Communications

HP camera ‘can’t see’ black faces

Published on: 24th December, 2009

A YouTube video suggesting that face recognition cameras installed in HP laptops cannot detect black faces has had over one million views.
The short movie, uploaded earlier this month, features “Black Desi” and his colleague “White Wanda”.
When Wanda, a white woman, is in front of the screen, the camera zooms to her face and moves as [...]

Texting or taxing: why 20 paisas matter

Published on: 20th June, 2009

Twenty paisas can mean the difference between development and disaster in the telecom sector.
Talking thumbs, attractive girls giving away their phone numbers, crazy nights with strange autobots and choreographed dances in dhabas – advertising for cellphones and mobile connection packages during the Twenty20 World Cup has been aggressive, and, at times, absurd. It’s also apt [...]