BlackBerry Struggles to Survive in the Industry with New OS10 and Z10 Mobile

February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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After a lot of hype about the BlackBerry 10 OS and the BlackBerry Z10 mobile phone, Research in Motion (RIM) officially announced that the company would be called BlackBerry henceforth on January 30, 2013. For all those faithful BlackBerry fans/users the Z10 has everything they’ve been waiting for. The OS can now easily match to [...]

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5 Best Office Apps for Android in 2013

January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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May be readers of this article are wondering: why shall we bother about the best office apps for Android? Aren’t Android devices meant only for fun and playing games? Well in this world of mobility most users are looking for productivity tools to better utilize their mobile devices. So here I recommend the best Office Apps [...]

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CSScomb: Tool for Sorting CSS Properties

January 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
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There are hundreds of different CSS properties and a web application ends up using almost all of them. As and when you make changes to your UI or add plug-ins you are bound to make changes to your css file, which grows in size and later it becomes difficult to manage it. I am sure [...]

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Windows Live Messenger to Retire Soon

January 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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With Microsoft officially confirming the retirement of Windows Live Messenger in the first quarter of 2013, it is only over a month left for existing users Windows Live users to switch their accounts to the new Skype platform. This has been Microsoft’s first major decision regarding Skype after the company’s acquisition of Skype in October [...]

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Media Query Snippets to Identify Different Devices

January 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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In my previous article “Create responsive design using media queries”, we saw what media queries are and how we can use them to create responsive designs. Now, let’s see how we can identify different devices using media queries so that we can define their own style sheets for each of these devices. Let’s start with [...]

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Top 10 Apple iCloud Features, Predictions & Improvements

July 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
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The introduction of the iCloud service by Apple has made owning one of its products much more convenient. But what will Apple will be including in the second edition of its iCloud platform? Here are 10 potential features, some of which are official while others are just possibilities. Video Syncing The second version of iCloud [...]

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1140 grid system – A grid based and a responsive design framework

February 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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After using and writing an article on 960 grid system and responsive web design, I was looking for a design framework that is grid based and also responsive. Grid based framework facilitates developers to rapidly develop UI prototypes and using a responsive web framework enables users to view your site on device of any screen [...]

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What is Responsive Web Design (RWD)?

February 18, 2012 by 6 Comments

Responsive web designs (RWD) People using smart-phone, tablets and notebooks are increasing every year. Users are viewing your website from devices of different screen sizes so; designing your site for widescreen computers is not enough. You should develop your site which is also optimised for smart-phones and tablets. This issue can be addressed by working [...]

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Create responsive design using media queries

February 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Media Queries In last decade, we have seen so many devises of different shapes and sizes coming into the market. It has become more and more difficult to design a website that fits well in all these screens. But now there is a relief for developers, you can create a responsive design using the media [...]

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The 960 Grid System Explained In Depth

February 8, 2012 by 5 Comments
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What is Grid 960? Grid 960 is a CSS framework which facilitates developers to rapidly develop UI prototypes. For several years, it has been helping developers to structure and design web layouts. There is good chance you might have used or know what a CSS framework is. A CSS framework is just a series of [...]

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