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FACEBOOK EMOTIONS (FACES)

2013-02-04T15:01:00.001+05:30

FACEBOOK EMOTIONS(FACES)

[[f9.laugh]]
[[f9.sad]]
[[f9.angry]]
[[f9.sleepy]]
[[f9.shock]]
[[f9.kiss]]
[[f9.inlove]]
[[f9.pizza]]
[[f9.coffee]]
[[f9.rain]]
[[f9.bomb]]
[[f9.sun]]
[[f9.heart]]
[[f9.heartbreak]]
[[f9.doctor]]
[[f9.ghost]]
[[f9.brb]]
[[f9.wine]]
[[f9.gift]]
[[f9.adore]]
[[f9.angel]]
[[f9.baloons]]
[[f9.bowl]]
[[f9.cake]]
[[f9.callme]]
[[f9.clap]]
[[f9.confused]]
[[f9.curllip]]
[[f9.devilface]]
[[f9.lying]]
[[f9.rofl]]
[[f9.billiard]]
[[f9.cakepiece]]
[[f9.rosedown]]
[[f9.shutmouth]]
[[f9.shy]]
[[f9.silly]]
[[f9.tongue1]]
[[f9.fastfood]]
[[f9.ring]]
[[f9.plate]]
[[f9.candle]]
[[f9.party]]

Micromax New Android 4.0 Based A89 Ninja Dual-SIM Handset

2013-01-31T12:38:00.002+05:30

The Indian handset maker is all set to launch another dual-SIM Android smartphone Micromax A89 Ninja.

Just like most other Micromax smartphones, it comes pre-loaded with apps such as Hook up,M! live,M! store,M! Zone+,Fruit devil and Darkman.

Key Specs:

Screen Size	:	10.1cms
OS Name	:	Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor	:	1Ghz Mediatek MT6577 dual-core processor
Camera Resolution	:	3 MP
Battery Capacity	:	1450 mAh with claimed talktime of 4 hours and standby time of 7 days.
Connectivity Options	:	3G/Bluetooth/Wi-Fi/USB
Memory	:	2GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB with microSD card

Features:

10.1 cm TFT Multi-touch Display : Experience best picture quality on a 10.1 cm multi-touch screen! With a super sleek design
1 GHz Dual Core Processor : The high-speed performance of its Processor makes you enjoy seamless multi-tasking and gives an immersive gaming experience with its superior graphics.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich : It gives you easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity adding powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.
Capture All Your Favourite Moments
Connectivity : Endless connectivity options in the A89 let you connect to the world, anytime, anywhere! Now transfer files easily with its USB 2.0 and share files with friends or talk hands-free, all through its Bluetooth connectivity. Surf the web faster through its Wi-Fi connect that lets you connect to any router or use the simple WAP browser to surf the internet on the move!
Balance Your Work And Play : Balance your work and play, easily with its Dual SIM connectivity that lets you insert 2 SIM cards at the same time. Multi-task with ease and experience dual connectivity!
Expandable Memory : Now store all your files on its expandable memory upto 32GB and carry all your entertainment with you.
Pre-Loaded Apps

Windows 7 Administrator Rights

2012-12-25T19:01:00.001+05:30

Most of you have faced this issue that when you want to create any file/folder in C drive and a prompt appears, saying you need to provide administrator permission to create file/folder.

If you have faced the above mentioned problem.To solve this you have to give full control permision of C drive to administartor and current user. for this try the solution provided below :

Solution 1:
1. Open up command prompt, right click and run as admin to open the administrative control panel
2. Type the following and hit enter
    TAKEOWN /A /F C:
    then the next one
    TAKEOWN /F C:
this will give both admin and your account full permissions to all files in the C drive

Solution 2:
1. Open "Computer Management"
2. Go To "Local Users And Groups"
3. Then Go To Users
4. Double Click On "Administrator"
5. Uncheck "Account Is Disabled"
6. That’s It. It Will Enable Original Administrator Account.
Check this by Logging Off The Current Account...

Data Card that can last for 100 million years

2012-09-29T13:38:00.002+05:30

Research on the way....Coming soon data card that can last for 100 million years

Data Card that can last for 100 millions year

Researcher claim to have developed a new storage device,Features of device are:

It is water proof
Can tolerate extreme temperatures and hostile conditions like fires and tsunami 'forever' without degrading

Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachihas unveiled the chip,and claimed that:

It is resistant to many chemicals and unaffected by radio waves
Can be exposed directly to high temperature flames and heated to 1,000 degrees Celsius for at least two hours without being damaged
The chip is also waterproof

The company's new technology stores data in binary form by creating dots inside a thin sheet of quartz glass, which can be read with an ordinary optical microscope.

Provided a computer with the know-how to understand that binary is available - simple enough to programme, no matter how advanced computers become - the data will always be readable.

"We believe data will survive unless this hard glass is broken," said senior researcher Takao Watanabe.

The material currently has four layers of dots, which can hold 40 megabytes per square inch, approximately the density on a music CD, researchers said, adding they believe including more layers should not be a problem.

The company has not decided when to put the chip to practical use but researchers said they could start with storage services for government agencies, museums and religious organisations.

Samsung Galaxy Camera with voice control set

2012-09-29T13:11:00.001+05:30

Samsung Galaxy Camera

Samsung India is going to launch its Galaxy Camera in mid-November, the company said yesterday while launching its Galaxy Note II phablet. This pegs the launch date of the device around Diwali. Galaxy Camera is Samsung's first camera, and world's second, to be powered by Google's Android mobile operating system. It was unveiled by the South Korean manufacturer at the IFA 2012 held in August.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is a 16MP snapper with 4.77-inch HD Super Clear TouchDisplay (308ppi pixel density), Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), quad-core 1.4GHz processor and a 1,650mAh battery. The 16MP camera has aperture of F2.8 and focal length of 23mm, with 21X optical zoom. Galaxy Camera has internal storage of 8GB, which can be extended up to 32GB via microSD card and can play HD videos with 16:9 aspect ratio.

The all-new gadget from Samsung has 10 image capture modes (Smart Pro Mode) and takes videos at 120fps rate with 720x480 pixel resolution. Some of the other features of the Galaxy Camera include Slow Motion Video, Action Freeze, Share Shot, Auto Face Calibration, 65 on-screen editing features, auto cloud backup and GPS with Glonass. Connectivity features of the device include 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0 and HDMI. The camera also has voice control functionality and can zoom in or out, set timer, capture images and also rotate, delete and share photos from the gallery.

Key specifications:
Camera sensor: 16MP with F2.8 aperture and 23mm focal length;
Zoom: 21X optical zoom;
Display: 4.77-inch HD Super Clear Touch Display with 308ppi pixel density;
Operating system: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean);
Processor: Quad-core 1.4GHz;
Battery: 1,650mAh;
Storage: 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card; and
Connectivity: 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0 and HDMI

For More Details CLICK HERE!!!

Get Free SMS Alerts When your Website is Down

2012-09-17T23:08:00.000+05:30

You can use Google Docs to monitor your website’s uptime and get instant alerts if your site is down or unavailable to visitors.

Monitoring Tool

The latest version of this Google Docs based website monitoring tool is even better:

1. now monitor multiple websites and blogs for downtime/uptime in one go

2. In addition to email alerts, you can now choose to receive SMS alerts on our phone if any of your sites are down

3. The text alerts are routed through Google Calendar and are therefore free

This is the only tool that lets you monitor unlimited number of website domains and offers both SMS and email based alerts without charging any amount.

The one big advantage with Google Docs is that it can be configured to check your website status every minute and thus you’ll instantly know if your site is down.

Steps to configure Google Docs as an uptime monitor for your website:

1. Assuming that you are signed-in to your Google Account, click here to make a copy of the Google Docs sheet.

2. Put your website’s URL and your email address. This is the address where you wish to receive notifications for downtime and uptime.

3. Go to Tools –> Script Editor –> Resources –> Current Script’s Triggers and set a Time-Driven trigger for every minute (or 5 minutes).

4. Save the Trigger and Google Docs will show a big red warning asking for authorization. Just accept it and Save the trigger again.

That's it. The Google Docs sheet will monitor your website in the background at all times and will send an email alert whenever it has trouble accessing the website. If the issue is resolved, you'll get another notification saying "all’s well."

Also, the downtime details (including the server responses) are logged in the Google Docs sheet itself so you can later analyze the downtime in greater detail. You can browse the source code to understand how monitoring works behind the scenes.

If you aren’t getting text alerts on your phone, please ensure that your phone number is associated with Google Calendar.

MTNL launches three Android Tablets

2012-09-01T19:21:00.001+05:30

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), in partnership with device manufacturer Teracom, has announced the launch of three new Android tablets under the name "Lofty".

