Monthly Archives: August 2016
Optical Character Recognition in Android using Tesseract
This article, which is aimed at Android developers and image processing enthusiasts, explains how to extract text out of a captured image, using the...
LibreOffice 5.2 now official with tons of new features
The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 5.2 as its latest open-source office suite. The newest version brings several new features to compete against proprietary...
Develop Android Apps Using MIT App Inventor
There is a secret inventor inside each of us. Get your creative juices flowing and go ahead and develop an Android app or two....
Attic Labs develops open source Noms database
Attic Labs has announced that it has developed open source Noms database to deliver an experience similar to projects like Git and Camlistone. The...
8 reasons why you should choose Magento to build an e-commerce store
What WordPress is for the CMS industry, Magento is for the e-commerce technology. Both are open source and wildly popular. As per Magento's website,...
Black Duck launches Centre for Open Source Research and Innovation
Black Duck has announced the launch of its Centre for Open Source Research and Innovation with an aim to increase reliance on open source...
FCC directs TP-Link to enable open source firmware on routers
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and TP-Link have agreed on a settlement that makes it mandatory for the vendor to allow open source firmware...
Monitor Logs in Real-time with Swatch
Though limited in its abilities, Swatch is a very powerful tool to implement alongside other security products to proactively monitor system logs. Swatch gives...
Asttecs expands global footprint with new offices in Africa
Asttecs has announced that it has expanded its footprint in Africa by launching its local offices in Ghana and Botswana. The enterprise telecom company...
5 Android apps that let you enable multiple user accounts
Currently, you can only comment once on your favourite messaging app or amicable networks, even when you are using two SIM networks on the...