Since most of my readers are Indians, there’s no need to dwell upon the risks of theft. After all, stealing is inherent in the Indian DNA. Turn your head the other way for just a nanosecond and before you can mumble Chutiya your fellow Besharam Indian will elope with your baby, kidney, virginity, MacBook or […]
Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone devices business means that Nokia’s new Asha $99 low-end smartphones for countries like India will die an inglorious death sooner rather than later. As part of the deal to acquire Nokia’s devices and services, Microsoft will get the Asha brand too. Asha Smartphones from Nokia Asha Doomed Nokia’s Asha […]
My two favorites, U.S. and India, lead the pack of 74 countries requesting information from Facebook on users. Government requests to Facebook include basic subscriber information (such as name and length of service), IP address logs and actual account content. The majority of requests made by governments are said to be related to criminal cases […]
In my considered view, the only justification for buying a smartwatch, forking out $150 or more for an unseemly gadget on your wrist, is if it gives you a hand job. So far none of the smartwatches I’ve read about come anywhere close. Hell, they don’t even give you a tickle down there! 😉 Why […]
Being cheapo desis, we started salivating when the $99 Ouya game console launched last week. Such was the demand that the consoles quickly disappeared from shelves within hours. We had to wait a couple of days before our online order was fulfilled. Since picking up the console yesterday, we’ve been trying out the various features. […]
Thank God for Nik Wallenda! There’s still some high-wire adventure left in the world. In an era of silly reality shows and hideous computer-generated Hollywood ‘action’ drivel, 34-year-old tightrope artiste Nik Wallenda is the real deal. On Sunday, Nik Wallenda became the first human to cross Grand Canyon on a wire (slung 1,500-feet above the […]