Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}
I'm an IT professional/FOSS Geek living and working in 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 am a a FOSS enthusiast, I want to create an awareness about FOSS through the work I do. Below are the latest updates from a some social networks I subscribe to.
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Google to make internet faster with SPDY!!!
To us Loading pages from the Internet into browsers or accessing your favorite applications may seem pretty fast now, but the folks at Google think it could be a lot faster. Designed specifically for minimizing latency, the new SPDY protocol from Google’s Chromium development team currently undergoing testing is proving to be an awful lot …
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Google’s new Social Search Function!!!
Google is now testing a new social search function to make it easier for people find their friends’ blogs and twitter feeds. But there is a catch to it… Users have to create profile with Google that includes personal contact data. In case all terms are met, the user gets access to the service at …
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Coming This Week – Google Chrome OS???
Looks like Santa(Google ) is gonna give us an early Christmas gift this year… If rumors are believed Google is set to release Chrome OS in the coming week.. The Chrome OS news comes courtesy of Techcrunch which cites that it was obtained from a reliable source. An early version of the OS was scheduled …
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Google’s Go : Python Meets C++!!!
Have you heard about Go?? It an Open Source programming language developed by Google. Google says that Go is an experimental programming language and combines the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. Here’s what Google’s post had to …
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Coming Soon : The New Google Search!!!
As i remember i think in August Google launched the Sandbox of its new search tool (codename “Caffeine”). Caffeine as stated would improve the speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness of Google search. Now the Sandbox of Google Caffeine has been taken down, replaced with an announcement that Google Caffeine will go live in its first …
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Google Wave gets user manual!!!
It’s no secret that Google Wave is hard to understand, and goes over our heads. It is supposed to free us from our preconceived notions of communicating and collaborating with people online, but these may be difficult to shake off since we’re all used to email and instant messenger. It’s supposed to give us the …
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What is Considered a Good Application???
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine What is a good application? or lets put it this way what defines a good application? It’s not just one thing, of course, there is no magic formula for making a good application. …
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An Apple or A Google Fan???
I came across this article today which speaks quite highly of Apple, and I thought I’d drop some thoughts on this topic as well. These days i’m trying my hand on programming for the iPhone, learning to use MacOS, Xcode and even the iPhone have been interesting experiences. I’m an Apple newbie(though being using Ipod …
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Mozilla Unveils Raindrop Messaging!!!
Just as Google Wave represents an attempt to imagine what e-mail would look like if it were invented today, Mozilla’s Raindrop represents an attempt to imagine a more modern communication client. The Raindrop project was introduced the other day at the Mozilla Labs website by the Mozilla Messaging team which also develops the email …
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Yahoo and Microsoft Partnership!!!
The Microsoft and Yahoo deal looks really promising to me because the deal maximizes the strengths of each of the two players. Microsoft is essentially going to be providing technology in the form of the Bing search engine and the Ad Center advertising engine. While Yahoo will provide the traffic. Its an 10 year agreement …