Category: News

  • Indian deity on the iPhone

    There are 2 new apps available on the iPhone which let you offer prayers to Godess Durga and Lord Vishnu. The apps – Shri Vishnu Prarthana [$1.99, App Store] and Shri Durga Prarthana [$1.99, App Store] have been developed by Robosoft. Both of these apps are divided into two parts. Durga and Vishnu Chalisa: In…

  • Downgrade iPhone 3G baseband from 02.30.03 to 02.28.00

    This is good news for people who accidentally upgraded their iPhone 3Gs to 2.2.1 and in turn bricked them. The 2.2.1 firmware for iPhone 3G upgraded the baseband from 02.28.00 to 02.30.03 in turn locking the phone making it unlockable by yellosnOw. Modmyi is reporting that there is an new tool called pHaseBanDowngrade available which…

  • Sun Direct DTH launches India’s first HD TV service

    Sun Direct DTH service is primarily popular in South India and want to grab a market share in North India. They  boast to be the cheapest in India at INR 999 for a year full of TV subscription. Sun Direct DTH has launched India’s first High Definition (HD) TV service. Well, its not exactly HD…

  • Insert inline images in Gmail

    This is perhaps an extremely useful feature for almost everyone. Remember the time you wanted to show an image in your email inlined with the text but could not figure out how to do it? Maybe if you are a little techie/geeky, you know that you can drag n drop images or paste stuff off…

  • Color filters in Google image search

    Google has added color filters to their image search results. This means you can now select a color to further narrow your image search. Let’s say you want to search for a yellow Dahlia. A normal search for Dahlia in the image search box will give you the following results page (click to enlarge): Now…

  • Google Launches Indian Lok Sabha Elections 2009 Portal

    Google has launched an information portal for the 15th Indian General Elections 2009 – the largest democratic event in human history.

  • Week in iPhone Apps

    The week saw 2 major app launches in the iPhone App Store: Skype [Appstore Link] – The much awaited app has been finally launched for the iPhone. And it is doing pretty well! The free app lets you make VoIP calls from your iPhone over the WiFi network. Yeah, no 3G support. But the app is…

  • New version of Gmail for iPhone

    Google has launched a new slicker and faster gmail interface for iPhone and Android devices.

  • Driving directions in Google Maps India

    Driving directions are now available in the web and iPhone versions of Google Maps India.

  • BSNL launches Music subscription service in India [Music downloads]

    BSNL has launched a subscription based music download service in India. Find out if it’s any good.