The gizmos are the first-ever camcorders targeted at consumer market [...]]]> This Wednesday marked a new epoch in the history of video recording, as Panasonic unveiled its first two consumer camcorders capable of recording video is 3D. Tej Kohli brings an overview of the product:

The gizmos are the first-ever camcorders targeted at consumer market from a pioneer electronics manufacturer. As per the company’s announcement the devices will be made available at retail outlets from August 20 onwards.

The outer appearance of device is similar to a standard camcorder and is capable of capturing conventional 2D videos and images. However, it features an additional conversion lens that almost doubles the camera’s size and allow users to capture in 3D.

While the TM750 model boasts a colossal 96 GB storage capacity, the TM650 can store data up to 64 GB. Furthermore, the cameras can also record onto SD memory cards.

Videos taken on the camcorder can be viewed on a 3D TV. The last few months have seen major consumer electronics makers like Panasonic among others, pushing 3D televisions as the first pro 3D content begins to appear on Blu-ray Disc and through TV networks.

Panasonic has yet not announced the prices for the two camcorders, and is also tight-lipped about when they would launch them in other countries.

After unveiling a professional 3D camcorder earlier this year, this step indicates Panasonic’s rising interest in consumer market.

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According to a report in Bloomberg, inflation in the United Arab Emirates, the second-largest Arab economy, sped up to 0.9 percent in May, the fastest in the year as the cost of education and food increased.

During the month, the consumer prices changed a tad at – 0.07 [...]]]>

According to a report in Bloomberg, inflation in the United Arab Emirates, the second-largest Arab economy, sped up to 0.9 percent in May, the fastest in the year as the cost of education and food increased.

During the month, the consumer prices changed a tad at – 0.07 percent, according to data released today on the UAE statistics Office’s site. In April, the inflation was at 0.8 percent.

Inflation has accelerated for the last three month after the UAE faced deflation from plumetting real estate costs and sluggish global trade. Real estate prices in Dubai, the UAE’s second biggest emirate dropped by 50% after reaching their peak in mid 2008.

Tej Kohli believes that the main drivers of inflation are food costs and education. He said that the overall level of inflation is still quite low, and there are important deterrents to soaring inflation getting ahead.

While the prices of food and soft drinks rose to an annual 1.2 %, the cost of education advanced to 0.7%. Housing costs dropped by 0.5 %.

According to Kohli, three factors will keep the inflation subdued – supply of housing, stronger dollar and the tightness of monetary policy. This year may see inflation of 1%, rising to 2.5% by 2011.

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If you’re one of those who like saying “like”, you’re, like totally gonna like the Facebook’s new evolution.

Sorry if I’ve already begun to talk like a valley girl, but I really have no better way to explain!

The [...]]]> Facebook’s LIKE button may soon be everywhere, says a new report. Read the detailed report at Tej Kohli Blog.

If you’re one of those who like saying “like”, you’re, like totally gonna like the Facebook’s new evolution.

Sorry if I’ve already begun to talk like a valley girl, but I really have no better way to explain!

The recent changes in the Facebook are all about the word “like”. The social networking site in the process of adding a few updates to its service, and they focus primarily on the ‘like’ button.

As yet, the announcements made by the company has concentrated on what’s within its website. Facebook has officially changed the wordage on its pages, which are used by celebrities and companies. Now, instead of clicking “become a fan” button on a Facebook page, you can simply click “like” button, just as you do to like a status update, or photograph for that matter.

Although this may look like a minor difference to the user, but it represents something far more significant.

The altered wording is followed by a stronger push to get users ‘like’ public pages. Users will automatically start receiving Facebook pages suggestions based on the things you’ve mentioned in your profile like your favorite movie or a brand. On accepting the Facebook’s auto-generated invitations, the plain text in your profile will be replaced by a link to the page you just ‘liked’, making it accessible to everyone.

“Once you make your choice, any text you’d previously had for the current city, hometown, education and work, and likes and interests sections of your profile will be replaced by links to these pages,” Facebook engineer Alex Li explains in an official blog posting. “If you would still like to express yourself with free-form text, you can still use the ‘Bio’ section of your profile.”

Sounds confusing? Hold on for its about to get even more perplexing.

Imagine a universal ‘like’ button! Yes, the Facebook is mulling over plans to expand its “like”trend all across the cyberspace. This not-yet-confirmed plan would enable third party blog and news websites to add Facebook “Like” button on their own pages.

