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Google Nexus 7 Tablet Lands In India for Rs.19,990

November 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just a week after the iPhone 5 launched in India, another much sought after product has officially arrived in the Indian market. This time round, it is the turn of the popular Google Nexus 7 tablet – announced by Google…

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Google Stock Plummets With Premature Announcement of Under Performance in Q3

October 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

Google has managed to stump the industry analysts and investors alike yesterday with a premature announcement of its third quarter earnings. Well, the bizarre move wiped off 9% off Google shares value in a matter of a few minutes. Google…

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Google Enables Indian Dev’s to Sell paid Apps on Google Play Store

October 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

Yes, finally Indian developers can sell their paid apps on Google’s Play Store in India and at the same time the customers can make payments in local currency. And this is not a mistake this time, like the one which…

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Google to Layoff 20% of Motorola’s Staff

August 13, 2012 0 Tassavur

Laying off employees still remains the first step as conglomerates bid to restructure themselves inorder to curb their southwards fall. In the last few weeks we’ve had Nokia downsizing their staff, followed by RIM which reduced their staff by 5,000…

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Apple will not include a native YouTube app in iOS 6

August 7, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

With this news, it seems that the split between Apple and Google is widening, as the former made an announcement that it will not include the native YouTube app in the next edition of iOS. This marks the second endpoint…

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Google redefines Play Store Developers Policy.

August 1, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Most of us have been victims to the folly of ads that come bundled with the free apps, which are downloaded off the Play Store. But if an email to the Play Store Developers is to be believed, Google has…

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Google postpones Nexus Q

August 1, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Remember the circular ‘orb-like’ device Google showcased at the I/O event alongside the launch of its Nexus 7 Tab. Well, the device referred to as Nexus Q, is a portable media device, the launch of which has been indefinitely postponed…

Google Runs Out of 16 GB Nexus 7 Tablets; Suspends Sales

July 23, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google’s much talked about Nexus 7 tablet seems to be doing exceedingly well. The device, made by Taiwanese electronics major and Google partner Asus, was announced at the Google I/O Developers Conference late last month. The first commercial device to…

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Google posts Q2 report – 35% increase in net revenue.

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

After giants like Research In Motion, Nokia and Microsoft posting losses in their quarterly financial report, here is a news that uplifts the gloomy mood surrounding tech world. Google Inc announced its second quarterly reports, posted a $12.21 billion in…

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[Updated] Google pulls down Galaxy Nexus from Play Store, due to the ban

July 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Google has stopped the sale of Galaxy Nexus smartphone on the Google Play Store, as a result of the injunction on the said device by former U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh. The search engine giant confirmed the above move with…

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Amazon Gearing Up To Launch Kindle Fire 2, Calls Up Quanta!

July 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

It is widely believed that Google’s latest Nexus branded tablet from Asus, the Nexus 7 which is being sold at $199 and is directly aimed at Amazon’s Kindle Fire which retails at the same price. So it becomes imperative for…

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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…

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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.”

Google Releases Android 4.0.4 ICS Update Over-The-Air

March 29, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Google finally answers the prayers of millions of their Android disciples for an update of Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 of Android on their smartphones. The search engine giant, in a post on the official Android page, on Google +,…

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Android Market Gets Reincarnated as Google Play Store

March 6, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google has announced a major change to its digital marketplace for apps, music, movies and other content. Until now, what was (very popularly) known as the Android Market, has been renamed to Google Play. When I first heard of this,…

Patent War Continues: Apple Files Lawsuits Against Galaxy Nexus

February 14, 2012 0 Tassavur

If anything the patent battle is getting more intense by day and is transforming into some kind of World War of the tech world as Apple files fresh lawsuits against Samsung. And this time it’s not for the design, but…

First Look: Google Chrome Beta for Android (Motorola Xoom)

February 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

A few hours ago, Google took covers off its Chrome browser for Android smartphones and tablets. While Android already had a decently capable browser, it was a known fact that there were better options out there in the Android market…

HTC Phones Face Ban in the US After ITC Rules in Favor of Apple

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was only yesterday that we spoke of the possibility of Apple being in trouble after ITC had announced that they would be reviewing a decision made earlier by an ITC judge in which Apple was acquitted of infringing on…

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Google to retire Knol, Google Wave Services

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

As a web services company, Google is known for its extremely successful services, most of which have been lapped up by customers from across the globe. However, not all of its services have been successful and Google knows it. In a…

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: A closer Look look at the Newest Google Phone

October 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was a busy past 20 hours for all of us covering the mobile technology space. First off, RIM started the proceedings with their new announcements at the BlackBerry DevCon. We will have a post up on that soon. Almost…

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…

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Your Purse is now Officially Obsolete as Google Wallet Goes Live

September 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

With the advent of smartphones our lives have changed for the better. So far smartphones have replaced our music players, yellow pages, maps among so many other things. And starting from today it is replacing our wallets as well. Google…

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Google Buying Motorola, Worry For Samsung, HTC? Android Ecosystem?

