Top 20 Free Open Source Social Networking Software

Social Networking had forever been a chief idea of human relationships and it existed since time long time. However the world woke up and had a notice on it only with the inception of popular sites like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and MySpace. Since then people wanted to add their own features on such network and there emerged exciting tools like Ning, CollectiveX and Snappville. But then we know web industry is demanding so we all wanted to have more control over domain, branding, design and database. With that in mind this amazing thing introduced called Open Source Social Networking Software.

If would be a foolish to ask what are the advantage of having social networking sites as we are in the world were keeping tracks of friends and building end-to-end business is all done there. The basic features of a standard social network sites would include – profile, blogs, notifications, groups, files sharing (photo and video), messaging, forum discussion, search option, comments, social bookmarking and others. We have seenTop 50 Free Open Source Content Management System and Honeytechblog will now share top 20 social networking sites that can help you build your own network in no time!

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Top 10 Digital Cameras

While the photography art is getting more and more widespread, the demand for cameras is just augmenting. And so the cameras are getting better with higher-resolution, higher optical zoom level, more pixels and advanced technology, leaving the consumer confused to pick one that is best needed. Some features you might look for while getting a cameras such as face recognition, megapixles, waterproof and knockproof casing, LCD size, memory card and zoom options. By all means, you are looking for a digital camera that feels great in hand, shoots wonderfully and carries all features that matters for you. Whether you are professional photographer or just looking for a nice camera that can capture beautiful moments of your life, honeytechblog has compiled the Top 10 Digital Cameras of 2009 so that you don’t go wrong on your decision of buying a great digicam.

1. Sony Cyber-shot DSC HX1

This is one of the best introduced this year in market, which is the first digital still camera with Sweep Panorama mode. You can also shoot at an amazing 10 frames per second and capture crisp details in low light with 9.1-megapixel resolution. This camera has extremely powerful ultrazoom option that shoots great pictures and nice videos along with easy night shots.

Interesting Features of Sony Cyber-shot DSC HX1

• Megapixel Super Exmor™ CMOS Image Sensor
• Optical SteadyShot™ Image Stabilization
• Professional Quality G-Lens
• 20x High Zoom and 28mm Wide Angle Lens
• High Speed Shooting (10fps)
• Sweep Panorama Mode
• BIONZ™ image processor
• Anti-Motion Blur and Intelligent Auto Mode
• Smile Shutter™ Technology
• Stamina® Battery Power
• HD movie recording at up to 1440×1080 at 30 fps
• Weight without batteries 514g

40 Best Android Mobiles

Android Phones are quickly becoming the top choice for mobile users. This OS have already attracted many users and continue to make buzz around. In fact, Android phones are said to be better than iPhones in terms of better stability and performance. Manufactured by the Open Handset Alliance, this cellular phone brings Internet-style innovation to the wireless phones. Android phones use Linux as an operating system. It has an amazing facility of allowing the developers to use Java language with the help of Google applications. There are already many Android phones released and more than 18 to come this year by Google. So, before you purchase an Android mobile phone, you can have a look at the various phones available in the market to learn better. With that in mind, ttpaper has compiled the updated list of Android phones!

Update:

Samsung GalaxyS

1. HTC Dream, T-Mobile G1 Android Phone

• Camera – 3.2 Megapixels with AutoFocus
• Display – 3.2-inch/ 320 x 480 Resolution; Full HVGA TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with Horizontal Sliding FULL QWERTY Keyboard
• Dimensions – 117.7mm x 55.7mm x 17.1mm; 158 grams
• Processor – Qualcomm MSM7201A, 528 MHz
• Internal/External Memory – 256 MB/MicroSD (up to 32GB)
• Battery – 1150 mAh Lithium-ion battery
• Standby Time – Up to 402 hours
• Talk Time – Up to 5.8 Hours

Top 10 mistakes of Yahoo.

