Ubuntu UK Podcast

URL: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/

The Ubuntu UK Podcast, fondly called “uupc”, is an obvious choice for this list. Presenters Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore keep discussions funny and extremely “family friendly” (which is extremely difficult to do in an opensource world podcast !!). Segments like “So what were you upto last two weeks” (which officially might not be a segment), “Command Line Love”, “Bit About Ubuntu” and occasional quizzes makes uupc  a fun show. It airs live fortnightly and is made available for download in a variety of audio formats.

Linux Action Show

URL: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/tag/linux-action-show/

Linux Action Show (formerly Computer Action Show) aka LAS comes from American online broadcasting group Jupiter Broadcasting. LAS is currently hosted by Chris Fisher and Alan Jude. Chris Fisher takes care of the rants and the news and the soft spoken geek Alan Jude is the in house GEEK. LAS turns out to be extremely entertaining and opinated show not to mention informative. “Runs Linux”, “Android Pick”, “Universal/Linux Pick” segments spices up the show that circles around the featured content of the week, generally reviews or rants. It airs every Sunday and available for download in audio and video formats.

Linux Outlaws

URL: http://linuxoutlaws.com

Linux Outlaws, produced by Sixgun Productions, has a speciality that the hosts are in two different countries. Fabian Scherschel joins in from Germany and Dan Lynch from England. As the name suggests, the show turns out to be quite a bit ranty. But they do cover a lot of news and tips that the value of the show never really drains out because of all the rants. An interesting segment concentrating on Microsoft news is quite popular too. The two contrasting accents weirdly ties me to the show. Do not ask me why!

TuxRadar

URL: http://tuxradar.com/podcast

TuxRadar also comes from England. The show comes from the Linux Format guys. Andrew Gregory, Efrain Hernandez-Mendoza, Graham Morrison, Jonathan Roberts and Mike Saunders form the presenters group. Much like uupc, discussions are funny and informative at the same time. The show features segments like Discovery of the Week where presenters share one new thing they “discovered”, open ballot, and “Rants and Raves”.

FLOSS Weekly

URL: http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly

FLOSS Weekly comes from the TWiT network. The show is hosted by Randal Schwartz who is joined by a gues host. The show focusses on an opensource project in each episode and turns out to be extremely informative.

Hope the round up helps !

NO #1 :  Asus Transformer 101  :

Asus TF101 is a sleek looking Tablet with Android v3.2 (Honeycomb) Operating System .The Asus Transformer has a powerful NVIDIA Tegra2 1.0 GHz dual-core CPU for smooth performance.It has 1 GB RAM and 16/32 GB of storage capacity.The Asus Transformer has 5 megapixels rear facing and 1.2 megapixels front – facing camera.Accelerometer, Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor also adds to its awesome features.It supports cloud Computing.The Asus Eee Pad runs on a 24.4 Wh Li-Po battery which gives you a play time of 9.5 hours (Video).

Price : Rs 30,592 

NO #2: Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 4G :

 Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 is one of the best tablets in the market.It is the thinnest and lightest tablet available  in market.It runs on Android v3.1 (Honeycomb) operating system .The Galaxy Tab is empowered to do multi-tasking seamlessly with split view support.It has a 3 megapixels rear and 2 megapixels front camera and also capable to record HD videos.The Galaxy Tab is also fitted with various sensors such as Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor and Digital Compass . It has 1 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage memory.This tablet from Samsung uses a 7000 mAh capacity battery that supports video playback of 9 hours and music playback of 72 hours.

Price : 33,000

NO #3 : Notion Ink adam NI3421-A01A9 3G :

Notion Ink adam NI3421-A01A9 is the 3G version of Adam Family.It runs Android v2.2 (Froyo) Operating System upgradable to Ice cream Sandwich.The Adam houses 1 GHz ARM Cortex A-9  and a ULP GeForce 333 MHz GPU . It has 1 GB RAM and 8GB internal storage.It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus.The tab has also 3-Axis Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor and Digital Compass.Also it has a Sunlight Readable Low-Power Display.

Price : Rs 23,999

NO #4 :  Motorola Xoom  :

Xoom is  the first device in an expected multitude to ship with Google’s Tablet-optimized Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).As a product of  Google , it has a unified User Interface which features  a new ever-present Google search button on the homescreen along with a voice search button. The Xoom runs Nvidia’s Tegra 2 platform, with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of on-board user memory. It has a 5 megapixels rear camera and 2 megapixels of front facing camera with a Dual LED flash.It has a Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Barometer, Gyro Sensor.The Xoom is 3G enabled tablet. Battery backup of Xoom is 9 hrs on 3G networks and 10 hrs when WiFi is connected.