The new york time explains it as follows: “Similar to the Facebook ‘Share’ buttons that are already popular with many Web sites, the ‘Like’ buttons will make it easier for Web publishers to offer more social experiences, in essence allowing Facebook friends to enjoy those sites together.”

And what’s more?

“While ‘Share’ buttons allow users to post links that their friends see on their Facebook pages, those links are fleeting,” The Times says. “The ‘Like’ button will allow Facebook to keep a record of what a user linked to, providing the company with ever more data about people’s preferences. Facebook, in turn, plans to share that data with Web publishers, so that a magazine Web site, for instance, may be able to show users all the articles that their friends like.”

While the Facebook has not directly denied or confirmed the imminent launch of a universal “like” button, it is saying some reports about the feature are outright wrong. A report publish in the financial times which stated that the web side system would keep track of the user’s behavior around the web so as to offer behaviorally targeted advertisements back at Facebook.com. However, a Facebook spokesperson refuted the reports as totally baseless. She said that the company has no plans to change its ‘ad offerings or ad policies.’

It is expected that Facebook would unveil its universal like button at its F8 conference on Wednesday.

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After failing to make a mark in the smartphone market, Palm Inc., is seeking a buyer to purchase their company and is inviting bids from [...]]]> Tej Kohli stumbled upon a report by Bloomberg which states that California based Smart Phone Manufacturer Palm Inc. is looking to sell itself. Read the inside story at Tej Kohli blog:

After failing to make a mark in the smartphone market, Palm Inc., is seeking a buyer to purchase their company and is inviting bids from interested companies as early as this week, said Bloomberg, which quoted 3 people familiar with the situation.

However, the spokesperson for Palm in Europe declined to comment on the report.

The US based provider of mobile products, which manufactures the Pre and Pixi phones and develops WebOS phone software, has apparently talked to investment banking and securities firms – Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Qatalyst Partners about finding a potential buyer.

The Taiwan based HTC Corp, and Lenovo Group Ltd., which is based in China, are likely to contest for the ailing smartphone maker.

China-based Lenovo group and Taiwan-based HTC group are likely to bid for the loss-making smartphone group.

In its third quarter results last week, the company announced a loss of $22 million/ 13 cents per share. In fact before posting its third-quarter results, palm lowered its forecast on February because of the slower-than-expected sales of its products.

Besides the losses, it also reduced its revenue forecast for the fourth-quarter. Compared to the 305.8 million estimate made by the market analysts, the company is expecting less than $150 million revenue in its fourth quarter.

“Palm’s limited scale, distribution and weak global brand outside the United States all point to a takeover as the next chapter in the Palm story,” said CCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber.

“The company has developed a highly valuable asset in webOS. The challenge for Palm is finding a buyer prepared to pay a premium for an immature platform when many potential suitors have already invested heavily in Android,” he added further.

Earlier, the major technology companies like Dell, Microsoft Corp. and mobile handset makers like Nokia and Motorola, were also cited as potential buyers.

Why Palm failed to impress people?

The first and the foremost reason was its poor marketing. The ads were confusing and some even considered them crappy.

Another blunder was to link its Pre smartphone with Sprint network, which already had several glitches. Additionally, the price tag of $199 for its Pre was high enough to dissuade buyers. Also, when it comes to applications available to the buyers, Palm is behind Apple.

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Hitherto, the finest Samsung Android based mobile phone one could purchase was the i7500 Galaxy, which is a fully loaded handset in itself. From Samsung, which has produced may high-end [...]]]> As Samsung revealed its latest Android based smartphone at the CTIA Wireless Expo 2010, Tej Kohli blog brings you the very first review of the product.

Hitherto, the finest Samsung Android based mobile phone one could purchase was the i7500 Galaxy, which is a fully loaded handset in itself. From Samsung, which has produced may high-end devices like the Omnia HD and i8510, producing a handset that could vie with the likes of Motorola Droid and Nexus One was sort of expected.

At the CTIA Wireless Expo 2010, the company has revealed what is said to be the most equipped, fully load Android gadget until now. Hail the Samsung’s latest and most powerful Android based gadget i9000 Galaxy S. Here’s a rundown of what the feature packed i9000 has in store for you…

To start with, the hi-tech i9000 features a 4-inches super AMOLED 800 x 480 pixel screen. This feature makes this phone Samsung’s biggest touchscreen phone till date. Even the Omnia HD has only 3.7 inch wide screen. Another remarkable feature of the screen is mobile Digital Natural Imagine engine, a technology that improves image quality on screen. Samsung has earlier used this technology in its LCD and LED TVs.

