Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}
I'm an IT professional from New Delhi, India. Currently for the most part I work as a Technical Consultant developing Open Source ICT solutions for social and societal inclusion. I'm also pursing PG in Management. Below are the latest updates from a some social networks I subscribe to.
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Facebook gets Patent for Tagging… »
A method for tagging digital media is described. The method includes selecting a digital media and selecting region within the digital media. The method may further include associating a person or entity with the selected region and sending a notification of the association the person or entity or a different person or entity. The method may further include sending advertising with the notification.
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NoSQL Movement!!!
There is a community thats been buzzing for quite a while now… Its called NoSQL… As well all know Relational databases are a pain (you know where)… They force us to twist are object data to fit a particular RDMS (Relational Database Management System)… Well then why use it???
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On Farmville Addiction!!!
For weeks now, there has been a serious issue demanding my attention… It’s even worse than drug addiction; even worse than nicotine addiction; even worse than food addiction; even worse than gambling addiction; even worse than shopping addiction… Its called Farmville Addiction…
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Google Takes on Social Networking with Buzz!!!
Google has announced a new social networking service called “Buzz” that looks like Facebook but feels like Twitter… Buzz basically integrates your Gmail account and based on your location lets you share links, photos and videos, status updates with your contacts from your mobile device (supports iPhone, Android and Google has released a new version …
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Bing Gets Its Own (Not So Short) URL Shortener (FAIL)!!!
Looks like Microsoft is also about to start a URL Shortening service…Its called Binged.it Binged.it is not yet public and is currently available only for internal use… Bing’s employee @fareologist has been using binged.it to shorten URLs when tweeting… I don’t see Binged.it gaining much traction… As compared to other URL Shortener its basically too …
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Blogging vs. Micro-blogging!!!
I have recently been posting a lot on the micro-blogging website Twitter. For the benefit of the few who haven’t heard of it, Twitter is a sort of live blogging service where you post updates or ‘tweets’ of up to 140 characters. It is revolutionizing everything from celebrity gossip to the deadly-serious shifting of the …
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Facebook and Twitter Hit Xbox 360!!!
With the new firmware coming out on Tuesday, November 17 Xbox 360 users can use Twitter, facebook from the console.It also includes Last.fm and Zune video compatibility. Note : Twitter, Last.fm, and Facebook will require an Xbox Live Gold membership ($50/year) and for some reason both Twitter and Facebook services require all users to be …
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Facebook iPhone App Developer Quits!!!
Joe Hewitt is the individual behind the massively popular Facebook mobile app on the Apple iPhone platform. He tweeted yesterday that he’s done with the project: Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project. Hewitt has stated that he decided …