Glympse Review

Glympse is a free-of-cost web service using which you can share your location in real-time with people you choose. You can send a notification called a “glympse” via email, SMS, Facebook or Twitter to the recipient(s). The app has won a few awards and was recently integrated into Garmin’s Navigon software and Ford's smart cars. The powerful app has numerous possibilities of use. Glympse is supported on Android, iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

Features and usability
Once you install the app, you are good to go. There are no sign ups and no profiles to be created. Pick the recipient, set the timer for your estimated time of arrival, add a message and choose your destination.The recipients will get a glympse containing a link to your location in real time marked on a Google map, along with the message. The recipient need not install Glympse to view this information. All he or she needs is a device connected to the Internet. You can make your location public or share it with one or more people or with a group. You can share your location using Facebook, Twitter and other apps that you may have installed on your phone. The glympse stays live until the timer expires. After that, your location can no longer be viewed. So you can share your location for zero seconds, which would be just a check-in, or share it till your journey ends. The longest duration for which the timer can be set is four hours.

Verdict
If you are a parent of a teen learning to drive, or an overbearing spouse, you could use it to watch the trail of your near ones, every step of the way. Business users could send a courtesy notice embedded in a glympse to their co-workers or customers to indicate their ETA. Using group glympses, you could find your friends after you have fanned out inside an amusement park. If you are running late for an event, you could send a glympse to everyone who needs to know your location and time of arrival so that you don’t have to inform them all separately about these details. You could even use Glympse as a personal safety app, sharing your location with loved ones or emergency response services. This is a versatile app, which can be used in as many ways as its users can think of. All they need to do is take a battery pack along.

Download Glympse for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7.

Source:- http://tech2.in.com/reviews/web-apps/glympse-review/749652

WE ARE MACHINES....!!!!!!

WE ARE MACHINES....!!!!!!



I started my Human Resource Trainee career by taking the interviews of the candidates. When I started questioning them, they gave the same answers more or less and they were all the answers from the books.

When I ask the questions which are application oriented they are unable to answer them. “Where is the problem”, I thought. I realized that they are like a machine and I am also a Machine.

Shocked..!!!!!
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Actually When we were born, we were originals..
It is the Educational System that changed us. The schools are the like Factories which take the students as Raw materials and convert them into complete machines by the time SSC/CBSC is completed.

Note: A Machine is the one which stores the data and we can retrieve that data whenever we want back.

The students after coming out of SSC/ CBSC are like excellent machines with data remembrance.

After students complete SSC/ CBSC, they enter into a free environment like.. A Machine With Artificial Intelligence.. :P

Then, they are changing into different kind of people...

Some lose interest on studies and get diverted towards bad habits....

Others continuously study much more.. and try to get more and more MARKS by becoming more like a MACHINE...

NOTE: The Main difference between the man and machine is that machines perform the tasks when it is about the known circumstances... When we give a new one which a machine doesn't know/programmed at all.. the machine gets stuck... but at the same point human being starts his work..

Human will always think in an innovative way to solve the problems, whereas machines can’t...

Most of the students who come out of the Educational institutions are like Machines..

They get stuck at the point where the analysis and application are required....


The so called education system is producing thousands of Student Machines effectively than any MNC in the world...

The organizations have enough number of machines..
They need a human being to operate a Machine.. not a machine to operate it... :P


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Sony Ericsson’s Kurara Is More than What You Think It Is

Remember Kurara? That phone from Sony Ericsson That got leaked right after the XPERIA X10 came out from behind the veil? Well, we had it pegged down as an ordinary phone that is the stripped down, cheaper version of the Aino megaphone. Turns out that that is not the case at all. It is actually a pretty fast and snazzy little phone that holds the guts of a born performer.

I am referring to the fact that it is carrying an ARM Cortex A8 chip inside or so the rumor mills say. That chip is supported with a hefty Dose of RAM – whole 256MB of it. Then there is the PowerVR graphics processor – Kurara has one inside it.

Read More Here: http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/sony-ericsson%E2%80%99s-kurara-is-more-than-what-you-think-it-is/

Indians among world's most happiest people - poll

       NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet.
        More than three-quarters of people around the globe who were questioned in an international poll said they were happy with their lives and nearly a quarter described themselves as very happy.

"The world is a happier place today and we can actually measure it because we have been tracking it," said John Wright, senior vice president of Ipsos Global, which has surveyed the happiness of more than 18,000 people in 24 countries since 2007.

 But he added that expectations of why people are happy should be carefully weighed.

"It is not just about the economy and their well being. It is about a whole series of other factors that make them who they are today."

