Games come packed with social features now and everyone wants a piece of the pie, gaming as we know it is changing and fast Popularity of smartphones has had a big impact on gaming and the industry is evolving to include more and more features traditionally associated with mobile games in good ol’ AAA games. The biggest change [...]
Google reveals views of Japan’s nuclear ghost town Tokyo: Visitors to Google Maps can now roam virtually through the overgrown streets of an abandoned town where time has stood still since a tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant two years ago. The Internet giant’s mapping site is offering views of the deserted streets of Namie, [...]
Elevators are something we don’t pay enough attention to always, but there are some that demand attention from you. Here are some. Seven Record Breaking Elevators infographic by zws.
Washington: Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has set his sights and his vast wealth on a new way to improve the world – offering up to $1 million to anyone who can invent a “better” condom. “We are looking for a ‘Next Generation Condom’ that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to [...]
Gears of War: Judgement has got rave reviews for its storyline, that many critics have called movie-like. It’s quite a departure from earlier games in the series that were primarily about a bunch of bulked up human beings fighting another species that wants them out off the planet. That being the case, great storylines are not new in games, here are five games that had stories better than what you find in most movies.
Smartphone, tablet, laptop, portable console, eReaders; people are carrying more and more gadgets with them and Germans lead the pack. How many devices do you carry? infographic
People love being connected on the go, but is your phone really the best place for social media?
I was punched hard in the gut by Google and I’m struggling to breathe. Juggernaut is a massive, powerful and highly influential force, but when it decides to take a step forward it ends up killing a few faithful minions. Such is the case with Google, the all-knowing search engine that also makes the most [...]
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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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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