iOS 4.1 – Major Updates and Disappointments

iOS 4.1 released recently, creating a buzz in the mobile industry. According to Apple, iOS 4.1 brings in major updates to the iOS platform to fix previous version's bugs, in terms of performance improvements and a lot more. As promised,  Apple has brought in massive upgrades to refine its iOS 4. But does the update fix the bugs of the previous version? We still don't know. So let's have a walk through of the expectations and disappointments of iOS 4.1. iOS 4.1 was expected to be much...

XBOX Kinect: Gesture-gaming at its best

See. Feel. Jump. That's Kinect! I experienced the demo of this wonderful device at the Mall of America, Minneapolis. Wonder what's that? Let me explain. XBOX Kinect is an extraordinary gaming device developed by Microsoft Corporation. Kinect is a gaming addon for the XBOX 360 to play controller free game just by using gesture motions. The experimental Kinect was previously known as Project Natal designed for average gamers to give an awesome gaming experience by controlling the game with...

Google Reaches Another Milestone with Instant Search

Yesterday, Google announced the launch of Google Instant, an instant and innovative approach for making search faster than ever! All this is done through a new search interface that delivers results by predicting the user query. This new Google interface is more interactive than ever before and it gives users an enhanced search experience by providing immediate feedback that allows for quick and precise search. There has been a hype on “Google Instant, a fundamental shift in Search,...

Google Instant: Review

Like instant food, it is instant Google. Made for the swift in mind, it is the latest, the most brilliant and the much talked about. It is search at rocket speed. It is search with Google Instant. The latest buzz among people of the world wide web is Google Instant.  Google has dominated the minds and hearts of internet users for years. And it has proved itself again by Google Instant. What is Google Instant? Google Instant is Google's instant search feature which acts as a tool to help...

Facebook Places for business: Location-based networking at a new level

Facebook released their location based services known as Facebook Places recently. Facebook Places allows Facebook users to share their location and find new hot spots, following where their friends go. This application is considered as the strongest rival for Foursquare and other location-based check-in services. Location based social networking isn't a new concept. Foursquare has more than 3 million users since its launch five years back while, Google Maps has location-based mobile...