Apurva Chaudhary

  • This is my SwiftKey keyboard heatmap. Apparently, the only keys I hit correctly are the ones on the extreme ends. These kind of data provided by SwiftKey is so cool. It tells me how many words it corrected and how many words it predicted. Well I am 30% more efficient in typing thanks to SwiftKey.…

  • Social question and answer site Formspring to shut down on March 31st [feedly]

    Social question and answer site Formspring to shut down on March 31st [feedly] Have been using formspring since its launch in 2009. Used it even to flirt. And then stopped using the service. I could think of one reason why I stopped using the service – they failed to innovate. Imagine the data they must…

  • “One in four American teenagers accesses the internet primarily through mobile; about three quarters of those teens own cell phones, and half of that group uses smartphones.” – Pew Research center via Gigaom This number has to be higher in India. My teenage brother only accesses Internet from his smartphone and uses desktop to watch…

  • “Advertising does help in promoting apps, and is now the most popular revenue model for apps. It’s used by 38% of app developers, according to the above cited Vision Mobile survey.” That seems quite low.

  • Bringing Manufacturing In India?

    “South Korean electronics major, Samsung, which launched the new Rex series of smart feature handsets today, plans to sell the first completely ‘made-in-India’ handsets in the Chinese market.” – Business Stadard This is a really great news. While the Indian Government exports manufacturing jobs to China (With Aakash Tablet), Samsung is bringing it home?