Tech Industry News

Nokia

Nokia Designing New “Meltemi” OS for Low end Phones?

October 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

After literally abandoning Symbian and the much loved MeeGo in favor of Windows Phone 7, looks like Nokia’s bread and butter S40 series might be axed too in the not too distant future. No, we are not in the mood…

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…

Entertainment

Nokia Launches NFC enabled 600, 700 & 701 Handsets in India; Promotes Shahrukh’s Ra-One

September 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the launch of Nokia’s recently announced Symbian Belle powered handsets, the 700, 701 and the 600, Nokia also seems to be betting big time on the future of NFC Technology here in India. In an industry first, at…

Rumors

Amazon Losing Money On Kindle Hardware Is No Surprise!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as a hectic day in technology reporting ends with Samsung signing a patent licensing deal with Microsoft followed by the huge Kindle announcements from Amazon, we hear this little bit on our twitter “Amazon Losing $50 Per Kindle Fire?”…

eReaders & Tablets

Amazon Gets Into Touch Territory With Kindle Touch And Fire

September 28, 2011 0 Nimish

Amazon got itself well and truly into touchscreen territory, launching four new Kindles. But no, we don’t think Cupertino will be worried. When they write the history of ebook reader, September 28 will go down as the day when Amazon…

Android

Patent Settlement: Samsung To Pay Microsoft For Every Android Sold!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

One of the largest makers of Android phones and tablets, Samsung has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft, thus paying up a royalty for every Android device it sells. The cross licensing allows Samsung to continue doing business…

Opinion

As MeeGo Goes For A Talespin, Tizen Is Born

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Today we are witnessing the death of another operating system that raised hopes of bringing a refreshing change to the handheld industry. After the sad handling of webOS at HP, we not have MeeGo undergone another transition. Industry insiders and…

Apple

Apple Sends out Invites for “Lets Talk iPhone” Event; iPhone 5 Launch Imminent?

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

We knew this was coming in the first week of October anyway. But then, it’s always happy to hear an official confirmation. After months of speculations and rumors, Apple has finally made it official that they would be “talking” about…

BlackBerry

RIM Debuts the Blackberry Curve 9360 in India

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In the latest addition to its line up here in India, RIM has launched its newest member from the Curve family -the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The new handset runs BlackBerry OS 7 and packs in a sufficiently large 2.4 inch…

Nokia

Meego Powered Nokia N9 Starts Shipping

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that their much awaited, critically acclaimed handset, the N9  has started shipping starting today. The phone, first showcased back in June 2011 was well received by Nokia users and critics alike. It runs the Linux based MeeGo OS…

Apple

Apple iPhone Has The Highest Brand Loyalty: UBS Survey

September 23, 2011 0 Tassavur

Yes, we all love Apple and wish to own the iPhone at some point in time. And as per the recent survey called the “Global Telecom Equipment Analyser” report by analysts at an investment bank UBS, iPhone users are the…

Internet

Now, You Can Convert Your 2D Videos Into 3D @ Youtube

September 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although, 3D televisions have flooded the market their sales more or less have been extremely poor which has got more to do with the lack of 3D content than with the technology or their prices. This is exactly what YouTube…

Accessories

Acer Launches Two new Projectors in India

September 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

Acer India has just launched two new projectors to its existing line up of products in India. The two new devices include the attractive C110 Pico projector which should prove extremely handy for busy travellers who need to conjure up…

events

Panasonic Robot To Endure a 230km Triathlon, Evolta World Challenge IV

September 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

If you are wondering, why on earth is a robot running a triathlon and that too 230 km long? Well its Panasonic’s unique way of showing off the power of their rechargeable batteries called Evolta which is put to test…

Google

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…

Concept / Educative

iCHELL’s That Imitate Properties of Living Organic Cells (Video)

September 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Okay, so in case you are wondering if science has progressed enough to be able to create life? Then the answer is a plain ‘NO’. But now they have certainly taken a step in that direction with the University of…

Apps

Samsung Smart Care Lets You Troubleshoot Your Washing Machine Using A Smartphone

September 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well this is certainly the future that we are heading for, wherein our handheld device would be the master device which would allow us to control all our other devices including television, cars or even washing machines. Samsung has taken…

Tech Industry News

Now Save Data For A Century With Sandisk’s Memory Vault

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Yes, you read that right! Now Sandisk has come up with a USB memory drive rightly called the Memory Vault, which would save you data for over 100 years. The Memory Vault is being promoted by Sandisk as a solution…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Shareholder Adds Insult to Injury by Suing HP for WebOS / TouchPad Debacle

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

HP which had abandoned WebOS from its future plans after the TouchPad debacle, due to the rising costs and non performance issues it had brough to the company, is now stung by a class-action lawsuit filed by one of its…

Android

Huawei Deuce: Dual SIM Android Handset

September 16, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although Huawei has launched a couple of Android devices in the market viz, the Ideos and the Impulse 4G, it was yet to launch a dual SIM Android handset, surprising considering that is the first feature they bring out in…

Android

Daily App: Firefox for Android Honeycomb

September 15, 2011 0 Nimish

All right, we admit that we got a bit late with the Daily App today. Our excuse? Heck, we were messing with a just-released build of Firefox for Honeycomb.

