Technology

Pair – The app for lovers

Pair – The app for lovers

Just over three weeks ago, I came to know about Pair (an app for two lovers). In pursuit of finding more about it, I went to trypair.com and noticed the ‘Chat now’ button on the bottom left corner. I clicked it and I was chatting with Oleg Kostour (Pair app co-founder). More

551-day-old Instagram is worth $1 billion.

551-day-old Instagram is worth $1 billion.

Ok, so I just woke up a while ago to find out my news feed buzzing the phrase “Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion”. Very exciting, although that wasn’t coming. It is quite a surprise. Instagram was valued at $100 million just a year ago, and now, Zuckerberg and Co. have decided to pay a handsome $1 billion to actually acquire the company. More

How is Facebook slowly copying away Google+

How is Facebook slowly copying away Google+

Ever since I got a beta invite for Google+ on 7th July 2011, I’ve loved every bit of it. I believe Google+ is the most complete social network yet. It was recently reported that it is unarguably the fastest growing social network website, currently standing at a staggering 100 million users worldwide. More

How to Keep Your PC Bug Free

How to Keep Your PC Bug Free

In my previous article, I discussed why anti-virus and firewall software are useless resource-hogging applications. If you’re a Mac or Linux user then you really have nothing to worry about, but if you’re a PC user then you’ll want to read this article to find out how to clean your system and rid it of useless files and registry errors that pose a risk and may slow down your system. The best tool to get this job done is a little utility called CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner). More

How to get a SEO health check in 5 minutes?

How to get a SEO health check in 5 minutes?

SEO or Search Engine Optimisation lies at the core of any website’s success. This article is going to demonstrate how you can get a SEO health check for your website just under 5 minutes. Assuming you know what SEO is, let’s get started; More

26 most used Git commands (a git cheat-sheet)

26 most used Git commands (a git cheat-sheet)

Git is a popular distributed revision control and source code management system that is used by professionals in the software industry. It was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds of Linux fame as a repository technology that allows the developer to see a complete history of the code with full revision tracking capabilities, independent of a central server. Git has More

The Truth About Anti-Virus and Firewall Apps (What the software giants don’t want you to know about!)

The Truth About Anti-Virus and Firewall Apps (What the software giants don’t want you to know about!)

These days there are a million choices out there for anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware and anti-adware applications. This abundance of options, some people are left wondering, what’s the best one to use? Well, here’s the answer: none of them! Anti-Virus programs might have served some purpose ten years ago back when they were all over cyberspace, but today, things have changed. More