Access Facebook Offline Using mobile

Singapore-based software applications developer U2opia Mobile has developed a new application for mobile phones that will allow mobile users to access Facebook on all kind of handsets without Internet connection.

"We are using Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD) technology, which enable users to access Facebook without having a GPRS connection on their mobile phones," said the co-founder and CEO of U2Opia Mobile, Mr. Sumesh Menon.

USSD is the technology used by telecom companies to send alerts to the mobile users to inform about balance at the end of call or for sending miss call alerts.

"It is like SMS and hence, the load on the network is negligible. We have built some commands through which a user can receive alerts on activity happening on his wall as well post an update," said Menon.

U2opia launched this application today with Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel.

"In the Indian market scenario, where the penetration of smart phones is relatively low and the use of internet on mobiles is primarily limited to key cities, many users are excluded from accessing their Facebook accounts via mobile phones," said Shireesh Joshi, Bharti Airtel Director - Marketing, in a statement.

Airtel users can dial *325# and *fbk# for non-qwerty mobile handsets to access Facebook without subscribing to data plans, the statement said.

"We look forward to bringing millions of Facebook users in India closer to their love for social networking by allowing them to access it anytime, anywhere on their Airtel-powered mobile phones," Joshi added.

Beware of Facebook Spam

Facebook, despite being one of the biggest social networking site, has failed to squeeze out the spam spreading in its Social Network. These click-jack schemes have gone so viral that its becoming more unstoppable even by Facebook. Some of the latest messages that are spreading on Facebook as Wall Posts are:

1. OMG name you should untag yourself in this vid

2. OMG name why are you in this vid

3. hey name you look so stupid in this vid

4. hey name why are you in this vid

5. hey name i can’t believe youre tagged this vid

6. ROTFL name what are you doing in this vid

It comes at a time, just when most of the spam links like Who Viewed Your Profile and Photos of Dead Osama Bin Laden just came to a standstill. All these links when clicked leads to malevolent sites which steals data from your PC. It spreads like wildfire, as you click the link the Facebook’s API allows the application to post on all your friend’s wall.

To prevent this spam don’t click on links in Facebook whatever attractive it may be! Hackers are just using the curiosity of a user to good use to complete their mission. Facebook has to plug this loophole. It has to either stop allowing access for such API system or needs to find a new mechanism to stop spam.

RESOURCESAT-2 High Quality Imageries Presented to Prime Minister by ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chairman and other top officials presented High quality images of the Indian landmass and other countries beamed by India’s remote-sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2.

The images contained parts of New Delhi, Surat, Bareilly and Dubai. The three cameras aboard Resourcesat-2 were being operated from April 28 and several hundreds of images covering India and many parts of the globe have been acquired from the satellite.

The ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C16), which lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on April 20, put three satellites in orbit. They were India’s Resourcesat-2, a joint Indo-Russian satellite called Youthsat and another satellite named X-Sat from the Nangyang Technological University of Singalore.

The Prime Minister appreciated of the success of the PSLV-C16 mission, which placed RESOURCESAT-2 satellite, Indo-Russian satellite YOUTHSAT and X-SAT satellite from Singapore into orbit. He congratulated the entire team for the magnificent performance. The Prime Minister was also briefed about ISROs forthcoming missions. The Prime Minister wished ISRO team success in all its future missions for the coming months.

The Prime Minister was also presented with models of PSLV-C16, RESOURCESAT-2 and YOUTHSAT.

The Animated Photography

Have you ever seen an animated photo? Jamie Beck and her fellow artist Kevin Burg developed amazing cinemagraphs that take 'stills' to the next level

It is, in their own words, ‘something more than a photo but less than a video’.

Two artists have created a new way to record your special moments - pictures with movement.

The ‘cinemagraphs’ look like still photos but actually feature a subtle area of movement designed to grab your eye and keep you looking.

Identify counterfeit currency using iPhone

The developer of Noteworthy software Mr. Ranjit Dahiya said that when he saw the news of counterfeit currency is being pushed in forcibly. He thought to do something to tackle the hitch, the thought has forced him to develop the software.

