Sunday, December 29, 2013

Road ahead for Indian IT

With so many technology advancements that have become mainstream in 2013, serious questions about how the Indian IT sector should tackle these advances had begun to crop up. In this article,  Vivek Wadhwa outlines how this could be achieved while still keeping the tone optimistic. Not sure how much time the Indian IT sector has but it sure isn't a lot..

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131229234111-8451-why-i-have-become-pessimistic-about-indian-i-t?trk=object-title&_mSplash=1


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Goodbye Year 2013

As the year draws to a close, some recaps of the happenings in the ear provided by popular engines:
 Facebook - gives an overview of the Year gone by.
 Predictions and Recaps in the tech world:

Sinofsky's predictions
http://www.businessinsider.in/Former-Windows-Leader-Steven-Sinofsky-Presents-10-Mega-Trends-In-Tech-For-2014/articleshow/27743422.cms

Zinnov prediction for 2014
http://www.ciol.com/ciol/features/204645/top-technology-predictions-2014-zinnov

Gartner's predictions for 2014 through 2016 (too long a duration for my comfort, but documented)
http://www.alibabaoglan.com/blog/gartners-technology-predictions-2014-2015-2016/

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Apple Will Require App Submissions to Be Optimized for iOS 7 by Feb. 1

More work coming up for IOS developers...the optimized version for IOS 7 must be listed by Feb 7

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/KIR5IjAnlhk/

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Article: 3D print extra-tall models with the Deltaprintr

With 3D printing catching steam, another printer that can be used in the practical world of today's day to day scenarios.. 
3D print extra-tall models with the Deltaprintr
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/06/3d-print-extra-tall-models-with-the-deltaprintr/


Monday, December 09, 2013

Article: Top 10 Predictions for Technology in 2014

Some wishful tech world predictions for the year 2014. We sure hope at least some of these become a reality..

Top 10 Predictions for Technology in 2014
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/07/top-10-predictions-for-technology-in-2014.html

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Friday, December 06, 2013

Hacker Makes Drone to Hijack Other Drones

Sounds like zombie stuff straight from a Sci fi movie but after Jeff Bezos talking about possibility of
drones delivering packages, there are others who have already punched holes in this idea through kidnapper drones...

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/SdwshGt72c4/
 

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Article: How LinkedIn is evolving its media business

Interesting to know what LinkedIn could do next in terms of a business model.
How LinkedIn is evolving its media business
http://research.gigaom.com/report/how-linkedin-is-evolving-its-media-business/

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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

How Facebook Went Mobile, In Before And After Org Charts

An interesting insight into how Facebook transformed into a strong mobile force. From being a website that also ran on the mobile, reorg to a mobile first company was interesting..

  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YGzDGmp0W-M/

Article: Fragmentation lives: iOS 7 now on 74% of iPhones, while KitKat has only reached 1% of Android devices

An interesting percentage split over the adoption of latest OS versions.
Fragmentation lives: iOS 7 now on 74% of iPhones, while KitKat has only reached 1% of Android devices
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/04/fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices/

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

10 Excellent Platforms for Building Mobile Apps

Found a list of platforms that are really efficient in creating Mobile applications..

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/BLpFEY5qvCQ/
 

Monday, December 02, 2013

Smartphones: The Tech Guru Gift Guide

For those getting confused about what Smartphone to buy or gift, here is a nice decision
tree mechanism. 
 

Friday, November 29, 2013

What Tech CEOs Are Thankful for This Holiday

Wishing all my friends a very Happy Thanks giving. During this time of the year, CEOs of top technology companies are thankful for a lot of things. A small snippet of what each of the top
CEOs are currently thinking is at the below link

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/tYZpJMARiUE/
 

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Python Displacing R As The Programming Language For Data Science

For those who have worked or learnt Statistical programming languages/ packages, R has been pretty popular. Now a new breed of apps using Python for data science applications is coming up.

Military's Driverless Vehicle Plans Languish Amid Technology Woes

An ambitious project in the US Army, to get driverless cars working is caught in glitches..
With a similar project much ahead in the UK, all eyes will be on the next 2 yrs to get this technology on the road.

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/xyWBBM2hkFI/ 
 

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

How Google Shrank Android For Version 4.4 KitKat

An interesting article on how the Google developers worked on making their OS slimmer and faster.

  http://readwrite.com/2013/11/25/how-google-shrunk-android-for-version-44-kitkat

Monday, November 25, 2013

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Top 10 Tech This Week

Some really nice technologies as 10 cool apps/ platforms debut. Now technologies gets into your dreams, under your skin and a lot more..

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/p6SgDW7xTL0/ 

 
10 predictions from Gartner that will shape our life in the coming years...Some of them are already taking shape. Others are surely making an impact on enterprise roadmaps..
 