Besides gaining top traffic rank in alexa and popular as it may seem but Yahoo still has its own set of mistakes.The Yahoo website is cluttered with so many bits and pieces. This is not appealing to many people so they look for other search engine like Google.Moreover Here is a list of top 10 mistakes of Yahoo.

1. Microsoft deal controversy :They are too arrogant. They turned down Microsoft, it was a good deal for them but they did not accept the offer.
2. Unable to advantages of been old in the market : Few years ago they were the best search engine but then came Google; they got old and they never have enough efforts to regain dominance.

30 Best Iphone Applications

There has been lot of buzz around the mobile phone market about who is better – Blackberry, Symbian, Window Mobile, Android or iPhone. But so iPhones have been leading at least when you talk about best applications. iPhone today has the largest market and huge fan following. The most excellent thing is that it has a single store –AppStore – that makes it simple to search and competently buy from user’s perspective. Developers’ products have a superior chance of being found suitably by the customers. But the issue here is that the number of apps popping up daily keeps the users confused on what to get and what not. At present, we have surprising 300 new applications being released each day. How does the average iPhone user find the gems in this deluge? So we at honeytechblog pulled out top 30 iPhone applications which are worth your time and money. We have already seen best Window Mobile Applications, best Blackberry Mobile Applications and , now our interest is towards best iPhone apps.

1. Amazon Mobile

The Amazon Mobile app allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to very quickly search, shop, compare prices, read reviews, and make purchases on Amazon.com using a simple, yet elegant, interface. Amazon customers have full access to their existing cart, wish lists, payment and shipping options, order history, 1-Click (R) settings, and Prime membership benefits. All purchases made on Amazon Mobile are routed through Amazon’s secure servers just as they are on the web. All prices are in US Dollars.

2. Facebook

Facebook for iPhone makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. Use your iPhone to start a conversation with Facebook Chat, check your friends’ latest photos and status updates, look up a phone number, or upload your own mobile photos to Facebook while on the go.

The Best 30 BlackBerryApplications

Are you planning to purchase a new blackberry mobile phone? The Blackberry smart phones offer you host of free applications ranging from Amazon Application to Neosistec CarFinder. Blackberry phone is developed by RIM (Research In Motion) company. The very reason for launching this multi-purpose device was to give a new touch to a professional life. Blackberry phone came into existence with a principle of sending and receiving emails in an easy way. These mobile phone brought Internet into your hands. And now they are upgrade with latest technologies and software features. But with hundreds of blackberry mobile apps available it could be daunting for users to conclude on few best apps. So, we at honeytechblog did a search for the best blackberry mobile applications and the list is as follows!

1. BBNotePad

This acts as a text editor. You can the application to write full-length documents or code.

Best 30 Windows Mobile Applications

The main reason why people still love window mobile is because of its freeware applications and excellent add-ons. Windows Mobile users carry great access to third party applications than any other Mobile Operating system in the market. At the same time it might be confusing for the user to settle on which window mobile apps to download. So we at honeytechblog did a search and have compiled a list of Top 30 Best window mobile applications. These applications will ensure following features such as networking, themes, tools for tweak, music players, newsreaders, Internet browser, document manager and much more.

1. Facebook

The famous social networks is now a mobile application updated with latest news and posts.

2. TwitToday

Twitter is one of the popular micro blogging site and all the twitter activities can be controlled with this windows application. Once it is added, a textbox is displayed into the screen.

30 Free Google Android Applications

With more than 40 android phones there are lot of buzz in android applications development and last year Google Revealed android developer challenge winners. If you are interested in development then you can also watch Android developers talk about their android applications.

Introduction to Android

Before Starting: Learn how to download Android applications

To download android applications into your mobile phone you just need to launch theandroid market in the application menu, search for “desired application”, and easily install them.

Here is the list of 30 Best and free Google Android Applications available in Android Market.

