Author: unitechy
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Aakash Tablet
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This evening, I tweeted that the biggest flaw with Aakash tablet was that it didn’t come pre-loaded with some (any) educational content. The Aakash project has been more or less a failure. It has not only faced manufacturing issues (including conflict with the OEM and within the IIT management), we all now know that it’s not…
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How To Make A Smart TV
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Last week I wrote a post about how my Smart TV is actually a dumb TV. Kris Nair DM’ed on Twitter that I should write a post on ‘how to make a Smart TV’. He also mentioned that it just costs Rs 3,000, more on that later. Well, challenge accepted. I started my ‘web research’…
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For a couple of days I have been thinking about how Smartphone can understand our behavior and respond accordingly. There’s this awesome new app by Google, Google Now, which is like an intelligent personal assistant. It’s so amazing that popular science magazine named it as the Innovation of the year 2012. The app keeps track of what…
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Instagram Should Worry About Flickr & Not Twitter
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This week has been amazing for photo sharing sites. Just for a recap:– Instagram disabled support for Twitter cards.– In return Twitter launched its own photo filters on iOS and Android app, though they don’t seem that natural to me but I know a lot of people will use then.– In a surprise turn of…
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My Smart TV Is Not That Smart
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This Diwali we bought a new TV, yet another 32 inch LCD TV by Samsung. Got a Smart TV this time since they only sell those kinds these days. However, I soon realized that my smart TV is not really that smart. It allows me to browse through content on the Internet, use apps such as Twitter,…