Jash Jacob

Jash Jacob

Jash Jacob is the editor-in-chief and founder of Techzei, an independent technology publication based in India. He covers consumer technology, Apple, smartphones, software and product launches.

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2012
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  • Facebook Gave Away Large Amounts of User Data to Device Manufacturers

    Facebook Gave Away Large Amounts of User Data to Device Manufacturers

    Most recently, The New York Times published a report accusing Facebook of giving away too much user information to various device manufacturers such as BlackBerry, Microsoft, Apple, and Samsung. According to the report, over a decade ago the social media giant started collaborating with device manufacturers. It helped them create Facebook applications for their devices…

  • Use Resq to get notified when friends and family are reachable

    Use Resq to get notified when friends and family are reachable

    Due to the rains and the flooding in Chennai, Anoram has built an notifier bot to notify if a family or friend is reachable by phone or by Whatsapp. This is a FREE service which can be setup by visiting help.anoram.com There are two ways to get notified when friends and family are reachable. Anoram…

  • Facebook Introduces Alpha Build App Testing For Android

    Facebook Introduces Alpha Build App Testing For Android

    Facebook has done something interesting for all Android app testers, the ability to test an app in its alpha stage.Facebook App for Android is probably the first major app to have alpha builds tested with the public.The alpha testing program will be similar to the beta program, but just that the app will be at…

  • Twitter rolling out a feature that Allows Direct Messages from Anyone

    Twitter rolling out a feature that Allows Direct Messages from Anyone

    Twitter for a long time has allowed major brands to receive direct messages from anyone(follower). Twitter announced that this feature is now rolling out for all the regular users of it’s platform. This feature can be activated in Twitter Settings> Account . The update is being rolled out to the public in phases. This feature might…

  • Google Improves RAW Photo support on Google Plus

    Google Improves RAW Photo support on Google Plus

    Google has updated lot of things in the last few days starting from app updates to #Hashtags for Google search. The latest update is for Google Plus which is quite popular with photographers has improved RAW photo support. RAW-to-JPEG conversion in Google Plus is a major overhaul and It’s largely due to the acquirement of…

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  • Opera Mini To Come Preloaded On More Android Devices in the Indian Market

    Opera Mini To Come Preloaded On More Android Devices in the Indian Market

    Opera software announced it’s partnership with few more Indian smartphone manufacturers like Micromax, Spice, iBall,Wynncom, Videocon, Lemon Mobiles and MoMagic Technologies wherein the OEM’s would bundle the Opera Mini as the exclusive  third party browser in their upcoming Android phones and tablets. Some of the most recent Android smartphones to be launched with Opera Mini…

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  • Download iOS 7 Final IPSW For iPhone,iPad And iPod touch

    Download iOS 7 Final IPSW For iPhone,iPad And iPod touch

    Here are the iOS7 Final IPSW download links for iPhone’s ,iPad’s and iPod Touch.The devices that support iOS 7 are iPhone 4,iPhone 4s,iPhone 5,iPhone 5c,iPhone 5s,iPad 2,iPad 3,iPad 4,iPad mini and iPod Touch 5th Generation. iOS 7 Download Links: iPad (4th generation CDMA) iPad (4th generation GSM) iPad (4th generation WiFi) iPad mini (CDMA) iPad mini (GSM)…

  • Buffer Finally Adds Support For Google+ Pages

    Buffer Finally Adds Support For Google+ Pages

    Buffer has made it possible to post to Google+ Pages automatically.The request for Google+  was holding #1 spot as the most requested feature in Buffer user feedback for almost two years. The company stated that it has no plans to support Google+ Profiles because of lack of Google supported APIs.   Posting to Google+ Pages…

  • Pandora Removes 40-hour free Listening Limit For Free Accounts

    Pandora Removes 40-hour free Listening Limit For Free Accounts

    Pandora’s CEO Mike Herring announced the company would be removing its 40-hour listening limit on mobile devices for free.Many in the industry believe that the company is nervous about the launch of iTunes Radio, which is all set to launch next month. However, Pandora claims that the limit was dropped because of increased advertising revenue and cost…

  • Google Now Update Brings Bunch Of New Cards

    Google Now Update Brings Bunch Of New Cards

    Google has a new update for it’s Google Now App on the Android platform with new bunch of cards.The app can be updated now and is available for all phones above Android 4.1. The search engine giant has been working with Google Now and bring lot of improvements over the weeks. Car rentals card: Get…

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  • New Facebook Login Page Appears Again

    New Facebook Login Page Appears Again

    Facebook showed me the New Facebook Login page again which I had reported over a month ago.Only this time I waited and refreshed the page a few times until they stopped showing me the new login page and also this time the background image kept changing after a few minutes of refresh. This is how…

  • Yahoo! To Reveal New Logo On September 4

    Yahoo! To Reveal New Logo On September 4

    Yahoo! has been on a roll ever since Marissa Mayer was appointed as the CEO and has acquired few major startups like Tumblr and Rockmelt.Yahoo has revealed it’s going to get a new branding. A brand new logo will go live on the Yahoo! homepage on September 4. Yahoo is going tease the public with…

  • Feedly Pro Launched For 5$ A Month

    Feedly Pro Launched For 5$ A Month

    Feedly today launched a paid version of their RSS Reader. You can subscribe to Feedly Pro for USD 5 per month or USD 45 per year which will give you features such a search and also https version of feedly.The first 5000 applications can get lifetime subscription for Feedly Pro for about 99$.   Feedly Pro Features :   Search:…

  • Yahoo has acquired Rockmelt

    Yahoo has acquired Rockmelt

    Yahoo is on a roll as they continue to acquire startups and they confirmed to have acquired former browser maker RockMelt. RockMelt had recently shut down their browser to focus mainly on content recommendation engine which is something Yahoo has been focusing on a lot recently.Rockmelt engineers plans to share their four year experience  of building great products with Yahoo…

  • Three New Features Added To Digg Reader

    Three New Features Added To Digg Reader

    Some of the requested features on the digg forums have been taken into consideration and Digg announced the update on it’s Digg Reader platform. View Unread Only To browse only your unread items, simply click All Items in the top right corner, then select Unread Only. Mark As Unread You can now mark read items as unread by…