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Apple iPad: The New Kid on the Block

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:51:36 +0000

There is a new kid on the block – bigger than iPhone but smaller than netbook. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple launched the much awaited Apple iPad on 28th Jan’2010. So, what is exactly iPad?

It is a touch screen tablet allowing users to conduct host of activities like web browsing, e-mail, play music, watch videos, movie and television and store photos. Almost every single app of Apple is available and is tailored to fit to the bigger screen of iPad. Like the other technological revolutionary electronic device by Apple, iPad users can read books with the service of iBooks, similar to iTunes service. The tablet weighs only 650 gms and 0.5 inch thin with 9.7 inch display. Battery life is 10 hours and offers standby mode of one month. It also has speaker, microphone, 30-Pin Connector. The entire device is supported with Apple made peripherals. Presently, Apple enthusiast can get three versions of iPad-16GB, 32GB and 64GB by March’2010 and all are WiFi enabled.

But few limitations

Apple iPad suffers from few limitations like it does not allow users to run multiple applications if compared to iPhone. The iPad also lacks camera thereby limiting the options of video calling and instant chatting. With unlimited number of websites available, flash multimedia is a dominant technology, iPad does not support this technology preventing users from gaining access to site content. All we can say is Apple iPad is neither a phone, nor a laptop or music player. It can be best described by its potential buyers only.

How iPhone apps are developed?

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:44:54 +0000

Developing any kind of application involves logical execution of activities. But developing iPhone apps are different because of its unique characteristic making it extremely important to understand. So, a series of step are involved in making the same. There are different application tools and Software Development Kit is implemented in different phase. Let’s see the details of iPhone apps development.

Conceptualization:
In this step, the iPhone developers are defined the entire project. In other words project is conceptualized so that the desired output can be delivered within the stipulated time. Sometimes, well researched references are also provided for clear concept of the developers.
Preparation:
In the second stage the development team identifies the process involved. Here, risk analysis and available resources are evaluated and accordingly work is assigned among the entire team. Here, detailed meeting are held to plan the entire work.
Control and Execution:
In this stage, the proper control and execution are looked after. In this stage final testing is done and if required support and backup is offered. Here, risk analysis and other related tools are used for control and execution.
Conclusion:
In the final stage of iPhone apps development, it is ensured that application is working perfectly. After the apps have passed all the test, it is delivered to the client.

iPhone Apps: Expect a difference in your business

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:41:50 +0000

With the invasion of iPhone application, the use of mobile phone experienced revolution. Presently, iPhone is fast emerging as the most sought after business platform. An iPhone app can massively change the trend of online business and gain importance with the passage of time yielding bunch of new business opportunities. With iPhone apps you can expect host of positive difference for your business like:

Greater Access:
iPhone offers its user easy access for internet, thereby allowing business to reach easily. When business understood this capability and the advantages of iPhone apps to add more to business process, the demand for iPhone apps rose to a new level. Along with easy access, the iPhone apps also offered great employee productivity, accountability, minimizing chances of duplication, maximizing the flow of information etc. are some of the advantages that a business can gain.
Growing Market:
The market for iPhone apps is growing and thus today you and your business can expect to get iPhone apps in your budget. In fact, with other brand competitors like Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile, iPhone Application development is growing.
Rich Applications:
As iPhone offers a set of features completely different from other similar phones like its growth potentiality, basic interference, and easy access for third party, it allows business to design and develop rich and custom applications. But the target consumers can experience the same internet browsing like regular websites on desktop.
Consumer is the king:
In any kind of business, ranging from its trends to business consumer dominates directly or indirectly. With technological advancement, that allows everything to be custom, the consumer has emerged as the king of any business. With this technological freedom and independence the expectations of consumers has increased a lot. It also helps in setting the industry standards and help professional to sharpen their skills. Thus, with custom iPhone apps a business can expect to reach profit margin and always stay ahead over their competitors.

Avoid Common Photoshop Mistakes

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:22:03 +0000

Photoshop is graphics editing and developing program by Adobe. This software is very powerful and is considered as the best image editor available in market. You can edit any photo with this powerful software where your imagination is the limit. When used by skilled user Photoshop can produce wow artwork equal to famous paintings of yesteryears.

