A new lease of life has just been breathed into HTML5 video because MPEG LA has just declared that from now on H.264 / MPEG-4 video compression format will be royalty free, forever. Thus far there have been question marks over the future of HTML5 due to the uncertainties over licensing of H.264. But now [...]
Alright. Not just from a geeky point of view, but this video is awesome on so many levels! Akinori Ito has invented a device that converts plastic back into real oil. The solution he came up with is eco-friendly, safe and really efficient. The oil can be further processed into gasoline, diesel and kerosene. Amazing? [...]
Of late, all the talk about Verizon Wireless has been centered on whether the company will actually carry the iPhone in the near future. But you’ll be thrilled to know that now there’s more success awaiting with Verizon than just that. Actually it’s a glimpse into their plans for the next year, to be specific! [...]
Another unexpected announcement from PayPal (for Indians): You’ll not be able to request Electronic fund transfer from your PayPal account starting July 29, 2010. I’ve put this BIG news in one plain sentence, I know, but I am out of words to explain this news in any better way. This is simply unacceptable. And with [...]
Several summers ago it looked as if Titanic would be the tough to topple as far as visual tech in movies was concerned. But movies like Avatar, and more recently liked Inception, have once again proved that the bar can never be raised too high! And the good news is that some of the tech [...]
There are many technological areas to test before proving to the world that an application scores a major success on the Fourth generation (4G) wireless network with regards to its capacity and speed. In addition, envision this scenario of watching a TV show on your tablet notebook pausing it to start over a video call [...]
After announcing Youtube Leanback, it is now the latest high quality videos that are making the buzz. Although 1080p videos have been around for some time now, the recent extension is 4k (4096 x 3072 pixels) videos that are available in high quality. The resolution format are not available for all the videos, and the [...]
Skype has undoubtedly grown into one of the most popular avenues of communication through the Internet and chances are you know how Skype works. When it comes to Skype, it is rather easy to use the video chat application for one-on-one conversations, but with the group chat feature, it did not happen quite as easy. [...]