TechGazing

By Varun Aggarwal

Google feels proud to embrace its biggest rival Microsoft in the month of love. The search giant has licensed Microsoft’s Activesync for its new product called Google sync.Google sync allows users to synchronize their contacts with Google’s web services. However, Google’s mobile platform Android won’t be a part of the agreement.

Even Nokia licenses Microsoft’s Activesync and uses it under the product name Nokia sync. Microsoft is taking this opportunity to boast about its move towards openness in licensing its patents under a ‘fair and reasonable terms’. Though Google and Microsoft have co-operated in some areas in the past, this is the first ever licensing agreement signed between the two. Would this love between the two last long? Well, I’m not too optimistic.

By Nimish Dubey

The past few days have seen the world buzzing about Google Latitude, the latest version of Google Maps that allows you to see  exactly where your friends are on a map on your handset and computer.  For the most part, it seems an awesome service, as it displays your friends with their Google Talk avatars, status messages and all.

That said,but it does seem to have some hefty bugs in it. If that sounds difficult to believe, try this: it showed a friend of ours somewhere in Maharashtra. Nothing wrong with that, except that he was sitting right in front of us - in a cafe in Delhi! Theories as to why this is happening would be welcome. We are currently trying to find out if he and his phone have evil twins!

By Nimish Dubey

I know I go on and on about brand ambassadors being a bit of a liability in the tech field but well, I just cannot help it if celebrities endorsing tech products keep tripping up.

The latest to join the list is Aftab Shivdasani, who has been named the brand ambassador for the World Gaming Day, a concept backed by the likes of Sony Ericsson, Microsoft Xbox and Zapak.com.

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by Athene

Since the day Apple’s iPhone was released, a lot of touchscreen phones have flooded the mobile market. Be it HTC’s Touch, Samsung’s TouchWiz, Nokia’s Tube, LG’s Viewty or Sony Ericsson’s Xperia, every handset has tried to complete with the revolutionary touch interface that the iPhone offers. But none has been able to challenge the flawless touch interface. The lastest one to join this race is BlackBerry with its first touchscreen phone - the Storm. Continue reading »

By Nimish Dubey

I have just discovered why the grey market in tech products is thriving in India - it is because the “real” market players just do not seem to care enough. I have seen three major product malfunctions - all three devices from very well-known brands - over the past three days and in each case, the user was unable to get timely support from the manufacturer, even though his/her product was still under warranty. Continue reading »