Technology

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Intelligence with integrity

I examine Apple’s innovative approach to integrating advanced AI technologies with a strong emphasis on privacy and user security, and how developers need to be advocating for responsible AI practices that respect both user privacy and the ethical dimensions of what goes to build this technology

How the M1 Macs change how we should look at system configurations

You can’t fix something if you don’t break it. Apple introduced Macs with the Apple Silicon M1 system on a chip to the world at WWDC 2020 almost a year ago. Developers …

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. WordPress

The one which tells why I moved from WordPress to a Jekyll & then Hugo generated website

My first recommendation to WordPress is now live

7 years ago, I had reported an issue on WordPress.org.

Stranger in a strange land

An unusual set of circumstances had me making some additions to my technology surroundings the last couple of days. My OS X computing serenity was disturbed by the need of running …

The dawn of the very vertical app

Note: many of the apps linked in this article are no longer available. As a result, I have removed those links.

A friend of mine on Facebook invited me to a FB page yesterday and …

There's intent for that

Last week was an interesting week in the world of technology and gadgets. Google’s Android 5.1 started rolling out, bringing fixes and some new features to the popular mobile os. …

Of Nokia and Finland

In 2011 I took an opportunity to visit Nokia House in Espoo. I still remember looking out from the dining hall onto a semi-frozen lake with a few weather worn trees on an island. …

Using IFTTT to automate the web

Wouldn’t it be handy if images you take on your iPhone were saved to your Dropbox folders? Or if starred emails in Gmail automatically got sent to your Evernote notebook? Or even …

The best social networks you don't know about

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are the defacto names which come to mind when anyone thinks of social networks or social media. These 400 pound gorrilas of the social networks have …