Price: Rs. 35,000

NO #5 : IdeaPad Tablet K1 (Red) :  

The Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet is just like another Tablet available in market.It runs Android v3.1 ( Honeycomb ) Operating System with a 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Dual Core processor and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.IdeaPad has a 10.1 inch HD LED Multitouch Display with 1280 x 800 pixels.It has 1 GB DDR2 RAM and 32 GB of internal storage memory which is expandable upto 64 GB.The IdeaPad has a 5 megapixels rear camera and a 2 megapixels front facing camera.It is also 3G enabled tablet.The battery backup of lenovo IdeaPad is 10 hours .

Price : Rs. 31,205

What is the above image called? Yeah you guessed it right it’s a GIF image. Now what are GIF images? GIF or Graphic Interchange Format are Bitmap images with some animation put into it. These images are seen quite frequently on the internet these days. Hence I wish to show you the methodology of creating such images yourself. This can be done using a software known as GIF animator. The working principle of a GIF animator is that it integrates different frames of the same image to form a single animated GIF image. The GIF animators are as follows:-

1. Advanced GIF animator: – Considered as one of the best in class by professionals it can be used to create dazzling banners, buttons       and avatars. You don’t need to go on the name though as it is very user-friendly and can be used by both amateurs and professionals. Its versatility is also shown by the fact that it can be run on all the operating systems ever created by Windows till now. It was released in March 2009 and supports all file types like JPEG, BMP, ICO, AVI, TIFF and Windows Meta Files. Some of its features include cropping, resizing, duplicating, merging, flipping and import/export of .avi and .ani files.

             

2. Microsoft GIF animator: -A simple GIF animator that can be used to create eye-catching animated GIF images. As it is completely free software so it offers you all the basic features like cut, paste, copy, save, delete, select all frames, preview etc.

It comes with 3 Tabs (see pic) namely Options, Animation and Image.

•  The Options Tab is useful to import colour palette and dither method.
•  The Animation Tab can be used to adjust height, width, image count, looping and repetition of the animation.
•  The Image Tab helps us to change the image height, width, alignment, duration and transparency and transparent colour.

To make the best use of such a historic software based on GIF89a file format ever created see http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~bats/PDF/Students/WWW/Gifanimator.pdf.

To download it visit http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-GIF-Animator/3000-18512_4-12053.html .

3. GIFup: -Now here comes an online GIF creator for all those busy guys who feel downloading software is a waste of time. This interactive GIF animation creator on http://gifup.com/ is very user friendly and quick to use. You can upload images from the computer (max size=1024kb), take image from your webcam or get images from Flickr or other websites. The site also offers free avatars and GIF images from the wide gallery collection. You can even register (which will take less than a minute) to make organized GIF albums for future viewing and sharing purposes.

 5.  PhotoScape: – This is not solely a GIF animator but can be used as one. You just need to pick up your photo and drop it on the screen ( see pic) . The different images will then be integrated into a single GIF image separated by specified time intervals.

Many people consider it to be a worthy substitute for Adobe  Photoshop due to its easy to use features. Its key features are as shown in the pic below: -

The only drawback that it suffers from is that it can be used only on Windows operating systems. The best thing about this Korean developed software is that it is completely free of cost and can be downloaded from here.

Microsoft Word is a very useful flyer-making resource since it provides a wide variety of templates to suit multiple purposes. The templates are categorized for ease of access and retrieval, thereby saving time. Once a suitable flyer is located, the user can download it to the page. If the user is not artistically inclined, there is no need to worry, since templates require little editing. All that is required is editing of the content of the template to suit advertisement. In addition, Microsoft Word is user-friendly with its guide feature which assists in the customization of the flyer.

Microsoft Publisher is an equally user-friendly computer program for creating advertisement tools such as flyers. Flyers are created through a step-by-step procedure of selection, customization, and editing. Publisher, similar to Word, provides a wide variety of top-class template designs to assist users in speeding up flyer construction. Publisher allows the users to include images saved on users’ computers for the enhancement of the flyer. The program caters to users who require more professional and business-like flyers in a short period of time.

Smart Draw is free downloadable software suitable for making advertising flyers. After downloaded on computer, the user can enjoy the helpful features offered on this program such as Automatic Formatting and Quick-Start Templates. Smart Draw allows users to design flyers from scratch on a blank page with the relevant drawing tools at hand. However if time is not available the user can choose from among the multiple flyer templates available for editing and re-design.

