I had discussed my deliberations when upgrading my smartphone on whether to switch from Android to Windows Phone. I did, and here is the promised follow-up. Nokia Lumia 920 Handset With many excellent in-depth reviews online, there is no need … Continue reading
I have been a happy Android user since I bought the HTC Hero in late 2009, and it is now time for me to upgrade. I am considering switching to Windows Phone 8 and this post is to gather my … Continue reading
It was exactly a year back that I wrote about A Year of Change and New Beginnings, sharing my professional background and how the road looked ahead. At the time, I didn’t know that the photo I used for that … Continue reading
It was with some difficulty that I bought an HTC Hero in my Nokia-dominated part of the world exactly a year back. Earlier this year, HTC upgraded it from the antiquated Android 1.6 to Android 2.1 “Éclair”. However, my level … Continue reading
As all readers of this blog know, I share interesting tech news and opinion both on Twitter and Google Reader. There are a few limitations involved with both: Twitter is real-time and many shares on Twitter are easily missed. I … Continue reading
I just returned from a visit to Facebook’s India office at Hyderabad for a special event organized by Facebook for its strategic partners in India. I had a great time learning more about their Indian operations and about Facebook culture … Continue reading
I used to be a meticulous online bookmarker since the 90s. I used Yahoo! Bookmarks, then switched to Delicious (before it got acquired by Yahoo!), moving to local browser-based bookmarks, and then on to experimenting with Faviki, Diigo, and Pearltrees. … Continue reading
Though I prefer Google Reader and Twitter as my news sources of choice, many others use Facebook. A few weeks back, I decided to experiment with Facebook Like buttons on all my blog posts. The results were very surprising. Earlier, … Continue reading
From The New York Times: One of the first Web sites loaded on Silicon Valley’s laptops and iPhones each morning — and then again and again throughout the day — is Techmeme. Couple of factoids: 260,000 readers who check it … Continue reading
This is the slate I used growing up as a school kid. There was sibling rivalry over whose was shinier or had a larger “screen size”. They are still used by some school children in India. Millions of them go … Continue reading
