Shantanu Vs The World

So, I just came across a thread on apple discussion forums and it seems like that Apple has added a new feature in OS X Mountain Lion due to which it redirects a lot of web traffic to a domain called “bogusapple.com” to make sure that it is failing.

So, my Nexus One’s battery finally lost its last legs and I picked up a new Galaxy Nexus to replace it (easy choice, since it’s a nexus device and Google sells it for a bargain at their play store).

Came across a neat nugget of historical information today that yet again proves that the software/hardware bug behavior that you may see on the surface might imply something totally opposite to what the problem actually is.

Ever since Apple announced the iPhone 4S having “A5” processor, everyone has been pointing to the below image from a test run by Anandtech and saying that the iPhone 4S will be twice as strong as the Samsung Galaxy S2.

Samsung just uploaded a teaser video to Youtube which hints at the upcoming Android phone Nexus Prime with IceCream Sandwich.

I bet all of you know about grooveshark, the awesome music service.

This is a solution to the issue that I faced today while installing a javascript file from userscripts.org as an extension into google chrome (Yes, Chrome supports installing greasemonkey javascripts as extensions).

Swype just released their latest beta version 3.25 for Android phones but most of the folks are facing a “parse error” while trying to update to the latest version.

This post is about my open source remote bandwidth usage stats logger project.

My project Kinect on PS3 got featured in this month’s Chip magazine :).

Recently I received Huawei Ideos U8150 phone for review.

Google just released the latest version of its Music app that ties into its cloud player service Music Beta.

Google just launched an encrypted search portal which is a Godsend for people on public networks since there is a lot that can be gleaned from your search queries.

It was just about an year ago that we heard about the $35 Android Tablet from India which would revolutionize the education in developing countries.

Now, this is mind blowing.

This post describes my first attempt at making Kinect work with a PS3.

I’ve been playing around with linux uinput infrastructure for one of my ideas (Details coming soon ;) ).

**Update: **I did some more digging and the email and the links actually seem to be legitimate.

Just received an email from Paypal India.

According to TechCrunch, that is.

Rovio Mobile has been pretty considerate for the Android lovers and has released their Angry Birds game for free on the Android market.

I received a few portable speakers as review pieces from x-mini a few days ago.

Just read this article over at zdnet.

I need a bit of your help in filling out a short survey that I need for a small project of mine that I’m doing with a friend.

Many people say that Windows Phone 7 is a threat to iPhone because they are bringing in a super platform with a choice of multiple designs and multiple carriers with great Enterprise and gaming support and maintaining the lucrative integration that iPhone…

Is Android really open source or not?

If you have come across a tutorial or just someone on a forum who tells you to install something in Debian/Ubuntu that involves using apt-get, it is ok for you but when they tell you that you need to use a caret symbol (^) at the end, that’s where you bec…

Yes!

Seems like there is a major problem going on with WordPress.com and it’s stats plugin right now.

We heard the news today that paid apps in Android market place have been extended to 18 new countries.

Just got a mail from Google that paid apps are being made available in India.

I wanted to record calls on my Android phone (Nexus one).

An application review process was announced today for getting your apps into Ubuntu “extras” repository.

Another nail in the coffin before this Android tablet lives to fulfill the Indian kids’ dreams.

I pushed out a couple of updates to my android app Wi-Fi Keep alive a few weeks ago (mainly related to fixing the resolution and colors of the widget icons) taking the latest version to 1.4.4.

Just read this over at the Android Developers google forum: My app had a one-day sale on all platforms and app stores.

This is a small review of my Acer TimelineX 4820TG that I purchased a few days ago.

There has been a spate of security reports recently about Android apps being malware or suspicious.

Many Android Developers (and users) get confused that why a certain app isn’t showing up on the new Xperia X10 Mini (and few other) phones.

If you want to have a secure browsing environment or just want to access your home network securely without exposing extra services to the internet and without the mess that comes with setting up and maintaining a VPN server, ssh tunneling is your rescuer.

We all know that Android does not allow the camera LED to be controlled directly from apps and hence, you cannot use the camera LED as a Torch or Flashlight unless you are rooted.

Recently I came across a weird error while trying to run firefly itunes server (mt-daapd) on my router (Asus wl-500w).

Update: Made a minor update for a small bug that can make wi-fi keep reconnecting in quick succession.

Recently I found an issue with my asus wl-500w wi-fi router that I wasn’t able to change the channel on which it was transmitting.

Skype on linux works great but the problem that I faced was that it does not handle the buttons on the bluetooth headsets.

If you are creating a custom Dialog for Android, and following the Android Developers’ Creating Dialogs tutorial, then most likely you would have faced a Force Close with this exception showing up in logcat.

Just finished uploading the new version 1.2.0 of my android app Wi-Fi Keep Alive to the Android market.

I just wrote my second Android App.

UPDATE Potential work arounds for folks having problem in sleep policies not working correctly have been put in version 1.2.0 onwards.

Android and iPhone OS (iOS) have been at loggerheads for quite some time now.