First off, this is not foursquare, or anything close (it is built off it, though). This thing is much more simpler and easy to use. myfab5 is the best way to recommend and discover fabulous restaurants in your city – that’s about it. Rank up to 5 of your favorite places in any food or drink related category and see what places your friends and community recommend most. It also provides bite-sized...
A budget product from Apple? Hmm…that doesn’t sound right. But from what we’ve been hearing for the last couple of months it looks like a strong rumor. Redmond Pie, has revealed more evidence that supports the rumor. An actual budget iPhone 5 is being developed as we speak, if the rumors are true. And boy, it does looks ahem…”budget” (aka cheaper.) The body looks very “plasticky” and un-Apple...
“Cryptanalysis is the is the art and science of analyzing information systems in order to study the hidden aspects of the systems.” – Wikipedia. Today, cryptanalysis is used by secret societies and organizations to communicate messages without giving clues to others. But the FBI folks are experts at cracking these codes. And they are now offering us help to study, if not all, some basics of it...
Gesture control sounds like something from the future. But the thing is actually here. If you’ve seen Pranav Mistry’s “sixth-sense” input device, and wished it was true, this is possibly the closest thing you’ll find to it. Leap Motion. The Leap Motion controller senses your individual hand and finger movements so you can interact directly with your computer. Just connect our iPod-sized device...
You can only love or hate Facebook – there is no in between. The most exciting thing about Facebook is that the world is your platform. If you share something valuable, the wisdom of the crowd will take it to places you would’ve never imagined. And the problem is the same as well. Everybody can see whatever you post and share. And there are those times when you have to selectively share...
So, its been only a couple of weeks after the iPhone 5 launch and T Mobile was probably the only cellular service provider in US that did not have a tie up with Apple. But it has proactively been aggressive about wooing all the unlocked iPhone5 users. T-Mobile has introduced its latest range of nano sims specifically made for iPhone5 so you can grab one and use with your unlocked Verizon iPhone 5...
Mobile user numbers keep crawling up by the millions every year. The latest study on Global Mobile Statistics from various Independent agencies reveal some startling numbers. Here are some highlights. 87% of the world’s population today is mobile equipped. At the end of 2011, there were 6 billion mobile subscriptions, estimates The International Telecommunication Union (2011). This is a huge...
Two things. One – What’s the f*cking game? Two – Who’re the big boys? Well, irrespective of who the big boys are and what the game is, Blackberry seems to be losing its charm and popularity. Don’t get mad at me, that’s what statistics say. A Google Trends chart shows that Blackberry is losing its popularity compared to Android, iPhone and others. The red line is Blackberry and it hasn’t been...
Doesn’t anybody even care? Well, I don’t know if its just me. I wouldn’t know. Since the last couple of days, Twitter has been painfully slow and sluggish, so much so that it doesn’t even load up in the browser. No, this isn’t a temporary problem FYI, its been repeating shamelessly every time I try to load up the blue bird. If you’re like those first batch guys, you know the 2007 types, you would...
Microsoft has a revolutionizing technology up its sleeve. Its called Omni Touch, and what it does it turn any surface around you to a touch screen for your computer. I think this is based on the technology deviced by Pranav Mistry, that was unveiled at the TED Talks. If this technology comes into practice, it would revolutionize the computer interface world, no doubt. OmniTouch and PocketTouch...