Do you use Internet glue

Do you use Internet glue? Do you know what it is? Basically its a web service that links two web services together; hence the name Internet glue. For example, actions  you take in your webmail system could to update your ToDo list, or add a calendar reminder. Back in January I blogged about how I use IFTTT (if this then that) to create and disseminate these blog posts. Increasingly though these systems are starting to integrate with our smartphones. IFTTT can use the iPhones location to trigger actions and can integrate with iOS reminders, contacts and the camera roll.  IFTTT has now launched on Android with a deeper set of integrations with the OS than their iOS offering. This is possible because Android has a "more laissez-faire attitude when it comes to allowing apps to extend their tentacles into core OS functions."
If you havent started using IFTTT I highly recommend you do. Not only can it smooth your workflow but it can also be fun.

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Amazon at 20 what has the online giant ever done for retail

You may not have noticed but Amazon recently celebrated its 20th birthday. You may or not be a regular user (I certainly am). It was originally billed a the "Earths Biggest Bookstore" featuring over one million titles. Twenty years later it has over 270m active accounts and claims to have more than 2m third-party vendors selling millions of products through its marketplace platform. Amazon is comfortable with the term "disruptive." Its disrupted the bookshop and publishing industries and is disrupting other retail industries. The Guardian recently published an interesting article about the impact Amazon has had - recommended.




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Why do big IT projects fail

It probably doesnt matter which country you live in youll be familiar with news stories of large government IT projects that have either failed completely to deliver or have gone seriously over budget and resulted in numerous bugs. Listen to this recent radio interview by University of Auckland Computer Science Lecturer, Paul Ralph; he says "when it comes to the public procurement of big software design projects - dont! He says the total cost of larger IT projects always cost more than everyone thinks, theyre almost impossible to accurately forecast in advance, and innovation is constantly undermined by the tender process."


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Going iPad only How to do it with the right apps and accessories

We all like to travel light, well I know I do. I never check luggage and recently spent a whole month in Europe with less than 7 kgs of luggage. The iPad is quite a powerful computer with a reasonable sized screen so its not unreasonable to consider using one as your main computer particularly if youre travelling. Youre going to need a bluetooth keyboard and carefully choose which productivity apps youll need. A recent article in Asian Efficiency gives some sensible advice o n the options available to you. If you have been thinking about of going iPad-only or making your iPad your main computer you should read this.

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What does the scrambling code do and function

 

 

Question: What does the scrambling code do and function?

 

Answer: Scrambling Code makes it possible for the UE to distinguish the  transmissions from different cells/NodeBs. Bonus if he knows there are 512 primary scrambling codes and that the are broken up to 64 groups of 8 codes each.

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