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At this rate, Wikipedia will have to blackout everyday!

2012-01-19T02:24:00.001+05:30

The English section of Wikipedia was blacked out yesterday, protesting against SOPA and PIPA, the draconian Internet laws the American Government is pushing. I am against these laws as they sound very oppressive and give a lot of arbitrary power to certain individuals and organisations to control how Internet works. However, I do not think Wikipedia did something its members, administrators and

How to edit videos on your Android Phone?

2012-01-15T02:18:00.001+05:30

The best thing about a smartphone is the quality of the photos and videos you can create with it. There is an whole ecosystem around the idea of photos and videos on a smartphone. Smartphones succeed in the market not just because they can seamlessly connect you to the Internet. They succeed als because of the quality of the media you can create using them. Once you create a photo or a video

How to download videos from an Android Browser?

2012-01-13T20:09:00.001+05:30

Once I wrote about how you can use Real Player Beta to download videos on your Android Phone. That process has a limitation. You can download only those videos that require a video player to stream, if you are using Real Player. You cannot download and save videos that play in the browser itself, using Real Player. Often we come across great videos online that we would love to download and keep.

Hide photographs and videos on Android Phone

2012-01-03T01:52:00.001+05:30

Mobile phones are increasingly becoming the devices on which people store their personal photographs and videos. When it comes to personal photographs and videos, there are those that you want people to see. Then there are the ones you do not want many to see. And you want to hide those from inquisitive eyes. It is a major issue when you have friends or relatives who think it is their birth

Technology Trends in 2011

2011-12-31T12:52:00.002+05:30

Ya! Every one, every tech blog out on the planet, is doing a recap of 2011. I thought I will do one on techedIN too, depending on what caught my attention in 2011. There were plenty of trends in the Information Technology world that I consider as trends that defined 2011, for various reasons. I would like to list them for you! Social Media Revolutions What Malcom Gladwell said in 2010 was

How to figure out which programme or application opens an unknown file type?

2011-12-31T09:33:00.000+05:30

Your client or colleague sends you an email with an important attachment. You download the attachment and eagerly open it to find that it is an unknown file type and you cannot open it on your system as your computer does not have the programme that runs it. Windows offers to help you figure out the programme. Knowing Microsoft for so long, you will not try it as you will end up finding nothing

Samsung, I don't want your value pack!

2011-12-30T15:09:00.001+05:30

Roumour mill is running again, with stories about how and how not Samsung will provide Samsung Galaxy S and Original Galaxy Tab users with Ice Cream Sandwich. I am following each story closely. Last week Samsung announced the list of devices it will include in the Ice Cream Sandwich update. Samsung Galaxy S and Original Galaxy Tab, the two devices that provided Samsung with the stepping stones

How to get Google Analytics on your Android Phone

2011-12-30T12:49:00.001+05:30

A few days ago, I wrote about a tool that bloggers can use on their Android Phone to keep track of their Google Adsense Account. But if you are a passionate blogger, just a way to keep track of an Adsense Account is not enough. Most bloggers do not care about making money. They just want more people to read what they write. And Google Analytics is the best tool available out there to help you

What is the time limit or size limit for YouTube Video uploads?

2011-12-28T00:42:00.001+05:30

I know. If you are into serious video making and want to show off your videos in front of the world, you will hate the upload size and time limit some of these video sharing sites have in place. Not that many of us create videos that are more than ten minutes. But then, sometimes, one of these rare times, you will make a video that is longer in duration or larger in bite size. You will try and

How to keep track of your Adsense Account on Android?

2011-12-28T00:07:00.001+05:30

You are a blogger and you write a lot. And you have an Adsense Account you use to try and monetize your content, hoping that you can make some money as you write, without an editor breathing down your neck. Blogger and Google revolutionised the way people benefit from creating content online. Pairing blogging with Google Adsense, they opened up a way for ameture bloggers to monetize their

Samsung may bless Galaxy S & Original Tab with Ice Cream Sandwich

2011-12-27T20:52:00.001+05:30

Samsung seems to be listening. After drawing the ire of the blog world and customers on twitter for not including Galaxy S & the original Galaxy Tab in the list of possible candidates for Ice Cream Sandwich update, looks like Sammy has taken the right decision to evaluate the possibly of an ICS update for these devices. Samsung is probably confused if the users will like the Tab and S without

Stream Bollywood Songs on your Android Phone

2011-12-26T12:21:00.001+05:30

The Android Market ecosystem is full of applications that allow you to stream music. Plenty of them out there allows you to get online music and radio station streaming. If you are someone who is keen on listening to music but do not want to save songs on your device for the fear of eating up space, these applications are good for you. Or if you are bored of the music saved in your device and

Use anyone's face as a smiley or emoticon in Facebook Chat

2011-12-26T11:47:00.001+05:30

I am sure you have come across plenty of applications that offer to show customized smileys on your Facebook chat. The issue is, if your friend does not have the same application installed on their profile they will not be able to see the custom chat smiley you are using. And most of these custom chat applications are malware or spyware in disguise. You can never trust them. Is there any way you

Best recipe application for your Android Phone

2011-12-25T23:41:00.001+05:30

You love cooking? You love trying out new recipes every day? You have a dinner coming up and you are wondering what to cook for your guests? I don't cook. I don't cook because I don't know how to cook that well. However I have friends who love cooking. I find them always on the look out for new recipes. Most of them rely on cook books. Some of them rely on online recipe libraries. Both are

Now I perfectly understand how US patent system works!

