Augmented Reality

By,
Sagar

Augmented reality(it is also known as AR) is an new technology that allows mixing virtual with real world in different proportions to achieve a new level of immersion that no virtual equipment can provide. Recent advances of computer and vision technology that makes possible Augmented Reality systems to go beyond indoor applications (for e.g. surgery and in the spection of hazardous environments) to support complex analysis, decision-making and governing processes.

 Augmented reality (AR) is like live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment and whose elements are been augmented by the computer-generated sensor input such sound, graphics or GPS data. AR is related to more general concept called as mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified by a computer. As a result, technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality. By contrast, the virtual reality replaces the real world with a simulated one. Augmentation is conventionally in real-time and in the semantic context with environment elements,such as sports scores on TV during a match(Cricket).With the help of advanced AR technology the information about the surrounding real world of user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable. Artificial information about the environment and its objects can be overlaid on the real world.

Augmented reality is changing the way we view the world -- or at least the way the users see the world. Picture yourself walking or driving on the street. With augmented-reality displays, which will be eventually look much like normal pair of glasses, informative graphics will appear in your field of view, and the audio will coincide with whatever you will see. These enhancements will be refreshed continually to reflect the movements of your head.

Now a days Augmented reality(AR) gaining increasing interest. By mixing virtual with the real world in different proportions, augmented reality allows, level of immersion that no virtual equipment can provide. AR systems have been already used in many of the applications such as surgery, engineering. Most of those systems, however can only operate in house and cover relatively limited areas. The advances of the computer, vision and wireless technology that makes possible development of outdoor wireless systems to support complex analysis, decision-making and governing processes. The benefits of utilizing such systems in these processes are two of old:

1)Data supply on “the spot”(location-based services)
2)Provision of 2D, 3D geo-information.

The best example of Augmented Reality(AR) is the latest popular game Pokemon Go.

This popular technology is been used in the game, augmented reality was confined to tech types and science fiction fiends. However, thanks to the game, many have now tried AR for the first time, as kids and adults like roam through town catching digital monsters superimposed on a physical world.

Top Best Text Editors for Development:

By

Parikshit,

Each operating system gives facility of the default text editor, like notepad in windows. But if you are a programmer or web developer, an advanced featured text editor or code editor is required. The advanced text editor with additional features helps you to write code faster and increase the productivity. In this article, we have described the list of top text editors for web development which you can download and use. These advanced featured text editors have features like syntax reference, syntax highlighting & folding, find & replace feature, and much more that make writing code much easier. The main advantage of the following text editors is open-source and free.

Following are the text editors listed with their features:

1.       Notepad++:

Notepad++ is open source code editor which supports different languages. The Notepad++ text editor is compatible with Microsoft Windows platform.
Few features of Notepad++ are explained below.

• Code Highlighting and Folding
• User Defined code Highlighting and Folding
• Provides functionality of Find and Replace
• Provides functionality of Drag-and-drop
• Can provide Document Map
• An additional feature of Auto-completion, Function completion and Function parameters hint are provided with this editor.
• Supports Multi-Document levels
• Provides Multi-View  for seeing multiple files at a time

 2.       Brackets

Brackets is a lightweight, free, powerful, open-source, and well-structured text editor that makes simpler to develop in the web browser. Brackets are discovered by Adobe and it helps to support web development to the next level. This editor works on cross platforms such as on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Some features of Brackets are given below.

• Brackets is Open source text editor
• Provides facility for Quick Editing
• It has highlighted Focused Visual Tools
• It provides Preprocessor Support
• Support Inline Editors
• It has additional feature of Live Preview 

3.       Atom

Atom is free, open-source, and easily hackable source code editor. It is advanced and approachable with which you can customise as per your requirements. Atom supports platforms such as OS X, Windows, or Linux.
Some features of Atom are given below.

• Supports Cross-platform editing
• Facility of  auto completion of text and functions
• Additional facility of File system browser
• Supports Multiple panes
• Find and replace functionality for text/numbers etc.

Sublime Text

Sublime Text supports cross-platform, markup, and prose and is open source text editor. It supports different programming languages and markup languages. Also, its functionality can be modified by using user’s plugins. Sublime Text supports or compatible with  OS X, Windows, and Linux.
Some features of Sublime Text given give below.

• Show good folder structure of project and gives facility to Go to Anything
•  Provides facility to open Multiple Selections
• Command Palette
• Distraction Free Mode
• Split Editing
• Instant Project Switch
• Plugin API
• Customize 

System Testing

By,
Vikrant

System testing :
Basic definition of system testing :- System testing  is an end to end testing of an particular Application.

