Tech Mania: Google introduces Instant Pages to speed-up search plus 4 more articles |
- Google introduces Instant Pages to speed-up search
- India’s $35 Android tablet finally ships, actually costs $49
- Is Apple’s iCloud running on Windows Azure ?
- Apple Calls Samsung’s Request to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 an ‘Attempt to Harass’
- Next iPhone reaches final testing stage, Verizon likely won’t support 3G FaceTime this year
| Google introduces Instant Pages to speed-up search Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:18 AM PDT Google introduces Instant Pages to speed-up search is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed Google has come up with yet another advance feature called Instant Pages which intutively predicts the link users want to click and prefetches the data – even before the user has clicked on the link. The new feature, expected to save 2 to 5 seconds on search query time, is based on Google Instant, which furnishes search results even before the user has finished typing the query or pressed the enter key. Google Instant is likely to be included in the newest test version of Google Chrome browser. In addition to Instant Pages, Google has also unveiled two more major updates to its search engine – Google Voice Search and Google Search By Image. Voice Search allows users to search by just speaking the search keywords. The feature will be available to Chrome users initially. The feature only accepts voice in English language for now and is likely to support other languages in near future as per Google. Google “Search By Image” ensures users can search an image by just dragging the sample of the image to be searched in the search engine box. After having dragged the image, the search engine searches similar images. If you are searching for the Mona lisa image, just drag and drop the image to the search engine box, and you will be served with the results. Google, however, has made it clear that the new image search feature will not support face recognition technology. Google, which makes most of its revenues through search-based advertising, is enriching its Internet applications as it faces stiff competition from Bing. Bing is gaining popularity worldwide mainly due to its innovative Internet features. The announcement of Instant Pages comes months after the launch of Google Instant. Related Posts : |
| India’s $35 Android tablet finally ships, actually costs $49 Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:22 AM PDT India’s $35 Android tablet finally ships, actually costs $49 is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed India’s attempt to come up with a cheap tablet for the masses the $35 Sakshat tablet may have finally reached a shipping state, though not at as low a price as it was expected.About 10,000 of the seven-inch Android devices are now due to ship to their first institution, IIT-Rajasthan, by the end of June. The design has seen a price hike and will cost the equivalent of $49 when another 90,000 ship, but the government would cover half the price and drop it to $25.
The cost cutting comes from the relatively cheap construction but still sees it get features that are comparable to other tablets. It still manages to fit 2GB of RAM, a front-facing camera, and a 32GB hard drive (not SSD) to store content. India’s goal is to give students a digital education platform for e-books, labs, and other material without the expense of a regular tablet or a PC. Sakshat has been in development for the past few years and was very nearly scrapped when the government wasn’t happy with the initial results. It successfully won the order back after half a year.So are you buying one ? Related Posts : |
| Is Apple’s iCloud running on Windows Azure ? Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:12 AM PDT Is Apple’s iCloud running on Windows Azure ? is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed Last week InfiniteApple had posted some screenshots from a tip from someone named Charles who had setup a WiFi proxy on his iPad to get a glimpse at the HTTP traffic which occurs when an image is sent through iMessage. Interestingly enough, it seems that iCloud somehow utilizes Amazon's AWS cloud services as well as Microsoft Azure. They showed Apple's new iCloud-backed iMessage using Azure (and Amazon) services for hosting. iCloud.com provides some sort of authentication to a windows.net address, and then sends a confirmation back to iCloud. Image downloads come from an s3.amazonaws.com address.Check out InfiniteApple for more screenshots. We have heard some speculate that Apple may simply be using Azure's Content Delivery Network (CDN) capability. The Azure CDN extends the storage piece of the Windows Azure cloud operating system, allowing developers to deliver high-bandwidth content more quickly and efficiently by placing delivery points closer to users.
