Archive : Opinion

If you’ve been using a computer for some time, you’d be familiar with the term ‘qwerty’ –  That’s the first six letters on the most popular format of the keyboard layout in use. The qwerty keyboard layout was introduced more than a century ago and while almost all other...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few days, you’d probably know that Apple plans to release a new 7″ (or 7.8″) iPad sometime this month. Well, actually, Apple hasn’t confirmed anything except sent out an invite to the tech press which seems to all but confirm...

Note: I don’t own an Apple TV and the views are my own after going through Apple’s keynote and reading through the various reviews and specs on Apple’s site. Apple announced the latest version of their “hobby” product, the Apple TV, at an event on March 7. They also announced...

Apple announced the release of a new iPad yesterday. According to Apple, this new iPad is going to be the best ever. It has the best screen of any mobile device ever. It has battery life that is equal or better to the previous iPad and it runs the 2,00,000 excellent applications already written for the...

When I started writing this piece, I just couldn’t come up with the one angle that I wanted to cover. Pretty much everything that could be written on the topic, has been written. The tech blogs as well as the the mainstream media have published their views and thoughts. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook...

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...