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PaperToss, Groupon, TextPlus4 leak your information

Mobile Privacy

So you just shot the millionth bird off a sling towards a pig to save eggs! For those who are confused, this is in context to one of the most amazing (and addictive) games of all times – Angry Birds. But did you know that Rovio, the company that pushed this game out in the [...]

How to remove personal data from photographs

Photo Privacy

Like me, many others want to limit their personal daily activities from being broadcast elsewhere around the internet. For this we stay away from all sorts of location based applications like 4square, check-ins here and there, and ofcourse handling all iPhone applications cautiously. However, images do carry some location data and I am sure most [...]

The World is mine – sung by a holographic pop star!

Hatsune Miku sings the World is Mine

Stage performers beware – you got some serious competition. I just saw Hatsune Miku singing the ‘World is Mine’ and it for sure was a mind boggling performance. For those who haven’t heard of this singer before, Hatsune Miku is a Japanese holographic pop star – she is not real! Yea I know, I couldn’t [...]

EverCookie – Permanent Cookies on your Computer

EverCookie - Storing Permanent Cookies on your Computer

Imagine a world without cookies ( nope, not the ones you get in a bakery, but the ones which we use in computers to keep track of user sessions). Can’t imagine.. right! Cookies have become an essential part of our everyday computer lives. Each and every commercial, social or productivity (email) website that you visit [...]

MeeGo’s User Interface re-emerges; looks very very promising

MeeGo

The next most awaited mobile/ tablet OS is MeeGo – an open source linux based distribution of Moblin-Maemo projects combined. We are pretty sure that if mobile mogul Nokia is joining hands with the leader in microprocessors Intel – there is something very powerful and unique being created behind the scenes.

World’s first Android TV is out; does not kill Google TV

World's first Android TV

Those eagerly waiting for Sony to launch the Hi-Def Google TV, your wait is over – atleast if you could compromise a bit! The “People of Lava” – Sweden is ready with the world’s first Android powered TV. It includes a lot that would keep you busy 24×7- besides getting a regular TV, you get [...]

Exploitation at its peak; Indian Government pays construction workers 2 cents a day

Construction workers at a site

Some might call this being merciless, some might turn red with anger and others might get blown away when they would hear about this act of shame being carried out by the government of India. Trust has been uprooted and there is little if any respect, left in my heart in the administration ruling the [...]

ADAM Vs iPad

Adam Vs iPad

I, as many others have been waiting for the launch of ADAM – the Android Tablet from Notion Ink. It first created waves early this year when we saw the test hardware running Android 1.6; the physics application, the books, swivel camera, ePaper and the Pixel Qi dual display mode – all of them left [...]

$35 tablet Financially Dissected – Supplier Uncovered

$35 Tablet

First of all, this gadget cannot be taken as an iPad killer. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that you would see Jaden Smith hanging around with a couple of these. The gadget has been manufactured to target segments of the market where affording a $500 computing/entertainment device is out of scope.

How to turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone

Turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone

Until now, you could buy a $2.99 skype’s monthly connection and could make calls over WiFi using your iPod Touch. But that doesn’t make it very usable as you would need to hang around a WiFi hotspot. Yosion has introduced Apple Peel 520 which can transform your iPod Touch into an iPhone.