Aol Employees Make Zombie Video About Talent Exodus

In case you haven’t noticed ;), it’s an especially slooooooooooooooooooooow time for the tech industry. So slow that some Aol employees — the only one I recognize is Sol Lipman — made a video about the recent Aol talent exodus, using ZOMBIES as a metaphor for all the people who’ve decided to leave Aol.

How to use webcam for Optical character recognization(OCR)

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping system in an office, or to publish the text on a website. OCR makes it possible to edit the text, search for a word or phrase, store it more compactly, display or print a copy free of scanning artifacts, and apply techniques such as machine translation, text-to-speech and text mining to it. OCR is a field of research in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and computer vision.

OCR or Optical character recognition using a webcam is a bit tricky as the image quality of most webcams is average. However, your webcam can double up as an OCR reader in a pinch. You can take an image using the webcam and then use software like Microsoft Document imaging, Google Docs and Abbyy FineReader Online to convert images to text. You can also try Evernote (free from www.evernote. com).

Evernote is recommended software for OCR since it reads the image from the webcam and converts it into searchable text in real-time. You can use it to save notes, book pages, reports and business cards. Accuracy of converted text varies between 70-90% depending on the image quality and software used for OCR conversion.

Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 is Official

Facebook has done it’s darndest to take over your digital life. The massively popular social network has your photos, videos, a news feed, apps and games and even instant messaging. Seeking further ubiquity, Facebook is bringing its Facebook Messenger IM feature to Windows 7 as a desktop download.

While Facebook Messenger may play second fiddle to chat services such as Google’s Gchat, Facebook Messenger has amassed a horde of dedicated users — not to mention the millions of people that use Facebook every day.

Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Leads to Man’s Arrest [VIDEO]

Police in Vermont recently arrested a man for stealing a $3,200 engagement ring. They were tipped off after the man’s fiancee posted a picture of the ring on Facebook.
Social media has become a legitimate tool for crime-solving. Earlier this year, the NYPD used Twitter to shut down a gang meeting, and the FBI used social media to track down a wanted fugitive.
Check out the video below to learn more about the stolen engagement ring.

Don 2 the game trailer [video]

The much awaited bollywood movie "Don 2" by Sharukh khan is releasing soon but the game based on the movie has already been launched for android and iOS. The Sharukh khan has started a new trend by launching a video or mobile game for each of its movie. He has previously launched games for the promotion of his flick "Ra.One" and has done it again for "Don 2". And i seriously hope that this game is not a bad one like the "Ra.One" game. I will review the game later till then enjoy the sneak peek at the new game by watching this video.

How to make time lapse videos using webcam

Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than that which will be used to play the sequence back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing. For example, an image of a scene may be captured once every second, and then played back at 30 frames per second; the result would be an apparent increase of speed by 30 times. Time-lapse photography can be considered to be the opposite of high speed photography.

An average day on Facebook

What do you usually do on Facebook everyday? Do you post a new status every time you log in, or you comment on every friends's photo you encountered, poke your crush, post YouTube videos, create new pages or anything else. There is nothing common between how different people use Facebook. But let us see how an average Facebook user spends his/her day on Facebook by looking at this Infographic.

2012 Technology resolution by TechRadar

I found this video while surfing the YouTube called technology resolutions to be taken in 2012.In this video the guy from TechRadar is explaining about what the technology companies should do in the 2012 to be successful in their field. So take a look at this nice video and give your comments about it.

Grand Theft Auto III - Android game review

Rockstar Games released the revolutionary Grand Theft Auto III in 2001, and they’re back again to blow minds with a 10 year anniversary mobile edition of the same game. If you’ve ever played GTA (and I know you have), then you already know how incredibly addictive the game is and how easy it is to play for hours on end without even thinking of stopping. The mobile edition is just the same  as PC version. you will enjoy playing this revolutionary game in your smartphones.

