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Author: Akshay Tyagi

  • Google Zeitgeist – Top search trends of 2011 displayed in HTML5 awesomeness

    Google just released a list of fastest rising searches on Google in 2011, and guess what, Rebecca Black tops the list. The iPad, the non existent iPhone5 are also in the top 10. In other words, 20% of what trended at the top in 2011 was Apple! But, what’s more interesting than the content of the research is…

  • Timeline is here.

    Today, Facebook announced that timeline has been launched for everybody. Here’s what you need to know. What is timeline? It’s a new design for your Facebook profile. Um, what’s new? It’s something like a digital collection of your life, that you curate. Facebook automatically organizes all your status updates and other life events chronologically, so browsing it would be…

  • Jeff Lieberman’s Kinetic Sculptures [ Video ]

    High speed photography is not the only thing Jeff Lieberman [ TV show host of Time Warp ]does. He is also a musician, artist and scientist. Lets take a look at some of his scientific sculptures! 🙂 1. Absolut Quartet, a kinetic sculpture Jeff co-created. Inspired from this Animusic’s Pipe Dream Video. – ABSOLUT MACHINES…

  • Google is evil, and wants to take over the world!

    Anybody who knows Bill Gates, also knows why he is rich? Because he owns the largest platform, on which other applications are built. It has been quite clear for a very long time now, that you can’t just make a product and get super rich. For that, you need a platform. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of…

  • Brilliant videos that will inspire you to travel the world! [ updated ]

    Brilliant videos that will inspire you to travel the world! [ updated ]

    Sometimes its okay to break free from your monotonous routines and just travel! These videos might inspire you to do the same. 1. Where the hell is Matt Matt Harding, a video game designer, got bored with his job, and traveled the world instead. Know more on his website here. 2. The Longest Way […

  • Whatever happened to differentiation?

    Remember when Facebook was just that, Facebook. And twitter was twitter. And Google+ was, um, Orkut? Then Google+ came along, took everything that Facebook had, and added a bit of twitter [ one way subscriptions ], and a bit of google [ circles/hangouts ] to it. Then it was Facebook’s turn, so they added a…

  • Instagram finally coming to Android

    Instagram finally coming to Android

    Instagram, the free photo sharing app for iPhone, is finally coming to Android platform. No release date has been provided yet, but Intagram’s CEO, Kevin Systrom said that they now have two people working on the Android version. Instagram lets users click photos, and apply filters quickly, and lets users share these pics on twitter/Facebook…

  • Facebook timeline coming soon!

    Facebook has started rolling out timeline, the new profile design, announced at f8 this September. According to a blog post by Facebook, they are beginning with New Zealand. It might hit Indian shores soon. The new design was up till in beta, and only available to Developers. The new profile design makes it much more natural…

  • Draw graphs in google!

    Google recently added another feature to its search – Graphs. Wolfram Alpha, the computing knowledge search engine, has had this feature for a long time, but now that Google’s picked it up, playing around with graphs will be more accessible. Just type in any function, and you will get a graph of it, along with…

  • WikiLeaks – ‘SSL sucks’ and their latest leak, The Spy Files

    WikiLeaks had recently posted, announcing their press conference for new leaks. But what they also mentioned in that post, SSL, the protocol used world over for secure information, sucks. WikiLeaks have postponed the launch of their secure submission system, in view of these concerns. The proposed new submission system, will allow people to securely submit…

  • [video] Samsung makes fun of people in line for an iPhone!

  • What makes a video go viral? The science of memes.

    What makes a video go viral? The science of memes.

    Understanding the spread of internet memes. A brief look. How does a video go viral. Is it random? No. Well, not completely. There is some explanation of it all. What is a ‘meme’? A word derived from ‘gene’, it is an idea/behavior that spreads within a culture. A gene usually spreads vertically [ from parent…