Identify the whited-out faces and names:

Cracked by shrik , Rogi , Debasish , shenoyvarun86 , emrohit , joe , madhur , bobo , Logik , Hitesh T S , Raghuvansh , Mo , Dibyo , Ananth , nishansolo , varuns88 , krudebox , duriel and chandam.

shrik, Rogi, Debasish, shenoyvarun86, emrohit, joe, madhur, bobo, Logik, Hitesh T S, Raghuvansh, Mo, Dibyo, Ananth, nishansolo, varuns88, krudebox, duriel and chandam

Easy one

Patenet application for what?

Ladies and Gents, apologies for the delay. The question will be up longer.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , shrik , shenoyvarun86 , piezocake , Dibyo , Logik , Ananth , djds4rce , Debasish , akhi and Vaishnavi.

Raghuvansh, shrik, shenoyvarun86, piezocake, Dibyo, Logik, Ananth, djds4rce, Debasish, akhi and Vaishnavi

Mascot of which service, that’s been getting a lot of buzz in India of late?

Again, cracked by everyone who attempted.

shenoyvarun86, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Rogi, blackrat, djds4rce, bobo, Dibyo, kiran, yadhu, Raghuvansh, akhi, Ananth, nishansolo, Joshan, Deepthi JS and Vivek

This question was sent in a simpler form by shenoyvarun86. Thanks for the pointer saar!

Tell us how 1 wreaks havoc for algorithms like 2

1. 2.

Cracked by: akhi , shenoyvarun86 , Logik , Ananth , madhur , Rogi , blackrat , kiran , Joshan , username , Deepthi JS and p vs np.

akhi, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Ananth, madhur, Rogi, blackrat, kiran, Joshan, username, Deepthi JS and p vs np

Guest question from Dibyo. Thanks saar!

Identify this person and the device which is a result of some of his work.

He died more than 100 years ago and the system of calculating something that he developed is debated, doubted and discussed hotly, but hasn’t been replaced yet.

Went uncracked.

Checkout Dibyo’s comment for the answer.

Dibyo

Spot the difference

1 –> <– 2

Tell us what made 1 become like 2

Cracked by: varuns88 , Dibyo , Uniqueue , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , psrinivas , Advaith , prasadbhat , Rand Al’Thor , Gurupad , tete80 , krudebox , Rogi , madhur , username , Logik , joe ,ಅನಂತ್, djds4rce and akhi.

varuns88, Dibyo, Uniqueue, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, psrinivas, Advaith, prasadbhat, Rand Al’Thor, Gurupad, tete80, krudebox, Rogi, madhur, username, Logik, joe, Ananth, djds4rce and akhi

Identify:

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

krudebox, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, chandam, udupendra, raklodramA, username, prasadbhat, Joshan, Johny Walker, Raghuvansh, madhur, Ananth, malcaluffin, Logik, duriel, Dibyo, Uniqueue, Mo, Advaith, Gurupad and tete80

Map showing nations contributing to what?

The light colored ones are not direct contributors.

Cracked by everyone. Nicely done!

udupendra, prasadbhat, Raghuvansh, Rogi, shenoyvarun86 and Rithwik K

Two employees of Microsoft created a company of their own to create this product. Initially, they started two teams, one codenamed as a reference to something in (1) and the second codenamed as the guy highlighted in (2). The first team was supposed to create something frightening while the second was supposed to be dark and moody and literary.

The second didn’t really take off. All employees of the company were eventually merged into the first. Strong influences of the second can still be noticed in the final product, though the product eventually had nothing to do with either (1) or (2) save for a few references here and there.

Identify the codenames and the final product.

Once again, sorry for the delay. Question stays up for longer :)

Cracked by udupendra , Advaith , Mo , Dibyo , Rogi , Logik , shenoyvarun86 , akhi , Raghuvansh , varuns88 and madhur.

udupendra, Advaith, Mo, Dibyo, Rogi, Logik, shenoyvarun86, akhi, Raghuvansh, varuns88 and madhur

Who he?

Hints:

1. 

2. Scroll down
   Cracked by: krudebox , Rogi , emrohit , Debasish , joe , jayanth , Logik , Advaith and Rithwik K.

krudebox, Rogi, emrohit, Debasish, joe, jayanth, Logik, Advaith and Rithwik K