Thursday, December 31, 2009

Technology Predictions for 2010


Among the technology trends predicted for the year 2010 is the advent of mainstream broadband-enabled television, with the BBC and other U.K. players participating in Project Canvas. The initiative involves the installation of a set-top box with an Internet link, establishing a means to access Web sites and their content via the TV.

Although the popularity of Twitter signals that real-time social networks have become well-entrenched, the challenge remains in gathering their short-form contents together in a genuinely practical format. Twitter is saturated with people's opinions, which makes it nearly impossible to present them in a manner in which their relative merits are apparent.

Augmented reality also is poised to progress in 2010, having already been a hit with early tech-savvy adopters in such applications as compasses and global positioning systems in cell phones.

Location-based games are expected to proliferate while navigation displays will shift from bird's-eye-view map-based schematics to arrows on the road.

Meanwhile, three-dimensional (3D) TV is on the way, with both Panasonic and Sky verifying that they will release 3D TVs and Sky's announced rollout of a dedicated 3D channel. The unknown factor is whether consumers will be willing to adopt the technology, and the initial cost of the 3D TVs is expected to be high. Another challenge the technology will need to overcome is consumers' resistance to wearing special glasses while watching TV, at least until next-generation TVs with screens that automatically perform 3D rendering appear.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6874009/Technology-predictions-for-2010.html?utm_source=telegraph&utm_medium=TD_Technology&utm_campaign=Technology2412


~ Sunish

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

5 Google Labs Projects That Should Be on Your Radar

Google Labs is developing five projects that could become mainstream in 2010.

News Timeline organizes information on a certain topic chronologically, enabling the user to view it in a timeline. Searches also can be organized based on the news sources from which Google gathers information, such as newspapers, magazines, and blogs. 

Email Addict is designed for users who cannot look away from their inbox status. The program blocks access to the Gmail screen for 15 minutes and makes the user invisible on Gchat. 

Google Goggles is an Android photo-based search tool. After taking a photograph, Google Goggles scans the image, analyzes, and identifies it. The application works best with pictures of books, DVDs, landmarks, logos, business cards, artwork, and bar codes. The program provides information based on the image, such as details about a landmark or price comparisons of a book. Bar code matches will provide a link to Google Product Search. 

Undo Send is an application that gives the user a few extra seconds to stop the delivery of an email. 

Social Search will pull relevant Web sites, blogs, tweets, and public profiles created by anyone in the user's social circle and display that information under the normal search results.
~ Sunish

Long time, no posts...

It has been a long time since I posted something to this blog.

I relocated along with my family to Kozhikode (Calicut) recently. Enjoying exploring a new city during the weekends.

I will try and blog more regularly...

~ Sunish