Browsing articles from "September, 2010"
Sep
27
2010

Online Coding Zones for Programmers

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Wondering where to practice your coding and compete against the very best in coding, if you are then you have come to the right place. Here is a compilation of 14 programming competitions that coder from all around the world can compete in. These sites have their own practice problems & sets, practice sessions and competition rounds. Some competitions are held on weekly, monthly or yearly basis where as others have specific dates for competitions. [...]

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Sep
25
2010

IDEA: Redesigning the newspaper

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Newspapers are what they have been for many years. New media companies start selling newspapers, but most of them have the same design.and same structure. No one is trying to improve reading experience. Its all cluttered and messy. Lets try improving it. Form: The newspaper should be smaller and easier to hold. 2/3 width and height. First page consists only of extremely important news in structured blocks. SMS vote or comment. Email/Facebook/Twitter with short URL? [...]

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Sep
17
2010

DIASPORA IS REAL! Developer Release Launched

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Diaspora, an open-source Facebook competitor, made its first source codes available to general public on 15th September, 2010.

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Sep
12
2010

INFOGRAPHIC: FarmVille Vs Real Farm

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Ever been an avid farmer? Well if you are an active Facebook user and dedicated Facebook apps user then you must have come across FarmVille. Also awarded as the Facebook application of the year 2009, FarmVille, can be best described as Facebook’s most sought out game. Once I was also an active farmer on Farmville, and for that reason I was also teased by some of my friends because they felt FarmVille was too childish. [...]

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Sep
11
2010

Google Instant- A Brief Review

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Google Instant, According to Google it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Google along with a group a people think it to be a major advancement in the search field where as there is a group of people who think Google should be focused on better search results, not gimmicks. Ever since Google Instant was made live in the US and UK with some other countries, the discussions have geared up. Discussion between these [...]

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Sep
1
2010

INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook Privacy Controversy

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The controversies of users’ privacy in Facebook never seems to end. Facebook’s privacy issues started when it was not even founded. Mark Zuckerberg, a sophomore in Harvard, had to shut down an earlier site of its social networking site after breaking in into school’s directories and posting students’ photos without their consent. It was the beginning of the numerous difficulties Facebook would face in future. Since then, there were battles regarding privacy of its users: [...]

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