Google Android : The New Revolutiion

What Is Google Android?

Introduction:

Android is a Linux-based mobile phone operating system developed by Google. Android is unique because Google is actively developing the platform but giving it away for free to hardware manufacturers and phone carriers who want to use Android on their devices.

Beyond the Phone:

A modified version of Android is used in the Google TV, the Barnes & Noble Nook eReader, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and countless other devices. Parrot makes both a digital photo frame and a car stereo system powered by modified versions of Android.

Open Handset Alliance:

Google formed a group of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies called the Open Handset Alliance with the goal of contributing to Android development. Most members also have the goal of making money from Android, either by selling phones, phone service, or mobile applications.

Android Market:

Anyone can download the SDK (software development kit) and write applications for Android phones. Google doesn't screen developers or applications. These apps can be downloaded from the Android Market. If the app costs money, you pay for it using Google Checkout. T-Mobile also has an agreement to allow their phone customers to purchase some apps and have the fee added to their monthly phone bill.
Some devices do not include support for the Android Market and may use an alternative market.

Service Providers:

The iPhone has been very popular for AT&T, but unless you void your warranty to unlock it, you can only use an iPhone with AT&T. Android is an open platform, so many carriers can potentially offer Android-powered phones. That doesn't mean individual carriers won't lock the specific phone they sell you to their service, but every major carrier in the US offers an Android phone. Android is currently the fastest growing phone platform in the world.

Data Plan:

To use Android on a phone, you need a data plan on top of your voice plan. You can't even activate an Android phone without a data plan enabled. Some networks in the US offered tiered data service, and some offer unlimited plans.

Google Services:

Because Google developed Android, it comes with a lot of Google services installed right out of the box. Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps, and Google Web search are all pre-installed, and Google is also the default Web page for the Web browser. However, because Android can be modified, carriers can choose to change this. Verizon Wireless, for instance, has modified some Android phones to use Bing as the default search engine.

Touchscreen:

Android supports a touch screen and is difficult to use without one. You can use a trackball for some navigation, but nearly everything is done through touch. Android also supports multi-touch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom in versions 2.1 (Eclair) and above.

Keyboard:

The initial release of Android required a separate keyboard. However, "Cupcake," (Android 1.5) and later editions have all supported an on-screen keyboard. That means you can use models like the Verizon Droid 2 that include a slide-out physical keyboard or the HTC EVO that rely entirely on the touch screen.

The Bottom Line:

Android is an exciting platform for consumers and developers. It is the philosophical opposite of the iPhone in many ways. Where the iPhone tries to create the best user experience by restricting hardware and software standards, Android tries to insure it by opening up as much of the operating system as possible. This is both good and bad. Fragmented versions of Android may provide a unique user experience, but they also mean fewer users per variation. That means it's harder to support for app developers, accessory makers, and technology writers (ahem). Because each Android upgrade must be modified for the specific hardware and user interface upgrades of each device, that also means it takes longer for modified Android phones to receive updates.
Fragmentation issues aside, Android is a robust platform that boasts some of the fastest and most amazing phones and tablets on the market.

Presentation Links

Click Here to download PPT in MS 2007

Seminar Report on Android Click Here to Download   (Credits to Mr. Ganesh Waghmare)

For Wikipedia Link Click Here

Official Website www.android.com

 

Windows Azure Services Platform

Microsoft Corp.  intends its new Windows Azure Services Platform to be a serious cloud computing platform for a broad range of developers and scenarios, from lone developers starting up a new Web-based company on a shoestring to large teams of enterprise developers looking for high-performance, highly available and scalable Web sites, computing and storage. A few years out, Microsoft wants Azure to be seen as the preferred location for enterprise data, not as a business risk. It's off to a good start.

There's a tremendous amount of capability being presented in the Azure CTP (Community Technology Preview), and there's more to come. It goes beyond simple Web hosting to a flexible architecture designed to automatically enlist additional resources in response to demand. There are capabilities here that I haven't seen in competing cloud offerings -- for example, workflows. The Azure team has picked and chosen existing Microsoft technologies -- virtual servers, the .Net Framework, Internet Information Server (IIS), worker processes, databases, queues, enterprise service bus, workflows, authentication and so on -- and adapted them to the cloud.

One very promising note is how these services are tied together. The Microsoft of 10 years ago would have created proprietary interfaces to exclude its competitors from taking advantage of its technologies. The Azure team used open standards, such as REST, SOAP and Atom. This inclusive choice opens the Azure services to easy integration with almost any programming language and operating system.

