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Samsung is not copying Apple

Found this a while back, reading about the Samsung-Apple legal spat.. why doesn’t Apple show this to the Judge?  

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Reimagine

Can we reimagine stuff like Apple does? Here are some products, markets that Apple reimagined. Tablet: Handwriting vs. Touch While Bill Gates was pushing for tablets with styluses and giant touchscreen...

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Spectrum Allocation- Nuts&Bolts of Wireless

I’m re-reading ‘Being Digital‘ by Nicholas Negroponte. He gives an accurate description of the kind of services, products and media will be in the near future. It feels as if he had a time machine and...

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Android Settings Screen

Is there ANY logic to the way this list is arranged??

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‘Save’ us from itself!

Auto-save is implemented so differently in Windows and iOS.

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Beware of the Browser

I was given a fresh reminder of what a ‘web browser’ does behind the scenes. I stopped using Chrome a long time ago, even after I turned off all data sharing options. I like Firefox but its a bit...

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Surface Demo

Microsoft is taking on Apple with its Surface tablet. The strategy is completely different from Apple. Will it fly? My thoughts.

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New Adverts

Lately, I have noticed these new kind of ads that websites like Twitter and Fast Company show. They do not look like the generic Google text ads that most of the sites show today. They have found a...

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Google Glass- Future Vision?

This is a future post that I will write next year when Google Glass powered by the next-gen search Google Now launches. “To take search to the next level, Google Now needs my location, browsing...

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iPhone: 5 Years On

Since its introduction today back in 2007, how has the iPhone changed the mobile, gaming, mobile web industries?

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Windows 8

Ever since the Windows8 UI launched it reminded me of the great patchwork from west-Indian state of Gujarat. Looks chaotic but beautiful.

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Hardware Irrelevant for Amazon?

When Jeff Bezos announced the new Kindles yesterday, he said the devices are irrelevant and will only be a vehicle for services in the near future. Amazon’s strong point has never been its hardware....

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Thoughts on Poker (The Economist)

Here are a few thoughts on the game of poker I collected on a special feature on Economist.com “Perhaps the clearest argument in favour of poker being skill- rather than chance-dependent comes from Mr...

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Great UX- Groupon Unsubscribe

I was a little annoyed at Groupon for sending me daily emails with offers not relevant to me. So I clicked the ‘Unsubscribe’ link. What happened next was very unexpected and a lot of fun! First, I was...

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Mobile Payments

Mobile payments is all that the tech media can talk about lately. Japan is being hailed as an advanced and mature market for mobile payments. People have been using mobile payments before the first...

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Surface Impressions

:) * I can touch the screen! If I get stuck, I use the screen to tap and it feels totally natural. * The trackpad on the touchcover has multi-touch gestures (that’s a mouthful!) :( * Keys on the cover...

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Apple's design problems aren't skeuomorphic

Reblogged from counternotions: From Tim Cook’s letter announcing the latest reorganization at Apple last week: Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the...

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Complexity

Not a big fan of the latest Android design language, and this is another example from Google Play. I would never understand what these icons mean just by looking....

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A Smart Car

I have been following, with much enjoyment, the New York Times vs. Tesla Motors spat over a review that a NYT reporter wrote last week. Elon Musk wrote a great rebuttal on Tesla Motors’ blog. And he...

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Glass Demo

I am wary of demos of unfinished products. By the time these products hit the market, the scope is considerably reduced and they end up being a ..meh :( I hope Google Glass isn’t one of them, but...

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