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Urvaksh

“mad as a hatter” describes the psychotic symptoms of Euro hatmakers poisoned by mercury used to process fur pelts buswk.co/JvoNCy 17 minutes ago via Businessweek+
Few things excite me more than finding an #Instapaper update waiting in the App Store. #dontjudgeme j.mp/K3QHG5 35 minutes ago via Reeder
sometimes i wonder what life was like BEFORE twitter. i probably just sat in a room talking to myself. 42 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
bravo! RT @amalesh Spent my first dollars in the #Cydia store...and its totally worth it !! #Zephyr [pic] — path.com/p/2qflhL about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
@anandpandit I think you answered your own question:-) about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to anandpandit
you've got to be a masochist to sit through a @kathygriffin show. now, all of Midtown Atlanta is going to @ reply objecting to this tweet... about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
wonder if AAPL's the only consumer electronics co. that doesn't release half-baked devices? Siri not withstanding, #AAPL doesn't do betas about 2 hours ago via web
the otherwise hapless #Playbook keyboard correctly auto-suggested "jailbreak." For #RIM, the road to redemption is a long one. Godspeed. about 2 hours ago via web
the more I read, the less I like the hardware choices. j.mp/KGIURe about 3 hours ago via Reeder
only a Southerner would say this. RT @pfreet June. But too cold to get into the pool this morning. twitpic.com/9s0kkd about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
recharging the batteries with some Southern sun and Count Basie. How's your Saturday afternoon going? about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
@mitan_da1 so...how did that Google Nexus work out? Don't see many of those phones in the wild about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to mitan_da1
Here's why the Home button on your iDevice is headed for obsolescence. j.mp/LoAVpb #jailbreak about 5 hours ago via Reeder
@mitan_da1 I meant the Androidtabs. it's google OS about 6 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to mitan_da1
@mitan_da1 not impressed with Google's tablet offerings thus far. then again, I'm an apple fanboi..... about 6 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to mitan_da1
@mitan_da1 the reality is all these tablets are amateurs. there's really only one choice. and now you can even jailbreak it:-) about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to mitan_da1
@mitan_da1 improve notifications so I can read the email subject line. all I get is a message count. also custom keybrds. this one stinks about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to mitan_da1
@mitan_da1 biggest flaw is lack of native apps. though you can sideload Android apps. oh, and you can't jailbreak the damn device:-) about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to mitan_da1
multigesture applicability inconsistent. works in some apps, not others. uniform standard needed. #Playbook # RIM about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Android
#Playbook has two major flaws. the space bar needs to be tapped bang in the center to be register otherwise you end upwiththis problem. #RIM about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Android

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Bio social media evangelist. business journalist. author of @AtlanTech, a blog on startups & tech deals. @11alivenews contributor. Still an  fanboi.