http://www.yash.info/blog Yash's adventures with life, business and technology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/review-of-samsung-google-nexus-s http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/review-of-samsung-google-nexus-s#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:03:28 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=423 I have been using Samsung Google Nexus S for a couple of weeks now and here’s my review of the phone. This is also a review of Android because this is my first Android phone. After comparing various phones I finally chose Nexus S mainly for its 16GB in built storage, screen size and price. 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Can’t you remember my preferred Access point damn [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/nokia-e72-is-a-not-for-business/feed 3 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/why-should-microsoft-be-forced-to-advertise-its-rivals-products http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/why-should-microsoft-be-forced-to-advertise-its-rivals-products#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:16:22 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=232 Read this entry on Digital Inspiration – Microsoft will show a screento its users in EU to chose a different browser than IE! WTF! Why in the world should a company be forced to advertise its competitors’s products on its own product? And that too in a hard core capitalist economy! 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WiFi BlueTooth Qwerty keypad Screen: at least 3.5 inch FM radio 3G Good quality camera with at least 3 Mega pixels and a Flash Fast processor At present I am using i-mate JAMin a [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/hunting-for-my-next-mobile-phone/feed 2 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/uconomix/2plus-a-url-shortening-service-with-password-protection http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/uconomix/2plus-a-url-shortening-service-with-password-protection#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:07:21 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=158 Just launched 2pl.us – a URL shortening service. Why one more URL shortener? Agree URL shorteners are dime a dozen. But we felt there was a need for one more. And 2plus has some unique benefits to offer. 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People have been asking who’s going to buy it? iPhone [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/iphone-in-india-is-it-for-you/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/firefox-3-is-out-downlaod-now http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/firefox-3-is-out-downlaod-now#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:18:23 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/firefox-3-is-out-downlaod-now/ Just saw that Firefox 3 is out. I tried to access Mozilla.com and firefox.com but it seems down because of the heavy traffic. I managed to download it from Downlaod.com. Download Firefox 3. The installation was fast, it checked my existing add-ons for compatibility and downloaded the updated versions of ones that were not compatible. [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/technology/firefox-3-is-out-downlaod-now/feed 0