Friday, September 14, 2012
Adobe Flex 4.6 : Mobile Application From Tip To Toe
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Moments To Remember With The Movies I Saw
Friday, July 8, 2011
Who Likes to watch movies with breaks...
Watching movie on TV channels is not the trend now. Why? Well one major reason that I heard from my friends is, “who likes to watch movie with breaks “ and without any control of fast forward and rewind. Ok then solution to this is digital TV service providers (like TataSky, Dish TV and IPTV). They provide their own video library or video on demand service which is without any breaks and is in viewer’s control. Tuesday, September 21, 2010
CWG2010 up bringing New Digital TV Technologies - IPTV
Friday, September 17, 2010
It's Reality Show Time
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Indian Idol OR The Indian idle ?

I have no knowledge about singing and that is why I can't say that these winners were not deserving. I can't even say that the judges are not choosing the right talent. But I would like to know what is it that brings these winners a lot of audience SMS and No work after winning. I say what I see and observe and my observation is written here. Anyways season 5's top five are chosen and one who will win will be getting a contract to work with YashRaj banners and that will be something good for the winner this time. So keep tracking the Indian Idol season 5 and check out if season 5 winner is the winner for real life or not.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
If I were an Advertiser
There are few things that I personally like in advertisements & would definitely consider before creating an advertisement :
By Concept what I mean is that an advertiser should first be
very clear with what he/she is gonna advertise for. The product's details, its key features, its effects/benefits and its strengths. Lets say like Vodafone (The Zoozoos) I know, I know I always talk about them, but can't help it they are actually the best and my favorite. The person behind Zoozoos knows what the product is "The Mobile communication Group", what is the key feature the product wants to flaunt in a particular Ad. What will be the use of that service i.e who will be benefited most should be targeted .Uniqueness well what else do you want? Zoozoo has all the unique thing in it. Its look, its color, its shape, its language and its the real people in it, not the animated characters. Want to know some more unique things in advertisement world, Happy dent white's light concept (one where mode of light are the teeth), then Frooti's music through the slurps of it, going a bit back in time we loved 7 Up fido dido, Naukri.com's “Hari Sadu” , Favicol Ads. With uniqueness comes creativity, making something unique doesn't mean showing any thing which is different. Use your brain, your imagination and bring out the innovative creativity of yours.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Do We Really Need The 3D TV Now ?

Last 3D movie I saw was Avatar and it was truly a great experience. Watching 3D movie is a bit of struggle for me coz theres no 3D theater in my city and hence have to specially plan for visiting a 3D Theater in neighboring cities. But now 3D televisions are there in the market. I was amazed to hear about the Samsung 3D TV launch in India & was eager to know more about it.
All the craze & excitement died the moment I saw its price. The range starts from Rs 1.3 Lakhs, something that I can't even think about affording. The country like India where a car is worth Rs 1Lakh, selling TV of more than a Lakh is something I feel is not for comman man. And then seeing pros and cons on a TV report I finally concluded that its of no use for me.Leaving the cost, if you still want to buy it, the lack of 3D content in India also makes 3D TV a No.
I read somewhere that “Besides launching its 3D TV, Samsung announced its tie-up with production house DreamWorks Animation for providing 3D content. As part of the tie-up, the company said it will give away 3D version of 'Monsters vs Aliens', an animation movie released last year by Dreamworks, with every 3D television sold.” But I don't think that will be enough for a buyer. One or two 3D movie won't attract customers.
Watching your Non-3D content TV shows on the normal channels ( like Balika Vadhu on Colors) will still be same. You are not gonna see its 3D content, coz there is no 3D content available for all the channels, in fact only a few of Hollywood movies and cartoon movies are there whom you will be enjoying watching on your 3D TV. The channels are slowly moving towards HD contents and I guess providing 3D contents will take a long time.
Third point to note is the 3D glasses, that you will be requiring to wear in order to experience the 3D contents. The users find it odd, wearing their glasses all the time in order to watch their TV. When you purchase a 3DTV, you have to use the same manufacturers 3D glasses to see it. Samsung glasses will not work on Panasonic TVs, as of now it is a proprietary system. Fourth :3D technology works better in a darkened room anyway. So before placing your TV make sure you know that size can fit in the particular location and depending on how much sunlight you get in the room. Just set an environment for your 3DTV in order to enjoy its best.
Bringing 3D TV for now is not a good idea according to me, but once we are done with all these small issues, I am sure we are gonna be another step ahead in the high tech world.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Busy Bee Blogging

