A new solar cell that converts sunlight to energy has been launched in variety of consumer products. The technology used in this is a photosensitive dye to start its energy production which is same as the leaves using chlorophyll to begin photosynthesis. This dye sensitive cell can be used to give power to various devices like e-book readers, cell phone etc. The cell can be found in thin, flexible panels stitched to the reader’s cover in the e-book readers. These panels can be placed in new lines of backpacks and sports bags which will help recharge cell phones and music players.
The photovoltaic cells are based on silicon or any such inorganic materials not the dyes as discussed. Continue reading »
Smartphone platform is made open source by the use of Symbian mobile operating system. Symbian is one of the most leading smartphone operating system in the world. It was beneficial to have open source for Symbian platform. The five ways to prove that they are beneficial for the smartphone platform: Continue reading »
Apple has found a new way of taking revenge from Google as they have banned the word “Android” from their application store. This incident happened with a developer when his application gets rejected because he has “Android” word in the description of the application. Condition was made that if he drops the word from description the app will be allowed. The approval process of Apple is a tough one which leaves developers in dilemma as to why their apps were rejected. They received a notice from Apple’s app approval department stating that when they reviewed the product they found the application having inappropriate or irrelevant platform information in the application description. Continue reading »
Mozilla launched its first Firefox browsers for mobile phone users for Nokia’s Maemo. The Firefox for Maemo 5 platform has many interesting features that make it different from other mobile browsers like opera mini. You can get Mozilla Firefox in two of Nokia’s device –N900 and N810. The Firefox is supported on Nokia’s open source based on Linux Maemo operating system. This will enable users to know and work on their mobile phone like they used to on their desktop. Mozilla is trying to provide one Web that users can access no matter where they are located or what device they are using. Continue reading »
Apple is known for its remarkable products which include iPhone, iPod, Mac book etc. The list is very long and every product is a big hit. Recently Apple has launched its new product iPad, also known as iSlate. People were waiting for this product as badly as they wait generally for other apple products. But when launched it actually disappoints users as it has certain basic features missing and one of them is multitasking. Multitasking is a basic feature which helps user to do multiple things at the same time. The user can listen to music while browsing the Web, or look for direction and talk to friends and many more stuffs like this. Continue reading »
The Chrome browser was updated to version 5 for Windows and Mac. There aren’t many changes in the Google Chrome version 5 than the version 4.
In Google Chrome 5 you can use the default download directories in Vista and Windows 7 unlike the earlier version. In the options you can find content settings dialog added. You can find settings on how to deal with cookies, images, JavaScript, Plugins, and pop-ups. It can modify cookies and other site date are saved on your computer i.e. allows local data to be set and block sites from setting any day though with exception list. Continue reading »
After the launch of Apple’s iPad many were disappointed with its features. Many are thinking it to be an over priced gadget. The iPad can be made better with few changes here and there.
- In iPad you can’t share music files from another computer over your home network. You have to physically connect the iPad to your computer and then share it through wire. Wireless sync is a good option for this. This not only shares music files but also pictures, videos, and other apps. Continue reading »
When you are in hurry and want to make a very impressive document in less time then Microsoft office is there to help you. Microsoft Office has great many features which can help you make a document more impressive that too in matter of few minutes.
- The table helps in simplifying complex tables and thus makes the information presented clearer.
- A footnote makes it easier for the reader to track down information. This helps in giving further details on the subject beyond what could be included in the main text.
- Adding appendix to support information that’s too lengthy for footnote is good option. Continue reading »