Happy New Year!!
Posted by: Millie Patel on: January 2, 2010
Hey!! I know it’s been a while since I last posted something!! Sorry! Hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and an awesome New Year’s Paaarrrrtyyyy!!!
2010
So what are your new year’s resolutions for 2010?? Do share them with us on this blog! There’s lots in store for you this year!
You can start by checking out my Humor Blog to get a good laugh! 
This year I have loads planned for my career! I’ll take it to new heights! Lots of designing, programming and developing to do!!
I’ll leave you with the best motivational quote to start your year off!! Have a great one!!
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it’s when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it!”–Margaret Thatcher
- Millie
Tech Tip 48: Google in Gujurati!!
Posted by: Millie Patel on: December 16, 2009
This is definitely a cool one! For all you Gujjus‘ out there, you can now search in your mother tongue! I was amazed by this – you’ve got to have a look!!
Also, for Kenyans – I’m sure you’ve seen Google in Swahili..!!
Happy Googling!!
- Millie
Google Chrome Browser Comes to Mac, Linux
Posted by: Millie Patel on: December 9, 2009
by Chloe Albanesius
Google on Tuesday released beta versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux.
The company also unveiled extensions in Chrome for Windows and Linux.
“It took longer than we expected, but we hope the wait was worth it,” Brian Rakowski, Google product manager, wrote in a blog post.
Google unveiled Chrome in September 2008, but only for Windows. Rough versions of Chrome for Mac and Linux were released in June, but they did not include Flash support, and did not allow users to print, manage bookmarks, or alter privacy settings.
That took 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code and 29 developer builds, Google said.
“We also took great care to make Google Chrome a native application for Mac. For example, we integrated the Keychain into Google Chrome for Mac, and incorporated Mac-style animations when you open the Bookmarks bar,” they said.
- Millie
JS Tip 5: How to Redirect Pages using JavaScript
Posted by: Millie Patel on: December 5, 2009
You can use JavaScript code to redirect user to a page you want. For instance, when a user tries points his/her address bar to http://mywebsite.com, you can have that page automatically redirected to http://www.mywebsite.com using only one line of JavaScript code!
All you need to do is to paste the following code in the <head> section of your html page:
<script language=”JavaScript”>
window.location=”http://www.mypage.com”
</script>
This function can also be used to redirect users to appropriate versions of web pages depending on which browser they are using. It’s a very simple and handy script, easy to remember and easy to use. Do comment on any other ways of redirecting a user to another page that you may know of!
- Millie
Time to do Some Early Christmas Shopping!!
Posted by: Millie Patel on: December 1, 2009
Christmas!
It’s only yet the start of the month but people all over the world are trying to avoid the last minute rush to do their Christmas shopping!
If not that, a huge percentage are already talking about what they are going to get for their loved ones whilst discussing the gifts they received last year!
This year round, there are some great deals online to get valuable things for Christmas – something that contains knowledge, something that helps people create stuff, something that is of great value – mainly books!
All those who’re crazy about books and have a drive to learn something new in the year to come are flocking stores to see the latest collections of best sellers in all categories.
I’ll point out something mainly for the tech geeks who spend most of their time creating amazing websites, web apps, widgets, and all other kinds of stuff that they proudly show off in the online world – the ultimate collection of tech-related books from web designing to graphics designing to application development for all platforms. There is a great online store that links all these up and helps provide a one stop store for all the above mentioned categories. Great Deals in the Online Tech Store are waiting for your clicks!
Be one of the first to get there to see the great deals and shop well in advance, at your own comfort!!
Have a great month!
- Millie
Apple’s iPhone arrives in tech-savvy South Korea
Posted by: Millie Patel on: November 28, 2009
By KELLY OLSEN, AP Business Writer
SEOUL, South Korea – Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations the communication and entertainment device will shake up a local mobile market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG.
Hundreds of customers lined up to get their pre-ordered iPhones at an official launch event in Seoul, some waiting overnight. A 25-year-old university student was the first to get one, as music blared and strobe lights flashed.
“I’m so happy,” said Huh Jin-seok, the first recipient, who waited in line more than 26 hours and admitted to being “a little bit tired.”
A band played loud rockabilly music outside the venue near a clock that counted down the time until the launch. Those receiving their phones were among about 65,000 people who placed orders since Nov. 22.
South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp., Apple Inc.’s local partner, said about 850 people picked up iPhones at the event. Others were receiving them via delivery at their homes or offices.
“We’re hoping that this iPhone will be a trigger point for the smartphone market in Korea,” said Yang Hyun-mi, KT’s chief strategy officer, who said smartphones make up just 1 percent of all cell phones in the country. Smartphones are advanced cell phones with computer-like capabilities.
She declined to offer a sales forecast, but said the company was optimistic given higher-than-expected advance orders.
“We just think it will be really huge,” she said.
Lee Bo-ra, who designs beauty tools such as nail clippers and trimmers, said she plans to use her iPhone mostly to access maps and play “Guitar Hero,” the popular game in which users simulate playing rock and roll hits.
“Very,” she said when asked if she was satisfied with her iPhone so far.
The iPhone’s arrival after a long delay has generated excitement among South Korean consumers and industry analysts, who say it is likely to expand the domestic smartphone market and pose a challenge to local manufacturers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc.
