13
Mar

Homeless people equal 4G Wi-Fi hotspot: Brilliant idea or downright demeaning

Homeless people equal 4G Wi-Fi hotspot: Brilliant idea or downright demeaning

An unconventional experiment which involved using homeless people as 4G mobile wi-fi hotspots has gather a lot of crowd at the SXSW happening at Austin, TX. The project is defined as a “Charitable Experiment“. A lot of homeless men equipped with Verizon MiFi’s wearing specially printed t-shirts which say, for eg., “Hi, my name is Clarence, I am a 4G hotspot, […]

11
Mar

The DNetWorks Show #4: Dhawal talks about the New iPad 3, Google Play and Foursquare

The DNetWorks Show #4: Dhawal talks about the New iPad 3, Google Play and Foursquare

Dhawal talks about technology news this week (3rd to 10th March 2012). He discusses Apple iPad 3, Google Play, Facebook timeline guidelines, Naveen leaving foursquare and more   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvXpeNrZJDk Here are the links to the technology News Delete Photos from Photostream, update to iOS 5.1 Is Siri the Dark Knight for Apple? How important is […]

11
Mar

Architecture of FAST ESP: An Introduction

Architecture of FAST ESP: An Introduction

I have been working on FAST ESP since 16 months now and thought it may be a good time to share some of the scenarions that I have come across. Before going to the depths, I would begin with the basics so that even a relatively inexperienced user too gets what’s being discussed. What is […]

8
Mar

Is Siri the Dark Knight for Apple? How important is Siri for Apple’s success?

Is Siri the Dark Knight for Apple? How important is Siri for Apple’s success?

iPad3 specifications and release date are out and we haven’t come across something that was unexpected. I would expect Samsung to come up with something as good, if not something even better soon. An important but an under rated announcement from the Apple Media Event could be the release of iOS 5.1, with Siri in […]

6
Mar

What you can’t do with the new Timeline for Pages, New Facebook Pages Guidelines Explained

What you can’t do with the new Timeline for Pages, New Facebook Pages Guidelines Explained

Facebook rolled out the preview for new Timeline for Pages, the interface look similar to the timeline for Profile. We covered the how to aspect of the Facebook Timeline for Pages, where we wrote a tutorial of How to get the Timeline for your Pages right away. Here are the guidelines posted by Facebook for […]

5
Mar

Syrian Government blocks Whatsapp

Syrian Government blocks Whatsapp

The Syrian government has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp. This news was tweeted today via the official Twitter handle of the company. WhatsApp itself has nothing to do with the blockade and was not informed either. Exact reason for the blockade has not been updated by Whatsapp, although it is likely that it will […]

5
Mar

DuckDuckGo, a less popular but powerful Search Engine

DuckDuckGo, a less popular but powerful Search Engine

DuckDuckGo is another Search Engine that could be considered as a credible search engine if not a serious alternative to Google. It uses information from crowd-sourced sites (like Wikipedia) with the aim of augmenting traditional results and improving relevance. It feels a lot like early Google, The stripped-down home page, bears a resemblance to Google. […]

4
Mar

The DNetWorks Show #3: Mobile World Congress 2012 Launches, Apple iPad 3 Event, Facebook Timeline for Pages and more

The DNetWorks Show #3: Mobile World Congress 2012 Launches, Apple iPad 3 Event, Facebook Timeline for Pages and more

This week’s show is focussed on the happenings at the Mobile World Congress, Dhawal speaks about the releases of Phone and Tablets at the mobile World Congress 2012 and iPad 3 events on Cards   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c69uGvleio   Here are the topics we covered this week (25th February 2012 – 3rd March 2012) Windows 8 Consumer […]

3
Mar

Facebook is testing “I’m Safe”, a disaster Message service

Facebook is testing “I’m Safe”, a disaster Message service

Facebook is testing some very important and invaluable features we maybe required when disaster strikes, this new feature may help users to notify their loved ones about their safety during an emergency. Facebook is testing its new Disaster Message feature in Japan, this is how it works, A button will appear on a user’s page […]

27
Feb

Facebook Content Moderators aka Internet Janitors: Worst Job in the World?

Facebook Content Moderators aka Internet Janitors: Worst Job in the World?

I’ve once been given a 24 hours ban on my Facebook account for apparently, posting a obscene photo (which wasn’t obscene BTW, it was about I holding a Vodka Bottle). Facebook has a strict censorship policy and drawing a d^&k on your friend’s face when he’s passed out drunk is a no-no. Also: praising Hitler.  […]