July 2013 ~ Technology and Business

Information Technology

Information Technology is one of the keys to advancement and business progress. Ignoring the capabilities and potentials of IT application often equates to being left behind when it comes to productivity and efficiency. In contrast, welcoming technological innovations opens doors for development, growth, and expansion. Such is often the case not only for individuals, but for many companies and businesses as well.

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Over 80,000 engineering seats remain vacant in TN

Posted by Unknown | 21:35 |

As many as 80,689 government quota engineering seats in Tamil Nadu have gone vacant this year. And, colleges will have to pay — it will hit the quality of the education they provide and, in some cases, cause heavy financial losses to the institutions.Of the 2.05 lakh seats made available through the single window counselling process,...

Amazon spending heavily on digital video ahead of holidays: CFO

Posted by Unknown | 21:33 |

Amazon.com Inc Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak said on Thursday the Internet retailer is spending heavily on digital video content ahead of the holidays. The spending is partly responsible for a cautious third-quarter forecast, the executive added, during a conference call with reporters following the company's second-quarter...

Get ready for a TV-like Twitter: Scientists

Posted by Unknown | 21:33 |

Social networking site Twitter, which has more than 500 million registered users, will become comparable to a non-evolving, static structure like TV in the future, a new study predicts. The study from scholars at Columbia Business School and the University of Pittsburgh questions the sustainability of Twitter. "Get...

GPS vulnerable to hacking: Study

Posted by Unknown | 21:32 |

A new study has revealed that the Global Positing System (GPS) is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships and commercial airliners. Fox News reports that the new study has exposed a huge potential hole in national security. GPS expert Todd Humphreys and his team at theUniversity of Texas (UT)...

Employees daily remain online for an hour in office: Study

Posted by Unknown | 21:31 |

Employees spend one hour every daysurfing on the internet while at work, it has been revealed.The study, conducted by Quidco, has found that workers waste an hour by shopping or looking for holidays at their desks, the Daily Star reported.It was found that other distractions include emails, checking the weather forecast, reading...

MEA India becomes top app on Apple‘s App Store

Posted by Unknown | 21:30 |

In less than 24 hours after its launch, MEA India app has topped the charts ofApple's App Store. The application, launched by the Ministry of External Affairs, was leading in the free category of the App Store. If you have an android or iOSplatforms phone, then you can track your passport application with its...

How mobile phones are making your bicycle ‘smart‘

Posted by Unknown | 21:29 |

It has happened to many a bicyclist: the car beside you suddenly cuts into your path or passes close enough for you to feel the heat of its exhaust on your leg. A big part of avoiding those close calls is being noticed, but for years bicyclists' only defences were bright clothing, battery-powered incandescent bulbs and the cheery ching-ching...

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Google launches Start Searching India campaign

Posted by Unknown | 21:14 |

Google today introduced its Start Searching India campaign here to help internet users get the most out of the web with its search tool. "Internet is no longer restricted to the domain of working professionals and is fast emerging as a life enriching tool catering to the varied needs of the people from all walks of life," Google...

How to customise Windows 8 manually

Posted by Unknown | 21:14 |

Like earlier versions of the operating system, Windows 8 can check to see if software updates for your computer are available from Microsoft— and then install them for you so you don't have to remember to do it yourself. Security updates and other software patches deemed important or critical are typically installed automatically...

Step-by-step guide to protecting Facebook privacy

Posted by Unknown | 21:14 |

With the latest addition of the Graph Search to social networking site Facebook, it has become time consuming and cumbersome to customize settings for every post and each photograph. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a few quick clicks here and there can help restore a profile to being less vulnerable to public...

Indian develops tech to make software unhackable

Posted by Unknown | 21:13 |

A unique system has been designed by researchers that will encrypt software in order to make it impervious to reverse-engineering.UCLA computer science professor Amit Sahaiand a team of researchers have developed a system which will only allow someone to use a programme as intended, while preventing any deciphering of the code behind...

