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Asus’ Google Nexus Tablet Leaked!

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Google Nexus tablet by Asus which is supposed to be unveiled in a few days at the Google I/O conference this Wednesday has apparently been leaked as is being reported by Gizmodo Australia. The leak seems to have been…

Market Watch

Galaxy SIII Sales to Top 10 Million: Samsung

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

South Korean giant and the world’s top mobile maker Samsung expects the sales of its latest smartphone Galaxy SIII to exceed 10 million by the end of the next month. What makes the feat even more astonishing is the fact…

BlackBerry

RIM Deliberating Splitting Business: The Sunday Times

June 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Sunday Times of Britain has reported that RIM is considering splitting its business into two, separating the handset manufacturing business from its messaging services.

Concept / Educative

Synthetic Seabed for Renewable Energy From Ocean Waves

June 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

We are sure there have been many interesting theories propsed before for generating renewable energy. But this one is right up there as Mohammed Reza Alam propses a radically different approach by utilizing the effects waves have on the ocean…

Apple

Google SVP Hints at “Amazing Google Maps” App for iOS

June 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Google SVP, Jeff Huber has stated that Google will be bringing “amazing experiences to its Maps platform” and that Google is commited to “providing amazing Google Maps experiences on iOS.”

Apple

Judge Posner Dismisses Apple vs Motorola Patent Case

June 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Apple and Motorola were fighting out a patent battle in the Federal Court since the last two days in which Apple had more to gain. But Judge posner dismissed the case in its entirety yesterday evening stating that neither party…

Cameras

Camera Extras Starts Rolling Out for Select Nokia Lumias

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

It was only a few days back that Nokia announced the Camera Extras app which would asd more functionality to the cameras on the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone.

Rumors

Ex Apple UI Designer Joins Facebook, Fuels Smartphone Rumor

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Facebook phone rumor has reared its head again as Apple’s ex UI Design Manager Chris Weeldreyer has now joined Facebook.

Sony

Sony To Invest Almost a Billion Dollars to Up CMOS Sensor Production

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per a report from Reuters, Sony Corp plans to pump in a massive $997 M to ramp up the production of its CMOS sensors which are used in digital cameras and smartphones.

Apple

Apple Fined Aus$2.25M in Australia for Misleading 4G iPad Claims

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

The week has not been particularly great for Apple which has been in the new for all the wrong reasons. After Kodak sued them for interfering with their patent auction, Apple was ordered to pay damages to Samsung in Netherlands…

Market Watch

Is Microsoft Manufacturing its Own SmartPhone?

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

Research firm Nomura has revealed that Microsoft might working on manufacturing their own Windows Phone smartphone. Analyst Rick Sherlund of Nomura has indicated in a note that Microsoft will be taking this step to enhance the sales of Windows Phone…

Apple

Apple Offers Employees 25% Appraisals & Hardware Discount Programs

June 21, 2012 0 Tassavur

As per a report from Reuters, Apple is dishing out appraisals up to 25% on current package to their retail employees after an internal employee survey found that they were not happy with their salaries. The pay hike would help…

Microsoft

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8, Not Upgradable for Mango Devices

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Microsoft finally announced its much awaited Windows Phone 8 at an event in San Francisco, though the announcement came with a disappointing news for the current crop of Windows Phone users that their devices would not be upgradable to Apollo,…

Apple

Apple Ordered to Pay Damages to Samsung by Dutch Court

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

While we were keenly awaiting the result of the Apple Motorola lawsuit hearing today in the US, another result in a Dutch Court has shook the tech world.

Android

Motorola Launches the Razr Maxx & Razr V in India

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

The stunning Motorola Droid Razr launched late last year revived the legacy of the style quotient associated with Motorola’s Razr brand. Though, the Droid Razr failed to set the market ablaze unlike its predecessor. Motorola has launched an upgraded version…

Apple

Apple Motorola Key Lawsuit Hearing Today

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Apple has been waging a patent battle with almost all of Google Android’s OEM which includes tge likes of HTC, Samsung and Motorola. In a key smartphone hearing today, Apple is taking on the, now Google owned Motorola Mobility. The…

Android

Voice Assistant “Quick Voice” Launched by LG in Korea

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Seems like late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was right when he bet big on Siri, the personal voice assistant for the iPhone 4S, as an important feature on the future smartphones. Since then even Samsung has launched it’s own version…

Apps

Facebook Acquires Israel’s Face.Com

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an interesting move yesterday, Facebook has acquired Israel’s Face.com which is the team behind the face recognition technology on the social networking site. Face.com is a face recognition technology company which makes mobile and Facebook apps which identifies people’s…

Apple

Kodak Sues Apple For Interfering With Patent Sales

June 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

Problems do not seem to cede for the troubled photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co., which was recently trying to sell off its patent portfolio under the terms of bankruptcy. Kodak has now sued Apple which it claims is trying to…

Launch Pad

ZTE Launches Grand X LTE (T82), World’s First Single Chip LTE Smartphone

June 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

China’s ZTE has launched the Grand X LTE (T82) for the European and the Asia Pacific market and will be available in the third quarter of 2012. The Grand X LTE uses Qualcomm Snapdragon’s latest MSM8960 chip, which is based…

Samsung

Samsung Expands Dual SIM Portfolio, Launches Galaxy Ace Duos

June 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

Samsung has been great, when it comes to reading and understanding the needs of the Indian market. So much so that it has been striking at the heart of Nokia and taking critical market share away from them in the…

Microsoft

Cheaper Windows Phone in the Offing as Nokia Competes with Androids

June 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

We were very clear since the start of the Nokia Microsoft partnership that it is the mid low segment where Windows Phone needs to hit in order for Nokia to create any chance of competing with the Androids.

