Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from May, 2012

The Digital Iron Curtain: Is Iran About to Crash the Global AI Boom?

 For decades, the "Middle East crisis" was a headline about crude oil, tankers, and the price at the pump. But as of March 2026, the stakes have shifted from the engine to the motherboard. While the world watches drone strikes over Isfahan and naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf, a more quiet, more lethal war is being fought over the very building blocks of the 21st century: semiconductors. The "Digital Iron Curtain" is falling, and it isn't just dividing East and West—it’s threatening to starve the global AI revolution of its most basic needs. The Helium Hostage: Why the Strait of Hormuz is the New Silicon Valley We’ve long been told that the South China Sea is the "front line" of the chip war because of Taiwan’s dominance in fabrication. But the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran has revealed a terrifying bottleneck: The Middle East is the lungs of the semiconductor industry. To make the world’s most advanced 3nm chips, you don’t just need engineers;...

Google World Wonders: For full 360° views of modern and ancient heritage sites

Street View on Google Maps is a popular way for you to explore places at street level views. All this being accomplished by Google's street view cars that have cameras mounted on them. Google cameras got close enough to these heritage sites of both the ancient and modern world and have created beautiful 360° views at street level. With Google World Wonders you can now go globetrotting sitting on your armchair and visit the ancient wonders of the world. All in stunning clarity, 360° views, 3D and accompanied YouTube videos to help make your journey and discovery as clear and as real as possible.  It also has a lot of benefits for teachers who can use this service and its lesson plans to help teach children. Now when students need to research wonders of the ancient and modern world, Google World Wonders can definitely offer a realistic picture of these wonders. Currently there are 132 historic sites from 18 countries, including Stonehenge, the archaeological areas of Pompeii and the ...

Trade-in old electronics on amazon

Amazon has a new trade-in program for electronic goods. You can use the program to exchange your old laptops, netbooks, smartphones and other gadgets and get an Amazon Gift Card. This card can then be used to buy your next gadget on Amazon.com. This program opens doors for people who are especially fond of browsing Amazon for products to buy. The process of exchanging and trading-in old electronic goods just got simpler. Almost everyone has old laptops and other goods that are no more used. Amazon will handle that for you in the easiest manner possible. You can get an exchange for old laptops. MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, external hard-drives, tablets and a host of other electronic goods. Once Amazon agrees for a trade-in you can then print a label, pack your items and ship them for free. Once received you get a gift coupon in your Amazon account within two days. How to trade-in old electronics on Amazon Amazon electronics trade-in: How does it work You will need to go to Amazon trade-in...

Google+ Local: How does it work

If you login to Google+ you're going to see a new tab on the left hand column. It is called Local and the icon is of a person and a map pointer. Google Local now integrates Zegat ratings, from the site that used to charge $25 annually for access to its diners ratings of restaurants from across the globe. Google+ Local now has these ratings available for free when you search for places located close to you. Once you find a place and want to review it you can do so by using the 'Write a review' icon. Your ratings are then also available in Zegat reviews. So posting to Google + Local will also show up in Zegat. Both the services are now tied together after Google bought Zegat for in Sep 2011 with reports saying that Google paid 150 million dollars. Google is now expected to build a powerful competitor against yelp.com - which refused a 500 million buy out from Google.  Google+ Local: How does it work Once you click on Google+ local you get two bars one to enter the service you...

How to track your lost Android phone and find it again

If you have misplaced your mobile phone then there are ways to track it and get it back. The easiest instance would be that you turned the ringer into silent mode and then forgot where you left it. If you have one of the apps listed below it will help you to turn the ringer on by remote controlling your phone via SMS or TEXT messages and turning it back on. Below are a list of apps that can definitely help you track your lost phone. 1. Plan B This is an app that you can use after you have lost your phone. There is no software to be downloaded and if by chance your phone is missing, head over to this app located in Google Play and start it over the web to begin searching. To begin using the app you will need a Google Account and then start using it over the web. Once installed you get an email in your associated Gmail account telling you the app has begun searching for your phone. This is followed up by another email with a Google map showing you where your phone is. If it is unable to ...