1. Lyric Search – Lyric Search searches LyricWiki.org for Lyrics to virtually any song. Search by artist or song name, copy and paste lyrics into sms, email, or other applications, and save lyrics or buy the  song on amazon mp3.
2. Facebook – Share and stay connected with your friends with the Facebook for Android app.
   Facebook for Android makes it easy to stay connected and share with friends. Share status updates from your home screen, chat with your friends, check out your News Feed, review your upcoming Events, look at your friends’ walls and user info, check in to Places to get Deals, upload Photos, share links, check your Messages, and watch videos.

The Best 30 IPAD Applications

It’s not been ages since Apple iPad was launched, but the web industry is already loaded with numerous iPad applications. Some of them are free apps, others are comes with price tag but then few existing ones are of no use at all. With more than 6,000 apps available so far it obviously becomes a taxing task to find few apps that help them in their daily life. By now we at honeytechblog have helped users to locate bestblackberry mobile applications, Android applications, iPhone applications, window mobile applications and now it is time to review best Apple iPad so far. You might be surprised about what iPad applications can do, so check the following top 30 best iPad applications so far and see how exciting your iPad turns. Don’t forget to download iPad applications which ever you feel is interesting!

1. ABC Player

One more way to watch your favorite ABC shows anywhere, any time. Watch your most loved ABC shows for free on the ABC.com Full Episode Player for the iPad! Watch full-length episodes of LOST, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Desperate Housewives and more.

2. Adobe® Ideas 1.0 for iPad

Adobe Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. Adobe Ideas is an ideal companion for the professional design applications from Adobe, including Adobe Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop® software. Updated UI for iPad to make better use of screen size. Fixes related to orientation of thumbnails, sketches, photos and pdf email attachments.

Top 10 MIstakes of Bill gates

Bill Gates is considered as a great man. Many people look up to him. And a lot of people are inspired by his life. But then again like any other human being he also has his own mistakes. Here are the top 10 mistakes of Bill Gates.

1. The man created a software monopoly and in return he got so many lawsuits for it.Bill Gates is still fighting with lawsuits.The source on wikipedia clearly stated that
   

   United States v. Microsoft was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and 20 U.S. states. Joel I. Klein was the lead prosecutor.The trial started on May 18, 1998 with the U.S. Justice Department and the Attorneys General of twenty U.S. states suing Microsoft for illegally thwarting competition in order to protect and extend its software monopoly.

2. Bill Gates did not consider opensource. His business strategies always counter opensource principles and paradigm.You may be interested in his open-source debate In a Fortune magazine he clearly says that
   

   It’s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there’s piracy than when there’s not.
3. The Windows OS made Mr. Gates the richest man in the world. But its latest iteration is bombarded with lots of negative criticisms.

D-roll Laptop Concept

Scientists at the University of Cambridge (UK) have developed a series of ‘morphing’ structures, capable of changing shape, which could be used to as roll-up laptop display screens, keyboards or re-usable packaging. An example of the technology’s potential application would be the ability to make an A5-sized flat screen tubular so that it could then be stored in someone’s pocket or briefcase.

Dr Keith Seffen, from the Department of Engineering, has developed the structures and is currently exploring various applications for their ingenious behaviour with co-worker Dr Simon Guest and graduate student Alex Norman. Dr Seffen and his team have filed a patent on the manufacture and operation of the morphing devices. They are currently seeking commercial partners for future development.

These are Going to be in market very soon in 1st quarter of 2012..

Coby DP152PNK 1.5-Inch Cliphanger Key Chain Digital Photo Frame

In present days we accept and encourage only innovative gadgets and technologies. Photo frames are the New innovation making Things awesome with the pics we selected . Here we go with 1.5 inch Photo Frame Keychain which is very low at cost approximately 500 INR .

Technical Details

• CSTN LCD full-color display, displays JPEG, GIF, and BMP image files
• Stores over 60 photos and features photo slideshow mode
• Integrated rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Has digital clock display and digital calendar display
• USB port for fast file transfers, Carabiner with "gate lock" design for secure attachment

Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve Jobs," author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite being highly critical of the administration's policies and that Jobs refused potentially life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt it was too invasive. Nine months later, he got the operation but it was too late.

