Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle, Allows You To Live Without Breathing

This is real disruptive invention !!!

Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle, Allows You To Live Without Breathing: Comments

Jury decides largely in Apple's favour, Samsung hit with $US1bn damages

Galaxy Tab saved !!!

Jury decides largely in Apple's favour, Samsung hit with $US1bn damages: Samsung must pay Apple just over US$1 billion for infringing several of its patents in Samsung smartphones and tablets, a California District Court jury decided on Friday.

Facebook's new iOS native app.

Having used Facebook iOS native app for a complete day, here is what I feel.

1. Yes, performance have improved.
2. Still, doesn't feel like an app thatI really want to use as it still has awful UX.

My previous post on new FB app

Rails for girls

Promoting RoR among fairer sex ...

http://railsgirls.com/

YC W12 Startups Hosting Decisions

FYI. Amazon Includes Heroku

YC W12 Startups Hosting Decisions

Apple and Samsung both get South Korea bans

And ... this is really funny.

Apple and Samsung both get South Korea bans: Comments

Developing Backbone.js Applications by Addy Osmani

Thank you Addy Osmani @addyosmani for this tutorial. A must read for anyone who is serious about clean web development.

Developing Backbone.js Applications by Addy Osmani: Comments

Should developers be sued for security holes?

Ooopss !!! most of us will end up being jailed if this becomes a law worldwide ...

Should developers be sued for security holes?: Comments

WebEngage is serving over 100 million widget requests per month

Good to see a startup from India scaling high.

WebEngage is serving over 100 million widget requests per month: Comments

How to Upgrade a Legacy Heroku Database - without downtime

Very useful article.

How to Upgrade a Legacy Heroku Database - without downtime: Comments

A Faster Facebook for iOS

The HTML5 version is awful. Not really the problem of HTML 5 itself, but the implementation. Or, probably using HTML5 for building a social media app which demands high level of gesture recognition was itself a bad idea.

A Faster Facebook for iOS: Comments

MacBook Pro Mountain Lion Battery Life: 10.7 vs 10.8 vs 10.8.1

Apple, battery life is your main differentiator. Please don't kill it.

MacBook Pro Mountain Lion Battery Life: 10.7 vs 10.8 vs 10.8.1: Comments

Nokia, Samsung, Sony join forces to improve indoor navigation

Surprise, surprise !!! Google and Apple missing. Microsoft is there through its proxy, Nokia.
Nokia, Samsung, Sony join forces to improve indoor navigation:

Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987 | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

Metro UI is everywhere even in the logo !!!

Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987 | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

One year in: What we’ve learned about CEO Tim Cook

Timothy Cook finally out of his predecessor's shadow ...

One year in: What we’ve learned about CEO Tim Cook:

Funded startup vs Bootstrapped startup

My take.

If possible go for bootstrapping. But it really depends on the idea. Can an e-commerce startup really ignore funding and do bootstrapping?

Funded startup vs Bootstrapped startup: Comments

On Dell and HP and their future

An analysis on Dell and HP and their future. They need to do something quick. With tablets and smart phones ruling the computing market, they need to act fast. And their traditional PC / laptop markets are invaded by Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers.

Dell & HP together on a long road to nowhere:

Love you Cleartrip Blog

Really appreciate the way Cleartrip shares its non confidential but in-house discussion details through their blog.

1. This helps other designers to think beyond
2. This is indeed a good way of educating the public about new features.

[Behind the scenes] Designing Cleartrip for iPhone (Part 1)

And

[Behind the scenes] Designing Cleartrip for iPhone (Part 2):

Read Shares' first day stats

Stats are not surprising considering that most of the readers are from tech world.

Tumblr 'Truly Disappointed' That Twitter Revoked Its Friend-Finding Privileges

Isn't it clear enough? Twitter wants only twitter to consume its APIs

Tumblr 'Truly Disappointed' That Twitter Revoked Its Friend-Finding Privileges: Comments

JSON+UDP+DHT=Freedom

Distributed JSON, via UDP. Now, you can use JSON in a fully distributed and decentralized environment.

JSON+UDP+DHT=Freedom: Comments

Typesafe (the Scala company) raises $14m in series B

Good going Typesafe. And thanks for Scala and Play.

Typesafe (the Scala company) raises $14m in series B: Comments

Why ratings systems suck - a response to today's XKCD

How about presenting the rating system as follows

5 - Excellent
4 - Good
3 - Average
2 - Bad
1 - Crap

And instead of star ratings, ask the users to select one of these options. This way, the back end system and database can still remain same for most part.

Why ratings systems suck - a response to today's XKCD: Comments

Nutanix raises $33M for a new type of scale out storage

Is Nutanix the next Startup to hit IPO route?

Nutanix raises $33M for a new type of scale out storage:
Nutanix, a startup building an appliance to virtualize storage networks, has closed a $33 million Series C round of funding, which brings its total cash raised to $71.6 million. The latest round, which brought in new investors Battery Ventures and Goldman Sachs, also included existing backers Lightspeed Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Khosla Ventures.

My life’s a mess, what’s the problem?

An interesting article on applying Systematic Innovative thinking [SIT] to solve your non-engineering problems.

My life’s a mess, what’s the problem?:

Android app websites seized in the U.S. for alleged copyright violations

App developers, beware of this parallel app market !!!

Android app websites seized in the U.S. for alleged copyright violations: U.S. law enforcement officials said on Tuesday that three websites that were allegedly distributing illegal copies of copyrighted Android cell phone apps had been seized in what is described as the first such operation against cellphone apps marketplaces.

Opera Q2: Sales Up 32% To $52.1M; Mobile Surges, Desktop Flat

19% Market share in mobile browser market is good. But will they be able to sustain that market share? Is Facebook waiting for the right time to buy Opera?

Opera Q2: Sales Up 32% To $52.1M; Mobile Surges, Desktop Flat: Comments

Twitter app makers trying to figure out the future

Twitter app makers trying to figure out the future: Comments

Twitter has damaged the developer confidence at least for now. Hope to see more clarity soon.

The 10 Best Startups From Y Combinator’s S12 Demo Day

The 10 Best Startups From Y Combinator’s S12 Demo Day: Comments

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