Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Trip to Mars : How Far is the Mars from Earth ?

Mars-One has Recently Announced their Round 2 of Astronaut Selection to its One-Way Trip to Mars. Out of that list 292 are from US , 75 from Canada and 62 Candidates shortlisted from India .


So, Did you ever taught how far is Mars from Earth ? How long does it take ? Well, here is the Outline of how far is the Mars. 





If you Travel at 7000 pixels a second (around 3 times the speed of  light ) 

At the current state of space Technology It will take atleast 150 days to get to Mars.

As per Mars-one , the current timeline for a manned mission to Mars is in 2024.

And its going to be 428,000 pixels away from Planet Earth, Also its half  wide of Earth , which is 53 pixels. 



Lets Wish Good luck to our Mars-One Team.

Source : distancetomars , Mars-one

Monday, January 6, 2014

Need an Enough Noise for Work ?

Is the Noise Always bad for a Creative Taught's & Work productivity ? Well, the Survey says other wise. Read here for more details.

University of Chicago has conducted a Survey and found that Working in a limited Noisy Environment's ( like Coffee Shops ) improves the Work productivity than a Silent Environment. 

Are you a person who works from Home , OR Are you a person who has a closed cabin and where Silence dominates your Creativity ?



  • Research Shows It's Pretty Hard to be Creative in a Quiet Space .  

  • At Same time Loud Workspace can be Frustrating and can't put your focus.

  • But the Mix of Calm and commotion in a environment like a coffee house is proven to be the best environment for your Creative Thinking..!!



So, Now you know that Coffee shop environment is great for Creative juices to be flown , Lets get the Coffee shop to your work station by simply visiting Coffitivity. 

Coffitivity has Customized apps for your Android, iPhone, Mac Book where you can create your own Coffee Shop work environment. 


Give it a Try with Coffitivity and Go Creative .. !! 

How to Protect Your Online Personal Information

In recent Internet Smart technology days every one's personal information is being stored in the online in a form of a different Social Networking site. At same time Social networking sites has hundreds of Applications/Plugins/Games which we give permission to access our personal information knowingly OR Unknowingly.




Do you know how many Apps access your personal information ?

       Well, there is a way My Permissions Cleaner . MyPermissions cleaner can scan your Social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter .. etc and shows you the list of Apps has access to your personal info, It Also protects your Privacy with Real-Time Alerts to your email when ever any App got access to your Personal Information.  Once you add all your Social Networks to My Permissions Clearner App, then you can manager your Privacy with one click.



iPhone App
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Search the Web without leaving your doc in Google Drive

Are you a Research Scholar, Student or a writer who uses Google Drive often and ofcourse we need Google search some information and capture some images and/or some snippets from Other websites. 

Here is the Great way to search Internet with out leaving your Document in Google Drive. 


  • In Middle of your writing just click on Tools --> Research to open a Search Dialogue with in your Document . 

                          

  • Once the Dialogue opened start typing what you wanted to search and it gives you all the Information about your search including Location, Related Links and Images.

                                                       
  • With Research Feature You can also select to see which Images you can use it for free on your Document for personal Use or Even Commercial Use. 

  • And its not limited to just searching, you can also do Preview of each search result , you can insert your search result directly into your working Document as well as you can even do Citation. 

Happy Research........... !! 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Auto Awesome, Holiday Special by Google+

Google+ has added two very cool AutoAwesome features for its user exclusively for Holidays.


1) Twinkle: upload a new photo of something that sparkles (like a Christmas tree or a chandelier), and we'll gift you a version with lights that actually twinkle.


2) Snow: upload a new photo with snow to Google+, and we'll gift you a version with snow that’s actually falling.


So, Why waiting .. start uploading your cool pictures to Google+ to get the Twinkle or Real Snow fall on your photos. 


Here is some of the sample photos, You can also checkout the #AutoAwesome to see what other Google+ users have created. 


Twinkle Example:



Snow example:




Tuesday, November 19, 2013

What is this crap about Twitter #hashtag ?

In the Social media age, every one might read some where or heard in Radio, News about the Twitter #hashtag . Every one is talking about #hashtag , and every one is using #hashtag . Here is some basics of #hashtag if you are not using it yet.

#hashtag is one of the most powerful tools around the Social Media world. 

#hashtag instantly links a social media post to a group of others about the same topic and updating a group of likeminded users on that topic in real time.

#hashtag can occur any where in the twitter , at the beginning, middle or end of the tweet. #hashtag will not appear in search if your account is protected or private.

So, If you are not into using #hashtag yet, start building your brand using the meaningful name with #hashtag. 

Happy #Hash Tagging.  



Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Free Web/Video Conferencing Software


When you are working with Remotely located Teams for Giving a Presentation, Meetings, hosting a webinar , Online Trainings are difficult with out having an Online Meeting Program. There are many Web conferencing softwares available as Paid Service. 

AnyMeeting It's a free alternative to GoToMeeting software available in the Market.. Unlike other softwares claim to be free, AnyMeeting Free Service will give you almost equal capabilities as other Software paid Service.  


You can host an Online meeting for up to 200 member for Free of cost, But Yeah, you need to bare with the Ads for Free Accounts to support their Software. You need to opt for a paid service to avoid advertisements.


You can do lot many things other than sharing our computer screen . Here is few:



If you are really looking for a Free alternative to GoToMeetings or Webex , It's worth Giving it a try. 

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Convert Your Presentations Into Talking Videos

If you have slides or powerpoint Presentations and you wanted them to convert into Talking Videos, SlideTalk made that possible with easy and Free interface.

SlideTalk provides different voice modulations and in different languages, you can select which ever the modulation you wanted.


You can upload your individual slides, images or you can upload your entire Powerpoint Presentation at same time to add Voice to it and convert them into Videos.


It's very easy to share with your friends via Social network as well.

It works with THREE simple steps:


Checkout the below Video created using SlideTalk


Sunday, November 10, 2013

How to Use Dictionary on the iPhone and iPad

One or the other time we have a need to use the Dictionary for some of the words, especially smart phone world its very hard to open up a dictionary to know the meaning of something when you are reading any thing.


Here is the simple tip on how you can use the Dictionary on your iPhone or iPad right from where you are reading.
  • Open your browser or even on your Notes taking Application and wondering you needed to use Dictionary for a specific word, and just select that word and look for "Define"




  • Once you Click on Define You will be taken to the Dictionary Preview mode with meaning of the selected word. 


  • In case if you don't have a Dictionary available on your smart phone or if your Dictionary is not working after iOS update, OR you are getting "No Definition found" ? you can fix it with few simple clicks. 


  • To add or to Change the Dictionary you are using on your iPhone , simply click on "Manage" button right from the same screen and select the Dictionary you desired to use and thats it , you are ready to use. 


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Awesome Facts about Languages

Here is Some Awesome facts about languages:

  • There are 7000 languages in the world.
  • Chinese language has 5000 characters
  • To read daily news paper in Chinese languages, you need to know at-least 2000 characters in the language.
  • There are 2,200 languages in Asia region.
  • 1/4 the of the world population knows at least some basic English language.
  • There are 13 ways to spell the 'o' sound in French.
And there are more.. checkout the below Info-graphic image for more awesome details.



Source: Edudemic