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| February 8, 2010
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Top 10 Blackberry Apps to Help You Search Better

Weather you are looking for a movie ticket, a restaurant to lunch or an answer on Wikipedia, mobile apps come in handy to do some quick search and provide the information that you are looking for. Some of the apps lets you search Google or Yahoo and some of them let you look for a favorite lunch spot. Here are 10 Blackberry Apps that make your search easy and help you search better.

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1. Wikipedia for BlackBerry

Wikipedia is the place where all go for when we look for answers. This simple app for BlackBerry is an effective doorway to Wikipedia.com. The replicated search interface will help you feel right at home by quickly grabbing and displaying your search results in your phone’s default browser. You can download the software from here.

2. Google Mobile App for BlackBerry

Google Mobile App is primarily a search app that also serves as a portal to other Google Web apps. It has a search bar, with a string of icons lined up along the top. You an clik these icons to download or launch native Google apps like Gmail and maps, or to jump to mobile Web sites. You can download the software here.

3. Vlingo for BlackBerry

This voice-transcription application does more than search the Web or place a call in response to your spoken command. Vlingo lets you to search Google or Yahoo and update your Facebook and Twitter status. Using the voice-transcription, you can also launch applications, write notes and verbally compose a text or e-mail message. You can download the software here.

4. Yelp for BlackBerry

Yelp for BlackBerry is a first attempt to get Yelp.com’s core review-reading features on BlackBerry phones. It lets you browse or search for listings, or access your recent searches. It helps to find a lunch spot, map it using Bing (movable) maps, and scan reviews for recommended entrees. Also, you’ll be able to view photos, launch the Web site, and call the number. You can download the software here.

5. Boopsie for Blackberry

Through way of different “channels”, Boopsie lets you intelligently search for content or articles on sites like IMDB, Wikipedia, Amazon and more. Using the application, you can pull up your favorite channel and then search for content on it and live results will appear on your screen for the content you selected. You can download Boopsie from your Blackberry’s browser by going here.

6. Blackberry Appworld

If you want to keep track of the apps that are out there for your Blackberry, then this Appworld is a must. Appworld allows you to browse through a wide variety of many other Blackberry apps and download and install them on the spot from the application. Many different developers contribute their applications to the library that’s available for download.You can download Appworld from your Blackberry’s browser here

7. Movies by Flixster - for Blackberry

It was a top movie app for Facebook and now its for BlackBerry also. It gets details for the top box office movies, lets you browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies and watch high quality trailers. You can also read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and view theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and show times for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada. You can download the software here.

8. XENOZU YouTube player for Blackberry

With XENOZU YouTube player for BlackBerry, you can stay in touch with your favorite videos while on the go. The videos are categorized by Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated, plus you can search for the videos of your choice. You can also bookmark a video, view the history of the videos you have watched and get additional video details. You an download the software here.

9. ebay for Blackberry

Stay on top of your eBay activities with the help of eBay for BlackBerry. It is designed to let you keep track of auctions without being tied to your computer. You an search, watch, bid and buy from virtually anywhere. Some of its key features include real-time home screen notifications of bids, calendar reminders and email notifications for auction end dates and it is compatible with PayPal. You can download the software here.

10. Poynt for Blackberry

Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theatres, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint you and quickly deliver the information you need whenever and wherever you need it. It lets you find phone numbers and connect with one click, browse websites and map directions, plan a night out i.e  book movie tickets and dinner reservations, add it to your calendar and invite your friends. Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and now in France, Italy and Spain. Download the software from here.

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| February 7, 2010
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Top 100 Hi-Tech Startup Companies in Europe – A Report

A joint effort by TechCrunch and YouNoodle has a list of Top 100 Technology Startups in Europe. Some of the entries are total surprises and others are expected. The report is based on the multiple factors like Buss, traffic etc and ratings have been given as per YouNoodle Scores. The list mostly contains Mobile or Web related tech Startups in EMEA region. The list even contains few companies from Middle east.

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Why the Top 100 European tech Startups was created?

 

TechCrunch is one of the top Tech Blog that covers Startups around the world and A Europe focused Startup list will throw lights on these potential companies that are capable of changing the way web or mobile works.

 

How was the list created?

 

TechCrunch along with YouNoodle created the list based on YouNoodle Scores.

 

How YouNoodle Assigns a Score to Each Company that are listed?

 

YouNoodle’s scores and rankings are based on a sophisticated algorithm using information pulled in from thousands of online sources: traffic, mainstream media, funding information sources, the blogosphere, and other key factors.

TechCrunch/YouNoodle have tried their best to avoid any OverValuation for any startups and believe that the scores are pretty much inline to the achievements for individual companies. However, they plan to revisit scores one a regular basis.

 

Some Examples of Hot Companies

 

  • Spotify – A World Music, Gives you access to wealth of music.

  • SoundCloud - SoundCloud lets you move music fast & easy. The platform takes the daily hassle out of receiving, sending & distributing music for artists, record labels & other music professionals.

