen view, project it to a big screen and use the built-in laser pointer to read it. It’s awesome technology, isn’t it?

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LG Added Optimus 3D,Optimus 2X and Optimus Black to their Optimus Family

2011-02-14T04:09:00.000-08:00

LG has unveiled three of their new optimus models, Optimus 3D, Optimus 2X, Optimus Black to compliment their Optimus series mobile phones. All of them are running on Android Operating System. Announcement was made at Barcelona.

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Nokia and Microsoft join hands to ride over Apple and Google

2011-02-11T04:20:00.000-08:00

Here comes the sensational news in the industry!! Two giants decided to take on Apple and Google together.

Microsoft's journey into the Mobile OS segment was way back, on 19th April 2000. As of now Windows OS share is a mere ~2% of the overall market. This is the impact they have made in the smart phone industry so far.

Where as Nokia, the global leader in the mobile phone segment was troubled by the introduction of Android OS from Google. The competitors are using Android OS for their smart phones extensively. With the inbuilt Symbian OS Nokia looked to be in the tribal age. Gradually the Smart phones kicked them off the ground. The tie up says it all.

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Resize Magic - Resize image files and maintain quality

2011-02-09T19:39:00.000-08:00

Most of the times when you're online and uploading pictures to an online forum or while you're blogging, you may find it necessary to resize the image so as to decrease the size of the image file. Here is one such software which beautifully resizes image files while maintaining the quality.

FSoft's Resize Magic

The resize can be done by specifying the length and width of the image or the percentage of the image size. One can do a batch edit on a group of files as well.

Software can be downloaded as a standalone program or as a photoshop plugin from here. The standalone program is a freeware while the photoshop plugin is paid. Standalone program's setup file is around 1MB and takes no time to install. Resize Magic is available for both Linux and Windows.

Some examples of the resizes can be found here.

Hope this helps you next time you find it necessary.

OliveSmart V-S300 first Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone for India

2011-02-09T06:37:00.000-08:00

Just a week after the release of Android 2.3 GingerBread, Olive Telecom has announced release of its new smartphone OliveSmart V-S300 running on Android 2.3. OliveSmart V-S300 is being launched in association with Aircel and expected to cost around Rs. 20,000.

OliveSmart V-S300 runs android 2.3 and provides features like the HSPA+ connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi, Proximity & Accelerometer sensors, GSM Quadband, Fluence Noise Cancellation with dual microphone and a 3.5mm headset jack, GPS, digital compass with Google Maps and MapMyIndia.

OliveSmart V-S300 has a hardware, pretty decent with 1Ghz Qualcomm SnapDragon processor along with Adreno 205 GPU for the graphics. The smartphone comes with a 4.1 inch WVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 800 and a capacitive touch interface with multi-touch support. OliveSmart V-S300 embodies an auto-focus 5mp camera with flash and supports 720p quality video recording. OliveSmart V-S300 has an in-built memory of 2GB with 512 MB ROM and extendable up to 32GB. And not to miss out, OliveSmart comes with HDMI Port Type D with DLNA capabilities for remote playback of HD content and Live TV.

OliveSmart V-S300 is a feature rich phone for the price it is available for. And looking at the features, it looks like a very decent phone and could be counted on. Let us just wait and see for more reviews on this phone once it is available.

OliveSmart V-S300 is expected to be available by the end of March.
More information on the phone is available on their OliveWebsite here.

Airtel launches 3G in Chennai, Coimbatore and Bengaluru

2011-01-28T06:49:00.000-08:00

Airtel launches 3G services in Chennai, Coimbatore and Bengaluru. Plans looking to be a bit costly. If you wanna try 3G pack, they have a Sachet pack of 10MB for just Rs.8. Of-course postpaid users can not try these sachet packs.

To Subscribe to a 3G pack that suits you, SMS 3G to 121 or call 12134.

The plans are as below,

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