Articles Archive for May 2009
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A decade ago, Mobile phones were considered more of a ‘luxury’ than ‘requirement’ and it didn’t take much time for the entire equation to change. Today, Mobile phones have become a basic necessity for everybody. Same scenario holds for ‘Internet’, which has now become one of the primary requirements in every household or industry.
And during the last couple of years, the two basic requirements described above (Mobile Phones and Internet) have amalgamated to give rise to the latest ‘Luxury turned necessity’, which is popularly known to …
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If you’re a creative guy and looking for the RIGHT place for keeping your creative skills busy then Scopial is made for you. It’s a website that provides a platform for creative folks such as fashion designers(both ameteur or professional) and random artists to show off their skills and win money prizes and a lot of recognition.
The decision of the winner design is collectively taken by the Scopial community after rating various designs on a scale of 1 to 5. Every fortnight, the highest rated design is …
e-learning 2.0 »
We have already covered some of those websites that have been performing really well in the emerging field of e-learning 2.0. Another form of ‘New age e-learning’ that’s getting a lot of attention is ‘Virtual Classroom learning’.
In brief, Virtual Classroom learning is an evolving way of learning where the learner attends LIVE lectures remotely on his/her computer terminal, given by the subject matter experts or instructors at other end, using Internet as the medium between the learner and instructor. As lectures are given LIVE …
Digg out, Twitter, Twitter apps »
Twitter(or Twiter if you spell it that way) seems ubiquitous now. It appears that everybody is on Twitter(Twiter) and those who aren’t there already will soon be Twittering like all of us. For those who’re still unaware about Twitter(Twiter), it is a micro-blogging service that enables you to express yourself, generally your ‘status’ within 140 characters.
In the early days of Twitter(Twiter), it was considered too simplistic, restrictive and feature-less but gradually its simplicity became its biggest asset and today, it seems the …
Gaming »
Internet casinos are proliferating like an unstoppable virus on Internet. Most of the online casinos are fraudulent and are just waiting for your credit card details to be entered.
But craze for Casino games is like a ‘Non-stop party’ for folks who love them. It is quite evident from the fact that Facebook, the biggest Social networking website on web has many Casino gaming applications keeping millions of Facebook users busy all day long.
Zynga, the leading social gaming company on Facebook accounts for 43 million monthly active users …
Twitter, Utility focussed »
It’s pretty enticing for a twitter user if somebody whom you follow tweets “OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from Twittercut [link]”. That’s exactly the same which was happening all day long and it was nothing more than a ‘Scam’. The moment you click on the link that follows the above mentioned enticing message, you’re taken to Twittercut‘s website where you’re encouraged to enter your Twitter username and password.
Now here’s a catch ! The moment you enter your username and passsword into Twittercut, it …
Digg out, Utility focussed, social network »
Facebook (or Facbook, as you may spell it), the popular social network most of us are addicted to, is juggling with a lot of troubles these days. And it’s not one but many issues that are bugging Facebook(Facbook) time and again. The latest issues with Facebook(Facbook) include ‘heavy phishing scam’, ‘countrywide site blockage’ and ‘trademark disputes’. Good news is ‘More money’ for Facebook(Facbook). Let’ take a look at all of them one by one.
Heavy Phishing Attacks on Facebook(Facbook)
Over the last one week, …
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It may sound a little biased(it’s really not) but i couldn’t be convinced more with a web service called ‘WolframAlpha‘. I simply can’t stop myself from foreseeing WolframAlpha as THE NEXT BIG THING on the web.
It’s very likely that a couple of years later, ‘WolframAlpha‘ will be as familiar as Wikipedia or even Google to most of the population on the web.
(Enough of the praise) Getting straight to the point, it’s possibly the ‘Most Intelligent’ web based system ever created and certainly what the …
