Category: News

  • Dominos Launches Online Ordering in India

    [UPDATE]: This service is currently only available in Bangalore and the 30 minutes guarantee is not applicable on Online orders. #fail. Better late than never. Dominos Pizza has started taking orders online in India now. Now you can order Pizza from your computer without the need to look for a menu card. And they have…

  • Mobile phones with fake or invalid IMEI numbers blocked in India

    In the interest of national security, the Government of India had asked all the cellular operators to block mobile phones with fake or invalid IMEI numbers from their networks. The rule has been implemented starting Dec 01 2009. This means that people having unbranded (or Chinese) mobile phones without a valid IMEI number will not…

  • Mininova cleans up, all copyright infringing torrents removed

    Mininova, the go to site for any software or media you needed has cleaned its slate. Abiding to the court verdict in August 2009, Mininova has removed all copyright infringing torrents and now hosts only the stuff it gets through its Content Distribution service. Mininova has been a reliable source for the most popular torrent…

  • Tata Docomo launches first Android powered handset in India

    Looks like Tata Docomo is all set to compete with the big players in India. After starting the per second billing war, they are now getting into the Smartphone market in India with the launch of Android powered Samsung Galaxy (I7500) handset. Here is a run down of the features:

  • What is Google Chrome OS?

    Google held a Chrome OS event yesterday at the their Mountain View office. Here are the findings: Its an open source OS Its very simple and lightweight, initially targeted to run on netbooks. Its basically a browser which is gonna run web apps Will support x86 and ARM processors You will have to buy Google…

  • Mobile numbers in India are now also starting with “8”

    OK. I have been wanting to write about this since the last few days, so I am gonna spill it out directly. Mobile numbers in India are now (also) starting with the digit “8”. Apparently, all the “9” ones are used up, so, the Department of Telecommunications has allotted 100 million more number starting with…

  • Wow – Finland makes broadband a legal right

    Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for each of its citizen. According to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, starting July 2010, every person in Finland will have the right to a one megabit (1 Mbps) broadband connection. And by the end of 2015 it will…

  • In app purchase paves way for unlockable demo apps [iPhone]

    Apple introduced in app purchases with the iPhone 3.0 OS. Until now, this feature was available in paid apps only. A recent email from Apple to developers reveals that it is now available for free apps as well. This means that developers can now release demo apps and users can unlock the full app using…

  • iPhone OS 3.1.2 released by Apple

    Apple has released iPhone firmware 3.1.2 yesterday. The update comes with the following fixes & improvements: Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming DO NOT upgrade if you are…