The tablets - namely Lofty TZ300, Lofty TZ200 and the Lofty TZ100 - are priced at Rs 3,999, Rs 6,499 and Rs 10,999 respectively. MTNL is offering these tabs with free complementary data bundle of 10 GB of 3G data valid for two months, both local as well as roaming.

Lofty TZ300 :

1. Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) based tablet
2. 1.2 GHz Arm cortex A9 architecture based processor
3. 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of internal storage
4. 0.3 megapixel front facing camera too
5. 7 inch display with an 800 480 pixel resolution with a resistive touch
6. Data support through USB data dongles

Lofty TZ200 :

1. Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) based tablet
2. 1.2 GHz Arm cortex A9 architecture based processor
3. 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of internal storage
4. Capacitive touch based input system with support for multi touch
5. Don't have any rear camera
6. Front 0.3 megapixel camera for video calling
7. USB port, for 3G connectivity

Lofty TZ100 :

1. Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) based tablet
2. 1 GHz Cortex A9 architecture based processor
3. 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of internal storage
4. 7 inch display with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
5. 3 megapixel rear camera
6. 0.3 megapixel front camera for video calling
7. Calling functionality with support for a 3G SIM for both voice as well as data functions

First Look at Facebook's Amazing New Campus by Frank Gehry

2012-09-01T18:40:00.001+05:30

Facebook's New Campus

Facebook already has 2,000 employees at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. But it's preparing for a major expansion. Eventually, its current location—the East Campus—will hold 6,600 employees. Another 2,800 will occupy a second site, the West Campus, across the Bayfront Expressway.

Facebook has hired Frank Gehry's architecture firm, Gehry Partners, to design a new, sprawling office building which will house those engineers in a big, open space, with walls cleverly angled so the insides don't feel oppressive.

Here are First look of Facebook's Amazing New Campus by Frank Gehry,

Facebook's New Campus

For more Information, CLICK HERE

Some Tricks For Notepad

2012-08-26T00:16:00.002+05:30

Trick 1: World Trade Center Attack Trick
Here is one of the popular trick of notepad, Follow the steps
1. Open Notepad.
2. Type “Q33N” (without quotes) in capital letters.
3. Increase the font size to 72.
4. Change the Font to Wingdings.
Check out the magic...


World Trade Center Attack Trick

Trick 2 :Make A Personal Diary
Use your Notepad as a personal diary,
1. Open Notepad.
2. Type .LOG (in capital letters) and hit enter.
3. Save it with any name and close it.
4. Open it again.
On opening the file again you will see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG line. This will happen automatically every time you reopen the the notepad file.

Diary Trick

Trick 3:Format Your Hard Disk Using Just Notepad !
Want to format your hard disk just using your notepad.
In order to completely format your C: Drive (Primary disk) follow the steps given below:
1. Open notepad.
2. Type the following the code in it
01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011000110011101001011100
0010000000101111010100010010111101011000
3. Save it as an .exe file giving any name.
Now, When you open this file, Your C: Drive will get formated.
If You are going to implement it, try it carefully, It will delete all your file of C: Drive.
Note: You can’t run it from C: Drive itself (not from the drive in which OS is installed & running).

First 3D tab in India

2012-08-14T16:35:00.002+05:30

3D Tab

Swipe Telecom launches first 3D tablet in India

California-based Swipe Telecom launched a many tablets, including the country's "first 3D tablet". The tablets are priced in the range of Rs 5,999 to Rs 8,999.
The 3D Life Tab X74 Priced at Rs 5,999.

Specifications of 3D Life Tab is given below:

Specifications of 3D Tab

For More Details, CLICK HERE

Merge Two Sorted Array

2012-08-13T22:22:00.002+05:30

Program to Sort two array and Merging of these two sorted array

Merge Sorted Array

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace ProblemPractice
{
    class Program2
    {
        //Merge Sorted Array
        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            int[] a, b, c;

            a = new int[] { 2,1,8,5,3,7 };
            b = new int[] { 6, 9, 0, 4, 15, 11 };
            Array.Sort(a);
            Array.Sort(b);
            c = MergeArray(a, b);
            int clen = c.Length;

