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About Sibi Antony

Bootstrap and Android LOVER. I've been creating things for the web for over 10 years, from the period of flash and table based layout web sites till mobile and tab friendly web sites.

How to install curl on Server2Go web Server in windows 7

I was trying to install OpenCart software on my windows 7 pc, but i got an error displaying CURL extension needs to be loaded for OpenCart to work! To install and run OpenCart on my pc curl must be installed/enabled.


Snapdeal Launches ‘SD Kids’ Offers for Parents

Online marketplace has launched a new programme to offer parents personalised promotions and product offers for their kids, aged between 0-12 yea Under the ‘SD Kids’ programme, parents can register on Snapdeal with their child’s name and birth date to


Google+ Removes Need to Use Real Name

Google+ apologized Tuesday and stopped requiring people to use their real names while mingling in the online social network, as it looks to gain ground on market leader Facebook. “When we launched Google+ over three years ago, we had a


What Happens in Just ONE Minute on Facebook

As thousands of new social media users log on every week, the numbers relating to the flow of information on Facebook become ever more staggering. This infographic from SumoCoupon illustrates just how much data is generated in a mere 60


Microsoft weather prediction app for Android

Appearing just this week for the first time, Microsoft Research has created an Android app based on their weather-seeking technology. Climatology shows you the weather in a place of your choosing – not a specific weather, but a generalized average


Google Glass take & share Pictures online just by thinking

A new attachment for Google Glass will allow users to take pictures and share them online just by thinking. The technology, built by a London-based company, uses brain signals to control the wearable device. An EEG (electroencephalography) headband connects with


3DTouch may ‘kill’ computer mouse

A device that lets users interact with their computers just by moving a finger could replace the mouse, some experts believe. The prototype, created by Anh Nguyen and Amy Banic from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, works with a


Play Angry Bird with a robot soon

Get ready to play popular game Angry Bird with a robot as researchers have paired a small humanoid robot with an android tablet that can help kids programme a robot to learn new skills. Researchers envision the robot-smart tablet system


How Smart Are Your Tweets?

Time magazine created a pseudo-scientific tool that measures how “smart” your tweets are. It uses a “commonly used reading comprehension survey known as SMOG, or ‘Simple Measure of Gobbledygook’ (gobbledygook being a word of three or more syllables) to assess


CentOS announces the general availability of CentOS version 7

Red Hat derivative ‘The CentOS Project’ has announced the general availability of Linux CentOS version 7, the first release of the free distribution based on the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7. It’s also the first major