Bhuvan - Indian Earth Observation to compete Google Earth: Analysis

cartosat-2 satellite - to be used in case of Bhuvan - pic from livemint.comIndian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched a national variant of Google Earth yesterday, named Bhuvan (means Earth in sanskrit). This feature provides satellite imagery of geographical regions all over India and is optimistic about giving a tough time to Google Earth (much talked about service from Internet search company Google Inc. that allows ordinary people to take a close look at most parts of the world on their computer screens, using satellite images and maps.). While most of the reporters were elated about the grand opening of a service for our own country, no one looked beyond the press release I suppose. But we did. And what we found was really something not to brag about, at least for now. Full article (857 words) »

Toto Washlet Breaks New Ground in Advertising With Flash

I came across a very interesting ad from Toto introducing Washlets to the US market. It employs nudity, specifically smiling asses to drive home its point - Washlet makes your ass happy. The ad was intriguing, the website cleanishappy uses Flash to create a very interactive presentation and drives home its point well. While it can be termed as a cheap trick, nevertheless one cannot deny the appropriateness of the advertising in the context of the business. There are several techniques to learn from their presentation.

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Applets 2.0: Java & Flash Support in Browsers

Java Browser SupportJava applets had taken a beating in the past. Now it appears applets are making a resurgence lately with some quality applet based products. But the real question is how much Java support in browsers it can count on today.

Java Browser SupportRefreshingly Java is still supported on 97.92 % of the browsers based on our web site analytics.

Flash is supported on 95.38 % of the browsers.

The data excludes robot requests and counts unique visitors only.

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