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Digital crumbs together paint a larger picture

When people use digital systems, they leave behind a ‘trail’ or ‘footprint’ of their activity. Just like footprints in the sand, it can be followed back to them. But, it turns out, this ‘digital footprint’ paints a more detailed and specific picture. »      1 comment
Supporters of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs, display umbrellas with

In the dark about ‘India’s Prism’

Last weekend, even as the world was reeling from the shocking expose on the National Security Agency’s clandestine surveillance programme, Prism, the Indian wing of the hackers’ collective Anonymo... »      2 comments
Sayinath A.G.

Indian retailers need to embrace analytics solutions

Globally, the retail industry has undergone drastic changes over the last couple of decades. Whether in terms of an explosion of choices or a more personalised shopping experience, retail chains a... »
Jacob Appelbaum. Photo: V. Sridhar

Digging up what you did last summer

The more diverse the data set, the more valuable the data is. Big data is thus better data. In fact, the pernicious logic of networks ensures that as the volume of data increases, so does its "quality". »
Raghavendran B.

Winning formula to beat the downturn

Over the past few years, the IT services industry has been credited with putting India on the global map as the largest knowledge-based economy. This sector contributes nearly 8 per cent to our co... »
Flipkart
June 9, 2013

Bangalore start-up wins BizSpark challenge

Nanobi Analytics, a Bangalore-based start-up, beat nationwide competition to walk away with the Microsoft BizSpark’s India Start-up Challenge 2013 title. The financial analytics company,... »
According to Jo Harlow, Executive Vice-President, Smart Devices Division, the Lumia 925 has an extra lens, adding to its existing five-lens array. The sixth lens helps deliver clearer and sharper images, both in low light and bright light. Photo: Deepa Kurup
BANGALORE, June 9, 2013

Beyond pixels, Nokia eyes advanced imaging

At a recent Nokia event, where top tech honchos at the Finnish telecom major were busy talking about the physical and technical capabilities of their latest release, a small nondescript box, tucke... »      1 comment
Satish Nair
June 2, 2013

More mobility, but what about security?

From banks and cafes to restaurants and bookstores, more and more businesses are offering mobile services. Tasks which were carried out on desktops earlier are now conducted from mobile... »
Technicolor manages a dedicated production unit consisting of over 200 world-class artists for DreamWorks in India. Having worked on films such as Life of Pi, Skyfall and Kung Fu Panda, they are certainly proving to be India’s representative in the animation sector.
Bangalore, May 26, 2013

Indian animation talent in demand

Every time your heart starts pounding during an ultra-realistic fight scene in a film, or you are left in awe at the lifelike features of your favourite stars in a video game, remember a team of... »
The Unique Identification Authority of India 'Aadhaar Project '. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar.
May 26, 2013

Tech news

Tally products win Frost & Sullivan award Global research and analysis firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded Tally.ERP9 and Shoper 9 the Emerging ERP Application of the Year aw... »
Using mobile photo while watch Television (TV), in Bangalore on May 18, 2013. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.
May 19, 2013

Tech news

Global mobile phone sales stagnant Global sales of mobile phones in the first quarter ending March 31 remained stagnant despite a surge in smartphone sales, according to a recent r... »
E Fun's Apen Touch8 pen is shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
BANGALORE, May 12, 2013

Windows set to get the ‘Blues’

Is the personal computer (PC) dead or is it in decline? The industry, following a report by global market research firm IDC, which announced a 20 per cent decline in the global PC market, is obsess... »      1 comment
May 12, 2013

Companies have to push for innovation to survive

The Information Technology industry is passing through a phase of convergence where most of the major players in the sector, especially in the U.S., are increasingly trying to capture the market fo... »      1 comment
Bangalore, June 9, 2013

Welcome the successor to the MPEG-4 standard

Imaging may be the key differentiator in the crowded mobile handset market, but the challenge is in delivering high definition images on the small screen. The trick is to compress images without s... »
The TOR browser bundle transports users on to a highly anonymous Internet network that also protects user identities.
Bangalore, June 2, 2013

Cryptography as a means to counter Internet censorship

George Orwell’s depiction of dystopia in his classic 1984, a society devoid of privacy, may have seemed like an exaggeration in 1949. But, with technology intruding deep into our lives toda... »      2 comments
Another enhancement projected at Google I/O was Google’s ability to ‘anticipate’ queries. Once a user searches for a particular query, based on Google’s profiling of users and Knowledge Graph’s interpretation of their query, Google anticipates what the user might search next.
Bangalore, May 26, 2013

Ok Google, give me some answers

Soon “Ok Google, what is the weather like” is all you need to say into your Google search box and voilà, the results appear not as text, but a stern female voice reads out the weather forecast.... »
Scratch allows users to drag and drop blocks of instruction, to create interactive animations, games artwork, multimedia cards and stories.
Bangalore, May 26, 2013

Coding, it really is child’s play now

A bright beetle chomping on coloured beans for points, while avoiding ‘bean bombs’; it’s not Angry Birds but this game is just as addictive. And it’s one of the thousands of projects on the Scratc... »
May 19, 2013

The possibility of a ‘smart’ home

Our home is packed with electrical appliances and electronic equipment and all of it does exactly what it is designed to do. The AC cools the air temperature and lowers the humidity with... »      1 comment
In other formats of cricket, there are options to review umpire decisions with the Umpire Decision Review System. File Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Bangalore, May 19, 2013

To have Hawk-Eye or not, that’s the question

Amidst the Gayle ‘storms’ and ‘whistle podus’, additional masala in an IPL match is provided by contentious LBW (leg before wicket) decisions. While in other formats of cricket there are options t... »      2 comments
Now, that’s smart: In the Samsung Galaxy S4, the front camera watches the eyes of the user. It pauses playback when the user turns his or her head and resumes playback when the user looks at the screen again.
BANGALORE, May 12, 2013

Look at what’s got its ‘eye’ on you

What if when playing a video on your phone you turn away to find the playback has automatically paused, and resumes playback when you look at the screen again? It’s as if the phone is watching yo... »