Firefox OS

Taking a look back at July 2011, Dr. Andreas Gal, Director of Research, Mozilla Corporation, announced  the proposal of making a standalone operating system, that would  in every way bridge the gaps for web developers to build apps that are no more different from native Android/iOS or Windows Phone 7 apps. This needed the power of web APIs along with basic OS capabilities like Phone and a camera.
Finally at CES 2013, its face was revelead under the hat of a basic ZTE smartphone. Naming the OS as Firefox OS.

Adding a little spice to it, Spanish phonemaker, Geeksphone announced the first 2 Firefox OS developer preview handsets, Keon and Peak. Low powered hardware. Low powered cost. Dont compare them with iPhone or any Android smartphone of an average range.

The Keon, which was shown off with a bright orange chassis, is powered by Qualcomm’s 1Ghz Snapdragon S1 processor — a chipset that made its debut in 2008. It also features 512MB of RAM and 4GB of included storage, though there is a microSD card slot for expanded storage. The handset, which has a 3.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 480?320 pixels, will run on 2G and 3G networks. There’s also a 3-megapixel rear camera but no front-facing camera.

The Peak is a bit more up market, with a 4.3-inch 960x540 pixel display, Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon S4 processor, 3G and 2G connectivity, an 8-megapixel camera out back and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It’s got the same paltry 4GB of storage, with a microSD card slot, and RAM is stuck at 512MB.

Global Expansion:

The first rain drops of Firefox OS will fall on Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain & Venezuela.

Till now 17 operators like America Movil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telecom, Stisalat, Hutchison 3 group, KDDI, KT, Megafon, QTel, Singtel, Smart, Sprint etc have agreed to shake hands with the latest open web device initiative.

HTML 5/CSS/Javascript:

Firefox OS smartphones will be built entirely to open web standards. Apps will be coded in HTML 5, Javascript and CSS. Native support of Firefox browser will be used to run these apps. Javascript and CSS will be responsible for User Interface and dynamic transitions.

Mozilla has already joined hands with players like Alcatel, ZTE and LG to provide basic smartphone capability models for its new innovation.

Firefox has already launched its OS simulator. All you need is a firefox browser and an add on of firefox OS simulator to be added to it. If you have a zeal to code, try it out with this pony.

Not only this, Mozilla has also announced to provide free firefox OS phones to developers. If you think you have an out of the box app in your brain, share it with them. If your app idea is upto their resonance, you will be given a free phone to develop and test your app, regardless of your geography. A Geeksphone handset to be precise. You can submit your app here.

Eyes are already set on this new young samurai in the ongoing battle between iOS/Android/Windows Phone 7. Will it prove its position with the swords of open web or just add a brick in the wall of current OS wars. A question left on time to be answered.

GOOGLE GLASS: JUST SAY 'OK GLASS...'

Wearing spectacles is an overhead on most of us. No fun. No Entertainment.
But what if you send text messages, capture snaps, record videos, translate, find routes and etc.. and etc.. with it??
Yes, the times have changed. Wearing glasses will soon be fun.

God of the search engine, 'Google' has answered this prayer. A 'Bang...!' in the world of technology has struck. A baby glass has born. Smart and Visionary, this baby, named as 'Google Glass'.



What is Google Glass??
A glass, with a camera, touchpad, display, battery and a microphone. That's it.

If this is it, then what and how will it do it? Simple, All you need is to say 'OK GLASS..' & your genie will wake up. Sound recognition is bone-induced & not traditional voice recognition. It detects the vibrations of your skull when you speak.

As you say, 'OK GLASS' a very simple & neatly designed menu will appear on the upper right corner in front of your eyes. This is done 'to not disturb' your view. Menu has well justified 'KISS(KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE)' principle.


You will feel your view from the glass as if you are viewing a 25-inch HD display from a distance of 8 inch. Though there are still talks on the native resolution, its perfectly defined to make your eyes stick to it.

Maps. Maps. Maps. Enough of street view, satellite & traffic modes on google maps. Just look at what is in front of you & speak 'OK GLASS.. Give me a route to.......'. You will find all the necessary details and nearbys. But hold on, a small pinch to present a fact, Glass does not has a built-in GPS chip. You need to pair it with your phone. You can pair it with any android phone. Needless to say, apple family is in the queue.


Glass comes with a 5MP camera that can record on 720p. Snaps can be captured. Videos can be recorded. All can be shared on your Google+. Using hangout, you can share what you are seeing.


Glass comes with a 16GB storage out of which 12GB will be available for users, also has built-in bluetooth and wi-fi. It has a micro USB charger.

For pairing Glass with your cellphone, you need to install 'MyGlass' app which will be available at play store. Soon, war of app makers is expected to make it best in its segment.

There is a good news for 'Miopians' and 'Hyper-Miopians'. Soon, you will be able to clip Google Glass with your current optics. Google is working on it.

Still nothing has been found on controlling your music or fitness with Glass.
But, "I never worry about the future, it comes soon enough" - Albert Einstein.

This baby comes with a blow of $1500 on your wallet. Seems pretty high. Still, it is, and will be considered a  ding in the gadget universe.


Check it out more about it at Google Glass

Fear of Rejection

"I really wish I was less of a thinking man & more of a fool not afraid of rejection" - Billy Joel


Look at the dates of my previous two articles in this blog. I didn't tell much people about my-blog-writing craze. Every time when strikes my head, I love to put it on paper. Some are still caged inside the brain.
For some misplaced internal fear, I didn't put my pen-paper-thought side public.

