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Blockchain

What Is Blockchain? Before even we get into the use cases of Blockchain, lets look at what blockchain is? At its most basic level, blockchain is literally just a chain of blocks – which can ......

Microinteractions: The Secret of Great App Design

Awesome post and couldn’t agree more – hence can’t resist from sharing this to my audience! Microinteractions: The Secret of Great App Design The best products do two things well: features and details. Features are...

Good way to relate Code vs UI vs UX ?

I often see users asking questioning the difference in UI & UX and sometimes Coding vs UX and how they correlate to each other. I hope this helps users understand the correlation between the three....

Appsworld 2015 – Babak Parviz- Google glass inventor & Jason Bradbury – Gadget show presenter

@Appsworld 2015 at ExCel London was amazing and it was pleasure to see where #Wearables are heading especially after having a good session with Babak Parviz – the legendary inventor of Google Glass and Jason Bradbury ......

Apple Acquires AR Firm Metaio

Apple has reportedly acquired augmented reality firm Metaio, which last year debuted a thermal imaging system for use in AR headsets. A legal document—tweeted by a German digital media provider—confirms the recent transfer of €29,121 ......

Christ the Redeemer mapped by drone to create first ever 3D model

Click to Watch – Christ the Redeemer mapped by drone to create first ever 3D model Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer has been scanned into a fully accurate 3D model for the first time after a ......

Happy NYE 2015 – London Calling!

To all my Friends and Visitors, wish you a Very Happy 2015     London NYE 2015!...

Why travel brands should focus on the search box

Airline sites Searching for suitable flights is the main goal for the majority of visitors, more so for first time users. The main goal should be to get users searching as quickly as possible, so ......

10 essential features for mobile travel sites

Customer reviews Laterooms shows the aggregated score for guest ratings clearly in the search results. This is a quick way to check the quality of a room when on the move with limited time. Reviews ......

Building the perfect Mobile App travel experience

In an effort to distinguish their services and identify a niche, most travel providers avoid positioning themselves in the way other online retailers might. Instead, they focus on services like travel meta-search (e.g. Skyscanner) or ......

Mobile 4K video gets wired to TVs

Starting late next year, it will become a tad easier to stream 4K video from mobile devices to ultra high-definition TVs. Mobile devices with the upcoming USB Type C connectors will support the latest MHL ......

Mobile transaction users to jump to 2 billion by 2017 – Apple Mobile Pay

More and more, says Juniper Research, people will use their mobile devices to buy products or do their banking, boosted by services such as Apple Pay.  The total number of users who plan to engage ......

New benchmark puts Nvidia and Apple mobile chips ahead of Intel’s Atom

Comparing tablet chip performance has never been easy. Mobile benchmarks have mostly been limited to just a single platform, but now a new test by a respected outfit—albeit one that’s frequently been accused of pandering ......

Samsung’s Mobile VR Headset uses your Tablet as a Screen

Samsung is working with virtual reality firm, Oculus Rift, to develop a consumer VR headset. Called the Samsung Gear VR, users slip a Note 3 tablet into the headset to provide the screen. The firm says ......

Samsung develops five times faster WiFi technology: Samsung Electronics

Download a film in just three SECONDS: Samsung develops WiFi FIVE times faster than existing systems Samsung Electronics said it has developed a WiFi technology that can increase data transmission speeds by five times the ......

Tesla’s gigafactory has an address on ‘Electric Avenue’

Tesla Motors Inc.’s planned battery factory has received a final nod from Nevada’s legislators — and it now has an address. Readers of a certain age will remember the 1980s song “Electric Avenue,” which is ......

Mobile Payments Are Finally A Reality Thanks To Apple

I always believed mobile payments will be the way forward but with Apple rallying on Mobile Payments it will soon become a norm. A song lyric from “All That Jazz” comes to mind following Apple’s ......

Google Just Bought the Maker of a Tremor-Steadying ‘Smart’ Spoon

Google has biotech on the brain. The company announced yesterday its acquisition of Lift Labs, a San Francisco startup that creates a smart spoon to steady the dining process for sufferers of essential tremor and ......

Streets of Knightsbridge are jammed with Arab-owned supercars as wealthy Middle Eastern playboys flock to London for the summer (so what are a few parking tickets to a Veyron owner?) Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2716405/Streets-Knightsbridge-jammed-Arab-owned-supercars-wealthy-playboys-flock-London

Influx of foreign-owned sports cars and 4x4s is becoming an annual event in wealthy Knightsbridge and Kensington It is thought Arabs come to the capital from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to escape the baking ......

12 Great World Cup Data Visualisations

World Cup squad make-up Probable winners ChartBall uses Power Rank’s predictions (using a poisson method) to map probability of progression for each World Cup team. The graphic is a bit hard to nterpret as you ......

Apple to Have Enough Sapphire Crystal to Cover iWatch, 4.7-Inch iPhone 6, and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6?

Apple’s Mesa sapphire operations will produce enough supply to cover the iWatch, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6, reports Matt Margolis on Seeking Alpha. GT Advanced is apparently waiting on the 4th and final ......

Google has recruited a fashion dream duo to un-dorkify Glass

The aesthetic qualities of Google Glass (or lack thereof) have been the source ofhand-wringing among early stylish early adopters. “The worst kind of German architect nerd glasses,” is how T magazine editor Deborah Needleman...

London’s cabbies just gave Uber its biggest boost yet—by striking against Uber

Some 12,000 black-cab drivers clogged the streets of central London yesterday, June 11, to protest the taxi-booking app Uber. Read more…  ...

Is EBK the future of ATM?

Your ATM might be about to become an EBK                 JPMorgan Chase’s consumer division, Chase Bank, is in the midst of introducing EBKs, or electronic banking kiosks. Essentially, they’re ......

The 747 is going extinct – SOFT LANDING

With its cockpit and second story bulging from the top of its ample body, the Boeing 747 is one of the most recognizable airplanes in the world. Introduced in 1969, it is a symbol of the jet ......

Did you ever wonder How to Repurpose Your Old Laptop?

Here are Top 10 Ways to Repurpose your old laptop I have stacks of old laptop and often thrown in the bin after few years (5yrs) and every time I have done this, I hate ......

Apple WWDC 2014 announcement 02 June 2014

A quick summary on Apple’s WWDC 2014 Special Event  WWDC 2014  lands a brand new ‘HomeKit’ and ‘HealthKit’ applications along side: Home Kit: Your app can use Home Kit to communicate with devices that users have ......

‘Contagious’ wi-fi virus created by Liverpool researchers

  A computer virus that can spread via wi-fi like a “common cold” has been created by researchers in Liverpool. In densely populated areas with lots of wi-fi networks, the virus can go from network ......

Intel® Edison Development Board – The SD* card-sized computer

A tiny, ultra-power-efficient development platform the size of an SD* card that is small enough to drop into just about anything. It can be designed to work with most any device—not just computers, phones, or ......

A good outlook on Social Networks (Infographic)

A Resource for Free eBooks – Freebooksifter.com

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Hey Digital marketing professionals! Which personality are you?

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The Mac Turns 30

30th Birtdhay for Mac – Today (Friday) marks exactly three decades since Steve Jobs launched the Apple Macintosh, two days after the now-iconic 1984 commercial teased the computer to the world during Super Bowl XVIII. Three decades ......

Dubai Guinness World Record for Fireworks Displays

[youtube_video id=”54orE6CGOdI” height=”” width=””] I travelled from UK to Dubai for NYE  2013 for the spectacular Fireworks show which was recorded in Guinness World Record.  It took me about 3.5...

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Mac OSX Lion Natural Scrolling

Reverse scrolling in Mac OSX Lion One of the new features in OSX Lion is the introduction of “natural” scrolling. Previously you would have moved your finger down to move down, and up move up on ......

Dreamweaver CS5 not loading

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2851869 1. Repair permissions to the Dreamweaver C5 user folder. 2.Reset Dreamweaver preferences. Else Try renaming the following folder to ‘old’ and Run DW again which will recreate the folder....

Honeycomb logo

Google creates a buzz with Android Honeycomb logo Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/31/google-creates-buzz-android-honeycomb-logo/#ixzz1CeazQzko...

Hardware – smartphones

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Christmas in London

I decided to stay back in London for our Christmas holidays.   With the Touch & Go situation with flights I was glad we took the right decision.  I am enjoying trying to cook different cuisine ......

mCommerce & Augmented Reality

With the introduction smart phones and rapid pace of applications I am certain that we have only seen the tip of iceberg so far.   With devices having GPS, Camera, Accelerometers, Magnetometer and Proximity sensors a ......

In August at Bournemouth Airshow 2010 – F16

The crowd was overwhelmed with the entry of F16 emitting flairs.  Lancaster Bomber was on display as well. My Favourite Restaurants: Aurara Hot Rocks Ban Thai...

At Alnwick in August

Enjoyed my visit to Haggerston castle where Harry Potter was shot. Kids just loved it. Holy Island quite close by. Couldn’t resist parking my car in front of the castle....

Tenerife

  Playa de las Americas Enjoyed soooooo much that I can’t wait to go there again….. Veronica’s is the hottest spot in town. Rags and Matrix club were great.   My Favourite Restaurants: Thai...

Dubai

Had a great time in Dubai for valentines and visited my in-laws.  Kids had great time in Dubai Mall. My Favourite Restaurants: Ghazebo (Bur Dubai) Pai Thai (Madinat Jumeirah) Thai Bristo...

Top 10 E-Commerce Best Practices

eCommerce UX (User Experience) is an important aspect of Online Store because if the store is not user friendly, it can adversely affect the visits and conversions for an Online Store. 1.Product Descriptions & Images: ......

Kerala & Mumbai

Beautiful scenery I have ever seen in my life.  Very welcoming people and fabulous food. Restaurants: Gazali (Mumbai): Top in grilled sea food   Avg £30+ pp Delhi Darbaar (Mumbai):  Superb Biryani  Avg £15+ pp...