JehovaSoft

31/10/2014

Hackathon for Developmental Disabilities
9:30 AM
Sat, 8 Nov 2014

Event Description

Hackathon is an event in which a diverse set of people participate to develop a product based on the challenge given.
The challenge for ‘Hackathon for Developmental Disabilites’ is to develop an application that can be used by anyone associated with these disabilities. It can be used to unlock potentials of persons of persons who face a number of challenges due to their disability, by these inviduals, their parents & caregivers or professionals who work with them.
This two day event will host individuals from all walks of life interested in being part of the event to develop an app. Programmers, parents or siblings of individuals with developmental disabilities, designers, educators, health care workers, graphic & interface designers and anyone interested can collaborate on this challenge.

http://www.eventshigh.com/detail/Bangalore/cd222cae06efd8354ac691fb0e493505-Hackathon-for-Developmental-Disabilities

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31/10/2014

The wait is over, the REGISTRATIONS are now OPEN !!

Register now @ http://gdgbangalore.in/devfest/

Get ready for an amazing experience.

21/02/2014

8 REASONS WHY YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS A PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES

Like many small business owners, you may believe your business cannot benefit from having a website or that a website is not within your budget. Or maybe you think because you don’t use a computer, neither do your potential customers. These are misconceptions. These 8 reasons show why your company NEEDS a professional website, no matter what size your business.

1. YOUR SMALL BUSINESS WILL GAIN CREDIBILITY
Today, more and more consumers use the internet to search for the products or services they need. Your small business will gain credibility by having a website. Without one, potential customers will go to your competitors that do. If you already have a website but it is "home-made", having it professionally redesigned will provide your business with a professional image which will inspire even greater confidence. For home-based businesses, this is particularly beneficial since you do not have a store front to promote your products or services.

2. A WEBSITE SAVES YOU MONEY
As a small business owner you probably think you can't afford a professional website, but you can't afford NOT to. Although the cost of designing a website varies, once it's up and running, a website for a small business generally costs under $100 a month and, in some cases, as little as $20. Compared with the cost of a newspaper ad, when you consider the potential market you can reach with a website, it is a very cost effective way to promote your business.

3. IT WILL ENABLE YOU TO KEEP YOUR CUSTOMERS INFORMED
Think of your website as being your online brochure or catalogue. It is much easier and quicker to update information about your products and services on your website than in print material, making it an effective way of letting your customers know about the arrival of new products, upcoming events, special promotions, or any new services you now offer. Unlike print ads which quickly become outdated, your website can provide current information and news.

4. IT IS ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE
A website is available to both your regular and potential customers 24/7/365 providing them with the convenience of reviewing your products and services when your store or office is closed. With today’s busy lifestyles, this is a great selling point when making a purchase decision.

5. A WEBSITE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO TARGET A WIDER MARKET
Whether you provide products or services, your website will provide an alternative location to sell them. As a retailer, a website (eCommerce) is a great place to sell your products to a wider market; even services can be made available globally. Don't think you'll be able to sell your products or services online? Don't forget, even cars and houses sell online!

6. IT PROVIDES A MEDIUM ON WHICH TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK
No matter what type of business you’re in, a website is a great place to showcase your work. By including a portfolio or image gallery, as well as testimonials about your work, you can demonstrate what makes your business unique.

7. A WEBSITE SAVES YOU TIME
Providing information to your customers takes time, whether it’s on the phone, face-to-face, in a brochure, or in emails. With an online catalogue you can provide lots of information about your products and services. Once your website is up and running, it is available to your customers indefinitely, saving you time. And what is time? Time is money!

8. IT IMPROVES CUSTOMER SERVICE
Maybe you sell environmentally friendly products and would like to share tips on how to recycle, or perhaps you’re an accountant and want to give your clients advice on how to simplify their bookkeeping practices. By including a FAQ page, adding articles or uploading newsletters to answer all your customers' questions you can keep them up-to-date. What better way to provide them with value added service than by sharing information on your website.
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21/02/2014

Google Hackathon to Focus on Local Language Apps

In order to increase the number of local language apps on the Android Play Store, Google will hold a two-day Hackathon and workshop in the city on Friday and Saturday.
Open to amateur and professional developers, the hackathon will encourage developers to make apps in regional languages in order to encourage more local users to start using the internet.
“The next 300 million internet users in the country will not use English. We are working on enabling access to the internet in Indian languages. The hackathon will help organisations prepare for the coming growth in Indian language internet,” said Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Google India.
Google is expecting nearly 100 developers at the hackathon. Workshops covering technical aspects of creating apps to function with local language support as well as their monetisation will also be part of the workshop.
“The sessions will also cover business aspects of enabling existing Android applications in multiple languages and also show how this can further the reach and monetisation potential,” a statement from Google India said.

