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Barnes & Nobles Faceoff With Microsoft over Patents Issue

November 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

In case you are a hardware manufacturer with the Android OS in it, you will soon be contacted by Microsoft. It seems Microsoft for quite some time has been pursuing a model of generating revenue via licensing fees from Android…

Featured

Violet 3D: World’s First Space Sensing Home Theatre System

November 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

We went to NasscomPC 2011 with a quest to find if successful hardware manufacturing startups can be possible in the Indian sphere. Though the scenario of such an event happening looks bleak with consistent domination of China and the failure…

eReaders & Tablets

Teardown by iSuppli Reveals Amazon is Indeed Losing Money on Kindle Fire Hardware

November 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well Amazon’s Kindle Fire certainly took the tablet market by storm with its cheapest tablet with substance tag. And as soon as it was announced, twitter was abuzz with how Amazon is making a loss to the tune of $50…

Android

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) To Be Sans Adobe Flash For Now: Google

November 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

This might surprise some of you, but the Google’s latest Android version Ice Cream Sandwich shipped first with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus does not have Adobe Flash pre-installed. And apparently the same isn’t even available for download from the Android…

Android

Motorola Google Deal Approved By Stockholders

November 18, 2011 0 Tassavur

The Motorola Mobility buyout by Mountainview, CA based search giant Google was approved by Motorola’s stockholders in a voting on this Thursday. This was one of the last major formalities left after the deal was already okayed by the FTC.

Future WIP

Batteries That Last Ten Times Longer, Coming Soon!

November 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Without doubt batteries today on smart phones is a headache, with the current crop hardly lasting even half a day. Though we have been hearing about longer batteries with funny names like the Jelly battery, the fact remains that none…

Nokia

Nokia Windows 8 tablet Coming Next June?

November 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Talk about how successful Apple is at guarding their unreleased product secrets, this time Nokia seems to have followed a similar path. Though, the only difference being that instead of a leak or lost prototype you have a country head…

Concept / Educative

Pivo 3 a Self Parking & Self Driving Concept EV by Nissan (Video)

November 14, 2011 0 Tassavur

We have been seeing a lot of concept cars, while some like the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics look ravishing, there are some which look ordinary to say the least like the Terrafugia Transition. Well it promises to fly atleast which…

Sony

Sony Cybershot DSC-TX55: World’s Slimmest Camera

November 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

If you were impressed by the Cybershot TX9 & WX5 for its 3D imaging ability and an impressive set of features, get prepared to blown off with the Sony Cybershot DCS-TX55 which boasts of being the World’s slimmest camera.

Microsoft

Huawei on Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Radar

November 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

After Huawei adopted Google’s Android its market share has been increasing slowly but steadily. And guess what? Even Huawei is added to the list of prominent manufacturers on the Android based platform which includes the like of Samsung and HTC to…

Motorola

Motokey Social, Facebook Phone by Motorola

November 5, 2011 0 Tassavur

Motorola has also jumped on the social networking bandwagon and will be launching their Facebook dedicated phone called Motokey Social (EX225) soon.

Apple

Apple Allows Motorola To Win Injunction in Germany!

November 5, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well, after engaging in numerous patent battles against Samsung and winning quite a few, Apple has finally tasted defeat in a patent war against Motorola. Motorola confirmed today that Mannheim District Court in Germany has granted an injunction against Apple…

Maxx

Zippy MT105, Full Touch Feature Phone by Maxx

November 5, 2011 0 Tassavur

Maxx mobile is one of the only few Indian mobile manufacturers that have not only managed to survive in the cut throat competition of the market, but also grow in it. And one of the key features that has been…

Concept / Educative

Pepsi’s “Sound Of Football” Project For the Visually Impaired

November 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

This was a match between former pro soccer players and the visually impaired. But this wasn’t the kind of match as you would imagine it to be. It was an experiment wherein both the teams were brought to the same…

Tech Industry News

NASA’s Earth Mapping Satellites Were Completely Hacked & Controlled!

November 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

We have definitely heard of hacks before. Previously we have seen corporate websites being hacked and more shockingly even military websites suffering the same fate. If you thought that was how worse hacking could get, wait until you hear this…

Market Watch

Motorola Mobility To Downsize, Cuts 800 Jobs

November 1, 2011 0 Tassavur

Motorola was bleeding through the ears when Google decided to lap up Motorola Mobility for $12.5 bn. Now, a few months after the deal was okayed by the FTC, Motorola Mobility has decided to cut its wings by a few…

Tech Industry News

Screen Reflection Problems No More With Invisible Glass

October 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

How often do we come across reflection problems on screens of our devices? No matter which type of screen your device boasts of, reflection can still be a problem. Well now there is a solution so effective that it will…

smartphones

Acer Adopts Windows Phone Mango, Launches Allegro in France

October 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

Windows Phone Mango has been gaining a lot of traction these days with the launch of Mango laden Nokia devices and the recent upgrade for all the first generation Windows phone devices. We had reported in February about Acer waiting…

Tech Industry News

Chinese SuperComputer With Self Made Microprocessors

October 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well China has not exactly been known to produce high performance micro processors. So it was a real surprise when China announced its first supercomputer the Sunway Bluelight MPP powered by micro processors made in China itself.

