Do you trust your mobile app?

Most of us don't look at the permissions requested by a mobile app, when we install it. But they are very serious. Look at the permissions that well known cab company Uber asks for:

And this is what they do with all the information:

Nice reverse engineering by Job

Paper light

What if you can make an LED as thin as paper?

A Grammar Cheat Sheet Even The Pros Can Use

Engrish is funny, English can be funny two (or is it 'too', may be 'to'?): "The past tense of lay is laid, while the past tense of lie is lay". That aside, a good collection of items that/which you can ready everyday/every day: The Grammar Cheat sheet.

The secret life of passwords

Like a tattoo on a private part of the body, they tend to be intimate, compact and expressive. The secret life of passwords.

Meet the man who made Tetris

Life gets pretty chill after you escape the KGB and create the most successful video game ever. Meet the man who made Tetris.

Image by Castigautor

I Love You

I've always thought "I Love You" are the three sweetest words. May be, they could be the three scariest words.

A picture is worth of thousand words (or even more for a blind person)

Imagine this: A blind person uses the camera in his mobile and point it to the objects in front of him. The mobile talks to him and explains the object. Thanks to Google Research, that day is not too far in the future.

A New Era for .NET

There was a time, where you can't use "Microsoft" and "Open Source" in the same sentence. Time flies. Here is a the new era for .NET and for Microsoft as well.

Blast from the past: Microsoft raps open-source

Why only Thor's can lift his Mjölnir?

I love science. Especially when it explains some comics. A brilliant piece by James Kakalios.

Two Microsofts

Microsoft used to be the company that everyone hates. Thats changing in a drastic way. Here is an interesting take on it.

Google's foobar

Get Confused: http://www.google.com/foobar/

How Building a Black Hole for Interstellar Led to an Amazing Scientifc Discovery

Nolan wanted an visually-mesmerizing experience. What came out as a side effect was an amazing scientific discovery about the Black Holes.

Slide to Select

Multiselect with smartphones are always a pain. Here is an interesting solution: From Medium

Amazon has no taste

Today Amazon releases Echo and here is a review that I liked most.

Independence Day

Microsoft is surely reinventing itself: http://news.microsoft.com/stories/independence-day/

The Art of Not Working at Work

"Non-work at work is a marginal phenomenon", from the Atlantic.

When Google Earth goes blind ...

Censoring in Google Earth. From Atlas Obscura