  • PlasticLogic - Evolution of plastic electronics.

  • Voddler - Watch movies and TV shows the way you want, anytime.

  • eRepublik – Online strategy game.

  • Iminent – Enhance you IM experience with icons, animated emoticons etc.

  • KupiVIP - KupiVIP.ru is an online shopping club in Russia, operated by Privat Trade Ltd. The site organises designer brand online sales in fashion and fashion accessories with discounts of up to 70% off boutique prices

  • Bambuser - Broadcast live video from your mobile phone or webcam.

  • Playfire – A Gamers Social Network.

  • Jimdo - Create a free website with Jimdo.

 

Check out the complete list of Top 100 European tech Companies here.

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| February 5, 2010
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Which are the Different Mobile Operating Systems in the Market? A Quick View for beginners

A Mobile operating system or Mobile OS is the operating system that controls a mobile device. The increasing importance of mobile devices have triggered a stiff competition among technology giants like Microsoft, Apple and Nokia. There are other players like Symbian, Palm and Research In Motion that are playing well in the smart phone market.

The figure below provides a quick view of the market share of Smart phone operating systems as of Q2/2009 that is owned by different Mobile OS in terms of sales.

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Market Data by Canalys.

Here the top 10 operating systems that are used in Smart Phones.

1. Symbian OS

Symbian is the world’s most popular mobile operating system, accounting for over 50% of smartphone sales in the world. Symbian Software Limited was acquired by Nokia in 2008 to form a new independent non-profit organization called the Symbian Foundation with the objective of creating the Symbian platform as a royalty-free, open source software Mobile OS.

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The Symbian Foundation completed the open source release of the source code on 4-Feb-2010, for the world’s most widely-used smartphone platform. The Symbian platform, which has been developed over more than 10 years and has shipped in more than 330 million devices around the world, is now completely open and the source code is available for free. Releasing the entire Symbian platform under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) will encourage new contributors and accelerate the pace of innovation.

2. RIM BlackBerry operating

RIM BlackBerry operating system is the second popular operating system designed for business. It has a market share of around 20.9% and is mainly focused on easy operation for business purpose.

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3. iPhone OS

Derived from Mac OS, the iPhone OS installed on iPhone have trendy followers who are swept by the excellent quality of UI and the apps available. In has a market share of 13.7% in the smart phone sales.

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4. Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile from Microsoft, stands fourth with a market share of 9%. It has a low barrier for third-party developers to enter and write new applications for the platform. It has been criticized for having a user interface which is not optimized for touch input by fingers, instead, it is more usable with a stylus. However, in the next major release of Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft intends to make a dramatic come-back in the industry and become a much more aggressive force in the mobile space than it has been before in the past.

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5. Android

Andriod from Google Inc has a 2.8% Market Share of sales in smart phone. It is an Open Source, Linux-derived platform backed by Google, along with major hardware and software developers like Intel, HTC, ARM etc. Though is very new, it already has a cult following among programmers who are eager to develop apps for its flexible, Open Source, back end. Android promises to give developers access to every aspect of the phone’s operation, something that every programmer wants to explore.

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6. Linux operating system

Linux is strongest in China where it is used by Motorola, and in Japan, used by DoCoMo. Linux operating system is used as a basis for a number of different platforms developed by several vendors like Android, LiMo, Maemo, Openmoko and Qt Extended.

7. Palm webOS

Palm webOS from Palm Inc. is Palm’s next generation operating system.

8. Bada

Bada is an operating system from Samsung Electronics that is still under development. The hands are expected to available in second half of 2010.

9. Maemo

Maemo is a software platform developed by Nokia. It is mainly targeted for smartphones and Internet Tablets. It is based on the Debian operating system and is mostly based on open source code. The OS has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian and GNOME.

10. Limo

LiMo is developed by LiMo Foundation. It uses the Linux as its operating system and has a modular architecture. It providers SDK using which application developers can write browser apps for WebKit.

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| February 4, 2010
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10 Amazing Cars From The Classic 80 Movies

One can say that the 80s had the fastest car of all times. The cars were on movies, on TV, on video games and now they remain in our dreams. At the back of our mind we really dream we drive such cars from our favorite movies. These are the representation of future engineering. One day, who knows, we may be driving some of these cars. Here in this post we some amazing cars of classic 80 movies

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1. Mad Max - Interceptor

Max’s yellow Interceptor was a 1974 Ford Falcon XB sedan (previously, a Melbourne police car) with a 351ci Cleveland V8 engine and many other modifications.

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2. Back to the Future - DeLorean

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was originally manufactured in Northern Ireland by the DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981-1982. It is most commonly known simply as the DeLorean, as it was the only model ever produced by the company. A modified version of the car became iconic for its appearance as a time machine in the Back to the Future film franchise.

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3. Ghostbusters - Ambulance

The Ectomobile, or Ecto–1 is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor limo-style endloader combination car, a ambulance conversion used in the 1984 film Ghostbusters and other Ghostbusters fiction.