How to find your Facebook email address

This is a simple trick on how to find your Facebook email Address or Facebook mail ID. This post is not going to redirect you anywhere or tell you where to go to find out what your Facebook email ID really is. It is very simple your public username is your Facebook email address. So let's say your Facebook username is user.123, your Facebook public address would be www.Facebook.com/user.123. Your Facebook email address would automatically then be user.123@ Facebook.com. So all you need to do is to click on your Facebook Timeline and check the URL in the address bar. You full Facebook address will appear and whatever appears after Facebook.com is your Facebook email address. Maybe you have not yet chosen a vanity URL for your profile. This means you can have your name after .com. You can set it right and change everything because the default profile URL you are given does not look nice and you should change it to something more colorful and nice. So, to customize your Facebook email...

Steve Jobs Interview collection free on iTunes

There is now a place on Apple iTunes for you to view all of those iconic interviews of Steve Jobs . These interviews took place on the stage of All Things D and they have now made it available as a podcast on iTunes. All videos are available as online streaming video and you get to see some of those classics. There are a lot of interview videos to be found online and on YouTube, especially the most inspiring and oft-quoted Stanford Commencement Address and videos of Apple product releases. If however you want to see some of those interviews with him sitting on stage and answering unrehearsed questions this is the place to go. In fact many times he sat on the All Things D stage and spoke very openly on a number of things and  these are noteworthy interviews to be viewed by anyone interested to explore more the mind of the great Steve Jobs. All Things D are famous for a number of interviews especially the first time they brought both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates together for an interview. A...

Video: Sergey Brin lets interviewer try on Google Glass which he hopes to launch sometime next year

Google's Project Glass was in the news a few days ago when Sergey Brin Google's co-founder was spotted wearing the AR glasses. Google Glass is in the news today again and this time because of a video where Sergey Brin actually lets an interviewer try on Google Glass. Gavin from The Gavin Newsroom Show gets a chance to try on the hi-fi piece of eye-wear and get a glimpse of the product the Sergey hopes will be out next year. There has been a lot of speculation with analysts saying it will be years before the glasses are available to the public. Sergey on the other hand says that he hopes to have it out sometime next year. This does sound a little bit fat-fetched. But hey, this is Google and they do have a reputation for getting things done on time and beating deadlines. This smartphone for the face does everything your phone can without you having to use your hands. It is like an 'Advanced Skunk Works project' he says and yes it is really out there. Check out the video ...

Craigslist: How to sell

If you live in a city that has an active Craigslist community you're in luck. As items on Craigslist can get sold quiet fast. You cannot actually be sure about which items are going to be sold the fastest but sometimes items you put up for sale will actually sell faster than you think. Another good thing about Craigslist is that when you have an interested buyer you can set up a meeting and deal in cold hard cash. On Craigslist it is all about cash and the only other criteria is that your city needs to have an active Craigslist community. It is growing around the world and becoming more and more popular in the US it tops but Craigslist has been expanding into other local areas across the world and aims to be a premier services locally in a host of other countries. How to get started: Once you have decided on the items you want to sell you will need to get them cleaned-up and ready for a photo. You stand a better chance of selling stuff if you have a photo of the item on Craigslist....

How to disable public search on Facebook

There is a quick and instant way to disable public search on Facebook . If you're wondering what Facebook public search is, well, it is your appearance on search engines when people search for you on popular search engines. Like Google, Bing, Yahoo, duckduckgo etc. when public search is enabled on Facebook, you brief profile will appear on search engines when people enter your name. There are many reasons why people don't want to be found on public searches; maybe a Facebook profile was created only for close family and friends or just to stay in touch with a select group. If you think that is you well you might want to head over to Facebook and turn-off public search. Once this is done it will take some time but your information will disappear from all search engines. It takes sometime because all their servers need to get updated. How to turn-off, stop or disable public search on Facebook 1. Login to Facebook 2. Click on the cog icon and then choose privacy settings 3. Click ...

