The internet is a visual medium. Our eyes are the ones that do the “traveling” when visiting a web site. Adding photos to web site is one of the more effective ways of attracting attention, giving emphasis to content, and illustrating important points. But if you think that posting photos is merely...
Telecommunication technologies such as the telephone and the internet have enabled people to send messages across great distances. Here they can exchange ideas, send proposals and strategies, provide updates—in fact, they can do everything they would normally do at the office. This is called...
Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
The EXIF data of a photograph contains the file data related to that image. It includes the shutter and aperture settings and the type of camera used. It can also provide the date when the picture was taken, or (if programmed) the image and copyright data. Professional photographers (or anyone...
Since its inception as a microblogging service in 2006, Twitter has grown exponentially, both in terms of user base, features and applications. Not only is Twitter being used to exchange short messages of 140 characters or less, people are also using Twitter to mine data, to campaign for causes,...
Today’s cameras boast of very high megapixels, but exactly what is it and why is it important enough to fork over an extra hundred dollars for it? A megapixel means 1,000,000 pixels, which translates to higher resolution. Each pixel is a dot on the display screen. The more dots there are, the...
Windows Phone 7 Series mobile device was previewed by Microsoft Tuesday though the phone will not be available for purchase for months. The Windows Phone 7 won't hit store shelves until later this year, but Microsoft allowed the public a glimpse of the device at its MIX10 Conference for web...
Jaime Foxx is the latest in a string of celebrities to have nude photos leaked onto the Internet in the last few months. For whatever reason it was taken, there is a new NSFW picture of Jamie Foxx totally naked in the bathroom mirror. Foxx is fighting now fighting to have the image removed from...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
Unless you are hopelessly workaholic, you are one of those people who cherish a nice, long vacation in their favorite destinations. While it's a nice feeling to have, imagining yourself lying lazily on a beach beside sunshade, sometimes vacation planning could turn out to be really cumbersome and...