            Console.WriteLine("Sorted and Merged Array:");
            for (int i = 0; i < clen; i++)
            {
                Console.Write(c[i] + " ");
            }
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        private static int[] MergeArray(int[] a, int[] b)
        {
            int alen, blen, m, n, i;
            m = a.Length;
            n = b.Length;
            int[] c = new int[m + n];
            alen = 0;
            blen = 0;

            for (i = 0; i < Math.Min(m, n); i++)
            {
                if (a[alen] <= b[blen])
                {
                    c[i] = a[alen++];
                }
                else
                {
                    c[i] = b[blen++];
                }
            }

            while (m > alen)
            {
                c[i++] = a[alen++];
            }
            while (n > blen)
            {
                c[i++] = b[blen++];
            }
            return c;
        }
    }
}

Fibonacci Series and Factorial Program

2012-08-13T22:11:00.001+05:30

Program to find Factorial of a given number and Fibonacci Series

Fibonacci Series

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace ProblemPractice
{
    //FIBONACCI SERIES
    class Program1
    {
        public static void Main(String[] args)
        {

            string str;
            do
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Press 1 for Fibnacci and 2 for Factorial :");
                int val = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                if (val == 1)
                {
                    //Fibonacci
                    Fibonacci();
                }
                else if (val == 2)
                {
                    //Factorial
                    Console.WriteLine("Enter Value:");
                    int num = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                    int factNum = Factorial(num);
                    Console.WriteLine(factNum);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Wrong option...Press any key to Exit.");
                }
                Console.WriteLine("Want to Continue, Press \"y\"");
                str = Console.ReadLine();
            } while (str == "y");
        }

        private static int Factorial(int num)
        {
            int fact;
            if (num == 1)
            {
                return 1;
            }
            else
            {
                fact= num * Factorial(num - 1);
                return fact;
            }
        }

        private static void Fibonacci()
        {
            int n = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int n1, n2, n3;
            n1 = 0; n2 = 1;
            int flag = 3;
            Console.Write(n1 + " " + n2 + " ");
            while (flag <= n)
            {
                n3 = n1 + n2;
                Console.Write(n3 + " ");
                n1 = n2;
                n2 = n3;
                flag++;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("");
        }
    }
}

Program 1 : Sudoku Solver

2012-08-13T19:40:00.000+05:30

C# Programming

PROBLEM STATEMENT :

Input :

The first line contains N,K. The following K lines contain 3 numbers: x, y and d. 1 <= x,y,d <= N^2. This means that a number d is present on the board at position (x,y) 2 <= N <= 30 0 <= K <= N⁴ At most 50% of the board will be covered at the start. All positions (x,y) in the input will be unique.

Output :

The output consists of N² rows having N² numbers each. Each number should be between 1 and N² (inclusive) and separated by a space. If the initial grid has a number d at position (x,y), then even the output should have the number d at position (x,y).

Scoring :

For each row and every number K in the range 1 to N² that is missing from the row, incurs a penalty of 1.
For each column and every number K in the range 1 to N² that is missing from the column, incurs a penalty of 1.
Similarly, for each box and every number K in the range 1 to N² that is missing from the box, incurs a penalty of 1.

A box (as explained above) is a N X N square and the grid can be divided into N² such non-overlapping boxes.

Solution :

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace PracticeProblem
{
    //SUDOKU SOLVER
    class Program
    {
        public static int Logic1(int row, int col, int n)
        {
            int n2 = n * n;
            int value = (row / n + row * n + col) % n2;
            return value > 0 ? value : n2;
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int x, y, d;
            int[,] matrix;

            //Input
            string value = Console.ReadLine();
            string[] arr = value.Split(' ');
            int n = Int32.Parse(arr[0]);
            int k = Int32.Parse(arr[1]);
            int n2 = n * n;
            matrix = new int[n2, n2];

            for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            {
                string val = Console.ReadLine();
                string[] data = val.Split(' ');
                x = Int32.Parse(data[0]);
                y = Int32.Parse(data[1]);
                d = Int32.Parse(data[2]);
                matrix[x - 1, y - 1] = d;
            }

            //Output
            for (int row = 0; row < n2; row++)
            {
                for (int col = 0; col < n2; col++)
                {
                    if (matrix[row, col] == 0)
                    {
                        matrix[row, col] = Logic1(row, col, n);
                        Console.Write(matrix[row, col] + " ");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.Write(matrix[row, col] + " ");
                    }
                }
                Console.Write("\n");
            }
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

NOTE : Problem is taken from CodeChef.