Those are just some of the tidbits about Jobs' life revealed in the upcoming biography, a copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post. The publication date of the official biography of the notoriously-secretive Apple co-founder was pushed up after his death in October. "I wanted my kids to know me,"Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying in their final interview. "I wasn't always there for them and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did."

Nokia Lumia 800 hands-on: Unibody wonder

Nokia Lumia 800 in black, cyan, and magenta.

Mere hours after Nokia launched the Lumia 800 and its lower-end sibling, the Lumia 710, in London, we headed on over to the Nokia offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., to get a hands-on look at the new devices for ourselves. (Read Jessica Dolcourt's take on the Nokia Lumia 710 here).

Nokia Lumia 710 Hands-On (Video)

Nokia Lumia 800 Vs. Nokia N9: The Tale Of The Tape

Overview of Hacking in 2011

In recent Days most of the major countries and major companies are suffering with these hacking activities.

As the business world continues to embrace technology, hackers continue to exploit technology for financial and political gain.  2011 has already welcomed plenty of damage due to hackers, including the 77 million Playstation Network user accounts that were hacked.

In order to provide a closer glimpse at the hacking world, Gadgets and Gizmos has produced a great infographic entitled, “Hack Attack: All You Need To Know“. The fact that was most astounding to me was that 73% of Americans have been hacked in one form or another.

The infographic also provides us some information on exactly what the financial impact of hacking has been so far in 2011.  If you aren’t familiar with who the renown figures are in the hacking world, the infographic also contains a quick overview of most notorious “white hat” and “black hat” hackers.

If you haven’t yet been convinced to create a secure password, take a look at the chart towards the end of the the infographic below and you may change your mind!

Be Secure Using Click n Type Onscreen Keyboard

In present times many hacking cases are because of key-loggers and other hacking software's those are tracing the keystroke data.So for the Secured Browsing and transactions we should use OSK(On Screen Keyboard). Windows by default provide us OSK but it was no that user friendly as we should look for the word with mouse pointer. So Click N Type is the free app you can download it either as full app or portable app or in Portable Usb Version p Provides user Friendly environment by providing approximate keywords as you type once you type 3 letters in the word.

Apple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction

Apple iPod: 10 Years of the Ubiquitous Media Player

A decade ago, Apple launched an MP3 player that can be partly attributed with shaping the landscape of today's mobile computing market. Along with being the best-selling portable media player and saving Apple from near irrelevance, the iPod influenced many of Cupertino's ambitious and revolutionary projects, forcing much of the industry into a perpetual state of catch-up.

Apple's iPhone birthed the smartphone as we know it and stands as the top-selling device of its kind -- likewise with the iPad and the tablet segment, despite Microsoft's early dabblings. Software-wise, the iTunes Store paved the road for digital music sales and represents the world's largest music retailer, while the App Store's sales dwarf all the competition combined -- Android included.

In fact, the iPod and related products prompted Apple to change its name from "Apple Computer, Inc." to just "Apple Inc.” Without fawning over Apple's every endeavor, we'd like to pay homage to the company's game-changing gadget on its 10th birthday. Join us as we take a brief stroll down memory lane.

First iPod5, 10GB -- Oct. 23, 2001

The first iPod was developed in less than a year and although it didn't flip the music industry upside down overnight – in fact received a lot of criticism – it laid the conceptual framework for grander things to come. Powered by a dual-core 90MHz ARM-based PortalPlayer processor and 5GB 4200RPM Toshiba HDD (a 10GB version came later), the rudimentary device only supported Mac computers as well as AAC, MP3 and WAV audio files. The first version of iTunes for Mac was released the same year in January. Also: Watch the first iPod being introduced by Steve Jobs.

Transparent Aston Martin Android Phone

Apple Recoded Highest Q4 Revenue and Earnings Ever Annual Net Profit Rise by 85%

The world’s biggest technology company Apple earlier today announced financial results for its 2011 fourth quarter which ended on September 24, 2011. After successful launching and success of iphone 4s its net profit raised very huge. Apple reported quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.
The gross margin has risen to be 40.3 percent in contrast to the 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. Undoubtedly the results demonstrate the best ever September quarter for Apple.

