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Google Open Sources Sky Map


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Google has announced they are releasing the source code of Google Sky Map to the public. Google Sky Map is an Android app which users the phone’s sensors to act as a window into the cosmos. Originally created by some Googlers during their famous 20% time, Sky Map allows users to point their Android device…

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3 days ago by Ricky
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Disqus Commenting System Goes Down; Leaves All Blogs Comment-Less


Disqus Comments showing 503 error

UPDATE 2: Daniel Ha, Cofounder of Disqus has updated us with an apology to all Disqus users. The downtime was caused by a minor glitch where a backup system failed to switch over smoothly. Total time to fix this was about 20 minutes. UPDATE 1: Looks, like the Disqus comment system is now back online….

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3 days ago by Debjit
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Microsoft Turns Visual Studio Developers Into Social Gamers With An Xbox-like Plugin


Visual Studio Gaming with XBox like achievements window

Microsoft today announced the launch of a new beta Visual Studio Achievements plug-in for Visual Studio developers to help them discover new features of the application, while making the process “playful and pragmatic”. It is a free plug-in which works a lot like Xbox game play, allowing developers to unlock achievements and badges in the…

 Microsoft   News   Programming  

4 days ago by Adam
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Google’s Anti-SOPA Petition Garners Support Of 7 Million People


Google's SOPA Petition signed by 7 Million people

A staggering 7 million people signed the online anti-SOPA petition initiated by Google in just 24 hours, confirmed a Google spokeswoman. The petition was available to sign on Wednesday, linked from Google homepage, meant to increase awareness about the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the U.S Congress. The Google petition came in…

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4 days ago by Shagun
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Investment In Start-ups On The Rise As Inventus Capital Puts $2 Million In eTechies.in


Inventus Capital Partners has invested $2 million in a unique start-up called eTechies.in, India’s first doorstep, online and phone support service for all kinds of digital devices such as PCs, laptops, printers, iPads etc. It functions as an “on-call and subscription” based tech support service for consumers and SMBs. It employees highly trained engineers, and…

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4 days ago by Shagun
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Indian Government Launches m-Governance Framework


The Indian Government’s has announced the m-Governance framework within the new National e-governance plan, which aims to build on the expansive network of mobile connections in the country and use mobile applications to enable easy access to public services to the general public, especially in the rural areas. The measures laid down within this new…

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4 days ago by Shagun
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Now, A Social Network For Environment & Climate Change Activism – Battigul.org


Landing Page - Battigul.org

A new start-up on the web, Battigul.org has created an online social platform for those concerned about spreading environmental awareness and working to protect it, by providing them with the right resources and communication to share, explore and exchange photos, videos and other kind of information. The website has been started to fulfill the twin…

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4 days ago by Shagun
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Moneysights Facebook App Makes Tax Savings Calculation Easy


Facebook Moneysights App - showing how you can diversify your portfolio

Bangalore based start-up Moneysights has launched a new Facebook app for tax saving, a move meant to expand what it already is trying to do – change the way people invest in Stocks and Mutual Funds. Link to app It is a quick, easy to use app that requires one to fill in some basic…

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7 days ago by Shagun
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Microsoft To Bring Out A New Filesystem In Windows 8 – ReFS


Software giant Microsoft is all set to launch an all new file system, ReFS with its next operating system Windows 8, in late 2012. ReFS stands for Resilient File System, and has been designed to meet Windows storage needs – having shared storage pools across systems, ability to large volumes and a resilience to corruption….

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7 days ago by Shagun
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Surge in Business Apps – Entrepreneurs & App Developers Go The B2B Way


App developers and those looking to start a business are always wondering what they must focus on and there lies not one definitive answer. Some like Steve Poland would tell you to focus on the problems and start with a space you know. Others might suggest an alternative approach involving doing not only a market…

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8 days ago by Shagun
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Consumers Prefer Websites & Mobile Sites Over Mobile Apps – Reveals Survey


What do you prefer - Mobile site or Mobile app?

One in three online consumers will buy a tablet by 2014. More than 60% of 25-34 year olds own a smartphone these days. With these facts in place, the connected consumer is truly one of the best subjects for analysis. A recent survey by Zmags uncovers the digital habits of this connected consumer who is…

 Mobile   Opinion   Web  

8 days ago by Shagun
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Apple to launch Steve Jobs’s pet project – a “GarageBand” for e-books


Now, Garageband coming to e-books on iTunes?

Using technology to bridge the gap between learning and digital textbooks was something Apple’s co-founder had been working on for a quite a few years, and Apple was slated to launch its unique new tool along with the iPhone 4S, only to be stalled by Jobs’s death. Now, Apple is ready to launch this tool,…

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8 days ago by Shagun
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CyanogenMod 9 Music Player Announced – Download It Now


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CyanogenMod developer, Andrew Neal, has announced a new music player which is likely to replace the current music that comes with CyanogenMod 9. The music player – known as CyangenMod 9 Music player for now – does not officially have a name yet. However, it is one of the most feature rich and best looking…

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8 days ago by Ricky
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New Year Week Sees Maximum iOS And Android Device Activations Of 2011


Max Android Activations in 2011 / 2012

Christmas Day of 2011 saw the highest number of mobile device activations and app downloads in the year, with the New Year ‘power week’ being the more profitable than the run up to Christmas itself for applications makers. What’s more, according to the recent report by Flurry, the last week of 2011 saw the highest…

 Android   iOS   News  

9 days ago by Shagun
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