How to make skin glow and clear with Photoshop

2012-08-13T18:59:00.002+05:30

Image Before and After Editing

Today, I will show some interesting creativity with Photoshop. We will learn how to make a skin grow like we have seen the actress skin, with the help of Photoshop. After learning from this tutorial you will able to edit any type of skin (spots, dull,dark circles,imperfection etc.)

Follow the given steps to learn skin's editing :
1. Open the photo which you want to edit in new page with good resolution.

Original Image

2. Make duplicate layer of the photo.
3. Select the blur tool with strength of 50% and blur the image little bit.

Image after Blur effect

4. Select the clone tool (S) with opacity and flow of 55% and do the cloning to the skin in the photo.
5. Again, blur the image with blur tool with the 40% strength.
6. Now select the quick selection tool (W) and select the skin .

Selection using Quick selection tool

7. Open the curve (crlt+M) and give fairness touch to the photo with the use of curve.

Glow with Curve Tool

8. Select the eraser tool (E) with opacity and flow of 60% and erase the corners of the photo to look real.

Now, you have Final edited image below.

Final Image

Point to be remember during the editing...
1) Do not blur the image to much in step 3&5. It will look artificial.
2) Do not give much light expose to the photo in step 7. It will make image dull.

I think you have enjoyed reading this tutorial. CLICK HERE to see more Photoshop tutorial.

HTML5 Features

2012-08-03T20:41:00.000+05:30

Details of HTML5 Features:

HTML5 Features

OFFLINE:

These features can also be used to improve an application’s performance by storing data in the cache or to make data persistent between user sessions and when reloading and restoring pages.

STORAGE:

Storage Feature

There are several reasons to use client-side storage. First, you can make your app work when the user is offline, possibly sync'ing data back once the network is connected again. Second, it's a performance booster; you can show a large corpus of data as soon as the user clicks on to your site, instead of waiting for it to download again. Third, it's an easier programming model, with no server infrastructure required.

CONNECTIVITY:

More efficient connectivity means more real-time chats, faster games, and better communication. Web Sockets and Server-Sent Events are pushing (pun intended) data between client and server more efficiently than ever before.

FILE ACCESS:

HTML5 provides very powerful APIs to interact with binary data and a user's local file system. The File APIs give web applications the ability to do things like read files [a]synchronously, create arbitrary Blobs, write files to a temporary location, recursively read a file directory, perform file drag and drop from the desktop to the browser, and upload binary data using XMLHttpRequest2.

SEMANTICS:

Semantics

HTML5 provides a series of tools to make developers life easier too:

New media elements.

New structural elements.

New semantics for internationalization.

New link relation types.

New attributes.

New form types.

New microdata syntax for additional semantics.

AUDIO/VIDEO:

Audio/Video

Audio and Video became first-class citizens on the Web with HTML5 the same way that other media types like images did in the past. Through their new APIs you can access, control and manipulate timeline data and network states of the files. With the coming additions to the APIs you will be able to read and write raw data to audio files (Audio Data API) or manipulate captions in videos (Timed Track API). But the real power of these new HTML elements stands out when they are combined with the other technologies of the web stack, be it Canvas, SVG, CSS or even WebGL.

3D/GRAPHICS:

The web has always been a visual medium, but a restricted one at best. Until recently, HTML developers were limited to CSS and JavaScript in order to produce animations or visual effects for their websites, or they would have to rely on a plugin like Flash.

With the addition of technologies like the canvas element, Web GL, and SVG images, this is no longer the case! In fact, there are many new features which deal with graphics on the web: 2D Canvas, WebGL, SVG, 3D CSS transforms, and SMIL.

PRESENTATION:

With the introduction of CSS3 it has never been easier to create rich and beautiful sites and applications in HTML. There are many new technologies and extensions to CSS3 including: 2D Transformations, Transitions, 3D Transforms and Web Fonts to name just a few.

You can create rich user experiences with no coding effort required, just simply apply a little CSS to your existing applications.

PERFORMANCE:

HTML5 Application

Web apps are now able to rival performance of native and desktop applications. By using a variety of techniques and technologies, your sites and apps can feel more responsive and your users will get more done. Performance is important, it's a constant theme across all aspects of your development and product.

NUTS AND BOLTS:

HTML5 Application for Phone

HTML5 is now an umbrella term that many people use to describe the amazing improvements coming to the web platform. It's a platform that is becoming more powerful by the day. Most people have heard of the rich APIs (css3, audio/video, WebGL, offline, geolocation...), but there's also a slew of lesser-known features that you should be aware of. We call these the "nuts & bolts" of building modern web applications.

