Anuj Khasgiwala: November 2011

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Google Maps : mapping the indoors

“Where am I?” and “What’s around me?” are two questions that cartographers, and Google Maps, strive to answer. With Google Maps’ “My Location” feature, which shows your location as a blue dot, you can see where you are on the map to avoid walking the wrong direction on city streets, or to get your bearings if you’re hiking an unfamiliar trail. Google Maps also displays additional details, such as places, landmarks and geographical features, to give you context about what’s nearby. And now, Google Maps for Android enables you to figure out where you are and see where you might want to go when you’re indoors.

Google Redesigned its Toolbar

Six months ago Google started rolling out a new look and feel for Search, News, Maps, Translate, Gmail and a bunch of other products. They said "our goal was to create a beautifully simple and intuitive user experience across Google".

Audi A9 hybrid sports sedan is a futuristic layout for the luxury sports cars. The car looks very much like the BMW’s Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept. Design of the car has been done by famous Spanish designer Daniel Garcia who had earlier carried out the design for Ducati 6098 R concept. So far Audi has manufactured A1 to A8 models, and the new A9 is just another addition to it’s A series cars.

Nokia 701:Handset Review

Nokia gave a pompous debut to the first trio of Symbian Belle software update loaded smartphones — Nokia 701, Nokia 700 and Nokia 600. Out of these three, we got lucky to receive the best of the three — Nokia 701. Loaded with the neat looking Symbian Belle operating system, the Nokia 701 comes with fancy set of features, functions and interesting bunch of pre-loaded applications.

Nokia has stepped in with couple of first with Nokia 701 — it's the first Symbian Belle device, first to have a 1 GHz processor among Nokia handsets and first with a 'functional' Near Field Communication chip. Most important is its 1000 nits brightness spreading display which measures 3.5-inch. Amongst the three Symbian Belle handsets, the Nokia 701 remains to be the high end.

As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill.

Nicknamed Curiosity and scheduled for launch, the rover has a 7-foot arm tipped with a jackhammer and a laser to break through the Martian red rock. What really makes it stand out: It can analyze rocks and soil with unprecedented accuracy.

Top cars in L.A. Auto Show

The LA hosted one of the biggest Auto Show on November 16, 2011.

1. Audi e-tron Spyder

An Audi e-tron Spyder is seen at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California.

Best smartphones above Rs 20k in October-November

Last month before Diwali, about 19 different smartphones were launched in India. Though there weren't that many this month, we did see some new high-end smartphones. This list is for you if you want a smartphone that can do everything, including looking really good. All these new smartphones are priced above Rs 20,000.

How to write a great resume

With employers receiving hundreds of resume on a daily basis, how do you ensure your resume hooks an employer’s attention in just a glance? Writing a resume involves a lot of tips and tricks. A great CV must follow certain dos and don’ts. Although there are tons one can add on to this list, here are a few basic points your resume cannot miss.

Top 5 free racing games for Android

Racing games are a popular method of entertainment for most mobile users and the Android Market is also slowly picking up with numerous free racing games on the platform.

With the ever rising popularity of motor sports in the country, especially after the first F1 event in India last month, Indian mobile phone users have also turned their attention to this genre as well.

Here is our list of top five free Android racing games, which will give Android users a good idea where to start exploring racing games on their Android smartphones.

GT Racing:Motor Academy

'GT Racing: Motor Academy' is a free racing game, created by Gameloft. This is a tight racing simulator which lets the users create an entire racing career, right from being a novice to the world champion racer — all with great 3D graphics and intuitive interactive menus.

There are two ways to get through the game - pay attention to all the classes, get all the licences to build wealth or else spend real life money to get ahead in the game.

The game comes with extremely simple controls. Buttons are placed on the screen - on the right, there is one to control the accelerator and the one on the left for brake. Overall, the game is fun, looks good and has depth as well.

BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380

Canadian smartphone maker RIM has announced two new BlackBerry smartphones, both sporting BlackBerry OS 7 - the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380.

BlackBerry Bold 9790 offers a standard BlackBerry form factor, with a physical QWERTY keyboard and a 2.44-inch screen with a 360 x 480 pixel resolution.

SKODA Auto India launched its C segment sedan SKODA Rapid in India.With superior quality design and exclusive features tailor made for the Indian market, the Rapid will be available at a price of Rs. 6.75 lakhs ex showroom Delhi.

Symbolizing SKODA’s brand value – “Simply Clever”, the Rapid is ideal for the Indian streets with an attractive design, ample space, excellent safety equipment and modern proven technology.

Nokia to launch Windows 8 tablet by mid-2012

PARIS (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia plans to launch a tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows operating system in the summer of 2012, the head of Nokia France told Les Echos newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday.

Nokia has said using Microsoft Windows 8 for tablets could be an interesting opportunity

Nissan Townpod Concept

While Nissan Townpod has been created with the world's entrepreneurs in mind, its appeal is likely to go beyond this expanding demographic to new families building their first home or retirees turning a hobby into a business. In other words, anybody who appreciates the customizable utility of its van-like abilities coupled with a chic and stylish cockpit designed with the future and not just today, in mind.

Range Rover Evoque is the most exciting vehicle in a generation and has a blend of bold and sophisticated design with clever technology that is relevant and intuitive to use.

The Evoque masters all surfaces and weathers, using legendary Land Rover all-terrain technologies. In India, the Evoque will be available in both 5 door and Coupe body styles. The Coupe is available in a petrol variant and the 5 door version in diesel.

BMW has launched the 2012 6 Series Coupe in India. The 6-Series coupe is the hard top version of the convertible that was launched in March this year.

Market introduction with three engine variants: BMW 650i Coupe with eight-cylinder power unit (300 kW/407 hp), BMW 640i Coupe with a six-cylinder in-line petrol engine (235 kW/320 hp), BMW 640d Coupe with a six-cylinder in-line diesel engine (230 kW/313 hp).

10 new search algorithm changes

Search giant Google has provided an insight into 10 changes it has made out of the 500 changes it makes in a typical year to its search algorithm.

“Our goal is to make search run so smoothly, you don't even notice the changes,” said Google’s distinguished engineer Matt Cutts.
“These changes improve everything from translation, to snippets to autocomplete,” he said on Google’s official blog.
The algorithm changes, which were made in recent weeks, are

Desktop Summit 2011 visits Berlin

The Desktop Summit 2011 was held in Berlin, Germany, from 6-12 August 2011 and was the second joint conference of the GNOME and KDE communities. Almost 800 attendees gathered in Berlin to review progress, share ideas and work together on various free software projects relating to desktop and mobile user interfaces. While many participants were from Europe as expected, other contingents came from Brazil, India, the United States and beyond. The GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. sponsored travel and accommodation costs for more than 80 attendees.

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Nokia unveiled its long-awaited first Microsoft Windows phones, betting on the two sleek new models to get it back into the race with Apple and Google.

The top-end Lumia 800, featuring easy access to social networks like Facebook and high-definition video playback, will sell for about $584 excluding subsidies.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced its lineup of production and concept-model automobiles, motorcycles, power products, and other highlights

10 firms that rule the world

A significant portion of the global economy flows into the hands of a small group of financial institutions—that much we’ve known for some time. But in a new paper, flagged by the New York Times’ Economix blog, Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder and Stefano Battiston name names. Using a methodology based on “network topology,” the Swiss researchers identify which financial actors are at the core of the global economy.