20/02/2014

Facebook's $19B WhatsApp acquisition is HUGE. Even age old companies like Xerox, Ralph Lauren and Harley Davidson are worth less than WhatsApp.

Did you know that co-founder Brian Acton was denied jobs by both Twitter and Facebook in 2009? Lucky him. One more entrepreneur making history.

20/02/2014

NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISc offer online courses and certification in Programming, Data structures & Algorithms. Please see the video on the right for a brief message from all the contributors to this effort.
Join this course Free ://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer and get JOB READY!

Online course: Free for all, Certification exam: For a nominal fee

20/02/2014

NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISc. Through this initiative, we offer online courses and certification in Programming, Data structures & Algorithms.
Join and get JOB READY!
Last date for sign-up: 10 Mar 2014
://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer

29/05/2013

Motion-Activated Bike-Wheel LEDs Light up as Graphics


A Northern California company is taking bike lights to a new level by developing LEDs that light up wheels with custom images and animations.

MonkeyLectric's Monkey Light Pro system for bicycle wheels creates a LED light show when the bike is moving. Monkey Light Pro is a set of four rows of LED light strips, which are waterproof for riding in the elements. Using companion web-based software, you can program images and animations that can be sent to the light system via Bluetooth.

When travelling at speeds of 10 to 40 MPH, the Monkey Light Pro LEDs light up when installed on your bicycle's existing wheels. Because of a phenomenon known as the "persistence of vision," humans see and process those flashing lights into a recognizable image. It's quite a sight to see in action; check it out in the video, above.

MonkeyLectric is trying to raise $180,000 on Kickstarter to further develop this product. With 55 days left in its campaign, backers had already pledged more than $84,500 as of Sunday afternoon. A limited number of backers can get Monkey Light Pro for an early-bird price of $695.

The lights do come with a preloaded set of animations to get you started, but you can add your own creations through a USB connection. The lights also recharge via USB.

This is a creative way for cyclists to make their ride unique. And as for companies and advertisers, this could be a new way to spread brand awareness.

While bike lights generally add visibility for safety on the road, a potential hitch with these lights could be if fellow cyclists and drivers get distracted by the eye-catching animations.

What do you think about these unique bike-wheel LEDs: cool or too much? Let us know in the comments.

29/05/2013

Tim Cook: Apple Has Sold 'Over 13 Million' Apple TVs

Apple has sold over 13 million Apple TVs, CEO Tim Cook announced during an interview on stage at All Things D’s annual conference currently being held in southern California.

Cook said that for several years Apple was only selling a few hundred thousand of the set-top boxes annually, but has now surpassed 13 million total units — more than 6.5 million of those sold in the past year.

Cook said television continues to be “an area of great interest” for Apple. The company isn’t marketing the Apple TV like it does its other products, so the sales numbers for the device are encouraging.

The Apple TV has seen significant growth over the past several years. In July 2012, for instance, Cook announced that Apple had already sold 4 million Apple TVs in the fiscal year. He said then that the Apple TV was still just a “hobby” for the company, but these growing sales numbers certainly indicate it could soon become something more.

29/05/2013

Google Brings Skeeball to Your Browser

Just in time for summer, Google is rolling out a modern twist on the classic boardwalk game Skeeball.

The game, called "Roll It," can be played directly in your Chrome browser — and if you don't already have Chrome, this is as good as an incentive as any to download it now.

To play, Chrome must be running on your computer or smartphone (any device which can access the browser should do actually). Visit Google Roll It on your desktop and g.co/rollit on your phone. Enter the code provided to sync the two. You'll have the option of playing against yourself or others, and then can set the ball up to roll in any direction you choose.

Then the fun part starts: Stand up, wind back your arm and align your smartphone up with the computer screen. As though the mobile device is the ball, swing it toward the direction of the browser, just like you would in real-life skeeball. This will ultimately release a virtual ball on the desktop version and you'll rack up points based on which bucket it lands in. So long, productivity. It's been nice knowin' ya.

29/05/2013

Check Out Flickr's Clever Job Posting for Programmers

Yahoo unveiled a major redesign of Flickr's website last week, and now it looks like the company is taking a clever approach to recruiting engineering talent to Flickr's team.

Flickr has added a link to current job postings for engineers and designers in the source code of its redesigned main page:

Of course, you could just as easily type "Flickr jobs" into Google — or Yahoo, for that matter — and find the exact same link, but clearly the goal is to reach out to the kinds of users who may be casually checking the source code for Flickr 2.0.

Marissa Mayer has said attracting top talent is a key priority of hers as the CEO of Yahoo. This certainly isn't a bad way to go about it.