Author: Swaroop

  • You Can Soon Play Angry Birds on Facebook

    Angry Birds is probably the only game which can be played across a wide range of devices running different operating systems. To keep you hooked on, while you’re away from your mobile device, the birds are coming soon as a facebook game soon (by next month)   This would the favorite pass time for most…

  • LG Hoping To Sell More Optimus Ones Using Cricket World Cup Branding

    In India (read cricket crazy nation), this new “Limited Edition” LG Optimus One with a Cricket World Cup 2011 engraved on the back will sell like hotcakes. The hardware on the phone wasn’t changed. It still misses the beloved Camera Flash and a D-Pad (more in our detailed review). Oh did I mention you’ll also…

  • Corsair Force GT, World’s Fastest SSD (Read/Write at 500MBps)

    Most of the phones and some computers releasing now contain flash memory/SSD. Corsair, as earlier announced has previewed a new line   of SSDs, the Corsair Force GT which is an ultra fast (world’s fastest as of now) 240GB SSD which can do read/writes at up to 500MB per second (has native SATA3 support too).

  • Apple Unveils the latest Macbook Pro – Faster, Thunderbolt and HD FaceTime

    Apple unveiled upgrades to the Macbook Pro 13, 15 and 17 inch models to a better hardware. They now have better dual and quad core processors and a thunderbolt port.  

  • How To Use Google Maps For Facebook Places

    Have you been Facebook places religiously, then you probably also hate that Facebook.com uses Bing Maps to show you the check-in(s). This article tells you how to configure your browser to show Google Maps instead of Bing Maps. If you still don’t know what I mean, then check how boring a check-in to the Statue…

  • iPad 2 will be announced on March 2nd Apple Event

    Apple has sent out invites to the March 2nd 2011 where the iPad 2 will be announced. This is a respite to all those who’ve been holding out to purchase an iPad for a long time. Enough from the rumor mill, we now have concrete date to wait for. Till now, Apple products were the…

  • 13″ MacBook Pro Spec Leak, Upgraded With Thunderbolt Port

    I was planning to purchase a laptop and Apple has answered my prayers by upgrading the  MacBook Pro line. Now, the website FSCKLog managed to leak the specifications of the 13″ inch MacBook Pro. The noteworthy improvements are Intel’s Core i5 processor (Sandy Bridge) – 2.23 Ghz, 3MB L3 Cache. Thunderbolt port – which is…

  • Facebook Places Now Works in India

    For those already not using a hack to get Facebook Places to work in India or other un-supporting countries, Facebook today silently rolled-out "Places" check-ins in India. This feature was actually available to me since like a week and more users are discovering this now which could mean a phased rollout by Facebook.

  • A Samurai Can Also Fight An Animated Samurai [Video]

    This is the coolest thing you’ll see online today. The video you see below is a recording of a performance called "Sword Dance and Shadowgraph" which was recently filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Taichi Saoteme fights a computer generated (animated) samurai projected onto the screen behind him. It’s pretty visually appealing.  You guys catch the video,…

  • WebBox Converts Your Old TV Into An Internet Ready Box

    In developing countries like South Africa, *ahem* India – mobile phones have seen an explosive growth. Vodafone’s Pan-African subsidiary – Vodacom has released a new keyboard like gadget called WebBox which runs Android 2.1 OS that can be connected to your TV to surf the internet at 2.5G speed (EDGE) through your mobile networks. It…