Another promising note is how, while breaking new ground, the Azure team made the programming model familiar to developers who have worked with the .Net Framework. You don't have to learn a new programming language or integrated development environment (IDE) to work with Azure. If you know Visual Studio and C# or Visual Basic .Net, you're good to go now with relatively little effort. Using other .Net languages and tools is possible but not as well documented. Although using unmanaged code is not yet allowed, it will be in the future.

Presentation Links

Click Here To Read Wikipedia article on Windows Azure
Click Here To Download The PPT in MSOFFICE 2007
Click Here To read Whitepaper on Windows Azure

Official Site for Windows Azure Click Here

IE 9 beta launched , "Unlocking the beauty of the Web"

Internet Explorer 9 Preview

Faster, simpler and with many interesting new features, the Internet Explorer 9 beta is a promising look at the next incarnation of Microsoft's flagship browser.
The interface has become even more cut down, following competitors like Chrome. By default there's no menu, no status bar, no Favourites bar (though as with IE8 these are all available if you need them), just an address bar and the most minimal of toolbars.
There is a useful internet addition when you open a new tab, though: the program now displays links to your "most popular sites", so you can relaunch a particular favourite with a click.
Elsewhere, tabs are now colour-coded to show you how they relate to each other (open one link in a new tab, for instance, and they'll both share the same colour). And you can now drag tabs out of IE to open them in a new browser window.
Performance is massively improved, too, thanks not least to hardware-accelerated graphics, and a new JavaScript engine optimised for multiple CPU cores. If you've ever tried a browser benchmark like SunSpider before then you'll probably have noticed that IE always lagged far, far behind - but not any more. IE9 is now marginally faster than Firefox 4 beta 6, and only a little behind Chrome 6, so in many cases you won't notice any speed difference between the browsers at all.
Microsoft have finally paid proper attention to downloads, giving IE its own download manager window. Now you can see everything you're downloading in one place, pause and restart a download if necessary, or locate and launch downloads at a click.
New support for Windows 7 allows you to pin a favourite website to your taskbar, where it looks just like any other pinned program. Click the icon later and it'll open in an IE window.
And you also get enhanced searching from the address bar, a simplified notification bar, extra information on add-ons that may be slowing you down, and more.

Faster, simpler and with many interesting new features, the Internet Explorer 9 beta is a promising look at the next incarnation of Microsoft's flagship browser.
The interface has become even more cut down, following competitors like Chrome. By default there's no menu, no status bar, no Favourites bar (though as with IE8 these are all available if you need them), just an address bar and the most minimal of toolbars.
There is a useful internet addition when you open a new tab, though: the program now displays links to your "most popular sites", so you can relaunch a particular favourite with a click.
Elsewhere, tabs are now colour-coded to show you how they relate to each other (open one link in a new tab, for instance, and they'll both share the same colour). And you can now drag tabs out of IE to open them in a new browser window.
Performance is massively improved, too, thanks not least to hardware-accelerated graphics, and a new JavaScript engine optimised for multiple CPU cores. If you've ever tried a browser benchmark like SunSpider before then you'll probably have noticed that IE always lagged far, far behind - but not any more. IE9 is now marginally faster than Firefox 4 beta 6, and only a little behind Chrome 6, so in many cases you won't notice any speed difference between the browsers at all.
Microsoft have finally paid proper attention to downloads, giving IE its own download manager window. Now you can see everything you're downloading in one place, pause and restart a download if necessary, or locate and launch downloads at a click.
New support for Windows 7 allows you to pin a favourite website to your taskbar, where it looks just like any other pinned program. Click the icon later and it'll open in an IE window.
And you also get enhanced searching from the address bar, a simplified notification bar, extra information on add-ons that may be slowing you down, and more.

Presentation Links 

Click Here to read complete review on Internet explorer 9 beta  (from www.engadget.com by Joanna Stern)
Click Here to read Wikipedia Article
Click Here to read Gizmodo review (Includes technical comparison with other browsers)

Download IE - 9 beta (64bit - Windows 7 all) Click Here to Unlock the beauty of Web

Google Instant and then Youtube Instant !!!! Make it Fastest

Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type.
The most obvious change is that you get to the right content much faster than before because you don’t have to finish typing your full search term, or even press “search.” Another shift is that seeing results as you type helps you formulate a better search term by providing instant feedback. You can now adapt your search on the fly until the results match exactly what you want. In time, we may wonder how search ever worked in any other way.

