Universe is a web site showing news information from around the world in an interesting new way. Like most “new ways”, this one also requires lots of bandwidth, memory and CPU. Then again, it might not be as interesting if it didn’t. 
Check out the TED talk by Jonathan Harris about Universe. He talks about why he created this site and what you can do with it.
It’s pretty easy to move through news, quotes, pictures and other objects in the interface. This is simultaneously a weakness and a strength of the interface. Its a great way to discover related information, but you can also quickly get lost with no easy way to go back to some reference point.
Even if it isn’t really useful to you, its still worth checking out for just the user interface!
Links
- Universe website
- TED talk by Jonathan Harris
- Processing – The technology behind the interface
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OK, maybe its not exactly the same, but looking at the Opera Mini 4 beta demo video, it seems pretty darn close. With the right kind of hardware (that detects orientation and has a touch screen) I’d say the experience might be very close to that of Safari on the iPhone.
Opera Mini of course runs on the Java ME platform and so supports most phones out there. Whats more, it doesn’t need a touch screen and can work with plain old buttons and a d-pad! I was trying to make that last line sound as a positive, but who am I kidding. The iPhone rules! Down with all them buttons!
Check out the Opera Mini beta for now. Its not too bad.
Links
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Buying gadgets online in India
Online shopping isn’t really popular in India yet. There have always been a few e-shops like Rediff, IndiaTimes, eBay and IndiaPlaza hanging around, but I wouldn’t call it a really busy online marketplace. The recent growth appears to mostly have been in planning holidays and arranging marriages online!
A lazy gadget geek like me is an ideal online consumer, but I didn’t really have many places to shop from. But now, slowly but surely, I can start drooling over gadgets on web sites targeting the Indian market.
Review sites like Tech 2.0 and Techtree are actively reviewing all the latest stuff available in India today. Many new online shops have cropped up selling all kinds of gizmos. Some of them include – The IT Depot, gadgets.in, Cafegadgets.in and 4gmonline.
Point. Click. Drool.
Update Found another online shop called FutureBazaar and they have some really cool deals on laptops, especially the Apple Macbook!
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