Category Archives: Computers & Internet

F**k you Steven Sinofsky

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Prasanth

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If you don’t know who Steven Sinofsky is, he was the guy in charge of new windows mobile os until recently.

So why do i hate him for perching stuff like this, Learning by Shipping.

I really liked the direction he was taking with windows mobile. I liked it so much that i bought one of the few device that were released for windows 7 mobile. I bought a HTC HD7 which ran windows.

In the shop while buying a guy even asked me why i was buying windows. I said i like the way they are going with windows mobile and i will support them.

Just a few months after that windows 8 was announced and they said it will not be updated for older users. A smaller update was promised for those users, even after two years still waiting for the update 7.8 update for my HTC HD7.

We were the people who supported your first windows mobile metro interface and this is how you treat us.

Now you go and blog to people about shipping stuff and then learning. What about the customers who are paying so much to support the stuff you ship. Throw them under the bus and ship again i guess.

How bad was my experience with windows mobile, i am never going to buy it again.

Thank you Steven Sinofsky and fuck your idea of Learning by Shipping.

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Cool stuff at CES 2013 updated daily

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Prasanth

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Nvidia Project SHIELD

You can play android games on this cool looking gaming system, this isn’t a product yet. Look like something Microsoft should have made as a portable gaming device. Will be interesting to see if this ever comes to market. If it does at what price…

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Samsung unveils 85-inch S9 UHD TV

This is the new 4K tv samsung hyped so much about. Not a big fan of the frame but tv looks really cool. But we don’t even have all HD channels yet.

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Huawei Ascend 6.1 inch phone

You thought Galaxy note was big, this phone is 6.1 inches. Will samsung go to 6.1 in the galaxy note next version. Will the 6.1 inch screens size also be a hit.  We will have to wait and see…

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Hapifork

This fork will help you track your eating habits and style  it syncs them with your phone. It even vibrates when you eat too fast. More info at Hapilabs

May be in future it could detect what we are eating and give the calorie information.

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Fitbit Flex

Now a wrist band activity tracker by Fitbit called Flex. It does everything a fitbit one does, and its also water resistent. Will be out in February.

Water resistance makes it one up Jawbone Up

 

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Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Prasanth

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If this isn’t motivation enough to live for a few more years, don’t know what is.

What kind of phone and gadgets will we be using in 2150. Some of the prediction are little out there, will we be able to achieve them.

Who will be the design and thought leaders who will lead us. How many more countries will be there, how many will be joined together.

Future looks really interesting at least technology wise…

Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years

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Sunita Williams gives a room tour of ISS

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Prasanth

Sunita Williams is an Indian American astronaut and a United States Navy officer who holds the record for longest space flight by a woman.

Gives a grand tour of International Space Station and its facilites, its a long video and totally worth it. I wish they went a bit more detailed….

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Google India zeitgeist 2012

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Prasanth

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As usually exams are top searches this year too. Sunny Leone is dominating both the searches and people search list, we all know why.

Akash tablet was the only gadget in all the searches. Shame that its such a disappointment in reality. Surprised that other phones or tablets haven’t not made the list, really surprised iPad are not on the list.

Jabong and HDFC are only companies on the list. Jabong haven’t shopped there myself. Looks like they do lots of promos and offers, that explains the searches.

People search is dominated by Bollywood actors. One spiritual leader and one politicians are also in the list.

Alia Bhatt and Diana Penty are also in the list as the new comers to Bollywood.

Vilasrao Deshmukh was featured heavily in the searches and news searches  Most people were shocked because of his sudden death it seems. He looked very healthy and young unlike other politicians who passed away this year.

Kerala and Taj mahal seem to be the popular destination and landmark to visit this year. All the four metros are featured in the top city searches.

Sensex is the number one search term in news. But surprisingly this year has seen the worst participation from retail investors since 2005. I guess people want to know how much they could have earned if they invested.

Anna Hazare was 4th in the news searches, but Arvind Kejriwal even with all those press conference was not in the top 10 news results. It doesn’t look good for Aam Admi Party (AAP).

Local Places searches define India of today, there are 4 IT related places, 2 Temples and 3 public places. The only local places missing are a mall and movie theater.

See the Google India Zeitgeist of 2012

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Don’t miss December 12th big shopping offers

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Prasanth

Google India is doing a black friday kind of event in India.

On December 12th many online stores in India will be offering huge discounts on products just for one day.

Some of the are claiming to offer upto 90% discounts.

Some of the retailers have already started selling some item at discounted prices.

Timtara is giving 4700 off on 20700 Rs purchase which means you can get iPad mini at  us price for 17800 Rs.

Ebay is promising 50% off on December 12th – Galaxy note II and Galaxy S3 etc

Even Flipkart is participating in the event

If great deals are offered, many people might wait for this day every year before making purchases. Not a bad way to start the new year, we will see how it goes.

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Dumb Ways to Die more to come

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Prasanth

This video has been trending on youtube and its quite cute video and fun lyrics…

Now there is a parody called “Cool Things to Find”

i expect more such parody because the template for the song is easy and music is also simple…

keep them coming.

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