Benefits

Faster Searches: By predicting your search and showing results before you finish typing, Google Instant can save 2-5 seconds per search.
Smarter Predictions: Even when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, predictions help guide your search. The top prediction is shown in grey text directly in the search box, so you can stop typing as soon as you see what you need.
Instant Results: Start typing and results appear right before your eyes. Until now, you had to type a full search term, hit return, and hope for the right results. Now results appear instantly as you type, helping you see where you’re headed, every step of the way.

The instant version of Google was followed by YouTube Instant, Google Maps Instant, and the aptly named Google Images (Almost) Instant. Now, the newest entrant into the “instant” market is the iTunes Instant. But what makes iTunes Instant stand out from all its predecessors is that it was created by a 19 year old!

 Presentation Links

Click Here to read the official site

Cloud Antivirus : The Rethinking Antivirus !!

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Now back to the topic , Cloud Antivirus is a new idea implemented by Panda Antivirus solutions .


What is Cloud Antivirus ?How Cloud Antivirus is different from traditional antivirus products?

Cloud Antivirus is a cloud based security solution that can be installed and managed from anywhere through a web console. Since it is a hosted service, it doesn’t require infrastructure investment. You typically have options to delegate your security management to expert service providers.
So it is essentially more about management of Antivirus in any organization that goes in the cloud. There will still be an Antivirus product installed in each PC and laptop you have. However you have options to control the updates, profiles and levels of security from a cloud based control panel. However the installed part on PC is a thin version of traditional antivirus product.

How the Cloud Antivirus is deployed?

Normally the Cloud Antivirus can be deployed in two ways. One in which the user clicks on an email which includes a link that will install the protection agent. The other way is where administrator can push the installation to workstations choosing workstations by name, IP address, IP range or by domain.

What are advantages of Cloud Antivirus?

Cloud Antivirus is service not software and so has follwoing advantages:
No installation required
Update without users intervention – always up to date
Access your account from anywhere
Reduces bandwidth consumption (as large number of workstations look for updates in traditional software)

What are Free Cloud Antivirus?

They are similar to other free anti virus but hosted in cloud. You get advantage of low footprint and up to date packages. An example of free cloud anti virus is Panda Cloud antivirus.

Presentation Links

Click here to read wikipedia article about Cloud antivirus
Click Here to read official documentation about Panda Cloud Antivirus  (It contain more details which help you to create the report and PPT )
Click here to download PPT in MS WORD 2007  (This one is translated version of Spanish one that's why its in word format  , for pictures and other details please download the original PPT by Clicking Here )

WordPress 2.9 released : Built-in image editor, Batch plugin update, Global undo/”trash” feature and more

WordPress 2.9 has been released with some new features like Built-in image editor, Batch plugin update, Global undo/”trash” feature and more. Before WordPress team comes up with the new full version WordPress 3.0 this is a very welcome step as these features can not wait for the full version. Here is what is new in WordPress 2.9 (Read more about WordPress 2.9)
Global undo “trash” feature: If you are ever annoyed by that “Really Delete” messagefor a post or comment – not it will be no more as Global undo “trash” feature will allow you to bring it back from the Trash. Small improvement though but it is great for those who get a lot of comments.

WordPress team has planned many imrovements in media / image handling. One such improvement will be built-in image editor that allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images. So now no need to edit image outside before uploading to wordpress – just upload your image and and edit on the fly. This may make the copying of image more easier – but still it is a greate feature we want to have.
Annoyed by upgrading plugins one by one? No more hardwork as Batch plugin update and compatibility checking is now available with WordPress 2.9. With this one can update 10 plugins at once. More so there will be a new compatibility data from the plugins directory to give you a better idea of whether your plugins are compatible with new releases of WordPress.
No need to copy the embed code of video from popular video sites – just the URL will do. Now you have easier video embeds where you can just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code – cool! This will work for popular vide share sites like YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv.

