The latest UP police incident underscores the importance of police cameras
If you follow social media in India, you would have seen the above images already, a policeman (Pradeep ?) goes and destroys the livelihood of an elderly man. He breaks his typewriter leaving the old man in tears and possibly with no way to earn for himself. This story...
TRAI says mobile towers do not cause radiation, Reader’s Digest to publish article in jokes section
In a funny news article that seriously puts into doubt whether the bosses running telecom in India are competent or not TRAI has come out with a report that mobile phone towers do not cause radiation. In a claim that can at best be called laughable, TRAI claims it...
Using Hotwire for cheap vacation hotels : My mixed experience visiting Portland, OR
So I decided to take a vacation to Portland, OR. It would have required a night of overnight stay so I started looking for good hotels online. Since we were 4 people I wasn’t able to use a lot of websites. Sites like Hoteltonight.com don’t even have an option...
Of fake sales, Fred Meyer’s mobile phone clearance sale a big flop !
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Indian truecaller users, keeping it classy !
So I was looking at some of the calls I had received which I didn’t pick up. The advent of spam calls is so high that you really cannot pick up every unknown number. I usually look them up in truecaller to see who called. Sometimes the names are...
Yellow Journalism by Fox News : Safeway v/s Whole Foods prices : the basic logical flaw
Recently on television I saw a sensationalist segment on Fox News regarding the prices at Whole Foods v/s Safeway. Everything was great, there was even a caveat that prices vary by region, however something didn’t seem right. Safeway is absolutely not more expensive in my limited experience here in...