Saikat Basu

It is a sign of our times that we are more known by our digital identities than our real ones these days. Digital identity theft is a clear and present danger.

As the old cliché goes, music is a universal language. And more than any other language, it manages to convey emotions better. Perhaps, that’s what explains the keenness with which we share music on social media sites like Facebook. Come the sp

One look at Facebook and I know photography is very much back in vogue. Or let’s say, photography and sharing . Is it any wonder then that camera majors like Canon, Nikon, and even non-traditional camera companies like Samsung are jumping on the

Here’s a pretty normal scenario – an email client on the desktop, maybe one in the cloud, and a few smartphones on hand. Managing and syncing contacts across all these devices could be a cause for repetitive stress disorder at the worst of times.

We all like to listen to music and we always find ways to do so in unique ways. Creating your own music is a different matter altogether. Sandwiched between the two is your own penchant for identifying good music. So, you have to ask yourself one

There has been a renewed interest in photography lately. It could be because of advancements in digital cameras and camera-phones. It is definitely because of the social media revolution. Facebook is turning more into a photo-sharing medium, rather t

Google tracks all those keywords you put into the search field (for instance, across all Google services like YouTube and Maps) and the sites you visit in more than one way. The immediate one is Google’s Web History . Google Web History does not h

You can discover a lot about a person from his handwriting. But handwriting is almost rare with the coming of the digital age and emails.

Google Search has got better and better with some nice algorithm tweaks. But when it comes to real-time search , Google still lags behind in the field where Twitter is the uncrowned king. Google did have a spell with it, but by July 2011 it lapsed

Do you have your own parking space on Dropbox ? The digital age is merging with the ‘cloud’ age, and unlike other changes, this is a pleasant one.  It makes sense to use Dropbox especially when syncing files to and fro with your own compute

It could be a pen drive with just 2 GB of data, or it could be your iPod with your entire music collection . Heaven forbid, but the error message that flashes – USB Drive not recognized – has all the potential to send you up the wall. You do

Did you know that you can navigate locations like airports, malls, and more for select locations with Google Indoor Maps on your Android? Yes, Google has detailed floor plans for many commercial locations around the world. Check out the complete list

Our greatest mistake is thinking that we have all the time in the world. We don’t. We also mistakenly think time is free. It isn’t. Especially, if you are working on your own, where 24 hours count, then literally – time is money.

I am hardly what you would call a ‘gym rat’. I am more of a regular guy who does exercise but often hits the wall of de-motivation.

As you might have found out by now, Google Maps is not only about directions. Google Maps is composed of different layers, each a composite of rich information. Zoom into a site (i.e. a location point on a map), and you can search for specific marke

Sometimes we focus so much on English that we forget the world speaks other languages too. The desire to learn a new language is almost on everyone’s wishlist . Then what is it that stops us? The daunting learning curve? The lack of resources? O

With more than 25 million users, StumbleUpon is a serious social network and among the highest traffic generators on the web. One of the new features that deserves a second mention is Lists. There are 365,000 lists on StumbleUpon. But what are Stumb

Google must be an exciting place to be. Well, if one doesn’t have an I.Q. high enough, the only way to enjoy their work is to be a witness to it. Google always delivers with some new update or any behind the scenes activity.

Our Windows machine gives us a sleek streamlined interface. But there is a lot happening under the hood. To get a glimpse into the processes that are concurrently on, you just have to bring up the Task Manager with a CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

Facebook has emoticons of its own and so do a number of online web services. But you just might feel that they fall short sometimes, just when you need to express a special emotion to someone across the chat program or email. So, in our hunt for an