But while working users tend to forget some basic concepts that must be taken care to deliver quality images. As Photoshop is extremely popular we discuss few aspects helping you to avoid common Photoshop mistakes:

Proper Perspective:
TPerspective is very important while you are creating or editing an image. Make sure that you have matched the two elements of image, otherwise the image will end up looking odd. From viewer’s aspect the picture will offer a misbalanced look. This factor must be kept in mind when you are working with multiple images of cars or buildings. When two images are shot from different lengths and the user intent to make the picture into one, proper perspective must be maintained.
Use proper extraction methods:
Photoshop offers different types of tools to extract objects or backgrounds. The list starts with magic tool, lasso tool, pen tool. Among these entire tools pen tool offers picture perfect extraction. Though a bit difficult to use at the beginning, but after the pen is under your control the tool is just perfect. And don’t forget to add feather look to extracted images to enhance the look.
Using Layers and Folders:
PThis entire software runs on layers. Proper use of layers only helps to look an image better and simultaneously eases the process of editing, moving, deleting unnecessary aspects of photo etc. And also don’t forget to name each layer and place them into different folders especially if you are working with large numbers of layers. You can find the required layer very easily and thus your valuable time is saved.
Carefully handle drop shadows, beveled and emboss tools:
These tools must be used with great care and attention and unless your image demands it is advisable not to use this tool. If you are applying these tools to your images pay attention to the lighting aspects. The usage must be limited to fine and soft manner.

PHP: Simple, Fast, Cost Effective Solution for your Business

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:18:35 +0000

Hypertext Preprocessor or PHP as commonly known as is one of the most hunted scripting language on World Wide Web. PHP is designed in 1994 and since then designing dynamic web pages has never been an issue at all. Easy to learn and work with PHP is the apple of the eye of developers. As business tends to look for different cost effective web application development, PHP has met with all these requirements. The sturdy performance, ability to work with different operating systems has made PHP the number one scripting language.

Why choose PHP?

Easy To Learn:
There are different reasons to choose PHP language. From developers aspect PHP is very easy to use and supports in any operating system. There are different scripting languages that demand sound knowledge of programming. Otherwise the pace of the developer will suffer a lot. But with PHP, things are completely different as non-programmers can become expert in PHP with the help of basic tutorials of PHP.
Works on Different operating system:
PHP works perfectly with variety of operating system like Mac, Linux, Windows and popular open source Apache server. Thus, PHP is cost effective for business as investment is made on best available resources and money.
Rapid Application Development:
PPHP allows web developers to develop rapid application responding to real time trends, especially in e-commerce fields. Simultaneously this scripting language can be edited when required. Developers community feels that PHP is reliable and stable language that can be customized to work with popular Open Source database like MySQL.
Fast Performance:
One of the outstanding features of PHP is it is very light in weight thus delivering exceptionally well performance. Due to this feature it can easily manages huge traffic amount. Most of leading corporations rely on PHP to meet their huge enterprise demands. Motorola, Deutsche Bank, Cisco are some of the companies that come under this category.

Improve your Business with Podcast

Amalendu Hajraa — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:14:37 +0000

Podcast is a very common term discussed by many. But many of us are not sure about the term and what it means exactly. Here, we will discuss about podcast and how it contributes to your business.

A podcast is an amalgamation of video and audio file with RSS publishing file. The file is located on Internet server and viewers can download any time they want. Podcast is very popular in Internet and it covers majority of the subject. You can get podcast on every possible subject. A podcast is different from simple download in the sense that the information gets automatically downloaded. Thus, podcasts are great source of information.

Podcast and your Business

Podcast can contribute to your business very easily if used properly. A podcast delivers the information to your concerned customers effectively with proper visuals and audio. You can speak to your customers on daily basis and share knowledge about your business. It is a great tool to boost your business.
In every business trends change and business policy change accordingly. Podcasts helps in knowing potential customers about these changes to effect their buying decisions. Imagine a friendly and encouraging voice explaining the business thereby making a brand of the company and helping to gain the confidence of customers. Podcasts saves time as visitors can click on any information about the company or any concerned products directly.
Podcasting is an inexpensive way to communicate with your customers. However, you must keep in mind overuse of podcast might act as a barrier to your website. But you always have the option to try it to locate whether it is suitable for your viewers or not. Currently podcast is considered as one of the most powerful marketing tools.

Benefits of Google Analytics

Amalendu Hajraa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:00:01 +0000

In one of our previous posts we discussed how to track your website’s performance with Google analytics. It is a wonderful tool dedicated to make your work easy and simple. This magic tool offers host of benefits. Here we will discuss those benefits offered by Google Analytics.

It’s completely free:
Google Analytics is offered free of cost. You can access this tool if you have a Google account. There are others tools available for tracking your website’s performance. But the functionalities are better than any other paying tool available at present.
How visitors are locating your site::
Google Analytics help on locating keyword that helped visitors to redirect to your site. Every website targets a specific set of keywords. Google Analytics displays the list of keywords that visitors typed and landed to your site.
Popularity of pages:
A website has many pages and information is distributed accordingly. Google Analytics displays the results according to most popular to least popular web pages of your website. Thus, instead of changing the entire content of you website you can concentrate on the pages that you think need attention. So, time is saved and so your hard earned money.
Meet Search Engine’s Standards:
As Google analytics offers you full detailed and complete result, you or your webmaster can easily figure out what search engine and visitors are expecting from your site. Thus, you can tune your site to perform better, meet search engine standards and reach to more customers effectively.
Export or send report:
If you intent to send SEO report to your client you can easily do so by exporting the report to PDF or XML. You can also email any reports directly to single or multiple addresses with subject, description and the format you prefer.

