Author: Shalu Pillai

  • The sound of Homer Simpson, now on TomTom

    The sound of Homer Simpson, now on TomTom

    If the dreary, dull and stiff voice of your GPS lady drives you nuts, this should bring fun. TomTom GPS app for the iPhone has integrated the ‘one and only’ Homer Simpson quotes to crack you up the next time you get lost. But with Homer as a co-pilot, drivers will now laugh at the…

  • Rook’s Rook new Lego creation

    Rook’s Rook new Lego creation

    Created completely out of Lego bricks by Rook is the marvellous Rook’s Rook, set together with four quadrants that interlock together to form a rook/castle. The four quadrants can also be turned to form the secondary mode, a tower. Each of the four quadrants comes in four tiers engraved with the finest details you can…

  • Sony admits to leaked personal data with PlayStation Network hack

    Sony admits to leaked personal data with PlayStation Network hack

    Sony has gone on record to confirm that a security breach at the Playstation Network by hackers has resulted in stolen personal information. According to the company, while personal information was likely stolen they don’t believe credit card numbers were and the Playstation Network service is expected to be back up within a week. The…

  • Google comes clean about tracking Android user movements

    Google comes clean about tracking Android user movements

    When news about Apple tracking users of the iOS system came out, it was more the revelation that left us amused, than the fact that they could. Now Google too has admitted to being able to do the same thing with users of Android powered devices. According to a Google spokesperson, “All location sharing on…

  • AT&T connectivity now in a suitcase cell tower

    AT&T connectivity now in a suitcase cell tower

    AT&T is leaving no stone unturned to ensure good connectivity. For the first time, the company has plans to sell small, portable cellular antennas that will allow corporate and government customers to provide their own wireless coverage anywhere and everywhere they go. This is especially beneficial in disaster struck regions, where they won’t have to…

  • Now the Mini gets its own Mini Folding Bike

    Now the Mini gets its own Mini Folding Bike

    It’s like the little safe-driver bikes, this one is twice as good during traffic congestions. First there is the Mini – probably the most effective means of transport in those busy roads, and then there’s the collapsible bike designed by Mini itself. The Mini Folding Bike is built around a lightweight aluminum frame that easily…

  • Misoka toothbrush with Nanomineral coating lets you brush just once a day!

    Misoka toothbrush with Nanomineral coating lets you brush just once a day!

    Brushing your teeth after every meal is recommended by dentists all over the world, but often enough not a possibility, resorting us to keep that down to two.. or dare I say once! Well, here’s a chance to make the most of that once. At the Tokyo International Gift Show Spring 2011, Yumeshokunin exhibited the…

  • Now bus travel in Japan within your own personal luxury cocoons

    Now bus travel in Japan within your own personal luxury cocoons

    I’m a bus-sick person. Put me on a ship, plane, car for hours – I’ll live, but on a bus, I shrivel up! Of course it could be a different story if I travelled in one of these Japan luxury buses, which could put any other form of first-class travel to shame. With their extreme…

  • Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet leaks with Honeycomb and an optional stylus

    Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet leaks with Honeycomb and an optional stylus

    Yet another Lenovo leak… not that we are complaining. This weekend, it’s their new ThinkPad tablet for “on-the-go professionals,” – a full-fledged Android 3.0 slate, with an optional pen and an accompanying keyboard portfolio case. The tablet will also have an IPS display and a dual-core Tegra 2 processor. Powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 2…

  • Star Wars Kinect let you trudge as evil Rancor

    Star Wars Kinect let you trudge as evil Rancor

    We first had Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C3P0 in the Star Wars movies tweeting about the MIA Star Wars Kinect game and now with a survey obtained by Kotaku, here’s a closer dekko at the game’s features. According to the survey, the game will feature light saber fighting, pod racing (to be controlled…