tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13178920298863559932024-03-14T06:36:15.904-07:00Thoughts GaloreThoughts on life,technology, problems, solutions, insights and even simple observations...Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-30486107813278143752012-10-22T13:02:00.001-07:002012-10-22T13:02:25.063-07:00Hulu App comes to Windows 8Hulu app comes to windows 8 with all its Windows 8 Modern UI interface(Metro UI).   The app will be preloaded on select Acer and Sony Windows 8 tablets. For everyone else with Windows 8, the app can be found in the  Windows Store here.     Read more at Hulu here. Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-12857818594786509442012-10-22T12:59:00.001-07:002012-10-22T12:59:42.482-07:00Skype comes to Windows 8While windows 8 is getting ready to release on Oct 26th, Skype team shows the new windows 8 skype app. The app looks like seamlessly integrated with the OS in the People hub and provide “always on” connectivity. The new Metro UI looks cool too. Skype for Windows 8 will notify you about new calls and instant messages so you’ll always know when someone is contacting you. You’ll be able to receive Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-80563214263141589792011-07-16T01:20:00.001-07:002011-07-16T01:31:02.603-07:00Google+ After two weeksGoogle+ has exploded in terms of users in the two weeks that it has been available. Though it is still invite only, it has attracted more than 10 million users. More than 1 billion items have been shared on Google+ already. Google+ added $20 billion to Google’s Market cap.   They say Google+ is not really about social. Watch the pics https://plus.google.com/photos/100238778462210489846/Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-90783316685327777312011-07-14T00:21:00.001-07:002011-07-14T00:21:45.450-07:00"What Do You Love?" by GoogleWDYL.com is a website rolled out by Google which shows A Range Of Google Product Results On One Page. Here’s the site itself: http://www.wdyl.com/   Here is the quick introduction video.     This seems like an User Experience experiment, as they mash up different categories of search results on one page. Looks nice, though. Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-82279439956518804102011-07-07T12:15:00.001-07:002011-07-07T12:15:23.312-07:00Windows Phone 7 Mango new Features.Having played around with Windows Phone 7 Mango for almost a month, I’ve found the beta release to be stable and pretty functional. Following are the features which I liked the most and proved useful to me.   Call Log History. Location checkins Conversation view in email clients. Batter saver Windows Live Messenger and Facebook chat along with switching between SMS and Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-41861631247272789152011-07-07T11:42:00.001-07:002011-07-07T11:42:59.850-07:00Facebook Video ChatFacebook announced a new feature to their site which involved video-calling and group chat in collaboration with Skype. This new feature involved giving current Facebook chat users the ability to video call their friends. They will be rolling out these features automatically over the next few weeks. If you don’t want to wait for these products, you can get it now. http://www.facebook.com/Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-54052275482099772382011-06-29T23:30:00.001-07:002012-10-22T11:54:51.238-07:00Google TakeoutGoogle has unveiled yet another product at google.com/takeout which allows users to export their data out of Google for all Google products they are currently using. Additionally, all the data is made available in open and portable formats so it’s really easy to import them on other services.     Google takeout works with Google buzz, Google profile, Picasa web albums, Google Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-30689667195750717612011-06-29T23:04:00.001-07:002011-06-29T23:04:38.251-07:00Org Chart Of All The Major Tech Companies   http://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-org-charts-2011-6 Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-83469380148856356862011-06-29T23:03:00.001-07:002011-06-29T23:03:03.347-07:00Google + project announced   Google introduced Google+ social network for what it called 'real-life sharing.' The UI might look cooler (it does) but this won’t necessarily make it more attractive for social interaction. Drag-and-drop is grossly overrated as a UI interaction metaphor – many regular users have never used drag&drop. What is good about Facebook is that it “just works” without any setup effort. You Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-14730480842342936252011-06-11T10:07:00.001-07:002011-06-11T10:07:50.598-07:00Windows Phone: Mango version  Windows Phone next version is called Mango which has around 500 new features which focuses mostly on 3 key areas…Communications, apps and Internet. Following are the new features in each of these 3 areas…   Communications: Easier to connect and share Threads, Groups, Deeper social network integration, Linked Inbox and Hands free messaging.   A smarter approach to AppsRamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-63666129736416445922011-06-11T09:39:00.001-07:002011-06-11T09:50:00.296-07:00Windows 8 demoIf you haven’t seen it already, may be you should. The video addresses many things in details and how windows 8 is going to change everything in tablet and pc market.   Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-6726679477262203952011-05-09T10:25:00.000-07:002011-06-11T10:26:39.808-07:00Skype & Microsoft  Microsoft has bought Skype for an imaginable amount, Skype has been sold with $8.5 Billion. It's not about Skype's current profit, but about how it can be combined with other things that Microsoft is doing. The three things that Microsoft might do with Skype is…   Integrating Skype with XBOX and Kinect. Support Windows phone and wide variety of windows devices. Using Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-30785040113389100502011-04-06T10:50:00.001-07:002011-04-06T10:50:42.401-07:00LokPal BillThe JanLok Pal bill is meant to be some sort of nuclear weapon against corruption in politics and high end government offices. India suffering from Serious Cancer called Corruption. Therefore Anna Hazare fights against Corruption with his hunger strike.     