@judepereira

Category: life!

  • LetsTuneup was on Ishq 104.8 FM today!

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    Today marked a significant milestone in LetsTuneup’s life – we were interviewed live by RJ Sangeeta on Ishq 104.8 FM in Mumbai! How it all came about Yesterday, the morning show producer of Ishq FM messaged me, and asked if the RJ could talk to me the very next morning for a brief chat about…

  • LetsTuneup: A music chart with Arjit Singh in the lead

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    LetsTuneup has grown tremendously, and with it, we’ve introduced new features too. We identified that a few of our users couldn’t use the app to it’s full extent because they didn’t have music on their devices. We’ve solved that. Users can now pick their favourite artists, powered by a location aware scoring algorithm, which recommends…

  • US toy giant threatens to sue Matchbox

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    TL;DR: A giant American toy company threatens to sue Matchbox. Having no resources at hand, Matchbox is forced to change it’s name to Tuneup. On the 14th of March, I received an email from Apple (via the giant toy company) with the following content: The developer of the reported application is using the registered Matchbox…

  • Why Matchbox, and how it connects people through music

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    There’s no doubt that music defines us. It influences our moods, for example, making us happy by releasing a chemical named dopamine. It can affect what we wear, what we eat, and perhaps even who we enjoy being together with. It affects our thought process too (it’s well known that ambient noise can improve productivity). In…

  • A letter to Tim Cook regarding iOS 10, with love for Apple

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    Tim, iOS has always been known for it’s user interface, until recently. Your new take on notifications have not only made them very loud, and unsettling, but do not flow with the entire look and feel of Apple: No Mr. Tim, no. My notifications aren’t waiting for me. They’re crying out for my attention.  See…

  • “The Library” is here

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    “The Library” is a collection of several popular encyclopedias. It is your one stop for popular game guides and TV show trivia. You can search, and bookmark articles from various encyclopedias. What’s more? Each time the app is launched, it displays a random featured article from the encyclopedia you last viewed! Explore more about your…

  • CardBox – Personalize a card for every occasion

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    We[the CardBox developers], have recently launched a brand new app, CardBox, which allows you to create and instantly share greeting cards for almost any occasion! CardBox allows you to create cards for the following occasions currently: Birthdays Anniversaries Christmas New Year’s day Valentine’s day Women’s day Mother’s day Father’s day Parents’ day Grandparents’ day Halloween…

  • Notes on running the Crippled Turbo C/C++ from Dosbox, within a Linux Env

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    Notes on setting up Turbo C/C++ within DosBox 0.74, compiled from source: Install DosBox from source This is the dosbox_shared directory containing Turbo C/C++ This config file is tested and works, modify the last three commands, to set the correct path to where you’ve extracted the dosbox_shared.tar.bz2 Place the config file in /home/username/.dosbox/dosbox-0.74.conf

  • Rooted? Get the most of your Android phone | A power saving strategy

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    The smart-phones these days are power hungry devices, and often drain the battery within six to eight hours, or even less. However, if it’s running Android, there’s a good chance that that can change. The key is to find the right set of tools, and optimize your phone to be right on the edge, there…

  • Splash! “… come, and lose yourself”

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  • You should not use Airtel

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    No one likes to be controversial about this. I would definitely agree with Airtel and it’s “just awesome” service to me. Now, I rather would not at all. “Airtel has me on the worse side”. Looking at this agreeable GPRS scheme, “Nightly Month@Rs. 89”, displayed at *567#, is that you get 100MB during the day…

  • NON-Standards Compliant C++ with Mumbai University

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    Mumbai University fails to keep up with the ever-evolving C++ syntax. Making Turbo C/C++ as their prescribed IDE, Turbo C/C++ is ancient and will not compile with the present syntax of C++. Here is the simplest example: #include <iostream.h> #include <conio.h> void main() { cout << "Hello"; } The above code, when compiled with g++…

  • Finally it all pays off!!!

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    Yipee!!! I got 78.86% ! All the hardwork for five months pays back. Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination 2009 Index No T/6563/015 Name JUDE BENEDICT PEREIRA School ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL,MOUNT ABU Date of Birth 28/10/1993 Subject Percentage Marks ENG 78 HIN 72 EED 86 HCG 76 MAT 74 SCI 72 CTA 94 SUPW…

  • St. Mary’s High School, Mt. Abu

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    I have spent almost five years at this school. It was just like a second home to me. With facilities like a swimming pool, basketball courts, football grounds, a multimedia, etc., we not only grew up to be pure men but also with a range of hobbies that we do. There are several competitions that…

  • Cold War Cools Down

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    At the end of the exams, we all say to ourselves Come what may… The incident at Banglore took us by a complete surprise and then the Geography exam was post-ponded later, leading to an increase in tension and also causing problems in travelling. We finaly had to travel by bus, which ofcourse was very, very…