So, you have probably heard about the spoof PMO accounts on twitter being banned. If not, then you have now. To begin with, there is absolutely nothing wrong with spoof accounts, especially when they mention…
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CERN scientists have almost found the Higgs Boson
First of all, I am not trolling you again. CERN had a conference today. A big conference. Peter Higgs, the dude after which the particle is named, and two other science dudes, who had independently…
US and Japan lead the ‘Twitter Take Down’ Charts. India more passive.
Taking a cue from Google, Twitter published their first transparency report today, which includes reports of government requests to release user information, gov. requests to withhold content, and DMCA takedown notices by copyright holders, segregated by country. Leading…
Why India will not get Google’s amazing Nexus 7 Tablet
Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is the definition of insanity. The good type. Have a look at the features to get started. CPU Nvidia Tegra 3 (Quad-core) RAM 1 GB Screen 7″ (216ppi Back-lit IPS display)…
Loading Android 4.1, codename Jelly Bean. Access granted!
The next major release of Android OS entitled Jelly Bean(v4.1) is here to treat our geeky taste buds, with its exciting new improvements and features. Google took the curtains off the promising OS yesterday at…
Live sky-diving at the Google I/O conference, and other insane stuff!
The Google I/O conference is going on right now ( it’s a 3 day event ), and Google just outdid themselves, and everybody else, including Facebook and Apple, in terms of pure awesomeness. The first…
Facebook finally lets you edit comments
You can now finally edits comments in Facebook, so that you can remove typos. Before this update, you had a few seconds to edit your comments, now you can do so whenever you feel like,…
Surface: The Microsoft tablet that is awesome!
Microsoft is finally entering the tablet market with its own hardware. The Surface comes with Windows RT, and by the looks of it, is pretty awesome. The Surface used to be the name of Microsoft’s…
Facebook App Center launched, is multi-platform
Facebook app center launched today, with 600 apps. The App Center is not like a traditional app store, in the sense that it does not necessarily have apps that run within facebook.com, but lists any…
Lava, a cheap Indian mobile phone manufacturer, foraying into high end market as XOLO
Just a month ago we got India’s first and world’s second Intel Smartphone. First announced at the Mobile World Congress in early 2012 , HTC , Samsung and Sony are going on a merry ride with…
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…
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…