Category Archives: Internet

Youtube displaying 3D video

Someone on my twitter feed shared a YouTube video link and i saw something which made my eyes go wide. A 3D button on the player control. With single click I could see 2D video into seemingly 3D video. I don’t … Continue reading

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When to use CDN?

Other day there was a discussion in the tech forum about when to use CDN. I shared some of my experience and later realized this could be a good read for technically oriented readers of my blog. But first What … Continue reading

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iPod design was from 1958 transistor?

Below is photo of The 1958 Braun T3 transistor radio, designed by Dieter Rams. Looks like an iPod, isnt…Note the similarity of proportions, colour, corners, location of display (audio versus visual), and the wheel controller From Bill Buxton’s collection

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Trick IE9 to behave like IE8

Microsoft released new web browser IE9 yesterday night and I believe this is one of the sleekest, safest, fastest browser Microsoft ever had, which also followed wide variety of industry standards. You can read and download IE 9 here http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/. … Continue reading

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NDTV: Double taxing their internet users

This is what happens when traditional media merges with new age media. NDTV streams its TV content on internet on their website www.ndtv.com of which I am a regular viewer. Surprisingly, they decided to stream their content( with the advertisement … Continue reading

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Why not to re-launch website over night

You are lucky that you have got time and resources to think and plan a big site re-design and a big launch but here are few reasons why not to re-design and launch your website overnight. Not applicable for you … Continue reading

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Negative Operating Cycle

  I discovered something amazing about Amazon.com  this morning, while I was watching this interesting presentation on design treasures of Amazon. Amazon.com makes $19billion every year and have total customer base which is larger than the populations of some countries … Continue reading

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Annoying Security Warning

Ever since I have been using IE8, one thing which annoys me is the dialog box below. Every single click ( almost) I get to see this and I have to click one additional button.           … Continue reading

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Internet connection speed

  I have my internet wireless router kept 2 rooms away from my usual working location at home here in Redmond, WA. I decided to run speedtest on my internet connectivity at home and I am surprised. You are reading … Continue reading

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[Survey Result] Is facebook your gateway to Internet?

Few days back I started a survey to find if people really like facebook or twitter logins to log into other sites. There are some great Facts & Figures available about the facebook, but then there was not enough data … Continue reading

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