Friday, November 22, 2013

Google Paradise

Another evidence why Google is so good at what they do..They went to extremes usual companies would not even dream of.
http://hbr.org/2013/12/how-google-sold-its-engineers-on-management/ar/pr

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Gates should come back - Charles Schwab

Given the leadership, technical foresight and aura that are all a trademark of Bill Gates, it is logical for a call from Charles Schwab to call him back at the realm. Granted that a lot of Bill Gates' predictions have not come right as well, BUT he remains one of the most charismatic and well respected figures in the technology world...I personally feel he may not be able to bring about the transformation that Microsoft desperately needs at this point but then this one is open to discussion.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-20/bill-gates-should-return-to-lead-microsoft-schwab-says.html#!

Article: Apple applies for 5 patents tied to Liquidmetal, 3D printing

An interesting update from Apple on the LiquidMetal front..it would be interesting to see how this proceeds..


Apple applies for 5 patents tied to Liquidmetal, 3D printing
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57613333-37/apple-applies-for-5-patents-tied-to-liquidmetal-3d-printing/

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Issues with Windows 8 phone

Despite relatively better sales numbers for Windows 8 phones, there remain more problems to the platform and MS selling strategy than just lack of applications. This article has defined the issues pretty well...

http://www.fonearena.com/blog/77660/there-are-six-major-problems-with-windows-phone-and-apps-isnt-one-of-them.html


Article: Windows 1.0: The flop that created an empire

An interesting story on how to learn from mistakes and innovate in 
different ways..
 
Windows 1.0: The flop that created an empire
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57613051-75/windows-1.0-the-flop-that-created-an-empire/

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Article: Google releases 'sneak peek' of Glass app-development kit

Google Glass readies for prime time with its latest GDK. Some really nice applications showcased.


Google releases 'sneak peek' of Glass app-development kit
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5122878/google-releases-sneak-peek-of-long-awaited-glass-development-kit

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Article: Atheer Looks to Add Human Touch to Futuristic Wearable Computers

Nice article....sounding almost like a sci-fi movie..


Monday, November 18, 2013

Article: Apple Retail Stores to Integrate iBeacon Systems to Assist with Sales and Services - Mac Rumors

Having seen some steam in this area, a good step in the Mobile ECommerce space eventually..

Apple Retail Stores to Integrate iBeacon Systems to Assist with Sales and Services - Mac Rumors
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/16/apple-retail-stores-to-integrate-ibeacon-systems-to-assist-with-sales-and-services/


Article: Nokia updating Windows Phone 8 Lumias with low-power Bluetooth

An interesting update from Microsoft after most appliances in the world are going LE. MS finally seems to be heading in the right direction after a long time..

 
Nokia updating Windows Phone 8 Lumias with low-power Bluetooth
http://www.cnet.com.au/nokia-updating-windows-phone-8-lumias-with-low-power-bluetooth-339345984.htm

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Article: Flipboard finally makes its appearance on Windows 8.1

Finally..it has been a long time coming...
Flipboard finally makes its appearance on Windows 8.1
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/14/flipboard-windows-8-1/?ncid=rss_semi

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Business with little/no investments

If ever you have had a brilliant idea which you think would earn you top dollars and had the potential to make it big, you always wondered what the initial step should be. Investments and infrastructure fears have always pulled folks back.. Now some ideas on how to zoom past that in this article..

http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/11/16/build-multi-million-dollar-website-without-spending-cent/?fromcat=all

While the author scratches the surface it can surely be processed further to dig out some interesting insights.

Amazedsaint's Tech Journal: Top 500 MSDN Links from Stack Overflow Posts

Amazedsaint's Tech Journal: Top 500 MSDN Links from Stack Overflow Posts

Sachin Tendulkar retiring

16th Nov 2013 will go down in history as one of the most memorable days in Indian cricket..the day Sachin Tendulkar, one of India's favorite cricketing icon, bowed out to a packed Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, India. Cricket will never be the same without him..
Good bye Sachin and thanks for those lovely 24 years!

Azure HDInsights, Mahout and Hadoop

A really well written article on creating a recommendation engine using Azure HDInsights, Mahout and Hadoop :
http://www.amazedsaint.com/2013/07/building-simple-recommender-engine.html

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Monday, November 04, 2013

Happy Diwali

Here's wishing all my friends a very happy and joyous Diwali and a prosperous New Year..

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Xamarin and Calatrava

While there have been scores of tools in the market in the space of cross monile development platforms, i have always liked Xamarin due to its obvious affinity with c#...read an interesting take on cons of Xamarin at
http://www.whitneyland.com/2013/05/why-i-dont-recommend-xamarin-for-mobile-development.html

Also one of the tools the folks mention is Calatrava, a good tool built with support from Thoughtworks.

http://calatrava.github.io

Friday, October 18, 2013

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition Release

The enterprise version of Windows 8.1 is finally out. Following is a link explaining what to expect from that upgrade:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/windows_81_update_what_to_know/

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Pebble

With the advent of recent  Pebble based applications, checked out the cloud version of the development environment http://www.cloudpebble.com.
It gives a nice way to compile the application based on templates. The pbw that gets generated after the build can be downloaded and deployed.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Wearable tech applications

Wearable technologies have taken the tech world by storm and are promising some revolutionary applications in the years to come.Some ideas around where these could be used.