Tech Industry News

Is Cell Phone Radiation Carcinogenic? FCC Investigates

June 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an unprecedented move, Unites States Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has released a proposal for a formal research on whether the current radiation standards for cell phones pose any kind of carcinogenic risk to humans, for the first…

Tech Industry News

Bankrupt Kodak Auctioning Digital Imaging Patents

June 14, 2012 0 Tassavur

It’s disappointing that a century old imaging firm Eastman Kodak is now nearing it’s end and is in the process of monetizing it’s digital imaging patents. Kodak has filed a motion with the court to clear its closed bidding process…

Android

iBall Launches 3G Enabled Slide 7307 Tablet

June 14, 2012 0 Tassavur

iBall has launched its latest edition of the Slide tablet called the Slide 3G 7307, which is HSPA+3G enabled and allows upload download speeds of up to 7.2 MBps. More importantly, the tablet would allow you to make voice calls…

Apple

All You Need to Know About Apple’s latest iOS 6 Previewed at WWDC

June 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, Apple has finally previewed the much awaited iOS version 6 with over 200 new features. And we are happy that we were able to successfully predict most of the features correctly (ignoring the ones that we missed 😉 ).…

Android

Android to Peak in 2012, Windows Phone Will Overtake iOS in 2016 Says IDC

June 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, it’s certain from the headlines that IDC likes to make some bold, yet calculated predictions. And their predictions for this year have got even bolder, that said it might be an understatement for what they predict for Windows Phone.…

Opinion

Samsung Acquiring Nokia Is An Interesting Yet Confusing Proposition

June 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Microsoft and Nokia got into a historical partnership and ever since then we have been hearing rumors of the two companies becoming one. That so far hasn’t happened and rumors have been shot down numerous times. At the same time…

Tech Industry News

New Nano SIM Approved by ETSI

June 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved a new nano-SIM design in Europe as the official fourth form factor. Although, the screens have been getting bigger and bigger resulting in larger smartphones, they are increasingly getting slimmer as well.…

Apple

Apple Files Preliminary Injunction in US Against the SIII, Samsung Says Launch As Per Plan

June 7, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an expected move Apple has filed preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy SIII in the US, stating that it infringes on two key patents owned by them. This is in addition to the already preliminary injunction Apple has already…

Microsoft

Microsoft to Pull the Plug on Zune

June 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

Yes you read that right. Microsoft today announced that they would be launching a new music service called Xbox Music, which is supposed to not only run on the Xbox 360 but also the Windows Phones and the Windows 8…

BlackBerry

RIM Shares Now at a Record Low of Below $10

June 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

We knew that Research in Motion is struggling to stay afloat and hence we did not find this bit of news any surprising as RIM’s share fell below $10, lowest since 2003.

Android

Samsung Galaxy SIII to launch in the US in June

June 4, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Samsung Galaxy SIII is said to have received a record 9 million pre-orders from the carriers across the world. Though, its launch in the US and other international markets was supposed to get delayed and launch only after a…

Apps

Microsoft Purchases every Smart Glass domain before E3

June 4, 2012 0 Tassavur

Microsoft is rumored to be working on an Airplay style app called Smart Glass, which pushes enables push-style media functionality with the Xbox 360. And now Microsoft has almost bought every domain with Smart Glass in it, as it would…

First look

Double Sided Touch Screen Android Smartphone Prototype by Docomo

May 31, 2012 0 Tassavur

We have seen flexible displays from Samsung and a flexible smartphone by Nokia but this one by NTT Docomo in Japan is a lot different and perhaps could prove to be much more useful in the future once it goes…

Leaked / Spyshots

Exclusive: Nokia Gearing To Launch Lumia 900 & 610 In India, Photos

May 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

The launch of Nokia’s flagship device the Lumia 900 and the promising entry level Lumia 610 is long pending in India. But we have reliable news from our industry sources that the they are due to launch in June in…

Google

Is Google Acquiring HP’s WebOS Enyo Team?

May 26, 2012 0 Tassavur

There are reports doing the rounds suggesting that Google might be poaching HP’s team working on Enyo, which is a webOS HTML5 based framework that debuted on the TouchPad. The news puts a huge question mark on the future of…

Entertainment

Review: BenQ GL 2750 LED Monitor for Desktop PC

May 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, it’s certainly not usual for us to use a 27 inch LED display for our monitors. But nevertheless, the display sizes have been on the up recently on all of our devices which includes our smartphones, tablets and televisions.…

Apps

Facebook Launches Facebook Camera App for iOS

May 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

Just a few weeks after purchasing Instagram, Facebook has launched its own camera app called Facebook Camera. But contrary to expectations, the Facebook Camera is not Instagram. It does have filters but it’s far from being like Instagram, although the…

Accessories

Now Watch Glasses Free 3D With Visuz CLD

May 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

The 3D market in India is surely hotting up big time with a horde of manufacturers like LG, Samsung and others launching their Smart 3D TV’s. Though, I must mention that most of them are a bit highly priced and…