Twitter has given rise to a phenomena that is taking interesting directions. Effectively Twitter allows people to act as human sensors and report on events. These reports could be either description of an event or an opinion on an event.…
Smart Phones to become Phones
The way things always work, it is clear that all this talk about ‘smart phones’ is going the same way as ‘camera phones’ and many other similar advanced devices have gone. A common device adds some features that are usually…
Augmented reality comes of Age
Augmented Reality (AR) is becoming a popular word among start-up, particularly mobile phones related start-ups. Almost on daily basis you see announcement related to some new functionality or a new iPhone/android application related to augmented reality. Projections from analysts show…
More timelines
I saw one more advertisement of a timeline maker – you can see it at http://www.timelinemaker.com/education.php I am hearing more and more about events. Starting from Twitter, to Facebook updates, to timeline makers, everybody realizes that events are important. And…
Text Book on Multimedia
I am in final stages of agreeing to do a text book on Multimedia computing. This is a serious project that will require good amount of time to finish. I am thinking of doing it with a very energetic young…