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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.

Govt launches Tripgators App for tourists

To boost tourism, the government today launched a mobile application to offer tourists various travel related information including availability and charges of hotels, air fares, and local attractions of any particular place in the country. Instead of using 10 to


Trapster mobile app Alerts You to Speed Traps

Trapster is a California-based startup that was acquired by Nokia’s Navteq and has an app that “alerts you to police speed traps and other roadway hazards.” It’s available on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and a few other phones. Advantages of Trapster


‘Yovo’ protects your pics from screenshots

A new iOS photo sharing app, Yovo has introduced a new technology which successfully caters people’s privacy concerns by protecting pictures from screenshots. This is a breakthrough in privacy as other apps were vulnerable to screenshots. Popular photo sharing app


Facebook may overtake YouTube as video sharing platform of choice ?

Video streaming and sharing through Facebook are catching up fast with YouTube and the social networking site is likely to surpass YouTube in video sharing service through news feed, as per a report from researchers. An analysis has been done


Git for Beginners

GIT is a version controlled system which you can use to maintain code for your project. It helps you to save your project at different versions, so that you can retrieve a previous version of your project without any problem.


How to Install WhatsApp on your Computer

WhatsApp is one of the most popular cross-platform messaging app which allows you to send and receive SMS without any charges. Whatsapp has one of largest active user base of 300 million and around 20 million in alone India. WhatsApp


Apple and Facebook will pay for female employees to freeze their eggs

Facebook and Apple are making it easier for female employees to delay having kids and focus on their careers instead. Both companies have now offered to pay to freeze their eggs. Many tech companies offer wild perks such as unlimited


Amazon in talks to acquire Jabong: Sources

Amazon is in preliminary talks to buy Jabong, part of the US-based online retailer’s plan to bolster its presence selling fashion products, four people aware of the discussions told ET. Jabong is one of the fashion portals that Amazon is


Facebook to launch Clean India Mobile App

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is on a two-day visit in India, has said the social networking giant will help create the ‘Clean India’ (the cleanliness drive launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi) mobile app. According to an


Internet connectivity is a human right : Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today stressed on the need for bringing down the cost of accessing the Internet in India, as well as developing content locally to get more people connected to it. In order to achieve its