Improvements for theme developers in WordPress 2.9

There are many improvements done in WordPress 2.9 for WordPress theme developers. Some of them will have impact on the way one is planning to develop the themes. Here are some of those I like and why they will have a major impact:
Post Thubnails registration: Now themes can register “post thumbnails”. This feature will help attach an thumbnail image to the post, especially useful for magazine-style themes.
New commentmeta table: A new commentmeta table which allows arbitrary key/value pairs to be attached to comments is made available. This is similar to posts. Now this will help theme developers in a major way as they now can build themes which can be based on discussions or comments. A lot can now be done within the comment framework.
More flexibility is now available for User Registration and profiles which can now be extensible to allow you to collect things more easily, like a user’s Twitter account or any other fields you can imagine.

Presentation Links

Click Here to go to Word Press Official Site

EPIC browser – the first-ever web browser by India for India !!!

Epic Browser : The first Anti virus Web Browser launched 

Hidden Reflex, a Bangalore – based software startup has launched the first browser targeted at Indian audiences named EPIC. The browser created by a dedicated team of Indian engineers is built on the popular open – source Mozilla platform. Any internet user can now download the browser for free by logging on to the website www.epicbrowser.com.
The specialty of the browser is the sidebar feature which supports Indian content and includes the option to write and create documents in twelve regional Indian languages. Epic enables users to access the latest national and regional news from popular publications and television channels in its sidebar and also provides latest updates on stock markets, live cricket scores and local events in the city. Further, users can choose from 1500 + customized Indian themes and wallpapers provided in the browser ranging from national monuments to famous Bollywood movies.
The unique feature of EPIC is the free built –in antivirus, the first time ever for a browser in India. It would benefit Indian users to save money by performing regular virus scans on EPIC for free. Every file downloaded on EPIC would be automatically scanned. Further, the user would be given an option to manually scan the system or individual folders for any virus and any infections found would be healed completely.
During the launch Ms R Rajalakshmi, Director, STPI said “At STPI, we encourage small and start-up companies to use our infrastructure to build new and innovative applications. We must utilize the large talent pool available in India and develop our own innovative products. I hope to see more technologists catch up to the entrepreneurial spirit.”
According to Alok Bhardwaj, CEO and Founder of Hidden Reflex “We’re excited to introduce a uniquely Indian browsing experience that we hope will reach and resonate with every citizen in the country. As an organization, we foresee huge growth in internet usage in India considering the low current penetration. Our focus with Epic is making it easy enough to use for first time web users and still powerful enough to be essential for advanced users.”
Epic is the first browser to have built a suite of sidebar applications to improve multi-tasking and productivity. Pre-installed applications include communication apps for Facebook, Orkut, Gmail and more, entertainment apps such as a Picture-in-Picture Video Sidebar and Games, and utilities like File Backup, My Computer, a To-Do list, and Maps. Over 1500 user-installable applications are also available to the end user for free.

Quick View On Specifications 


Epic Browser based on the popular browser platform Mozilla Firefox. A new entrant to highly competitive browser market leading by Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera.
* Epic Browser Includes 1500+ Indian Themes and Wallpapers
* First Browser with built-in Anti-Virus
* Faster Browsing and Speed, Specially tweaked for more speed
* Free 1500+ Apps include Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo Messenger, Cricinfo, Orkut, Linkedin, twitter apps and games
* Epic Browser supports many Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit etc
* Malicious website Warning and anti phishing protection
Built in Antivirus: Scan downloads automatically. Scan your system manually. Epic Kills any viruses it finds. Totally free.
Malicious Website warnings: We’ll warn you if you’re about to visit a web site known to host viruses or malware.
Anti-Phishing Protection: A big, bolded domain so you know if you’re at citibank.com or citiphishingsite.com.


Download Epic Browser from Here

Presentation Links

Click Here to go to Official Website Of EPIC Browser
Click Here to read more on Wikipedia 
Since The Wikipedia article under review , you can read the same by clicking here

Adobe Flex 4.0 Released

Adobe released Flex 4.0 (code named Gumbo) on March 22nd 2010 . The Flex 4 development environment is called Adobe Flash Builder, formerly known as Adobe Flex Builder.

Some themes that have been mentioned by Adobe and have been incorporated into Flex 4 are as follows:

    * Design in Mind: The framework has been designed for continuous collaboration between designers and developers.
    * Accelerated Development: Be able to take application development from conception to reality quickly.
    * Horizontal Platform Improvements: Compiler performance, language enhancements, BiDi components, enhanced text (Flex 4 includes the new Text Layout Framework ).
    * Full Support for Adobe Flash Player 10 and above.
    * Broadening Horizons: Finding ways to make a framework lighter, supporting more deployment runtimes,  runtime MXML.
    * Simpler skinning than the previous versions.
    * Integration with Adobe Flash Catalyst.
    * Custom templates
 
What is Adobe Flex ?
 
