Can I make GSM phone calls using Nexus 7 3G model?

Short Answer: No Long Answer: Google’s recently introduced new model of Nexus 7 which supports 3G, which means it has got SIM card slot. But no where including “The Verge’s” long review there’s mention of possibility of voice calls. May be it was considered “obvious” to not to support since the device name says “Wireless [...]

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Google updates its Indian nexus page with Nexus 4/7/10!

Google’s Indian nexus page google.co.in/nexus till day before yesterday (that’s when I checked it last time) was showing Galaxy Nexus as “Coming Soon”. But today it’s been updated with standard nexus page featuring Nexus 4, 7 & 10. But clicking on “Shop Now” goes to US Play Store which is blocked to view from India! [...]

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Flippy: Scan barcode of a book & find Flipkart price!

You are in a book store, you find something interesting, you want to check how much it will be on Flipkart. Now, the classic way would be to fire up the web browser, go to flipkart & search for the title. Which is a long process & can get frustrating if you are checking out [...]

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Dear Airtel, there’s something called “targeted marketing”

Marketing over last few years has changed drastically making it more relative to the user. Google ads, Facebook ads to Restaurant suggestions  works depending on your tastes & interests. With amount of data given to advertisers, companies are fully equipped with tools to target the right audience minimizing cost per acquisition rates. The more the ads are [...]

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First Hand Experience: What makes Olacabs so awesome?

After getting to know about Olacabs through other blogs and friends I was waiting for an opportunity to try it out myself & today I had one such opportunity.  I installed their Android app, signed up & the screen looked like below: It displayed all the Olacabs on the map, which one is the nearest [...]

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LG Cinema 3D Smart TV Experience

I was one of the bloggers who were invited to experience LG’s new Cinema 3D Smart TVs. LG has done massive improvements to keep the lead in 3D TV market share. I’m going write about some of the interesting features I came across in this hands on. What first caught my eyes was design with [...]

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Insanely brilliant Sanebox to fight email overload!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest….and a lot other amazing services we signup & end up receiving unmanageable amount of emails everyday. I have more than a dozen of filters on my gmail to make all these mails skip inbox and sit in a label. But again, I signup to new services almost everyday and creating filters has become a routine. [...]

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Backup your Facebook tagged photos automatically to Dropbox!

We have complete control of photos which we upload on Facebook. But not on photos which are uploaded/tagged by others. Your friend may choose to delete your photo anytime without your knowledge. It is a good idea to have your own backup of photos of yours which are tagged by others. We will achieve our desired task [...]

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Ubuntu Cloud Day Bangalore 2012

Ubuntu Cloud Day is Canonical’s biggest Cloud event in Bangalore this year. With keynote speeches from various members of the Canonical team, and a more focussed technical delivery. Other presentations include working on Ubuntu Cloud, JuJu, Cloud infrastructure, as well as presentations from Intel and other partners. If you work on Cloud or want to know [...]

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GO Dev Team releases Beta 1 of GO Backup; poses serious competition to Titanium Backup

      GO Dev team has released first beta of GO Backup for Android which backs up contacts, SMSs, Go Launcher settings & all other apps. Off course it requires root access (?) to backup apps/app data. Backing up apps is particularly useful for people like me who often flash & try new ROMs. Titanium [...]

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