Google Activates 3.7 million devices over Christmas weekend

Google's Andy Rubin says that Android activations reached 3.7 million devices over Christmas, but a breakdown of numbers shows that Apple's Christmas activations may almost double Google's.

Not long ago, Google revealed that it is activating 700,000 Android devices per day. Well, Christmas has been kind to Android. Andy Rubin, head of Android, Tweeted that 3.7 million Android devices were activated on Dec. 24-25, meaning a lot of people got new phones for Christmas.

SOPA : THE INTERNET BLACKLIST BILL [INFOGRAPHIC]

Every other person on internet is discussing about SOPA, and almost every person has listened to that word 'SOPA'. But it actually is, most of the people are still wondering about what the bill SOPA refers to. So here is an infographic which will introduce you to Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Also referred to as The Internet Blacklist Bill.

December 29th declared as Dump GoDaddy day by Reddit user

GoDaddy, who supported SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) has received a lot of flak from the web community world over, including big websites like Wikipedia saying they're moving all of their websites away from the domain service. A tweet from Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia tweeted saying GoDaddy's stance on SOPA is unacceptable to the web service. Even though GoDaddy has retracted their position on the matter, they're still facing a lot of criticism. One Reddit user has declared December 29th to be Dump GoDaddy Day.

Amazon Kindle Fire Hacked to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwitch

Well that didn’t take very long. Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, which you’ve likely seen gifted quite a bit this holiday season, has been hacked to run a “pre-alpha” version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The enterprising hackers at xda-developers have put together an "pre-alpha" version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Kindle Fire, marking the first time we've seen Amazon's budget tablet running the latest and greatest version of Android.

Anonymous hacks security firm StratFor and donated the money to charity

The online group of hacktivists known as "Anonymous" infiltrated the network and websites of an Internet security company after learning the company planned to sell information about the group to the FBI.

One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations, and some victims confirmed unauthorized transactions linked to their credit cards.

5 most popular launches of the year 2011

Last year was a big boon for technology era, there were many breathtaking launches this year which changed the scenario of technology very much. Here look at the 5 most breathtaking launches all over the world:

On christmas eve, facebook chat now supports rage faces

First, if you want to get right down to it, here are the codes you type into Facebook chat to get various faces:

Poker face [[129627277060203]]
Forever Alone [[227644903931785]]
OK guy [[100002752520227]]
Me Gusta [[164413893600463]]
Lol guy [[189637151067601]]
Fuck Yeah [[105387672833401]]
Problem? [[171108522930776]]
[[218595638164996]]
[[100002727365206]]

Huzzah! We are truly living in an age of wonder!

Second, why does this work?

New Contract Ends Facebook Friend ‘Frape’ [VIDEO]

The act of hijacking a Facebook friend’s account when they forget to log out of a public computer and posting embarrassing status updates or photos, known as frape (a combination of Facebook and rape), is not a new phenomenon.

10 most popular twitter trends of 2011 [infographic]

Twitter have been one of the most popular sites in 2011 and no one can deny it but what's popular on twitter in 2011?
Was it any game, an event, a game, a singer, an actor or any movie? Here is a list of most popular searches, movies, Tv shows, sports events and musical artists. So you better take a look by yourself, and tell me your views on it.

Technology Ahead in the Cloud cover [infographic]

Cloud computing is the latest technology that is creating a separate space for itself in the field of technology and business. It has become an important part in terms of data storage in IT field. So here is an Infographic which describes various stats about cloud computing and cloud usage. Please give your comments about it.

Pirates of the Caribbean Master of the Seas - Review

Similar to the very popular RPG style of Zynga’s CityVille, Mafia Wars and FarmVille, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas – which follows the theatrical release of The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – recently made its app store debut.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas is an interesting, little adventure based largely in part on the management system of Cityville any other such games. Quests are in the form of trivia questions, and correct answers bring you closer to mastery of a particular island. Many of the islands house shops available for purchase, and earning gold will allow you to build up the power of your ship. Players can also explore the seas for treasure or pick the bones of sunken ships. 

