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Apple |
Add Comment | 536 views In resigning as CEO of Apple today, Steve Jobs takes on the role as Chairman of the Board. In that regard, tomorrow will likely be no different than yesterday. Not for Apple, not for us. Except it will be totally different. We’ll still be able to buy iPhones and iPads, we’ll still get iOS 5 and iPhone 5 this October, we’ll still be delighted, and things will still be magical. They just won’t be the same. Steve Jobs has ended the greatest Second Act in the history of a technology company, arguably of any modern business.
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Political Opinion |
2 Comments | 742 views ON Rahul Gandhi: “I feel ashamed to call myself an INDIAN after seeing what has happened here in UP”.
Dear Rahul,
YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL ASHAMED??????? But don’t be disappointed, I would give you ample reasons to feel ashamed… You really want to feel Ashamed..?
- First Ask Pranav Mukherjee, Why isn’t he giving the details of the account holders in the Swiss Banks.
- Ask your Mother, Who is impeding the Investigation against Hasan Ali?
- Ask her, Who got 60% Kickbacks in the 2G Scam ?
- Kalamadi is accused of a Few hundred Crores, Who Pocketed the Rest in the Common Wealth Games?
- Ask Praful Patel what he did to the Indian Airlines? Why did Air India let go of the Profitable Routes ?
- Why should the Tax Payer pay for the Air India losses, when you intend to eventually DIVEST IT ANYWAY!!!
- Also, You People can’t run an Airline Properly. How can we expect you to run the Nation?
- Ask Manmohan Singh. Why/What kept him quiet for so long?
- Are Kalmadi and A Raja are Scapegoats to save Big Names like Harshad Mehta was in the 1992 Stock Market Scandal ?
- Who let the BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY Accused go Scot Free? (20,000 People died in that Tragedy)
- Who ordered the State Sponsored Massacre of SIKHS in 84?
- Please read more about, How Indira Gandhi pushed the Nation Under Emergency in 76-77, after the HC declared her election to Lok Sabha Void!
- WHY ONLY HIGHLIGHT THIS ARREST?
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Personal |
1 Comment | 219 views Dear Readers,
Best wishes, Hope you are all doing fine. I just wanted to let to you all know that I decided to move the blog to a new host. I chose Webhostingpad.com. Its reliable and one of the leading hosting service providers. I think we are going to have some good time with them. Yes, we are already on new server 
There would not be any other change except a slight increase in the loading speed for you guys for now.
I hope you will visit it and subscribe to receive all future posts. I expect to be posting more frequently, I haven’t been able to post much lately. Apologies for that.
Thanks very much.
Sincerely,
Kuldeep
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Technology, Thoughts |
Add Comment | 266 views If you follow tech news you might have heard of Netflix and it’s recent success after adopting the streaming model. Their website says “For only $7.99 a month, you get unlimited movies & TV episodes instantly over the Internet to your TV or computer. There are no commercials, and you can pause, rewind, fast forward or re-watch as often as you like. It’s really that easy!”
Isn’t this great, for just Rs.400 a month, Netflix gives Video on demand on a lot of devices (PC,macs, mobile devices, gaming consoles etc.) with recommendations, resuming playback of movies/T.V shows where you left them off and a lot more. So if you’re watching a movie late in the night and you get too sleepy, you can shut off your movie and resume it the next day on your way to work on your phone. We end up paying more for Tata sky which doesn’t even provide video on demand or multiple device viewing.
This model has helped Netflix become a major success in the US and Canada with Apple choosing to bundle a Netflix app on their Apple TV as well. This gets us wondering, why isn’t there a service similar to Netflix in India?
Although there have been a few companies which have tried to imitate the earlier Netflix model, i.e DVD rentals none of them have become hugely popular nor have they offered attractive policies like no late fees, no due dates etc. There was a post on gigaOM way back in 2006 pegging seventymm as India’s Netflix, obviously the service hasn’t caught on.
The posts points out a major hurdle for video rental services like these, piracy. With every railway station selling CDs of the latest movies on as soon as their release dates for as cheap as Rs.50 ($1), it becomes a bit difficult for the survival of this model, also with increasing penetration of the not-so-fast broadband in India, you see people downloading 700mb DVD rips from piratebay even if it takes them 24 hours.
So Indian players haven’t even succeeded in coming on par with the Netflix of the earlier years, let alone the current streaming based Netflix. The rental service not catching up is because these players haven’t been able to come up with an effective strategy, but the non existent streaming based service is majorly because of the pathetic internet service in India.
The Netflix page specifies minimum connection requirements for it to work fine “Watching instantly works with all different levels of broadband, however, we recommend a minimum speed of 500kpbs (0.5MB).” In average Indian homes unfortunately this sort of connectivity is absent. Speeds like these if offered by ISPs cost a lot. So right now if an Indian Netflix would startup it would remain restricted to the offices of Indian people where stuff like this isn’t permitted. Also the mobile market isn’t ready yet for on the move media viewing, the 3G tariffs are expensive, carriers aren’t ready yet to carry huge amounts of data on their network and a huge part of Indians still don’t have smart phones.
