Aditya Banerjee

Fantastic Fireballs Frozen in Mid-Air – My Modern Metropolis Have you ever seen a fireball frozen in mid-air? http://t.co/yJj69oCk tags: twitterfav Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images | Raw File | Wired.com You’ve seen their photos. Now check out this gallery of famous photographers posing with their iconic images http://t.co/Qw3CmS1r tags: twitterfav I Won a Samsung Galaxy S II – My Review | cek.log From a WP7 user’s perspective (also don’t forget that he actually developed the WP7 platform). Not flattering at all. Summary: “A typical non-geek consumer would be absolutely-fraking-crazy to pick an Android phone over a Windows Phone. Windows Phone is vastly more refined, cohesive, and easy to use. Period. People who enjoy “managing” their phone might enjoy “managing” their Android smartphone. Those folks will probably forget how much fun “managing” a smar... (more)

For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews – NYTimes.com

This is how you game the review system it seems, till the systems games you. Page Link Tags: reviews, nytimes, ethics, amazon Filed under: Uncategorized ... (more)

Ra.One

Managed to watch Ra.One this evening on the IMAX screen (the picture was quite grainy at times, so not sure if it was actually meant for IMAX), and it was definitely a unique experience for a Bollywood movie in terms of the special effects. There are plot holes aplenty in the movie, but if you go in without bias then it can be pretty entertaining (if you managed to sit through TMK, then this one’s a breeze). There are however quite a few other interesting things, including my customary tech observations about the movie: This movie probably has the maximum density of Apple products... (more)

Retro Future Ads For Facebook, YouTube & Skype

Quite creative for sure Page Link Tags: facebook, ads, twitter, retro, skype, humour, youtube Filed under: Uncategorized ... (more)

OK, MG, I Take It Back

Google is really following in Microsoft’s footsteps with their very own version of IE6\WinXP in the form of Android 2.X. Honeycomb was kind of like Vista (lots of hype, with little market impact) while ICS shows signs of being like Win7. Also, the fact that Amazon has based the Kindle Fire on Android 2.3 is going to guarantee even more headaches for developers (unless Amazon beats other OEMs to the ICS upgrade) Page Link Tags: techcrunch, android, ios, development, fragmentation Filed under: Uncategorized ... (more)