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Grumbles Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 7, 2013 3

Is the Gillette Guard as revolutionary a razor as the AP story makes it appear to be?

I love innovation and inexpensive innovations more so. So this headline ‘Cheap razor made after P&G watches Indians shave‘ obviously got me clicking and half way through the story it…Continue Reading →

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Announcing India Shopping Search: A custom search engine for online shopaholics

I do a lot of my shopping online and always have an eye open to catch the best diaper deals…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0September 17, 2013
Google's 'March on Washington' website on the Civil Rights movement practices discrimination
Internet

Google’s website on civil rights movement practises discrimination

You just cannot miss the irony trying to access Google’s website on the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King,…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1August 28, 2013
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryJune 16, 2013 0

NO TELEGRAM FROM JULY 15 STOP VINTAGE TELEGRAM FORM FROM PRE-INDEPENDENCE INDIA STOP

The last telegram in India can be sent on July 14. From July 15 BSNL which operates the telegram services in India (and not India Post, as The Times of…Continue Reading →

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Unofficial Norman Woodland bar code Google doodle

Google posts doodles on death anniversaries and not on deaths. But the very purpose of Cutting the Chai’s unofficial Google…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0December 16, 2012
Bizarre

When Apple said ‘Maps take a whole new turn’, they meant it

Apple’s marketing tagline for their much-derided iOS 6 maps apps, says, “Maps take a whole new turn.” Many travellers in…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0December 11, 2012
Apple iPhone 5 Google doodle
Internet Soumyadip ChoudhurySeptember 13, 2012 0

Apple iPhone 5 Google doodle

The Apple iPhone 5 was unveiled last night and it did fall short of achieving awesomeness. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Google marked the new iPhone’s release on its home…Continue Reading →

Cannot dial emergency number 100 on Idea Cellular prepaid
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Can’t dial emergency number from prepaid. What an @#!%& Idea sirji!

Idea Cellular tom-toms it’s ‘ideas’ through multi-crore advertising campaigns. If only the agency that devised those ideas had also added…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2June 11, 2012
Internet

ISPs aren’t even sure why they are blocking a URL

Wondering if we can sue ISPs and government agencies for restricting access to legitimate content. If the courts can be…

Soumyadip Choudhury 7June 5, 2012
10 wonderful uses of Google Docs Viewer
Internet Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 10, 2012 0

10 wonderful uses of Google Docs Viewer

One of my favourite online tools is Google Docs viewer (docs.google.com/viewer), the VLC Player equivalent for viewing, embedding and sharing content online. In its current form this wonderful tool can…Continue Reading →

Internet

To promote Chrome, is Google playing cheap?

Google’s Chrome is right on track to unseat Microsoft’s Internet Explorer from the web browser throne and the folks from…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2February 21, 2012
Technology

Add-on incompatibility could be a reason behind Firefox’s decline

Google’s marketing push for its Chrome Web browser seems to be paying back rich dividends. Microsoft may have also rolled…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0November 10, 2011

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