Today’s Radio Islam Digital Lifestyle Show was inspiring, heartwarming and full of interesting facts.
We started of with “What happens in one minute on the internet”
Some figures include:
- 3000 photo’s uploaded
- 100 000 twitter tweets
- 6 million Facebook views
- 2 million searches on Google
- 1.3 million views on YouTube and
- 30 hours of YouTube video is uploaded
- 204 million emails sent
- $83 000 worth of sales on amazon.com
For the full article and infographic, visit
http://memeburn.com/2012/03/a-lot-can-happen-in-an-internet-minute-infographic/
Rechargeable Women’s Handbag
Next up, we spoke about a tote handbag which is able to charge your gadgets.
Vodafone and fashion designer Richard Nicoll partnered up to launch a women’s handbag which doubles up as a phone charger. It can charge Blackberry, iPhone and Android devices.
How it works is, you charge the handbag from a normal wall outlet. The power is then stores power and a built in retractable cable allows you to plug in your mobile phone for some juice.
How it works is, you charge the handbag from a normal wall outlet. The power is then stores power and a built in retractable cable allows you to plug in your mobile phone for some juice.
No word on pricing but this is a good example of functional technology.
more info at
http://wiwt.com/blog/lfw/richard-nicoll-re-charging-tote-bag/
http://www.richardnicoll.com/
Little boy lost finds his mother using Google Earth
This was a heartwarming story with a very happy ending. A perfect example of using technology for the greater good.
Little boy lost finds his mother using Google Earth
An Indian boy who lost his mother in 1986 has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania – using satellite images.
full story at http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17693816
Biometric ATM machines
I’m surprised that this technology is not so readily available. In Japan they are starting to offer ATM machines with fingerprint biometric access. Doing away with pins and chip based cards. You simply authorized yourself with your hand print.
more info at:
http://www.tegato.com/2012/04/biometric-atms-will-read-your-hands-not-your-bank-cards/
We featured Crescent Rating on the show a few weeks earlier, this time we talked about their world first Air Prayer Travel time calculator. Perfect for all musaafirs (traveling Muslims)
You simply fill in your departure and destination times, country and airports. Then choose the prayer times and it will generate a print friendly report.
Still in beta stage so they welcome any feedback and suggestions. I’ve been told they are working on a mobile app and should be available soon.
http://www.crescentrating.com/en/air-travel-prayer-time-calculator.html
