Christmas Giveaway at Etiole! : 2 Binverse Premium Accounts up for the loot!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all our readers! We do not intend to miss the party either! To make sure of that, we are giving away 2 Binverse Premium Accounts! Binverse is a Usenet solution. Usenet network arrangement enables users to download data at the fastest speed possible. When you generally download anything from the internet, your request is queued and the server slogs … Continue reading

Mass Interception of Internet, Phone Calls and Text Messages by Governments : Wikileaks

Interception of your smartphone usage by private companies was just being debated on. Just then, Wikileaks releases 250+ documents under the Spy Files project, full of classified information about interception of electronic devices and platforms by the governments of various countries. These documents are coming from 160 “Intelligence Contractors”, many of them located in the western developed nations. These organizations are responsible for creation of interception … Continue reading

How To Upgrade Your Blackberry Curve 8520 OS From 5 to 6

Blackberry screwed itself and RIM was into pieces. Just then, they were in time for the smartphone explosion in India with their cheaper line of handsets. The problem again is that RIM did not release OS updates for handsets like Curve 8520. Never mind, we here at etiole.com give you a way to update your Blackberry curve 8520 Smartphone from OS 5 to OS 6. … Continue reading

iPhone 4S bangs the Indian Market On 25th November

By far it’s been the quickest entry of the latest iPhone into the Indian Market (Officially, that is) from the date of launch. iPhone 4s is going to be offered by two carriers in India.They are Airtel and Aircel. Aircel has already begun its advertising campaign flooding its galleries with banners. Pre-ordering will begin a week before launch. This has been made official on Aircel’s Facebook … Continue reading

3D Holograms in Air without screens now possible : The future as you see it

The last decade in Hollywood marked the dawn of Modern Science Fiction in Movies. Be it Iron Man or Avatar, they’ve shown the concept of holograms in the air. Something like this seemed impossible a decade back but in 2006, it was finally invented. Upon further work by a company based out of Tokyo, the technology has reached a stable stage. With a 50,000 dots … Continue reading

Flash did turn out to be Adobe’s Achilles’ Heel

Adobe’s decision to halt the development of Flash Player on the Mobile came as a blow to the company’s 2+ year long commitment. They almost went to war with Apple to protect it. And now this. Adobe’s shift in focus from Flash to HTML5 for Mobile Browsers was taken keeping most developers out of focus. It has left them stranded. What happens now? Adobe says despite … Continue reading

Apple starts selling officially unlocked iPhone 4S in the US

After selling millions of iPhones with contract in the US, Apple has revealed the pricing for the unlocked iPhone 4S’s on the online store. 16 Gigs for $649, 32 for $749 and 64 for $849. If you place an order now, you will be seeing it in one or two weeks. The catch is that these ‘unlocked’ phones only work with GSM carriers and NOT … Continue reading

Ubuntu Linux to come to Tablets and Smartphones by 2014 : Do we need one more OS?

It’s never bad to have alternatives, right? Windows and Mac are the current highest market share holders in the computer OS area, but we always require an alternative. To prevent market domination or to enforce healthy competition. Ubuntu was made for this purpose, or even if it wasn’t, it’s still doing it. Ubuntu was destined to enter the smarphone and tablet market. It’s very obvious … Continue reading

Now Siri works perfectly on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G!

Siri was launched exclusively for the iPhone 4S but hackers have managed to get through. They have been able to port Siri to the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G. This proves that the A5 processor (bundled with 4S) is not a compulsion for Siri to work. There are about 20 steps after which Steven Troughton Smith managed to get it working. If you are wondering, “How … Continue reading