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A bit of data crunching shows the enormity of the number, $19 billion. Yes, 82 countries (and more) have a GDP (Gross Domestic Product) lesser than what Whatsapp is worth. I used Excel and the 2012 GDP data from WordBank's site. The list is shown below. What could have Facebook spent this on? Well,

Two days ago, we witnessed the second largest tech acquisition of all time, valued at $19.0 billion USD. Facebook acquired Whatsapp. What? A stunner, of the sorts that literally shocked the geek-o-sphere in all dimensions. Here are my thoughts about it. Before I dive further, you might be curious

Equations. Don't we all just love them. We find them in our everyday lives. We study them and use them. Now, may I request you to embark with me upon a short journey into the world of equations that rule our everyday lives. Grab a cup of coffee, this is a long 2,500 word read.  I come from the

A fan sent in us a link of a site that claimed Flappy Bird to be a 'carbon' copy of a 2011 Android game Piou Piou. I set out to investigate this and the results are discussed in this short blog post. The truth is, it is definitely copied, or at least inspired to a large extent. The game mechanics

Everyone loves finding a new way to earn some cash, even if it's just a few dollars here and there to supplement income, or serve as extra daily spending money. And thanks to the mobile phone revolution we've seen in the past few years, there are now seemingly innumerable ways to earn an extra buck

The iOS 7 has a lot of great features, but the parallax animation is my least favorite. Why? Well, because it makes everything so slow, at least by a 1.5 seconds. Guess what, you're in for luck. With version 7.0.4, you can choose to disable it. I am serious. You'll love the speed. I'll keep this

If you take out a newer edition of the Oxford Dictionary and lookup the term “Social Networking,” it’ll say: Syndicated from Monitor.Us Social Networking (noun): The use of dedicated websites and applications to communicate informally with other users, or to find people with similar interests

Bitcoin was one of the biggest stories of 2013, and probably will be the case for 2014 as well. The digital currency rose to prominence this year making headlines from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. It’s not all rosy, peer-to-peer optimism in the Bitcoin community, however, and there have already

Earlier today, news poured in about Anonymous hacking Dropbox. This was 3 hours ago and Dropbox wrote a note on their Twitter saying this, as shown in the embedded Tweet from their @Dropbox account. Read on to find out why they are lying. Dropbox site is back up! Claims of leaked user info are a

I have stumbled upon this gorgeous theme for Sublime Text 2 and I couldn't help it but share it with you guys. You know who you are, Sublime Text 2 lovers, fellow developers, designers, geeks et al. The theme is Spacegray and it's free. Those who are impatient to read the article, head over to this

Wondershare  has a long history of creating world class software products for both PC and Mac. Today, we will review their flagship product, Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, which boasts Wondershare's ground breaking lossless conversion algorithm called APEXTRANS™. Promotion:

Simply put, Bitcoin is a virtual currency. Through Bitcoin, users are able to transfer Bitcoins anonymously by the use of a main ledger called the Blockchain. With the use of this system, users are able to move Bitcoin from one user to another and remain anonymous. Bitcoin is a bubble ready to

2013 has been a great year, thanks to a number of new devices that have been launched. We have seen breakthrough products like Intel's Haswell Processor and Google's Chromecast. The smartphone arena has also seen a steady stream of successes for 2013. Top mobile phone manufacturers, Apple and

You will probably agree with me that it is really an unusual thing to intentionally corrupt a file. Why would someone think of destructing a file when in fact, most of the time we do the opposite, trying to keep them safe and intact, right? Well, there are various reasons why some of us would want

Do you want to send an email to someone with complete anonymity? Do you want to receive an email without giving others your personal one? Do you want to have an anonymous email conversation with someone? Do you want to have a temporary email address for an hour? Do you want to register for a site

If you’re reading this, then maybe you’re one of those people who do not like Facebook’s “seen” functionality in their chat system. The \"seen\" feature allows users to know if their friends have read their sent message along with a read-time receipt (or timestamp). If you notice, there’s

Owning and operating a business can be tricky and there are countless skills to master. Whether it is marketing, management, PR, or any of the countless pieces of the puzzle, you're going to have a lot on your hands. One of the most important parts about running a business is marketing. And with

A week ago, I requested Subtle Patterns to provide me with their Photoshop Plugin for review. In around 1 hour, a very nice person called Roman Surgent created an account for me and let me download the Subtle Patterns Photoshop Plugin. Usually, the product costs around $11.99 but I got it for free

Now let me keep this short. There is a folder in the iOS 7 Beta 4 developer content called the BiometricsUIKit.axbundle. Now what does that mean? It simply means, the next Apple phone, the iPhone 5S as it is expected to be called, will feature a fingerprint scanner. That's all. I wrote a post about

Two weeks ago, Josh (at Sparkup) reached out to me about this magical new toy called the Sparkup Book Reader. He was generous enough to ship me a review unit and I have been playing with the gadget for a couple of days. I think it is the perfect gadget for kids aged 4-9 and I wish I had something