Flying security camera synced to smartphone kicks off Kickstarter campaignEntrepreneurs and robotics graduate students Jackie Wu and Ritwik Ummalaneni, in Northwestern University’s Master’s in Robotics program, are launching their new product, Jackie, during the National Robotics Week. The flying security camera quadcopter syncs straight to a smartphone, and is the next evolution in home security platforms that consumers have been waiting for.Jackie’s intuitive and easy controls enable users to fly the drone straight from one’s handheld device. In addition to the st...

There is an old Chinese saying "Things of a kind come together. People of a mind fall into the same group.". In the wave of Web 2.0, there are many emerging IT giants coming out the world. And many of them are founded by a group of people who previously worked together at the same company such as PayPal and Facebook. This is called giant mafia. Let's see what people from the big IT giant have done after leaving the original company.The PayPal mafiaPeter Thiel, co-founder and CEO of PayPal before sold to eBay. He is the founder of Founders Fund, a venture capital; and he also co-founded Pa...

Having a website for a local business is not a matter of doubt – this is what the market demands. Customers turn to the web practically all the time, so you can be sure that when they need a specific product or service, the internet will serve as their first choice. Moreover, having a website will allow every business to expand their operation and deliver their product to a wider market, effectively competing against other providers. Here are 5 key reasons on why any business should be setting up their website right now.1. Access to informationWe live in the information age and your cust...

With an abundance of mobile phones, tablets, and other personal devices; delivering Enterprise Mobility Solutions has become much more easier as compared to early years, however; the new avenues that have opened up for Enterprise Mobility Consulting in India brings in new, interesting and unforeseen challenges as well. Alongside the growing presence of SaaS applications and BYOD; data protection and integrity has become very critical and a concern that demands immediate attention.Here are some very interesting and promising facts about BYOD adoption:3 out of 4 companies are ready or have alrea...

Have you noticed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg always wears the same thing every day when he appears in the public? A grey t-shirt which is now a symbol of Mark Zuckerberg.The reason why he wears the same thing every day is "I want to clear my life to make it that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community" as what he said in an in-person public Q&A at the Facebook HQ in Menlo Park where he answered questions from people around the world.. He felt he was not doing his job if he spent any time on something that is silly. He would l...

2015 is around the corners, knocking at the doors!!And it usually happens; with year coming to a closure; a lot of speculations are already under way for the next year!  As a matter of fact, with a constant technological progress, the business world has been set abuzz with numerous theories about the possible and path-breaking trends which might change the course of action. And customized ERP software solution has not been left out of these speculations. It is usually seen that implementation of ERP solution nose-dives; since no one understands that successful ERP is more about detailed p...

When browsing a non-English language(Chinese for example) website when using Chrome, it will offer to translate the page to English every time the page is loaded. To disable the translation for all non-English websites all at once, there is a setting in Chrome you can set.Below are the steps for doing this:1. Go to Settings and scroll down to bottom2. Click the Show advanced settings... link and the advanced settings will be expanded3. Find the section Languages and uncheck the option "Offer to translate pages that aren't in a language you read".Or if you are a web developer and you don't want...

Just after Christmas, many Chinese found that they could not connect to Gmail anymore in mainland China. Since Google announced leaving from China in 2010, the web version of Gmail was not accessible anymore. But people from China could still access Gmail through some Gmap apps. This time, Gmail is not accessible even with these apps.It is said that all the mail service protocols of Gmail including IMAP/POP/SMTP have been cut out by Chinese government. This means no mails can be sent to or received from Gmail servers. This cut out has a big impact on Chinese users since many Chinese use it as ...