Mauritius is connected to the Internet through various submarine communications cables. Few of which I know are SAFE, EASSy, LION and SAT-3/WASC – all connected to Africa. The best server to test against would therefore be any one hosted in the African continent. Well, NO. It turns out we are not directly connected to any African destination. [...]

Yeah, you read it right. Facebook now has built-in video calling, all through Skype. You do not need to have Skype installed to use this feature. All you need is a plugin, which is automatically installed once you enable Video Calling. To enable it, do this: Go to the video calling page and click “Get [...]

Update: This hack is no longer needed. You can now enable it out of the box on your Google Accounts page. 2-step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account by requiring you to enter an additional code texted to your phone after you login using your regular password. However, this feature [...]

The super confidential gets revealed! The most awaited device of the year, the first Nokia Windows Phone handset codenamed “Sea Ray” was revealed by Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop. The device closely resembles Nokia’s newest baby, the N9. Not a lot details were revealed about the “super confidential” innovation, however, the device is announced to sport [...]

One of the best things about the web is undeniably search engines. Be it a commercial website or a personal blog, most websites are nowadays search engine optimized. Searching is a lot easier if you are friendly with your search engine, which is not the case with many people. By inspecting search queries saved by [...]

So looking at the title, you must be thinking I’m writing about the famous mobile.facebook.com on your favourite Opera Mini or Mobile Browser. Well not really, what I’m sharing today is about being able to update your Facebook status, receive your notifications, RSVP to events or subscribe to your friends’ status updates, all through Facebook’s [...]

Finally a new trick by Orange Mauritius! They’ve setup a SpeedTest.Net Server in Mauritius. At least now we can get near-real estimations of our ADSL connections, but not for MyT! Beware MyT users!!! Don’t test to this server, you’ll get local speeds (i.e. around 2Mbps). Instead try an offshore server if you wish to test [...]

Do you want to download everything ever posted by you on your Facebook account? Now you can download it easily including your messages, wall posts, photos, status updates, profile information and other data using download feature on Facebook. All the Facebook account information is downloaded as zip file. You can open the zip file and [...]

Founded in 1998, Google turns 12 today Monday 27th of September 2010! Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin named the search engine they created “Google”. The name comes from mathematical term “Googol”, which means 1 followed by 100 zeros. The name reflects the immense volume of information that exists, and the scope of Google’s mission: to [...]

After three months the iPhone 3GS’ successor, the iPhone 4, was officially released by Apple in the United States, Orange now makes Apple’s fourth generation iPhone available to the Mauritian public. After much waiting, Mauritians can now become the proud owner of this wonderfully designed smartphone. Source: Orange Mail (http://www.orange.mu/mailing/iphone4.html) Official Announcement: http://www.orange.mu/kinews/…/orange-lance-l-rsquo-iphone-4-a-maurice.html More details: [...]