Adobe Photoshop is highly-rated software for creating flyers and other advertisement tools. Its usage is moderately challenging. Nevertheless users can utilize online tutorials as well as numerous supporting information and guides available on the internet for guidance in flyer construction. This software guarantees flyers that are visually appealing and professional-looking. A trial version of the program can be downloaded for free for a maximum of thirty days. You can also check some of our photoshop tutorials in the video section.

Adobe InDesign another multimedia software produced by the Adobe Systems allows users to create beautiful advertising flyers in seconds. This software which is also available in a free trial version for thirty days is a desktop publishing application. It allows users to create graphically inclined flyers through a mixture of creative resources, elements and tools. Adobe InDesign can be used by a wide cross section of users for flyer construction and other creations.

Reese Weller provides an assortment of article services pertaining to how to make a flyer and free logo design software.

Flickbooks

Flipbooks are what amateur and starting-out directors use to create videos out of still images. They are also how many traditional cartoons were created. Take many action images frame-by-frame and shuffle them to create a movement effect. The iPhone app, Flickbooks, offers this style of movement and image shuffling — from your video collection. This in turn creates a still-image look out of any of your videos. The app is a great and fun alternative to just watching the same old videos in a standard fashion. It truly makes them stand out. Although the app itself is free, the flipbooks (that customize your videos outlook) will have to be purchased separately. After designing your flipbook with the app, you will have it sent to you with a nice cover. It is also best to use the app with a Wi-Fi connection.

Rotate Video (vRotate)

Rotate Video is an app designed for the iPhone that imports videos from your library and allows you to rotate them any way you want. After you are done rotating them the direction and layout of your choosing, you can export them back to your library. The image quality is not broken in any way and this is what makes the app a high recommendation on our list. The app takes advantage of certain iPhone 4 features like support of full 720p Hd videos.

Video Edit

Video Edit is a perfect app for those or you trying to edit a video in quick takes. The app is simple to use and offers very fast rendering compared to other apps out there. It also is a perfect first-step type of app, worth using before moving onto complicated video-editing apps with many effects. The developers made rendering so quick by concentrating on a small number of features. This in turn cuts down rendering by stripping away complicated maneuvering. Video Edit specializes on quick trims and the stitching of clips together.

Animoto Videos Animoto Videos allows you to create a moving slideshow out of your photos and add music to it. It creates a video effect out of still images and in some ways it is similar to the first app listed — Flickbooks. However, in Flickbooks you can create a still-image effect (with movement) by taking videos apart. In Animoto Videos you will be creating a video effect out of still images — by putting these images together. This app is perfect for photographers or video producers who want to preview certain works first from images; or get a sense of a particular theme. You can share and upload these videos (or slideshows) onto various social networks. There are also various pre-set themes you can choose from like birthdays.

ReelDirector

ReelDirector is a more complicated and in-depth video-editing app for the iPhone. It is one of the main competitors to Apple’s iMovie and should definitely be checked out if you want to create great-looking videos. There are many effects and transitions available in this app and it offers many advantages over iMovie. You can record sound, for example, instead of relying on a single song from your iTunes library. If you want the ultimate video-editing iPhone app this is it.

Conclusion
If you own an iPhone, there are many great ways to create video-based content. Most of these apps listed here should definitely take your creative spirit into new frontiers. The ability to later alter videos stored in your library — or create them out of just photos — is truly what makes the platform shine. Apple’s own apps, notably iMovie, were not added because we feel this list offers the best variety of tools. These are less known editing apps that need to be checked out and work well together — so have fun shooting videos and creating unique content.

1. An Inconvenient Truth

A 2006 documentary film credited with raising the public awareness about climate change is based on a former US vice president Al Gore’s attempt to educate the people about global warming through a slide show consisting a detailed study about facts and figures. Directed by the famous documentary film maker David Guggenheim this film has won 2 awards for the Best Documentary Feature and the best original song. It was a huge box office success and in just mere 94 minutes it creates a huge impact on the minds of the people regarding environment conservation.

Watch the exclusive trailer on youtube: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjx6KETmi4

2. The Cove

Awarded the best Documentary Feature in 2010 this 91 min documentary illustrates about the harsh and cruel dolphin killing practices that are going on in Japan. It shows how 23000 migrating dolphins every year are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by using spears and knives over the side of the boats. This film directed by the former National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos is a call to stop these mass killing practices and educate the people about the risks and the increasing hazard of mercury poisoning from eating dolphin meat. This film displays harsh photos and videos taken using hidden cameras in rocks where these practices are being propagated. Told from an ocean conservationist’s point of view it has also won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25^th Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.

