Sony Plans to Launch 3D TVs in Japan in June 2010
TOKYO: Sony said Tuesday it would start selling 3D televisions in Japan in June, aiming to ride a new wave of interest in the technology thanks to recent movies such as sci-fi blockbuster “Avatar”, reported AFP.
The Japanese giant said its first 3D liquid crystal display TV models would hit the Japanese market on June 10, with a price tag of about 350,000 yen (3,535 dollars) for a 46-inch version.
Viewers will wear electronic glasses that open and close rapidly in time with images designed for the right and left eye, creating a three-dimensional effect.
Sony said its overall television business would shift into high gear in the fiscal year to March 2011, targeting sales of more than 25 million liquid crystal display TVs — up two thirds from its forecast for this year. It aims for 10 [...]
YouTube Enhances Automatic Caption Capability
WASHINGTON: YouTube, in a significant development for deaf Web users, extended automatic caption capability to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website on Thursday.
YouTube users have been able to manually add captions to videos since 2008 and in November of last year the site began offering machine-generated captions for about a dozen partner channels, reports AFP.
Hiroto Tokusei, a YouTube product manager, said in a blog post on Thursday that the automatic caption, or auto-caption, feature was now being expanded to all videos on the site in English.
Auto-captioning uses speech-to-text technology to generate subtitles.
“Making video easily accessible is something we’re working hard to address at YouTube,” said Tokusei, citing studies that predict that over 700 million people worldwide will suffer from hearing impairment by 2015.
While the auto-caption feature currently only works for videos where English is spoken, Tokusei said [...]
19 Interesting Internet Facts – 2009
Couple of days ago, I covered 18 interesting firsts of the Internet. Today, I am going to share 19 most interesting and amazing facts about Internet (as of year 2009). So, without wasting time, let’s start;
1. Out of 100 pictures on Internet, 80 are of naked women. That’s means 80% pictures on Internet are of naked women.
2. 17 billion devices will be connected to the Internet (in total) by the year 2012.
3. More than 3.7 million domain names are registered every month in 2009 (according to Domain Name Industry Brief).
4. Which came first? Email or Website? Yes, that’s email which predates websites. Find here.
5. The ration between ‘normal’ and porn pages is 1:5. That means, there are 5 porn pages for every ‘normal’ page.
6. Out of 8 Married couples in US, one met online (2009 report).
7. The first banner advertisement on Internet was used in 1994.
8. The total number [...]
UExaminer – Prepare Exam & Win 1000 Free SMS
Ufone has been coming up with latest innovations recently. They came up with another new exciting service called “UExaminer”. Ufone took the privilege to launch this service for the very first time in Pakistan.
Students from Grade 9 to Year 2 or O/A level students are focused to help them in preparation of exams. This service enables students to check out MCQs/Quizzes/ Fill in the blanks from text books as well as board papers from previous 5 years. UExaminer also allows students to get date sheets of all boards.
UExaminer focuses on the latest examination method which contains 30% short questions. Students can get preparation quizzes regularly on a specific topic or chapter as well.
How It works?
Students are required to send SMS containing text “EXAM” for online MCQ Examination or “DATESHEET” for date sheet to 1100.
Students send SMS and they are asked for Grades
Next SMS asks for Subjects
Following SMS asks for [...]
Add Seasonal Signatures to Your Hotmail Emails
Email signatures mean a lot to some people and they keep on try to make their signature look better. People using Yahoo and Hotmail can customize their signatures easily with the help of Signature options.
I’m posting a way to add seasonal signatures to Hotmail as they offer HTML based signature which enables users to place links or images in signatures. Hotmail keeps on offering various signature packs for users to easily add to their signatures.
Hotmail has recently come up with a seasonal signature pack. These signatures could be used in accordance to the season like winter, summer, fall & spring.
Details on how to place these signatures are:
Right Click and Copy the image you want to use
Choose “Account Options” within your Hotmail email
Select “Customize your Mail” and choose “Personal Email signature”
Paste the image within your signature
Click on “Save signature” and you are all set with your new signature.
Here is the [...]
Asif Hussain Shah Taxi Driver, An Inspiration
Internet has changed the life of almost everyone over the recent years and it continues to amaze me on how people could use it to their benefits.
A Taxi driver from Rawalpindi is promoting Google for his own good. He has painted Google Logo on his cab along with the terms “Search for Taxi Driver Asif Hussain Shah on Google” which looks like he is just goofing around. But the thing is when you search for his name on Google, the first few results come up with a YouTube video of his as well as posts about him.
