Techi Talk By Kanaka and Bhanu Aired on 2013 January 31st

Discussed topics this week.

RIM renames to Blackberry releases BB10 software

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• Two new phones Z10 ( touchscreen) and Q10 (Qwerty) released for next months.The Operating System is Mix of iOS,Android and webOS
  
• No Home button, just a swipe button from bottom up
  
• The LED comes on to let you know that there is a new message, and you can quickly peek to see who it’s from without exiting the video
  
• Blackberry Hub is for all of our activity, engagement in one single place.
  
• Type multiple languages without having to change in settings
  
• Jump back and forth between work apps and personal apps with no leakage of data between the two.
  
• Z10 has a 4.2-inch display, 356PPI dot pitch, 1,280 x 756 resolution.
  
• Z10 has Dual-core CPU clocked to 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM.
  
• 16GB of internal storage, a rear-facing 8 megapixel camera capable of taking 1080p video, and a front-facing 2 megapixel camera which can do 720p video capture
  

Killer Feature

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• Photo editing, take a picture, tag faces, dial back and forth each face in time lapse to get the perfect face.
  

Useful feature

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• Sharing the screen, Video call, then tap to share the screen
  

Google Offers Exchange sync till July 31 2013 for Windows Phone

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• Gives microsoft time to build a new sync solution on CardDAV and Cal DAV
  
• Take a breath If you are using Gmail on Windows phone
  

Honda Offers siri on its Accord, RDX and IL models

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• The 2013 Honda Accord will offer Siri Eyes Free integration as a dealer upgrade option
  
• Eyes Free mode via Bluetooth integrates with car controls
  

Dubai view

http://dubaimap.hipa.ae/index.html

How Google Deals with Data

David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer clarified FAQs on the company blog

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/googles-approach-to-government-requests.html

HP ChromeBook

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/28/3924524/hp-first-chromebook-revealed-in-leaked-spec-sheet

Microsoft Surface Pro Harddrive Issue

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• There is barely any harddrive storage left for user on the 64 Gig and 128 Gig
  
• Microsoft uses almost 40 Gig leaving with 23 Gig for the consumer on the 64 Gig model.
  
• Storage can be extended with USB and Micro SD card slot
  
• http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/29/3929110/surface-pro-disk-space-windows-8
  

Using Drones for protecting animals

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• In the past we talked about future wars with drones now they can be used to protect animals that are becoming extinct
  
• Endangered black and white rhinos, elephants, leopards, lions and chimpanzees in 90,000 Acre Kenya’s Ol Peteja Conservancy are protected using drones
  
• Covers an area of 50 square miles in 90 minutes, support 190 ground staff with information on poaching
  
• http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/30/world/africa/drone-poaching-ol-pejeta/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
  

Special Topic: The Megapixel myth

http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/333/do-more-megapixels-mean-better-photo-quality/#

What are Megapixels?

So what are megapixels, and how do they relate to image quality? To put it simply, a single megapixel amounts to exactly one million pixels in an image. If you know the width and height in pixels of an image created by your camera, it’s easy to calculate how many megapixels your camera gets. In the case of my Digital Mavica, I simply multiply 640 by 480 to get 307,200 pixels total. So I guess I was wrong. My first digital camera got 0.3 megapixels.

How Many Megapixels do I need?

How many megapixels you need depends on the how you are going to use your images. Here are some common uses:

Viewing On Megapixels Needed

6×4 prints 2 megapixels

10×8 inch prints 5 megapixels

14×11 inch prints or larger 7 megapixels

Computer Monitor / Online 1-3 megapixels

If you only enjoy your photos on your computer screen, or uploading to a photo website to share with friends, you really only need a 1 megapixel camera. That is because your computer monitor is usually about 1000×1000 pixels = 1 megapixel! I’d err on the safe side and use a 3 megapixel camera or higher to enable cropping though, as I discuss below.

http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/mythdpi.html

“What is a Digital Photo” there are four main factors that determine image quality:

1) The size (in pixels) of the digital image.

2) The quality of the recording device (camera’s optics and sensor, scanner’s sensor).

3) The digital format it is stored in (lossless vs lossy compression).

4) The technical proficiency and the “eye” of the photographer.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/21pogues-posts-2/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08pogue.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1358956983-2FHVxrU6ko1TVubN2H3FXA

OBAMA Inauguration Gigapixel photo

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/politics/20130121-inauguration/obama-inauguration-zoomer-2013.html

Mobile App Section

iOS

Kids Apps

Notes Taking

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/31/evernote-intros-penultimate-4-for-ipad-explores-synced-handwriting/

Android

Speak2 Call

Choose Indian english accent as your language

Speak normally and it will pick up the address book entry

I got 90% accuracy

Automobile

Detroit Auto Show

Volkswagen’s CrossBlue

3.0-liter six-cylinder turbodiesel

Combined output is 306 horsepower, with 0-60 acceleration in 7.0 seconds

Six-speed DSG dual-clutch transmission

35 mpg in hybrid mode and 89 MPG

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