Dissecting the sales figures to various specifics, Mac sales in the quarter were 4.89 million; a 27% increase over the same period last year. iPads were 11.12 million and iPhones came in at 17.07 million, even the late arrival of iPhone 4S did not negatively affect the Q4 results.

There was some disappointment with the fourth quarter of the year, when no major new products were released. But analysts had been expecting iPhone sales of 20 million in the quarter.

“The numbers came in weak. They need to set records every time they report to keep up the momentum,” said Colin Gillis, analyst at BGC Partners.

For the full fiscal year 2011, revenues are $108 billion and earnings are $26 billion. Apple’s stock closed today at $422.24, and is currently down to $404.50 in after-hours trading.

Google Celebrating More Than One-Billion Google Earth Mapping Tool Downloads

Google unveiled on their official blog yesterday that, ever since being first launched in 2005, Google Earth has now been downloaded over one billion times. This number of downloads comprises downloads on the desktop client, Google Earth plug-in and mobile apps as well.

The service weaves satellite images and mid-air photos into 3D interactive graphics which people can zoom into, starting from space and homing in on structures or plots of land.

“We’re proud of our one billion milestone, but we’re even more amazed at the way people have used Google Earth to explore the world,” McClendon said.

“When we founded Keyhole, Inc. back in 2001 we never imagined our geospatial technology would be used by people in so many unexpected ways,” he continued.

As part of the celebration, Google has put together OneWorldManyStories.com, a gathering of many stories from Google Earth users who are using this technology in fascinating means. This website is fundamentally just a Google Earth map with pins stressing stories others have submitted associated to their experiences with the technology.

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You can also utilize the timeline underneath the map to discover how users have used Google earth over the several years or you can click on “Share your Story” to share your personal experience with Google Earth.

Twitter to Surpass Facebook and Google+ With its Simplicity, Believes the CEO

Twitter has its sight set on beating its two of the major competitors, Facebook and Google’s social networking site, Google+ by continuing to be to be simple, shared the chief executive of the company, today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Calif.

Twitter’s user base has grown manifolds and today it is believed that nearly 250 million tweets are sent across every day. One of the fundamental reasons behind the immense popularity of the site is that it’s simple and user friendly and owing to same, the company has consciously stayed away from adding new features, Costolo said.

“We think we can reach every person on the planet, we think the way to do that is to simplify it,” he said. “Over time, Google+ and Facebook will be more and more different than the experience we want to pass onto our users.”

Ever since its inception, there hasn’t been much change in Twitter. Each Tweet is around 140 characters long, and you can send out a Tweet through a mobile application or through a text message. It works on almost any device (thanks to text messaging), so it has outlasted other forms of communication that have been cut off during times of social unrest — such as the revolutions and uprisings that happened during the Arab Spring.

Currently twitter has a vast user base of around 100 million active users. And as compared to a mere 30 million users in the beginning, half of the current active users log in daily and send across their Tweets. Twitter reached its first benchmark of first billion Tweets, the 140 character bite sized messages, and now it takes hardly 4 to 5 for users to generate around a billion tweets.

Each user has a complicated social graph, which means each Tweet carries at least 100 data points that Twitter has to record, Costolo said.

“Not only has the global actives number grown tremendously this year, but the logins per day has grown tremendously,” Costolo said. “It was an extraordinary engineering challenge.”

With every passing quarter, Twitter has observed a steady growth of 40% in the users who uses their mobile to access Twitter, Costolo said. And owing to the new integration of Twitter with the iPhone operating system, three times the number of iOS users have started signing up for Twitter.

“We looked at the chart after the first day, we all anticipated that it would be big but we think it’ll be better than we thought it was,” Costolo said. “We have lofty ambitions; we want to be part of the fabric of every communication in the world.”