Since then, GigaOM ran the screenshots through three "cloud and networking experts at major companies" and the trio dismissed InfiniteApple’s claims.Now InfiniteApple have confirmed that iCloud does run on Windows Azure.Working with Within Windows blogger Rafael Rivera, they were able to set up a similar configuration with proper SSL sniffing capabilities — a set up that cloud and networking experts could have set up in minutes. They sent an image from and to iPhones running a beta copy of iOS 5. The resulting traffic showed, quite clearly, the use of Azure services for hosting purposes. We don't believe iCloud stores actual content. Rather, it simply manages links to uploaded content. (Caveat: iCloud is currently in beta, and details may change.) A walkthrough of the transaction and a raw dump is available.
Based on Infinite Apple's info, Apple seems to be using Azure's BLOB (binary large object) storage, which is part of the Windows Azure core. However, the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) is integrated directly with Azure's storage services. Apple's iCloud is still in beta, and Apple is just in the process of turning on its much-touted $500 million North Carolina data center. Apple's datacenter, is running a combination of Mac OS X, IBM/AIX, Sun/Solaris, and Linux systems. Maybe Apple's seeming reliance on Azure and AWS — in whatever capacity they're actually being used — is temporary. It's still interesting, though.It's also possible that, once iOS 5 and iCloud come out of beta and Apple's own data centers are completely ready, Apple will stop using these other cloud services altogether. Via InfiniteApple Related Posts : |
| Apple Calls Samsung’s Request to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 an ‘Attempt to Harass’ Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:47 AM PDT Apple Calls Samsung’s Request to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 an ‘Attempt to Harass’ is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed Remember last month, Samsung attempted to escalate its patent dispute with Apple by requesting to see Apple’s next-generation iPhone and iPad models, ostensibly to help it defend itself against Apple’s charges of copying and other infringement. The request was made after Apple requested and was granted access to unreleased Samsung hardware, although that hardware had already been extensively advertised and demoed by Samsung.
FOSS Patents is now reporting that Apple has filed a response to Samsung’s request, referring to the move as an “improper attempt to harass” Apple by requesting to see secret hardware that bears no relevance to Apple’s claims against Samsung. Here is what we have from Apple’s filing:
Samsung has until this Friday to produce the samples of unreleased hardware to Apple, after which time Apple will decide whether to proceed with a request for a preliminary injunction barring Samsung from selling the new products, a move that could give Apple significant leverage in extracting a settlement from Samsung. This Friday should also see a ruling on whether Samsung will be permitted access to Apple’s next-generation hardware. Related Posts : |
| Next iPhone reaches final testing stage, Verizon likely won’t support 3G FaceTime this year Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:01 AM PDT Next iPhone reaches final testing stage, Verizon likely won't support 3G FaceTime this year is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed Reports from 9to5Mac states that a previously accurate Apple source has told them some interesting information regarding what 2011 holds for the iPhone and Apple's popular FaceTime video chat service.
While snooping around the iOS 5.0 SDK they located references to "N94″ and "N93." These are internal code names for two unreleased iPhone models. The N94 is an iPhone 4 with an A5 dual-core processor and it is likely the device that a small group of elite iOS app developers got their hands on in late April. The N93 is likely a carrier variation of the N94.
The only time a model number varied based on a carrier in iPhone history was with the iPhone 4: GSM is N90 and CDMA is N92. Verizon already leaked that the next iPhone features a GSM+CDMA chip, so perhaps the N93 or N94 is the Sprint model – or T-Mobile one. According to the iOS SDK, and the same snooping we used to break the news that the iPad 2 will feature the same cameras as the fourth-generation iPod touch, it looks like the next-generation iPhone will keep the 5 megapixel sensor found on the iPhone 4. Many of us were expected a boost to 8 megapixels after Seth broke the news about Sony CEO's comments on Sony making cameras for Apple. Perhaps Apple never updated the SDK files, though, or maybe the N94 and N93 are scrapped devices all together. Maybe Apple took the extra three months to whip up something totally new: not just an iPhone 4 with an A5 to boot. Related Posts : |
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