TechYoYo

Tech for the Cool

Apple co-founder the iconic Steve Jobs is dead. Other icons of the tech industry pay tribute to him.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died today, just a day after the launch of iPhone 4s. Love Apple or hate Apple, you cannot deny that he changed the way we perceive technology and the influence he had over the industry. He is regarded as one of the best presenter in corporate America. This news has covered [...]

Epic Browser: Browser built on Mozilla for multilingual Indians

This is why I like Free and Open Source software (FOSS). A Bangalore based start-up called Hidden Reflex has launched a browser called Epic Browser which is based on Mozilla Firefox. In India, majority of the population don’t speak English or Hindi as their first language. This browser will be a boon to them. Users [...]

Chrome is finally in top 3 worldwide and in US, overtakes Safari

After both StatCounter and Net Applications placed Google’s Chrome on the podium at the third spot worldwide, StatCounter has launched results for the US market. Here, too, Chrome has captured the third spot overtaking Apple’s Safari. Internet Explorer remains the favourite amongst American users with 52% and FireFox with 28.5%. Chrome and Safari have 8.97 [...]

Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users’ locations to deliver ads

If you are planning a crime make sure you don’t carry Apple’s  iPhone or the iPad. Why? They can trace your location and and are willing to share it. It will help the advertisers to send targeted ads to you. You can opt-out targeted ads if you wish to do so but not out of [...]

Is Apple becoming the new Microsoft? Is Google the Good Guy

Wall Street Journal’s Holman Jenkins Jr. has accused Apple Inc of having a strategy of little more than “zero-sum maneuvering versus hated rivals.” Critics had claimed on the very day of iPad’s launch that it is a DRM haven. He argues that Apple’s decision to ship it’s latest product iPad without Flash is an attempt [...]

Now is the time to learn Objective – C

With Apple about to announce its latest revolutionary product – the Tablet PC, its share value and earnings is bound to rise several times. But importantly, it will help many freelance programmers earn a fortune by developing apps for it. iPhone apps are developed in Objective C.  However, there is an python implementation too. According [...]

Laptop or a Desktop

Desktop computers, once the pride of every home, are dying out slowly. Portability is the buzzword. Laptops are getting smaller, sleeker and powerful while mobiles are getting smarter. So, in this situation what should we buy? It depends on whether you want portability or power. If you need to travel extensively and you don’t want [...]

Recover deleted data

Have you ever deleted anything permanently from your PC and later regretted about it. Don’t worry there is a solution for this. There are several free data recovery tools that you can use to recover the deleted data. However, please note that if the memory space of the hard disk where the data was stored [...]