Category: News & Analysis
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tech-giant Google releases Ice Cream Sandwich source code, The Next Gen Android!
Are you ready for this? Because this is one hell of a release! After months of life-hurting wait, Google has finally released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This means you will soon be able to get the latest update running on your Android devices, assuming you have the programming skills. Or…
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Flash is finally dying!
Steve Jobs had said last year that the world needed to get over Flash, and move onto newer technologies like HTML5 – ‘New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and…
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Is Aakash the real deal?
If you are one of those eyeing to grab Aakash, the so- called India’s answer to iPad? Then hold on! Come February 2012, a better and more efficient Aakash-2, the world’s cheapest tablet computer, will be available at the price of version 1 – Rs 2,276 or $49. IIT-Rajasthan has finalised improvements in the Aakash-1…
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Why do YouTube comments suck?
We all know that the video quality at Youtube sucks, especially when you watch at less than 720p. But that’s actually a blessing in disguise for people with slow internet connections. Something not very rare in India. Services like Vimeo offer much better video quality. But, video quality isn’t the only thing Vimeo scores in.…
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Is blekko what google wants to be?
It’s a widely acknowledged fact that the primary purpose of Google’s +1s and Google Plus itself was to get what facebook has. User data. Why? Better search. It’s been clear for quite some time, that having an awesome algorithm, with high levels of complexity, does no more mean better search results. What does? Well, in…
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The first decent 10k tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUtmOApIslE] First thing first, its not coming to India or any of the International markets soon. It will launch in the US on 15th of November [ random fact: thats 4 days after 11/11/11 ]. Hardware: 7″ IPS Display with 16 million colors and a 169 ppi resolution [ denser than the iPad ] Unlike…
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Pakistani Government site hacked by T3chD
A hacker group, calling itself T3chD [ hacker for Tech D or Tech Defense? ] has taken down the site www.multan.gov.pk. The site now has a link on their homepage saying ‘We are hacked’, which takes you here, a page saying that it was done in revenge of the mumbai blasts. [ screenshot below ] On…