When so much talent comes in to make a film, the expectations are that the sum will be worthwhile to an extent. An award winner in the director’s chair, a couple of solid actors, and an all-time great composer should be able to create a good film and yet Inferno falls almost completely flat for the … Continue reading Movie Review: Inferno 2016
Month: November 2016
Adblock Plus Survives its 6th case in Court
Image Credits: Campaignlive.co.ukAd blocking software was and is a response to relentlessly aggressive advertising.Imagine sitting down at a table of friends to chat and one of them starts talking at you, over everyone else, and then climbs on the table and kneels right in front of you screaming and waving his arms so you can't … Continue reading Adblock Plus Survives its 6th case in Court
Social Media reactions are now called ‘News Articles’
Image for ReferenceI see these social media reactions every day now because apparently news outlets have forgotten how to write real news stories. They consist of one or two paragraphs describing some event, then about 3 subsections of Twitter/Facebook quotes from random people either for or against said issue.What you say? Some people agree with … Continue reading Social Media reactions are now called ‘News Articles’
Mein Rahul Gandhi Ki Diwani Hoon
An unidentified woman from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh has declared her love for Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and told the media that she plans to marry him."I've come to meet Rahul Gandhi. I've come to tell him what is in my heart. He helps Dalits. He can eat with Dalits. He can marry Dalits. … Continue reading Mein Rahul Gandhi Ki Diwani Hoon
Trump Offers Apple ”Tax Cuts’ to manufacture products in US.
Credits: WCCFtechWhat I have seen of Trump's proposals to bring manufacturing jobs back seems shortsighted and likely to do more harm than good, and I think that as soon as he sees that he'll back down. It'll be another broken promise that will contribute to him being a one-term President, likely to go down as one … Continue reading Trump Offers Apple ”Tax Cuts’ to manufacture products in US.
Twitter Suspended its own CEO from the Platform
Credits: TechWormThe social media site, Twitter, had a slight internal hiccup. The company's CEO, Jack Dorsey was accidentally banned from his own site. For about 15 minutes Tuesday night, Dorsey was cut off from Twitter and his 1.42 million followers. Dorsey was Twitter's first user back in 2006. In a tweet referencing the internal mistake, he … Continue reading Twitter Suspended its own CEO from the Platform
Vivaldi 1.5: Delta Updates, Reader View, Tab Dragging Support and more
After Vivaldi 1.4, we have another promising release from Vivaldi team, Vivaldi 1.5 stable version based on Chromium 54 has been released for Windows, Mac and Windows platforms and available for download with new features, improvements and bug fixes. This version brings smaller updates for Windows, Reader Mode, adds support for tab dragging and Chromecast … Continue reading Vivaldi 1.5: Delta Updates, Reader View, Tab Dragging Support and more
Ubucon Europe 2016: Opening
Credits: Ubucon Europe; Ubucon PortalThe Ubucon Europe was opened with a small introduction by Sujeevan Vijayakumaran, one of the main organizers, about the conditions in the UnPerfekthaus and the number and distribution of the visitors.Registered are 170 visitors, but this does not include people with a day ticket. Half of the visitors come from Germany, … Continue reading Ubucon Europe 2016: Opening
Balloons Over Burma
I love how the balloons are color coordinated to match the earthy color of the temple and the landscape.
U.S & Russia Willing to Mend Ties
Image Credits: Press TVAfter climate change and the whole eroding equality under the law thing, Trump's direction with Russia scares me most. Trump is possibly the most unknown president elect in the history of the country in terms of what he actually intends. His campaign was entirely rhetoric, he has no public (aka govt) record for … Continue reading U.S & Russia Willing to Mend Ties
