Once cameras started becoming popular, it was clear that there will be many innovative uses of camera phones. For one obvious thing, these cameras could be used to read special symbols — like special kind of ‘bar codes’ — that…
Information Assimilation Using Wikis and Maps
There is a novel approach for information assimilation emerging through Wikis and using Maps. this approach allows citizen reporters and other interested people to enter information through Wikis on Maps. It was demonstrated for some of the disasters like Katrina.…
Video or Photo
Home video is becoming popular medium to capture important moments. The notion of ‘Kodak Moment’ is changing from capturing an experience of a ‘moment’ to really of an ‘interval’. By capturing short videos one can capture the dynamics better and…
Terrible state of search engines
“Internet search engines are still in a terrible state compared to where they could be.” I am definitely very happy to hear these words from Bill Gates. He further added: “This is a situation that we hope will change for…
IndieFlix
With the increasing popularity of video on the Web, an interesting new business and service is emerging. This report in NYT describes this business. Directors submit their films, which are then posted on the Web site (www.indieflix.com). When users log…