Author: Chirag

  • Nokia N9 Knockoffs Look Like Tiny Macbooks, Cost only $105

    We talked about Nokia N9 before in context of the Nokia and Microsoft partnership. That probably isn’t going to happen. And we are not sure when Nokia is planning to launch N9 too. Till then, you can always get the Chinese replicas!

  • Apple Store Geniuses Say iPhone Not Designed For Below Freezing And Above 35°C!

    A woman in Norway wandering in the icy cold -14°C weather took out her iPhone and saw that the cold had taken a heavy toll on it. The phone was shattered beyond repair. She took it to the Apple Store but the Apple Geniuses refused to repair it saying that iPhone isn’t designed for extreme temperatures. And that…

  • Sony’s PSP2 as Powerful as PS3, Arrives Q4 2011 [Rumor]

    Sony has been reportedly telling the licensed game developers that they need to come up with high quality content for PSP2 since it will be as powerful as their PS3. Clearly, they plan to keep a line between the multiple Android, iOS and other mobile devices that run casual games. The same casual games that…

  • T-Mobile Ad Makes Fun of iPhone on AT&T & Verizon

    T-Mobile already has an advertisement ready which is making fun of iPhone on both AT&T and Verizon since it runs on a slow network compared to T-Mobile’s 4G. That was quick! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pb9-LbxFeU

  • The Word of The Year is “App” [A Year Late?]

    The American Dialect Society has chosen “app”, short for application as the word of the year. The word “app” received 69 votes to be chosen over “junk”, “WikiLeaks”, “nom”, “trend”, “fat-finger” and “-pad”. Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society , executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and the “On Language” columnist for…

  • Does Google Dropping H.264 From Chrome Mean They Are Evil?

    By now everyone has arguably read that Google is dropping support for H.264 from the Chromium project. Since Chrome is based on the Chromium project, this change will come to Chrome in the next few months as per Google. While I don’t claim any authority on this matter, I  want to simplify and explain what…

  • Video Shows Leaked Nexus S Running Android 2.4 [Possibly Fake]

    The german website BestBoyz.de found a Nexus S at CES which they claim was running Android 2.4 (possibly Ice Cream Sandwich). They actually have a video to prove it. The approximate Google Translation conveyed that in whatever time they had with the device they couldn’t find any major differences between Android 2.3 and 2.4. You…

  • Zynga Targets 1 Billion Indians; Explores New Payment Options

    If you don’t know about Zynga, they are the creators of popular social network games like FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille. They have over 320 million registered users and have been valued at over $5 billion, leaving behind Electronic Arts. Zynga’s games have always been popular on social networks like Facebook and MySpace but since…

  • Microsoft India Employees Get Free Windows 7 Phones

    We heard long time back that all Microsoft employees were supposed to get a free Windows 7 phone. Almost 6 months later, it happened today in Microsoft India’s Hyderabad Development center. The source tells us that there were long queues to collect the free HTC Mozart 7 which all employees are getting.

  • The Chase Film: Intel’s Awesome New Mashup Video

    This is one of the most innovative mashup videos I’ve ever seen. Kudos Intel! Official description and the video follow. To build excitement around the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor, Intel is launching an action-adventure video titled “The Chase.” The spot demonstrates the performance capabilities of the new processors by creating an action-movie style…