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Facebook is showing signs of making a foray into e-commerce. The company said that it is currently testing a new feature along with seven retailers. It is learned that the new feature will allow users to flag the images of desired products when they click a special 'want' button.Facebook said in its statement, "People will be able to engage with these collections and share things they are interested in with their friends. People can click through and buy these items off of Facebook."The new feature, which Facebook has labelled as .... more
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A new sales record for iPhone 5, touched 5 million mark in three days. The newly introduced iOS 6 Map is among the most awaited features in this new gadget. Though there are certain limitations in this new inclusion in comparison to Google Maps, but Apple is trying to catch-up soon. This data has been shared by the company; however, the number was not impressive enough for the analysts.According to a recent tally, done by Brian White, an analyst from Topeka Capital Marketer, iPhone 5 has managed to cross the .... more
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The Drupal association had recently announced its first DrupalCon Downunder for Asia Pacific region, which is going to take place in Sydney 2013. The three days DrupalCon will be held from 6th February 2013 to 9th February 2013. The association also shared that the venue for this event has been chosen as Crowne Plaza Coogee.According to the further details received from the association, "The event will be filled with high quality sessions, BoFs, training and more - all with the theme of 'Growing Drupal Downunder'." Alongside, the association has also .... more
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Microsoft’s newest venture SharePoint 2013 has come with an amalgamation of an array of features that will certainly leave SharePoint lovers to jump from their seats. The beta version of SharePoint 2013 has been announced by the software giant in one of its recent blogs. According to the blog, the company has tried to improve the experience and make it easier for administrators to deal with the massive program. apart from that there are a range of new things brought together in the platform including; an interesting feature that will .... more
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Google has introduced Android 4.1 aka "Jelly Beans" with advanced features; which are believed to hit hard its competitors like Apple and Android. This fit & finish product will take forward the legacy of Google’s much talked about mobile products.The product has been introduced on Google I/O that comes with some remarkable improvements like better search experience. The OS is packed with updates from Project Butter team of Google which have helped the product be a lot more fluid and responsive. If sources to be believed, the latest version is .... more
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Google's Android platform and Apple's iOS may be in news for their outstanding contribution to the tech world, but the old player Microsoft is not sitting still and watching its counter grow happily. People who think, Microsoft need a great shake to catch up with its rivals, need to think again. The latest operating system from the giant – “Windows 8” is making enough uproar in the marketplace and people are totally n love with their new OS on their Samsung Tablet or Lenovo laptop. The company is highly assured .... more
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When it comes to ecommerce, Magento, with it's incredible integrations is ruling the roost. The platform extends flexibility to accommodate business dynamics and thus becoming the most preferred choice. Magento integration modules offer effective solutions covering ten different categories. Some of these are: CRM, shipping & payment, accountancy, social media integration and more. Almost each of these have 15-20 integration tools which vary depending upon the complexity and functionalities. Both small as well as large enterprises can take advantage of these modules. For instance, large enterprises carrying mammoth CRM queries .... more
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According to a recent blog of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company has enacted 'significant' price cuts for the 19th time in last six years. Reason being to cope up with the competition from it's contemporary rivals Microsoft Azure and Rackspace. The blog says, "AWS works hard to lower our costs so that we can pass those savings back to our customers. We look to reduce hardware costs, improve operational efficiencies, lower power consumption and innovate in many other areas of our business so we can be more efficient."AWS products .... more
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Joomla CMS has released its latest version - Joomla 2.5, carrying advanced search and automatic notification facilities. With this version, Joomla has included multi-database support with the addition of Microsft SQL for the first time. "Multi-database support is a huge step forward for Joomla, which is already powering more than 1.6 million websites worldwide. It ensures companies and organization, both large and small, will save even more money and time by adopting Joomla," said Ryan Ozimek, President of Open Source Matters, a non-profit created to provide organization, legal and financial .... more
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Master data management (MDM) has adopted the form of a crucial discipline now, where MDM solutions sit at core of several organizations’ IT architectures. Gartner predicts that revenue from MDM software sales is expected to touch $1.9 billion in 2012 that is a 21 percent increase from 2011. There are three main trends that will create the evolution and growth of market, and each trend is having its own intricacies.Managing multiple MDM domainsThe first trend relates to the ever-rising desire software that caters to the generic requirements for multiple master .... more
