WWDC 2012

WWDC 2012 was announced by Apple which was sold out in less than 12 hours. It will focus on the Apple software, namely OSX Mountain Lion and iOS.

It will be held in San Francisco from 11th to 15 June. There will be more than 100  sessions and labs with Apple engineers. The ticket cost was $1599.

Check it out - http://developer.apple.com

How to download torrents

uTorrent is the most famous bit-torrent client

First of all, I would like to say that I DO NOT SUPPORT piracy at all, and torrents should not be used for pirating files.

Why are torrents preffered?

Torrents give you a faster download speed. If you have a slow internet connection, downloading a 100 megabyte file can be a pain. If youre internet connection refreshes, or something goes wrong, then all that you have downloaded, gets lost and you have to retry. However, with torrents, they save the files on the disk as it downloads. So, it you're on 99% and the internet goes off, you dont have to worry.

What you need to start downloading torrents

Before you get started, you need a client to download torrents. My favourite is uTorrent which comes for both Mac and PC.

The Link for uTorrent : http://www.utorrent.com/

Okay, now what?

After you have downloaded uTorrent, you have to select a torrent.

There are many website you can search torrents from. Some of them are : 

The PirateBay

ISOHunt

TorrentReactor

Kickass Torrents

Torrentz - is a search engine for torrents.

You can get to the website by clicking on their names.

The Rule

The Fundamental rule for selecting a torrent that will give you a good download speed is always select a torrent with maximum number of seeds. This is where most people go wrong, and start hating torrents because of the confusion they cause. The best way to locate a torrent with maximum number of seeds is by using sorting. You can do this on most of the websites by clicking on "Seeds" or "SE" or "S" after you have searched for the torrent. 

Thanks for reading.

If you have any suggestions, tips or something to add, please comment!

MacBook Hybrid : iPad + MacBook?

A new rumor has been floating around that Apple might kill off it's MacBook Pro 17" following sluggish sales.

Apple might be releasing a hybrid Macbook of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the iPad. This seems to be very interesting and is clearly pointed out by a patent that Apple recently filed.

The hybrid will be as powerful as a MacBook Pro and as portable as a MacBook Air. There is speculation that it might have a sliding screen, which would rest on top of the keyboard making it similar to the iPad, and then you can slide it out to make it a full fledged notebook PC. This is very interesting as it would induce a lot of competition from other competitors.

Some creative people also believe that this arrangement could allow you to switch between iOS and Mac OS X. Yummy!

Only time will tell what will happen, but in my opinion, a big surprise is due from Apple.

Thanks for reading.
Please leave any tips or suggestions below!

Agni 5 Missile

Agni in Hindi or Agnis in latin, means fire. 

Yesterday, at 8AM, I was getting ready for school. Little did I know, on the East coast, the Agni was to be tested in seven minutes.

There has been a lot of hype in India about this missile, our first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). Last week, an article on China's military buildup was featured in The Economist. And then, I realized that India had become Worlds largest arms buyer in terms of the number. Maybe there is an arms race between India and China?

Anyways, people debated, on how we need to tackle difficulties like poverty and infrastructure on Indian news website, and ranting on the British aid to India on BBC. And I agree with them, there are countries where aid is much more needed than in India. But, the overall opinion was that the missile is needed such that India becomes more than just a regional power and can balance China's military rise. America seems to be backing it's strategic democratic ally, India, and calls for restraint.

However, there is a lot of confusion in the Chinese media. The media has been passing comments like, "India should not over-estimate it's strength", and on the next day, they say that the range for Agni V is not 5,000, but 8,000 Kms. People say this might be a move to prevent countries in Europe from selling arms to India. But here, we cannot say anything, they can be right or wrong.

A missile launch has made me understand many things about how things work here in Asia. China seems to be nervous, atleast the media does. The missile covers all of China. The test was successful, and will be in production in a couple of years. However, this has created many questions in my mind, some which even I dont properly understand.

This wasn't just a missile test, but India's entry into an elite club of nations, which exposed how India and China stand in Asia. These are just my thoughts.

Thanks for reading. 

The new iPad in points

©Apple Inc

Hey guys, as you know the new iPad was released by Apple. It's not called iPad 3, or iPad 3G, or iPad 4G. Just iPad. So, you won't be hanging around with iPad 7 in the future. Looks like most of the rumors came true!

Here are the highlights about the iPad

• 4G LTE
• Retina Display ( 264 pixels per inch )
• A5X quad-core Graphics Processor
• 5 Megapixel iSight camera for Facetime, but front still stays VGA :(
• Voice Dictation (Not like Siri)
• Same price point :D
• Upto 10 hours WiFi, video and music

More on the Camera :

The five megapixel iSight camera for FaceTime, features Autofocus along with Tap To Focus. It also has Face Detection technology for still photos. Image Stabilization is also included. It can record 1080p HD ( 1920 x 1080 ) at 30 frames per second, with audio. 

Thanks for reading guys, if you want, you can read more at:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

If you have any suggestions or tips, please leave them below! 

iPad 3 announcement

Apple finally officially announced the release of the iPad 3, scheduled on March 7 in San Francisco.  The event will take place at 10 AM, at Yerba Buena Center for the arts, reported by Loopinsight. 


There are some rumors going around that it will have a better screen, faster processor.


Thanks for reading! Leave comments are suggestions below!

OSX Mountain Lion

Apple formally dropped the words "Mac" from the name of its latest Operating System, OSX Mountain Lion, most probably because the Mac refers to hardware, and OSX is obviously an operating system.

Apple seems to integrate what they have learned from the iPad into the OSX, in an effort to make their products more uniform probably? When the Launchpad came to Lion, it seemed like a really big thing to many people, but not to me. I still use Snow Leopard, and I am happy. I do not think there are major differences between the SL and Lion. At least, not enough to make me buy it.

Coming back to the topic, Mountain Lion is coming out this summer. And most probably it will be sold through the Mac App Store. For people with very slow connections ( like me ), this is not really the best news.

Here is a list of some of the new features listed on the Apple website :

1. iCloud 
2. Messages
3. Reminders
4. Notes
5. Notification center
6. Share Sheets
7. Twitter
8. Game Center
9. Airplay mirroring
10. Gatekeeper
11. All new features for China. ( Apple Ai Zhōngguó )

As you might have noticed, some of the features listed above have been directly taken from the iOS, like Notifications Center and the Gaming Center. 

As you people know, China has been a very important market for Apple. They have a store in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. And Chinese people take apple products very seriously. 

Please check the Apple website for further updates!

These were just my basic views, Thanks for reading!

Leave comments and suggestions below!