Blogging while Working is getting hectic, got so many things to do. And let me tell you that blogging is not just a piece of cake. It takes a lot of time and nowadays I am short of time. In fact I am even missing my IPL matches, though have a solution to that – iControl IPTV, but still blogs have no such solution. Writing need a lot of research & thinking and I guess now I will reduce the frequency of my posts coz I can't compromise with the quality.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Cartoons Aren't Only For Kids Anymore
Do you think your kid watching Ratatouille will understand that part? No for him/her the movie is simply a fun movie, at most teaching them that anyone can cook. Kids after seeing the movie might experiment with cooking too. I used to do it, whichever movie I used to watch in my childhood, I use to enter into that character. I remember I saw the bugs life during my school days and all my friends were trying to be Flik (The Ant). We all learned that unity leads to success. I am glad that I am still learning from these cartoon movies.
Learning from animated movies is not only fun but is really an awesome way of teaching the adults. Organizing some motivational events and showing such movies or short movies really brings a boost for the employees. I personally admire those firms a lot who know how to keep their personnel keep going happily. The zest and the passion to work for the firm can be seen more in such environments where motivation is in the form fun activities like showing cartoon movies, playing strategic games etc.
So next time if your kids are watching cartoon movie better you accompany them and share the lessons learned.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Ratatouille : What Lesson Do We Learn

Richard Corliss had a straight thing to say that "The subtle colors and textures of the food alone make Ratatouille a three-star Michelin evening."
In The New York Times, A.O. Scott views were :
portraits of an artist ever committed to film. It provides the kind of deep,
transporting pleasure, at once simple and sophisticated, that movies at their best have always promised.
Roger Ebert just stole my words, he says ;
People ( The critics) admired the animation work, story, but when talking about the Ego's character, most of them disagree with him. Well according to me the movie had a nice script, nice use of words in the dialogues and simply superb quotes, especially of Anton Ego - The critic.
These last critic comments for the dish "Ratatouille" (cooked by Remy – The Rat) were spellbinding. Simply loved the critic at end. Yes! liked a character rarely liked by others.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Advertisement innovations for IPL – how good or bad they are