Brazil and Turkey rounded out the top five happiest nations, while Hungary, South Korea, Russia, Spain and Italy had the fewest number of happy people.

Perhaps proving that money can't buy happiness, residents of some of the world biggest economic powers, including the United States, Canada and Britain, fell in the middle of the happiness scale.

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Top 3 fitness mistakes

       We all make mistakes in our fitness training sometimes, but there are some that you should always try and avoid. Here are three fitness mistakes to pay attention to whether you’re just starting out in exercise training or have been training for a while.

1) Not regularly changing your fitness regime
         Getting stuck in a training rut is probably the most common training error of all, but if you fail to increase either the length or intensity of your runs, or the weight or number of weight-lifting repetitions that you do, the improvements will plateau out. In fact, one study found that in beginners, aerobic fitness began to plateau in as little as three weeks when the training load was not increased.

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Project 11

             PROJECT 11, a short film slated for release on 11.11.11 has been shot in 11 countries across the world in a shoe string budget of 9 lakhs, entirely self funded by the makers. In this unique initiative by two film enthusiasts, PROJECT 11 is probably the first of its kind in short the film genre which bridges a vast geographical divide. The film was made with an idea to raise funds for their feature film on the same lines. They decided to release it on 11.11.11, which is a once in a lifetime date.


             PROJECT 11 is a High-Concept thriller, which blurs the line between the real and the virtual world. The film has been shot in 11 different cities in the world. This experimental film has 11 eminent directors collaborating from world over.  Take a look at the trailer here.

             Unlike a lot of collaborative films, PROJECT 11 is not an episodic film. It is one holistic story set in 11 cities with 11 principal characters. The film has been made in three cuts a 22-minute, a 15-minute and an 11-minute, which are full fledged films in their own rights.

             Talking about this unique short film, Producer, Ranjan Singh said, "PROJECT 11 is an attempt to show that good content can be created on a shoestring budget. Also, to get appropriate funds for our feature film on the same lines, the short will work as a curtain raiser. And thus we want to release the film online and gauge the audience reaction for this kind of a story. The film premieres on 11.11.11 on glamsham.com at 11.11 AM and then later we want to put it for download on various other platforms."
11 filmmakers were shortlisted from across the world, by using every free medium available including every possible social networking portal. They followed a locked screenplay and shot their respective segments based in their cities. A Storyboard was prepared in active consultation with the filmmakers and then sent to the extended directorial team for reference. The final material was received in Mumbai and then put together by Vikas Chandra with the help of editor Geeta Singh.

Source : http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news/project-11-shot-11-countries-releases-11-11-060053913.html

CBI experiments with Facebook to solve cases

       New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Striking a direct e-connect with the people, like many government organisations have done, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now experimenting with online social networking with its Bhopal unit joining Facebook to seek information from people on cases.

'The CBI Bhopal unit is the first one to join the Facebook social networking site on an experimental basis. If the response is good the other wings of the investigating agency will also open their own page in Facebook,' a CBI official told IANS.

         The CBI's Bhopal unit opened its Facebook page last weeek and also sought help from the public on any reliable clues to solve the murder case of RTI activist Shehla Masood.

'This is an official page of CBI Bhopal, and not a page certified by a private person. I have to say categorically that citizens of Bhopal respond to us with desired seriousness and expectations,' Hemant Priyadarshy, DIG, CBI, Bhopal posted in the Facebook page.

          Right to Information and green activist Masood was killed outside her home in Bhopal Aug 16.

The case was transferred from Bhopal wing of CBI to Delhi which is probing the case. The agency in September announced an award of Rs.5 lakh for anyone providing credible information about the murder.

The Facebook page also stated that CBI Bhopal looks into cases of corruption and citizens are encouraged to share any relevant inputs and information relating to crime and corruption the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

           'Any specific information relating to corruption will go a long way in fighting corruption. The presence of CBI Bhopal on Facebook is recent, please spread the word to Faceboook community,' Priyadarshy added in his post.

            Delhi Police and Delhi Traffic Police have opened Facebook pages that are inviting many hits.

Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/cbi-experiments-facebook-solve-cases-130514175.html

Celebrate an Environmentally Safe Diwali

Did you know that diyas lit on the moonless Diwali night signifies the end of darkness of ignorance and the beginning of light that enlightens all? Well, this Diwali enlighten yourself towards the hazards that boisterous celebrations of Diwali poses to our environment.

This articles endeavours to sensitise the readers towards celebrating an environmentally safe Diwali by pointing out the major impacts that Diwali has on our environment. It is hoped that this articles will encourage you to celebrate a green Diwali, where there will be an explosion of joy without crackers!

