To paraphrase Apple’s iPhone tagline, “If you don’t own a Mac … you don’t own a Mac ..!” It is as simple. And given the recent turn of events, Apple has, in the literal meaning, justified the above advert line. In the past week, Apple has surreptitiously rolled out a security…
Instagram can also be called a holy grail for most of you foodies, amateur photographers and jobless stalkers (read people like me) out there. However, it can also be called the reason behind Mark Zuckerberg’s smile nowadays, courtesy the business analysts over at CitiBank USA. Way back in 2012, Zuckerberg brought the…
Given the almost routinely daily news of how millions of dollars are being pumped into the Indian e-commerce market by bigwigs, Venture Capitalists and Angel investors alike, chances are that you too must have had atleast a small inkling to try and get started yourself. The only problem, for the general…
In these dark & tumultuous times when Hollywood churns out scores of serials / sitcoms every year, there are only a select few which actually manage to make it past the Pilot episode and only a handful of these which actually manage to captivate the attention of millions scattered across the globe. Since…
It looks like it’s going to be a great Thanksgiving for all you BlackBerry boys as BlackBerry USA has come up with a mind-boggling offer for its latest proffering – the BlackBerry Passport. The only catch ? You’ll have to ditch your prized iPhone for the brand new BB device. Yeah! BB’s…
Google loves to surprise everyone – whether it be with initiatives that change the very basis of the mobile world, with surreal algorithms that continuously render the perfect solution to just about any and every question or with some “moonshots” which promise to shatter and subsequently regenerate a better world. Keeping in line…
Oh Technology, thou art a heartless mistress! Since time immemorial, you have been fickle enough to favor one company or another – whether it be Apple in the 80s, Microsoft in the 90s or Google in the last decade. However, these past few years have made it’s nature even less predictable – destabilizing and…
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Cupertino, Silicon Valley, Seattle. All these aforementioned companies/locales are connected by quite a few variables and links. While it seems obvious that they’re all either behemoths of the global Tech industry or home to some of them, I refer to a less in-your-face and indirect, though not any less important, link means of…
Friends, Indians, countrymen! Imagine a day, in the near future, when you have a sudden craving to eat pav bhaji from Sardar Pav Bhaji or the omnipresent Shiv Sagar / Udipi. Rather than ring them up and call for it, what if you simply had to order it .. on Amazon …?! Ladies…
Freebies! There’s probably no one on our green li’l earth who doesn’t like freebies or lighten up on any hint of the same. And if you live in a subcontinent in South east Asia which is known, globally, for its thriftiness, the word means even more! However, let me make it clear here…
Xiaomi – The Beijing headquartered and upcoming tech aspirant has taken the world by storm. Their Wiki page lists them as “one of China’s biggest electronics company that designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, and consumer electronics”. Further, the fact that they arrived in the tech world just 3 years prior is just…
Large Screens! There’s got to be some kind of link between our innate or inherent passion for large screens and happiness. That 1000W daft smile which dawns on our faces (c’mon, be truthful – including all you cheeks! :p) when we see that insanely gigantic screen stands as testimony to the same. Who cares…
Post-It. Chances are that you’ve seen these small, yet ubiquitous, little life-savers somewhere – in an office; student’s brainstorming session; your kid’s door and so on. These sticky notes, which were once used indiscriminately in the recent past, have now found a way to ensure you still stay hooked with them. Given our modern age of…
Remember that awkward nap in the car/airplane with your head bobbing all over the place whilst you tried to settle into a new and more comfortable posture every few minutes? Or those times when your hands always formed calluses after dragging that trolley bag all across the place? Well, seems that all these…
From the studio that got you the blockbuster app “Yo”. From the company which received a $10 million valuation for a seemingly stupid and useless app. From the hottest new startup in Israel. Now comes their next product MIRAGE – an app which helps you and your friends enjoy and view life in the moment…
Email – One of the preferred methods of communication, has just got a whole lot easier you if you tend to use Gmail. While it is well known that Google themselves keep tinkering with their mailing systems and come out with better features, this new addon/extension in the form of “Complete…
Chances are that you’ve probably unlocked your smartphone(s) a few gazillion times till date. Out of those umpteen times, you’re quite probable to have gotten the pin/pattern/facial recognition lock wrong at least a few 100 times, if not 1000’s of times! Moreover, our phones seem to love Murphy’s Law (“Anything that…
Unless you probably live under a rock or you are new to the tech world, you probably have an inkling, howsoever small, as to what Augmented Reality (AR) & Google Glass is. For those who don’t, it is an upcoming tech field which enhances your vision by enabling to view…
Just imagine. You awake one morning to find that you don’t exist anymore : your best friend doesn’t know you, your girlfriend fails to remember you, your credit cards are all registered to someone else – heck, even your dog growls at you! In a last bid, you’d probably turn to Google and…