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The Anonymous Occupy movement was not a failure
The general feeling that I have been sensing among some of the social media chatter around me is that the Anomymous protest was not big enough. It is obvious that it was nothing compared to campaigns run by protesters who are very skilled in their art, for example the anti corruption campaigns by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev. Despite this…
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Higgs Boson found! Finally.
This is incredible news, European Scientists have confirmed that the Higgs Boson has been proven to exist. The scientists were working on the LHC [ Large Hadron Collider ] just smashing particles together, when the unbelievable happened. Scientists have been looking for the Higgs Boson, as it is the final piece of the puzzle in the standard model of Physics. In…
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Slactivism is awesome.
The viral ‘KONY 2012’ campaign has been all over the Internet, and with it, questions about the authenticity/effectiveness of the charity Invisible Children. Well, I am not here to say whether Invisible children is the best choice to give your money to or not, what I am here to say is that Slacktivism, in general, is…
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Facebook groups get the timeline make over!
Just noticed this. Facebook groups are getting the makeover as well. This is part of the new Facebook redesign. The timeline would come to pages was long known, but for groups, is a surprise! It looks pretty awesome though. I just updated the TechIRIS group on facebook, with a quick cover photo. Have a look!…
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Microsoft makes fun of Google Apps [ Video ]
This is certainly going to fun. Hope we do not have to wait long for Google’s reply. A few weeks back, Google and Microsoft had a public fight on twitter. You can read a summary of the recent Google vs. Microsoft saga here. Read it. It’s fun. BTW, What do you prefer? Google Apps, or…
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Facebook is giving away 3 Million dollars [ 16 crore rupees ] worth of visiting cards for free!
Facebook has partnered with Moo, a company famous for making beautiful visiting cards. Now, it’s easier to get your timeline-esque visiting cards made. But what’s cool is that Facebook is giving away 200,000 sets of 50 cards for free. One set costs 15$ [ with worldwide shipping ], so basically, they are giving away 3 Million dollars…
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How I attained enlightenment and became a Kopimist!
I spend two decades, yes, two full decades, naked in the dark. That is 20 years of sheer darkness. Whilst being naked. I was aimless. My life had no meaning. Worthless. Then, one day, enlightenment came to me. It came to me as if it had been an act by none other that the almighty…
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Is cloud computing the Mother Of God?
What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is basically outsourcing processing/data storage to somewhere else, that you don,t need to know. Lets call that place the cloud. [ Although most of the outsourced stuff is in to India, but sadly, the cloud is not in India. ] For this, one important thing is cheap + fast…