How to celebrate an Eco Sensitive Diwali?
Now, that you are interested in celebrating an Eco - Sensitive Diwali, the first thing that you need to do is to make yourself aware about the effects the traditional Diwali celebrations has on the Mother Nature. Given below are three major environmental impacts that Diwali Festival have on our environment.

Air Pollution through Firecrackers Excessive Consumerism High Energy Consumption

1. Air Pollution through Firecrackers - "Say 'No' to Fire crackers and 'Yes' to life!"
For most people lighting of firecrackers is the highlight of Diwali. Brighter the sparkles, louder the noise the greater the thrill!! In fact to many of us, these aesthetic forms of light seem so appropriate and most essential when celebrating the 'Festival of Lights'.

But little do people realize that in our increasingly populated and polluted cities, the temporary joy of watching the firecrackers is soon replaced by the intense air pollution caused by these. The toxic substances used in the firecrackers release toxic gases that are harmful to the health of all living beings. The high level of noise generated by the crackers cause immense suffering to birds and animals. Besides, Diwali crackers are dreaded by the sick and the ailing.

Sadly, few of us realise that the firecrackers used on Diwali are mostly made by very young children. Since the substances being handled are extremely toxic many of these child labourers get sick and die in their early teenage years.

Source : http://www.diwalifestival.org/environmentally-safe-diwali.html

New engg colleges face vacancy woes

With thousands of engineering seats remaining vacant this year, the ministry of human resource development (HRD) has finally taken a step to check this worrisome scenario.
The All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE) has been asked by the ministry to seek the opinion of state governments on whether the Council should temporarily stop extending approval to new engineering institutes.
The number of vacant seats at engineering institutions across the country this year has made headlines and was also raised in the Parliament during the last session.

“ The directive ( to AICTE) to seek the opinion of state government was given about two weeks ago. The letter hasn’t been sent to the state governments as yet. It will be done within the next few days,” said a ministry official, who did not wish to be identified.
“ The letter will go to the states where more than 10 per cent of the total seats have found no takers. Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh figure on that list.
“ The idea is to ask them if they want the AICTE to stop extending approval to new engineering institutes for the time being,” said another ministry official.
The AICTE is the only authority empowered to grant recognition to technical courses run by different universities and institutes in the country. The number of engineering institutions which got the Council’s nod has been steadily increasing over the last three years.
The Council approved 2,388 engineering colleges in 2008, 2,942 in 2009 and 3,241 colleges in 2010. In 2010- 11 AICTE recognised the highest number of engineering institutes in Karnataka ( 159) followed by Uttar Pradesh ( 105).

MOre: http://campus.yahoo.com/news/yedumailtoday/new-engg-colleges-face-vacancy-woes-20110930

Forensics: Make a career out of solving crime

Who was the world’s first known forensic scientist? History says it is Archimedes. A new crown had been made for King Hiero II. Had the goldsmith added some silver or was it solid gold? Who could solve this mystery without dissolving the crown?

It was Archimedes who solved it. He had noticed that water rising whenever he stepped into a bathtub. He solved the problem based on volume of the crown and the amount of displaced water.
But it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes in the late nineteenth century that popularised the usage of science in solving crimes. It is the scene of the crime that often leads to the culprit. Enter the forensic scientist; it’s his job to collect evidences at the crime scene.
Though the field has existed for years yet, it is still not a career option for many despite being exposed to a TV series like CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) and plethora of detective stories.
But, have you ever thought of exploring the field as a career? Riddhi N. Parekh had the opportunity to participate in ‘Awareness week’ at her college during graduation. She was inspired to enter the world of Forensics for PG studies.

“It is challenging, the non-availability of crime scenes as part of study, being the only sad part,” expresses Riddhi, a second-year student of MSc Forensic Science. But this didn’t stop her from showing up at the scene of a robbery committed near her house, where she helped collect firsthand forensic evidence.

More : http://campus.yahoo.com/news/yeducareers360/forensics-make-career-out-solving-crime-20110929

Leadership Lessons from M.S. Dhoni

The story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni is nothing short of a fairy-tale.

It's about an ordirnary man who went on to do extraordinary things owing to his sheer grit and “intelligent” daredevilry. And, as they say that fortune favours the brave, luck, too has been on his side.

You don't need to be a cricket fan to take stock of his leadership skills. True, that Team India lost humiliatingly in the test and one-day series against England but this does not place his leadership skills under scrutiny. His rare quality of extracting benefits from criticism had made India win matches and he himself won the hearts of millions of people. Managers and entrepreneurs can learn so much from him and then apply it to their real life situations.