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4. Aliens - APC

Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. The APC - Armored Personnel Carrier was built upon the chassis of an aircraft tug tractor.

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5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Ferrari 250

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. In the film, Ferris convinces his friend Cameron to borrow his father’s rare 1961 Ferrari GT California. The tight shots actually had the real car, the 1961 Ferrari GT California.

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6. Tim Burton Batmobile

The Batmobile is the automobile of DC Comics superhero Batman. The car has evolved along with the character from comic books to television and films. Kept in the Batcave, which it accesses through a hidden entrance, the Batmobile is a gadget-laden vehicle used by Batman in his crime-fighting activities. The Batmobile built for and used in the 1966–1968 live action television show Batman and its film adaptation was a customized vehicle that originated as a one-off Ford concept car of the 1950s.

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7. Knight Rider’s KITT

KITT is the short name of fictional character from the adventure TV series Knight Rider. Kitt is an artificially intelligent electronic computer module installed in a highly advanced, very mobile, robotic automobile. Its a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with numerous special features such as Turbo Boost (which allowed quick bursts of speed or jumping over obstacles), the ability to drive ‘himself’, a front mounted scanner bar that (among other things) allowed KITT to ‘see’, and many other features

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8. Repo Man – Chevrolet Malibu

Repo Man is a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox. The movie features a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu containing something mysterious and dangerously powerful in its trunk.

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9. Cannonball Run - Lamborghini Countach

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 film comedy directed by Hal Needham. The 1980 Lamborghini Countach was made famous in Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II. It also appeared in the final Cannonball film, Speed Zone, Miami Vice, and in the cartoon .

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10. Risky Business - Porsche 928

Risky Business is a 1983 teen comedy-drama film written by Paul Brickman in his directorial debut. The Porsche 928 is a grand automobile sold by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978-1995, designed as a more luxurious yet still high performance alternative to the 911 sports car. In 1983 the 928S with a 4.7 litre 16 valve M28/19 engine and 5-speed manual transmission was the fastest car sold in North America, at 146 mph. Its appearance in the film Risky Business attempted to capitalize on this fact

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| February 1, 2010
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Top Photo Sharing Service Where Every Aspiring Photographers Must Share Their Photos

If you are into photography, one of the best ways to learn is by getting feedback from other fellow photographers. While some of them turn into criticisms, these are quite constructive if taken in the right spirit to improve your photography skills. The more photos you share in various photo sharing sites, more eye balls get to see your photos resulting in some constructive valuable comments.

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Here in this post we list some top photo sharing web sites where aspiring and professional photographer communities are active in viewing, commenting and rating photos.

1. Photo.net

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Photo.net is an online community with hundreds of thousands of active members and many more casual viewers visiting daily. It was started in 1993 and is determined to be the best peer-to-peer educational system for people who wish to become better photographers. The audience consists of photography enthusiasts ranging from newcomers to experienced, successful professionals. With the growth in digital photography, it has had a substantial increase in novices visiting the site to use it as a learning resource as there are loads of useful articles ranging from how to build a digital SLR system to how to enhance your photos. Take a look at the awesome photos at photo.net

2. Fotonomy

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Fotonomy is a photo sharing site for photographers of all levels. It provides a place for you to share, store and organise your photos online. Fotonomy features a clean, simple and stylish interface making it a joy to share and view photos. It stores your photos in five different sizes, allowing you to view and share photos in a format that suits you the best. It provides loads of features like allowing upload of unlimited photos, tag and geo-tag for your photos, lets you create unlimited albums, send and receive private messages from friends, RSS feeds to your photo etc. Fotonomy is free, so sign up now and at Fotonomy.com start sharing your photos in minutes!

3. PhotoChart.com

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PhotoChart.com is an international community of photographers worldwide. PhotoChart.com is a website that makes it easy to share your digital photos with your own easy to use online photo gallery. It provides FREE storage space for your photos along with a simple, attractive web-based interface that makes it easy to upload (you don’t have to resize the bigger images, the system will do it for you), manage, view, and share your photos. No knowledge of HTML or any other computer language is required to use PhotoChart.com. It lets you to grow an awareness of your talent as a photographer. It also connects with people who can use your photography for various purposes. You can register for free on the PhotoChart.com site and start your own photo album.

4. DeviantART

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deviantART is one of the post popular online community with wide-reaching appeal showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. Photography is one of the many categories available like digital art, film animation, game development art etc. The site consists of over 11 million members, over 100 million submissions, and receives around 100,000 submissions per day. DeviantArt provides a place for any artist to exhibit and discuss their works and it a great place to share your photography and get some valuable criticism. Take a look at the gallery here.

5. Flickr

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Flickr, which is now owned by Yahoo! Since March 2005, is certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Though it is mainly used to share photos with family and friends, it is becoming one of the most popular online communities where most aspiring and professional photographers share their work. It’s a place where many photographers around the world visit and share their feedback on the photos. If you want to get some constructive criticism on your photo work, flickr is a great place to share your work. Check out the amazing collection of photos here.

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