Archive for March, 2009

Google Maps road directions now available in India

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Good news for people who lose their way easily in India
Google Maps now supportsĀ  “Get Directions” on its map application both on the web and the iPhone. I have tested a few routes and they are fairly accurate bar a few shortcuts I know of. Please test it in your cities and leave [...]

iLife’09 Review

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Apple’s iLife keeps becoming more and more compelling with each iteration. Here is what iLife’09 manages to pack in:
iPhoto ‘09 – With face recognition coming to Picassa and Windows Live Photo Gallery, it was only a matter of time before iPhoto got it too. While iPhoto had no problems recognizing photos of my wife, it [...]

iPod shuffle in India: pricing and availability

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

The new iPod shuffles announced by Apple will be available in India in 4-6 weeks. They are going to retail for around Rs. 4,900. The older 2 GB shuffle sells today for around Rs. 3,200 so one way to look at it is (known as ‘the glass is half full’ approach) that you are getting [...]