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eapen

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A software engineer at eBay. I can be found at http://eapen.in or @twEapen

email: myusername at mydomain

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eapen··on Digg undoes more changes, discontinues RSS import
I recently tried to delete my Digg account and couldn’t find a way to delete my account. How can webapps these days not have the ability to delete an account? Unless Digg just wants to maintain its inflated numbers of how many users they have.
eapen··on Ask HN: Best way to write an app for both Android and iOS?
Adobe AIR/Flex has the option to export files to iOS, Android and Blackberry. I tried exporting a demo app to Android and it worked well. I havent tried the other platforms though. Obviously, I doubt the performance would be as good as a native app but a mobile application for a school which doesn't require a game engine, I would say Adobe AIR/Flex is the way to go. But since you require Wifi triangulation or GPS, this might not be an option.
eapen··on Breaking the web with hash-bangs
Even worse, they dont appropriately use the canonical meta tag.
eapen··on Android Market Web Store just Launched
Polished or not, the ability to remotely install apps on the phone is a killer feature!
eapen··on UFO Sightings on 1/30/2011 - Faked or not?
I am not a UFO believer but the speed at which the light rises back up into the sky was crazy.
eapen··on Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service
Care to explain what you think about Exact Target - I might have to deal with them and would appreciate any feedback you have of them.
eapen··on Oops: No copied Java code or weapons of mass destruction found in Android
For those not well versed in Cricket (the game), Googly is when a spin-bowler bowls a ball in the reverse direction of that he usually bowls. So, if the ball usually spins from right to left, a googly would spin from left to right and trick a batsman and get him out. Hence the phrase "Google bowls a googly". [This is probably better suited for reddit's TIL]
eapen··on Google search and search engine spam
Matt - I have a posterous site (which uses a subdomain of my main site) that I mostly use to index some of my favorite articles - same purpose as delicious but I can rest assured that the content will always be there. Since most of the site has dupe content, it may lose the PR (which I dont care for) but will that affect my primary site ranking.

I am not sure if Posterous offers the ability to add a robots.txt file with which I can tell search engines to exclude it, but would that prevent my primary site ranking from being affected?

eapen··on Google to Launch Groupon Competitor
If only we could short Groupon and LivingSocial. I would prefer Google Offers to Groupon any day and I can see stores in less tech savvy areas preferring to offer deals with Google Offers versus Groupon (which they've probably never heard of) just because of the brand name.
eapen··on Eric Schmidt: On April 4th I Will Step Down, Larry Page to be CEO
Love the comparison to FC Barcelona!
eapen··on Eric Schmidt: On April 4th I Will Step Down, Larry Page to be CEO
Schmidt was previously an Apple board member and had to resign due to conflict of interest but he is capable of restoring stockholder confidence once Steve Jobs steps down. He would still have to resign from Google if he took the position (which his current statement doesn't support) but I don't expect an equally capable product guy to replace Steve. Schmidt could also help facilitate strategic relationships between the two companies again.
eapen··on Eric Schmidt: On April 4th I Will Step Down, Larry Page to be CEO
Me thinks Eric Schmidt will replace Steve Jobs (for now) to restore confidence in Apple when Steve steps down.
eapen··on Learning from Twitter
Why isn't John a billionaire already?
eapen··on Website calculates how your life might be like in another country
www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/IN

Says there is 18.22% less of a class divide in India - but IMO, India has a way higher class divide than in the US. I dont buy a lot of these stats.

eapen··on Why U.S. Galaxy S Phones run Android 2.1
Agreed - even I upgraded my Galaxy S (Vibrant) to Gingerbread Clone (eb-productions) and have better battery life and an amazingly accurate battery life widget.
eapen··on Princeton Grad Student And 'Brilliant' Programmer, Dies In Apparent Suicide
For some reason, I kept picturing Dexter (particularly S5) when reading this. I wish he used his intellect to somehow get back at all those other f-ing child molesters.
eapen··on [dead]
One of my favorite features is the daily email update (which will hopefully scale) that makes sure I catch any topics I am interested in, in case I wasn't able to keep up with my Twitter feed. I would still like to see the ability to add negative keywords to exclude Gowalla/4square type of posts.
eapen··on Ask HN: What are the top iphone/android paid apps that you use?
iphone/ipad: Mostly Games - AngryBirds, FlightControl

Android: Mostly utilities (so I can try out different ROMs) - TitaniumBackup, Autostarts, ROM Manager, etc.

eapen··on Bingo Card Creator (etc) Annual Report
It's either: Advertising, Payment Processing, Freelancers, Online Services, Domains and Hosting or Fulfillment.
eapen··on What’s Next for Delicious?
diigo.com been using it for a couple of years now.
eapen··on Delicious-like bookmarks on github
Thanks, this is interesting theoretically but its not really user-friendly and IMO wastes Github space.
eapen··on Delicious-like bookmarks on github
I saw this tweet earlier but I am not clear on how the data is stored in Github. Does it create a new repo? Does anyone have any working examples?
eapen··on Nexus S
Seems really similar to the Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) and I am disappointed to see it doesn’t have the 1. roller ball 2. physical buttons (that you can feel) for home/back/menu/search 3. LED (for notifications)

Now, if only Samsung would upgrade the GalaxyS owners to 2.2 (as promised) or 2.3 (wishful thinking).

eapen··on Ask HN: Any web startups using Java?
Yep, Coldfusion is overly underestimated. It now supports script based syntax (similar to Java) and has a tonne of built-in useful functionality like Ehcache and more...
eapen··on My Android development income report
You wrote the "Cracked Screen App". I installed it and love it... it is so realistic. Haven't really had to install it and I didn't notice any ads in it - oh wait... that's probably because I have an adblocker installed on my phone.
eapen··on Firesheep: Easy HTTP session hijacking from within Firefox
Sites that are tracked:

amazon basecamp bitly cisco cnet dropbox enom evernote facebook flickr foursquare github google gowalla hackernews harvest live nytimes pivotal sandiego_toorcon slicemanager tumblr twitter wordpress yahoo yelp

eapen··on Tell us your naughty stories
And in Bombay.
eapen··on BVP Anti-Portfolio
Whatever the reason, we would like to honor these companies -- our "anti-portfolio" -- whose phenomenal success inspires us in our ongoing endeavors to build growing businesses. Or, to put it another way: if we had invested in any of these companies, we might not still be working.
eapen··on Tell us your naughty stories
Brilliant - I wish you posted this tip earlier when I went to Africa. Will do it the next time I go to India for sure.
eapen··on Being unhappy running a successful business
Didn't some other popular blogger meet Max Klein in Thailand a while back?
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