Tag: India
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When will India stop being retarded about the Internet?
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 in their bio that they are spoof accounts. In fact, these spoof accounts almost always make more sense than real politicians. But then…
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Why Apple products get a late or no launch in India?
Not much is known about Steve Jobs and his “India connection”. What brought him to India , no facts listed , is it karmic connection many people come India for? We know very little about that. A college dropout who earned money by returning empty Coke bottles and had his weekly free meal at a local…
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How does Solaris, India’s solar car team from DelTech, make eco friendly cars.
DelTech is known for its mechanical engineering. Cars, robots, unmanned flying things, you get the idea, cool stuff. We sat down with Rohit Gupta of Solaris, India’s only solar car team to have participated in more than one race. What does Solaris mean to you? Why did you choose this name? Solaris was the name…
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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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World Internet Usage [ Infographic ]
This is a cool infographic by Pando Networks, that shows what countries get the lowest and highest internet speeds. India is on neither of those lists, so it’s safe to say that we have an ‘average’ internet connection. It’s also safe to say that our internet connections suck. It’s safer to say that our mobile…
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4G to be auctioned by year end!
Like I had predicted earlier, our politicians have run out of money, and this is good for us, as we will be getting 4G in India. Which is cool because 3G was auctioned at such high prices, that providers have made 3G so expensive, half of your salary goes into a data connection. So, when…
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The HTC One X is a little too much!
Lets begin with the specs Processor / Ram – Quad-core 1.5GHz Tegra 3 / 1 GB Storage – 32GB Display – 720p Super LCD2 @ 312ppi (pixels per inch) Camera – 8MP f2.0 OS – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich HTC recently decided to stop making a thousand phones, and converge their product line. The One series is a result of that…
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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…
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iPhone envy? Forget about it. You can have Android.
Since the rise of Apple as a major smartphone manufacturer, people worldwide have been suffering from a great plague. iPhone envy. They have spent nights praying for an iPhone, or for it to be available at cheap prices in their respective countries. India, not being as developed in the telecom sector, not yet into the…