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3. Super Size Me

A unique documentary film with the same person (Morgan Spurlock) as the director, producer, writer and actor is all about the epidemic spread of the obesity in the American society due to the non-nutritious food of the Mc Donald’s food chain. In this documentary the actor actually underwent an experiment of eating the food at Mc Donalds for 3 times a day due to which he gained a weight of 11.1 kg at a cholesterol level of whooping 230. He also experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction and fat accumulation in the liver which took about 14 months for Spurlock to overcome by having a strict detox diet. This 98 min film was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Documentary Feature.

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4. Inside Job

Addressing the issue of global financial crisis of 2008 it is a documentary film divided into 5 parts featuring interviews with financiers, politicians, journalists and academics. It is nearly a 108 min film which covers the systemic corruption of the US Economy and its causes. It also shows how drastic changes in the policy environment and banking practices in the US triggered this massive financial crisis that extended over a period of 2007-2010. Directed by Charles Ferguson this documentary was featured in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival which earned a gross revenue of a whopping 7.3 million dollars.

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5. Bowling for Columbine

Receiving a decent 8.2 rating from the site imdb.com this documentary explores the root causes of the Columbine High School massacre and the spreading violence on the US streets. Directed by Michael Moore its name is derived from the story of two students who attended a bowling class at 6:00 am in the morning before committing the brutal massacre at the Columbine High School. Focussing on gun violence involving youths and availability of firearms in the US for juveniles this film gave its director international recognition as a rising film maker. Covering the aspect in 119 minutes this 2002 film won many awards like Academy Award for the Best Documentary Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature apart from the special 55^th anniversary prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film.

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1. pzizz for Android
pziss is like two apps combined into one. The two apps are actually modes within pzizz and they
are called pzizz PowerNap and pzizz Sleep. The pzizz PowerNap mode plays relaxing and soothing
soundtracks designed to relax users for mid-day naps (and help them fall asleep faster) while pzizz Sleep
is designed to take users into deep sleep quickly. It also uses words and relaxing tunes to accomplish
this. Both these modes offer ways to help you sleep better. Words, music, and various sound effects are
utilized to the fullest with pzizz when using both of these modes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyGQQW8Tso&feature=player_embedded

2. Sleep Deeply

Sleep Deeply is another Android app that offers users who want to fall asleep easier, quicker, and in a
more relaxing manner. This app has video and audio explanations that show the scientific process of
using hypnosis techniques in helping users get better sleep. It also features practical advice on falling
asleep faster and deeper. There are three varied hypnosis sessions and a “Pink Theta brainwave”
relaxation session available. Sleep Deeply was actually designed by a leading UK hypnotherapist, Darren
Marks.

3. Restful Sleep Deluxe Edition
Restful Sleep Deluxe Edition offers a way for Android users to utilize self hypnosis techniques to help
the sleeping process. The app utilizes advanced techniques designed primarily for users to fall asleep
quicker rather than focusing on just relaxation. It does this through creating sleepiness in users through
hypnosis techniques. The app also provides background music tracks designed specifically to cause
sleepiness. The sessions can be quite varied because Restful Sleep offers 5 hypnosis tracks and 3 BGM
for a variety of tunes. It even allows users to custom-select sequences and tracks.

4. Relax and Sleep
Relax and Sleep is an Android app for users who want a wide range of ambient sounds to help them
relax and fall asleep faster. These sound effects range from thunder, white noise, ocean, birds, rain,
crickets, water, mechanical noises, and others as well. There is a wide range of sounds for different
moods and user preferences. Users can even change the independent track volumes and create their
own melodies.

5. Sleep as an Droid
Sleep as an Droid is an app offers a wide range of features that include the ability for users to track
their sleep and wake up to relaxing sound effects. The app does this though an alarm clock designed to
wake users up in a pleasant manner. It is called an optimal sleep phase alarm clock. However, this app is
feature rich and offers much more. Other features include “sleep graph history, sleep debt stats, sharing
(FaceBook, email), nature alarms (birds, sea, storm…) with gradual volume up, music volume down
when asleep, captcha, sleep talk/snoring recording.” Check out Sleep as an Droid if you want to wake up
in a soothing manner as well as fall asleep that way.

As you can see, Android users have a wide range of sleeping apps to help them get a better rest every
night. Some of these apps are useful for napping as well, while others have alarm clock features with
catchy tunes to wake up to.

Many successful people have made a fortune from making nice pictures and continue to rake money. According to the survey, the majority of users read just the first lines of the article when they come to the website; but pictures have power to make the post unforgettable and people return to the site again and again. Use this method for your prosperity, employ iOS applications actively and you will get a guaranteed result!

