En-route To Selfie Heaven
ALIVE|October 2016

Sight of you laptop and smartphone icons sharing the frame of your camera is simply exciting.

Mala Ashok
En-route To Selfie Heaven

Indian vacations have become more and more exotic as tourists leave India for increasingly more distant lands. Perhaps one of the most popular destinations for tourists of all ages is San Jose in the Silicon Valley – yes the original one not the Indian versions!

Silicon Valley boasts of the heart of innovation as it is the home to Apple, Google, Facebook and other lesser known entities. These companies are responsible for our passion for smartphones.

The advent of smartphones has seen an increase in the number of photographs taken and the ever popular selfies. These omnipresent devices are being used to track down technological touchstones scattered around the San Francisco Bay area known better as Silicon Valley.

Selfies are taken at all the premises and there is nothing as exciting as taking a picture of oneself in front of Facebook and then posting it on Facebook!

This story is from the October 2016 edition of ALIVE.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

This story is from the October 2016 edition of ALIVE.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

MORE STORIES FROM ALIVEView All
The Deadly Roads
ALIVE

The Deadly Roads

Between 2000 and 2015, governments have registered 1,649,770 accidents and 1,039,372 fatalities. And over 50 lakh persons were injured, many handicapped and traumatised for life.

time-read
6 mins  |
October 2016
How Well Does Facebook
ALIVE

How Well Does Facebook

This social site interface judges your personality traits using data fed by you.

time-read
3 mins  |
October 2016
Murder At Midnight
ALIVE

Murder At Midnight

Some events are beyond the limits of earthly explanations.

time-read
4 mins  |
October 2016
Are Builders Following Suit Of Mallya
ALIVE

Are Builders Following Suit Of Mallya

It is a tough challenge for the Modi Government to round up the big defaulters and compel them to cough up the dues they owe to the country.

time-read
9 mins  |
April 2017
UP Shocker
ALIVE

UP Shocker

Smajawadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party may take some time to come out of this shock.

time-read
9 mins  |
April 2017
Is Gujarat On The Way To Fascism?
ALIVE

Is Gujarat On The Way To Fascism?

People are forced to change their food habits out of fear of life imprisonment for killing or eating a cow.

time-read
6 mins  |
June 2017
Battle Over Cattle
ALIVE

Battle Over Cattle

With the matter all set to go to court, the Centre finds itself on a precarious footing.

time-read
3 mins  |
June 2017
Cows Get Legal Protection
ALIVE

Cows Get Legal Protection

Butchers now cannot procure cows from cattle fairs or mandis for slaughtering.

time-read
5 mins  |
June 2017
Oil Pollution In Seas An Untold Disaster
ALIVE

Oil Pollution In Seas An Untold Disaster

Countries around the world are awakening to this new problem that is endangering the marine life.

time-read
4 mins  |
June 2017
China Woes Vietnam: Concern For India
ALIVE

China Woes Vietnam: Concern For India

The Dragon is wooing the tiny Southeast Asian nation to wean it away from India.

time-read
7 mins  |
March 2017