10 ways to drive traffic to your blog

Every blogger out there wants to have a blog with dedicated readers and large traffic. Every blogger wants to earn money through his/her blog and they can. only if they have nice enough traffic to their blog. Here i am sharing 10 most common and best ways to drive traffic to your blog.

1. Search engines:- Submit your blog to various search engines like google, yahoo, bing etc. Most search engines provide a 'Submit' link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.

Now LinkedIn groups members can express through polls

LinkedIn has recently announced its newest and most easiest way to spur out conversations, the Poll application, which will change the the people communicate in millions of group on LinkedIn. They will be rolling out the poll function in all groups in the next few days.

Can Social media get you job? [Infographics]

Nowadays people spend most of their time on social media without caring about the world outside, but can these social media sites land them a job they need or they dreamed about?

The answer is yes because social media is turning into the biggest recruiting place for almost every big brand. The Social media is no more a place only for meeting with friends online, instead it covers wide variety of uses like entertainment, meeting new and interesting people, building brands, knowledge hubs
Let's see how this figures up by looking at an amazing info-graphics below.

Windows 7.5 Messaging Hub killed, Security flaw found

While most of the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system is playing catch up to Android and iOS, the Messaging Hub truly shines as a stand-out feature. It allows you to thread Facebook messages, IMs and texts all into one unified conversation, exactly what a messaging app should be.

The only problem is that there seems to be a security flaw that disables the Messaging Hub entirely, all from receiving one malicious text. Devices running Microsoft's Window Phone are susceptible to a denial-of-service attack that disables their messaging function, a tipster has told WinRumors.com.

Samsung Galaxy Note review - A smart hybrid

The 5.3 inch smart hybrid Samsung Galaxy Note stands right in between a tablet and a smartphone. The unique size of Samsung Galaxy Note may not appeal to every gadget lover but finally performance is what that matters. Samsung Galaxy Note is the largest smart phone available and still Samsung has kept the design thin and stylish. 

Infinity Blade 2 Review (iOS)

Epic Games and Chair Enterprises launches Infinity Blade II, the sequel to the critically acclaimed and one of the best-selling iOS game Infinity Blade. Infinity Blade II continues to raise the bar for mobile gaming. "Journey into the world of the Deathless tyrants and their legion of Titans. Build skills and upgrade characters… all while delving deeper into this mysterious, timeless adventure."

HP WebOS is now open souce, a new life for it

After weeks of wait and desperation, HP CEO Meg Whitman has just announced to everyone that HP  webOS is now an open-source technology. The Linux-based OS with a rocky history has officially risen from the ashes of HP’s TouchPad bungle to be reborn as an open source project.

Spotify takes on Pandora by launching Spotify radio app

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek went on the stage at Le Web in Paris this morning to announce Spotify "radio," a new service considered to be an Pandora killer. The new Spotify service offers you unlimited stations and unlimited song skips and in comparison to this Pandora currently limits users to only 100 stations and only eight song skips. 

The Statistical world of DIGG- [Infographics]

An Infographic About DIGG


Via: OnlineSchools.org

Honda’s Micro Commuter concept car, a smart car

Honda revealed it's Micro commuter concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011. The Honda Micro Commuter does contains interchangeable panels that insert in the front and sides that allow users to customize how their cars look with a 2D graphic pattern.

The interior space can also be used to fit the Honda Motor Compo, an almost briefcase-sized box with wheels and handlebars that essentially works as an electric bicycle. It’s more than just that, however, also functioning as an electric power source. A full battery charge only takes around one hour.

How to check your iPhone data usage

Don't know how much data you used while surfing or downloading through your iPhone? Now with the introduction of new data plans for iPhone instead of old unlimited data plans, it becomes important  for you to check it on routine basis. Here's how you keep a count on your data usage.