Fear of REJECTION:
This is the fear, the culprit. This is the only one. If not observed, it has a deep drilled impact on our lives. If left overlooked, it may incept into each & every part of our life.

Maybe with different experiences for all, it affects success in almost all parts of your life. Here some prominent scenes:
1. You are a super duper storage of a knowledge in your interest, yet you fail to display it in interviews. This way you gave a room to others to put you down and hear him say.. 'NEXT..!'

2. One of the most famous: 'SHE LIKES ME, SHE LIKES ME NOT'. You do not express your real gist to the person you like/love. And DISHOOM, you forgot that every offer is valid ONLY still stock lasts.
3. Man is a social animal. He belongs to a crazy, stupid society, that pushes him in many ways. Pushes him daily. He gets pushed. He begins wearing mask. A mask that behaves in the forced order, such as, dressing, speaking, walking, talking, not-talking, much more & more & more.....
Hence fear is inculcated which leads to discomfort in front of friends of friends, turning your head & walk your way when something you sense is wrong. Leading a stale & scripted life. Rejection stops you from being, YOU!
4. Others include:
4.1: Always saying yes, even if saying yes may cost you many things.
4.2: Given a task, you will find every way to criticize it & others involved in it.
4.3: You are always satisfied with what is given in your plate. You never ask/inquire, digesting all the discrepancies surrounded.

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." - Steve Jobs.

Almost everyone of us has come across this line: LIFE IS A JOURNEY. It is perfectly true. We often stop ourselves with a fall that badly hurts our brain, mind and heart. In a way, it makes roots for rejection to grow vivid.

But, this isn't the stop. This isn't the end. Human spirit is the biggest impulse in the universe. Replace rejection with fear of not able to try/achieve it. A simple 'to-do-list-before I die' might help a lot. Go out. Be Mad. Wander around. Listen to what you like, hear rest. Take risk. Have faith. Be free.

"I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat." - Sylvester Stalone 

Real Victim - A letter from a 2nd grade girl to a terrorist, who lost her father in 13/7 incident

Dear Mr. Tetrotrist,

     Sorry if I misspell your name. My english teacher Ms. Leena always scolds me for being bad with my spellings.

     I am writing this to you because my father Mr. Suraj Trivedi has not come home since 13/7/2011. It was my birthday that day and I had asked him to bring a pair of dolls, a frock and sweets for me.

     He told me he will reach home when the big hand of clock will be at 6 and small hand at 7. So I requested my tution teacher to leave me early that day. My mom had also made cake at home for me to cut. My mom and my granny also decorated the table and invited my friends from neighborhood.

     It was big hand at 1 and small hand at 7 when meena aunty came running to our house and told their is some bomb blats in the area where my dad worked. My mom switched onn the TV and my mom and granny suddenly started crying. Seeing them my younger brother Rohan also started crying from his Jhoola. I saw a car on TV. Glasses of car were broken. I asked my mom and my granny why are they crying. They didn't tell me anything and contueind crying.

     I was waiting for my new frock because mom told I will cut cake wearing my new frock. When the big hand was at 10 and small hand near 8, there were many people in my house. My bua, chacha, mausi and my neighbors. Many of them were crying. After some time my mom went with my bade chachu somewhere. When it was big hand at 12 and small hand at 10 my mausi took me and Rohan in my granny's room. She gave Rohan a bottle of milk and bread butter to me. I asked her to give me cake that my mom made for me but she didn't. When it was big hand at 6 and small hand at 10 my mausi told me to sleep. I asked her where is my mother. She told me she is with my Papa.

     My mausi told me to ask god to bless you because you are a bad person. She told me you didnt allow my papa to come home. She was crying. I did so.

     Next morning when I woke up Rohan was still sleeping. I went to my hall. All were in white dress siting in front of my Papa's photo.

     Why my mausi told you bad? What did you do? Is my daddy with you? Has he bought my frock, dolls and sweets. If he is with you then please ask him to bring a toy for Rohan too. He is crying very much.

Khushboo Trivedi.

Perception!

It means how you actually look at anything in your daily life. It can be tested by just viewing an canvas and stating your feelings about it. Best results are obtained while viewing Abstract creations.
Very few come to the conclusion while viewing something really abstract. This is quite analogous to the canvas of LIFE, which is abstract by nature! So, a question must come to the mind that why only few are successful in extracting the abstract from this canvas, while its viewed by all. The difference is of "views".
Its does not applies the concept of geometric views with so many different angles, but as simple as that of opening your eyes when you wake up in the morning. So, whats the difference when all of us have same human body. Also, we must not forget that handicap people are also leading there life in their best peaceful way.
So, whats the secret? Ans.: "The Secret is nothing, the Secret is you". Its you who is looking the canvas. So, its you who will grade it as beautiful, ugly or not understood. First look is very important in this case, if u tag the canvas as 'beautiful' at the first sight, all your discoveries will be simply beautiful.
If you look that you think is very special, but are confused, you need the help of faith and belief.
If you feel that what you are doing is special, you have to simply believe that it is special, no matter if you are looking at a mirror!

So, the aggregation of all this implies that - "To lead a better life, change the way you look at life". Remember, "Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery, present is a gift, and thats where god stays!". So, lets shake the hand with LIFE...