Wandering around the Web: 'Infinity Wars', iOS fails and a not-so-hot hotspot

The past few days have literally ‘broken’ the internet and a few devices— and even diverted a flight

Infinity and one reactions

When the

Avengers: Infinity War trailer dropped last Wednesday, it was as though every comic realm fan stopped what they were doing and went into a graphics-fuelled trance, and in just a single day, 230 million hits propelled the highly-anticipated feature film to world record status and meme-o-sphere.

The trailer for Infinity War , on that note, suitably starts off foreboding, with Nick Fury’s gruff voice, “There was an idea…” Enter internal screaming and hyperventilation if you’re as big a fan as I am.

In just under two-and-a-half minutes, the trailer manages to drop hints like hot stones into our laps, and viewers everywhere had no idea from where to even start drawing conclusions. The trailer also drops a scintillating clue about Thor’s obliterated hammer, courtesy dear sister Hela, if one looks closely.

The chaotic repercussions following

Doctor Strange and

Thor: Ragnarok are bound to come to a head in

Infinity War , given Titanian mutant-eternal super-being Thanos, who’s only been an enigmatic but clearly the puppetmaster, finally rears his great purple and pruney head.

Desi perspectives are the most relatable — it just adds to the utsaah of it all. The ‘gunda’ tag has been raging, with a ranking of Lord Voldemort, Thanos and other hairless antagonists. As if Thanos hasn’t had his nose rubbed in Internet humour enough, there’s a photoshopped meme, with the character sporting an angavastram and thilakam, as if he’s off to the temple.

So yes, the excitement is lingering and not dying down any time soon. Black Panther has been pushed enough, and frankly, we can’t deal with any more three-second shots of T’Challa promising justice. So hurry up, Black Panther, and sate our filmy appetite.

When Wi-Fi hotspot names go too far...

So you want to make the most of the long flight by uploading a couple of Instagram posts, and you try to connect to the plane’s built-in Wi-Fi and see one hotspot named ‘Bomb on Board.’ So naturally, when such a hotspot took brief residence on Turkish Airlines, the staff were alerted and the flight was diverted. Such an unfortunate mishap invites the rest of the world to reconsider the extent of creativity of their hotspot names. You never know, you may wake up to a knock from the authorities...

Dear iOS, enough already...

Worldwide and trending: how to resuscitate a constantly crashing iPhone upon an iOS 11.2 installation... why is that even a thing? It seems as though Apple hasn’t been shining their shoes right when it comes to iOS 11’s series of software. Anyone would expect later updates of iOS would further streamline your mobile experience, but millions have taken to Twitter to bemoan their overheating, constantly rebooting and glitchy devices. But the most hilarious, and frankly inconvenient, bug is how devices aren’t responding to basic calendar functionalities — a tragedy when our phones are our go-to for everything time-related.

Rants and ramblings from excursions in cyberspace