• Basically as we know that software testing is divided into two types:

1.White Box Testing.
2.Black Box Testing.

System testing comes under Black Box Testing. Now what is meant by Black box Testing, it is a type of testing in which we don’t require any technical knowledge means knowledge of programming languages like java, C#,.net,etc.

As of  now the flow of testing is developer develop an application before giving to testing team they  do Unit Testing. After that developer gives the application for testing team. The normal flow of testing is when the application come to Testing team they start testing.

First they do an functional testing. In functional testing they do test all the functionality of each and every module working properly or not. Where functional testing is also called as Component testing they have to test each and every component in depth. When the application is partially stable in functional testing then they do next step.

Second that comes Integration testing. In integration testing they have test data flow between two modules. Integration testing is done for testing the data flow from one module to another. Testing team do both positive &  negative testing , but first preference will never gives to test data flow positively after that try negatively. Integration testing is basically categories into two types.

a)Incremental Integration Testing:
     i.Top-down Integration testing.
     ii.Bottom-up Integration testing.

b)Non-Incremental Integration testing:

   Third they do System testing, after compilation of functional & integration testing they start doing system      testing. Basically this testing is done before giving the software to client which is very important      

because every client require an quality product. So in system testing we cover all the software from the start to end.

• System Testing is categories into lot many type some of them are as follow:

1)Usability Testing:
   In simple definition we are going to see what’s usability testing mean. Testing the user friendliness of an application is known as Usability Testing.

2)Load Testing:
   Load testing means that we have to put maximum load on an particular application, for testing the load capacity of an application. We have to do this testing because we have to find how much of load is acceptable by application.

3)Regression Testing:
   When the development team gives an application to testing team for testing the application, chances are there developer might make changes , that  changes are might affecter on different feature present in application so testing the unchanged feature to make sure that it is not affected by change feature this type of testing is called as Regression Testing. Regression testing are classified into three types:

a)Unit Regression.
b)Regional Regression.
c)Full Regression.

4)Recovery Testing:
   This type of testing is done to prevent the data from disaster or after the integrity of the system has lost.

PC contaminations,How to keep up a key separation from them?

By,
Pankaj


What is a contamination?

              A PC disease or worm is a self-rehashing program that every so often spreads by embedding copies of itself into other executable code or chronicles. Most contamination's or worms are noxious ventures planned to pollute and get control over helpless structures. 

             Diseases spread by methods for email can pound out systems grieved by the colossal measures of delivered email, and furthermore cause particular customers noteworthy cerebral torments.

              Disease scourges simply spoil Microsoft Windows structures, generally speaking through Microsoft Outlook (Express). Most other email clients and working structures are shielded. Runbox recommends using the Run-box Web-mail interface for scrutinizing email, as it keeps away from customized execution of possible contamination's before they accomplish your PC. It in like manner strips any harmful scripts from messages so they can't spoil your system (unless you open the principal message in an alternate window).

 The best technique to avoid email contamination's and worms.Here are some direct standards you can take after to refrain from being defiled by diseases through email:

Do's:

•Use a specialist, dedicated email organization, for instance, Runbox. Enrollment organizations give more raised measures of security and support.

•Guarantee that your Runbox contamination channel is started.

•Use the Webmail interface at www.runbox.com to scrutinize your email, or don't download all your email to an email client subtle. Screen your email in any case, and eradicate suspicious-looking and undesirable messages before downloading the good 'ol fashioned email to your adjacent email client.

•Guarantee your PC has revived antagonistic to contamination programming running locally. Customized updates are central for effective contamination affirmation. Joined with server side inspecting, you now have two layers of security.

•Cripple message find in your email client, especially on Windows stages. Something else, malevolent tasks joined to moving toward messages may execute subsequently and spoil your PC.

•Disregard or delete messages with associations radiating an impression of being sent from expert Runbox email addresses. Runbox now and again sends email to our customers, next to answers to demand and portion refreshes. We in every practical sense never send email with associations with customers.

•Take ready when opening plan and media associations, as diseases can be covered in light of present circumstances records.

•Keep up a couple free email accounts. If a disease corrupts your solitary business email address, you'll be in an awful position. In like manner, keep fortifications of your most basic email and records autonomously.

•In case any generous message headers of a disease email show what server the message was sent from, contact the organization being alluded to and record a formal protest.

