What do we see on the Surface?
Couple of days ago, Microsoft launched it’s answer to the iPad – Microsoft Surface. Tech specs seem fine, the tablets seems well designed. With an inbuilt stand and a smart cover /magnetic keyboard, this product seems intriguing at the surface. Now the iPad is a great product and predominantly used for reading books, gaming, browsing the web, etc. When it comes to word... Read More
ASUS’s Social Media Screw-up
You must have read this story on Mashable, if not, please read it. The gist of the story is that ASUS launched its new Transformer AIO at Computex 2012 in Taiwan. And most probably one of their sassy social media interns posted the following tweet: Poor judgement on part of the live tweet-er. ASUS received social media backlash. End of story. Consumers around the world are constantly... Read More
Has Internet Explorer Lost Its Marketability?
I spotted this commercial few weeks ago and have been seeing it again and again. This got me interested in where IE stands in today’s browser market. Now it’s important to understand that browser market shares are subject to change on a daily basis. However, from a big picture perspective, Chrome, Firefox and to some extent Safari are kicking IE’s ass. Being a... Read More
Story of Send on Google Green
Many of you might have already seen this video. It came out yesterday and I saw it on Mashable. The story here is not how your email reaches its destination, nobody cares about that as long as it’s received by the person you sent it to. The story is about Google’s efforts to minimize the impact on our environment. They also have a cool website explaining soap hive... Read More
Unplugged: Can we be more intrusive?
The last time I picked up the phone and called a friend out of the blue without any hesitation was about three years ago. I was in Mumbai then, part of a more “connected” world, I would say. I still remember back in high school, as the MSN messengers and ICQs of those times were becoming hot property, we as kids were being pulled into this new realm of online... Read More
Live. Work. Create.
On a random Thursday afternoon, I step out of the office for my lunch break. I walk into a Thai restaurant next door and order take-out – Drunken Noodles with Vegetables. “Ten minutes,” was the waiting time until my order was to come out. I look around, probably wait for about five – six minutes and I step outside to enter the Apple store next door. In approximately... Read More
It’s Phenomenal
Is the iPad really magical?
The iPad revolutionized the market in its own fashion with it’s anticipated launch few months ago. I saw a lot of criticism, disappointment, delight, and a whole lot of other mixed reviews for the device. I watched the keynote speech online on the launch day and to tell you the truth I was disappointed too, to see a giant iPod touch as an “in between” product... Read More
Droid Does, or does it?
We’ve all seen the promos of the new Motorola Android 2.0 based phone called Droid..No? Ok here you go! So, Yeah! A direct hit at Apple’s iPhone, which according to me is not the ultimate device, but yeah has the coolest UI (User Interface) ever built! So my question is, what is it that you would expect form cellphone? You need to make and receive calls right? Texting?... Read More
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