Is Elastic technology cost effective?

July 29th, 2011 | by admin | info, tech, web |

One of the great benefits of many of the cloud solutions is that they offer capacity on demand or, in other words, supply to meet demand. Essentially, you never get more than you need but always get as much as you need. This differs from local systems in that we build new capacity in-house based [...]



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450 million Smart phones by year 2015:McKinsey

July 28th, 2011 | by admin | info, news, tech |

According to a new report from management consultancy firm, McKinsey, the number of smartphone users in India could go up to 450 million by year 2015. This would lead to a spurt in digital content consumption, which might rise as high as $9.5 billion. The report also says that currently just about 7 percent of [...]



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Five Misconceptions about Mobile Web

July 17th, 2011 | by admin | mobile application |

Based on Jeanne Hopkins’s (Co-founder Merlin Mobile) on Hubspot Blog The mobile web is growing faster than we can imagine. Present state can be compared to where the web was in 1998, but this year we leap forward to roughly the state of the Internet in 2001. Standards are coming into place with HTML5, adoption [...]




Rails Best Practices – My Favorites

July 6th, 2011 | by kshaikh | tech, web |

Rails Best Practices View more presentations from Wen-Tien Chang Here are my favorites slides numbers #13 – Move finders to named scope #15 – Use model accociation #17 – Use scope access #19 – Add model virtual attributes #22 – Use model callback #25 – Replace complex creation with factory method #28 – Move model [...]



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Static code analysis in Ruby

July 4th, 2011 | by kshaikh | tech |

Static code analysis in Ruby can be done using metric_fu. metric_fu is a nice gem which internally uses Saikuro, Flog, Flay, Rcov, Reek, Roodi, Churn, RailsBestPractices and generals useful quality metrics about the code. With the help of above it analyzes code for complexity, convention compliance, duplicate and unused code. Saikuro Saikuro analyzes code and [...]



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HTML 5:Input Types

July 4th, 2011 | by admin | uncategorized |

Input Type – email The email type is used for input fields that should contain an e-mail address. The value of the email field is automatically validated when the form is submitted. Example: E-mail: Input Type – URL The URL type is used for input fields that should contain a URL address. The value of [...]



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How To Make Your Own Web Mashup ?

July 3rd, 2011 | by admin | uncategorized |

So you want to make a mashup but aren’t entirely sure where to begin? This blog post can help you get there. 1. Pick a subject Answer the question: a mashup of what? Hint: Plotting markers on maps is probably the easiest place to start. It might just be the best delis in your neighborhood. [...]



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What is Mashup?

July 3rd, 2011 | by admin | uncategorized |

A new breed of Web-based data integration applications is sprouting up all across the Internet. Colloquially termed Mashups, their popularity stems from the emphasis on interactive user participation and the monster-of-Frankenstein-like manner in which they aggregate and stitch together third-party data. The sprouting metaphor is a reasonable one; a Mashup Web site is characterized by [...]



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Infocast Orbiter : Infographic based depiction of live Stock exchange feed

July 1st, 2011 | by admin | mobile application, tech |

Infocast is a leading solutions provider for the securities industry. They offer a total solution to all industry participants dealing with stocks and securities. Using innovative technology and expertise, they develop total solutions to cater to all participants in the market. Infocast helps automate securities trading, while ensuring that everyone is equipped with the necessary [...]