Author: Chirag

  • Scientists grow hair follicles from Stem Cells [Cure for Baldness]

    All these years, men have struggled with their receding hairlines. I’ve seen people try a million treatments which kinda sorta fix it. But I never imagined serious scientists were working on it! Scientists in Germany have successfully grown hair follicles from the stem cells of animals. This apparently can result in a possible cure for baldness.…

  • LG unveils World’s First Dual Core phone [Android]

    While people are still struggling on slow single core processors, LG has announced the world’s first Dual Core phone. The appropriately named Optimus 2X is the most powerful phone we’ve seen yet and it runs on nVidia’s Tegra 2. It features an 8 MP camera that can also record 1080p videos. The other specs like…

  • Browse on Google Chrome for a good cause

    Google is doing some charity work and they have invited you to be a part for free! Everytime you open a new tab on Google Chrome, they do something for a good cause from your side. They contribute to the following 5 good causes and you can choose to contribute to different ones on different…

  • Mark Zuckerberg is TIME’s Person of the Year 2010

    After being in news for all the controversies, criticism, success, a much-hyped potential-Oscar-winner movie biography and other half a billion reasons, Mark Zuckerberg has been named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2010. The magazine wrote, “For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them; for creating a new…

  • Scientists design Washing Machine that requires 90% less water

    Polymer Scientists at Leeds University in UK working in collaboration with Xeros Ltd have designed a new cleaning process that can literally tumble the whole washing industry. The process, called Xeros Cleaning, utilizes nylon polymers inherent polarity to attract dirt stains from the fabric. Xeros website gives the following description for the process. The nylon…

  • Facebook for Android adds Chat for all, Push for Froyo+

    Facebook’s native Android app got updated to 1.5 today. The official changelog includes the following new features: Chat support with background mode (receive chat messages while using other applications) Push Notifications support for Froyo+ (2.2+) devices only (receive notifications instantly) Various bug fixes I’m glad to see that Facebook is taking the Android app seriously…

  • Google Tasks on your Mac Menubar

    If you love the Mac Menubar like me, I’m sure you’re always looking for ways to access pretty much everything you use directly from your Menubar. Here is a way to access all your Google Tasks from you Mac’s Menu, organize your activities and fix your life forever. Potentially. Download and install Fluid. Launch Fluid…

  • BlackBerry PlayBook beats iPad in a demo browser test!

    In this new video released by BlackBerry, they compare the PlayBook browser to the iPad and well, the PlayBook performs comprehensively better! Here are the key things to note: