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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]