This coupled with the fact that many Indians don’t want to pay for something digital. For example: They won’t hesitate much to buy pirated CDs and DVDs but they have a problem buying a $.99 game from the AppStore. Fortunately this mindset is changing with the increasing penetration of Internet banking, online shopping etc. A lot of channels like NDTV, CNN, IBN, etc and events like the IPL are providing live streams online. So one can just hope for a Netflix like service to come up in India in the next five years. If they have enough partnerships for providing content then DTH services are doomed!
It was reported that Netflix’s competitor Google has also launched a pay-per-view online service, in order to gain more traffic to their new service.
Source: I feel that we desperately need faster broadband connection for sure. It will solve a lot of problems. I feel piracy can somehow be reduced by providing faster broadband in homes and mobile phones. I would definitely want to subscribe for a 24×7 movie available for 400 Rs/per month. And save money on my broadband and electricity bill.
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Technology |
1 Comment | 537 views Looking at the browsers in the current browser race it is hard to remember the time when one browser dominated the market. No one ever thought that this race would last for such a long time. Netscape had over 86% of the market share. Then came Microsoft with their first browser in the market and started dominating the market. Once Microsoft started integrating Internet Explorer with Windows they unsurprisingly took over the market and dominated it for several years. Internet Explorer would not have gained this much popularity if it was not for Windows. Ever since then Microsoft never looked back, though their market share has dropped drastically but they still lead the way in browser war. Chrome and Firefox are catching up. But I am predicting it won’t be long when either Firefox or Chrome beats the crap out of IE. Enjoy this infograhpic and the The History of Web Browsers. Once again a large picture [56k warning]
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Lifestyle |
2 Comments | 7,038 views While I was hunting for suitable theme for Revolutioners, I stumbled upon a theme website. The theme was not that good but the content on that site made me post this article. It had lot of images of a single person. I thought it would be a good idea to have it as a single point to refer in case anyone is looking for ideas for his/her next Facebook profile picture. I saved the whole site as Image and posting it here on my blog. I really liked the ideas of the pictures shown on the blog. If you need inspiration for clicking your own picture for your social website’s profile then look nowhere else. The image is really long and huge in size. So be careful.
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Lifestyle |
1 Comment | 419 views Cheating is a “bad thing,” but it isn’t necessarily black and white. Pretty much anybody is capable of cheating, and the motivation to do so is built into our society. Here’s a look at why people cheat, and why such a bad thing isn’t necessarily an indicator of a bad person.
To understand why someone cheats, you have to consider why anybody makes a fearful decision. Say there’s another person that you like and want to ask out on a date, but you’re nervous and not sure if you can do it. Before you act, you often play out the outcome in your head by using the information you have and past experiences to fill in the blanks. Perhaps this person is very attractive and could be out of your league, so it’s unlikely that s/he will be willing to go on a date with your and you’ll be met with failure. Or perhaps you’re too nervous to make a good first impression. On the other hand, things could go well, but asking someone out is a choice with potential negative and positive consequences. Not asking someone out doesn’t change anything and therefore can’t make anything worse. In this situation, many people will opt to do nothing because the downside—not having a new girlfriend or boyfriend—is preferable to the possible downside of being rejected.
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Tips and Guides |
2 Comments | 3,177 views Sharing your Windows internet connection via software has traditionally been a tricky business. There are programs that can help you do it, but they’re often awkward to set up, and prone to complicated security and reliability issues, so most people don’t even try.
But that could all be about to change, thanks to a new Windows 7 feature called Virtual Wi-Fi. The idea is a simple one: the operating system can virtualise any compatible wireless adapter, to make it appear as though you’ve as many additional adapters as you need.
The effect is dramatic. Once it’s set up, then any Wi-Fi compatible device that can connect to you – another desktop, laptop, or an iPod Touch, say – will immediately be able to get online, by sharing your internet connection through a duplicate of your wireless adapter.
Getting this working isn’t too difficult, either, as long as you can get over the first hurdle: finding a virtual Wi-Fi-compatible driver for your wireless adapter.
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Microsoft |
Add Comment | 587 views Whether you’ve just bought a new PC running Windows 7 or you’ve been using it for a while, there are bound to be things you didn’t know you could do.
Whether it’s tweaks to get the desktop the way you want it, tips for troubleshooting or ways to squeeze more performance from Windows 7, we’ve got it covered.
We’ve updated our popular Windows 7 tips article with a load of new ones, including how to recover locked-up apps, how to extend your jumplists, leave a Windows 7 Homegroup, and more. Read on for 85 tips to help you get the best from Windows 7.
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Buying gadgets can sometimes be like buying a car; it requires sorting through options. Do you go for the navigation package or the rear-seat entertainment system? The faster processor or more memory?
The easy answer is “both.” But the reality is that most of us are usually dealing with a finite amount of money to spend, and that means making trade-offs. We want to get the most bang for our buck, not to be lured into paying for features and options that are not worth the money.
Below is some guidance about what is worth paying for, and what can be left unchecked on the options list.
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