Information Madness

Remember last year we told you about Amazon's Cloud drive (free 5GB storage in the cloud)? Well looks like Google is also playing the same card by providing GDrive (its own Google Cloud Drive) that will give you free 5GB storage.

The rumors of GDrive have been making rounds for about two years now but today TalkAndroid found a leaked picture of GDrive's beta page and looks like Google Cloud Storage is coming soon.

One thing I find frustrating for Indian mobile users is the lack of GPRS settings information available to them. When you buy a new SIM, usually the telecom companies send you automatic GPRS settings for your phone but for many phones, its difficult to set the GPRS info automatically. So how to setup GPRS settings manuall? Well, I did write Airtel GPRS settings and now here are the details for Uninor GPRS settings for mobiles

iTether was a great app that allowed users to connect laptops and wireless devices to iPhones or 3G iPads and use 3G data without paying any monthly fees. If you were to look for free tethering for iPhones, it was the best app until Apple removed it from the store.

Now you don't have to rely on Apple Store, you can tether your iPhone or iPad online using HTML5 technology.

Nokia has launched a new smartphone with its special attraction being a 41 mega pixel camera. It is 808 PureView. This new smartphone was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It is expected to be launched in May in Europe and will cost 450 Euros.

How can someone know your true identity in a virtual world? After all, the internet has a way of fooling you into a false sense of anonymity. When you connect to the internet, you start sharing information about your computer, your actual location and also the web sites you visit. The main purpose behind anonymous web surfing is to dilute the technologies that have the potential to expose your personal information to others.

Experts in cyber security have found out about a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc.’s widely used Android smartphone. The experts feel that the hackers can exploit this flaw to gain control of the devices. The researchers at start-up cyber security firm, `CrowdStrike’, say that they have figured out how to use this bug to start attacks and take control of some Android devices.

Yeah that's right. Stop showing off your stupid Samsung/HTC or Apple 8MP Camera phones, Nokia is coming back to blow your heads off with 41MP camera sensors in their new line of mobile phones.

I have noticed one thing that Nokia still is No. 1 mobile seller in India and many other asian and middle east countries. Now Nokia is betting on its new line of smartphones that will attrack photographers and amatures interested in photography.

Baidu is China’s premier search engine and it is planning to begin monetizing its mobile search traffic and social media platforms this year in order to try to boost its growth. It is a web services company offering many services including a Chinese language search engine for websites, audiophiles and images. Baidu has spread its dominance in China’s internet search market ever since Google pulled out of Beijing and relocated a couple of years back to Hong Kong after a big battle with the Chinese government over internet censorship.

Virtual rewards are being dangled as carrots to glean customer habits. At the recent International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung displayed its products and was one of the leading companies talking about a business trend called `gamification’ which takes elements from games and applies them to other settings. Samsung has started an online loyalty program called `Samsung Nation’ that offers virtual rewards to consumers. It is no accident that Samsung Nation sounds a little like `Farmville’ minus the farm.

You are probably click-jacked when you notice suddenly that your web cam is broadcasting on one of the sites when you are browsing the web one fine day. You are probably not wearing one of the dinner jackets then. How does this happen?