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Great technology is that which can impact the most number of people in a positive way, is affordable, has choices available from low end to high end and not proprietary / controlled. Imagine how few landmark inventions of this century like Cars, PC would have turned out if they had similar costly / proprietary development path as apple products. It might have remained user friendly (very debatable.. Sometimes user friendly and being dumb has a thin line.. ) but benefits would have reached only a small segment of the worldwide population. Because those products have been open ended, there are numerous manufacturers, people can afford and buy as per their liking, budget and changed the world for better. Inventing an extra ordinary smartphone was a huge plus for apple but once again it got stuck into the same philosophy.. "We know what is good for you and only we will do that in our way".. It did the same mistake years ago for Mac.. Look where is PC today and Mac in comparison ? Android has truly taken the smartphone revolution ahead in a real sense for everyone. You can buy a handset from Rs 6,000 to Rs 35,000 with the same OS but different hardware.. Essentially every device is capable of doing 80-90% of the things which a high end device will do.. Low cost devices may do it slower.. But every one does not need that speed.. Essential smart features of a smartphone is not compromised and available for all.. iPhone could never reach the next billion (It never intended to in the first place with 100% + profit margins.. ) and will just remain a niche product in the coming years as android chips away the market share worldwide and puts a smartphone in every pocket.. That's real smart !!! And when one sees the blind faith apple followers trumpeting the besuri basuri of "copy", they exactly look like part of a hardware robot army with no individual brains / thinking but are controllled / instructed from a central control point like in those hollywood movies.. If we go by apple philosophy, Every car is a "copy" because it has 4 wheels like the earliest Ford T Series.. Lol.. Lol.. Lol... Thank god we do not have "apple" like company there otherwise we would all be filling iPetrol at Rs 150 per litre, having iTyres in all wheels, would have been charged a fixed amount per kilometer of running in addition to the capital cost paid for the car, cigarette lighter socket would be "apple" proprietary, so chargers would cost Rs 5,000, there would be iMats... The list can only be much longer than i can ever imagine..

Dear Friends I was diagnosed with pre-diabeties 2 months ago sugar level 120 in fasting. I was 120 kg 6 feet and my age was 25. I used to lead a very bad lifestyle sleep at 4-5 am get up at 2-3 pm. I used to smoke around 30 cigarettes daily and i used to eat like there is no tomorrow. Drink 5-6 650ml beer bottles at a time 2-3 days a week that too with large quantity of fried snacks. So when i found out my sugar levels i woke up and have completely changed my lifestyle. sleeping at 10-11 getting up at 5 in the morning and going for jogging. 2 months ago when i tried to jogg i was not able to run for even 2 minutes. but with time my leg and lungs got stronger and now i easily run for 30 mins approx 4.5 kms in 3 sets of 10 mins(i walk for 5 mins in between). I have just drank 3 beers in 2 months and am down to 3-4 cigarettes. I have completely stopped outside food i.e fast food and sugar and sugar related products. With these efforts i have lost 11 kilos in 2 months and also my sugar has come to 99. People who want suggestion as to what to eat and what not to eat I would like to say 1) Instead of having 3 large meals try to have 6-7 small meals in interval of 2-3 hours. 2)Sugar is not the culprit in increasing sugar levels CARBOHYDRATES increase sugar levels and sugar which we use our homes is 100% carbohydrates. Buy a pack of GLUCON-D and see for urself 100 gm glucose is 100 gram carbs. 3) carbohydrates are also of 2 types one is simple and it increases blood sugar very fast these are our table sugar,white bread,white polished rice, pasta,potato and almost all fast foods these should be avoided at all costs(maggi,noodles, every thing that comes in a packet, all biscuits,chips, etc) 4) second type is complex carbohydrates which has FIBRE in it and is ok to eat in limited quantities. these are whole wheat roti,whole grain bread,brown rice and all vegetables,oats, all bran wheat flakes etc. you should eat these. 5) eating fibre is very important for diabetics as limits foods ability to rise blood sugar levels. 6) Chickpea a.k.a Chana a.k.a Bengal gram can be a exellent food for diabetics for breakfast or snacks. Sprouted chana has water,protien,good carbs and fibre in it I reccomend making it your primary cereal. all lentils and pulses are also good, kidney beans a.k.a rajma is also good, you can also eat nuts almonds, peanuts etc. Non-veg eaters can have eggs in a big way and chicken and fish also. 7) Friends we all have a habit of eating less veggies and pulses or daal in our meal compared to rice or roti. Change it eat 1-2 roti and big katori of daal and big servings of vegetables DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE BIG SERVING OF SALAD IN UR MEAL*( onions,tomato,lettuce,raddish,peas,carrots,etc) 8) soft drinks is what even fruit juices should be avoided YES EVEN FRESHLY SQUEEZED JUICE. Eat whole fruits instead. juicing removes all fiber from the fruit. 9) Milk should be limited to 500 ml daily. NOT more Exercise is also very important if you are below 30 you should atleast walk and try to run. If over 40 should walk only for 40-50 mins daily (Brisk walking) These are some things which i would like to share with you. I have just typed as things have come to my mind so if there are some mistakes please forgive me just trying to help:)

Some important features of SIRI won't work outside US + And for People in India with indian "English" accent.. It's like "Begani Shadime Abdulla Diwana".. Siri limited outside the US >> http://www.tuaw.com/...ments-coming-i/ There Are Some Siri Limitations Outside The US >> http://www.macstorie...outside-the-us/ SHI*T that SIRI says >> http://goo.gl/mWWGS How Siri *really* works !!!

There is an economic meltdown looming large on readymade shirt manufacturers if large screen size phones become very popular. Because i don't see many of them having "POCKETS" large enough to accomodate this monsters. Even my 4" phone protruding from most brand shirts. Tailors will be laughing all the way to the bank. And i have a sinking feeling that single cup men's BRA may be invented very soon to secure your "Assets".

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