MIT develops mobile phone based optometry solution

Posted by saurabh On June - 25 - 2010

The team at the MIT Camera Culture Lab have developed a portable and inexpensive solution for estimating refractive errors of human eye. Some common errors of the eye, including nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and age-related vision loss can be diagnosed using this affordable technology which until now was possible using specialized equipment operated by a trained [...]

MIT develops mobile phone based optometry solution

Android powered ebook reader now available at $149

Posted by saurabh On June - 22 - 2010

The first Android powered ebook reader Nook WiFi has been launched in the US by Barnes & Nobles and it is the cheapest ebook reader at a price of $149. It triggered a price war with Amazon slashing the price of Kindle from $259 to $189. Kindle comes with inbuilt 3G but without WiFi, while [...]

Android powered ebook reader now available at $149

Update iPhone and iPod Touch to iOS 4

Posted by saurabh On June - 22 - 2010

Apple rolled out the new version of its mobile operating system iOS4 on 21-June-2010. Some of the new features introduced in iOS4 are multitasking, unified mailbox and ability to group apps into folders. You can update your iPhone and iPod Touch free of cost from iTunes.  How to Upgrade? Install latest version of iTunes (iTunes [...]

Update iPhone and iPod Touch to iOS 4

Use iPod Touch and iPhone as wireless mouse & keyboard

Posted by saurabh On June - 15 - 2010

Ever wondered if you had a device by which you can forward a movie on VLC or MediaPlayer, reply to emails, chat and change music tracks from a distance from your laptop. iPod Touch and iPhone can be used as wireless trackpad and keyboard simultaneously for any laptop. It is very simple and does not [...]

Use iPod Touch and iPhone as wireless mouse & keyboard

Drag and Drop Attachment in Gmail

Posted by vikrant On April - 17 - 2010

There are 2 new features added to Gmail recently: 1. Add attachments by Drag and Drop After a long wait Google had finally done which could have been done long time back. Now you can add Gmail attachment by just drag and drop in new mail you are composing just like you do in Outlook. [...]

Drag and Drop Attachment in Gmail

Gmail launches Priority Inbox

Posted by Pramod On September - 2 - 2010View Comments
Gmail comes up with a way to save you from your flooded inbox.

Renewable Technology – Solar Backpack

Posted by vikrant On September - 1 - 2010View Comments
Recently I came across the concept of solar back packs. I haven’t seen one in India till now, so I thought about writing this post about interesting use of technology in backpacks – renewable energy powered. Solar Backpack: Solar backpack is a high end backpack which has solar panels installed on the front of the
Facebook took the No. 1 spot among social networking sites in India leaving behind Orkut for the first time in July 2010.  In July 2009 Orkut was No. 1 with the 17 million users and has grown merely by 16% to 19.8 million in July 2010. In the same time Facebook which was at 7.5
Yahoo has formally announced the transition of the Yahoo Search result to Microsoft Bing platform. Yahoo announced the transition of organic search between Yahoo! and Microsoft in its official search blog. Same story has been announced by Bing also on its official blog. Announcement was done by “Shashi Seth” Senior Vice President of Yahoo! Search

Update to Windows Live essential 2011 beta

Posted by vikrant On August - 18 - 2010View Comments
Microsoft has released an update to the the beta version of “Windows Live Essential 2011” today. Microsoft has introduces the first version of the beta in June 2010 second half. It includes beta versions of Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Movie Maker, Writer, Family Safety, and Sync, plus Bing Bar and Messenger Companion. Other add on

Google waves Wave goodbye

Posted by Pramod On August - 13 - 2010View Comments
About a year from its public release, Google Wave has been terminated.

UK clears Google of snooping charges

Posted by Pramod On August - 12 - 2010View Comments
The Information Commissioner Office of the UK has cleared Google Street View of personal data collection charges.

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