Internet Explorer 10

2012-08-03T19:32:00.000+05:30

A closer look at Windows 8‘s browser: Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer 10

Windows 8's browser, Internet Explorer 10, leads a double life. You can run it in Metro, you can run it in the traditional Windows desktop view. Underneath, however, both use the same rendering engine. This engine has been considerably improved, in both speed and support for new Web technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3. Maybe even more significantly, IE10 isn't just the browser for Windows 8, it actually becomes the underlying engine that powers Metro style applications that use HTML5 and JavaScript. When you realize that, it becomes clear that Internet Explorer 10 is a crucial piece of the Windows 8 puzzle.

At the moment, Microsoft is only making the preview version of IE10 available for Windows 8 Release Preview, but, at release, it will be available for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. To try out Windows 8 and IE10, head to the Windows 8 Release Preview download page.

Windows 8One gauge of HTML5 readiness is the HTML5Test.com site, which reports a score based on how many HTML5 features it supports, along with bonus points for non-standard-specific extras like video codecs. Out of a possible 500, IE9 earns a score of 138, compared with 414 for Google Chrome. IE10 changes this picture considerably, with a score of 319 and 6 bonus points.

Browser

Though it's often stated that Chrome and Firefox are ahead of IE in HTML5 support, some of the test drive demos show that those browsers haven't yet implemented every capability. One example is Touch Events, which lets a webpage respond to gestures.

Performance Comparison

however, there's an app interface you use to browse the Web, and the main changes here are in the Metro version of IE10. Let's look at how this clean, minimalist design, full-screen, touch-friendly new interface handles your daily browsing needs.

Outlook, A truly modern email experience

2012-08-01T09:55:00.001+05:30

Outlook.com was built to help you get more done by integrating the information from social networks that your friends already use. Office and SkyDrive are built right in, and it brings the Greymail out of your way so that you can get through your email fast.

Outlook.com

TOP FEATURES:

A modern interface: faster and cleaner

The simple, fluid and interactive design of Outlook makes it easy to use whether you're on a desktop, phone or tablet.

Share and collaborate with Office

Open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files with full fidelity right in your inbox. Save Office documents, photos or other large files and share them with friends without having to deal with attachments, using SkyDrive.

Alive with your people

Your Outlook.com address book comes alive with today’s photos, statuses and updates. You can see your friends’ photos and the latest updates from Outlook, Facebook or other social Networks.

Automate your inbox

Outlook.com gives you the best spam protection in the industry, with the best tools to get rid of the newsletters, social updates and daily deals so you can get to the email you want.

Get a Outlook email address for your new inbox

You can get a new email address from Outlook. You don't have to worry about your contacts and previous emails, you'll keep them. And, you'll continue receiving messages sent to your Hotmail address.

Outlook

Want to try Outlook, CLICK HERE

HTML5 Introduction

2012-07-30T00:38:00.003+05:30

HTML5

HTML5 introduces many cutting-edge features that enable developers to create apps and websites with the functionality, speed, performance, and experience of desktop applications. But unlike desktop applications, apps built on the web platform can reach a much broader audience using a wider array of devices. HTML5 accelerates the pace of your innovation and enables you to seamlessly roll out your latest work to all your users simultaneously

WHAT IS HTML5 ?

HMTL5 is not a single thing or a monolithic technology. It is a collection of features, technologies, and APIs that brings the power of the desktop and the vibrancy of multimedia experience to the web—while amplifying the web’s core strengths of interactivity and connectivity.

HTML5 includes the fifth revision of the HTML markup language, CSS3, and a series of JavaScript APIs. Together, these technologies enable you to create complex applications that previously could be created only for desktop platforms.

HTML5 does not belong to a company or a specific browser. It has been forged by a community of people interested in evolving the web and a consortium of technological leaders that includes Google, Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla, Facebook, IBM, HP, Adobe, and many others. The community and consortium continue to collaborate on universal browser standards to push web capabilities even further. The next generation of web apps can run high-performance graphics, work offline, store a large amount of data on the client, perform calculations fast, and take interactivity and collaboration to the next level.

HTML5 is making the web platform more powerful in a number of different areas. Try learning by major HTML5 feature groups.

