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How To Get MacBook Pro Style Two Finger Scrolling on Windows OR Linux

September 5, 2012 0 Guest Author

The world comprises of two kinds of people. Those who love the Macbook trackpad and those who hate having to scroll using the sides of the trackpad. [No seriously, what’s not to love about the multi finger gesture Mac trackpad?]…

Apple

Is The Foxconn / Apple Criticism Justified?

February 23, 2012 0 Guest Author

This is a guest post by Maninder Pal Singh. Maninder is an Industrial Automation entrepreneur and has had several encounters in Shenzhen. He shares with us his perspective on the criticism of Foxconn factory conditions that has become a major…

Accessories

Review: Mugen Power Extended Battery for the Nexus One

January 15, 2012 0 Guest Author

Editor’s Note: Aditya Sengupta is a friend and a well wisher of the OnlyGizmos team. In fact he is as much an integral part of the team as any other member and the man behind the coverage and interviews at…

BlackBerry

RIM Showing That They Can Answer The Challenge

November 30, 2011 0 Guest Author

Will the BlackBerry brand even be around in five years? From a surface standpoint, the prospect might look grim. It has been a tough couple of years for RIM. The former king of the smartphone realm has fallen far, and…

BlackBerry

How Do I Choose A Phone: Journey From A Nokia 1100 To Blackberry

June 25, 2011 6 Guest Author

Editors Note: Vivek Khandelwal is a friend, well wisher and our support for covering the IIT Bombay Techfest over the past 4 years. As he moves back to Delhi working fulltime for his startup Voicetap, something has changed for him.…

events

Connector Kinetic Robots (Modular Robot) – Techfest

January 17, 2011 0 Guest Author

Coverage by our in-house scientist – Aditya Sengupta. You can must follow him on twitter: @sengupta! One of the tough things about sophisticated robots these days is they are considerably difficult to modify and adapt. At this point, it takes considerable time…

events

ECCERobot – The Humanoid At Techfest 2011

January 16, 2011 0 Guest Author

Coverage by our in-house scientist – Aditya Sengupta. You can must follow him on twitter: @sengupta! One of the striking observations about most “humanoid” robots today is how unhuman they actually are- particularly on the inside. They are filled with motors,…

Future WIP

Touch The Invisibles, Tactile Feedback Screens at Techfest 2011 [Video]

January 11, 2011 0 Guest Author

Another guest post by our in-house scientist – Aditya Sengupta. You can must follow him on twitter @sengupta! The tactile interface device demoed in this video does an impressive comparison between conventional haptic feedback devices that rely on the whole…

events

Wikipedia Meetup Mumbai with Jimmy Wales, Interview

November 15, 2010 1 Guest Author

This is a guest post by Aditya Sengupta (@sengupta, blog). Sengupta is a research fellow at IIT B and the OG Scientist for sci-fi interviews 😛 The last Wikipedia meetup in Mumbai was a big one- with founder Jimmy Wales…

Accessories

Unboxing the Duracell myGrid Charging Pad (Video Review)

October 23, 2010 1 Guest Author

Finally, we have got our mits on the Duracell myGrid Charging Pad and its certainly a glimpse of the future. Charging gadgets are a headache by all means, especially smart phones that run out of battery so soon. The Duracell…

Reviews

Speed test using iPhone 4 – EDGE/GPRS vs 3G vs WiFi-broadband (India)

October 5, 2010 0 Guest Author

As India is waiting for the 3G revolution to roll out across India. We thought of doing some internet speed test over Edge/GPRS, WiFi and 3G. 3G Speed test gave us awesome result compared to our old fashioned Edge/GPRS. We just wanted…

Featured

Weeding out fake SIM cards & messing the environment [India Telecom]

October 4, 2010 1 Guest Author

Following is a Guest Post by Dinesh Bareja (blog), Information security and CSR consultant. Originally posted on IndiaKiAwaz The Government has blindly issued orders to all telcos to confirm the identities of 600 million (60 cr) subscribers since they assume that…

Tech Industry News

APN / GPRS / 3G settings for all carriers in India

September 15, 2010 21 Guest Author

Getting started with GPRS / 3G often requires some settings to be done on your handset. Be it an iPhone or a Nokia, if the settings are not pre loaded, you need to manually configure APN settings. Here is a…

Reviews

3 UK’s USB Data Dongle Put To Test In India (BSNL 3G)

September 13, 2010 1 Guest Author

We got our hands on a 3-UK’s unlocked USB Data Dongle and we tested it out with BSNL Data USIM. The results are impressive. Here are the speed test results via SpeedTest.net. The best part: You can make calls using…

TechFest

A conversation with Mr Vic Hayes, father of WiFi

February 18, 2010 0 Guest Author

Mr Vic Hayes at IIT Techfest (also pictured Dr Alessandra) Special thanks to Aditya Sengupta [@sengupta (Blog)] for the interview on behalf of OnlyGizmos Before attending Lars Rasmussen’s lecture, we attended what turned out to be one of the more…

Concept / Educative

[Video] Interview with Dr Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of the USB

January 23, 2010 0 Guest Author

Special thanks to @sengupta (Blog) for the interview on behalf of OnlyGizmos Dr. Ajay Bhatt certainly knows how to use self deprecatory humour well. He began his lecture by screening this clip of him trying to emulate the rockstar image…

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Guest Author

How To Get MacBook Pro Style Two Finger Scrolling on Windows OR Linux

Is The Foxconn / Apple Criticism Justified?

Review: Mugen Power Extended Battery for the Nexus One

RIM Showing That They Can Answer The Challenge

How Do I Choose A Phone: Journey From A Nokia 1100 To Blackberry

Connector Kinetic Robots (Modular Robot) – Techfest

ECCERobot – The Humanoid At Techfest 2011

Touch The Invisibles, Tactile Feedback Screens at Techfest 2011 [Video]

Wikipedia Meetup Mumbai with Jimmy Wales, Interview

Unboxing the Duracell myGrid Charging Pad (Video Review)

Speed test using iPhone 4 – EDGE/GPRS vs 3G vs WiFi-broadband (India)

Weeding out fake SIM cards & messing the environment [India Telecom]

APN / GPRS / 3G settings for all carriers in India

3 UK’s USB Data Dongle Put To Test In India (BSNL 3G)

A conversation with Mr Vic Hayes, father of WiFi

[Video] Interview with Dr Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of the USB

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