Preview + Feedback [August 2011]

Your Source Code to Success - This month we tell you how to make money from Open Source software
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Cover stories
Who gets rich when you use FOSS?
Careers in Open Source
Make money from Open Source
India's Open Source story
Linux of the future

Feature articles
Streaming the tunes – Get all the music in an instant
PMP is dead! – Is the PMP era really drawing to an end, we find out
If cars could talk – Talking cars have already arrived. Here's a look at how they work
Sci-tech – How TCP and UDP work

Bazaar comparisons
Weapons of mass distraction – We look at the niche segment of high end gaming laptops
Portable hard drives – We pit the best drives against each other to help you select the best

Bazaar
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 – A sleek business ultraportable
HTC Flyer – Is HTC losing altitude?
TDK WR 700 headphones – High fidelity over the air
LG Optimus Black – Dark disappointment
Olympus PEN E-P3 – Street photographer's dream camera

Agent 001 – Laptop buying advice
Space Age – What will Aliens look like
World View – How to make a Windows time capsule

SKOAR reviews
LA Noire – Rock star takes you back to the 40s in its crime thriller
Duke Nukem – Alien butt kicker is back after a decade's absence

Fast Track
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Facebook and Google + - Everything you wanted to know to master the two most popular social networking web sites

Fast Track
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iOS – Go in depth into one of the most celebrated mobile platforms out there

SKOAR magazine
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Latest reviews
Alice madness returns
FEAR 3
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Previews
Max Payne 3
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012

Features
Best gaming franchisees – Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil
Open Source gaming
Top 10 Flash games
and more...

Digit DVD
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30 tools you need to automate a variety of tasks at home
Blogging apps – 20 apps you need to write the blog you always wanted
Angry birds + Harry Potter 2 Demo
20 Video apps – Shoot, edit, convert and catalogue your videos
Video tutorials on Photoshop basics
For list of full DVD contents click here

lol...at last

BTW what happened to DVD's?? Now they can't increase price anymore that's why decreasing the contents

echoplxx said:
Your Source Code to Success - This month we tell you how to make money from Open Source software
*img685.imageshack.us/img685/1014/digitcoverdesigneranilt.jpg
Cover stories
Who gets rich when you use FOSS?
Careers in Open Source
Make money from Open Source
India's Open Source story
Linux of the future

Bazaar comparisons
Weapons of mass distraction – We look at the niche segment of high end gaming laptops
Agent 001 – Laptop buying advice

I'm buying this one. :grin:

Hey guys, there have been complaints about a single DVD being shipped with Digit. I'd like to make it clear that it's not because we're giving less content or anything, the two Fast Tracks and single DVD package is an ongoing pilot project we're doing for a few months. Infact this month there are two Fast Tracks and a standalone SKOAR! magazine along with Digit and a DVD, which means more content than ever in a regular issue.
We will be taking a call on whether there is more reader interest in DVDs or Fast Tracks in the next few months. We'd like your feedback, please write to editor@thinkdigit.com

C

Where is the full contents of DVD in .xls format ?

DVD content list is now updated

W

This is really cunning and i did not expected this from Digit Team the july 2011 DVD carries the ADOBE flash builder logo and name when i loaded it and then searched the entire content for the software it was not there rather when i read the text it shows "BUILD A MOBILE APP IN FIVE MINUTES USING ADOBE FLASH BUILDING ARTICLE" just a pdf article.
my question is why the DVD front cover showcased it prominently making a illusion that it contains the entire software but a small PDF article ?

Someone please confirm that Skoar! is back as a separate mag!!!

iOS – Go in depth into one of the most celebrated mobile platforms out there

Does the fasttrack includes tutorials for development ? or just the basic stuff. I requested to include fastrack for iOS last month and you seriously fulfilling it.

