Ok. Yet another post which digresses from core style of Pluggd.in. But then that’s the fun part of it! For over decades now we are a part of a society which breathes on technology and even survives by it. Be it over the internet or mobile network or just about anything else. Awesome online...
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Next time when you decide on a Bollywood flick, do not refer to just one or two reviews here and there. Drop in at ReviewGang and see all major reviews by all the stakeholders of Bollywood. Better still, contribute with your own reviews on movies as well for the general benefit of population. Both...
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It’s frustrating. Forget about media moms & dads, even the central agency – Department of Science & Technology – is clueless about how to manage Tech Entrepreneurship in India. In July, last year we covered how DST is thinking and working on door-to-door basis to bring the NCR-Delhi based startups together. During my discussions with...
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TC does it again – they have a post on how some school in India (Googlle Institute of Software of Software Studies) is using Google name to it’s benefit Yes, it appears that some jokers in India are attempting to leverage not only Google’s name, but their logo and even favicon to trick people into...
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Gurgaon is all set to get GPS based vegetable vendors from January 14th. Launched by Adarsha Thoughtworks, the first set of 30 outlets by January and will use alternate technology to preserve vegetables and fruits (technology incubated by National Innovation Foundation)
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Tech/Startup Event Guide for December 2009.
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Google has launched a new interface, which is being rolled out in phased manner. We tell you the hack that will help you get the new interface. Other news include: Twitter's monetization model.
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LinkedIn has opened up it’s API for developers to build applications from LinkedIn’s user data (connectedness). Registering as a LinkedIn developer is as simple as filling out a form on developer.linkedin.com. The LinkedIn platform leverages the open OAuth standard to make integrations from almost any language and development environment as simple as possible (blog). LinkedIn has...
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In a move to support developers to build cloud based rich Internet applications (RIAs), Salesforce.com and Adobe offer a joint product called “Adobe Flash Builder. Now enterprise developers can use salesforce.com’s force.com as online platform to create rich Internet applications in the cloud. Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com enables developers to create virtually any kind...
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When I first started using internet back in 1996, Command Line was my interface to the Internet (I had a shell account from VSNL and I used to use Lynx Browser) and was introduced to Linux then via a ‘telnet’ interface to a remote computer. Which effectively meant my interaction with most of the...
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“Experience is an excellent teacher, but the fees may be a bit high” – Yours Truly Starting today I shall be authoring a series of articles which shall analyze the reason for the success of “10 Technology Products/Services” picked up from past 10 years (1998-2007) and
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Sometimes, the best innovations are the ones which are just so damn obvious that you would end up saying “why did it took so much time to get this out!” Virendra Kumar Sinha, a resident of Belbanwa colony of the Motihari town (Bihar), has invented the silencer-cum-exhaust filter for the generator that apart from working...
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Hasbro, the owner of Scrabble game has finally decided to withdraw the laq ..agreement “provides people in the U.S. and Canada with a choice of different games and also avoids potentially lengthy and costly litigation (source) Hasbro earlier filed a lawsuit against Scrabulous citing copyright infringement – the game was taken down from Facebook and the...
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Websense India conducted ECRA survey (Employee Computing Risk Assessment) across 30 organizations across India covering around 40,000 employees (wide range of sectors including IT/ ITeS, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, BFSI and Education)vand here are some interesting findings: Productivity Loss General Mail – web based (51134 hrs), Instant Messaging (44495 hrs), News and Media (31237 hrs), Social Networking...
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Qualcomm earlier announced the launch of Kayak, a PC alternative for bringing Internet access to
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8 Indian Supercomputers have made it to world’s top 500 supercomputer list – Tata’s Eka leads Indian the entry (13th position) and HP-based Param is at 68th position. The other supercomputers by HP from India are for an industrial research company (334), a research agency (428), IIT-Madras (436) and Paprikaas Interactive Services (478). IBM’s eServer Blue...
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The Central govt. has advised govt. officials to avoid using Yahoo or Gmail for exchanging emails, citing lack of control over these email servers as the reason. Even though the govt. officials
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Yahoo has published the top 2008 search queries, based on combination of query volume as well as themes/trends. Here is the
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IBM has released it’s ‘Next Five in Five’ list of 5 innovations that will change our lives in the next 5 years. Crystal ball for your health For less than $200, you will be able to get a genetic map that tells you what health risks you are likely to face in your lifetime and the...
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Google launched Lively 4.5 months back and has now decided to kill the product. ..despite all the virtual high fives and creative rooms everyone has enjoyed in the last four and a half months, we’ve decided to shut Lively down at the end of the year. It has been a tough decision, but we want...
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