SHOCK: 40% of social media accounts are SPAMMERS

Image Credit:  Digital Media Camp The BusinessWeek has an article which reports that almost 40% of social media accounts belong to spammers. Facebook tops the list with Spammers making headway to abuse the 'Like' button and spammers have not spared Twitter or Pinterest either. Since email companies like GMail are pretty good at blocking spam and Hotmail also going all the way to disable botnets. It is reported that spammers are now turning to social media. Since Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest are soft targets. Google+ seems to be the better of the lot in terms of trying to stop spammers - with their real-name policy and all. No one of these sites are totally secure. How do spammers abuse the Facebook 'Like' button. If they get you to hit the like button, that means it gets posted to your news feed, your friends then also view it and they might be led to malicious sites which try to do nothing but steal your money and other important inf...

No Church In The Wild video released by Kanye West and Jay-Z

No Church In The Wild is now trending on Twitter and after you watch the video you will not be surprised, as to why. The video by Kanye West & Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream draws inspiration from all the Occupy Wall street and other protests that have made international news. Last October Kanye West appears in the Occupy Wall street protests in Manhattan and although there for a brief time the experience must have shown him what happens when people and police clash. The title of the song itself has a lot to say. When you out there and protesting anything can happen. Innocent people can get pepper sprayed and a lot of others can get hurt. The video itself shows damage caused by both protesters and cops.  The video was shot in Prague and shows both protesters and cops at war. The clip is quite savage and depicts what happens when the cops and protesters clash. The video does not take sides and has over 200 extras divided into cops and protesters. The video was released ...

Bump: Easily transfer photos from mobile to PC by bumping them together

There is nothing misleading in the title, if you are new to the new App Bump; that is exactly what happens. You can use the App available for both iOS and Android to easily transfer photos between devices by bumping them together. Now the app has gotten even better, once you add selected photos you want to transfer to your PC. Bump you phone to your PC, hit the spacebar to conform and then like magic your photos get transferred, no headache whatsoever.  Bump: How does it work If you are new to Bump, it is an app that lets you share files, photos, contacts and apps between devices easily by bumping them together. The app uses your Geolocation to make sure that your bumps work perfectly and it is best to let Bump use the Geolocation of your browser to ensure there are no mistakes in transferring files. So to transfer photos to your PC you would need to bump your spacebar with your phone. If you worried that it is too fragile and cannot deal with a bump. Simple hold it down and bump your ...

Google Correlate: Helps in better SEO and keyword research data

Now this is another good product from Google and will be especially helpful for people who are into SEO, research or marketing. With Google Correlate you can find out information on products, seasons, trends and a host of other correlated subjects. So once you enter a search term you can find keyword data and search patters that you might not have though existed before. This really helps SEO experts find new keywords that they can use to optimize their content. So if you are a website owner or a blog owner this is one tool you might want to look into regularly. It will show you how search terms that are important to you are related to other terms and how these patters might emerge and do the same patters change with seasons.  Google Correlate is a part of Google Trends and helps in analyzing data chronologically. It is different from Google Trends and insights for search in that it gives you a historical picture of the data that you want to analyze.All the web search data that is being...

How to delete a Google+ Circle

Now that you have started having fun using Google+ . One of the first thing you might have done was to create circles. Circles are a ring of people you group together to follow updates from and to share stuff with. A circle is usually based around a common interest like 'Politics' 'Sports' etc. You can create any number of circles you want and delete any number of circles. There are many reasons why +ers would want to delete a circle. Change of interest perhaps, the circle is no more adding any value in terms of updates and inputs. There are various reasons for wanting to delete a circle. So here's how to delete a circle on Google+. How to delete a Google Plus circle 1. login to Google+ 2. Click on the circles icon found on the left hand corner 3. A list of your circles pop-up on the bottom half of the page 4. Click on the circle you want to delete 5. A list of all circle members pops-up on the top half of the page 6. Hover over the circle now and you get three opti...

Google Glasses Video

Google co-founder Sergey Brin wearing Google Glasses: Credit Thomas Hawk Google unveiled to the world sometime in early April, their concept of augmented reality glasses, know as Project Glass. These far out there sci-fi glasses has the ability like none before to take video, check email, give you voice direction by connecting to maps and a host of other features. This futuristic piece of eye-wear also come with aesthetic sense and makes the wearer look good in addition to the feel good aspect of wearing eye-wear that can do a whole log of work for you. We have already written about these glasses and you can read about it here. Google has now gone a step further and have released the first video shot entirely using Google Glasses. The video has someone from the Google team doing backflips on a trampoline. The video is shot in 720p and has decent quality. In addition to shooting video, Google Glasses can set your day up for you and can do almost anything a SmartPhone can. Google was the...

