4 free alternatives to expensive software

  Big name software often comes at a big price too. We’re not saying that you don’t get your money’s worth, but you can save a lot by going with these capable free options… Operating System Paid: Microsoft Windows Price: Rs 6,000 This is the price for the cheapest variant — Windows 7 Home Basic

Social media, mobile phones easing disaster impact: IFRC

Social Media and mobile phones are saving thousands of lives in disaster-prone countries but many vulnerable communities still need to be equipped with modern communications, the Red Cross said on Thursday. In its latest World Disasters Report, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said the number of people affected by

Bored of chatting, Tweet to a plant…

Bored of chatting with your social media friends? Tweet to a plant, instead! It is often said that talking to plants may help them grow, and now a US museum is putting that popular idea to test with a technological twist. The museum is investigating the effect of the social media on plant growth. The

Countries with world’s fastest internet

Indians may struggle to find reliable internet connections even in metro cities. However, it’s a different story in developed world where blazingly fast internet speed is a norm reveals Akamai’s State Of The Internet report. The report for the second quarter of 2013 lists the countries with the fastest internet connections in the world. Want

Now LED lights to pinpoint your exact indoor location.

LED lights have magical possibilities. WIth them, you can light up toddlers in delightful Halloween costumes, rave on the playa at Burning Man, or conduct a light symphony on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. You can also use them track people who are shopping and hit them with marketing campaigns, which is what Bytelight enables. Bytelight

Why there are no women in Twitter Board…

Twitter is on schedule to go public as a company next month, a sparkling symbol of innovation, technology – and stale, old thinking reflected in a board of seven white men. Twitter users are reportedly more likely to be female, so it’s bizarre to have no women on the board. But the main reason to

Google world’s best place to work for: Survey

Internet giant Google has emerged as the world’s best multinational company to work for, followed by software developer SAS Institute and network storage provider NetApp in the second and third place, respectively. Software giant Microsoft was ranked fourth by human resources consultancy ‘Great Place to Work Institute’, which has compiled a list of 25 such

An app to manage all your passwords

We all know that we need to use strong passwords on websites. In fact, a different password for every site you frequent is wise.Good Web security hygiene creates two problems, however. First, you have to remember all those different passwords. Second, if you lose your smartphone, your many passwords may be at risk. But there

TOUCH AND MOVE

Now, move videos from one gadget to another by touch     Now you can move images and videos from a smartphone to another tablet just by touch. Scientists from Finland have developed a new technology whereby a ring, nail or wristband acts as a user interface allowing files to be transferred directly from one

Good editing tool for your photos.

The festival season is here, and it’s time for a whole bunch of fun photos. But a good camera is not all that’s required for fantastic snapshots. It’s true; you don’t need to be an expert to touch-up your snapshots. These simple tools will let you crop, rotate, and retouch your pictures, and will even