Offline
Storage
Connectivity
File Access
Semantics
Audio/Video
3D/Graphics
Presentation
Performance
Nuts and Bolts

We will learn about these features in detail in our next post.

Zync brings Android tab

2012-07-30T00:22:00.000+05:30

Zync brings Android tab for Rs 3,699

After Aakash and BSNL Penta, Zync also launches its cheaper low cost tablet for Indian market.

Tablet manufacturer, Zync has announced the launch of a yet another low cost tablet for the Indian market. Known as the Zync Z909. Priced at Rs 3,699, it competes against other low cost tablet options in the Indian market like the BSNL Pena tab and the Datawind Aakash tablet. The tablet is available form today from retail as well as online stores that includes popular websites such as Snapdeal.com, HomeShop18.com, Futurebazaar.com, Naaptol.com.

Zync-Android Tab

The Zync Z909 tablet comes with :

7-inch display featuring a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels
resistive touch input system
1 GHz processor
256 MB of RAM for smoother operations
data connectivity through both WiFi network as well as through the use of dongles
front 0.3 megapixel camera to support video calling
Runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
4 GB in-built memory for storage that can be expanded to 16 GB
Micro and a full sized USB port for supporting external USB dongles, Devices and keyboards

Zync-Android Tab

The tablet comes with free accessories including a screen guard and Lycra based pouch. The Z-909 also has the BigFlix application embedded into the tablet which gives a seamless movie experience to movie buffs. And on top of that, the company is giving a free 1 month subscription of the service to the customers as well.

Google Fibre

2012-07-27T19:03:00.001+05:30

A different kind of Internet : Google Fibre

Google Fibre

Google Fiber starts with a connection speed 100 times faster than today's average broadband. Instant downloads.Crystal clear HD. And endless possibilities. It's not just TV. And it's not just Internet. It's Google Fiber.

Google Fibre

Google’s unbelievably fast new 1000Mbps fibre is finally live in Kansas City from 26th july.
The service has no bandwidth cap, no overage fees, and it’ll come with 1TB of free cloud storage.

At 1000 Mb per second, Google Fiber is 100 times faster than today’s average Internet, allowing you to get what you want instantaneously. You no longer have to wait on things buffering; everything will be ready to go when you are. So whether you are video chatting, uploading family videos, or playing your favorite online games, all you need to do is click and you’re there.

for more information on Google fibre visit:

Google Fibre
Google Fibre Blog

How to make Photoshop Icon in Photoshop

2012-07-27T18:04:00.000+05:30

Photoshop Icon

Today, I am going to share a new tutorial with you. In this tutorial we will learn "How to make Photoshop icon in Photoshop."
You have seen the Photoshop icon many times. Now we will make it in Photoshop.
Before making the icon you should recall Photoshop icon design in our brain.

Follow the below steps:

1. Open a new page (ctrl+n) with the resolution you want. Make a rectangle with Rectangular Marquee Tool(m).

Add Rectangle Marque

   2. Now create a new layer.
   3. Select Pen Tool(p) and cut the corner of the rectangle.
   4. Set the background color to #0456ab and set foreground color lighter than the background.
   5. Now select Gradient Tool(g) and fill the gradient in the rectangle.

Fill the rectangle with Gradient

6. For making round corner, Select Pen Tool and make a round corner in the new layer. For making the pen tool lines in the selection, press ctrl+enter. And fill it with the color #44d0fe.

Pen tool to make corner round

7. Now again take a new layer and make small horizontal rectangle (As shown in the image). And repeat the step 4&5.

Creating Small Rectangle

8. Now select the text tool(t) and write the words shown in the image.

Text Tool

Now we have reached to our final step. In this step we will give the effects to all most, all the layers.
9. Give stroke effect in Layer style option to all layers except text layer with size 1px and opacity 75%. And give shadow effect to round corner layer. Keep the shadow opacity to 70%.

Final Image

Here our Photoshop icon is ready.

I think you have enjoyed reading this tutorial. We will back to you with our next and interesting tutorial soon...Stay tuned with us :)

Google launches its own online scientific calculator

2012-07-26T17:09:00.001+05:30

Online Scientific Calculator

There are lots of popular Google Web Services : Google search, Gmail, Google+, YouTube etc. Now, Google have launched a new small web service - online scientific calculator.

Now for a quick calculation, you can go to Google. This new scientific calculator has varied array of features. The new 34-button scientific calculator appears the moment you type in the word "calculator" or a mathematical expression such as "2+2" into the search box.

