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You can type faster in iPad using the Hooper Selection method

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:38:09 +0000

Sometimes typing in an iPad can be hard, but this can be fixed easily using the Hooper Selection method developed by Georgia Tech student Daniel Hooper. The developer has come up with an iPad concept interface that lets you to type and select texts faster. Check out the video below by Hooper, where he demos his software. Hooper selection is a cursor movement technique for tablet devices, which consists of set of gestures the user can make on the virtual keyboard to position the cursor and selecting texts.

Type faster in iPad using Hooper selection method

For example, for the Cursor movement: The user can simply drag his finger across the keyboard in any direction. A single finger drag will move the cursor slowly and two finger drag will move the cursor faster. And to select the texts, the user has to hold down the shift key while dragging across the keyboard and use the two finger to perform the same operation faster.

Check the out the implementation at Hooper Selection wikipedia page.

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Microsoft launches new Open Search Social Network – So.cl

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:30:33 +0000

A social network, but not a Facebook challenger. Microsoft has launched its new social network site that aims to provide the students with an ability to share the information about what they search in the web. The project called as “So.cl” is from the Microsoft FUSE labs, is an experimental research project that combines online search and social networking for providing better learning experience. So.cl is based on a Open Search, which means your searches are viewable to other So.cl users and will also be available to third parties.

Explore the best of So.cl

You can login to So.cl using your Facebook or Windows ID. Your searches are not automatically posted to Facebook, unless you wish to do so. The users can also experience the traditional social networking features like comments, tagging, share and riff posts. The “riff” feature reminded me of Facebook’s thought on introducing “Hate” button. One of the interesting feature in So.cl is the ability to create and manage video parties that lets you to share and watch videos in real time.

Video parties in So.cl - share and watch videos in real time

Check out the social networking site from Microsoft.

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Mark Zuckerberg marries his girl friend Priscilla

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:55:34 +0000

There were only 100 invited guests, who were assembled to celebrate Ms. Priscilla Chan’s medical school graduation. But instead they ended up wishing Priscilla marrying Mark Zuckerberg. The latest billionaire has married his longtime girl friend Priscilla in a private wedding ceremony at his home Palo Alto, Calif. The couple had been seen together for almost nine years from their days in Harvard University. Mark’s marriage picture was posted on Zuckerberg’s personal page on Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla

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Haters gonna Hate and Likers gonna Like – New inspirational poster from Facebook

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:20:07 +0000

If you don’t like the changes what Facebook is doing, fine, there are millions of people in Facebook who like those – Says Facebook’s new inspirational poster. “Likers gonna Like”, an inspirational poster printed by the Facebook’s Toronto Office. The poster was designed by Facebook Analog Research Laboratory, which made the other posters like “Stay Focused & Keep Shipping” and “Move Fast Break things”. Facebook had gone through many troubles from its inception, including the privacy issues, but the quote “Likers gonna Like” is what made the Facebook to overcome those challenges to become as one of the strongest internet giant.

Have a look at the poster below,

Facebook's Inspiration Quote

Stay Focused and Keep Shipping

Via Techcrunch

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Apple Wins the iPhone5.com domain name after filing complaint with WIPO

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:36:25 +0000

“Call Corporate Of Apple and tell them to stop there persuit!! Blow up there phones, Spam there emails, call there Administration! Do something to get our point across.[sic]”, this was the message displayed on iPhone5.com, which was initially owned by a company from Australia. And now the domain belongs to Corporation Service Company in Wilmington, Del (Domain registrar Company) after Apple filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to the reports, Apple probably would have contracted with the Corporation Service Company to own the domain. Currently the iPhone5.com shows only the blank page, but still has gained enough back links to score a Google Page rank ’3′. Though the next iPhone may not be called as “iPhone5″, still Apple have the rights to own the domain.

iPhone5.com, an blank website scores Google Page Rank 3

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How to enable Do Not Track feature in Firefox web browser?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:11:28 +0000

On Thursday Twitter announced the support of “Do Not Track” feature that will prevent the service from tracking the user’s information stored in the browser cookies. The feature can be enabled by the users in their web browser only if the website agrees to it. Here’s how you can enable the “Do Not Track” option in the Firefox web browser?

