Bloggers Official Threaded Comments are Live Now

After many top blogs (including StylifyYour Blog) were

claiming that blogger will be releasing threaded commentssoon and guess what

they have officially announced the arrival of threadedcomments via blog post

on Blogger Buzz.

Official Statement :

Blogger now supports threaded commenting, which means thatit is now much
easier to differentiate between whether someone is making ageneral comment
on the thread, or responding to another comment on thethread.

Also Blogger team is going to host a Hangout tomorrow at 3pm PST with Patrick

Coleman, the Blogger engineer who developed threaded comments.

What are Threaded comment system?

Threaded Comments are nested comments like those in othercommenting system

like Disqus, intense debate, comment Luv etc.

For more clarification see screenshot below :

How to Enable Threaded Comments?

Step 1: Login to Blogger and select a blog to enableThreaded Comments

Step 2: Go to Settings > Posts and Comments  and set comment location to embedded.

Step 3: Go to Settings > Other

Step 4: Set Allow Blog Feed option to Full

Better Commenting System:

Now blogger team is working on commenting system, we caneven expect gravatar

support in future with better spam detection technique whichwill make

blogger commenting system much better than older versions.

How to Customize the new Threaded Comment System in Blogger? 

Don't worry we have a post for you

What are you waiting for start commenting on your favouriteblog also let us

know how this change will affect you, how it will changeblogger powered

blogs in the improved commenting system below.

The power of cameraphones

Not so long ago, mobile phones were usedfor making phone calls, or sending text messages. Later, you could buy mobilephones with an inbuilt camera, but it served more as a novelty, and any moreserious photography than a blurry shot of your friends required a separatedigital camera, purchased for more money than you would have liked to havespent, and forgotten at home whenever anything surprising or picture-worthyhappened.

Now, mobile phones come with an inbuilt,high-quality camera. They're more portable than digital cameras. and you canupload your photos to the Internet with ease. One of the first affordabledigital cameras was the Kodak DC40, released in 1996, which came with just athird of a megapixel. Now, popular smartphones like the iPhone 4S or the BlackBerryBold 9790 pack 8 megapixels, along with a host of  additional features like sophisticated flashmechanisms, special lenses and artistic photo editing software. What's more,the iPhone or BlackBerryBold price is significantly less than you would have paid for the digitalcamera alone all those years ago.

It's not just photos of our pets orchildren, either. Along with social media, cameraphone pictures have played amajor role in the transmission of news stories such as the Arab Spring. Policebrutality captured on film by Egyptian social media activists caused millions ofprotestors to take to the streets to demand the end of dictatorial regimes.

Furthermore, a recent study from theNetherlands showed that cameraphones can play a vital role in medicaldiagnostics, especially in remote or rural areas. The study by Coosje Tuijn ofthe Royal Tropical Institute showed that a two megapixel camera can captureclear microscopy images that could be sent to a website for analysis by aspecialist. The specialist could then email or SMS feedback back to thepatient. "Such technological advances could improve diagnosis inperipheral health settings by empowering under-educated and insufficientlyexperienced health care and laboratory workers to meet quality standards,"concluded Tuijn.

The increasing accessibility, versatilityand sharability of mobile photography indicates that this is only the tip ofthe iceberg of what we can expect from cameraphones, and the coming months andyears will only continue to demonstrate their power.

Sources:http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/IndustryTrends/Camera-phones-can-play-vital-role-in-diagnostics/SP-Article1-782745.aspx

Reddit Announces Blackout to Stop SOPA

Reddit Announces blackout to protest against Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA).

The Blackout involves shutting down of normal operation on 18th jan from 8

a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.


   

   
   



During that period, Reddit visitors will find a message about SOPA and

associated bill PIPA.The message will explain how sites like Reddit, YouTube

etc are in danger of shutting down after implementation of those bills.

Along with message visitors are also provided with links, explaining how to

take action against SOPA and PIPA.


For your information, reddit is strongly protesting these bills since day

one. Reddit has been a centre of discussion in protest against SOPA causing

lots of problem to Go Daddy and other SOPA supporters.


Redditors have created anti-SOPA website, chrome extension, Android and iOS

apps against SOPA.





Reddit admins announces this protest in a blog post 

"We’re as addicted to reddit as the rest of you. Many of you stand with us
against PIPA/SOPA, but we know support for a blackout isn’t unanimous. We're
not taking this action lightly. We wouldn’t do this if we didn’t believe this
legislation and the forces behind it were a serious threat to reddit and the
Internet as we know it. Blacking out reddit is a hard choice, but we feel
focusing on a day of action is the best way we can amplify the voice of the
community." 

What do you think about SOPA and PIPA, do share your thoughts in comment

section below.