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SOPA & PIPA have grabbed the attention all the tech-nerds in tech-arena. Both are a pair of anti-piracy bills that have been crafted to tackle the problem of foreign-based websites, selling pirated movies, music and other products. The two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act & the Protect IP Act are very controversial and on being law would surely change the digital landscape.What is SOPA?SOPA will be concentrating on copyright violation by keeping tab on the access to sites that host pirated content. Its chief targets are "rogue" overseas websites .... more
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According to the data, it has been seen that during & after the Christmas a lot of iPhones & Android phones got activated and surprisingly, most of the users have seen downloading Facebook's mobile app. iPhone & Android users have always had a neck for Facebook app and this time it has broken its past records as well.According to AppData's app tracking service, Facebook iPhone app is enjoying 4.1 million monthly active users; however, about 1.7 million daily actives have been reported. But Android phone users have successfully beaten their .... more
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Google was recently reported to have said that it would do experimentation with the offerings of its Google Adwords. With this move, the leading search engine giant wants to rise above regular text ads with Google Email Subscription Ads, enabling companies to buy ads that does automatic filling in a “Subscribe to newsletter” slot with a provided searcher’s Google email address during a search.Earlier this month, Emailblog drew attention to the ads that were running with automaker Honda, and it looked as if those Google Adwords offerings had spread out .... more
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As we all know that Joomla has got a very niche place in terms of open source content management systems (CMS). It is of use for everything from small personal blogs and websites to a few of the large sized enterprise, intranets and the highest trafficked websites. The feature-packed CMS is so elegant & powerful that it can be used by seasoned web developers and the most experienced users. Since Joomla has been rolled out, there has been a continual growth in its community members. The community does not have .... more
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Are you a math nerd? If yes, then here comes good news for you. Google has now announced the availability of a Mathematics Graphing Functionality on its search engine results that will let you search for functions, with the results on a graph. The leading search engine giant, though, already has got a slew of amazing features integrated in the past few years whether it is measurement and currency conversions to words translation, checking arrivals & departure times, getting direction or searching movie, with this latest move in the mathematical .... more
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Google has introduced the latest version of Android smartphone software.October 20, 2011- The latest Android smartphone software launched by Google, Ice Cream Sandwich comes with a redesigned interface and various interesting features.Launched in association with Samsung, the system would be first used by the Galaxy Nexus handset of Samsung. Apple, which is the main rival of Android, released its iOS software update in the 2nd week of October this year. However, owing to overwhelming demand, many Apple users couldn’t download it immediately. Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android 4.0 follows the .... more
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I know, you are already aware of it, but still as the tradition goes, we should begin with a launch story for the latest iPhone sibling in the wild- the iPhone 4S. Just brought to selves at the “Town Hall” (the very same place where the first generation of iPod was introduced in 2000) at Apple’s Cupertino Campus, I like the majority of you were getting closer to the events unfolding live via famous tech blogs and social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook.Well, the iPhone 4S has finally .... more
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With the District of Columbia legalizing Internet gambling, Washington D.C. hopes to raise millions in revenues.Having allowed online gambling, the District of Columbia has become the first US jurisdiction to do so. Contradicting the 2006 federal law, which effectively prohibited banks and .... more
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Apple is all set to launch its new operating system, Mac OS X Lion, this July. The OS is predominantly meant for Macintosh computers which will help the users to enjoy a multi-touch experience like iPhone & iPad, as claimed by the company. OS X Lion needed to be downloaded from Apple's online AppStore for US $ 29.99 as the company has not made it available in the form of CR-ROMs or DVD-ROM sets. Exceptional Multi-Touch Trackpad Support:People who are in love with the latest touch revolution will go gaga about .... more
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June 6, 2011, San Francisco At the annual developers’ conference of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs – CEO of the company announced the new software that would enable Mac computers to behave in a similar fashion as the mobile devices.Jobs announced Lion- an OS (Operating System) update for Mac computers. With Lion, Apple is all set to expand the ways in which the software can be controlled using the ‘finger touches’. For example, swiping the fingers over the trackpad of Mac, user would be able to switch between programs. In its endeavor of .... more