Saturday, January 14, 2012


What benefit does this give a country? Fewer pesky comments on your failures? Fewer suggestions on how to improve your products and services? Fewer job offers?
"An Indian court given the green light for the prosecution of '21 social networking sites.' The list features 10 foreign-based companies, and could affect websites provided by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and YouTube. The recent development is part of an ongoing argument between the companies and India over whether content should be regulated (read: censored) in the country. The approval was actually made on December 23, 2011, but was only revealed yesterday. India warned these websites it can block them just like China can."


Now that we have them addicted, let's charge them $1 a month...
Prediction: 1 billion Facebook users by August


Planning future classes...
"Every January, it is traditional to compare the state of programming language usage as indicated by the TIOBE index. So what's up and what's down this year? The top language is still Java, but it's slowly falling in the percentages. Objective-C experienced the most growth, followed by C# and C. JavaScript climbed back into the top 10, displacing Ruby. Python and PHP experienced the biggest drops. If you like outside runners, then cheer for Lua and R, which have just entered the top 20. However, I have to wonder why Logo is in the top 20 as well. I know programming education is becoming important, but Logo?"


Considering the tools for tomorrow?
eReaderLookup.com
eReaderLookup.com is a database of ebook reader devices that has quick filtering and comparison capabilities.
… This site offers you facts about ereaders and allows you to easily find the devices that match your parameters. Some of the information is being obtained from device manufacturers and reviews; some is being contributed by website users.
… Using the site is easy: narrow down your search by using the filter form on the home page and then compare the devices.


(Related) Want everything on your Kindle?
Kindle simplifies PC document transfers
Amazon released "Send to Kindle" today that let's users transfer personal documents from their PC to a Kindle. It seems that the divide between tablets and computers is ever shrinking.
Once downloaded and installed, the way the plug-in works is users can right-click on one or more documents, select print, then choose "Send to Kindle." The document will automatically be converted into a PDF. This plug-in can be used with any application that connects to a printer.
However, with Kindles having only between 2GB and 8GB of available storage, this plug-in isn't really intended for people to transfer their entire PC to their Kindle. So, part of the plug-in's capability is that it lets users archive documents in their Kindle Library, where they can re-download later if needed.


A worthwhile tool?
There are web highlighter tools and then there are citation tools. Both are different types of study aids. A new Firefox plug-in, or let’s accurately describe it as a Firefox toolbar combines the two and gives us a personal research organizer and citation recorder called Citelighter (Beta).


Will this be a quick win? Lots of geeky Star Trek fans have been thinking about this for years...
X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm Foundation Set to Revolutionize Healthcare with Launch of $10 Million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE
… The $10 million top prize will be awarded to the team that develops a mobile platform that most accurately diagnoses a set of 15 diseases across 30 consumers in three days. Teams must also deliver this information in a way that provides a compelling consumer experience while capturing real time, critical health metrics such as blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature.

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