Yahoo Axis: How to Uninstall or Disable on Safari, Chrome, IE and Firefox

Yahoo Axis came on the scene just a few days ago and already people are asking how to uninstall it. Yahoo Axis is an extension that works on your browser and it is therefore easy to get rid-off. There are many reasons why sometimes it can be quite annoying and one of them is that it always on the bottom left-hand corner of your screen always hanging around. whenever you move your cursor there it pops-up and this kind of thing happening all the time can actually get to you. So if you want to remove or uninstall yahoo Axis on your browser please find the guide below. 1. Uninstall on iOS Safari (MAC, iPad or iPhone) Go to Safari preferences Click on the puzzle piece on top and choose Extensions Find Yahoo Axis on the left column Tap Uninstall You're done 2. Chrome - uninstall from your Chrome browser Click on the wrench icon (top left) Tools Extensions Find Yahoo Axis and then uncheck the box next to enabled You're done. 3. Firefox - Uninstall or remove from Firefox At the top of...

Facebook: How to block game app requests [Shortcuts]

You know how you keep getting game requests from friends and the same keeps coming to you all the time.  Every time a notification comes into your notifications on your globe icon it is these silly game requests. I have friends who even post status updates declaring their independence from games and how they do not want to be disturbed with constant game invites and yes app invites also. Facebook now has an easy solution to stop game requests from a particular app. This is just a two step process and can be done from your notifications settings itself. So here we go. How to block, stop, or disable game app requests. 1. login to Facebook 2. Click on the Globe icon 3. Click on see all notifications 4. Hover over the game app you want to stop getting requests from 5. Click the (x) mark that appears on the right-hand side 6. Click on change app settings 7. beside notify me when click on the drop-down and choose 'Never' 8. You're done You will now stop receiving annoying game ap...

Yahoo Axis: How does it work

Yahoo have released a web browser that proves that they still have juice when it comes to search. The app is now available for the iPhone, iPad and Desktops. The app is available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. There was an initial problem with the Chrome extensions - Yahoo had accidentally released a private key which it has since removed. This means you would need to re-install the Chrome extension. The private key is used to confirm that a site was safe to browse and spammers could have used this key to build spammy web apps and give it the safe key. This way they would have been able to game Yahoo Axis. It is taken care of now and you are free to install the Chrome extension. Yahoo Axis: How does it work You would need to go to axis.yahoo.com and choose either desktop, iPad or iPhone to get it now. Once you click on the app you would like to install, you can then click yes and it happens in less that a minute. You do not need to restart your browser for it to work. The entire proc...

If Google can't find the answer, it's not a question.

'If Google' is now a trending topic on Twitter with people using the 'If Google' to come up with cool ideas to finish the line. One of the Tweets that is going the rounds if 'If Google can't find the answer, it's not a question'. That's right if Google cannot find the answer then you question is really not even a question according to many users. Here are a few more interesting Tweets being offered up by users on Twitter. 1. If Google could come to my exams with me, then I would be happy 2.  If Google was in my mind I would be the smartest person ON EARTH! 3. If Google can tell us where we left our keys at life would be easier. 4. If Google were to disappear, then homework will be twice as hard!! 5. If Google was a teacher, I would be a happy student... 6. If Google didn't exist we'd all be screwed Follow this trend to know what people are Tweeting about 'If Google' - imagine a world without Google and you will also be able to add to ...

My Last Wish the Death Based Social Network

Along came a spider - well not literally but started with that line to set the tone. Talking about death and your last wish can be very enlightening for some people. Although other blogs and websites have written about the creepiness about this new social network, we do not think this is so. With all the hype being built into social media and social networking sites. People constantly complain about the need for more serious stuff to be shared online. Well, here you have it, especially if you are one of those people who always want to talk serious stuff this might be a nice getaway for people to discuss the actual reality of life. Maybe inspiring some to go for a dream they might have had their whole life but never had the guts to just do it. Death always brings with it a shock and shakes people a little. It is also the one thing that can truly inspire. Steve Jobs now famous quote from the 2005 Stanford Commencement Address where he says that every morning he looks in the mirror and as...

