Views in June 2010

This is the statistics graph created for views in month of June, 2010.

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on July 03, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Wow! Froyo - Android 2.2

Froyo the next version of Android has some cool features which we haven't seen in any other mobile device platform. I was watching Google I/O videos posted on YouTube and made the below list of features. Google calls it Open to Innovation.

"Open to Innovation"

  • Cloud to Device Messaging
    • Send Google Map locations from desktop to mobile, single click.
    • Send Web Links from desktop to mobile, single click.
  • Application Backup API
    • Move data with Android applications to different devices.
    • Wipe off the device remotely.
  • Potable WiFi Hot-spot
    • Make the mobile a WiFi Access Point.
  • Voice Recognition for
    • Google Search
    • Triggering Calls
    • Translations

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on May 21, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Google I/O 2010 Keynote Speech

Google I/O is one of the featured events today in the IT community. Watch vice president of Engineering Google Vic Gundotra making the keynote speech at Google I/O 2010.

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on May 20, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Tim Berners-Lee On Semantic Web

This is amazing, with Semantic Web the next generation of web going to be an interconnected data set. Hope it will be used for good of everyone.

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on May 10, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Commercial But Creative Piece of Work

High Definition video recording was introduced with Digital SLR cameras very recently. Some people started asking why do we need video recording on DSLR cameras when they are made to take photographs. I think it's a good question but it is an additional feature for a photographic equipment, in case we need to record some motion pictures while taking photographs.

This is about a commercial product but I thought it's very creative. As shown in the above picture the Handy Film Tools company has made this creative piece of equipment to hold a DSLR camera with a special lens hood and a LCD monitor for video recording. I'm not sure which parts are included for this item for the above mentioned price. More information can be found here

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on April 28, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Synchronizing Your Office Calendar to Mobile

Very recently I thought that it's really important to synchronize my office calendar events to my mobile since if I was not at my desk when an event reminder is triggered, I will not know it until I come back to the desk. Earlier when I used this feature it synchronized events both ways. As a result all my personal events were in the office calendar. So I had to remove them manually. However now I can see that Nokia PC Suite has an option to control it.

We just need to go to Advanced Settings in Synchronize dialog and select Direction Tab and select "Only update Microsoft Outlook data to the mobile phone" option.

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on April 26, 2010 - 0 Comments -



A Great In-Ear Headphone Experience

I bought a Philips SHE2550 in-ear headphone set from a local store for 625 LKR and it's really worth for that price. The audio quality is superb. As the specification says it has extra bass and so comfortable for the ears.

http://www.consumer.philips.com/c/headphones/she2550_00/prd/gb/

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on April 19, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

 

Abraham Maslow has defined a psychological theory in 1943 to show the importance of the needs of human beings. Please read the below link for detailed information.

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on April 19, 2010 - 0 Comments -



Cloud Computing In Plain English

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility.

From Wikipedia

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on March 19, 2010 - 0 Comments -



How Can An Operating System Boot This Fast

Did you know how Chromium Operating System boot so fast? Today I was watching this You Tube video on "Chromium OS Fast Boot" and found the below diagram. See the difference between the traditional Operating System Boot Tasks and Chromium Tasks. It has get rid of more than half of the tasks to make it so fast.

Image Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFfl7AjNfI

Posted by Imesh Gunaratne on March 17, 2010 - 0 Comments -