After testing the Redbox Instant movie streaming service, I must say a lot of Indians will find the service very disappointing in its current incarnation. For $8 a month, Redbox Instant provides unlimited streaming of movies and lets you borrow four DVDs at the kiosks that are now ubiquitous outside U.S. grocery stores. Two Problems […]
Those Jobs aren’t coming back. Steve Jobs to Barack Obama on bringing back some Apple manufacturing jobs from China to America With $121.3 billion in the bank, Apple plans to invest a mere $100 million in American manufacturing. That’s a piddling 0.082% of Apple’s mega cash hoard, the big chunk of which is stashed away […]
Update: Telugu Bidda Raghu Yandamuri Execution Date Set for February 23, 2018 For the next 100 years, doting grandmothers in remote villages of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana will be warning their grandchildren that if they don’t finish their dinner quickly the Rakshasa Raghunandan Yandamuri will show up. Such is the bizarre fame of King of […]
Apple made life tougher for all its tablet competitors with the introduction of the new 7.9-inch iPad Mini tablet (the regular iPad has a 9.7-inch screen). iPad Mini * 7.9-inch, Multi-touch Screen * 7.2mm thick * 10-hour battery * 0.68lb weight * Dual core A5 chip * iOS 6 software * 275,000 dedicated tablet Apps […]
I’ve always been ambivalent about a Bourne movie without Matt Damon. It’s like embarking on a mission to make a bad Indian movie without Abhishek Bachchan or Ajith. No Abhishek Bachchan or No Ajith, no guarantee of a bad-ass Indian film. Mission Impossible. 😉 Ditto with the Bourne films. No Damon or No Paul Greengrass […]
The Apple juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down. In its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2012, Apple sold 26 million units of its iPhones. Total sales of the iPhones since their launch in June 2007 now exceeds 244 million units. Strong iPad Sales Sales of the company’s iPad tablets were also robust in […]