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Presentations Can Be Awesome But Powerpoint Still Sucks
I hate Powerpoint presentations. I hated them more than anything for 4 years in undergrad, hated them still for 2 years in postgrad and have been hating them still for 3 years in office. They have a magical ability to induce sleep in situations which demand you to stay awake. I’ve seen presentations that were…
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iPhone on Verizon Rumors Might Be Coming True
The iPhone CDMA rumors we talked about seem to be coming true. There were two new developments that seem to make it more clear that iPhone is coming on Verizon soon. One, Verizon has registered the domain name iphoneonverizon.com according to the whois page as discovered by pocketnow. Two, Offwire a retail website has already got…
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A Decade Later, They Created C And UNIX [Bell Labs Pictures]
Ahead are some pictures from AT&T Bell Labs in the 1960s. In the very next decade from when the pictures were taken, some of these dorky looking guys created the C Programming Language so that they could write the UNIX Operating System. Later they created C++ to enhance C by adding Object Oriented features. If…
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SoPhone: A Fake iPhone That Blew Our Mind [Knockoffs]
You must have seen tens of iPhone lookalikes in that come from China and have infested your friendly neighborhood mobile phone stores. All of them have one thing in common, they SUCK. So when I saw an article titled “2010’s Best iPhone 4 Knockoff: The SoPhone” I was least interested. But what I saw in the next…
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Transfer Photos From Your Camera To iPad [Gadget]
People have asked me multiple times whether they can transfer pictures from their cameras to their iPad. And every time I have to tell them that it’s a long process involving your computer or you need to buy Apple’s Camera connection kit that includes 2 different connectors for transferring from the camera’s USB cable or…
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Happy New Year MMXI! [Google Doodle]
We love the Google Doodle for New Year! It’s smart, shows the right spirit and blends really well. Just like the woikr festive doodle by Swaroop. PS: In case you didn’t get it, MMXI in Roman Numerals stands for 2011 (M=1000, X=10, I=1). PPS: We have a surprise for you tomorrow 😉
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Arctic Proof Spy Cams Are No Match For Curious Polar Bears
They designed these Spy Cams to withstand freezing cold weather (as low as -40° C) in the Arctic Islands of Svalbard. They made smart mechanisms like “Blizzard Cam”, “Snow Cap Cam” and “Ice Bear Cam” to keep them disguised while they try to get as close as possible to the Polar Bears for BBC’s docmentary “Polar…
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European Commission Standardizes MicroUSB as Mobile Charging Port
The European Commission has declared Micro-USB as the standard for charging ports for mobile phones sold in Europe. This standard applies to data-enabled phones with a computer interface. But that pretty much encompasses all but the lowest-end phones available at these days. Most of the popular phone makers (including Apple!) have agreed to follow the…
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Is Honeycomb Android 3.0 or 2.4?
While going through their server logs, pocketnow.com noted a new Android OS version. The surprise was that the OS version number was 2.4 not 3.0. While almost everyone assumed that Honeycomb stood for Android 3.0, that apparently may not be the case. Pocketnow found 1 visit on their website but 15 visits on a larger website whom…
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Sergey Brin When He Looked Like A Drag Queen [LOL]
Sergey Brin had a life before he was Google’s Sergey Brin. We won’t say it was the best for him. But your opinion may vary. UPDATE: In case you are wondering if this image is fake, it’s sourced from Sergey’s own Standford web account. [TNW via Hacker News]