The device runs on Android 2.1 and is powered by ‘1 Ghz’ processor. i9000 will support HD video playback and a feature known as the ’social hub’, which will enable a single point access to various social networking sites. It will also feature the Swype virtual QWERTY and Thinkfree, a software which is used to open and edit MS office 2007 documents.

Besides, the phone comes with a 5 mega pixel camera and supports aGPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and WI-Fi B/G/N too. It also has an accelerometer. For now, the company has neither committed any time for the release of this product nor it has mentioned about its price.

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Sony, the Japanese electronic giant, has fixed the bug that stalled play for scores of [...]]]> Tej Kohli blog brings a good news for all PS3 users out there. Sony has fixed the bug that stalled play for millions of PS3 users across the world – Tej Kohli’s report… 

Sony, the Japanese electronic giant, has fixed the bug that stalled play for scores of gamers using older model of PlayStation 3, also called PS3 gaming console a day before. According to the Sony, the interruption had been caused by a bug in the console’s watch which recognized 2010 as a leap year.

 On Monday, Sony requested the users of PS3’s ‘Fat’ model to stop using the console as it could cause errors in some function or the loss of data.

 The bug however has not affected the newer ‘Slim’ version of the PS3 which was launched in September 2009.

 ”Having the internal clock date change from 29 February to 1 March (both GMT), we have verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally,” Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold said on the PlayStation blog.

 Sony has advised PS3 users to adjust the clock setting manually if the problems of connecting to internet or in playing games still persists.

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In a constant fight to woo back the [...]]]> Tej Kohli says that this deal shows Yahoo’s strong desire to harness the power of social networking sites and social nature of the web. Yahoo proposed a similar agreement to the popular social networking site Facebook in December. Check out this exclusive report at Tej Kohli Blog

In a constant fight to woo back the netizens who are spending quite a considerable time on social networking sites, internet portal Yahoo made a deal with twitter to share content across both sites. In December last year yahoo reached a similar agreement with Facebook to make the sharing of status updates and other information easier of users.

There are millions of messages posted on twitter every minute. “The information in one single tweet can travel light years farther with this Yahoo integration,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a statement. “Tweets in more places brings relevance where and when you need it most.”

This deal exhibits Yahoo’s keen interest to tap into the expanding social nature of the internet. Social networking is a trend started by Facebook and Twitter, the sites which have become major forces in directing and driving online traffic. To cash in on the rise of social networking Yahoo offered $1 billion plus takeover offer to Facebook, which the later rebuffed.

The alliance between Twitter and Facebook will roll out by the end of this year. This deal will allow users to access material form both sites without having to leave either one, said Jim Stoneham, vice president of communities for Yahoo. To be more specific, this will enable users to see their twitter feed on Yahoo’s sites.

Users will now be able to update their Twitter status and share information and other content from Yahoo, while the Yahoo search and media properties will show Twitter updates.

The Twitter feeds will instantly appear in the Yahoo search results. By showing Twitter’s real time updates yahoo will offer fresh, relevant and more engaging information to its users. Twitter, like Facebook is a great deal for Yahoo due to its tremendous growth over the recent times. Yahoo has recently signed two search deals worth $25 million with Microsoft and the internet search giant Google.

“We are focusing on making Yahoo where you can stay in touch with people and information in one place,” he said.

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February 9 marked a new epoch in the history of social networking when the world’s most popular search engine launched Google Buzz, a new service the company is promoting as [...]]]> Tej Kohli reviews the latest online Social Networking service launched by the search engine giant Google. Read the detailed review at Tej Kohli Personal Blog.

February 9 marked a new epoch in the history of social networking when the world’s most popular search engine launched Google Buzz, a new service the company is promoting as a ‘new approach to sharing.’
Integrated into the Google’s already popular gmail email service, buzz is designed to counter the increasing power of social networking sites like Facebook, and twitter, plus in an attempt to make Google a more central online venue for users.

Google launched this new service as a means of using its algorithmic might to penetrate the highly crowded social media infiltrating internet users’ online profiles. The service revolves around the idea of helping users organize their online activities in a better way.

