Tech Notes

The Macbook Air Can Fly!

The Macbook Air Can Fly!
The new Apple Macbook Air is so light that it literally flies away when you are not using it. See this video.

Google Currents Producer

Google Currents Producer
Google Currents Producer is a web editor that lets you package RSS feeds, blogs and onther online content into an edition for distribution on Google Currents.

LinkedIn Demographics

LinkedIn Demographics
Using public data from the LinkedIn Ads platform, Amodiovalerio Verde has made this presentation that breaks downs LinkedIn members by country. India has the second largest number of users on LinkedIn and its largely male population that’s on LinkedIn unlike the U.S.

My Password Tree

My Password Tree
This is a tree that I use to manage passwords of my various online accounts. If you find it complex, get yourself a good password manager.

Getting a Job at Google – Advice for College Students

Getting a Job at Google – Advice for College Students
Steven Levy is author of In the Plex which is regarded as one of the best books around Google at this time. Levy spent a lot of time inside the Google campus, or the Googleplex, talking to Googlers and thus manages to offer good insider picture on Google’s business and technology.

Shopping with QR Codes

Shopping with QR Codes
This is brilliant thinking. Tesco launched in South Korea as Homeplus. The company was growing in Korea but was still ranking behind the leader E-Mart. To increase sales, one option was to increase the number of physical stores across the country but Tesco Homeplus tried a rather unique experiment.

Companies and Brands owned by Amazon.com

Companies and Brands owned by Amazon.com
What’s common between IMDB, Zappos, Shelfari and Audible.com? Well they aren’t just widely recognized brands but they all have a common owner – Amazon.com. Amazon is more than just an online shopping store now.

How to Remove Camera Information from Tumblr Photos

How to Remove Camera Information  from Tumblr Photos
Tumblr users can learn about the camera settings you used to capture that brilliant shot but if you want to keep that information secret, just remove the EXIF information from your photographs before uploading them to Tumblr.

Samsung Commercial Takes a Dig at Apple iPad

Samsung Commercial Takes a Dig at Apple iPad
This is Samsung’s latest video commercial for Galaxy Tab 10.1 , the 10.1” tablet that runs on Google Android 3.1. The only thing that is missing from the Apple iPad but is available in Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is support for Adobe Flash.