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Android Tablets Innovating to Stay Ahead

With the craze for the Android OS hitting an all-time high, the LFY team interacted with those in the Android-based tablet space to learn more about their brands equity and where they faced…

To Root Or Not To Root?

We bring you real, live information from our community on what they think about rooting their Android phones. ‘Will you ever root your Android Phone?’ Few weeks back, when we posted this poll…

3D Slicer: An Overview

This article gives an overview of the open source medical imaging tool called 3D Slicer, which has been released under a BSD-style licence, and is a tool for visualisation and image analysis. The…

Developing Android WebApps Using HTML5 Technologies

WebApps are easy to develop and with them, it is actually possible to ‘write once, and deploy everywhere .Anyone who has used GMail or the likes knows what a WebApp is. It is…

The Best Android Apps for Scientists

Resources that list the best Android apps for scientists are difficult to come by. The author shares a list of such apps, which he has put together over the years.   Scientists have…

A Hands-on Review of ICS on Galaxy SII

This is a first-hand review of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) running on a Samsung Galaxy SII. While ICS lets you browse faster and helps you unlock your device using facial recognition, it…

Small Coding Wonders

Scene 1: The National Employability Report 2011, prepared by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, says only 17.45 per cent of the engineers roped in by the IT sector are employable nationally.   Scene…

Video Editing the Easy Way, With Kdenlive

Let us explore an easy way to make awesome videos, using open source editing software called Kdenlive. Some time back, I had an urgent task at hand. I had to shoot a video…

Localisation: The Status of Indic Localisation

Having understood the history and growing importance of localisation in India, as well as the key local initiatives being taken in the previous article of this series, let us now look at the…

Create a Slide Show with Slidifier

Slidifier is a browser-based, open source slide show creator that is quick and very easy to use. Let’s take a look. Many presenters at conferences these days use browser-based slide shows. This is…

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