Tech Industry News

Sony

Sony Ericsson Brand to be Phased Out; Sony to Make only Smartphones

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the much talked about acquisition of Ericsson’s share by Sony in the ten year old joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, there has been numerous talks about the kind if strategy the company currently known as Sony Ericsson will…

Apple

Daily App: Infinity Blade 2 on the iPad

December 2, 2011 0 Nimish

Believe it or not – iOS’ killer gaming app just got a whole lot better. Yes, we are THAT impressed by Infinity Blade 2.

Nokia

Nokia Announces the X2-02 Dual SIM Music Phone

December 1, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of its newest dual SIM music phone, the X2-02. The handset, a successor to the X1-01 which was launched earlier this year packs in quite a punch when it comes to features. Some of the notable…

Nokia

Nokia Brings White N9 With Software Update

November 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

Though, the Nokia N9 will soon be discontinued by Nokia that doesn’t stop the Nokia fans from still craving for the “could be” device. And Nokia too seems to be teasing the fans of the N9 as they have released…

Tech Industry News

After Twitter, FTC Settles Privacy Case With Facebook

November 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was just yesterday that we discussed about Twitter overtaking Whisper Systems for making Twitter more secure. The step was most probably a result of the fact that they were pulled up by the FTC for lack of adequate security…

HTC

Hey Wait, No HTC Products Are Getting Banned in Germany

November 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

We understand that Germany has been host to a lot of patent battles. Recently we have witnessed Samsung taking a hit at the hands of Apple in one of the German courts. There was a similar battle brewing between HTC…

Tech Industry News

Twitter Secures Its Tweets With the Acquisition of Whisper Systems

November 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

Twitter announced this Monday that it has acquired a start-up called Whisper Systems which develops security services for devices running Google’s Android platform. Whisper Systems is a startup comprising of just two people, i.e. its founders Moxie Marlinspike and Stuart…

Future WIP

Kawada Industries Develops Humanoid Robots To Work With Humans (Video)

November 28, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all know that robots, specifically humanoids are going to be an important part of the future. And Kawada Industries has taken a step towards this future by developing a humanoid that will work along with the humans. Aptly called…

Apple

RIM & Telefonica To Bring Mobile Wallet Next Year, Trialing NFC

November 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

RIM will soon begin their foray into the NFC league starting from Iberia and have announced their partnership with Telefonica of Madrid, Spain. Blackberry and Telefonica will be testing the mobile wallet and the ID card system in Spain. The…

First look

Nokia Asha Series Headed To India, 303 Priced At Rs 8150?

November 27, 2011 0 Annkur

Lumia 800 and 710 aren’t the only two devices that Nokia is pushing into India, the Symbian powered Asha series is also said to be launching alongside the Windows Phone offerings from Espoo. Asha series phones run S40 OS and…

Concept / Educative

Now Robot Prison Guards for South Korean Jails

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all know that guarding a prison is not only a risky job but also can be taxing at times. And what better than to have someone who can monitor and control the prison situation 24×7 tirelessly without blinking their…

HTC

HTC Blames Recession for Slump in Sales in Q4, While Citi Group Says its “Inferior Products”

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

HTC Corp is the largest smartphones seller in the US. But its run at the top now seems to be short lived after they cut their revenue expectations by as much as 23% for the second time in the week.

Tech Industry News

3LiveShop Brings WebCam Chat & Product Display on Your Screen (Video)

November 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Want a convenient way of taking a look at handsets you intend to purchase and compare their features with others before you buy them. How about being able to do all the research and complete your purchase, all from the…

Market Watch

China Surpasses US To Become World’s Largest Smartphone Market

November 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

We have been stressing that we are in a smartphone boom since a while now and it seems the growth has reached its peak now. Surprisingly China has already passed the United States to become the largest smartphone market in…

Reviews

Quick Review: Samsung Champ 2 (C3330)

November 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has kept the momentum on the low end touchscreen market with regular launches and updates. Be it the Champ Duos to succeed the original Champ or the Corby II and Start II to take forward successful series. Here is…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Launches the Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 in India

November 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has expanded its lineup of BlackBerry OS 7 powered handsets in India with the launch of three new handsets in the country. The handsets to be officially launched today include the BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and the Curve…

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 7 Tablets anyone? Dell Latitude ST Tablet Comes to India

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

For once, this is not your usual consumer centric tablet. But then, since anything that passes off as a tablet evicts tremendous consumer interest, here is what the Dell Latitude ST is all about. As you might be already aware, Dell’s…

Google

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…

BlackBerry

RIM Trying to Push Sales of PlayBook Via Heavy Discounts This Holiday Season

November 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

The sales of the Blackberry PlayBook have been disappointing to say the least. But if anything could give you the measure of how bad things are with RIM, it’s got to be the $300 cut in the prices of the…

Android

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…

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.

Android

Samsung Announces ICS Update For Galaxy SII, Checks Competition?

November 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Google went official with yet another major release of Android and speculations (read hopes) of manufacturers updating their devices to the latest version is in full swing. While Samsung is blessed with the Galaxy Nexus which happens to be the…

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…

Microsoft

Nokia Debuts the Lumia 800, Lumia 710 in India

November 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just weeks after they made their international debuts, Nokia has decided to launch its Windows Phone powered devices from the Lumia range the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 here in India. At a launch event held at Delhi yesterday,…

Apple

Airtel, Aircel to Bring the iPhone 4S to India Soon

November 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

Looks like the wait for the official launch of the iPhone 4S is about to end soon. Both Aircel and Airtel have announced their intentions to launch the handset in India in the next few weeks. While both of them…

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…

Tech Industry News

Coming in 2012: Nano SIM Cards

November 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

First off, we start with some facts. Did you know who invented the SIM card? The tiny piece of chip that finds itself embedded inside almost every mobile phone on the globe was first made by a smart card maker…

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…

Android

Kindle Fire Competitor Nook Tablet Announced

November 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barnes & Noble, the bookseller who is also known for its Nook brand of E-book readers has announced the launch of its new Tablet. The device, called the Nook Tablet would compete against archrival Amazon’s Kindle Fire which was announced…

Tech Industry News

Oracle interested in Buying WebOS From HP

November 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Speculations speculations! Ever since HP decided to hive off its WebOS operations, we have heard of literally everything under the sun regarding its future prospects. From being given away to Amazon (which came up with its own Android based tablet,…

Microsoft

Camera No Longer Mandatory Requirement on Windows Phone 7

November 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

When they announced Windows Phone 7 initially, Microsoft had laid down quite a few mandatory requirements for a phone to be “compatible” with the OS. These included at least a 480*800 pixel display, a capacitive touch screen, the thee hardware…

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…