“It’s becoming harder and harder to find signal in the noise,” said Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president of product management during a launch event.
Google is rolling out Buzz to all gmail subscribers with a new tab which appears under the inbox tab within their gmail account. Google has also revealed plans to monetize buzz by integrating it into its business service.

How it works?

Buzz explores a person’s list of contacts and creates an auto-follow list of people they interact with regularly through email. It also allow users the option of sharing status updates with either all of their contacts or with a private group.

Users can also share links and see what their friends are posting to sites like YouTube, Flickr and Twitter while being able to access everything within their Gmail window.

Besides this, buzz enables people to send a direct message to someone using the twitter’s popular ‘@ format’. What’s more? Buzz also gives users posts and links to other useful content based on what their friends are talking about or the content of their own buzz. When anyone comments on your buzz the Gmail sends you an email which includes all the comments and images related to the buzz you’ve posted.

Users can access buzz through their cell phones in three ways – first, through the company’s standard Google mobile homepage, second, from a special buzz application, which is available for only iPhone and Android users at present and third, through Google’s mobile maps application which is available only for Nokia Symbian, Windows Mobile and android users currently.

If you’re using a Smartphone with built in GPS technology, buzz will geotag posts with a user’s current location and will also show the posts of other people using buzz in your location.

By introducing a service with more personal relevance for web users and which will encourage them to spend more time on Google’s sites, the company is expecting to play a major role in the social networking.
And as far as the question of Buzz posing threat to Facebook or twitter will depend on the users’ response this latest Gmail feature and how well it blends the experience between Mobile and Computer devices.

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1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a [...]]]> Apple’s ipad, a new iphone-esque mobile computing device, may have a lot of new features, but it still has a lot of features missing in it. Tej Kohli Blog enlists the 10 important features it does not have:

1. Flash: The ipad uses safari browser which doesn’t have flash, just like the iphone. This is a huge drawback.

2. No camera: It does not have a user facing camera to enable video conferencing/video chats. This feature was at top on the list of expected features, but apple disappointed users.

3. No multitasking: Even though apple has rearranged iPhone’s OS in a new way to work on the new apple iPad, it still fails to run the background processes. This again is a big detractor.

4. No Verizon: Verizon Wireless is not providing the 3G wireless service which comes as a choice with iPad. Instead of Verizon, AT&T is providing this service.

5. No wide screen display: Although you can watch HD movies on its 9.7-inches display, it fails to match the 16:9 standard screen dimension that many of the other modern devices support.

6. No Mac OS: The iPad works on a new processor A4, manufactured by the Apple itself. It runs at 1GHz, which appears suitable for an iPhone OS, but it doesn’t run the more efficient full OS X, something which would have really made the device rock.

7. No GPS: There is an accelerometer for a great gaming experience, but there is no GPS. This means Google Maps will have to rely on 3G and/or Wi-fi to locate the iPad. Too much to replace your smartphone.

8. Enough Storage: iPad can sync content with iTunes and users can add/remove content as they wish, but the maximum space of 64 GB is not sufficient, especially for those who are a lot into games, movies and music.

9.Removable Battery: Following the footsteps of iPhone and the newer laptops, which don’t have a user-removable battery.

10. No HDM1: It doesn’t feature an HDM1 port, which makes it incompatible with all the modern HDTVs.

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After the Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, which hit 7.3 on Richter scale, charities and non-profit organizations are joining forces to [...]]]> The Tej Kohli Foundation, founded by Mr. Tej Kohli in 2005, is advising people to be vigilant when considering relief programs for Haiti earthquake, as security firms are already spotting scam emails circulating on the web.

After the Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, which hit 7.3 on Richter scale, charities and non-profit organizations are joining forces to help the earthquake victims. Unfortunately, a lot of scam organizations have also sprung up to capitalize on the Haiti disaster.

The Tej Kohli foundation suggests people to make donations only through the legitimate and popular organizations such as the American Red Cross, or the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Following the reports of unscrupulous organizations taking advantage of the Haiti tragedy, using internet as a medium, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, or FBI has recently issued an advisory for those wanting to donate money via internet. Before making any sort of donation online, people must adhere to the following guidelines:

Concerned about the recent evidence of fraudulent emails for disaster assistance, the Tej Kohli Foundation has also released a Press Release urging people to watch out for such scams. To read the entire press release click on the link below:

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