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About Sibi Antony

Bootstrap and Android LOVER. I've been creating things for the web for over 10 years, from the period of flash and table based layout web sites till mobile and tab friendly web sites.

NASA Releases Sounds From Space On SoundCloud

NASA recently released over a half a century of sounds on SoundCloud, ranging from eerie noises from our solar system to historic moments in space exploration. The U.S. space agency recently created a SoundCloud page to reveal some of the


How to findout fake Facebook account

FakeOFF is a useful web application for identifying real and fake Facebook users. Once you’re on FakeOFF, just click the “Connect with Facebook” button on the homepage to connect the web app to your Facebook account. Next, the web app


70 Million Active WhatsApp Users in India ?

Mobile messenger service WhatsApp’s user base in India has grown to 70 million active users, which is over a 10th of its global users, its business head Neeraj Arora said Sunday. “We have 70 million active users here who use


Infibeam Launches .ooo Domains Globally

India-based e-commerce portal Infibeam has launched a new generic top-level domain. The .ooo domain will be available to websites across the world. Infibeam made the announcement after it was allowed to use the domain by the Internet Corporation for Assigned


Amazon Appstore Offering 35 Android Apps Worth Over $115 for Free

Amazon, the popular e-commerce website, which last month made 27 paid apps worth over $135 (roughly Rs. 8,300) free to download for Android users, has now again introduced a similar offer valid until Saturday (November 1), celebrating the US festival


Apple CEO Tim Cook Says He Is “Proud to Be Gay”

It was an open secret. But Tim Cook never said so on a public forum. That is until now. In an op-ed for BusinessWeek, the Apple CEO has finally spoken about his sexual orientation, saying that he is proud of


Android co-founder Andy Rubin to leave Google

Google said on Thursday that Andy Rubin, co-founder of its Android mobile business and head of its nascent robotics effort is leaving the company. Rubin will start a company to support startups interested in building technology-hardware products, Google said in


Jonas Salk developer of polio vaccine dedicated a Google doodle on his 100th birth anniversary

Yesterday, Google celebrated the 100th birthday of Jonas Salk, the man behind the polio vaccine, by running the American researcher’s doodle on its search page. Salk graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1939 with his MD degree,


Google offers free access to satellite images

Tracking melting glaciers, deforestation or disappearing elephants has been made easier as Google has now allowed access to real time, updated satellite images through its Skybox programme. “The fresh satellite imagery will be contributed to projects that save lives, protect


Flashlight apps stealing your data?

Do you use a flashlight app on your smartphone? Security experts warn that free flashlight apps are secretly recording sensitive information from your phone. According to a US-based security firm Snoopwall, the phone location, contacts, pictures, text messages and even