As a web developer you've often found yourself wishing there was a way to make web applications that weren't limited to the heavy restrictions of HTML. You've used JavaScript to make your forms a little more intuitive with dynamic/context driven comboboxes, but to do anything more often requires heavy amounts of JavaScript and DHTML. Even if you are a pro at it, it's extremely time consuming to make workflow interactive and user friendly. More importantly, why would you want to be spending so much time on core UI functionality when you're getting paid to work on business logic and workflow.
Adobe/Macromedia Flex takes you to the next level of web application development with the concept of Rich Internet Applications (aka RIAs).

You may have seen applications developed natively in Flash itself and realized that it offers a much more robust experience for the user where productivity is bolstered by ease of use, streamlined workflow, and real time interactivity that is impossible to accomplish in HTML itself. However developing rich applications in Flash for those who are core developers is daunting and unintuitive. The Flash development tool is geared for designers, and developing on a timeline is a strange concept. Flex removes that barrier to entry by providing a programmatic way for developing these RIAs.
Rich Internet Applications
What is an RIA anyways? Well HTML applications are state-less. Application servers maintain state by using cookies and session variables to keep track of users, but all the logic is on the server. So while a user is looking at a page in their browser, the application is unable to do anything until the user commits an action that sends data from the page back to the server for processing. The code processes the data, and generates resulting HTML that the browser loads back in.

Presentation Links

Click Here to read cflex documentation on Adobe flex
Click Here for Wikipedia  Link about Flex
PPT about Adobe flex 2.0  Click Here to download
PPT about Adobe flex 3.0  and framework Click Here to download

Samsung launches Bada OS

What is bada ?

Samsung bada is a smart phone platform released in 2010. The word "bada" means "ocean" in Korean. Samsung Wave is the first bada-powered phone and will be seen on the market soon.
For developers, bada will bring a new blue ocean of mobile applications. For customers, they will have a wider choice of smart phones with cost-effective yet powerful bada-powered phones.

Vision of bada

The vision of bada is “Smartphone for Everyone”. bada’s main goal is not to compete with other existing smartphone platforms. Instead, bada will turn Samsung’s conventional customers into smartphone users by providing cost-effective smartphones. This means that bada will open and extend a new smartphone market, which does not exist in the current mobile market.Bada will create a new smartphone market, which will turn into a new blue ocean.

History of bada

Samsung bada has long history. Almost 10 years of history. It has been Samsung’s proprietary platform for a long time. During its long history, it has been deployed in many successful handsets. For example, Samsung "Star" is an example of recent successful phones, of which sales surpassed 10 million units, just six months after its release.

To make the proprietary platform smarter, we added exciting features such as multipoint-touch, 3D graphics, an enhanced UI, and of course, application downloads and installation, and so bada was born. Samsung bada is proven to be reliable with its history and also enhanced with its new features.

Business with bada

Samsung bada will help mobile developers to expand their application business. Our aim is to continue to release successful models. Over 220,000,000 customers bought Samsung handsets in 2009. Over 40,000,000 customers bought Samsung touch phones last year. Samsung bada will rapidly be adopted by such customers this year. In addition, the global distribution and coverage of Samsung mobile phones and Samsung Apps, the application store, will boost developers´ businesses. Samsung Apps will expand its service to 75 countries for bada in 2010.

No wonder. A new blue ocean is coming. We hope you are among the early birds in this new market.

Features of bada

Even though bada supports a wide range of devices, bada is powerful enough to turn your imagination into powerful applications. With high end devices such as Wave, bada fully utilizes the power of hardware for the ultimate application experience. Even with mid-range or cost-effective models, it also provides powerful features for better application experiences.

Features such as plenty of UI controls, Flash support, and sensor support help applications to be more interactive. Service-centric features such as in-app-purchasing, SNS integration, and push notification help applications to offer customers a richer, more interactive experience.

Ecosystem Support

To help customers and developers, bada provides well-made ecosystem support. Samsung bada provides an application store, developer support systems with useful information, and a developer-friendly certification process. Samsung bada is a promising platform for developers and customers. We hope you find a new blue ocean for your business with bada.

Presentation Links

Click Here to go to the official bada web site dedicated to technical information for bada.

Wikipedia Link __ Click Here

Overview in PDF for presentation Click Here