Everyone has been talking and raving/criticizing/talking about Worldcall’s new EVDO wireless broadband service. Techlahore recently talked about the rival PTCL service that just launched in competition. We had been using the service in my old company for the last 3 months and after using it regularly, I think its time to share the experience of using this product nearly daily in a full review.

First of all, any good wireless broadband service is a Godsend for techies, consultants, generally people on the road. If you travel intercity, then even more so. Worldcall EVDO is very usable though it has some ticks that could make it better. In light of loadshedding and power issues I think a laptop with this dongle attached makes you invulnerable to KESC. That in itself, is something to pay for. Should you pay for this each month instead of your electric bill?  Read on more for the full review. Read the rest of this entry »

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I like Microsoft. I like Google. I use Google’s chrome , apps on top of MS’s Windows daily.  I’ve been to the Microsoft Campus, I’ve worked with people from the company and know more about it’s insides than I do about Google. So when Microsoft has “syncing” issues across its teams I can understand and appreciate why. But from Google, I would not expect this , especially given that they are much smaller, leaner, meaner. And we love to love Google and love to hate Microsoft, right? 

So imagine the puzzled expression on my face when i saw this : (screenshot below)

I’m using chrome with Google’s custom search engine. Google’s browser not compatible with a Google service? And it then recommends a Microsoft browser as an option too (of course that is good error messaging by the Google CSE team but funny nonetheless). Read the rest of this entry »

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