If used with great plan and caring Google Analytics can surely help your website to strengthen the search platform in major search engines of Internet.

AJAX Technology: For Innovative Web Experience and Interactive Application

Amalendu Hajraa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:56:06 +0000

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML or AJAX as popularly known as is one of the most sought after technology for developing dynamic websites. When numbers of other technologies are combined with AJAX it results innovative web experience and interactive application. AJAX is one such technology that can easily communicate with server background while keeping the existing page undisturbed. No doubt AJAX is preferred by most of the web developers. As AJAX can be combined by series of other technologies like XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT to improve web presentations, the output meets the industry expectations very easily. Orkut, Google Maps, Flickr etc feature numerous AJAX applications to allow user to experience web in an innovative way.

Advantages of AJAX Technology

In most of the cases business intends to reduce cost on information technology, but without compromising the output results. The advantages offered by AJAX exactly meet these expectations very easily. So, these are the advantages of implementing AJAX technology:

Less loading time:
If you don’t value time, time will never value you. Thus, of your webpage consumes time in uploading, the user will surely skip the page, even if the page is loaded with valuable information. With AJAX the page takes less time to load and user enjoys smooth web experience.
Perfect Cross Platform and Cross Platform Compatibility::
AJAX technology just works perfectly in any browser or platform. This is one of the major reasons that made AJAX applications very popular.
Great web applications:
Since, AJAX is web applications it enjoys great flexibility when compared to desktop based applications. This includes low cost, easy support, less developmental time etc. All we can say that AJAX is a milestone intending to improve web applications.
Flash and AJAX:
Developers sometimes argue between flash and AJAX. But there are lots of situations where Flash and AJAX can be combined for that perfect dynamic website.

AJAX has changed the way web applications are developed. Web developer community believes that AJAX will soon replace the other technology and emerge as ideal platform for rich Internet Applications.

Track your website with Google Analytics

Amalendu Hajraa — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:09:51 +0000

Your website is live and are you worried about the performance? In the year 2005 search engine giant Google started offering an unique service “Google Analytics” completely free. If you have Google account (surely you have) you can use this amazing software to track your website how your website is performing. From small details to larger aspects of your website this software is extremely helpful for small and medium sized business.

If you are wondering how to use Google Analytics all you need is to follow three simple steps and the software starts working. The requirement is very simple: You must have the FTP access of the concerned site that you wish to track and some code that will be provided by the software itself. Paste the code and the magical software began working for you by tracking:

Visitors of the Website:
This is definitely one of the most important aspects of any website. The performance of your website can be judged with number of visitors visiting every time. In this software the visitors are divided into two categories: new and returning. The statistics provided helps you get an idea that whether visitors are coming back to your site or not.
Keywords::
This statistics helps you to understand which keywords are most suitable for the website. The statistics also display the list of keywords that visitors typed and redirected to your website. You can tally them with your present target keyword and upgrade the content of the website.
Data Range:
The report allows you to compare data based on day, months and yearly basis. Though at one time you can see only one comparison. With accurate data of every month you can compare to find whether your site is performing well or not. This tracking feature also helps you in framing the right SEO strategy and tool to expand your business.

The trend of Internet changes from time to time and Google Analytics helps in understanding this change. Google Analytics offer lots of benefits that will be discussed very soon.

Benefits of Mobile Computing

Amalendu Hajraa — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:05:40 +0000

When Internet invaded into our lives, a new era of revolution began. Almost similar experience started when mobile computing came into existence and offered host of benefits. Like Internet, this technology is used by corporations, banking, real estate, funds and stock management etc.

Mobile computing was introduced on the later half of 21st century. Though in its initial stage the technology had some limitations but was quickly taken care of. Today, mobile computing is one of the most seeking technologies with its benefits listed below:

Erase Geographical Location:
This is one of the main characteristics that made mobile computing very popular. This feature attracted marketing professionals very much as product marketing became very easier and yielded fruitful results. Thus, sitting anywhere in the world business can be conducted efficiently and effectively.
Cost Reduction with increased productivity:
Mobile computing helps in reducing cost, but add to productivity. Thus, you can reach your target profit margin very easily. With mobile computing payment cycles are short ensuring better cash flow.
Better Customer relationship:
The secret of success of every business is measured by the response of its target consumers. Thus, the mantra is to improve customer relationship and then provide satisfactorily answer to their queries. With mobile computing customer can place and check the status of their order anywhere anytime. Thus, your business enjoys enormous benefits.

Among the different types of mobile computing platforms, iPhone is the most popular one. The present trend of mobile computing reveals that businesses under this mobile computing platform are gaining popularity. Today more and more people prefer to surf Internet or shop from the cool features of iPhone. Thus, mobile computing is surely going to be one of the next big things for technology in the coming years.