Group video chat is now easy with Skype

May 20th, 2010 Vijay No comments

 skype_logoSkype, the popular chat software, has announced the group video chat feature recently.

Group voice chat is an existing feature of Skype; but the group chat had not allowed us to view the videos. But the latest Skype version introduced this new feature which will allow a group of five friends to chat with each other with video.

This is a still in beta version and it is definitely a tough competition to Cisco video conferencing and other software.

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To avail this feature you should download the latest version of Skype software.

Have fun with Facebook Status using Flip Text

May 11th, 2010 Vijay 1 comment

Many of us are Facebook users. Updating Facebook status is almost like a daily/weekly routine for us. There are few who updates Facebook from Twitter.

How to merge Twitter with Facebook?

Updating the status with flip text will be more fun than the normal updates. How to get this?

Flip Facebook Status is a simple web app that flips your text. You can copy the flip text and update your Facebook status.

Flip text will look like this.

Vijay For Victory => ʎɹoʇɔıʌ ɹoɟ ʎɐɾıʌ

Flip web app URL : Flip Facebook Status

Update: www.upsidedowntext.com is another website which retains the upper case letters in flip format. Thanks to Jacob

Have fun!!!

Social Media Revolution – Video with latest stats

May 8th, 2010 Vijay No comments

Is Social Media a Fad? has been released by Socialnomics last year. Few days back, they have released an updated video with more interesting stats.

The facts and figures provided in the video are quiet interesting.

  • More than half of the world’s population is under 30.
  • Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the populations of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Panama.
  • 1 out of 8 married couples met via social media

    Check out the video for more interesting stats.

Don’t talk while they drive – Innovative ad by Bangalore Traffic Police

May 7th, 2010 Vijay 5 comments

Many road safety campaigns targets the drivers and the passengers. But Bangalore Traffic Police targets the driver’s friends and relatives in this innovative ad campaign.

These bloody campaigns would definitely have the impact among public.

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Bangalore-traffic-police-blood-girl-friend

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Don’t talk while (they) drive.

Download free e-book – Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008

April 28th, 2010 Vijay No comments

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Pdf E-book

Are you the one who has interest in SQL Server 2008 and wants to understand its capabilities? Then this e-bookIntroducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, is for you.

No matter whether you are a DBA, an application developer, a power user, or a technical decision maker. Regardless of your role you can use this to discover the new features in SQL Server 2008.

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is a free e-book from Microsoft.

Click here to download your free copy.

Radio Frequency Identification – RFID in plain English

April 27th, 2010 Vijay No comments

What if barcodes were replaced by chips that could not only be read more quickly but could have their information updated as well? And what if those chips could communicate with other devices? These chips already exist and the technology they use is called RFID – short for Radio Frequency IDentification.

RFID from wiki …

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.

Below given animation video is RFID in plain English and explains how it is rapidly becoming a key technology.

Isn’t an interesting explanation?

Just wondering the supermarkets like Asda & Tesco without any counters and queues!!! :)

If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Lived

April 24th, 2010 Vijay 3 comments

Very good motivational video about famous failures.