Truple For Our Needs
This has been tried before. Put maps and messenger together, spice it up with a few features, and you have a way to connect to your neighbours and others around you.
Except that there's a reason neighbours don't talk to each other for decades. They don't want to. But a new app seems to have implicit faith in your willingness to reach out to strangers and their willingness to help with your daily needs — a book to borrow, a bag of sugar (in this age), a spot of advice on options for your kids' school etc. Truple, free Android app, seems to have a list a mile long of the number of things you could do with others whose credentials are that they're nearby. And of course, that they share your interests and are sympathetic to your needs. I'm skeptical but have a go if you dare.
Brush Up On IT Itihasa
An understanding of the history of the IT industry in India could help businesses and startups make sense of the opportunities they have in today's time. An app called Itihasa takes you through the story of the IT industry in India beginning with the first computer and predicting into the distant future. It's been conceptualised by Kris Gopalakrishnan, the co-founder of Indian technology giant, Infosys, and is like a video book. Important landmarks for IT companies in the country are described by well-known personalities and CEOs from the industry. You can either go through the story in a linear fashion, pick a person and watch what he says, or search by company. The videos come up quickly and are smooth and clear. As such it's a wonderful resource and so much easier than reading through dense print.
Get Experimental Musically
You may associate BitTorrent with illegal downloads, but BitTorrent Now is a perfectly legal app, currently free on Android, and coming to other platforms soon. The app streams music and videos featuring yet-to-make-it artists. If you're up for giving them a chance and sampling new music, get BitTorrent Now.
While this freshly launched app is free, artists can choose to ask for a payment before you access or even enable ads for their tracks. Seventy per cent of the revenue will go to the artist. The app may start to include peer-to-peer features and file sharing at a later date and other content, such as virtual reality. Right now, the music you get is hand picked by the app team and is a good opportunity to hear bands you may not otherwise get the chance to easily.
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Mala Bhargava has been writing on technology well before the advent of internet in Indians and before CDs made their way into computers. Mala writes on technology, social media, startups and fitness. A trained psychologist, she claims that her understanding of psychology helps her understand the human side of technology.
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