2011-12-24T18:35:00.001+05:30

Now I perfectly understand how US patent system works. Just read the news that Apple is awarded a new patent. It is for a system that allows users to use other applications on a device as they are making a call. For example, you are on a call and you want to quickly look up something in your calendar. Or you want to find out a place on the map. Or you want to look at a website. Apple got the

Samsung will not give me my Ice Cream Sandwich

2011-12-24T15:12:00.001+05:30

Samsung recently announced the names of the devices that are going to get Ice Cream Sandwich update in 2012. And sadly, Samsung Galaxy S and the original Samsung Galaxy Tab is not there in the list. And Sammy, that is not fair to a customer as loyal as I am. The original Samsung Galaxy Tab is a dream to use. It is almost a year and still the one I own runs pretty smoothly. It used to crash

This side of Open!

2011-12-22T15:46:00.001+05:30

Closed. Closed. Closed. Closed. Closed. Closed. Every chance he gets, Techcrunch's M G Seigler tries to write there is something absolutely wrong with Google and their Android Platform. He did it again, this time trying to write about why Android is not as open as Google tells us. He says that a good percentage of Android Openness is marketing bullshit. In the process he ends up writing how

How to watch Indian TV Channels Live on Android Phone?

2011-12-17T12:13:00.002+05:30

If you own an Android Smartphone and use a 3G connection, I bet you are already searching for an application that allows you to watch TV on it. Ya, there are plenty of applications out there in the market that allows you to watch TV on your Android Phone. The issue is, all of them have European or Chinese Channels listed on them. What do you do if you want to watch Indian Channels on your Android

8 steps you must take not to be hacked on Facebook

2011-12-13T14:47:00.001+05:30

Like Microsoft Windows is a popular target among spammers and hackers just because of its ubiquity, Facebook is vulnerable to attacks much more than we think. Last month it was the porn attack on Facebook users wall. This month the owner of Facebook, the great Mark himself was hacked and his private photographs were leaked online. If Mark can be attacked by a hacker on Facebook, anyone can become

What Google Currents should have been?

2011-12-12T18:45:00.001+05:30

Google Currents is the new hero in the Android Application world. It is not available anywhere else in the world right now, other than US. If you are anywhere else, you will have to go online, find the apk file for Google Currents and side load it. Or you can download it directly from the Android Market, if you have your phone rooted, using a Market Enaber. Google, being as free and open as it

With Google Currents is Facebook vs Google taking a new turn?

2011-12-11T12:24:00.001+05:30

Sharing is key to Facebook. Facebook will not exist if there is no sharing. Games and applications are secondary to Facebook. Sharing makes it live. But, from what is happening in my Android Phone, it looks like Facebook is shooting itself in the foot in an attempt to settle scores with Google. Or is it really? I do not know if it is purposeful or not, Facebook for Android will not allow me to

A great drawing tool for Android

2011-12-07T08:21:00.001+05:30

In the ordinary world, you need to be very creative with your hands and have great control on the way they move to draw a reasonably good picture. That is not so in the digital world. What Steve Jobs started on the first personal computer, has grown to create great tools for us to express ourselves creatively. Painting on a computer screen has evolved considerably. With tablet computers, it is

How the Samsung Galaxy Tab (7 Inch) became my favourite computer

2011-12-06T22:35:00.001+05:30

People are writing about how their iPad became their favourite computer, not only for content consumption but also for content creation. Ya, that is what a good computer is about, right? Content creation as well as content consumption! An wholesome digital experience by any definition will allow you to consume content and create content and distribute content. There is nothing wrong with that.

How to read Reddit on Android

2011-12-03T22:33:00.001+05:30

It is one thing to go to the Reddit Mobile Site and read what ever you like, if you are a fan of Reddit. It is another thing to have a cool native application on your Android Phone, that delivers you an exclusive Reddit experience. I am sure, if you are a fan of Reddit, you are on the look out for a cool Reddit Application for Android. You must be wondering, every popular website has an

Why did Color fail?

2011-12-03T00:32:00.001+05:30

Once upon a time, a few months ago, someone in the United States of America came up with a great idea. A magical mobile application that promised to change the way people share photographs online. Then there was a lot of hype. And a lot of investors came along and put in plenty of dollars in millions hoping that this app is going to change the universe. And they called it Color. That was the