So.cl Microsoft's Social Network (SOCL): How does it work [Guide]

so.cl (SOCL) is a social network launched by Microsoft. They claim it is not a ripoff of any of the other social networking sites out there like Google+, Pinterest or Twitter. However once you login the feed has a strong resemblance to Google+ with a few features from Twitter and Pinterest thrown in. So we decide to do a tutorial on how So.cl works and please let us know what you think in the comments section below. How to get started: You can use your Facebook ID or your Windows Live ID to join the site. Once you login with any of these IDs you are in the site without any further hassle. Apart from checking the box to agree to their terms and conditions. You also have to be above 18 to join. I do not want So.cl posting to my Facebook Timeline and profile When you signup with your Facebook ID the App will ask for permission to post on your Facebook profile choose never. Also when asked who can view your activity choose 'Only Me'. This will ensure that So.cl will not post to you...

How to upload videos to YouTube

YouTube the most popular video sharing site on the internet has now made it even more easier to upload videos. There are many reasons why you might want to upload videos to YouTube. You can share videos with your friends, create the next viral video hit on the internet. most important of all many people upload videos to YouTube to earn money. If you videos are popular YouTube will invite you to share in the revenue generated from your videos. If you allow ads to be displayed. There are three ways to upload videos to YouTube 1. Upload form your computer.2. Record from webcam 3. drag and drop How to upload videos to YouTube 1. Login to YouTube. (You will need an account, a Google account will do) 2. Click on upload videos. Link found beside the search bar, top right-hand corner. 3. You can now use the 'Select files form your computer' link, or record from webcam or simply drag and drop a video anywhere on this page to start an upload. 4. While your video is being uploaded you wil...

How to change your username on Twitter

Image Credit: Icon Texto Changing your username name on Twitter is an easy task. There are a few things to remember however before you change your username. User names are very very important especially if you have managed to gain a fairly large number of followers. You username is associated with you and your account on Twitter. So before changing you username it is advisable to let your followers know about this change. On Twitter you would need to remember that there is difference between your real name and your user name.  Difference between your real name and username 1. when someone searches for you and finds your Twitter profile. Your real name is displayed beside which your username is displayed. 2. Your username is what people use to send your 'Direct Messages' (DMs) and @replies. Your real name is what people use to identify you with.  3. Your real name is your personal identifier while your username is your location on Twitter.  4. You can change your name at any tim...

How to stop Twitter from tracking you online

Twitter has a new feature out called 'Who to follow' basically helping you find people who you might want to follow on Twitter. This feature has been announced on a blog post and we have written about it as well. It is a very simple update and it works like this. The feature will track your movements all across the web and based on websites you visit. Suggested users will appear on your 'Who to follow' timeline. These websites and blogs must of-course have a Twitter button or a widget. These buttons and widgets can in turn send back information to Twitter and they are able to track which websites or blogs are receiving the most tweets or follows. This information is then passed down to Twitter users allowing them to find great Twitter accounts to follow. Read more about it in our previous post. if you would like to stop Twitter from following you this is what you need to do. How to stop turn-ff or disable Twitter from tracking me 1. login to twitter 2. Click on down-a...

Facebook ads settings: How to protect yourself against third party ads and social ads

Image Credit: Facebook  Facebook makes its money through ads and there are a few settings you need to know about regarding Facebook's social ads. You might be wondering what social ads are on Facebook. lets take a closer look. Social ads are the ads you see while on Facebook with a social twist. The ads you see will not have your name or picture on it and this is good for as long as Facebook does not decide to use your picture or name in an ad. To ensure that this does not happen in the future you might need to adjust your privacy settings to the same. What are third party ads third party ads are ads shown by companies and people on Facebook. These might be tailored to small medium or large businesses. FB once ran into trouble with these ads as they were using users photos in the ads. That according to Facebook will not happen again but if in case this does happen in the future you need to protect yourself against it. What are social ads Social ads track the likes of your friends. ...

