Berry’s new avatar
Posted on Feb 9th, 2013 in Information Tech
A robust operating system and two great new smartphones, BlackBerry’s comeback is good news for its fans Roopinder Singh Research in Motion (RIM) dominated the communication world for over a decade. After that it vanished from the cool charts as Apple and Samsung became the top smartphone makers in the world. The Waterloo, Canada-based smartphone maker, seemed to have abandoned …
A towering man in all respects
Posted on Jan 7th, 2013 in Profiles
Roopinder Singh Nature gave him the height, variously recorded as 6’4” or 6’5”. His accomplishments made him look taller in the eyes of his contemporaries. Indeed, what first struck anyone who saw Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala was his towering personality and immaculate appearance. Born a century ago on this date, he was a king who led from the front, …