Monday, March 22, 2010
IPL Was a Different Experience This Time
Monday, March 15, 2010
IPL, Advertisements and Zoozoos – Who is loved most?
IPL fever is ON and people are throughly enjoying it. Playing & Watching cricket is boy's passion & once the IPL season is ON, they go crazy. What about the gals, what do they like in cricket ? Especially now when IPL is all set to show its glamor in season three. Well even gals are enjoying cricket equally. Its no more the guys only, who are cricket freaks. Actually everybody is loving the cricket season - The IPL season.
Something that started with IPL and is loved equally is The ZooZoos. Infact Zoozoo grabbed a lot of non cricket lovers to watch cricket. ZooZoo came in IPL season 2 & they rocked. Whats more attractive about them is that they are not the animated characters. Yes there are real man & woman wearing the ZooZoo costume. Well I was amazed to see that & since then fell in love with them. [Check them here : Video 1 & Video2 ]
ZooZoo first came in IPL season 2 (April 2009) , & now they are back to rock IPL season 3 again. I remember they grabbed the social media too. I became their fan on Facebook & even participated in the "Complete the Zoozoo story" contest. It was fun watching the incomplete Ad and then guessing what will happen in the second half.
Well in season 3 of IPL ZooZoos have a lot on facebook. They are updating the new ads before showing them on TV, just to grab more fans & are providing E-cards etc. I am still following them on FB. And as far as TV is concerned we all are loving them even now. There are thousands of zoozoo fans & I can tell you one crazy fan, thats my Mom. I dare to touch the remote & my mom throws those heavy scolding bangs on me. She never lets me change the channel during the breaks. All because every new match has got a new innovation of zoozoos and she doesn't want to miss even a single one.
IPL this season is bringing something more with zoozoos. Its bringing a lot of new Ads of mobile devices and Television sets. Karbonn the new mobile phone is seen a lot on the screen of score boards. Though these Ads din't attracted me much. Another cell phone that can be seen in the IPL Ads is MicroMax, endorsed by Akki (Akshay Kumar). Akki is also endorsing LG 's 3D TV in the IPL Ads. Then there is videocon advertising its satellite TV. Lets see whats more in the IPL's Advertisement bag, till then I'll watch my favorite Zoozoos.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Changing Definition of News
The untiring exhaustive coverage of the Kargil war between India and Pakistan gained more publicity and attracted more viewers towards the electronic channel. After the huge success of news programme 'Aaj Tak', TV Today Aaj Tak group, launched a 24-hour Hindi news channel with the same name 'Aaj Tak'. Within 11 months of its launch, Aaj Tak emerged as one of India's best news channel and was awarded Best News Channel award from Indian Television Academy Awards. The 'Sahara India Parivar' launched a 24-hour national Hindi news channel, Sahara Samay.
All these news channels had a great start. All were full of zest / enthusiasm & showed some really quality news or in other words lets say The Meaningful News. But as the time is passing news channels are lowering their quality day by day. The news is turning into Masala News. In words of Mr Bachchan in the movie Rann " TRP ke naam per sensationalism becha ja raha hai ". News channels today are not worried about the key issues, rather they are interested in TRPs. Not only this news channels sometimes show such stuffs which are exaggerated. Once news was supposed to be accurate & correct. Why its not so now ? Why can't news channels report something which is informative.
I remember, I read this blog talking about swine flu & the media spreading panic about it. Totally agreeing with this blog post, even I would like to ask news people that, is our system always on wrong path or its just the way you people turn it into your reports ? As lochanrajeev says, on one side you are saying swine flu's vaccination will take 6-7 months in India & when America says the same stuff with a little variations, we are praising them. May be thats not a big thing as we watch such news on regular basis but it is a big problem. It is something called creating panic by exaggeration. I am sorry to say that news media today is exaggerating everyone though its work is to awake the society, bring the revolution. And at the end another Rann dialogue that really touched me " Jahan Lakshya hona chahiye tha Khabrein aur madhyam huna chahiye tha paisa, wahan aaj paisa ban gaya hai lakshya or khabrein kewal madhyam "
Do watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUTKAapXTA
Hope that brings some revolution in news world. Jago patrkaro get up & get awake.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Television - The Easy Learning Tool
You can make TV viewing fun for the whole family along with the learning. TV is a tool, just like any other media. Especially now when you get IPTV – The interactive TV. Using IPTV one can learn, plan what to watch, how much to watch and can actually interact with the TV. TV like iControl IPTV in India are making it possible. You get features like parental control, using which you set or plan what you want to watch and what you don't. There are cool features of play-pause-rewind called the CHILL & COOL feature. Interactive educational games help you learn a lot while having fun. And as mentioned earlier discuss what you watch, iControl IPTV has a brilliant facility for that. You get your TV shows recorded automatically. Whenever you feel like discussing a show you can simply watch the show, pause it wherever needed. And can have all DVD like features. All this is present in iControl IPTV 's CHILL & COOL feature. You get everything to watch on TV but its not necessary that you want to watch everything. Todays digital TV service provider's Pay-per-view lets you do that. You get parental control options with which you set what your TV should show.
The most important thing to remember when using television as a learning tool is that you’re in charge of the clicker. If you’re watching a video, you can pause it to discuss something funny or scary, or a behavior that you think is a great example for teaching your kids. If your kid wants to recall something you can go back to that part and can recall. This helps kids learn better and its more fun too. All thanks to today's technology, learning is so organized, easy and simple.
Monday, February 22, 2010
No more Idiot Box, The Digital TV is Here
Gone are the days of those Idiot Box (Idiot Box is a slang for television), requiring efforts. Its the time of digital TV. The time in which Royal not only means big & costly. The Royal means digital, the quality, the feature and the applications. Watching "Interactive" TV is Royal now. Having 100 TV channels is not the only thing people want today. You have 100+ channels, Music, Games and a lot more. You not only watch your TV, you now even have the Triple play options. Triple play, the technology which enables voice, data and video on your TV. What does that mean? That means you can access internet on the TV and a lot more. You use Web cams and do video conferencing through your Digital TV now.
IPTV is making all this possible, it is making television Interactive. It has Shopping, Classifieds, Play-Pause-Rewind LIVE TV and many other options for interactive TVs. Its the time when missing an episode does not mean end of the world. You no more rush to watch your favorite show. You smartly go back to the time and watch the missed show using Time Shift features. Shopping or window shopping, whatever it is you can do all on your TV. Just use your TV Remote and buy what you want. A lot more than 500 Movies are there in the video libraries (Video on Demand). iControl IPTV, MyWay IPTV and Airtel IPTV are three big IPTV players in India. Though iControl IPTV wins the race with its better features and facilities. FTTH is the latest buzz today, making the interaction more faster. And iControl wins here too, as it recently launched FTTH in Jaipur.
The Digital TV is making television as good and fun as it was in the golden era. Who thought of pausing the LIVE TV in the Golden Era. All that we missed in our idiot box, is now present in the Digital TV. Its the Smart TV Era – The Digital TV Era .