The calculator gives users ability to do everything from arithmetic to trigonometric calculations. The calculator has functions for calculating sines, cosines, square roots and tangents as well as also dedicated buttons for Pi.

Not only this, Users can also use Google's voice search feature -- found in mobile version and in Chrome browser -- to do calculations without actually touching keyboard.

Hello World Application

2012-07-26T12:06:00.002+05:30

First application to make you Windows Phone say “hello”:

1. Open Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone. Select File -> New Project. Choose the Visual C# then Silverlight for Windows Phone template. Select Windows Phone Application and name the project.

Window Phone Application

2. After the project is created, the screen will show design and XAML markup codes. Design view shows the phone interface which enables us to see how our program looks like during the development. For those of you who are already familiar with Visual Studio, then the Tool Box panel, Solution Explorer, and Properties pane will be around your main view.

Design Pane

3. Add a TextBox and a Button from the ToolBox. Note that we get the same experience in developing Silverlight for web applications. We can easily alter the interface from the Properties pane.

Desing View of Application

When a Button is selected, we can see that the button is highlighted with a box outside the Button’s border. The box indicates the Button’s touch area. This property is owned by every control. Change the title text in XAML into “Hello World”.

4. Double-clicking the Button will show codes behind the active page. Add a function to change Title into “Hello +” input from available TextBox.

Button_Click Event

5. Type this code for the Button’s event handler, private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
PageTitle.Text = "Hello " + textBox1.Text;
}

6. Now we can test the simple application we have made. To deploy and launch the application we can choose between running in an emulator or available Windows Phone device. Since there are not many deployable Windows Phone yet, let’s use the emulator to run this simple application. Press F5 and see the result...

Deployment of Application

First-time deployment may take some time to process. However, the next deployments will take less time, provided we don’t shut down the emulator. Type any text in the TextBox and press the button.
The title in the page will change according to the text inserted into TextBox. This is your first Windows Phone application. Congratulations! :)

Final Application of Hello World

Development Requirement: PART 4

2012-07-26T11:44:00.001+05:30

Windows Phone Emulator

To start with application development, tool needed to have are:

Visual studio 2010 Express for window phone
Window phone emulator
XNA game studio (if want to develop game for window phone)
Expression blend for window phone (optional)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System: Windows 7 or vista

Windows Vista (x86 and x64) ENU Service Pack 2 all editions other than Starter
Windows 7 (x86 and x64) ENU – all editions other than Starter

Hard disk with a minimum 3GB free space
Recommend 2 GB of memory
Graphic card that supports DirectX 10 with WDDM 1.1 driver

Application Lifecycle: PART 3

2012-07-26T01:25:00.000+05:30

Model execution on a Windows Phone has a complete cycle, from when the application is launched until it is deactivated.

Several terminologies we should get familiar with in order to understand the aspects of execution model on Windows Phone application.

1.    Tombstoning
A procedure in which the operating system deactivates the application process as users exits the application. Operating system preserves any information about the application’s state. When the application is re-launched, the operating system restarts the process and sends the last known state from before the application was turned off.
2.    Page State
A state regarding the application page. It includes scroll positions or text field contents. Modifications to this state is done by overriding OnNavigatedTo or
OnNavigatedFrom methods.

3.    Application state
An application’s condition in which there are no specific associations to any page. This condition can be modified using PhoneApplicationService class.
4.    Persistent data
Data shared by application. This data is stored and retrieved from isolated storage. Application setting is one example of persistent data.
5.    Transient data
Transient data are those related to an instance of the application. Transient data is stored in state dictionary provided by PhoneApplicationService. An application in tombstoned state will return to transient condition when application is reactivated. An example of transient state is web service query.

Application lifecycle in window phone have five stage:

1.    LAUNCHING
2.    RUNNING
3.    CLOSING
4.    DEACTIVATING:
5.    ACTIVATING

Application Lifecycle

This is the list of actions that will cause an application to enter tombstoned condition:

WebBrowserTask
MarketplaceDetailTask
MarketplaceHubTask
SaveEmailAdressTask
SavePhoneNumberTask
SearchTask
SmsComposeTask

The following actions will not automatically cause application to enter tombstoned condition, and thus should be handled:

PhotoChooserTask
CameraCaptureTask
MediaPlayerLauncer
EmailAdrdressChooserTask
PhoneNumberChooserTask