Don'ts:

•Do whatever it takes not to open an email association unless you were expecting it and know whom it's from.

•Do whatever it takes not to open any unconstrained executable records, reports, spreadsheets, et cetera.

•Go without downloading executables or reports from the web, as these are every now and again used to spread contamination's.

•Never open records with a twofold archive development, e.g. filename.txt.vbs. This is a regular sign of a disease program.

•Make an effort not to send or forward any records that you haven't disease checked first.

Diseases and spam:

                Disease makers and spammers routinely work together in evil arrangements to send however much spam as could be normal as profitably as could be permitted. They make diseases that debase defenseless PCs around the world and change them into spam-delivering "robots". The spoiled PCs then send tremendous measures of spam, unbeknownst to the PC proprietor.

                 Such contamination delivered email is much of the time molded to have every one of the reserves of being sent from true blue locations assembled from address books on polluted PCs. The contamination's in like manner use such data, united with game plans of ordinary (user)names, to send spam to epic amounts of recipients. Gigantic quantities of those messages will be returned as undeliverable, and meet up in legit and oblivious email customers' Inboxes. If this happens, use the trainable spam channel to get those messages.

Business websites (Points to be remembered)

By,
Parikshit
        

 

Pros and Cons:

The main thing while doing a website is to pick a great platform for a website. It must be considered, to select the right plugin among hundreds of plugins to make it all look amazing. But it is completely different and difficult thing to position our content properly across the template and achieve responsiveness as well as browser-friendly page layout. It can be tempting to be guided purely by a page template a web host has provided. However, we should always be aware what we are missing are the vital features that could make the difference between a failing website and a highly successful one.

Best Options:

There are some techniques/principles which all effective websites follow. Device compatibility and fast loading are few of them. If we do something wrong, we can lose visitors before they have even started surfing our content. But if we get them right, we still have a lot of work to do to convert our visitors into customers.

The first thing we should decide is which platform we need, a content management system (CMS) or a dedicated website platform or website builder. It will do us little good to opt for a CMS that needs lots of tweaking to create an appealing site, or one who’s required add-ons slow down the entire online experience.

Initial Level Hosting:

Most of them hosting prices start at $8 to $10 a month for a simple website which can be customized to provide commercial services and some considerably more expensive. The drawback might be that hosting providers not provide great website themes. We might be better off investing into a professional website template for our service. This is not to rubbish the many great free themes available for virtually every platform, but focus that a paid template comes with support and upgrades. Some theme vendors even offer free customization.

Color Palette:

Whether we choose a simple, clear design or a complex solution, color palette is an important point to be considered. If we provide entertainment services blue would be a bad idea. Placing red call-to-action buttons on a grey background would be equally bed. Experimenting with color themes should follow the basic rules of color mixing and stick to a set number of colors. These should mesh with the service we are setting out to provide – and with each other. Making it all work is an art, but the time and effort will pay off!

A professional secret from which we can benefit is that using a template without customizing it is a bad idea. Even the best templates are just that: anonymous, standard constructs with all the individuality of a tower block. Do we want our browsers to wonder whose site they are visiting right now? Sure, trends matter; webmasters pay each other the ultimate compliment of imitation all the time. But distinctiveness will always win hands down. We really owe it to ourselves to take time, tweak the selected website theme, and make it appealing for our particular customer – not some average statistic out there.

Employee Engagement

By

Karishma,

 

Employee engagement refers to, “An employee’s job satisfaction, loyalty and inclination to expend elective effort toward organizational goals.” The more engaged employees you have, the more positive outcome you will see – from both a bottom line and a corporate culture standpoint. It is as simple as that.
Is employee engagement something your company fight with? Start shifting the numbers in your support with these easy tips to instantly engage your employees:

Pitch out the job description
We aren’t suggesting you should discard your entire functional structure, but when thinking about roles, and capabilities it’s important to keep individual employees in mind. Management expert inspires supervisors to build each job around the capabilities and interests of the person who currently holds that position. He points out that people feel more focused and perform much better when they enjoy the work they are doing, and a good manager should be able to expand their leadership skills to consider an employee’s strengths when assigning any projects.

Admire co-workers
Managers are not the only ones who can complement a job well done. Encouraging peer-to-peer recognition within the workplace can be invaluable in increasing employee engagement. A simple “great job” from a co-worker goes a long way in inspiring employees to embrace teamwork and celebrate achievements. When co-workers celebrate shared wins and encourage one another to succeed, they are motivated to perform at their best. Spreading praise throughout the office is transferable and serves the dual purpose of instantly engaging employees and building a supportive work culture around shared goals and values.