Some Inspirational Quotes by Dhoni

“I never predict what will happen in cricket. We believe in each other and we believe in the process.”
“We are not thinking about what may happen if we achieve or what may happen if we don't succeed because those two things are beyond our control.
“We take each game in the right frame of mind”
“We don't rely on one specific individual. We expect everybody to contribute.” (Worklife, MensXP.com)


More : http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/leadership-lessons-m-s-dhoni-120917845.html

Facebook encourages drug, alcohol abuse in teens: Study

           LONDON: How much time does your child spend on Facebook? Teenagers who regularly use social networking sites are much more likely to drink, smoke and use marijuana, a new study has claimed.
The Columbia University study of 1,000 American teenagers aged between 12 and 17 years found that those who used such sites daily were five times more likely to smoke tobacco than those who did not.
           Similarly, they are three times more likely to drink alcohol and twice as likely to use marijuana.
The poll also found that 70 per cent of those interviewed said they used social networking sites on a typical day, while 30 per cent did not, the Daily Telegraph reported.

           One of the main reasons for going on such sits, besides actually communicating with friends, is to keep tabs on peers by looking at their photographs.
But the study found that pictures of teenagers "drunk, passed out, or using drugs on Facebook and other sites" were "rampant".
           However, parents seemed unaware that browsing such sites could increase their child's likelihood of abusing drink or drugs, with almost nine in 10 believing it did not have an effect on them, the researchers said.
Joseph Califano, founder of National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at the university, called on operators of Facebook and others to instigate tighter controls to block such photographs.
          "The time has come for those who operate and profit from social networking sites like Facebook to deploy their expertise to curb such images and to deny use of their sites to children and teens who post pictures of themselves and their friends drunk, passed out or using drugs," he said.

The survey also found that one in five teenagers claimed to have been bullied online.

source: http://campus.yahoo.com/links/detail/facebook-encourages-drug-alcohol-abuse-teens-study-times-india-4b579d7e2b70060f550ce9da48aee1a61d7d610f0ef8f58aebb57e0ef403b708

4 Indians among MIT’s top 35 innovators

           Two Indians and two persons of Indian origin figure among Top 35 Innovators under-35 in the latest list of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Technology Review, the world’s oldest Technology Magazine established in 1899.

           Ajit Narayanan, Invention Labs, Chennai and Aishwarya Ratan, Yale University, who were part of TR35 India Winners announced in March 2011, have made it to the annual list of people who exemplify the spirit of innovation in business and technology.

The honourees are blazing new paths in a wide range of fields, including medicine, energy, communications, IT, consumer technology, entertainment, and robotics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, based institution announced Wednesday.

           Chennai—based Ajit Narayanan, 30, was selected for his work on affordable speech synthesizers. He is currently working with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to improve the quality of the speech synthesis. He also plans to use mobile app stores to distribute a version of his software with about 90 percent of the full Avaz system’s functionality.

Aishwarya Ratan, 30, was working with Microsoft Research in Bangalore when she won the prestigious honour for her work on converting paper records to digital in real time. Ratan has since moved to Yale University, but the NGO that she was partnering with continues to test the slate in villages.

           Two winners of Indian origin include Bhaskar Krishnamachari, 33, University of Southern California who has been selected for his work on smarter wireless networks and Piya Sorcar, 33, for Teachaids software that can be localized to teach taboo topics.

The TR35 will present their work and be honoured at an awards ceremony during the 2011 EmTech MIT conference, taking place Oct 18—19 at MIT’s Media Lab, USA.

source: http://campus.yahoo.com/links/detail/hindu-sci-tech-indians-among-mit-s-top-innovators-247cce83e5a888dcbdbff110ff5b7862bc1a79547fddb6fd944e781627d2c5ec

India facts

source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/india--stats--facts-and-trivia.html

Corruption- some views

            The current systems of the world has many loopholes and problems. In them, Corruption is on the high edge.
Most of countries has been affected by this warm more or less. It is obvious that, in India there is no corruption in the system of government, government just simply follows the corruption!!! It is like having treatment of disease become disease itself and there is no hope of curing from it.
            The Democracy is a great anatomy for any country which is developing itself currently. But, Change is life. Our approach is only our destiny. Whatever the system may cause, one should do only what should be done as on the basis of legal and governmental perspectives.
The experienced persons are holding the government on their arms and just blaming each other and finding their own safe sides. Duties are there. Responsibilities are there. Authorities are there. Then why one should need to give bribe? why one should take bribe? A per the economy, needs of a person are increasing faster than income.
It directly means that person will find the way to satisfy all his needs. And so, Corruption takes place.
It can be cured by some ways, though it is difficult, but not impossible..