There is an app that can make images say messages as they are made of words! Make your message impressive with Text Candy Pro. There are not so many things that can surprise nowadays but this app surpasses all expectations! Want to bring out the artist in you? Use either the available templates within the app or create your own pics with Text Candy Pro! Available in both Pro and Lite versions.

Make your own pictures first of all impressive. It’s a shame to have blurry low quality pictures in the contemporary world, when you are provided with abundance of software tools to make the image perfect. Use Perfect Photo application to improve your shots to share them and bring your friends closer. You are a creator of your own image so make it perfect with this app. Besides, it is effortless to share the photo on popular social services thanks to the embedded special feature.

Bad Camera iPhone app will provide your pictures a vintage look. This is the case when scratches and bad camera features add value to pictures.

Art Camera + will make your picture a piece of art! Provided with five useful features, it can apply sketch, emboss and raindrops filters. Your picture can be like an oil painting or have a frozen window look. You do not only create sweet memories using this app but accent your creative extraordinary personality when you share your pictures with others.

The app with a similar sounding name, Camera Art FX, has the features that resemble the ones from the previous app, but still these apps are different. It is certainly worth trying. Enjoy the way new pics look and let your friends enjoy them too.

Face Up! Greetings app was specially created for this purpose. We can be limited in real life, but not in our imagination. There are no limitations with this mobile app. You can be a princess, a butterfly or even a new-born! What will make your friend smile? Choose the best background for your face and cheer your friend up! Express your creative spirit and show sense of humor with Face Up! Greetings. This customized greeting is great when your friend has a birthday, when somebody close to you has blues and you wish to support him. Have fun and smile with your friends using this iOS device!

There is a cool mobile app, promising to turn BARE to BEAR and this is really so. Stachetastic performs this kind of work immediately. If you have a glance at new image of you, you will be amazed. Could it be really me? The name Stachetastic sounds strange a bit. What does that mean? Super Totally Awesome Cranial Hair Enhancement stands for it and this method will make you a hairy dude with one click! Besides, you can find much fun in the feature, which gives the opportunity to try different styles of beards and hairdos. Apply Photoshop tricks on your iOS device from now on and enhance your image in a funny way.

Always be in a good mood with ALL-IN-1 Humor App that will show different sides of life to you – more humorous one. Not all people are able to see them but this app will definitely help to notice funny things you have not noticed before. Find humor in simple and ordinary things with this mobile application. You will find crazy bumper stickers, crazy thoughts and other cool stuff of this kind in it. Have a good laugh with ALL-IN-1 Humor App.

You can also have great time with an iLaughapplication. Share the jokes you like with your friends via Facebook and Twitter. It is always better to laugh together and iLaugh is aimed at it.

Laugh will make it easier for you to cope with depression and problems of life. Let every day of your life be brighter with iOS mobile applications.

Mobile app can be a universal present itself and look personalized at the same time. Think carefully what is that your mom needs most of all. If it is relaxation and she dreamed of going to yoga, you can present app with yoga lessons for her. If she has a stressful work Relaxing Sounds of Nature app will make her a relaxed person. Let her feel free from all problems and noise of busy life with this app. Power of nature with its wonderful sounds can work magic.

Still there are universal mobile apps that would suit the majority of moms. One of them is Mother’s Day Surprise. This is a great thing that will show your love. Express your feelings, which are so frequently remain unspoken. Your mother will feel special with it. Remind your mother through graphic and animation about the coolest moments you had together. She will be certainly touched.

Do’s and don’t – we all pass through this period it as we grow up. Though in some cases this period is never over:) Nothing doing! We always remain kids for our mothers. Almost any mom has a number of rules she repeats again and again. And though we know them by heart and can predict what mom is going to say when she has just opened her mouth, we seldom listen. We can regret about it or not, but we still love mom for her care and attention. Momisms is a great iOS app that will definitely make your mom smile. I found a range of the most interesting Momisms. There were the following ones among them: “Why? Because I said so, that’s why!”, “Money doesn’t grow on trees”, “I’m not running a taxi service”, “I’m not talking just to hear my own voice.” That is funny, don’t you think? It will be great to read them together on Mother’s Day. It will certainly raise your spirits.

If your mother cooks wonderfully, she might be constantly looking for proper receipts in the Internet. But I will not advise you to make her do it on this day. Arrange the special party for her on this day. Mother’s Day Recipes will help you to cope with this challenge easily.

There are a lot of applications that will be excellent gifts on Mother’s Day. The main thing is your attention and love. Let your gift bring pleasure and fun for your mother. Choose the perfect gift for one of the dearest persons on earth, who will always love you no matter what.