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On the Brink of 4G Seamless Technology

07 Dec, 2010 by Raju PP

Guest post by James Helliwell.

As the drive for greater access speeds keeps increasing, technology is struggling to keep pace with this order. The newest proposed method is 4G which has a bright future, with a promised delivery rate of 100 Mb per second when used with highly mobile devices, and as much as 1000 Mb for stationary receivers. This kind of speed is what many consumers have been dreaming about as it will reduce download times for anything to virtually the blink of any eye. This system not only will cut the data rates significantly, but is light years faster than the older 3G model. Right now the current standard is 3G but 2G is also still being used prominently in many places. This type of technology is fine for data transmission in narrowband areas such as text messages and emails, but for anything that requires maximum speed, it is sorely lacking. This is all about to change with the way 4G networks will not only speed up the service but will also improve the way that transmissions are sent. This is because the newer type of network will...

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Gosh! Nexus S Website is an iPhone Clone!

by Raju PP

Featured, News

Google seems to have copied Apple with their Nexus S phone webpage. Unless I have a serious eye sight deficiency, I am sure each one of you will agree with me. Be it the color combination, font usage or the basic design, everything about Nexus S webpage looks heavily inspired. Have a look at the Nexus S website (features page) yourself. Now check Apple's iPhone page. Now you understand what I mean?

Just as in iPhone page, each of the features are mentioned in headlines, with a brief description on what it's about. You will see the high quality image (with reflection) alternating right and left which is typical of any Apple product. "Learn more about..." link has been replaced by "Watch video". Other than that there isn't much difference you can point out.

Many Apple fanboys are already screaming about Nexus S, as a phone, being a failed take on iPhone 4. Not that I approve that, but then, every new smartphone in the market is bound to be compared with iPhone 4...

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Google Nexus S is now Official – Price, Specs, Availability and More

06 Dec, 2010 by Raju PP

Android

Google has officially announced their next flagship Android smartphone - Google Nexus S which is now manufactured by Samsung. A sequel to the hugely popular Nexus One, Nexus S also comes with a stock version of Android OS. Nexus S will be the first phone to come out with Gingerbread Android 2.3 OS.

Nexus S Specs

OS:

Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS

Battery:

Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) (1500 mAH)
6 hours talktime
428 hours standby time

Storage and Memory:

RAM - 512MB
Internal storage - 16GB

Size and Weight:

Dimensions - 63x124x11mm
Screen resolution - WVGA (800 x 480)

Hardware:

CPU - 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
USB - USB 2.0
Audio / headphone jack 3.5mm
Accelerometer

Camera:

Primary - 5.0 megapixels
LED Flash
Video recording

Connectivity:

WiFi - 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth - Bluetooth 2.1
GPS

Nexus S Features

16GB of internal memory
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which allows users to read NFC tags
Front and rear facing cameras
Voice Actions allows users to text friends, search for and call restaurants and stores, write notes to self, receive step-by-step directions via Google Maps™ with Navigation and Latitude, and ring and email contacts just by speaking into their smart phone
Access to Google mobile services including Google Search™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, Google Talk™, Google Voice™
Gyroscope support for enhanced gaming and motion detection

Nexus...
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Ultimate List of Kinect Hacks

by Raju PP

Featured, Gadgets

It's hardly a month since Kinect for Xbox 360 was launched and it is already the best selling gadget in US and elsewhere. In this short amount of time we have seen some of the coolest Kinect hacks which we have listed down below. Now that Microsoft has given the green signal for hacking Kinect, we will see many more implementations and improvisations of Kinect's 3D camera and sensor. The list below contains some of the best Kinect Hacks in no particular order. Expect the list to be constantly updated. If you are reading this via an RSS reader, you might have to visit the website to enjoy the videos.

1. Kinect as a Helicopter Radar

An Youtube user, who goes by the name pbouf77 has uploaded a video which shows Kinect mounted atop a quadrocopter and utilized essentially as a 3D radar, facilitating the bot's autonomous maneuvering around a predetermined track.

