Wordpress App for iPhone

So I installed this wordpress app and this my first post using/testing it.it is also supposed to support offline mode which is great for ipod Touch users like me! I am looking forward to using this to blog during my commute to and from work. Right now I am hoping it ...

DaaS: New choices for Small firms and startups

We have lately been seeing a few interesting developments in the area of Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Though the concept has been around for a while, what has really brought focus to this area is Amazon's offering of cloud computing, Hardware-as-a-service and SimpleDB, which is essentially Database-as-a-Service (DaaS), as discussed here. Recently, LongJump.com, ...

Intro to Semantic Web

Found a good video on Semantic Web that was worth sharing.

Mac’s increasing popularity - can this be bad for Apple?

Amazon said that MacBook was the highest selling computer this holiday season. In fact 3 Mac models have made it to the top 10 list this time. This must be a great news for Apple and for the first time today Apple's stocks crossed $200. However, as Macs get more and ...

Now you can “Facebook Your Friend” and be grammatically correct!

We recently heard about "w00t" being chosen the word of the year by Merriam-Webster. Now "Facebook" has been added to the Collins English Dictionary. This has been added both as a noun meaning "a popular social networking web site" and a verb that means to search someone's profile. In fact the ...

GPS guided navigation : Now this is something new!

I often don't look at the screen of my GPS since voice instructions are more than enough (I made sure the GPS tells the street names before buying it). In fact looking at that small screen while driving can't be comfortable to anyone in my opinion. But what if you ...

Amazon’s SimpleDB: Web 2.0 View of Data

As all of us know, an application comprises broadly of 3 tiers, the presentation, the business tier and the database. The Web 2.0 phenomenon has had a huge impact on the way applications are designed and developed. The most obvious changes are on the presentation layer because that's what's ...

Google’s attempt at breaking knowledge into units - Knol

Google yesterday has made public it's intention about 'knol' - a word that apparently stands for a 'unit of knowledge' (though not sure in which language). It let's people author articles on any subject and let's them add the content to internet. Once you author an article (hopefully on a ...

New to Blogging? Part II : Tips on Good User Interface design

In the first part of the series (Choose right tools for your blogging needs), we discussed a few factors that can help you decide which blogging tool is right for you. In this post I am going to share my experiences and views on building a good user interface. All of ...

LinkedIn’s Developer API: OpenSocial on not-so-open platform

LinkedIn announced what they call "LinkedIn Intelligent Application Platform" earlier today. The platform will offer 2 ways to integrate with LinkedIn: first by using their APIs to build widgets than can augment the functionality of an existing site and secondly by building the application that gets hosted on LinkedIn website ...