100K Apps for iPhone; Take that Nokia, Motorola, Sony

There’s no stopping the iPhone juggernaut and its older sibling, the iPod. Apple today said its App Store digital media store now offers 100,000 applications in 20 categories including news,  games, business, sports, health, reference and travel. Apparently, App Store users have downloaded over 2 billion apps. Some apps like Smule’s I Am T-Pain App […]

iPhone App Store Hits New Milestone – 2b Downloads

App Store, Apple’s digital media application warehouse for its iPhone and iPod devices, continues to soar. Apple is tooting its horn that downloads from its App Store now exceeds 2 billion. The number of applications in the App Store has increased to 85,000. App Store applications are in 20 categories including games, business, news, sports, […]

Apple App Store Juggernaut Rolls On

The Apple digital media juggernaut shows no sign of slowing. On the first anniversary of the rollout of its digital media application repository App Store, Apple said customers had downloaded over 1.5 billion applications from the store. The applications run on Apple’s popular iPhone and iPod devices. Apple did not say whether the downloads were […]

Being Mortal – Michael Phelps

The New York Times has an interesting piece today in the print edition (P B12) on how the 8-medal Olympic champion Michael Phelps is coping with life outside the pool, particularly after a photo of the swimmer holding a marijuana pipe was published recently. Here’s an excerpt from the online edition: Swimming would not be […]

Madras Regiment Celebrates 250th Birthday

Although we are Quakers by temperament, there are occasional lapses when our patriotic fervor gets the better of us. Like over the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Madras Regiment, one of the oldest regiment of the Indian Army, that took place at Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington from May 4-6, 2009. Dating back to 4 […]

Indian Headlines from Pakistan Newspapers

Few of us realize it but the way others see us is quite different from the way we see ourselves. Take for instance, India and Pakistan. Born in violence and hatred, the two countries have officially fought three wars and several unofficial wars including an ongoing one in Kashmir. Naturellement, there’s very little love lost […]