And guess what , Government responds in this manner..   Sharad Pawar is leading the group of ministers formed to lookRamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-50298524887354248722011-04-02T10:53:00.000-07:002011-04-06T11:02:45.010-07:00The Toss   Am I the only one who could hear sangakkara calling tails at 35th second of the video. Oh! Sanga I thought you are a clean cricketer.The cheat is upto it again. He called tails for the first toss and heads for the re-toss. I sympthasize with you sangakkara. I thought you are a ethical cricketer. We know toss plays a vital role in subcontinent for sub continent teams but cricket is afterRamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-49984091285770195402011-03-30T23:56:00.001-07:002011-03-30T23:56:55.244-07:00Google Talk Guruhttp://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/03/google-talk-guru.html   The following is my transcript with the Guru. It could answer some questions.   me : weather in hyderabad guru: Weather: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 29°C, Icy Wind: NW 6 km/h Hum: 16% Thu: 20°C-37°C, Mostly Sunny Fri: 19°C-38°C, Clear Sat: 21°C-38°C, Clear me: india Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-65773032921244860812011-03-30T23:24:00.001-07:002011-03-30T23:29:42.039-07:00Cricket MusingsAn India-Pakistan cricket is the match and that too in a cricket world cup semifinal, its not just another cricket match. Cricket will be the winner at the end of it. I was as excited about this match as those were around me, and was truly looking forward for it. Before that accompanied excitement dies,India has kept its track record of never loosing a match against pakistan in cricket world cup.Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-53189188262204609262011-03-02T22:45:00.001-08:002011-03-02T22:45:22.257-08:00iPad2.0 Announcement · CPU:  Based on new A5 dual core processor.  Up to 2x faster than A4.  Same low power consumption as A4.  First dual-core tablet to ship in volume. · Graphics:  Up to 9x faster graphics. · Form Factor:  iPad 2 is just 8.8 mm thick.  33% thinner than iPad 1.  Thinner than the iPhone 4.  · Display:  Same 9.7” display.  · Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-41351039300948544872011-02-20T22:59:00.001-08:002011-02-20T23:02:35.638-08:00Dropbox : Why is it popular? Dropbox is a great cloud-based online storage product. Whatit does exactly.. There would be a folder. You'd put your stuff in it. It would sync. The best feature is that it is very easy to sync in all the devices and run in windows, mac or linux. Its totally painless and it just works. Dropbox works better when you're sharing with others mainly because it syncs to the cloud so you don't have Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-34730718711128850452011-02-20T22:08:00.001-08:002011-02-20T22:08:33.809-08:00Nokia + Windows Phone 7So the Greatest hardware meets the amazing software. Good to hear that Windows Phone 7 will be on all smartphone price points not just high end. Nokia is very strong in standard cell phones but definitely not a leader in SmartPhones. Nokia are good at producing hardware……they simply now produce to hardware baseline so it runs WP7. But the question is “how is Nokia going to produce magic hardware Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-5011511620132916922011-01-24T22:05:00.001-08:002011-01-24T22:06:54.980-08:00Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passed away. One who gave his magical voice to popular DD song "Mile sur mera tumhara" is no more. It would be disrespectful if I put this in the blog title. We have been listening to just him since the Doordarshan Days. One of his lesser known music is the bhajan written by mahatma gandhi and the music maestro Ilayaraja did composition for it. It is surely worth a Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-25673508316950172362011-01-20T21:30:00.001-08:002011-01-24T00:39:37.645-08:00Hardly Working
Link Via ehowaRamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-1889043564326032572011-01-06T04:57:00.001-08:002011-01-06T04:57:31.402-08:00summary of srikrishna commiteeRemember the Telangana agitation an year back, and the srikrishna committee formed after that. Finally the report is out and the here is the summary of it.   1) Maintaining Status Quo 2) Bifurcation of the State into Seemandhra and Telangana; with Hyderabad as a Union Territory and the two States developing their own capitals in due course 3) Bifurcation of State into Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-29164248142989465462011-01-02T23:13:00.001-08:002011-01-02T23:13:38.783-08:00100 Things to Watch in 2011Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-57201473218253163942010-12-31T07:54:00.000-08:002011-01-02T08:02:52.390-08:00Yet Another Year end PostAnother year passed by. This time it’s the end of the decade. I no longer love my birthdays and I hate to grow up and become older. Why do I love new years then? Not sure why do I become cynical when it comes to year end post. When I look back at 2000, that’s the beginning of my engineering. I knew nothing then and scared of everything. I was a serious guy in class during my time in B.Tech, With Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317892029886355993.post-75283242784390165042010-12-30T04:25:00.001-08:002010-12-30T04:25:12.790-08:00King Kongress The picture above is about a protestor who confronts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a protest of election results earlier this year. Wish I could do this to the current congress government. Earlier it used to be quite shocking, if the news paper talks about a corruption scam in our country. Now it is like same old scams and a couple of news ones etc..The latest political drama in Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216463582774488342noreply@blogger.com0