Ultra HighDef (4096p) Videos In Youtube

Have you ever complained about the quality of videos being uploaded in Youtube and wanted to get your favorite videos in a HD quality, then here's the solution. No, I'm not talking about Full HD (1080p) videos, but I'm talking about the latest launching of Youtube. Youtube now provides Ultra HD quality videos.

Youtube added FullHD 1080p videos a year back an today youtube supports videos from resolution 360p all the way up to 4096p.

4K resolution is freaking awesome for nextgen Highdef. To give some perspective on the size of 4K, the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet; IMAX movies are projected through two 2k resolution projectors, so Youtube videos would be twice as good, 4x times resolution of 1080p (1920×1080)  At 4096 x 3072 pixels.


Experience 4096p Videos:

At this point of time, only high-end professionals own camera capable of doing 4096p, but Youtube has made available a playlist that let you experience the ultimate HD. 4K cameras cost in 100,000s of dollars and so are the projectors which are the size of a small refrigerator. Soon things should start entering consumer market.

Well then enjoy the Ultra HD qualtiy.
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Record 360° Panoramic Pictures on iPhone 4, 3GS

Previously few high end DSLRs offer you a feature to record 360 Panoramic Pictures, but now the same is made possible on iPhone 4, iPhone  3GS with an application called “360 Panorama“, available on the App Store. These Panoramic pictures can later be used as  iPhone wallpapers.

360 Panorama has a great set of features like a 360 view grid powered by the iPhone 4’s gyroscope to accurately capture what you’re viewing in real time. To add to the proper lighting, the app has built-in light sensing, to fix over exposures to bright light sources.

When you are done shooting your 360 view image, you can view it live as a 360 view —  Just by rotating the phone, the gyroscope will automatically pan the live shot. Once done, you can share the saved image to most social sites, email it . iPhone 3GS just works, but due to lack of Gyroscope, it would be limited.

360 Panorama features:

• Real-time panorama creation
• Instantly save to the Camera Roll – no waiting for image stitching
• Create full 360 degree panoramas in under 20 seconds
• Fully supports the new high-resolution Retina displays
• iPod touch (4th generation) is now fully supported

As of version 3

• For the first time ever on iPhone/iPod Touch, you can instantly share immersive 360 Views! Anywhere!
• Tweet your panoramas in seconds with new Twitter integration
• Augmented reality (AR) style viewing! Just hold your phone upright to engage (gyroscope required)!
• iPod Touch users: Greatly expanded field of view (FOV)!
• Dynamically adjusts to scene light levels for crisp panoramas even at night
• Better motion tracking on 3GS – no more need to realign, ever!
• Dramatically improved accuracy and more vibrant colors
• GPS location tagging

Download 360 Panorama [iTunes]

FreeApps: Download all the free apps you need with a single click

Hey friends, I'm back with another Interesting post.

Now a days there are lots of free applications available on the internet. If you are a tech lover like I am, chances are your computer is full of free applications. The painful process of searching all these apps starts when you have a new computer.


There is a great solution from FreeApps which allowed me to download all the free software, you might need on your computer.
 

Features Of FreeApps:

• FreeApps is great as you can install all the free applications with the installer with just a single click. Just visit the website and you will see all the software that is missing on your computer arranged in neatly category wise.
• Great feature of this website is all the downloads are done from the vendor’s server. That is good to know as it means it is safe to use FreeApps to download required software.
• It also has a new freeware section which is a great way to keep in touch with what new freeware software is out there.

Try out FreeApps website and check if you computer is missing something out there that is useful and free. It is a lot like Google Pack which allow download all Google related apps on your computer in one go.
Do you use a lot of Free Apps? Which are your favorite ones? Do drop in your comments.
 
Link: FreeApps website

Firefox Extension – How To Open An Image Directly Into Photoshop

There are plenty of Firefox add-on lets talk about Open With Photoshop(extension). To open an image directly into Photoshop one can install this add-on and edit image in your favorite editor i.e. Photoshop. This add-on is compatible with latest version of Firefox.

 Once you have finished installing Open With Photoshop(extension) you can right-click on any image inside a web page and choose Open With Photoshop option within the context menu to send the image to Photoshop.

If Photoshop is not open then this will start-up the Photoshop automatically and it will place the image inside the Photoshop when Photoshop is ready. This is better to have Photoshop open, this will simply add the image in a new Photoshop window immediately.

• It’s usage is simple and it is great time saver for web and graphic designers.
• It’s very handy tool to use.
• On a single mouse click it sends the image into Photoshop.

Image is ready to be edited in Photoshop, its quick and easy.

Note : For to Mac Users open an image in Photoshop can take a bit longer if it not already open, to avoid this you can first open Photoshop manually to put an image in a faster way.

Do drop in your comments.

Link: Open With Photoshop

Download Complete Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Setup

Many new Windows applications requires latest version of Microsoft .NET framework which is version 3.5 at the time of of writing of this post.

