How Apple Helped Democratize Typography In The ’90s This is an insightful story on the genesis of TrueType, something that changed the type industry forever. Also, This is more of Rickner’s story than that of Apple. Rickner is also working on variable type, which is another exciting

Paytm is paying a price for its sudden stardom An interesting summary (ironically, the piece itself lacks one!) of the troubles of an Indian Startup that saw a massive Uptick in it’s user base last month. I doubt it’d have been any different for any other online service,

Apple: earning the wrath of Steve « Observatory One of the most accurate summary of why Apple is facing the flak this year. The timing is off. Had these products been out even 4 months earlier, at WWDC , the scene would have been different.

Super Mario Run requires persistent Internet Connection There seem to be three modes in Nintendo’s upcoming Super Mario Run game. All three of them need a persistent internet connection. From the looks of it in the interview, it appears that the only reason why Mario requires a persistent internet

Alto’s Odyssey, the follow-up to Alto’s Adventure, is coming in 2017 – The Verge Alto’s Adventure is an all time favourite. The design of the game’s pretty similar to a much older game called “Tiny Wings” but Alto’s Adventure has

Fitbit is buying Pebble’s Software Assets. Watches to Windup It’s said to hear Pebble shutting down. Pebble’s been around for a long time. They started off as being an accessory to the Blackberry and as a proof of concept of how convenient an accessory

Lots of Bezel to remove on iPad If there is a 10.5inch iPad to come out next year, it’ll probably be the same form factor as the 9.7inch iPad but with an even smaller bezel. There’s lots of room both on the sides and the top

How-To: Show the size of folders in the Finder on Mac [Video] | 9to5Mac Step 1: Open Finder Step 2: In the menu bar select View → as List Step 3: In the menu bar, select View → Show View Options Step 4: Check the box next to Calculate all sizes This is

This is in relation to a previously published preview on Apple Watch: I had previously said that there were some kind of apps that were just meant for the Apple Watch. I missed a big and emerging category, Automation. It’ll be interesting to have small Automator Watch Apps

The New Samsung Ad: I was actually thinking of writing a long post on Samsung’s new flagship phone but then I realized I’ve already written a lot about the Galaxy S6, some months back, in a post titled “Thoughts on the iPhone 6” 😉 Is this new video a

It’ll be interesting to see how the powerwall roles out globally. Developing countries could benefit from subsidies from Solar Panels along with a Powerwall.  This could be very disruptive. I’ve never really liked Electricity lines. They’re ugly. I’d make people buy one for just improving the