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Barcamp Bangalore 9 is here!

Prashanth on September 2nd, 2010

Most popular community driven tech event in Bangalore and one of the popular barcamps worldwide Barcamp Bangalore is here. After a long break it is back for 9th edition. It’s going to be on 18th of this month at Intuit. If you are new to barcamp, take a look at this wikipedia entry.

Head over to BarcampBangalore.org and register yourself for the event.

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Watch youtube videos on facebook in fullscreen!

Prashanth on August 30th, 2010

Share Whenever I find some really funny video on youtube, I normally share it on Facebook. And many of my friends on Facebook do the same. One annoying thing is that Youtube videos on Facebook doesn’t include an option to view in fullscreen. I often click twice and go to youtube page of the video to view [...]

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Share From August 1st, auto rickshaw fare in Bangalore has increased. And rickshaw drivers haven’t yet updated their meters with new fare system. Government has given them three months of time to update the meter with new fare. Until then we have to rely on whatever driver says or look into the chart which most [...]

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Roopit – Easiest way of buy and sell!

Prashanth on August 10th, 2010

Share It is so hard to find and sell used products online. I know there are tons of websites which allow listing of such things. But, they ask you too many questions, you have to go through complex registration process & most importantly your phone number is exposed to public and spam bots. Roopit is [...]

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Share Almost everyone is impressed with Google Android, but unable to switch to it because of price tag it comes with. But you no longer have to be in that situation. Acer E110 beTouch, which runs Android 1.5 is available on Flipkart for Rs.8,999!! 3 mega pixel camera, 3G, 2.8 inch resistive touch screen, 256 MB [...]

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What I liked in Nokia N900/Maemo

Prashanth on July 14th, 2010

Share It’s been more than a week since I started using Nokia N900 smart phone. At the same time an android phone visited me (Samsung Galaxy S) which failed to impress! I continued using N900 & handed that device over to Santosh to write a guest review on Tech Bangalore. Since it’s too late to [...]

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Share Norton 360 is a complete security solution for PCs, not just an anti-virus software. It includes lot of tools which makes your PC totally safe. Let’s go through each one of them in brief: PC Security: Norton 360 comes with all in one set it & forget it automated virus & spyware protection. This [...]

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Share David SR on Barcamp Bangalore mailing list sent out this very useful information which was collected by Srikanth. Thanks to his efforts on finding this valuable information. So next time if you face one of the following situations, just note down the vehicle number! Refusal to come to destination (Any destination!!!). Demanding excess fare. [...]

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Share If you are fan of Tech Bangalore Facebook page, you already know this write up is coming. I shared some pictures of Infibeam Pi over there few days back. Now it’s time to talk what I liked & disliked about it. First impressions were really great, I liked it right away after un-boxing. It’s [...]

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Facebook working on an ‘Answers’ portal?

Prashanth on June 14th, 2010

Share Today I found a link on Facebook inviting users to apply for beta testing program of their new product, which looks like below: Wondering what Facebook is upto I clicked on that link & apparently it looks like Facebook is working on a ‘Answers’ portal similar to Yahoo Answers. To get the beta tester [...]

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