Let us start this post with a tacit understanding. We are addicted to the our apps- be it on our phones or our tablets. And the problem is only going to get worse- the Mac ecosystem is slowly getting appized as is the Windows 8 eco-system. We are now expecting to see an app for …
Category Archives: Next Big Thing
Appaholics Anonymous – The Twelve Step Program
March 22, 2013 – 8:49 pm
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By rangaprabhu
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Posted in Android, Blackberry OS, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets, Tools, Web Application Development, Windows Phone
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Tagged android apps, app addiction, apps, ios apps, windows 8 apps
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Microsoft Surface tablet: The Good and the not so good.
Almost five months after the launch of the Surface tablet, I finally had a chance to spend quality time with it. In the past, my time with the device was limited to less than 30 minutes which didnt constitute enough to write about it. I have had a device with me for a few hours …
February 26, 2013 – 11:38 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Design, Marketing, microsoft mobile platform, Mobile OS, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone
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Tagged facebook for surface, ipad 4, kindle fire hd 8.9, microsoft surface, microsoft surface pricing, new ipad, surface, twitter for surface, windows 8 for tablets, windows 8 touch
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Would you buy an iWatch?
The rumor mills are grinding rapidly. Over the weekend, NYTimes and WSJ reported that Apple was testing an iWatch concept internally. Bloomberg picked up on it and added some embellishments. The tech blogosphere [1][2] has been on an overdrive speculating on the iWatch. Going with the flow, this article speculates the existence of one such …
February 11, 2013 – 10:44 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Design, Next Big Thing, personal lifestyle gadgets, Product Development, Wearable Computing
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Tagged apple smartwatch, google, iwatch, metawatch, nano watchband, pebble, smartwatch, sony smartwatch
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Facebook’s Graph Search
Facebook formally announced their Google Search competitor, “Graph Search” today. The interestingly titled product (to go with Facebook’s Open Graph) is expected to roll out over the next few weeks across the world and will be in beta for a while. Mark Zuckerberg took pains to separate the product from Google Search but Google and …
January 15, 2013 – 7:35 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Facebook, Google+, Next Big Thing, Search, Social Networks, Social search
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Tagged facebook graphsearch, google, google+ search your world, graph search, semantic web, social search, web search
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Windows 8- The good, the not so good and the bad
Having experienced Windows 8 across multiple form factors and having digested opinions, articles and what not, here is what I think, a little over a month since the “8″ paradigm formally launched. First off, one of the most unique things to have ever happened is that there were more people who knew and were excited …
December 10, 2012 – 11:34 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone
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Tagged surface pro, surface rt, surface sales, windows 8 sales, windows phone 8, windows phone 8 sales
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Using NFC Tags to simplify your digital life
Near Field Communications(NFC) has been one of those technologies that hasnt quite caught on in the US. Google has tried its best to make the tech mainstream via payments (Google Wallet) and Android Beam but it hasnt quite taken off. It is almost as if the entire industry is waiting for Apple to show the …
December 6, 2012 – 11:02 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Android, iphone OS, microsoft mobile platform, NFC, Windows Phone
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Tagged android beam, android nfc, how to program nfc tags, ios does not support nfc, near field communications, nfc tags, samsung tectiles, sony xperia smart tags, windows phone 8 nfc tags
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The iPad Mini and the (new) new iPad
Apple announced a bunch of product refreshes today and one completely new product at a special event at the California Theatre in San Jose, CA. Coming very shortly in the heels of the annual September event where they announced the new iPhone 5, updates to iPod Touch and iPod Nano, this event was expected to be all …
October 23, 2012 – 11:43 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Design, Education, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets
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Tagged (new) new ipad, 4th generation ipad, apple october event, iMac update, ipad mini, Macbook pro 13inch with retina display, new Mac Mini
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Microsoft’s pricing strategy for Surface tablet
When Microsoft announced its Surface tablet, it caught the technorati by surprise. And Microsoft appeared to bring its A game to the table. The tablet looked interesting especially with the keyboard cover. Windows 8 itself looked promising on the tablet form factor and there was a good deal of expectation on Microsoft to deliver a …
October 16, 2012 – 11:19 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Design, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone
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Tagged microsoft surface, microsoft surface pricing, surface pricing strategy, windows 8 tablet, windows tablet
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The Nexus 7 and the iPad 7
The Nexus 7 I just got my hands on a Google Nexus 7 and wanted to share my thoughts on it right away. The unboxing was a pleasant experience. Apple has definitely taught the entire industry a thing or two in making simple and cool packages for their products. The Nexus 7 booted up pretty …
Dropbox and Evernote: Two cloud pioneers waiting to be bought
The cloud revolution is very much being televised and we the consumers have a ringside view of all the action. I am calling it now- Evernote and Dropbox, two incredibly valuable and still private startups based out of the Silicon Valley will be part of a heated acquisition battle sooner than later. The battle will …
July 17, 2012 – 10:40 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Cloud computing, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Social Networks, Tools, Web Application Development
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Tagged apple, apple icloud, dropbox, evernote, facebook, google, google drive, instagram, microsoft office live365
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