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Month: May 2012

  • Upload any file in Facebook groups! #NewFeature

      I just noticed this, Facebook now lets you upload any file type in posts you make in a group. Which is pretty awesome. There are a number of times when you need to share a file with everybody, and have to upload it to other sites like MediaFire and then share the link. This kills…

  • Anonymous protest goes from Internet to real life. #Occupy India on June 9

    A bunch of stuff has happened since we last reported about ISP’s blocking a bunch of Internet sites, and Anonymous India retaliating. Amongst other things, their twitter account was banned, but they are back up again. More government sites were targeted, This time it was not just DDoS attacks, but they actually hacked into the sites…

  • The Facebook phone doesn’t have to suck

    This is a response to reports that Facebook is certainly working on a phone and that it will, with certainty, suck. The project is allegedly code-named ‘Buffy’. If Facebook is indeed making a phone, I am pretty sure it will not be a ‘Facebook’ phone in the sense that they will just slap a boat load of the…

  • Why is Elon Musk the real life Tony Stark ( Iron Man )?

    Why is Elon Musk the real life Tony Stark ( Iron Man )?

      Elon Musk founded PayPal. And Tesla Motors. And SpaceX. And a bunch of other companies. He is a brilliant engineer and entrepreneur. When he was 10, he bought a computer, and by age 12 programmed a game and sold it for 500 USD. Later (in 1995), he went to Stanford for his second degree, which…

  • The producers of “3” movie are the reason torrent sites are down in India

    Mahaesh Murthy, a social media behemoth, today posted on his Facebook account, making clear why torrent sites in India are down. This is what he had to say –  It’s incredible – the film that owes most to digital video – “3” featuring #Kolaveri – has actually had the audacity to go get a court…

  • Here’s why Facebook is not overvalued

    There is a lot of talk of why Facebook’s 100 Billion $ valuation is insane, with a lot of technology and business ‘gurus’ ( old people with grey hair ) screaming how Facebook is going down. If I had to be worried about a tech company, that would be Google or Apple, as these are…

  • Torrent sites go down in India. Anonymous takes government sites down, in revenge. [ updated twice ]

    If you try to access thepiratebay.se from India today, you might be greeted with the message Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders. I say “might” because at least my ISP ( MTNL ) is very inefficient at blocking sites. It is blocked some times, and then a minute later, it starts working…

  • Ads in my Facebook news feed!

    These sponsored stories, of who likes what, are super annoying. Letting advertises game the feed is a bad idea. Don’t they earn enough with ads already. YouTube and Twitter have also done this, but it’s specifically annoying on Facebook, just because my feed is supposed to be about what people in my friend list are…