Nokia Refocus: An Innovation That Will Be Imitated

Nokia, one of the oldest surviving players in the mobile phone space, has in recent years changed its tune, and wisely so, by focusing on the mobile software part as much as the hardware. The 808 PureView marked the company's giant leap as far as the camera department was concerned with PureView Technology backed by a never-before-heard-in-a-mobile-phone 41 megapixel image sensor. Taking note of the fact that the weaker Symbian platform held it back, it was only a matter of time before the Finnish manufacturer brought out Windows Phone devices equipped with PureView tech cameras and the latest among them being the Lumia 1020 with a similar 41 megapixel image sensor.

Talking of camera software, there is a plethora of software that Nokia brought to the Lumia series to get the most out of their cameras. The latest one to arrive is Nokia Refocus, which works on the Lumia 920, 925, 928, and 1020 (and also the upcoming Lumia 1520 phablet), all as long as they are running the Amber software update.

EvernoteLife: An Event To Remember

Evernote had a bloggers' meet at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Bandra, Mumbai, where Troy Malone, MD, APAC of Evernote interacted with everyone. The premise of this event was to showcase the Evernote product and talk about new things that the company is into, in addition to the software itself.

The event venue

Cookie Mania And Private Browsing - Guest Post By Govind Rammurthy, eScan

The following is a guest post by Mr. Govind Rammurthy, MD & CEO, eScan.


Do you know that your online activity is being tracked by the websites that you visit? All links you visit, the forms you submit, the credentials that you fill are not a secret always. The sites that you visit maintain a record of what you did last time on their site for months and years to come.

It is all done smartly through cookies. As per Wikipedia, cookies are reliable mechanism for websites to remember information (such as items in a shopping cart) or to record the user’s browsing activity like the buttons clicked, logging in, or the pages visited by the user months or even years ago. Cookies can also store confidential information such as Username and password, credit card number or an address.

Review: Silicon Power Armor A30 1 TB - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 And High Capacity Put To Good Use

I have been reviewing portable hard drives since long and have seen them evolve. They used to be plain boring before; then they became trendy and fashionable. The one which I have for review today is a military grade rugged drive that should be a perfect companion for the road warrior, and yet it looks very elegant. I am talking about the Silicon Power Armor A30 with a huge 1 TB capacity and the super-fast USB 3.0 interface. Silicon Power has been around for quite some time now in the field of storage and I have previously tested USB Flash drives manufactured by them. I therefore have high hopes from this drive and this review will try to find out whether or not those hopes are fulfilled.

Olympus Aims To Bring Professional Image Quality In A Compact Body With The STYLUS 1 For Rs 44,990

Olympus has launched its flagship compact camera - STYLUS 1 today. The company is touting this to be a gamechanger that will bring professional image quality in a compact body. This camera also marks the company's entry into the premium imaging category in India. The camera sports a f2.8 constant aperture 28-300 mm i.Zuiko digital lens with 10.7x optical zoom. A high-res Electronic Viewfinder is present along with built-in Wi-Fi and OM-D style shooting but in an ultra-slim body.

TRENDnet Launches TN-200 NAS Media Server For Rs 8990

TRENDnet has launched the TN-200 NAS Media Server that can support 2 hard drives with a total of up to 8 TB storage. Of course, the hard drives need to be bought separately. It features two 3.5" bays to accommodate two SATA I/II hard drives in RAID 0, RAID 2, or JBOD configuration. It supports USB share functionality with its USB port so that any USB storage device can be connected to it and its content be shared with everyone on the network. A Gigabit Ethernet port is present for connectivity.

VU Shows Off World's First Customisable Luxury TVs In India

VU held India's first Television Trunk Show in Mumbai today to show off the world's first customisable luxury televisions. The event was held at the Four Season's hotels at Worli and I was invited. The company showcased its 50", 55", 65", and 84" LED-backlit LCD TVs, of which the 84" is the recently launched 3D model sporting Ultra HD or 4K panel with 3840x2160 pixels. Of course, there were also smaller screen models with touch screen just to take a look. The purpose of the event was to allow consumers and reviewers to not only get up, close, and personal with the various VU TV models, but also avail the one-day-only discounted price offers such as a 50" LED TV free on purchase of the 84" model.