Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

This Week I Learned - * New T-SQL language features are available in memory-optimized tables and natively compiled stored procedures in premium tiers of Azure SQL Database. *  Amazon Maturity Ratings (for its Prime Video titles) are closely based on established ratings classification systems from across the globe *  The world’s biggest iPhone factory is Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou * The map most widely adopted for educating youngsters was created by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish geographer and cartographer, in 1569. The distortions give the impression that Greenland is the same size as Africa. It is no larger than the Democratic Republic of Congo & many times smaller than Africa - Economist * Viruses can kill bacteria that antibiotics cannot. Bacteria-infecting viruses, known as bacteriophages, were discovered a century ago. They make a living by slipping inside their microbial hosts and hijacking their biochemistry to make many new copies of themselves....

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in short (GHMC) is the administrative body responsible for the civic and infrastructural assets of Hyderabad, the capital and largest city in the State of Telangana, and Secunderabad. Hyderbad is spread across 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) & has a population of over 7 million which makes it the sixth most populous urban agglomeration in India Under the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development's ' Swachh Survekshan 2017 ' campaign, a total of 500 towns and cities will be ranked and rewarded with awards for active implementation of the mission initiatives in a timely and innovative manner . GHMC has sent out text messages to citizens to "join hands in making our Hyderabad THE cleanest city". But is GHMC doing its bit? GHMC offers a "Grievance Redressal System" through an easy to remember URL (as a domain name will cost public money) for citizens to log their complaints -   http://210.212.21...

This Week I Learned - *  Azure Analysis Services is built on the proven analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps you transform complex data into actionable insights. *  We can now access video and audio and use WebRTC to build a live video-chat web apps directly in the browser, no native app or plugin required. We can build progressive web apps that bring users an almost native app experience, with a launch icon, notifications, offline support and more. Using geolocation, battery status, ambient light detection, Bluetooth and the physical web, we can even go beyond responsive web design and build websites that will automagically adapt to users' needs and context . *  Google is steadily moving to a mobile-only world. In a mobile-only world, the relevance of local se...