Article: What to Expect at CES 2014

With the consumer electronic show right around the corner, some cool anticipatory ideas around what to expect...

What to Expect at CES 2014
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/01/05/expect-ces-2014/

Article: Orbotix Announces The $99 Sphero 2B, A New Super-Fast, Programmable Robot

Orbotix Announces The $99 Sphero 2B, A New Super-Fast, Programmable Robot
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/05/orbotix-announces-the-sphero-2b-a-super-fast-programmable-robot/

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

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/

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/

Article: How Facebook's New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos

An amazing effort to have FB embrace AI ...
How Facebook's New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos
http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/how-facebooks-new-machine-brain-will-learn-all-about-you-your-photos?dom=tw&src=SOC

Article: IFTTT adds a location channel for its iOS app

A feature long missing...
IFTTT adds a location channel for its iOS app
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/12/ifttt-adds-a-location-channel-for-its-ios-app/

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/

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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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/
 

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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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/

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/
 

Smartphones: The Tech Guru Gift Guide

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

tree mechanism. 
 

http://readwrite.com/2013/11/28/smartphone-gift-guide
 

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/
 

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.

http://readwrite.com/2013/11/25/python-displacing-r-as-the-programming-language-for-data-science
 

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/ 
 

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

Article: How to switch from iPhone to Android – the Eric Schmidt guide

For those wanting to move from Apple to Android...

How to switch from iPhone to Android – the Eric Schmidt guide
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-switch-iphone-android-eric-schmidt-guide-319680/