My #2013 on Twitter
My bio on Twitter begins with “Internetaholic,” but the rehab treatment in the form of a two-year-old son has been very effective. These days much of my non-work (I work…Continue Reading →
How emoji is making it easier for the illiterate to use mobile phones
For the poor in India it is the mobile phone that has proved to be a bigger revolution than the…
Is the Gillette Guard as revolutionary a razor as the AP story makes it appear to be?
I love innovation and inexpensive innovations more so. So this headline ‘Cheap razor made after P&G watches Indians shave‘ obviously…
Announcing India Shopping Search: A custom search engine for online shopaholics
I do a lot of my shopping online and always have an eye open to catch the best diaper deals (We have a 22-month-old son). A big gap in online…Continue Reading →
Google’s website on civil rights movement practises discrimination
You just cannot miss the irony trying to access Google’s website on the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King,…
NO TELEGRAM FROM JULY 15 STOP VINTAGE TELEGRAM FORM FROM PRE-INDEPENDENCE INDIA STOP
The last telegram in India can be sent on July 14. From July 15 BSNL which operates the telegram services…
Unofficial Norman Woodland bar code Google doodle
Google posts doodles on death anniversaries and not on deaths. But the very purpose of Cutting the Chai’s unofficial Google doodles are to imagine the doodles that Google didn’t or…Continue Reading →
When Apple said ‘Maps take a whole new turn’, they meant it
Apple’s marketing tagline for their much-derided iOS 6 maps apps, says, “Maps take a whole new turn.” Many travellers in…
Apple iPhone 5 Google doodle
The Apple iPhone 5 was unveiled last night and it did fall short of achieving awesomeness. Wouldn’t it be awesome…
Can’t dial emergency number from prepaid. What an @#!%& Idea sirji!
Idea Cellular tom-toms it’s ‘ideas’ through multi-crore advertising campaigns. If only the agency that devised those ideas had also added some commonsense for their client at a nominal charge. It…Continue Reading →
ISPs aren’t even sure why they are blocking a URL
Wondering if we can sue ISPs and government agencies for restricting access to legitimate content. If the courts can be…
10 wonderful uses of Google Docs Viewer
One of my favourite online tools is Google Docs viewer (docs.google.com/viewer), the VLC Player equivalent for viewing, embedding and sharing…