Twitter: Who to follow

Image Credit: Twitter Twitter has another interesting innovation that they have launched. It is called 'Who to follow', this feature will have a specific page and can be used by new users who signup for the service as well as for seasoned users. Twitter's 'Who to follow' will be based on a couple of algorithms like geographic location of the user. Websites the user or his friends visit in the Twitter ecosystem.  as well as websites on the internet that have Twitter buttons or widgets. Information from these buttons can be used to determine which buttons and widgets are getting tweeted and followed a lot. These accounts that have been gaining a large number of followers in the last 10 days can be used as a suggested person or account to follow.  Another smart move by Twitter is the offering of 'Do not track'. With do not track turned off - you can be assured that Twitter will not be following your activity and everything gets turned off. This is one of the pr...

Facebook IPO price: $38 per share

Image Credit: The Nation . Flag flying outside J.P Morgan announcing the IPO. After all the speculation and hype created and generated over the Facebook IPO price.  Facebook  has set the price to $38 per share. This deal is expected to raise $16 billion in proceeds and value the company at over $100 Billion. The company will begin trading on Friday (May 18) morning on the NASDAQ under the symbol 'FB'. Facebook will offer 180,000,000 class A shares of common stock and stockholders are offering  241,233,615 of class A common stock. Closing of the offering is expected to close on May 22, 2012.  How do i buy Facebook shares You will have to wait till Friday when NASDAQ opens and even then it might take an hour before the shares start trading and you are able to buy Facebook stock. The markets will open at 9:30 ET on Friday.  How much is Facebook worth On the day of its IPO Facebook's market  capitalization  is expected to hover around $81 million. Who's selling Facebook sha...

Twitter to send A weekly digest of Stories & Tweets from my network

Image Credit: Twitter Twitter made an announcement on May 14, 2012 to let all users know that a weekly digest will be sent out - this digest will contain a weekly gist of all popular activity of folks connected to you. So this email will have all the popular stories of people who you are following. Twitter also says that this mail will contain all the most relevant stories and tweets from people connected to you. These stories will not come to you looking like a standard mail. They have a format similar to Discover tab. So once you get an email and open it. All stories will be in the format of the Discover tab. Which means- beneath summaries you will find who shared each story, helping you decide which stories you might actually be interested in. Clicking on any headline will help you read the entire story and see related Tweets. You can then add your own Tweet and send the tweet directly from your email. The stories you see will be from the stories your followers were most engaged in ...

11 Top Celebs to Follow - trending now on Twitter

11 Top Celebs to Follow - trending now on the top of Twitter worldwide trends. You might be wondering how this trend came to be. The answer is very simple, this is a repeat of what happened yesterday . Mashable the popular social media blog had a post out '10 Facebook tips for power users', this got a lot of Tweets on Twitter but users just changed it to what they think are the top 10 Facebook tips to keep in kind. Today there is another post out by Amy-Mae Elliott from Mashable and the title of the article is 11 Top Celebs to Follow on Viddy. This title has been taken by users on Twitter and they have converted it to their own version. The Twitter version is '11 top Celebs to Follow' and users are having fun with the title. Including offering up some of their favouriute Twitter celebrities that they think should be followed on Twitter.  This being Twitter you can only expect that many of the users are saying that the celebs to be followed are Justin Bieber and Lady Ga...

Google Search supercharged with Knowledge Graph

Image Credit: Google Google has done something to really improve search. The new improvement is being called 'Knowledge Graph'. This according to Google is one of their first steps in moving from becoming a knowledge engine instead of just an information engine. So what is this new improvement and how will it work Google Knowledge Graph: How does it work To begin with it must be noted that to fulfill the requirements of its knowledge graph Google has had to compromise on its prime advertising real-estate space located on the right-hand column.When you search on Google what you get now is results that have a lot more related information. So if you search for Leonardo da Vinci you still get to see the result from Wikipedia that we are all used to but now you also get other useful info thrown at you. You get a brief bio about the Renaissance painter, where he was born who his parents were and where he is buried. You also get a list of famous works from that era. If you are searchi...

