Monthly Archives: September 2009

Shashi Tharoor’s Holy Cow climbs Search trends

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Looks like Shashi Tharoor’s Holy Cow is running amok all around, Its not only in the news due to media frenzy,  but it is also buzzing the search engines as well.

Take a look at the trend rise on “Shashi Tharoor”. It shot up sharply around September 15th when Holy Cow started to move around, The last time Shashi Tharoor made such a buzz on internet was when he was declared as India’s Official candidate for UN Chief Secretary’s position:

Courtesty: Google

The numbers on the graph reflect how many searches have been done for a particular term, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time. They don’t represent absolute search volume numbers, because the data is normalized and presented on a scale from 0-100. Each point on the graph is divided by the highest point, or 100. When we don’t have enough data, 0 is shown. The numbers next to the search terms above the graph are summaries, or totals.

I also found that for most of India, Google Search appears to be the Search Engine of Choice!

Apple Launches New iPod Nano with FM, Video recording, Pedometer

Tech,

Apple has launched new version of iPod Nano with exciting new features like FM with video recording, a pedometer that shows how much calorie you burned along with step counter, A Music DJ kind of application that groups similar sounding songs together. Here is a snapshot of the new features:

* Pedometer and Nike + iPod

A step counter that counts each step a person takes by detecting the motion of the person’s hips. However, you will need Nike + iPod Sport Kit or Sensor and a pair of Nike+ shoes for this feature.

* FM radio with Live Pause:

The FM radio comes with a Live Pause option with a single click. You can even rewind as far back as 15 minutes! Wow

* Video recording with effects

Provides the following video effects:

  • Thermal
  • Mirror
  • X Ray
  • Motion Blur
  • Sepia
  • Cyborg

* Genius Mixes

With Genius Mixes in place, all you do is sync your iPod nano to iTunes, and Genius automatically searches your library and finds songs that sound great together to create up to 12 Genius Mixes. With Shake to Shuffle feature ON, you can can just shake the iPod Nano, and it will shuffle songs in your music library.

You will also a free laser engraving with the message of your choice but for this you will have to buy the iPod online.Prices start from INR 9400