December 2011
8 posts
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“The problem is Twitter is designing the metaphorical equivalent of a Toyota...”
– Robert Scoble about the Twitter redesign.
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About the Metro design language
Metro is the new user-interface paradigm pioneered by Microsoft first in it’s Zune range of media-players, and now being rolled out across it’s range of platforms, viz. Windows Phone, XBox, and Windows 8. Metro rethinks the traditional UI based on icons and windows, and simplifies it to a highly minimalistic UI characterized by bold colours, prominent lines and large, striking...
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Do reviews need a bias?
MG Siegler writes:
I don’t know about you, but when I read my favorite technology writers, I want an opinion. Is the iPhone 4S the best smartphone, or is it the Galaxy Nexus? I need to buy one, I can’t buy both. Topolsky never gives us that. Instead, he pussyfoots around it. One is great at some things, the other is great at others. Barf.
Fucking pick one. I bet that even now he won’t.
This...
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About Android, iOS and Horse-poop.
The Android vs. iPhone wars have always been colourful.
Now more than ever, the launch of Galaxy Nexus pitted things a lot more even - what Android lacked so much in terms of UI polish and fluidity, Android 4.0 covers up in huge bounds. In many ways, Android seem to excel iOS while in many other, iOS rules champ. Obviously, loyal fans of either platform will disagree, arguing why the factor they...
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Promo done right - Nokia Lumia's Indian lauch
Yesterday, I did a post about a promo that possibly went wrong - but there was simultaneously another promo going on on another side of the world; and by the looks of it, one that’s doing a very good job.
The promo in question - the launch of Nokia Lumia 800 in the Indian subcontinent. Clearly, Nokia was placing all their bets on a Windows-fuelled-refresh; and they had no intention of...
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Promo went wrong? The other side of Google's 10ct...
If you are an Android user, you probably already know about Google’s ‘Ten Days of Offers’ promo; where they are giving away 10 premium apps for 10 cents, each day for 10 days. Though a great opportunity for the consumers to get hold of some really great premium apps that they otherwise could not afford; it seems not all developers are finding the deal exactly sweet.
The...
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Apocalypse: Rise of the Smartphones
The past week has been a burning week for smartphones - quite literally.
Smartphones have been catching fire and burning in pockets all around the globe - first was the iPhone that caught fire aboard a plane in Australia - later, almost wickedly ironically, a couple of Samsungs followed suit.
This could mean only one thing, right; that smartphones have grown too intelligent; and were hatching...
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The Aging Book of Faces
Facebook has been in an increasingly lethargic slumber for the one year.
While it’s true that the past couple of months saw a large number of updates - all kinds of tickers, lists and timelines were being thrown in our way - how many of these were original work? Let’s face it, for the most part, everything was shamelessly ripped of it’s new-found competition, Google+ - the...