The sleek smartphone, which has grabbed headlines around the world and solidified Apple’s status as a purveyor of cutting-edge consumer electronics, was already available in many other Asian countries including Japan, where it launched last year. It made its official debut in China last month.
Click here to read more of this story!
JS Tip 4: How to change background colors with JavaScript
Posted by: Millie Patel on: November 24, 2009
You can use JavaScript commands with the onClick parameter in the input tags of an html form. Wow! That sounds like a complicated line eh? Lol…so it very easy to have the background color of a page changed on the click of a button. Just read the script below – it’s fairly easy to understand:
<FORM>
<INPUT value="Change to Yellow!" onClick="document.bgColor='yellow'">
<INPUT value="Change to Red!" name="button4"> <br>
<INPUT value="Change back!" name="button5">
</FORM>
When you include this code snippet in your html page, it will display 3 buttons; one to change the background color of the page to yellow, one to red and the third to change it back to the original one we started with, i.e. white. The only piece of JavaScript you need to remember here is the document.bgColor and once you assign it with a value, you have a ready script that works!
Obviously you don’t have to use JavaScript to change the background color of a page, you could specify the color you want in the <body> tag of your html script like this:
<body bgcolor="red">
The purpose of this tutorial was just to demonstrate the use of the JavaScript function document.bgColor.
I hope this tip was helpful. You can leave a comment if you want me to set my feet on other aspects of this wonderful scripting language! I’ll definitely write a post about it and illustrate its use.
- Millie
Facebook users can help Chase find small charities
Posted by: Millie Patel on: November 19, 2009
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million. The idea is to get small, local charities on Chase’s radar — ones that don’t have the operating budget to go around asking for grants but do a lot of good work in their communities.
The “Chase Community Giving” program will let Facebook users choose from more than half a million charities that have an operating budget of less than $10 million apiece. The 100 charities getting the most votes by Dec. 11 will each receive $25,000 from Chase.
In the program’s second round, one of the 100 will get a grant of $1 million, determined by a Facebook vote that begins Jan. 15. Five runners-up will receive $100,000 each. In addition, an advisory board will award $1 million to nominated charities of its choice.
JS Tip 3: How to display the date and time using JavaScript
Posted by: Millie Patel on: November 8, 2009
This is a very simple one. JavaScript has inbuilt functions that you just include in your code. See the snippet below:
<html> <title>Time & Date Display</title> <head> <script language = "JavaScript"> var today = new Date() document.write(today); </script> </head> <body> Displaying Time Using JavaScript </body> </html>
That’s just about it. You declare a variable called today and assign it the Date() function. Then use document.write to display it on your webpage.
- Millie
Tech Tip 47: How to Choose an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Posted by: Millie Patel on: November 2, 2009
An ISP is a company that provides a gateway to the Internet for individuals and companies. Choosing an ISP requires you to answer this question: ‘what do I want to use the Internet for?’ If you can answer this, you can then start to work out your requirements. Other things you’ll have to consider are as follows:
- ‘how much Internet will I use each month?’
- ‘what time of day will I use it?’
- ‘how much web space can I have?’
- ‘can someone host my web site for me?’
- ‘is customer support important to me?’
- ‘how many e-mail addresses will I need?’
- ‘can the ISP support online payments?’
- ‘how much will it cost?’
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES
Once you have considered all these questions you then need to know the different types of services available. These include:
Pay-as-you-go
If you access the Internet for only a few hours each day and don’t want to have a web site, then this will be the solution to choose. The costs include call charges via your dial-up line, normally charged at local rates. These accounts can be set up very quickly and require little, if any, registration information.
Leased lines
These are point-to-point connections varying in speed from 64 k (fairly slow) to 2 Mb (very quick). They provide a direct, ‘always-on’ connection straight to an ISP, giving Internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, usually via a device called a managed router (this provides a connection onto the Internet via the leased line). There is also the cost of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to consider. The SLA provides agreed timescales for service and repair of the connection.
Broadband
There are two main options for broadband: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), which includes the common Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and cable, commonly available for home use as well as business.
- ADSL utilizes existing standard copper telephone lines, changing them into a high-speed digital link capable of carrying broadband services. This means most new subscribers don’t have to install new connections, and many don’t have to change main telephone numbers. The user installs a device called an ADSL modem that connects via a filter to the standard telephone socket. Users need to be within a certain minimum distance of a telephone exchange for ADSL to be available.
- Cable broadband normally uses fibre-optic cables, commonly installed in metropolitan areas for cable TV connection. Many such connections can run up to 40 times faster than standard narrowband, but require local cable access. Connection is via a device known as a cable ‘modem’, although in reality it is not a true modem; it is similar to a cable TV set top box. If there are multiple broadband users on your local cable loop, the communication speeds can be dramatically reduced.
I hope this post has been helpful for those who want to know about the main services ISPs provide. Do leave comments to enlighten us on what you know or about your experiences with ISPs..
- Millie
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- Happy New Year!!
- Tech Tip 48: Google in Gujurati!!
- Google Chrome Browser Comes to Mac, Linux
- JS Tip 5: How to Redirect Pages using JavaScript
- Time to do Some Early Christmas Shopping!!
- Apple’s iPhone arrives in tech-savvy South Korea
- JS Tip 4: How to change background colors with JavaScript
- Facebook users can help Chase find small charities
- JS Tip 3: How to display the date and time using JavaScript
- Tech Tip 47: How to Choose an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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