2. Multi-touch on Ubuntu

Kinect was hacked to enable multi-touch on Ubuntu, without even touching it. The video below shows a picture browsing application running in Ubuntu controlled using Microsoft’s...

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Watch Chrome OS Event Live Online Today

by Raju PP

News, Online Tv

As we reported 2 days back, there are strong rumors of Google launching Chrome OS netbooks today at San Fransisco. What's confirmed though, is that the Google Chrome event will be starting at 10am PST.

The schedule points out the Demo session towards the end of the event which again indicates the possibility of Chrome OS netbook launch today.

Watch Chrome OS Event online

In case you would like to get the first hand information of what Google Chrome event will unveil today, you can tune into http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome, the official Google Chrome Youtube channel or http://www.youtube.com/google and catch the event live. Of course you can rely on us to report the even in greater detail later on in the day. Update: Some live blogging links -

Google Earth Engine – An Endeavour for Environment Protection

by Deeptaman Mukherjee

News, Tech

Google Search Engine is a free service that presents a variety of functionality. Google Earth Engine is the giant search engine’s philanthropic arm; it is a platform that provides assistance to collect and analyze environmental data. Google has introduced a strong innovative mapping tool at the Cancun-Mexico climate talks, to monitor the ever elevating weather changes in the global environment. It is a new technology that puts extraordinary amount of data, satellite images-current and historical, online for the first time. This wealth of information is ready, to be mined and utilized towards the environmental issues. Google Earth is collaborated with the 25 years old Google Landsat Satellite along with more records. Discovering the location and extent of global forests, observing the change in the forest over time and directing resources for disaster response or water resource mapping are some of the valued information available in Google Earth. This information is obtained by using scientific analysis, to convert mere images into meaningful data. There are several advantages of the Google Earth engine, facilitating scientists to build new applications. Landsat satellite has data collection of over last 25 years. This collection...

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Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive [Review]

05 Dec, 2010 by Raju PP

Gadgets, Review

This has to be one of the most promising tech concept of 2010. Infinitec's IUM Drive (Infinite USB Memory drive) is a USB based dual WiFi device designed to allow a user to share their entire hard drive without running back and forth between PCs. Make no mistake, IUM is not a Flash drive as it doesn't contain any memory storage unit inside. It instead contains a small computer and 802.11n WiFi module within. IUM connects two PCs over an ad hoc WiFi network, thereby allowing content to be shared between the two computers. By computer, I don't mean just a PC or Mac. It can be your Xbox 360 or DTH set-top box. This is why I referred the concept behind Infinitec IUM drive as 'mind-blowing'. Let's check if the final product is as exciting as the concept itself?

Design & Setup

IUM has a very simple yet sexy design. The red colored USB dongle has curves and edges perfectly designed to catch your attention the first time you hold it. But the setup isn't as...

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Things to Look for in Your Google Analytics Report

by Raju PP

Blogging, Tiny Tip

Guest post by David Smith Majority of the bloggers use Google Analytics to track their traffic but very few of them actually realize the true potential of Google Analytics and how they can use it to find useful information about their audiences. This article will cover some of most common and few not so commonly used features of Google Analytics and how bloggers can use them to learn more about your audiences.

Content by Title

The “Content By title” feature under content tab shows you the most popular posts of your blog. It will help you to understand what kind of Titles/posts can easily attracts the attention of your target audience. Do they like the lists titles like (5 things to do X) or Opinionated kind of titles (What will you do in Situation X) . The other thing you need to see in this report is to find out which titles have a high or low bounce rate. It will tell you that though the title is attracting visitors, but the visitors didn’t get the information they were looking for and what you need to improve.

Content Drilldown, Top Landing...
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On the Brink of 4G Seamless Technology

Gosh! Nexus S Website is an iPhone Clone!