Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

Google stunned the high-tech world on Aug. 15 with an offer to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion. The company's largest purchase ever should give the search engine its much-needed patent protection. 

Google agreed to pay $40.00 per share in cash, a premium of 63 percent over Motorola Mobility's Aug. 12 closing price. Ending regulatory approval, the bid is slated to close by the end of 2011 or in early 2012.

Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android, which will remain available to other hardware makers under an open-source license. Google intends to run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

The patent wars  and the ability to own and control an Android hardware maker are what made Google pull the trigger on this deal, as Google CEO Larry Page said it will entitle him to "supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing."

"Motorola Mobility’s total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies," Page added. "Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers. I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers."

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An Introduction To Facebook Questions

Do you know that Facebook has recently launched a “Questions” feature which can be used to ask questions to all or specific Facebook friends of your choice?

Facebook Questions is designed in such a way that you can get answers from any Facebook user, without having to ask the same question to each of your friends separately. So if you’re planning a holiday trip or need advice on buying a product from Amazon.com, it might be a good idea to ask a question on Facebook and see the reaction of your Facebook friends.

In this short tutorial, we will explore Facebook questions and see how this feature can be put to good use.

How to Ask a Question To Your Facebook Friends

On your Facebook news feed or profile page, click the Questions link and type your question in the text area, as shown in the following illustration:

Google Voice Search

Are you using Google Chrome? Have you been to Google.com lately to do a search, then? If you have, then you’ve probably seen this icon next to the search box

Click it, and you can use your computer’s microphone to enter your search string! Just wait until you get the box that says “Speak now” and you’re good to go! It’s just like the Android smart-phone interface!

A small tip for you..

When we have too many programs open at the same time and can't remember which icon belongs to which program on the toolbar, is there an easy way to tell which button is which?

By hovering over an item, a balloon should come up telling you what the program is.

One easy way to switch between programs you have open is to hit Alt+Tab . A small box will pop up with icons for all the currently open programs (even settings windows that don't display on the tool bar - like display properties for instance).

Hold down Alt , then simply hit Tab until the window you're looking for is highlighted. Notice that as you tab, the title bar information is displayed.

Oh, also—hold down the Alt+Shift key while hitting Tab to go backwards through the list.

Open a couple of programs and try it. Happy hunting

15 Can’t Miss Browser Shortcuts

Mozilla Thunderbird Shortcuts
New message (default) – Ctrl + M
New message (non-default)  – Shift + Ctrl + M
Open message – Ctrl +O
Print – Ctrl+ P
Copy – Ctrl + C
Undo-  Ctrl + Z
Redo – Ctrl+ Y
Move to previous folder – Ctrl+ Alt+ M
Delete – Del
Delete (bypass trash) – Shift + Del
Select All (works for messages or text in a message) – Ctrl+ A
Select Whole Thread – Ctrl + Shift + A
Edit Message (as New) – Ctrl + E
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Collapse All Threads – \

Software trends in 2011

1. Mobile computing remains important, exciting and risky
2. Enterprise software begins migrating to the cloud
3. Organizations embrace software lifecycle management
4. Graphical user interfaces get richer; maybe too much so
5. Drowning in data, enterprises turn to BI
6. Multi-tier architecture delivers the keys to integration
7. Mix of in-house and outsourced services shifts

Julia meets HTML 5

Julia sets are fractals that were studied by the French mathematician Gaston Julia in the early 1920s. Fifty years later, Benoît Mandelbrot studied the set z2 − c and popularized it by generating the first computer visualisation. Generating these images requires heavy computation resources. Modern browsers have optimized JavaScript execution up to the point where it is now possible to render in a browser fractals like Julia sets almost instantly.



Julia Map uses the Google Maps API to zoom and pan into the fractals. The images are computed withHTML 5 canvas. Each image generally requires millions of floating point operations. Web workers spread the heavy calculations on all cores of the machine.

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A:   APPLE                         B:   BLUETOOTH   




C:   CHAT                         D:  DOWNLOAD  




 E:  E  MAIL                        F:   FACEBOOK

 G:   GOOGLE    H:  HEWLETT  PACKARD

I:      iPHONE            

J:   JAVA 






 K:   KINGSTON                   L:    LAPTOP 



   M:   MESSENGER                  N:   NERO

 O:   ORKUT            P:   PICASSA  

Q:  QUICK  HEAL

         R:   RAM  
 S:   SERVER          
     

T:   TWITTER


U:   USB                           V:   VISTA

W:   WiFi                      X:    Xp  

 Z:   ZORPIAY  YOU  TUBE                 

 

Mobile phones set to ring in the future with innovative technologies

SIM card technology
The ubiquitous Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card has come a long way. Going forward, four different numbers will be available on a single SIM. Quad-line SIM cards provide two voice and two data connections on the single SIM. The migration of multi-lines on a single SIM enables the user to use their current single SIM phone while having multiple numbers active.Another innovation is the virtual SIM. Gurgaon-based Comviva Technologies has sought a patent for the technology. It will enable a user to log into a mobile network through the SIM of another subscriber. The user will be able to authenticate himself using a code given by the operator.

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Mobile Number Portability now just an SMS away

Mobile Number Portability will be a reality from 20th January 2011, as Government has at last announced the launch of this facility for the entire India from this date.The procedure for switching over from one mobile network to another mobile network is as follows

• Post-paid subscribers, before making the porting request, have to make sure that their last bill has been paid failing which the request for change to new service provider shall be reject.

• In the case of pre-paid subscriber, any balance amount left will not be carried forward when the number is transferred to the new service provider.

• Once a subscriber ports his number to the new operator, then, he will have to wait for at least 90 days before he can change his operator again.

TRIZ - Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

Projects of all kinds frequently reach a point where all the analysis is done, and the next step is unclear. The project team must be creative, to figure out what to do. Common creativity tools have been limited to brainstorming and related methods, which depend on intuition, fiat and the knowledge of the members of the team.

TRIZ is a problem solving method based on logic and data, not intuition, which accelerates the project team's ability to solve these problems creatively. TRIZ also provides repeatability, predictability, and reliability due to its structure and algorithmic approach. "TRIZ" is the (Russian) acronym for the "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving." G.S. Altshuller and his colleagues in the former U.S.S.R. developed the method between 1946 and 1985. TRIZ is an international science of creativity that relies on the study of the patterns of problems and solutions, not on the spontaneous and intuitive creativity of individuals or groups. More than three million patents have been analyzed to discover the patterns that predict breakthrough solutions to problems.

Somebody someplace has already solved this problem (or one very similar to it.)

Creativity is now finding that solution and adapting it to this particular problem.

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Airtel logo inovations.............

here's how they came first....

second one...............expressing itself

and here's the third...

Anyone to guess the next???