Is every home in India going to be a high-tech home? well this could be real soon, Vodafone is launching Webbox in India. It was released in South Africa few months back and now its in a pilot phase in Kerala.

Webbox is a 2.5G and EDGE enabled QWERTY keyboard set powered by Android OS and Opera Mini browser which compresses data around 90%. You can connect it to your TV using the RCA cable which you use for connecting to CD/DVD player. Its very simple to install, just insert your SIM into this device and start using internet, send SMS, listen to FM radio, share photo and more… Check this Vodafone link for more info.

It is rumored to price around Rs 5799 ($130), which will include 12GB free data usage and 180 days validity period. So would you go for it, will update you more on this soon till then check out this video from Vodafone’s site..

Source: thenextweb.com

As you all know that, Plus Google’s new social network is all over internet and news for couple of weeks now and every one is trying hard to get an invite to use it.

Google has learned a lot from their past experience and  this time made a product keeping a normal internet user in mind and not for the geeky developer. But that doesnt mean they forgot about developers… today Facebook and Twitter is more popular due to their Open social API’s which is allowing every single internet site to connect to Facebook or Twitter to share contents and may more.

Google will be soon releasing its APIs for developers and they have already started collecting information about developers who are interested in Plus development. Click here and make your entry and get the latest news on Google APIs

Today (9th June) is Les Paul birthday, the person who has invented electronic guitar and give a new dimension to rock and roll music. Google is celebrating his birthday by making Google.com log as an HTML based guitar which actually plays music.

Check it out yourself at google.com home page, it works with your keyboard or you can drag the stings with mouse. Happy Google-ing

Vodafone continue with the super-week and this week it would be Downloading free games using your Vodafone mobile. SMS SUPER to 111 from your vodafone mobile phone to activate this new IPL scheme.

Offer is valid only for customers in India, from 23 April to 29 April 2011. Any change in the scheme would be update on TechGearz.

Terms and Conditions – Updated.

1. Campaign is only valid for one week from 00:00:00 hours  Saturday 23 rd April to 11:59:59 PM Friday 29 nd April 2011.

2. The offer is not valid for game downloads from any external site. To access the offer, you need to access the “free game zone ” available on Vodafone live, or pull the url by      sending “SUPER” to 111.

3. Offer valid for up to 5 game downloads per day during the campaign period.

4. For games in the free page zone, you will not be charged for the game or the data access required to download the game.

5. We have tried to provide games on best effort basis but all handsets may not support the games offered as a part of the free offer. Click here to get the PDF file

Check out the TV promo for this new supper week offer, this will start appearing on TV screens from tomorrow.

If you are from India and watch TV, then you might have noticed ad’s about Vodafone Super Weeks. So coming 6 weeks will be super scheme weeks from Vodafone, starting today. This weeks super scheme is “Connect with friends” where all Vodafone users can access social networking site including Facebook, Twitter and Orkut for free from their mobile phone.

SMS – SUPER to 111 (toll free) and enjoy connecting with your friends on your mobile for a week! Offer is valid from 12 AM of 16th April to 12 PM of 22nd April.

Hope the coming weeks will be more exciting for vodafone users. I have already activated my Vodafone Super Week. Do You ?

According to TechCrunch’s Curnch Base Lars Rasmusse has joined Facebook yesterday (02/11/2010). This year many google employees has joined facebook including the founder of Project Android.

This news is really shocking for Google. Google has already lost its social networking market to Facebook, it would be interesting to watch out what would be the new steps from Facebook by hiring these ex-Google-rs

If you are regular on Techgearz you might have noticed last year Techgearz featured an article on Colayer, a Google Wave like project which is in market for all most a decade now. I had an exclusive interview with Markus Hegi, CEO Colayer yesterday on twitter. We discussed about Google Wave, Colayer and the future of real time communication. This discussion is based on the article that Markus posted on Colayer blog about Colayer and the Rise & Fall of Google Wave.

Interview with Markus Hegi, CEO Colayer ( @mhegi ) – on twitter by @anix86

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You could also check these time lines in twitter search click here. Post your comments and view on the above discussion.

One of the important part of a Ajax based component / web site is the pre-loader or an indicator which appears while the Ajax component or web site is making an asynchronous call to a web server. It is very important to have a preloader so that webmaster could tell the user that some process is going in the background, please stay on the page.

As a designer when I go for making an Ajax component first thing I do is search for a preloader in Google. After going though hundreds of preloader I could settle with one that nearly match to my web-page design and color combination or sometimes i have to adjust with some odd color preloader, because its always difficult to find one which match to your applications design and color combination.

Below given are few useful sites which I found on internet for generating “.gif” preloader image from a set of predefined design pattern with any foreground or background color you select.

1.Preloaders.net

Preloaders.net is one of my favorite preloader generator, it has varieties of patter including some 3D models. Its easy to use you need to select a patter, choose your suitable color, size and click on generate button and download your preloader.

2.Ajaxload.info

Ajaxload.info is one of the first preloader generator I have used. Unlike the preloaders.net it support only 2D objects. You could find all common Ajax preloaders used across the internet in this site. Using this site is simple as the above one.

3.Loadinfo.net

Loadinfo.net contains quite different patters compared to the other two sites, it also shows common ones. Only issue with Loadinfo.net is, size of the patterns are fix and u have to choose from it.

I am sure everyone have played pac-man atleast once. Pac Man is the most famous MS Dos game which was launched 30 yrs back and still played widely around the globe. It is still very famous with school computer labs and in many hi-tech gaming consoles in the more advance versions.

Google is today celebrating Pac Man’s 30th birthday on its google.com homepage. They have replaces their logo with a JavaScript based PacMan Game which puzzle around the name google. It is really a creative and awesome way to celebrate most popular game. This is also a good way to promote the JavaScript and HTML 5 canvas based games which is trying hard to replace the flash games on the internet.

I have just played this game and refreshed my old school days memory of 3rd grade, when we use to go to computer lab to play pac-man

Log on to google.com and start playing the Pac Man game.

Desktop competion is now taking a new direction towards mobile networks. Every Major IT want to be part of it and Microsoft expecting the same is not at all a surprise. Microsoft has finally entered into mobile phone market, to compete Apple and Google directly with its new ” KIN ” powered by Windows Phone OS and QWERTY keyboard.

But the question asked by user community is, can KIN compete iPhone and Nexus One  ?? Also many people did like the eggy look of KIN, b’coz its not a business look. Doest it matters ??

Well Microsoft has already answered most of these questions. Unlike iPhone and Nexus One, KIN is not a business phone yet, its a social phone powered by some cool social networking apps by Microsoft. Its designed for teenagers and not for executives. KIN has also inherited many popular features from Zune HD, specialy the music player and HD quality video.

As said, KIN is more focussed on social networking apps and Internet applications, Microsoft have developed some gateway application for KIN. Users can use this app to access My Space, Twitter and Facebook from a single login.

Two Models of KIN would be launched,

KIN One –  5 MPx camera phone with 4 GB Memory

and

KIN  Two – 8 MPx Camera phone with 8Gb Memory

Let us know your comments on KIN and will you buy this phone when it comes in market.