Make every employee a “representative”
If you trust your employees enough to tell them about your company’s challenges, as well as its victories – you will find that they place a high value on your honesty. When employees feel like they’ve been brought in on the real, true story, they are better able to understand the reasoning behind their company’s policies and actions. As an additional benefit, greater transparency often lead to innovation, as employees feel inspired and empowered to offer creative solutions to shared problems, which they will likely want to implement themselves.

Give instant rewards and recognition
“Congratulate” is one of the “10 C’s” of employee engagement. The research finds that most employees feel that they receive quick feedback (otherwise known as criticism) when they do something wrong, but that recognition for their positive contributions is usually slow in coming. The most effective leaders make sure to deliver immediate recognition and tangible rewards for a job well done. Rewards and recognition are most impactful when given frequently and tied back to specific desired behaviour’s or actions, as opposed to generally positive feedback provided quarterly or even yearly.
Employee engagement is not something to take lightly. Industry research shows that why employee engagement matters: Just a 1% increase in employee engagement leads directly to an additional .6% growth in sales and companies with highly engaged workplaces have been shown to perform their peers by 147%. So don’t pass up these simple solutions to help address a complex issue.

Alexa Ranking

By,
Chaitali

Alexa Ranking - A Web Site Monetization Strategy?
Now-a-days all businesses that have taken up online marketing,so aim at improving their conversion rate.
So now, there are different ways of attracting targeted traffic for your website. Some go for a good place in the SERPs, others like to know that their site receives heavy traffic on the search engine. Either way, everybody have this goal of achieving financial success.

So scoring high ranking with Google search engine.It may seem to certain business people the only way to make themselves known and thus reaching their goal,so there are others that think that a good place in the Alexa ranking system might benefit them just as well to there website.


What is Alexa Ranking?
               This is a ranking system set by alexa.com. Its a subsidiary of amazon.com.It is basically audits and makes public the frequency of visits on various Web sites. The page rank algorithm according to which Alexa traffic ranking is calculated, is simple. It is based on the amount of traffic recorded by the user that have the Alexa toolbar installed over a period of three months.
              This alexa traffic is based on such parameters as reach and page views. Basically the reach refers to the number of Alexa users who visit a particular site in one day. The page view, as its name shows, is the number of times a particular page (URL) is viewed by Alexa users. Alexa.com makes it clear though that, if a particular user visits the same URL multiple times on the same day, all those visits will be counted as one user.
               The first step of the alexa ranking process is calculating the reach and number of page views for all the sites on the Web on a daily basis. Alexa ranking is obtained by performing the geometric mean of reach and page views, averaged over a predefined period of time (three months).


How Alexa Ranking Works ?
                    It's quite easy to get started with how to download the toolbar. All you have to do is visit the alexa.com site and download (and install) the Alexa toolbar.This Alexa toolbar basically offers a search function but it mainly displays the page rank of the visited website, as well as the websites that have been visited by Web surfers that are linked in some way to the site being visited.
                  The alexa toolbar displays information,but it also sends data to the central server.Time you visit your Web page via Browser (be it Chrome or Firefox) that has the alexa toolbar installed, information is sent to the server indicating your IP and the page you are visiting. Such data is gathered from all the Websites users who have the Alexa toolbar.
                 With Alexa toolbar, the smaller the numerical ranking, the better. Most people say that if you manage to make it in the top 100,000, it is a sign that your website enjoys quite heavy traffic.


Improve Your Websites Alexa Ranking:
•Download and install the Alexa toolbar and then surf your own website.

•Place the Alexa toolbar widget on your Website. It will entice the visitors to check out, and you know,each and every click counts.

•Write useful and quality content, mostly it should be like webmaster-related. Promote it on webmaster and also on social networking websites(Facebook,Google plus,Twitter). Basically the idea is to get as many computer and as many Internet savvy people as possible to visit your website.

•Write posts on your blogs and articles about Alexa ranking. You will get backlinks to your webpage that will help you to improve your ranking.

•Try to put your articles on such social networking sites as digg.com,www.stumbleupon.com

•Optimize your website (or relevant webpages of it) for Alexa related keywords.

•Whenever you post on webmaster forums, include your website's URL in your signature. It is very likely that most webmasters have the toolbar installed, and there's a great probability that they'll visit your site.