Xbox One seems to be a big let-down from what we have heard till now and these are the things that really irk me about the console as of now.
Gunner eyewear These are similar to the anti-glare glasses you get in the market, except it’s specifically targeted at gamers. On one hand, it reduces strain on your eyes by tweaking the brightness of the screen, while also improving the contrast quite drastically. Improved contrast helps you spot objects faster, which makes the difference between [...]
Pac-Man was released this day 33 years ago and went on to become a classic. We take a look at retro games that continue to entertain us despite being decades old.
Samsung announced that they were able to get data speeds of up to 1Gbps over a new proposed 5G network. Here’s everything you need to know about it. What Samsung has achieved 1Gbps data transfer made over 28 Gigahertz (GHz) waveband. Potential to reach 10Gbps as the technology advances. Technology will be available by 2020. [...]
Kinshuk Sunil of Hashstash games tells us how their game Circulets made it to the top 100 in the iOS app store within a day of launching it and the struggles they went through developing it. I started the game development company with two friends of mine – Yadu Rajiv and Mayank Saini in April [...]
When a design on an object is made to resemble another material or technique it is considered to be skeuomorphic. The term has been the topic of discussion for the past few months now and now it’s become the talking point again with talks of Apple ditching it for a flatter UI. Skeuomorphism has been part [...]
Tryghost.org Why carry keys around when your smartphone can unlock the door? Kwikset has come out with a new lock that lets you lock and open doors via smartphone app. They also have keyfobs that can open doors so you can still get in when your phone is out of juice. The lock uses bluetooth [...]
Nuclear power in India has always been seen by apprehension by environmental activists. Now, with the Supreme Court giving the green signal to the controversial Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India’s nuclear ambitions have once again been made clear. Nuclear power holds the fourth position among the different resources of electricity in the country. We look at the spread of nuclear power projects in the country.
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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