Kiran Upadhyay

The next version of Microsoft’s world-changing operating system is preparing to hit the shelves. I know what you’re thinking: “ Already? ” It seems like yesterday that Windows 7 was the newest and coolest, but yes, it’s true. Windows 8 is just around the corner and there’s only one question that should concern you. Is it worth the upgrade? There are a lot of new features that are coming in this iteration of Windows, but change doesn’t always mean better; it just means different. Windows 8 is not just a bigger, better version of Windows 7. No, it’s trying to be a new beast altogether, and while there will always be a soft spot in my heart for Windows 7, some of the upcoming changes are quite good. Windows 8 Release Believe it or not, Windows 8 development began even before the release of Windows 7. Talk about looking ahead! That puts its birth some time in or before 2009. Over the years, there have been a number of preview versions released for public testing, including the D...

Not all too long ago, Google released Android 4.1, named Jelly Bean. With it comes a lot of features, which you can look at in better detail by checking out this article. While it’s fantastic that all of this new technology is already released, the update schedule for most phones is far from acceptable. A large number of phones which haven’t even got the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update won’t see the Jelly Bean update, and even those who do get the update might not see it until a year after Google released it, if not longer. So instead of waiting for either the update or a new phone, you can take advantage of some of the features it provides right on your current version by way of apps. Launcher & Lock Screen Jelly Bean hasn’t actually updated the launcher much, compared to Ice Cream Sandwich, but you may be running a 2.x version of Android or Ice Cream Sandwich with the Holo launcher removed (and probably TouchWiz installed as the replacem...

Today is the day we have all been waiting for. Apple finally jumped on the stage and announced everything. Months of rumors and speculations have finally been revealed. Apple finally announced the iPhone 5. As it turns out, most of those leaked iPhone 5 images were right on the money. So what did Apple say about the iPhone 5? Well the first thing they talked about was how thin and light it is. In fact, it is 18% thinner than the iPhone 4S and 20% lighter. Along with that, the iPhone 5 will have a 16:9 aspect ratio and a full four-inch screen. It will have a Retina display featuring a resolution of 1136 x 640. To compensate for this larger screen, Apple has updated the software. There is an extra row of apps on the home screen, and all of their native apps will be updated to use this extra screen space. For non-native apps, if the developer does not update them, they will be centered on the screen with black bars around the edges. Apple also improved the sensitivity of the to...

Google is always tweaking its bits and parts. In the latest little change, Google has added a very useful scientific calculator to its search engine. Google Search has always had a calculator. It is just that you had to type in the figures and Google would deduce the results for you and display it in bold above the search results. Now, Google has enhanced that same functionality and added a full-fledged scientific calculator to the search page. Type in your figures and the calculator appears in all its interactive glory. The calculator has 34 buttons with the scientific functions arranged on the left. You can also make it appear by typing  calculator  in the search field or in Chrome’s address bar. The Google Scientific Calculator can also be used in the mobile version of the search engine (both iOS and Android). Depending on your mobile screen estate, you might have view the full calculator in the landscape mode. The added benefit of a calculator in Chrome and mobile...

Pantel Technologies has launched its new Android-powered tablet PC named "T-Pad IS701C" in the Indian market. The tablet is engineered with a cortex A8 1GHz processor. It features a 7-inch TFT LCD capacitive multi-touch screen with a resolution of 800X480 pixels. The device runs Android Ice cream Sandwich operating system. The Penta T-Pad IS701C tablet PC is a Wi-Fi device with 3G USB dongle support. It has a host USB 2.0 port and an additional micro USB port. The device also features a 0.3 megapixel front camera. The tablet is claimed to have a 6+ hours of battery back-up. The tablet has a 512 MB DDR III RAM. It has an internal storage space of 4GB, which is expandable up to 32GB. The device comes with a 720p HDMI port that is touted to enhance the viewing experience.

Teach your phone some new tricks, without the need for any apps. Whether you want to send a single SMS message to a group, add an appointment to a Google Calendar, send data to a spreadsheet or translate text from one language to another, SMS service  Delighta  gives you access to a few of Google’s tools using nothing more than a text message. There are two ways of using this service – you can sign in at the website, which gives you access to more features. Alternatively, you can simply text your Gmail user ID to the phone number provided on the site. Sign up for an account and you can tie the service to as many phone numbers as you want, giving you and your entire team the ability to update a single spreadsheet remotely. Either way, you’ll get access to an easy-to-use array of features. While researching this application I spoke briefly with Suyog Bhobe, one of the people behind it. He told me he hopes businesses will make use of Delighta for a few reasons. First, ther...

Waze, the incredibly popular mobile navigation app, has just launched an update to their mobile applications that will give users with real-time gas prices along their route. No longer will you need to stop at the first gas station you see only to find the one up the street could be cheaper, or it could cost more. Now you will be able to find out exactly how much the gas costs, so you can plan accordingly. Much like Waze’s real-time traffic, the information about the gas prices will come from other users. Just like reporting an accident or other incident that could impede fellow travelers, users can report the prices of gasoline. Dedicated Waze users say their traffic reporting is incredibly accurate. If they are using a similar system for gas, you can expect it to be a trustworthy way of finding out the price of fuel. To go along with this, Waze has partnered with some major gas stations to bring discounts to their users. These locations will show up along your route, and they ...