Posts by author: Himanshu

How Popular Is the iPhone? [infographic]

by Himanshu on October 2, 2010 · 0 Comments

Although apple is a very popular smartphone, yet when it comes to real-world numbers apple’s share in the mobile phone market is very low compared to Nokia and Samsung.  To give you a clearer picture Billshrink created an infographic that puts iPhone into perspective. It asks questions like what will be the next phone purchase of [...]

Version Control With Subversion

by Himanshu on September 30, 2010 · 0 Comments

Version control is the management of changes to documents, programs, and other files. It allows you to recover older versions of your data or examine the history of how your data changed. In this regard, many people think of version control as a sort of “time machine.” Its most common use is to track changes [...]

Speakers At OSI Days 2010

by Himanshu on September 20, 2010 · 0 Comments

The Yaps team is here at the Chennai Trade Centre covering OSI Days 2010.  Some great speakers have gathered here from all over the globe for the conference and have delivered talks and conducted workshops. We are two days into the conference and there is still a day to go before the conference ends.  If [...]

Confidential Designs Of The New iPod Nano & iPod Shuffle [humor]

by Himanshu on September 13, 2010 · 1 Comments

While browsing, we came across some design plans that apple might have used to make their new iPod nano and ipod shuffle. It seems they just split the old iPod Nano in half! Although the picture is meant to be a joke yet it is true that ingenuity comes from simplicity.

Past Speakers At OSI

by Himanshu on September 12, 2010 · 1 Comments

India’s premier open source conference – LinuxAsia Conference and Expo – used to be held every spring in New Delhi. LinuxAsia had become a dynamic meeting ground for leaders from the international community and the Indian government, industry, enterprise users, academia and open source community. What started off as LinuxAsia in 2003, got renamed to [...]

Need Some Wonga?

by Himanshu on January 18, 2010 · 0 Comments

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Do you ever feel like your wallet or bank account has sprung a leak? Ever found yourself in a severe cash crunch just a few days before your next payday? Do you badly need some Wonga?

Nook Kindles A Fire Under Amazon

by Himanshu on December 28, 2009 · 1 Comments

nookNook, the 6 inch ebook reader by Barnes & Noble is doing quiet well. The impressive-looking $260 device with a small, 3.5-inch LCD screen in the lower quadrant, has already been sold out for the year 2009 with a total of about 60,000 shipments for this year. The Nook adds touch capabilities and a bit of UI richness with the color LCD which Amazon Kindle lacks. With no glare or backlight, and adjustable text size, you can read comfortably for hours. Finally Amazon Kindle is facing some competition…

Google’s Easter Eggs

by Himanshu on December 24, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Google has hidden dozens of Easter eggs throughout the internet. It is tough to find them if you don’t know where to look. Here is a collection of some of the best ones. Have fun discovering them!

Facebook’s Upcoming Redesign

by Himanshu on December 19, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Facebook has recently been testing a redesign of its user interface and has already rolled out the changes to a small number of users. Although subtle they are quiet significant and make browsing more convenient.