If you go to Microsoft download center, then by default you will get live installer of approximately 2-3 MB’s while complete .NET framework requires 50-200 MB. Actually on the same page there are links to complete setup but they are placed in a way that anyone can hardly notice them. Seems like Microsoft wants you to download live installer but there are problems with live installer…

1. It may hang forever if you have slow internet connection like dial-up, GPRS, etc.
2. You can not use it at all if your computer is not connected to internet
3. Also if you are running pirated Windows better not to use any software/installer from Microsoft which connects to Internet.

Here I am giving you links to complete Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 & 3.5 setups which are gathered from Microsoft pages (links: v3.5 & v3.0)

# Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Setup

• 32-bit version (Size: ~200MB)

# Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Setup

• 32-bit Version (Size: ~50MB)
• 64-bit Version (Size: ~90MB)

Do not worry about authenticity of above links as they are from Microsoft’s server!:D

Create free “Group SMS” service using Google SMS Channels

Did you ever wish for an SMS service similar to Yahoo Groups or Google Groups???

A service that you could help you send your one SMS to all your friends and if any one of them reply to it… 

the reply goes back as an SMS to mobile phone of all you friends in the group.

Well here is a cool usage of Google SMS Channels to create a similar service…..but before going into details…

Catch this situation…

One lazy Sunday afternoon in Ahmedabad, sitting at home you feel like planning to watch a late night movie show….You type an SMS and send it to 6 of your friends to check who is interested to join you. Minutes later you start getting all types of queries.. one wants to watch “Drona” the other friend is ok with any movie but only in “Inox” … the third one can watch any movie but only in “Rahul cinema”…. while you start trying to collaborate using only SMS (as its only 10 paise per SMS) you actually end up doing 2-3 round robin of calling everyone to bring all to a conclusion…… Total time taken : 30 minutes

 

Now the same situation using "Group SMS"...

One lazy Sunday afternoon in Ahmedabad, sitting at home you feel like planning to watch a late night movie show….You type an SMS and post it to your “Google SMS channel”. All your friends receive this message (as an SMS on their mobile) as they have subscribed to your channel… now everyone post back to the channel (reply the SMS) what their preference is (You have set up your Google SMS channel in such a way that it allow its subscribers to post messages).

Everyone’ s SMS is further relayed to all other friend’s mobile handsets..  and after 2-3 iterations (posting back SMS on the group)  you come to a unanimous plan. Total time taken : 5 minutes

Before winding up here are few simple steps you need to take to create your own cool SMS group!!!!!

Step 1

• Start your own SMS channel
• Click on “Try now>>” under “Create your own channel” on http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/browse
• Give name to your channel say “CoolGroup”
• Do not select any Data Source
• Set ‘Allow publishing by’ to ‘Any subscriber’
• Set ‘Who can subscribe’ to ‘By invitation only’

Step 2

• Invite your friends using “Invite others”

Step 3

• All your friends will receive an invitation SMS from Google on your behalf
• They need to send an SMS ‘ON CoolGroup’ to 9870807070
• and later ‘accept’ to 9870807070 to accept the terms and conditions

Step 4

• To post a message to the channel (sending SMS to all your friends) any of the members can send an SMS <channel_name> <message>  to 9870807070
• In this case it will be sending an SMS ‘CoolGroup Hi all wanna go 4 any movie 2nite?’ to 9870807070
• This message will reach everyone’s mobile to which they can further reply back using the same method

Google SMS channels are poised to bring a complete revolution in the way we exchange information today!  People are already exploring ways to innovate cool applications using Google SMS channels….

So keep exploring the countless possibilities and do keep me posted…

 

 

 

Free GPS on your phone

People in India have a tough time overcoming traffic everyday, as they are hardly aware of alternative routes, intensity of traffic in a particular area, roadworks, etc. Waze is a free mobile application which has been in existence over a year now and a very few smart phone users in India are seen using it.

A general inclination is towards Google maps, mainly due to its popularity. Waze is a fairly new kid on the block and has an edge over other GPS maps, as it enables the drivers themselves to build live maps. It also gives them the power to inform people in the vicinity about real-time traffic updates, accidents, road blocks etc. The new routes created by the commuters, are added to the database of waze.

Thus, the more we drive with waze on our phones, more maps are created. If I was not eloquent enough, here’s a video explaining how waze works!

Waze can be downloaded to the following smart phones :

• iPhone
• Android Phones : HTC Dream G1, HTC Magic, Motorola Cliq, HTC Hero, HTC HD2
• Nokia: E66, E75, N82, N85, N95, N96
• Windows Mobile: HTC Touch Cruise, HTC touch HD

Check out waze.com to see whether your smart phone supports waze or not.

In India, Satguide (India’s GPS Pioneer since 2005) is providing a satguide-waze package completely free of cost for the growing Indian Community of smart phone users. Check out satguide-waze Here.

Try it out on your smart phones and leave feedback and comments.

Link: Waze