First of all, each and every person has to decrease his needs. For that, he must change his lifestyle and live according to his revenue. He must not compare himself to other by his repositories.
One should take his responsibility to the society, to the country, to the government by himself.
And person can only do this or think to do this if and only if he has full trust on government, society.
Also it is desirable to make yourself true before giving advices or making complaints to others.


If anyone has any suggestions regarding this subject, comment please.

Use of Internet affecting our memory, finds study

New York, July 15 (ANI): Researchers have found that the widespread use of search engines and online databases is affecting the way people remember information.

To know whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily retrieved from a computer, Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia and her collaborators, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, staged different memory experiments, reports the New York Times.

In one experiment where participants typed 40 bits of trivia, the team found that the subjects were significantly more likely to remember information if they thought they would not be able to find it later.

"Participants did not make the effort to remember when they thought they could later look up the trivia statement they had read," wrote the authors. 

A second experiment was aimed at determining whether computer accessibility affects precisely what we remember.

"If asked the question whether there are any countries with only one colour in their flag, for example," the researchers wrote, "do we think about flags - or immediately think to go online to find out?"

In this case, participants were asked to remember both the trivia statement itself and which of five computer folders it was saved in. The researchers were surprised to find that people seemed better able to recall the folder.

"That kind of blew my mind," Dr. Sparrow said.

The experiment explores an aspect of what is known as transactive memory - the notion that we rely on our family, friends and co-workers as well as reference material to store information for us. 

The Internet's effects on memory are still largely unexplored, Dr. Sparrow said, adding that her experiments had led her to conclude that the Internet has become our primary external storage system.

"Human memory," she said, "is adapting to new communications technology." (ANI)

source: http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Use-Internet-affecting-memory-ani-3379552851.html

Toh Zinda Ho Tum

"Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum
Nazar mein khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum
Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise aazad rehna seekho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna seekho
Har ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein
Har ek pal ek naya samaa dekhiye
Jo apni aankhon mein hayraniyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum"

Film/Album: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Singer(s): Farhan Akhtar
Music Director: Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar

source: http://just4lovers.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/zindagi-na-milegi-dobara-lyrics/ 

the typical caste-based reservation

The following table reflects the typical caste-based reservation profile:
SC and SC Converts to Buddhism === 13.0%
STs === 7.0%
Vimukta Jati === 3.0%
Nomadic Tribes (NTI) === 2.5%
...Nomadic Tribes (NT2) === 3.5%
Nomadic Tribes (NT3) === 2.0%
OBC === 19.0%
Total === 50.0%

10 Myths About Your Brain

                     It's true that a lot is not yet known about the most fascinating organ in our body, the brain. However, recent scientific studies have proved one thing... that a lot we knew about our brains is just a myth.

Just imagine, we thought earlier that 'we use only 10 percent of our brains'. Nope, we use most parts of it for different everyday activities. According to the Smithsonian.com, 'Brains are expensive—it takes a lot of energy to build brains during fetal and childhood development and maintain them in adults. 

                      Evolutionarily, it would make no sense to carry around surplus brain tissue. Experiments using PET or fMRI scans show that much of the brain is engaged even during simple tasks, and injury to even a small bit of brain can have profound consequences for language, sensory perception, movement or emotion.

 

Here are some more myths about your brain:

                          1. "Flashbulb memories" are precise, detailed and persistent.

                          2. It's all downhill after 40 (or 50 or 60 or 70).

                          3. We have five senses.

                          4. Brains are like computers.

source: http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/wellness/10-myths-about-your-brain-blog-31-k-patra.html

Social Networking

                Social Networking can be really challenging. We aren’t super tech savvy and when we were finally able to get on Linked In, Ed wasn’t sure what to do next. He thought he was only inviting just a few new colleagues and work contacts but what he actually did was inadvertently invite EVERYONE we had ever sent an email to, including Deb’s 88-year-old mother.

                We only knew this had happened when we started to receive hundreds of ‘accepts’ from everyone you can dream of, including three people Ed used to know but, due to difficult circumstances, he no longer had anything to do with. In Buddhist terms these people are simply known as the enemy – anyone you had a hard time with or who is having a difficult time with you.

Our friend Kiri roared with laughter when we told her. She said it also happen to her and happens more often than we may realize. “What many of us fail to realize is that with a simple click of the mouse our worlds open up far and wide and, along with long lost friends, people we have consciously chosen to close out of our lives come tumbling back in. Suddenly we are faced with having to reject them again or to open up and accept their online offerings of friendship.”

              

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-social-networking-taught-us-a-new-type-of-forgiveness.html#ixzz1GCiKkbyu