  1. The agent at the boarding gate has a head up display just above eye level, which provides them with status information on the scanner and information on the passports and boarding passes that are being scanned.
  2. They could be used by roving agents who currently carry iPads, or by agents at the entrance to airport lounges to remove the need to physically scan boarding passes and frequent flyer cards.
  3. Airlines or airports offering wearable technology to passengers in the near future, but he does think that “flight attendants, maintenance personnel, flight crew and ground operations staff could benefit” from head-mounted wearable technology.
  4. Locating pallets and boxes in a warehouse. 
  5. Location based or interest based notifications. Offers that are meant for targetted customers. Compare and contrast based on past demand.

Monday, September 23, 2013

MariaDB VS MySQL

Concerns over what Oracle could do with the MySQL licensing and also the DBs limitations when dealing with a highly available/ high performant website seems to have given birth to a new DB ..MariaDB..From the initial creators of MySQL, this is a very good alternative to  MySQL ..

http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/mariadb-vs-mysql-a-comparison/

IOS Nahs and Wows

As the world goes viral about the new IOS release and a record 9 million iPhone 5S get sold over a weekend, I thought it would be a nice idea to summarize the good and not so great things about these. IMHO, a resounding number of opinions point towards not upgrading to the IOS 7 and rightly so..Some issues..

http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

http://www.imore.com/heres-why-you-shouldnt-upgrade-ios-7-yet

A balanced view:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/apple/20445/ios-7-good-bad-and-ugly

The developer viewpoint:

http://www.fastcolabs.com/3016423/open-company/developing-for-ios-7-the-good-the-bad-the-flat-and-the-ugly

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Chromecast and Google Tv difference

Interesting the way Google thinks..hadn't even thought of the different streaming scenarios..

http://allthingsd.com/20130724/sundar-pichai-on-the-difference-between-chromecast-and-google-tv-interview/

Friday, July 19, 2013

Mobile App development

While doing Mobile App development, folks often come up with the question whether to use Sencha or JQuery mobile or in fact the latest Titanium from Appcelerator. Here is a nice comparison:

http://www.slideshare.net/stevedrucker/mobile-platforms-19979061


Saturday, June 08, 2013

Sideloading Windows 8 App

While testing the Windows 8 App, there are some things to consider, unlike iOS and Android there is no Over the air (OTA) or Ad Hoc testing that is available currently in the Windows 8 World. The only way to do this is via Sideloading:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/jj874388.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/jj721669.aspx

These were some of the links that helped me understand and implement the side loading strategy.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Tumblr acquistion

Afterthe recent spate of acquistions andnews pertaining to takeovers, some articles revisited

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/18/tumblr-is-not-what-you-think/



Tumblr acquistion

Afterthe recent spate of acquistions andnews pertaining to takeovers, some articles revisited

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/18/tumblr-is-not-what-you-think/



Tumblr acquistion

Afterthe recent spate of acquistions andnews pertaining to takeovers, some articles revisited

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/18/tumblr-is-not-what-you-think/



Monday, May 20, 2013

Yahoo takes up Flickr?

The eMedia is full of posts talking about how Yahoo has bought Flickr for 1.1 B and unveiled the takeover through a 1 TB free space campaign. This will no doubt, help Yahoo get the young and hip cloud to some extent back into its fold but will it help Yahoo at least make a dent in the ever expanding reach of Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest family?

Only time will tell... 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Azure Mobile services

With some new releases slated for Windows Azure, what caught my attention was support extended for Mobile service that can be quickly created through Azure Management Portal.

One of the latest blogs also talks about using multiple clients to communicate with the same mobile service.

http://chrisrisner.com/Connecting-Multiple-Clients-to-the-Same-Mobile-Service?WT.mc_id=CIC_TWITTER_Community%20Blogs%20_20130328_20130329053954_37107_WindowsAzure

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

TechEd 2013 in Pune

Was a great experience attending the TechEd 2013 in Pune. The two tracks I was particularly interested was  the Windows 8 / Phone track and the Azure Track. After attending some of the hands on labs and deep dives, I came out concluding that if not a 100% Microoft has at least started their march against the "Fruit" company and the Droid makers in the field of Mobility and Cloud at least.

Interesting to see how this war shapes up.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Aaron Swartz

It was indeed a sad day today to hear about the untimely death of Aaron Swartz..
Co-founder of Reddit, Demand Progress...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=0


Monday, January 07, 2013

I was a little surprised today to read about Google blocking Win 8 Google maps functionality.
http://t.co/XHumUYXI

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Happy New Year 2013

Here's wishing all my friends a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. May the new year bring everybody peace, happiness, health and everything they wish for.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Open source stack

Looking at the different open source options like Node.js with MongoDB.
Also looking at Google's AngularJS to see how it fits into the overall scheme of things.
Looked at Testacular + Jasmine combination for a proper testing framework and found the power in the simplicity of this testing framework.