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Usman Khalid
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First hate it then love it– the Google Love Story behind its products – Part 3

“In the digital personal assistant world, it’s not human-like qualities — aka the uncanny valley — that makes these programs creepy, but rather the kind of information they have,” Rebecca Greenfield wrote in The Atlantic Wire. “That Google Now knows about us in a more than Google-search-able way makes the service feel like an intrusion.” […]

First hate it then love it– the Google Love Story behind its products – Part 4

The camera on the device can take picture of whatever comes to the user’s liking at the disposal of a single command, “Take Picture.” This has enraged the public on the privacy issues it raises, for instance, it can take picture of someone with his/her knowledge of the action. Well, if it hasn’t dawn on […]

Samsung Galaxy SIII: What is hot and what is not – Part 1

Samsung Galaxy SIII has been makes a lot of press these days. The internet is hoarded with reviews of the device, its specs and what can be tweaked and whatnot. However, there is one thing that has not been touched, what is good and what is bad in the device? There is no doubt in […]

Samsung Galaxy SIII: What is hot and what is not – Part 2

Advantage Camera Right off the bat, SIII’s camera is one of the best features in the phone. The handset takes pictures, the most common feature among multi-media functionalities in a smartphone, without any lag. It takes crisp and colourful photos without washing them out. Though its brightness is a tad lower than the likes of […]

Samsung Galaxy SIII: What is hot and what is not – Part 3

WiFi hotspoting is another one of its features. However, SIII itself works amazingly fast on close WiFi connections. Online streaming is a nice experience on the new Samsung phone. The data limit gauge makes it convenient for the user to keep tabs on the data usage on limited data volume plans. S-Beam The Korean company […]

Lenovo IdeaTab S2109A (2012): Full Review – Part 1

Lenovo released a new tablet, IdeaTab S2109A, a 9.5-inch device. The tablet has some striking resemblances with the iPad, iPad 2 in particular. However, the new tablet is more attractive due to its price and the operating system it adorns. For $350 the IdeaTab is an interesting device but it is one year too late […]

Lenovo IdeaTab S2109A (2012): Full Review – Part 2

In landscape mode, the default handling position of the device, it is 9.7 inches in width, 7.3 inches in height and 0.35 inches in depth. On the other hand, the iPad 2 is 9.5 inches in width, thanks to its thinner 0.8-inch bezel compared to 1-inch border of the IdeaTab. The Apple product is 7.3 […]

Lenovo IdeaTab S2109A (2012): Full Review – Part 3

Hardware and Software The new IdeaTab S2109A comes equipped with a dual-core OMAP 4430 processor clocked at 1 GHz and 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and comes in 16GB and 32GB varieties. 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 3.0, and GPS are included as well as gyroscope, accelerometer, and digital-compass support are a standard these days, unless […]

HP Envy Sleekbook 6 (2012): Full Review – Part 1

HP’s new ultra-thin Envy laptop is out with a surprising price tag. The new HP Envy Sleekbook 6 is the cheapest super-slim laptop in the market. That moniker was recently held by Sony with its new Vaio ultrabook priced at $799. However, for $599, HP trades off the Ultrabook label in the Envy Sleekbook 6 […]

HP Envy Sleekbook 6 (2012): Full Review – Part 2

However, being an Envy product, it still has a beautiful design, ultra-thin chassis, a brushed metal finish on the lid and wrist-rest. The basic dimensions of the laptops are 14.7 inches in width and 10.0 inches in length. With 0.78 inches depth it is one of the slimmest laptops in the market. Also it is […]

HP Envy Sleekbook 6 (2012): Full Review – Part 3

The lid houses a 15.4-inch LED backlit screen with a 1,366×768-pixel native resolution that is standard in both ultrabooks and mid-size laptops. Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth come pre-installed in the Sleekbook 6. Hardware and Performance The new Sleekbook, as mentioned before, trades off the Intel processor for an AMD A6. Though it is not […]

Gadgetry takes another stride toward robotics; Google’s Project Glass makes human a machine

Google can be in the news for a slew of reasons. But its latest stunt in making the human life more robotic behind the veil of freedom of information access is one thing that has created hype in the media. The new Project Glass is a revolutionary product that might not come to some people’s […]

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