Accessories

X-mini Rave Portable Speaker Review

October 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

X-mini speakers are ones you can aptly call devilishly cute. They look so small and yet they are so loud. We still haven’t forgotten how we fell head over heels in love with the X-mini V 1.1 & Happy. So…

Nokia

Flexible Interactive Phone by Nokia Coming Soon

October 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

Bitten by innovation by other players in the market and the resultant slipping market share, Nokia finally seems to be working on something disruptively innovative themselves. As it seems, Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 weren’t the only phones Nokia had…

sony ericsson

Sony’s Acquisition of Ericsson’s Share To End 10 Year Partnership

October 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

After months of rumors of a probable buyout by Sony of Ericsson’s share in the partnership, now it has been officially confirmed that Sony is going to completely take over the mobile division.

Future WIP

Elastec Oleophilic Skimmer Collects 4,600 Gallons per Minute to Win $1.4M X Challenge

October 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Oil spillage is an environmental menace that affects the marine flora and fauna adversely and thus resulting in extreme environmental impact. Thus it is imperative that we have the best processes and equipments in place to either prevent or minimize…

Reviews

Spice (M9000) Popkorn Projector Phone Review

October 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Its no doubt that the mobile phone market is evolving rapidly each passing day and addressing one or the other needs. And its increasingly changing shape and features to adopt even advanced feature sets unimagined before. Now projector on a…

Micromax

Review: Micromax X40 Projector Phone

October 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Slowly but steadily a slew of projector phones have begun entering the market. While we are not entirely sure that if need for such a niche exists in the market, projector phones are certainly a welcome addition to the already expanding…

Future WIP

The New Age Surveillance Bot: Rotundus GroundBot

October 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well this rolling ball is just not any ball but a revolutionary camera equipped surveillance bot for the future. Though it reminds me of those rolling creatures in the sci-fi movie Critters. This one is called the GroundBot made by…

Tech Industry News

M-Pesa a Mobile Money Service in Kenya Out Transacts Western Union’s Global Transactions

October 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

As per a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), M-Pesa a local mobile money service in Kenya apparently has more domestic mobile transaction than even Western Union has globally.

Tech Industry News

World’s First 2.5″ 1TB SSD Courtesy OCZ

October 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

You might have heard that world’s first 1TB SSD thing before, but the fact remains that PureSilicon’s 1TB SSD neither saw the light of the day nor was it ever available in any of the markets worldwide. Hence technically we…

Nokia

Nokia Q3 2011: Will Windows Phone 7 Save the Ship?

October 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

With the growing competition between iOS and Android reaching new heights every day (rather minutes and seconds, I should say), every other mobile platform has been on the losing end. We all have been witness to the desperate position of RIM’s…

BlackBerry

RIM Offers Free Apps to Pacify Irked Blackberry Customers

October 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

We reported last week how Blackberry users were left in the lurch as the RIM servers were down and out for almost three days. Well RIM has decided to offer some of its premium apps for free in order to…

Concept / Educative

LED Window Panes by Samsung. Coming Soon!

October 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Samsung is one of the top players in the manufacturing and supplying of LED’s in the market. Samsung is not only a leading player but has also been a pioneer in the field of displays which include foldable displays and…

BlackBerry

Blackberry Services Down Across Continents As UK Server Fails

October 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Looks like RIM’s problems just wont cease anytime soon. After facing issues with the Governments worldwide and then taking some wrath from the shareholders. Angry customers would be the last thing on RIM’s mind, but this is exactly where looks…

Microsoft

Zombie Microsoft Zune is Back From the Dead!

October 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well this one might come as a surprise to a lot of you; but apparently Zune Support team has categorically denied that Microsoft is discontinuing the hardware via a tweet. It also claimed that no official release was ever issued…

Android

Samsung Nexus Prime Leaked Video!

October 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well today seems to be a day of leaks and rumors. We have already written about quite a few, but this one seems to be the biggest of them all. Mobilismo.ro a Roman tech reporting website today leaked a video…

eReaders & Tablets

10-inch Windows 7 Dell Tablet ‘Peju’ Leaked!

October 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Dell hasn’t managed any significant traction in the smartphone and tablets market with its Windows Phone and Android offerings. But as the momentum shifts towards portable computing, the segment gets all the more important for all PC players. As per…

Apple

Quick Compare: iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4

October 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Apple has retained the same design and retina display on the new iPhone, it is called the 4S. However, it seems that a lot has changed on the inside. Compared to the iPhone 4, the 4S has an all new…

BlackBerry

Indian Government Close To Being Able To Monitor Blackberry Users

October 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Remember the Blackberry issue wherein the Indian Government wanted access to the Blackberry servers, email and its messaging service? Well, it seems that the Indian Government, rather Department of Telecommunications (DOT) to be more precise along with Research in Motion…

Cameras

Kodak PLAYFULL Waterproof Camera

October 1, 2011 0 Tassavur

Kodak has introduced a no frills digital camera named KODAK PLAYFULL Waterproof Camera. Priced at a modest $99.95 the camera is ideal for novice photographers and comes in a sleek lightweight sturdy design weighing at just 85g with some easy…

Android

Leaked HTC Pico Gets Officially Announced As HTC Explorer

September 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

Last month we had reported about a leaked HTC device named Pico. Well, the device now has been officially released, christened as HTC Explorer today which makes its mark as the most affordable android handset in the HTC pack.

Android

Is That The Motorola Xoom 2?

September 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well Motorola didn’t exactly set the market ablaze with its first Android tablet, the Motorola Xoom. Motorola had an exclusive launch with the Honeycomb update for Android, and the lucrative tablet market has so far seen many me-too products ever since…