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

In midst of the information overload with Google pulling a MotoRabbit out of their hat today, there is a big question on the Android ecosystem. How open does Android remain with Google owning a hardware company? As suggested by Sanjay…

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Why The Next Nexus Phone Might Not Be From Motorola & Why It May Be!

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

With Google buying Motorola, there is a lot of speculation on what would this mean for Android handsets from Motorola, especially the Nexus series from Google getting some Moto love. Google claims to be paying a 63% premium over Motorola’s…

Samsung Renames Galaxy S LCD to Galaxy Plus In India, Creates Confusion

July 23, 2011 0 Prasad Naik

When Samsung launched the I9003 Galaxy SL in India, they chose to rename it to Galaxy S LCD, to emphasize the fact that this phone has a Super LCD unlike the Super AMOLED display on the more expensive I9000 Galaxy S. However,…

Google Revamps Android Market: Adds Books, Movies

July 13, 2011 0 Monis

Android Market from Google (for phones) has got a considerable revamp. Google has added support for purchase of Books and rent Movies. Now, you can download everything on your smartphone in just a click without the need of any wires…

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[Apple] Rumors & Official Confirmations Before WWDC, Hints From Schmidt

June 1, 2011 0 Tassavur

To begin with Apple has confirmed a few things for WWDC in a press release which includes iCloud service, iOS 5 and Mac OS Lion update along with Jobs delivering the keynote on 6th June. But with Steve Jobs you…

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What Google Didn’t Tell About Chromebooks

May 15, 2011 7 Gaurav N

Are you considering buying a Chromebook - the latest innovation from Google team, and think that it can replace your ipad, xoom or laptop. If yes, you should checkout these basic features which Chromebooks still cant handle.

Google Launches Music Beta; Lets You Store and Listen To Your Music From The Cloud

May 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

Like we had reported a few hours ago, Google has officially taken covers off its latest service, the long rumored cloud music service. Called Music Beta By Google, the new service can be considered as an extended hard disk in…

Android Leaps Out Of Your Phone and Gets Into Your Home

May 10, 2011 0 Aaplap

Google’s I/O isn’t all about mobile devices and Android @ Home is the finest example of this. After being done powering your mobile phones and tablets, Google is now inviting Android into our homes for a cuppa tea with this…

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Google’s Cloud Music Service To Be Unveiled At IO Conference

May 10, 2011 0 Jassi

Rumor: Google is preparing to launch a cloud music service at its I/O Developer Conference at San Francisco. This music service will allow users to upload up to 20,000 songs onto Google servers. Users can access this songs from web…

Nexus S gets Android 2.3.4 OTA, You Can Get It OTW!

April 29, 2011 5 Aaplap

Google and Samsung finally launched the Nexus S in India a couple days ago. Those of you who jumped on it get an instant treat: The latest and the greatest Android 2.3.4! This seems to be a minor update over…

Google Not Yet Ready To Make Honeycomb Open Source, Our Team Comments

March 29, 2011 0 Ricky

The news broke out recently that Google isn’t taking Honeycomb open at the moment and that means developers have little room to play with the tablet build of Android OS and most of the 7″ Android tablets that we say…

Amazon Android App Store is live, US only

March 22, 2011 0 Anupama

Even as Cupertino giant Apple has sued Amazon over the name ‘Appstore,’ Amazon’s Appstore for Android has gone live in the US. Amazon’s application store for Android powered devices has been long awaited and is being considered one of the…

Motorola Milestone gets Froyo…finally!

March 17, 2011 1 Anupama

After months of waiting, Motorola Milestone users in India can now update their handsets to Android 2.2, also known as Froyo update. The update has been put on Motorola’s website and users can update their handsets by connecting them to…

Why The Next Google / Facebook Isn’t From India

March 4, 2011 4 Annkur

This ain’t new talk and I got deflected back to this topic when discussing Indian cos making cellphones in a Facebook group. For long entrepreneurs in India have been motivated with talks of making the next Google, Facebook or Microsoft.…

Evernote for Android updated to 2.6

February 10, 2011 0 Anupama

Evernote, one of our favourite note making apps has just released an update for its Android version. The updated app, Evernote 2.6, comes with three major additions, the snippet view, notebook stacks and edit styled notes. The snippet view very…