Mr. Ranjit Dahiya is a graduate from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. The software needs to be downloaded on mobile to check whether the currency is counterfeit or not? It will be possible to use the software on any mobile in near future. At present it is possible to use the software in iPhonw only. You can correctly identify Indian currency notes from the denomination of Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.

News and media reports estimate that, in India, the total amount of fake currency notes in circulation is upto Rs. 1,69,000 Crores!! (Rs. 17 trillion) Smuggled into the country a large number of fake notes are in use today. 

Some of us may be aware a few features of the Rs.500 or Rs. 1000 banknote, but the makers of counterfeit money now have access to far better technology, making the notes harder to identify with just a glance.

Banknotes with lower denominations and that are comparatively easier to produce for example Rs.50, Rs.20 and Rs.10 is also being pumped into circulation by the millions.

It is our duty as responsible citizens to be aware of this problem and be able to correctly identify Currency notes.

With a little bit of awareness, we will be able to stop accepting and using fake currency and remove it from the system, and stop this sort of economic terrorism.

Smallest LED TV Launched In India By AKAI

Consumer electronics maker Akai, from Japan, has launched 19” (48 Cm) HD LED Television. The launched LED is the smallest in India. It is prices at around Rs. 11,000. It is perfect for Indian living rooms. AKAI India Managing Director Pranay Dhabhai said that the LED operates on digital and analogue TV signals and can be easily connected to a PC with the VGA Port D-sub 15 Pin.

The LED provides value for money. It is equipped with latest features. It has an in-built SD card slot, which supports playing Movies, Pictures and Music in MP3, MP4 etc.

Across brands, LED TVs  are currently available to Indian consumers in sizes ranging from 22 inches to 55 inches priced between Rs 20,900 and Rs 400,000.

With the latest offer, Akai is likely to present tough competition to well known brands like LG, Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic.

"Sky rocketing real estate prices have shrunk the living space. We identified a consumer's need for small and compact TV with high-definition viewing experience, superior picture quality, ultra slimness and more eco-friendly energy consumption," Akai India managing director Pranay Dhabai said.

New iMac With Ngen Quad-Core Processor Introduced by Apple

With next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, groundbreaking high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime® HD camera Apple unveiled new iMac today. The starting price of new iMAC is $1199. It is up to 70% faster and new graphics deliver up to three times the performance than its older version.

Its features includes:

·         LED-Backlit Displays

·         Up to 1.7X Faster Processor

·         Up to 3X Faster Graphics

·         Ultrafast Thunderbolt I/O

·         FaceTime HD Camera

The new iMac features quad-core Intel Core i5 processors with an option for customers to choose Core i7 processors up to 3.4 GHz. These next generation processors feature an integrated memory controller for an amazingly responsive experience and a powerful new media engine for high-performance video encoding and decoding. With new AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, the new iMac has the most powerful graphics ever in an all-in-one desktop.

iMac is the first desktop computer on the market to include groundbreaking Thunderbolt I/O technology. The 21.5-inch iMac has a single Thunderbolt port while the 27-inch model features two ports for even greater expansion. Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt enables expandability never before possible on an all-in-one computer. Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to an amazing 10Gbps each, Thunderbolt delivers PCI Express directly to external high performance peripherals such as RAID arrays, and can support FireWire® and USB consumer devices, and Gigabit Ethernet networks via adapters. Thunderbolt also supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays. Freely available for implementation on systems, cables and devices, Thunderbolt technology is expected to be widely adopted as a new standard for high performance I/O.

iMac includes a built-in FaceTime HD camera and Apple’s innovative FaceTime software for crisp, widescreen video calling the whole family can enjoy. The new camera supports high definition video calls between all FaceTime HD-enabled Macs and standard resolution calls with iPad® 2, iPhone® 4, the current generation iPod touch® and other Intel-based Macs. The iMac continues to feature its signature aluminum and glass design, gorgeous IPS LED-backlit high resolution display, SD card slot and comes with Apple’s innovative Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad.