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December 4, 2011

On-line content delivery: changing landscape

New innovations are taking place in the realm of on-line content delivery. This edition of NetSpeak discusses the latest developments in this segment. Our hunt for support resources begin... »
October 16, 2011

Open web surging ahead

On-line open/free content originates from a variety of sources. This edition of NetSpeak explores yet another avenue for tapping free content. A wide range of educational tools and materi... »
A mind map image from a website called 'Using the Internet to spice-up your math class'.
July 31, 2011

Mind-mapping: expanding boundaries

This edition of NetSpeak revisits the good old mind map technology and profiles a select set of on-line tools that help us adopt this technology in fresh grounds. As you are well a... »
June 5, 2011

Netspeak - Innovations in on-line learning

Several innovations are taking place in the realm of on-line learning. This edition of NetSpeak discusses some of the latest trends in this exciting segment of cyberspace. Though a... »
May 8, 2011

A decade of open courseware movement

It is a decade since the concept of open courseware was launched into the wild boundaries of Net. NetSpeak discusses the varied facets of this flourishing on-line phenomenon. Net ha... »
April 10, 2011

More tools for web-based research

Firefox 4 has adopted many good features available in Chrome »
March 13, 2011

NetSpeak: New frontiers in on-line collaboration

Net cloud is the main action centre of digital life »
Aside the wide variety of search services from its flagship search product pack, Google offers numerous other services as well.
February 13, 2011

NetSpeak: A plethora of services from Google

This week NetSpeak takes a fresh look at some of the latest offerings from Google. Google's dominance over the online world seems to be insurmountable. Aside the wide variety of sea... »
Opera
January 2, 2011

New tab stacking tool from Opera

This edition of NetSpeak explores the key developments in the current web browser market with special reference to the new version of Opera. The web browser, the software meant for acc... »
December 5, 2010

NetSpeak: New frontiers of information retrieval

This edition of Netspeak takes a quick look at some of the new entrants in the realm of information retrieval, a highly explosive segment of cyberspace. Qwiki Whenever... »
A screen grab of the Khan Academy website, which hosts educational video tutorials.
October 31, 2010

Online educational tutorial videos: evolving domain

The Internet is a vast source of free educational resources like encyclopaedias, videos and turorials which cater to school students as well as professionals. »
October 4, 2010

Online document sharing: expanding frontiers

This edition of NetSpeak discusses the evolution of file back-up/sharing services and profiles the features of Insync, a new entrant in this realm. As regular readers of this column would kn... »
September 5, 2010

More productivity enhancing tools

This edition of NetSpeak profiles a few more tools/services that could boost the productivity of an on-line analyst/researcher.

TopOCR

While travelling we often stumble on a... »
August 9, 2010

Q & A service: evolving landscape

Profound changes are taking place in the question and answer (Q&A) service domain. This edition of NetSpeak explores the fast evolving Q&A landscape. When we need an expert... »
July 11, 2010

A re-look at teaching aids

A distinct feature of the Net is the ever-growing collection of tools/services meant for the academic community. This edition of NetSpeak discusses a few more online resources that ai... »
June 13, 2010

Data crunching: from analyst to novice

The data analysis frontier, once solely the data analysts/statisticians forte, is quietly becoming amenable to the lay audience as well. This edition of NetSpeak discusses the features of th... »
May 9, 2010

Open data movement: triumphs and tribulations

The ‘open data' movement that strives to make digital data freely available to the public is creating waves across cyberspace. This edition of NetSpeak discusses the features of this f... »
The browser extensions/add-ons (the small programs that enhance the functionality of a browser) play a significant role in making a browser popular. File photo: S. Ramesh Kurup
April 11, 2010

Google Chrome extensions roundup

Google Chrome, the comparatively new browser from Google, is gradually gaining foothold on the cyberspace. This edition of NetSpeak discusses a few extensions that make web navigation with C... »
March 14, 2010

New content discovery tools

This edition of Netspeak discusses the ongoing changes in the information dissemination/retrieval front and explores some of the new content discovery tools available on the Net. Li... »
February 15, 2010

Emerging content discovery tools

Welcome to the 10th anniversary edition of NetSpeak. Yes, NetSpeak, started on Februrary 16, 2000, turns 10-ye... »
A screenshot of feedly.com.
November 13, 2011

Content aggregation tools renewed

The rhetoric of on-line content explosion has lost its news value, now it is a cliche, a commonplace notion that all and sundry knows. Though several tools exist for filtering content from this ch... »
October 2, 2011

Information gathering and sharing tool

This edition of NetSpeak introduces a few more means for discovering and sharing content. A significant factor that distinguishes a researcher of this age from the researcher of yesterye... »
With tens of hundreds of tweets flowing across the Twitter network, the ‘twitterverse' is almost bursting at the seams. File photo
July 3, 2011

NetSpeak: Twitter-based chats gaining ground

This edition of NetSpeak takes a relook at some of the ongoing developments in the world of Twitter, the most popular social media tool. As discussed in the past (»
May 23, 2011

Information gathering tools: a revisit

This edition of Netspeak revisits the topic of information gathering aids that are available on the Net. E-books directory It is common knowledge that digital versions... »
April 25, 2011

NetSpeak: Managing pedagogic resources efficiently

A free program such as Foxit Reader can be used for this task »
March 27, 2011

Open data: emerging trend and applications

Several new applications relating to freely available ‘open data' are being released across the Net. This edition of NetSpeak examines this emerging trend and discusses the significanc... »
February 27, 2011

Productivity boosting tools: a re-look

Several tools meant for making our digital life hassle-free are in place. This edition of NetSpeak takes yet another look at some of them. One of the positive side effects of the integ... »
January 16, 2011

NetSpeak: Coping with online applications: a few tips

This edition of NetSpeak further explores the ongoing trend towards web-based applications and discusses ‘Google Web Store', yet another tool for managing them. As you are aw... »
December 20, 2010

Collaboration tools gaining wide acceptance

Among different editing applications, Google Docs continues to be popular »
November 22, 2010

Tracing history with the Net

It is difficult to study/analyse a phenomenon without understanding its historical context. Net presents several means by which we can enrich our historical understanding. This edition of Ne... »
October 17, 2010

Revisiting on-line content archiving

Spoon.net allows you to run a range of browsers that include, different versions of IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari »
September 19, 2010

Fresh offerings from Google

‘Instant' search speculates query and pushes search output »
August 23, 2010

Content farms: boon or bane?

A content creation model that generates large-scale content is gaining ground on the Net. This edition of NetSpeak discusses the features of this new on-line phenomenon. It is well... »
July 25, 2010

Taming ever-rising on-line content

iCurrent monitors huge data and filters them matching the keyword »
June 27, 2010

WolframAlpha re-explored

Can be used when one need facts apart from textual information »
May 23, 2010

Location-enabled real-time information

Sency is one such service attempting to ride on this new wave »
April 25, 2010

Evolving Twitter ecosystem

A researcher can use Twitter for tasks that were hitherto difficult »
March 29, 2010

Educational sources: changing landscape

The availability of free/open educational resources is radically changing the pedagogic landscape. NetSpeak revisits this theme and discusses the latest developments. »
February 28, 2010

Opera redefines browser concept

This week NetSpeak discusses the evolution of web browser with special reference to the latest version of the browser Opera. In the past, a browser was just a client-software that obta... »
January 31, 2010

Browser bookmarklets revisited

This edition of NetSpeak takes a re-look at bookmarklet, a simple, easy to use browser based tool. It is common knowledge that web navigation can be made more efficient if we custo... »
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