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Apple is not exhibiting officially at the CES, but instead has chosen to send about 250 engineers to attend what is, arguably, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show. I think this post by Darrell Etherington absolutely nails it. Apple doesn’t need a presence at CES. Infact, going by...

The Apple television is an old rumor, one that refuses to die, which, if the past is any indication, leads me to believe that there is some truth in it. The problem is that Apple already has a product called the Apple TV and that is not what this rumor is about. This latest rumor is about a real physical...

It all started with a young security researcher finding out that his android phone was sending out sensitive data out to a third party. It turned out that a small utility installed on his phone was intercepting EVERYTHING on the phone and sending it out to a company called Carrier IQ. The researcher...

Photo sharing apps are all the rage this season. There is the darling of the media, Instagram, that seems to be leading the charge right now but there are also others such as EyeEM, Color, Lightbox, PicPlz and a gazillion others. Then there are the social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and now Google+...

Twitter is an amazing social network that can be a powerful tool in your arsenal if used properly. Unlike traditional social networks, that are meant for communication between real-life friends, anyone can follow anyone else on twitter and start receiving their updates in real-time. The best part about...

Photo Credit: Velo Steve at flickr Web based file sharing services are dime-a-dozen, and even more keep popping up almost every other day. All these services seem to rely on the facts that storage is cheap, bandwidth is plenty and consumers seem to have a huge appetite for generating data. And if there...

Photo Credit: zimpenfish on flickr A few weeks back Amazon announced that they’re now selling more ebooks than hardcovers and when a major retailer like Amazon makes such an announcement, it can only mean one thing – E-Books have finally hit the mainstream ! I, frankly, am surprised it took...

This past weekend, Turntable.fm decided to shut down access to their service to listeners outside the US. According to a notice on their site, Turntable cannot offer their service to visitors outside the US anymore due to “Licensing Restrictions”. Turntable.fm is not the first web service...

Facebook is the world’s most popular social network with over 600 million users. 600 million users who post millions of status messages and upload millions of photos to the site every single day. In fact, Facebook is also the biggest online photo sharing site in the world. But, have you ever thought...

GeekyNinja is hiring and our first hire is already on board, churning out great content faster than a speeding bullet ! I wanted to write an introduction earlier but you know how busy the life of an internet celebrity can be ! I kid, of course. And before I lose track of the purpose of this post, I’ll...