S

fasttrack to google+ and facebook sounds good.
But the dvd content is very poor.
But i must get this copy.

dreatica said:
Does the fasttrack includes tutorials for development ? or just the basic stuff. I requested to include fastrack for iOS last month and you seriously fulfilling it.

From what I see on the cover of FT its just the basics, like how to use iBooks and Game Center n all...
IIRC iOS development fast track was already out a year or two ago :-(

Now why in the world would you require a FT on Google+ when its not even open to everyone and most of the details are there on Google plus website as well

Looks interesting

Will definitely Buy when it arrives here

Terabyte said:
From what I see on the cover of FT its just the basics, like how to use iBooks and Game Center n all...
IIRC iOS development fast track was already out a year or two ago

Now why in the world would you require a FT on Google+ when its not even open to everyone and most of the details are there on Google plus website as well

Oh. Thanks for the reply. For me, its not worth it now.

awesome. am going to buy it this month. content seems to be much much better than last month's

To be fair , Last months content was good

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It helped me with a purchase !

T

desiibond said:
awesome. am going to buy it this month. content seems to be much much better than last month's

+ 1

Will buy this issue this time.

Skoar needs more content . Say prices of the games and list of good games that have been released in this year . Something like that !

Mentioning Dink Smallwood made my day . What a game that is \m/ but I like the initiative of having 2 FT's and 1 DVD . ios FT is good and I havent yet read the other one . Also the magazine is pending .

A

Why is the July issue preview still up on the website as current issue?

Mag+2xFT+SKOAR content looks good, but the DVD content is really weak. Is there any option of only buying the magazine without the DVD?

Looks interesting.. Received my copy today and will update my views soon.

I'm buying this one, don't disappoint me digit. To anyone who has already bought this issue, I would love a review here.

G

nothing useful in DVD, add some linux stuff

Mag, FT and dsic cover looks very interesting - we are getting SKOAR + 2 FT's extra ! - so I'm not bothered much about an extra DVD ;-)

T

Hmm I will opt out of this one. Nothing much of my taste. I prefer more PC related Content than Technology as a Whole.

R

u guys are sometime good and sometime bad.Some members including with me requesting u to add backtrack5 in the dvd from last 4 months but u guys are not adding!!!
Also u guys are too slow.digit magzine preview should come to 25th of every month.

pls don't include bogus movie and song.No one like old and bogus movie.

Weird!! I have not received my mag. till now! This is unusual! I usually get it on 1st or 31st itself!

Update: Received it as soon as I posted this

C

Only 1 DVD is provided with July and Aug months ?

I mostly don't read the book, just check the dvd's

D

I am Pro single DVD.. The current package format is better than the previous.. I would be happy if it is continued only if it doesn't rise the cost overall..

magix Movie Edit pro is free or trial.

But mention in excel file and DVD its free. if free what is the serial Number

Contents of the magazine is good, SKOAR is good. But sadly, both my Fast Tracks many pages upside down and stuck, almost most of the pages of iOS book. You guys should care about printing and binding.

Does August issue DVD also contain pdf of July (2011) issue?

yogeshm.007 said:
Does August issue DVD also contain pdf of July (2011) issue?

No, it doesn't have last months PDF.

I am subscriber still I haven't received the copy yet ! I send email to HELP section but no reply! Don't know whats going on ?

^^ you might get reply tomorrow.. they take atleast 2 days to reply...

i received my copy today arnd 5:00pm.. this time their service was literally very poor...

Here is a bit of feedback on the August issue

The magazine-
really liked the magazine. Loved the cover story of Source code to success. the first page of the magazine was superb as always.

All the tech news were good.
i felt the story on pg. 16 was a bit unnecessary considering you gave a entire fast track to G+ but still it being tech news probably deserved its place there.

The best part according to me was the tips and tricks on Steam. It was absolutely awesome. The Htpc guide was great and I beleive many people benifitted from it. The laptop test was ok. Could have done better. I found the portable drive test very usefull as well
All in all the magazine was superb. Keep up the good work.