Going green, reducing carbon emissions and thus saving our planet from overheating has been one of the major topics of debate for some time now.
One of the major points being made by environmentalists is that everyone should try to do their best to help and that even a small change in our power consumption is bound to have an effect on the general scheme. Let’s not forget that only a very small amount of the electrical power being used today is made using renewable sources. Most of it comes from large factories burning fossil fuels, which leave a huge carbon footprint.
Saving power applies even to users of mobile technology, such as tablets and mobile phones.
One might say that charging a mobile phone battery uses up only a small amount of power and as such lowering the little phone’s power consumption will only make a small, unnoticeable difference. While that may be true for just the one phone or tablet, looking at the big picture shows a different side of the story.
Mobile phone sales have skyrocketed in the past period. And the development of more mobile devices, such as tablets,...
With internet and also mobile devices in hand, people take advantage of their traveling, waiting or relaxing hours to do some real work, that too, online. Apart from working at office, it is more likely that you sit and work at home. In some cases, you cannot work either at office or at home, and obviously you have to choose in between these two. This will be no other place than a public environment, if you choose a third option. It can be park or a coffee shop or a restaurant or traveling medium like car, train or airplane.
Since these places are neither your office nor your home, you cannot expect the 'comfort' or you won’t find these places to be suitable and handy to work. But you can still make the most out of such distractive work places if you practice some little things.
Pack Your Resources - Within these public places, sometimes you will have very few options to choose where to work from. Once the place is decided, you have to settle down quickly. You should have a checklist of jobs that are to be performed and their...
We all know that a new iPhone 5 might be coming out in autumn. We also know that Apple may be gearing up to update the iPad.
Everyone’s been talking and arguing over the upcoming new models, their features, design, prices etc. No one knows for sure, though. Apple has left us waiting and is yet to come out with an official announcement regarding either of these two products. The rumors over the iPhone 5 launch just don’t seem to stop!
Now, however, some voices have arisen and started spreading rumors regarding the third brother in the Apple mobile family, the little iPod. And it’s not good news, as apparently the music player is on its way to the recycle bin. The same voices go further to say that this is an insider's job and that the ones to blame for the decline of the iPod are Apple themselves. On the below graph we can see that iPod sales have started to decline even since early 2009.
Raju PP is the founder-editor of Technically Personal, which is one of the most widely read technology blogs on the web. He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication, and has previously worked as a Technical Specialist in Banking Software domain.
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