About Mihir Patkar
Mihir Patkar has been writing on technology and productivity for over 14 years at some of the top media publications across the world. He has an academic background in journalism.
Latest Articles
Lucidpress Launches Drag-And-Drop Collaborative App For Design & Publishing
Lucidpress, a new publishing tool, wants to make it dead simple to create beautiful designs and collaborate on them with others. This should make it even easier to design and publish your own digital magazine.
You Don't Know It All: 10 Amazing Tech Hacks You Can Find On Reddit
It would be impossible to scour the whole of Reddit for tech hacks. We went through the site to come up with 10 amazing tech hacks you probably didn’t know about.
Simplenote for Android is a Free, Fast and Fantastic Notepad
Good apps like to show off their many features. Great apps get out of the way and let you do what you came to do.
BitTorrent Chat Seeks To Bring Free P2P, Secure, User-Owned Instant Messaging
The makers of BitTorrent are looking to roll out a new instant messaging app that protects your privacy using the same infrastructure as the file-sharing network.
Pinterest Rolls Out Article Pins for "Read it later" and Starts Promoted Pins
Pinterest has now stepped into the 'read it later' game -- an obvious move given its bookmarking capabilities. Additionally, it's also experimenting with promoted pins to monetize the site.
Steam Introduces Free-To-Download SteamOS, Streams Windows & Mac Games
Valve, the makers of Half-Life, have unveiled a new operating system meant for gamers: SteamOS. According to Valve, it's meant for "living room machines".
NVIDIA Releases Tegra Note - A $199 Powerful Android Tablet With Stylus
NVIDIA has launched the Tegra Note, a hardware and software platform for tablet manufacturers to produce great quality tablets at a low price. In fact, NVIDIA expects the price to be as low as $199.
Angry Birds Star Wars II Lets You "Join The Pork Side" on Android, iOS, WP8
Angry Birds Star Wars II is out now for Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8 and the Kindle Fire for 99 cents. On Android, the game is also available as a free download, supported by ads.
How To Find Someone's Real Email Address With Gmail
Need to email someone but don't have their address? Here are some common sense to come up with solutions that will help you figure out most people's true email addresses.
Box Introduces Notes For Real-Time Collaborative Documents
Cloud storage service Box has stepped into the online collaborative note-taking game with the launch of Box Notes, a new free service that lets you create documents and collaborate on them in real time.
Chirp Wants To Transmit Data Via Sound On Android Devices
Chirp has finally come to Android, a nifty app that converts files such as photos, notes or links into sound, and broadcasts it so that other devices with Chirp can 'hear' the data.
Buffer Adds Ability To Schedule Updates To Your LinkedIn Company Page
Multi-network posting app Buffer is on a roll. After adding custom timings for scheduled posts and then adding Google+ to its supported networks, it now lets users post to LinkedIn Company Pages directly.
Simplenote Launches Official Android App For Easy Note-Taking
Finally, the long wait is over! Simplenote has released an official note-taking app for Android, which is similar to the one that has been on the iOS App Store for a while now.
15 Awesome Life Hacks You Can Find On Instagram
Who doesn't fancy a shortcut? Life hacks are ingenious tricks that can make your life easier, whether it's as simple as fitting two bowls in a microwave oven or making a DIY stand for your phone. Since we all know pictures are worth a thousand words, Instagram is an amazing place to find new ideas.
3 Best Third-Party Uninstallers & Why You Need Them
To uninstall a Windows program, you can’t just hit 'Delete’ -- you need to run the software’s uninstaller. Unfortunately, the 'Uninstall a program’ option in the Windows Control Panel does not always completely remove it from your system. Traces like registry files or program folders might remain. To get rid of an app once and for all, you sometimes need to use a third-party tool. There are many third-party Windows uninstallers to choose from. Here are the right Windows uninstallers for your needs...
5 Beautiful Web Apps to Browse Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, and Instagram
Bored of how the Twitter website looks? Want to get rid of all the clutter on Facebook or YouTube? Is there a more beautiful way to browse Reddit? And can the already minimal Instagram look any prettier? Oh yes! There are no shortage of third-party web apps that take popular web services and give them a stunning new skin. Here are some of our favourites.
11 Quick Tricks To Become A Chrome Omnibox Power User
Do you want to become an Omnibox power user and save plenty of time and keystrokes? All you need are a few good extensions and a little knowledge of how to tweak the search settings. The Omnibox in Google Chrome is useful for more than just searching with Google or visiting a link quickly. Omni literally means 'universal' and the Omnibox can be used for almost every task on the Web or otherwise, be it searching a site, setting a timer or sending a tweet.
3 Secret Ways To Use Hashtags You've Never Tried Before
The basic purpose of a hashtag, of course, is to find a list of all posts about a certain topic, but why not take it out of the Web services that already integrate it, and apply the humble hashtag in other areas where it can help making things easy to find? Here’s how you can use hashtags in novel ways to make your digital searchers easier.