Archive for March, 2010

dell in india

The Hindustan Times cover this morning has a generous space dedicated to Google’s exit out of China and related efforts at redirecting mainland users to its Hong Kong hub, but couched cosily inside that story is perhaps an even bigger one. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is quoted as saying that Dell is considering taking  [ Read More ]

Football Roundup

Posted by Karan Israni On March 24, 2010 View Comments
football roundup

Results from all major leagues from matches played this Monday and Tuesday.

Keep iPod cable in reach with FlipSync

Posted by Karan Israni On March 24, 2010 View Comments
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Constantly being called on to loan out iPod/iPhone cables to your friends and colleagues? Don’t like carrying an extra iPod cable with you, poised and ready to bail out a friend’s dying iPhone? Don’t worry. We have come up with a sensational rescue for you – the $20 FlipSync cable by Scosche. They boiled Apple’s cable  [ Read More ]

Google leaves China (but many more twists to it)

Posted by Karan Israni On March 24, 2010 View Comments
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Google left China today and will not continue its Chinese search results. While it is a monster step for the world’s biggest search engine, all’s not yet over for Google in China. First of all, they only really left ‘mainland China’. If you go to Google.cn, you’ll be redirected to the Chinese language Google Hong Kong. Google  [ Read More ]

TigerText: A Tiger that will help you Cheat!

Posted by Karan Israni On March 23, 2010 View Comments
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TigerText, a new application from the Apple stable, helps you clear all those surreptitious SMSes you sent, from the receiver’s handset. We’ve all heard that famous fable – a mighty tiger left pug-marks all over the place and came out the greatest sporting scandal of the decade. If only those humiliating text messages swapped between Tiger Woods  [ Read More ]

How much radiation do you absorb from your phone?

Posted by Karan Israni On March 23, 2010 View Comments
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Every few months, there is an alarming study about the effect mobile phones are having on the human body. While some talk about the harmful radiation causing brain cancer, other researchers are saying it is too early to have any conclusive data yet. What is not debated, however, is that talking on the cell phone  [ Read More ]

Mobile Review: Aircel INQ 3G

Posted by Karan Israni On March 22, 2010 View Comments
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Aircel has launched the INQ 3G mobile phone in India recently. We tell you whether it’s worth your money or no.

Pune, Kochi new entrants for IPL season 4

Posted by Karan Israni On March 22, 2010 View Comments
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Pune and Kochi have been revealed as the two new Indian Premier League (IPL) teams that are to join the league in the coming season. Shockingly though, the amount paid for them amounted to three times the highest bid in the first auction three years ago! The highest bid last time around was $112 million,  [ Read More ]

Great News! iPhone 3GS comes to India

Posted by Karan Israni On March 22, 2010 View Comments
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Great news for all you Apple, and especially iPhone, lovers. Start rejoicing as iPhone 3GS is coming to India thanks to Airtel. Bharati Airtel, which recently submitted its bid in the 3G-spectrum auction, has confirmed that it will be bringing the latest iPhone to India in the coming months. While many of you are already  [ Read More ]

football roundup

Manchester United came from behind to beat Liverpool at Old Trafford to return to the Premier League summit. Fernando Torres was United’s tormentor again as he rose to head in Dirk Kuyt’s cross after only five minutes to revive memories of Liverpool’s crushing 4-1 victory here last season – but United were to exact revenge  [ Read More ]

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