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The rise of the App store

editor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:49:38 +0000

This will sound odd, and might date me the way radiocarbon dates old trees. The first mobile phone I bought was just to make phone calls. At Rs 16 a minute, to boot. Oh well, this was 1996, a different era. Hey, it was an earlier century, in the last millennium.

Good value social networking - Micromax ezpad Q5

editor — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:59:18 +0000

It’s quite a relief to see a QWERTY handset that seems to have its own ‘personality’ and doesn’t look like a BlackBerry. This Q5 or ‘ezpad’ as it’s been dubbed, was apparently designed to be real bliss for the avid social networker and here’s how it fared.

Travel | New York diary

editor — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:02:07 +0000

There is something about the energy of New York that hits you like a lightning bolt when you walk the streets, one reason why it is one of my favourite foreign cities

The buzz around Buzz

editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:08:54 +0000

Is Google’s latest innovation really the Facebook-killer that it’s been touted to be? Read on to find out.

A temporary email address

editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:56:50 +0000

You have just come across a new website at xyz.com that offers an interesting ebook for free. The offer is simple - you give them your email address and they'll send you the download links for the ebook directly to your Inbox. Now while the website policy clearly states that they ?won?t sell your email address to third-parties?, you aren?t feeling very comfortable sharing your private email address with a website that you?ve never heard about before. What do you do then?

In the dock, again

editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:41:44 +0000

An iPod dock needs to look good and offer non edgy sound. The Philips SBD7000 is a cute-looking Docking station that works with iPods and also other personal media players.

Bold & Beautiful - BlackBerry Bold 9700

editor — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:25:47 +0000

Classier version...Here’s why the new and improved BlackBerry is a better business handset to upgrade to...

How to watch out for hidden fat

editor — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:37:47 +0000

It’s easy to fight an enemy you can see. But how do you defend yourself against diet demons — fat, sugar and salt — that ...

Watch your mouth

editor — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:17 +0000

The mouth and teeth are some of the most hardworking parts of our bodies. It is not only important for us to have healthy gums and teeth, it is also aesthetically appealing.

Nutrition myths busted

editor — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:11:02 +0000

We’ve been flooded with information about what to eat and what to avoid. So, if you are confused by the health dos and don’ts you’re constantly subjected to, we decode ten common nutrition ‘truths’.