Online security has become a hot issue this Christmas. With news of the recent Sony hacking scandal, a lot of people are questioning whether there is anything more they can do to keep their online information safe. The internet is constantly becoming a bigger part of our lives, with almost…
Aware of BitTorrent Inc.? A San Francisco based internet tech company, BitTorrent is all for fast and secure which often stirs up a revolution of sorts. Its presence ranges from instant messaging to sync technology – all this without a cloud at hand. BitTorrent doesn’t entertain middlemen and thus, designs…
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…
Lets face it – Life is hard. Between all the deadlines and presentations, meetings, shopping and pet walking, we rarely find some time for fun. While some people might prefer weekend getaways and others might go out and party, for those who find themselves stuck at home things might get a little…
Sundays are fun. You get to wake up late, eat heavy brunches and lie around the house like a baby seal basking in the sun at the beach. The news is the last thing on your mind and frankly, we don’t blame you. But Monday soon follows Sunday and before…
Having an account in every social networking site is no ritual. It is important that we know how to use them properly! After years of handling Facebook, majority of the crowd still has no clue what potential they have. Twitter is one such social webs that you might have failed…
The driving force behind innovation in technology is the need to make things simpler. Whether it’s instant messaging, that has made communication between two people in different parts of the world easy and instantaneous, or it’s e-commerce which has revolutionized the way people shop by making it possible for everybody…
Sometimes, too much information can be a bad thing and specially on the internet, where you’re bombarded with information left, right and center. So in order to save you the trouble of sifting through a thousand pieces of news and happenings from this week, we plunged into the bottomless ocean…
Desktops were an ideal part of every office table and almost every household for more than a decade. From a huge box to a slim sleek look, desktop monitors had gone through a complete makeover during this time. They became a part of us and as a 90`s kid, I…
In recent years, technology has advanced in leaps and bounds. Our phones have evolved into smart devices that have changed the way we socialize, shop and pay bills. The way we live in our homes is changing too and faster than you think. Already there is a wide selection of…
Amelia is an artificial intelligence created by IPsoft that can learn and understand things and interact with humans. (I think this is the closest we’ve gotten to the Samantha in the movie Her.) When I say that Amelia is a technology that will assist us in day to day tasks…
Every blogger has an effusion of words, a plethora of ideas, but what captures digital readers these days? Images! Therefore, it’s the blogger’s need of the hour to hunt for images. However, with Google image search, this process can never get easier! Or, is it really? With many photographers and…
It’s awesome how technology develops, converting all lifeless objects into smart objects by embedding processors in them. It began from objects that did have processors but weren’t all that smart, eg. Watches to smart watches. It has stretched out to various other objects such as spectacles and lens. Now, it’s…
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…
Privacy is a much sought-after celebrity. I call it a celebrity as its sightings are as rare as a celebrity is in real life as compared to reel. We all seek it, but none actually gets it. So once, one is assured (or, rather, duped) by the privacy policy stated…
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…
In the midst of these treacherous times, the world seems to be engulfed by wars raging on all fronts – whether it be of the economic form, where we seem to have barely slipped away from the ominously looming Double Dip Recession; to the political form, which seems to have a firm grasp on us currently…
With increasing boom of tech giants, there has been increase in the accumulation of money. Money that people earn is enormously greater than their expense. There are two things people do with this extra, provided one does not simply throw out money on the streets… Either this accumulated money is…
Picture this – you are ordered to or you wish to visit a new city in your own country or one in a foreign land. What is that first thought which strikes your mind post the excitement (or, the disappointment for that matter). You would definitely want to know anything…