This Cab driver is actually running a marketing campaign for his book “For Hire” which might the first ever book written by a taxi driver. He is just avoiding any extra expenses for the promotion and is getting quite impressive results.
Asif Hussain Shah really inspired me with his efforts and works and clearly [...]
Zong Achi SIM Offer – 300 Free On-Net Minutes
ZONG is being advertising Achi SIM offer for couple of days now but are yet to update their website with any informatoin regarding the offer. Today, ZONG replied on Facebook Fan Page and provided information about Achi SIM offer. With this offer subscribers can enjoy free minutes of worth Rs. 450/- or 300 on-net minutes for 12 months/1 year.
These free minutes will be divided into 12 months and users will get 25 free on-net (ZONG to ZONG) minutes every month along with free value added services i.e. 1 ringtone, 1 dial tune, 1 wallpaper.
18 Interesting Firsts on the Internet
There are more than 18.5 million Internet users in Pakistan among them 1.7 million are broadband users (as of June 2009). Internet has become a necessity of our lives especially for student and working class. But most of the Internet users do not know the history of Internet or many Internet services they use daily.
The purpose of this article is to increase your knowledge about what were the first different things happened in Internet World. Below are the 18 “firsts” of the Internet. This is quite an interesting study.
1. The First Email
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent first email and also made use of @ symbol in email addresses. Same systems were available even before (early 60s) but they were only used it to exchange messages on mainframe computer. The current shape of email emerged in 1970s. It is to be noted that Internet didn’t even exist at that time [...]
PayPal Resumed Bank Withdrawals to India on March 3
PayPal made an announcement regarding bank withdrawals to Indian PayPal account holders on February 27, 2010. Withdrawals were scheduled to resume on March 3rd, 2010, which has already taken place. We have also covered the article on Bank Withdrawal Instructions for Indian PayPal accounts.
Earlier yesterday, PayPal officially announced that Bank withdrawals have been enabled for Indian PayPal users. They will however need to fill in an additional field known as “Purpose Code”. This is a requirement by Indian Government in order to know the nature of transactions. Vendors/Sellers will need to fill in the most appropriate purpose code against their business/services to withdraw funds to local bank accounts.
Details on purpose Codes can be found on PayPal’s Website.
That is good news for Indian users as they can withdraw to their bank accounts after little inconvenience.
Feline Frenzy – Yet another Facebook Game By Pakistani Developers
“White Rabbit” an Islamabad based start-up recently launched a Facebook Game called Feline Frenzy: Robot Wars. This is the second Facebook game developed by Pakistanis which is impressive and shows we too are planning to move along the world.
Game is to shoot Birds flying and dropping cats with the help of cannon (I’d call it cannon). This thrower or cannon (Whatever you want to call it) throws boots at birds.
Objective of the game is to prevent any cats from reaching the ground. Player must hit the balloon holding the cat in order to kill it or else they will land on the ground. If 4 cats manage to land, the game is over.
Arrow keys are used to move the cannon to the different sides of the screen (Top, left & right) and space/left mouse click is used to fire (Throw boots ). As levels pass, bird’s spree increases resulting in [...]
MyBank & Bank Islami in Loss, Standard Chartered Bank Showed Profit
MyBank Ltd sustained a hefty loss of Rs 1.639 billion after tax in the previous year 2009. MyBank also announced that the loss amount increased to Rs 2.156 billion before taxes. Per share loss was recorded at Rs. 3.09 during the previous year ending December 31, 2009.
Bank Islami Pakistan also bore a loss of Rs. 478.939 million after taxes for the said year 2009. 562.909 million loss before taxes was reported by Bank Islami Pakistan according to KSE (Karachi Stock Exchange). Per share loss stirred up to Rs. 0.91 in the previous year.
Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Ltd. on the other hand showed a profit of Rs. 796.216 million after taxes for the year 2009. Bank’s profit before taxes surged to Rs. 1.398 billion with a Rs. 0.19 increase per share for the year ending December 31, 2009.
Ufone New Handset Offer for Rs. 1199/-
Ufone once again introduces a new handset with built-in torch for its subscribers for Just Rs. 1199/- Ufone launched it’s handset couple of times in past but due to unlocking of these handsets, Ufone discontinued the offer but the new handsets are locked and can only be used with Ufone SIM (as of now). There is nothing new in this new phone other than they have protected it from unlocking. Also they claim to extend the battery timing.
Ufone Handset Main Features:
Torch
1.4” FSTN Display
Speaker Phone
16 Polyphonic Ring tones
Ultra Slim Design
Extended Battery Time
Weight: 58 Gms
Note:
This handset can only be used for Ufone SIMs.
You can purchase it from any Ufone Sales and Service Center.
