Tech

  • Evernote 5 for iOS: First Impressions

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    It was only about a week ago that Evernote teased an update to Evernote for iOS, with a new interface being one of the main features. Now Evernote 5 is finally here, and I took it for a spin. Here are my initial impressions after fiddling with it for less than a day.

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  • Why I’d get the Galaxy Nexus over the Galaxy S III or HTC One X

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    I tend to have a slightly different take on the Android ecosystem than others, the main thing being that I place a lot of importance on the stock Android experience (or vanilla Android as we sometimes call it) over manufacturer customizations. I realize that my stand gets me some strange looks from time to time.…

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  • Prevent unwanted tagging in Facebook

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    We’ve all been there before: You’ve done something stupid at a party and your friends went to upload the photo and tag you in it. Not too big a deal, until you consider the fact that sometimes your family members are connected to you on Facebook or you use some loose privacy settings which allows…

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  • Hate natural scrolling in OS X Lion? Here’s how to fix it

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    As Apple has happily announced that there were over 1 million downloads of its OS X 10.7 Lion update in the first day itself, I’m fairly sure that there are several thousand people who are pulling their hair out over the change in scrolling direction. If you haven’t found out yet, Apple has switched the…

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  • How to get TrueCrypt working on OS X Lion

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    While Apple’s latest Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is a really interesting update, there are still many kinks to be smoothed out and for folks like me who dived right in, you might that find some things don’t “just work” anymore. I found out the painful way that TrueCrypt wasn’t able to mount my encrypted…

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