Note: The screenshot were taken from Firefox version 12.0. The actual steps may vary based on your browser version.

1. Go to Firefox settings dialog by clicking the “Options” from the menu.

2. In the “Options” dialog, click the “Privacy” tab.

3. Under the “Privacy” tab, check “Tell websites I do not want to be tracked” and click “Ok”

Enable Do Not Track in Firefox

4. Now the Firefox will enable the “Do Not Track” header within the browser and sends the header to the websites. The website will respond by placing non-personalized ads and logs the user’s information anonymously. This option will prevent the websites from reading your browser cookies.

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Twitter announces “Do Not Track” feature for Firefox users – Breaking news

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:17:35 +0000

According to the tweet by Twitter, the Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, Ed Felten, announced that Twitter will now support “Do Not Track” feature. Enabling this feature will prevent Twitter from collecting information about its users via the browser cookies. The users can enable this feature in their Firefox browser. This feature in Firefox will only work if the website agrees to it. This breaking news was announced by Twitter on Thursday and the option will let its users to opt out of being tracked. According to the reports from Mashable, the feature was announced by Twitter after the March’s report from Federal Trade Commission, requesting the services to stop tracking the user’s information.

: Firefox don’t track feature

What do you think about this feature? Let us know in the comments.

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MyFaceWhen, an iPhone app that lets you to convert a video into an animated GIF

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:17:32 +0000

A picture is a worth of thousand words and a video shows thousands of pictures. Well, here’s an iPhone application called “MyFaceWhen”, that lets you to capture a video and convert it into an animated GIF. Would not be better to post an animated GIF of you laughing at your buddy, instead of a text message “Ha..Ha..” ? Obviously the former one would be more interesting than a text message. This is the idea behind “MyFaceWhen” app, that lets you to turn videos into an animated GIF and helps you to share with your friends and family.

: MyFaceWhen, an iPhone app that lets you convert video into an animated GIF

It costs $0.99, created by Rodney Curl and Ethan Diamond from Washington, D.C. MyFaceWhen can also create an animated GIF from the downloaded videos. The app is simple to use – Opening the application will show your face, just tap the Record button, and again tap when you are done with the video. The next screen will show you the preview of the generated GIF image and will be saved in your library. The app allows you to go to iMessage, where you can paste the GIF image and click send. That’s it!

Check out the app here.

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Do you know the journey of an email? Google explains in a video: Story of Send

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:50:33 +0000

A Journey of an email starts when you hit the “Send” button, the email travels over the communication network, routers, data centre, firewalls, scanners and to the recipient. Here’s a new website “Story of Send” created by Google to tell its users how a Gmail travels to the destination. The website includes an animated video explaining how an email starts its journey from your PC, Smartphone and Tablet to the destination. The video also explains how various Google services has access to your email and how the security measures are taken care to filter out the spams and viruses. According to the video, Google says its data centers uses only less energy compared to other data centers. “Whenever we can, we buy green power from wind farms near our data centers (…) This, along with efficiency and investing in other projects, helps us eliminate our impact on climate change,” says Google in a video.

Story of an email by Google

Check out the website @ Story of Send.

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Air Clicker, a Bluetooth camera that you can wear on your thumb and forefinger

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:07:14 +0000

Here’s a fun concept camera called “Air Clicker”, that actually is wearable on your thumb and forefinger. The Air Clicker includes two modules one is camera and other one is the shutter button. You can wear the camera on your thumb and the shutter button on your forefinger. The forefinger band is attached with a sensor which can recognize your finger tension, to determine whether the finger is bent or not. The camera comes with a Bluetooth and can be connected to your Smartphone. The picture that you take will be stored in the smartphone so that it’s available for you to see it later.

Air Clicker concept does have a camera!

So, how does the Air Clicker camera work?

To take a picture, wear the camera band on your thumb and the shutter band on your forefinger and pose a gesture to click a picture. The sensor attached to the band recognizes the tension and triggers the shutter button. And when you gesture your hand like holding a video camera grip, the sensor knows that it should capture a video. The captured images and videos are transferred to your smartphone via Bluetooth.

: Air Clicker camera working scenarios

Air Clicker camera bands

Designer: Yeon Su Kim.

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