Siri: "What is the best smartphone ever?"

Image Credit: Cult of Mac Apple has fixed an issue with Siri, when Siri was asked which is the best SmartPhone ever. The reply was Nokia Lumia 900 - seems that Apple was not happy with the answer.The problem stemmed from Siri's heavy reliance on Wolfram Alpha, 25 percent of all queries returned by Siri are based on Wolfram Alpha. Apple has since fixed the issue and now Siri has a different answer. If you did search Wolfram Alpha independently you will find that Nokia Lumia 900 is recommended as the best. Apple has rushed to fix the issue as the Nokia Lumia is a decent handset but definitely not the best Smartphone ever. There is also a video doing the rounds showing Siri's answer to the best smartphone ever. After the fix by Apple is you ask Siri the same question, You'll now be told that the answer is the iPhone 4S, with responses like "the one you're holding" and "you're kidding, right?" Source: TheVerge An original post by Sociolatte

10 Facebook tips as suggested by users on Twitter

Image via Twitter user iamwie It's not very often that you come across Facebook trending topics on Twitter. It usually happens if Facebook releases an update that does not go down too well with its users. This however is Twitter offering Facebook tips to other users. There are many tips being offered on Twitter about how not to do or how to do something on Facebook. Especially if you want all your FB friends to like you. At the moment of writing this post '10 Facebook Tips' is trending at the No 1. position globally on Twitter. This trend might have started after Mashable's article '10 Tips for Facebook power users' came out. People on Twitter however choose to offer their best tips to help you understand how they feel about certain behaviors on Facebook.  Please find below some of the top tips being offered on Twitter in relation to 10 Facebook tips 1. Stop updating one minute one status. Make a twitter you dumbass.  2.  Its a social networking site, not a dia...

'Ghost Town' being built in the US to test New Technologies

High Tech Ghost Town new Hobbs N.M - Photo Credit: The Blaze A new high tech city is coming up near the town of Hobbs in Lea County, New Mexico. New mexico and this will resemble a ghost town. This town will have everything that you see in normal towns. There will be streets and houses and everything else, that is except people. It will be built along the lines of Disney World where everything happens underground, including the plumbing. Above ground will be the play area where new technologies and ideas will be tested. Some of these technology marvels that will be tested will be driverless cars and trucks. Self-flushing toilets, smart grids and next gen wireless technology. This is because testing tech like driverless cars and trucks could endanger human life in a real world situation. Tech company Pegasus Global Holdings is behind the project. The reason behind why the company choose New Mexico. is because of the amount of undeveloped land available and its proximity to two Departmen...

Chrome: Perform a Google Image search on any Pinterest image

Image Credit: Pin Search Pinterest has lost no interest in terms of the number of people who spend time on the service gazing dreamily at photos, images and pictures and who continue to do the same for quiet some time. Anyways there is a Chrome App if you would like to dig even deeper and find out more. Many people would want that, as the wealth of information available when you do a Google search on a photo. With this Chrome App called 'Pin Search' you can add the power of Google search to those pictures and find out more information related to the image. Like who took the photograph, websites the same image appears on, location and if it a fairly well know photo then the date and time. A very useful app for people who spend a lot of time on Pinterest and would like to find out a little more about images and photos they come across. Pin Search: How does it work 1. Add the extension to your Chrome  2. Now whenever you are on Pinterest and you hover over a photo, you get a pop-...

Use Google Image search to quickly find related information and photos

Google image search can be quiet powerful and deliver a wealth of information regarding photos you might want to research. Sometime when you go to Google image search and type in your search for a specific image. You might not really get what your looking for. If you however have one photo on your PC or Mobile Device this could be quiet helpful. If you use the same picture in Google's image search you can find related photos from the same batch. Information about where that photo was taken and the image size. You can then further drill down to other photos from that collection. If you do not know who is in the picture or the place it was taken out in. Google will deliver all this information if the photos has been fairly popular on the internet. If the photo is not popular, you can at least find the site where the photo might be hosted. How to use Google image search with a photograph. 1. Go to Google.com 2. Click on image search. You can choose your search options like safe searc...