UK top target for cyberterrorism: Report

Posted by Unknown | 21:13 |

British lawmakers have claimed that the country has become the top target of online crooks, paedophiles and terrorists with increasing threat of cyberterrorism. According to The Mirror, a probe by MPs found banks did not even bother to report everydayonline thefts. Labour MP Keith Vaz, head of the Home Affairs Select...

Google, others working on ‘mind-reading apps‘

Posted by Unknown | 21:12 |

In Hollywood, there are umbrella holders. Outside corner offices, there are people who know exactly how much cream to pour in the boss' coffee. In British castles, royals have their valets.And then there is Silicon Valley, where mind-reading personal assistants come in the form of a cellphone app.A range of start-ups and big companies likeGoogle are...

Google Glass to help students learn filmmaking

Posted by Unknown | 21:12 |

Beauty is in the eye of theGoogle Glass wearer.At least that's what the internet search giant hopes a handful of young filmmakers will discover. Google is enlisting film students from five colleges to help it explore how its wearable computing device can be used to make movies. The $1,500 Google Glass headset is already being...

Hackers take down New Zealand PM‘s website

Posted by Unknown | 21:12 |

The hacktivist group Anonymous on Tuesday briefly crashed New Zealand Prime Minister John Key's website in protest at plans to allow the country's intelligence agency to spy on local residents. A group identifying itself as Anonymous NZ posted a clip on YouTube saying it had attacked Key's website www.johnkey.co.nz and 12 others...

Google gets 100m takedown requests since Jan

Posted by Unknown | 21:10 |

Search engine giant Google has reportedly received 100 million 'takedown' requests since January 2013 for pages infringing the copyright laws. According to the BBC, copyright holders send millions of 'takedown' requests to Google every week in an attempt to make pirated material harder to access online. A technology analyst...

Twitter launches ‘tweet abuse‘ feature following protests

Posted by Unknown | 21:09 |

Microblogging site Twitter has reportedly launched a feature that allows users to report about 'tweet abuse' following the recent incident in which a feminist activist Caroline Criado-Perez campaigning for a woman to replace Charles Darwin on the new 10 pound note was faced with tweet threats of rape and murder. According...

MEA India becomes top app on Apple‘s App Store

Posted by Unknown | 21:09 |

In less than 24 hours after its launch, MEA India app has topped the charts ofApple's App Store. The application, launched by the Ministry of External Affairs, was leading in the free category of the App Store. If you have an android or iOSplatforms phone, then you can track your passport application with its...

How mobile phones are making your bicycle ‘smart‘

Posted by Unknown | 21:08 |

It has happened to many a bicyclist: the car beside you suddenly cuts into your path or passes close enough for you to feel the heat of its exhaust on your leg. A big part of avoiding those close calls is being noticed, but for years bicyclists' only defences were bright clothing, battery-powered incandescent bulbs and the cheery ching-ching...

Monday, 29 July 2013

Apple to launch iPhone 5S on September 6: Report

Posted by Unknown | 22:04 |

The latest to do the rounds of rumours surrounding Apple's newest flagship product iPhone 5S is its launch date, which is speculated to be September 6. According to Huffington Post, the iPhone 5S may be just over a month away as estimated by a German blog iFun and if true it would mean that the latest iPhone...

Indian IT companies may sponsor more green cards

Posted by Unknown | 22:04 |

Indian software companies could step up sponsorship of coveted US green cardsfor employees as part of tactics to mitigate the effects of a planned American law to make work visas harder and costlier to obtain. By doing so, they can expand the pool of employees with access to work in the US, analysts said, giving Indian...

Kerala targets 3,000 new IT companies by 2020

Posted by Unknown | 22:04 |

Kerala aims to have at least 3,000 IT companies by 2020 under the state's new Seed Support System for early-stage investment to assist new entrepreneurs under the new IT policy of nurturing "one product startup a day", Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Sunday. Speaking via video link at the Weekend@Startup Village...

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