Automobiles

Audi’s Electric Urban Concept Beats Nano for Size

September 15, 2011 0 Tassavur

Tata Nano developed one of the smallest but affordable production car. But who would have thought that Audi, one of the best luxury car makers in the automobile industry will ever make a car this small. Well as you can…

HTC

HTC Pimps the Sensation; Calls it Sensation XE

September 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barely five months after it was officially announced, HTC has come up with a new, pimped up version of its flagship Android smartphone – the HTC Sensation. The device, packs in quite a bunch of new additions to the stock…

Concept / Educative

New Jelly Battery: Cheaper, Safer and Long Lasting

September 14, 2011 0 Tassavur

There have been innumerable instances of manufacturers struggling with their batteries. Smartphones running out of battery are a common phenomena or laptops batteries being recalled due to safety issues is also not rare. Well all this could soon be a…

Market Watch

Seven Things You Want To Know About Windows 8

September 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has shipped over 450 million copies of Windows 7 till date and finally, it has managed to beat Windows XP in consumer usage. Internet explorer 9 is the fastest growing browser for Redmond and as many as 500 million users use…

Tech Industry News

Is Intel Buying HP’s PC Business? No, Thanks! Says CEO Otellini

September 14, 2011 0 Tassavur

With HP’s surprise announcement of their plans to spin off their PC business or maybe even sell it, speculations and rumors about the same have been flying thick and thin and till date there has been a long list of…

Automobiles

Husqvarna E-go Concept Electric Motorcycle Unveiled by BMW

September 14, 2011 0 Tassavur

The bike that you are looking at is not a dirt bike and most certainly not a kids bike either. It is in fact an electric motorcycle named Husqvarna E-go, which was unveiled by BMW at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 8 Start Menu, Taskbar (Design) Leaked

September 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

While we are gearing up for the Microsoft Build event scheduled to happen later this week at California where juicier details pertaining to Microsoft’s Windows 8 are expected to be announced, eagle eyed folks over at Toms Hardware has posted…

Automobiles

Hydrogen Powered Gullwing F125! by Mercedes Benz Leaked!

September 13, 2011 0 Tassavur

Called the F One Twenty Five this beautiful gull winged hydrogen powered fuel cell concept car by Mercedes Benz has been leaked ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. One look at the car and we know that this one is…

Future WIP

Mobile Buildings Allow You To Be A Nomad Again

September 12, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all have read about nomadic tribes or people sometime in our academic life. Now it’s possible to be a Nomad again comfortably with the help of technology that allows you to move your home. And yes it’s not like…

Market Watch

Feature Phones on The Wane in Europe: IDC Report

September 12, 2011 0 Tassavur

We surely expect smartphones to outsell the featurephones in the near future, but we surely didnt imagine that it would happen so soon. As per a new report from IDC smartphones have outsmarted the feature phones in terms of shipments.…

Motorola

Motorola’s Facebook Phone EX 225 on The Cards

September 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

By the time you read this, you might have already seen how serious Vodafone is about its partnership with Facebook here in India. The company had launched its “Facebook Phone”, the Vodafone Blue 555 here just days ago and along…

Microsoft

Windows 8 to Support Windows Phone 7 Apps?

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now, this sure is a fascinating bit of news we have here. If we are to believe  nVidia’s CEO Jen Hsun Huang, Microsoft’s soon to be released Windows 8 Operating System is likely to feature native support for running Windows…

Samsung

Apple Sues Samsung in Japan Too

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

I know this is kinda getting boring now, but yeah news is that Apple had taken its recent patent infringement war to a new frontier when the company sued archrival Samsung in Japan. This comes at a time when Apple…

BlackBerry

Shareholders Rock RIM’s Already Sinking Ship

September 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

After, the political unrest in the Gulf countries and surrounding regions. It seems that the instability has gripped the tech world as well. The Silicon valley is observing one of its most turbulent times starting from the sudden demise of…

Internet

Yahoo Board Puts the Company for Sale!

September 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

Hours after the announcement of the unceremonial firing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, reports are flowing in about the Yahoo Board of Directors deciding to put the company up for sale. A company official has reportedly divulged to the Wall Street…

Internet

Yahoo Fires CEO Carol Bartz; Internal Memo Leaked

September 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Yahoo’s 62 year old as CEO Carol Bartz who had still a year left for her contract to complete has been unceremoniously fired by the Yahoo Board of Directors. The news which came to light a few hours ago has…

Internet

Facebook Partners with Vodafone; Launches “Vodafone Blue” Facebook Phone in India

September 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vodafone and Facebook have jointly announced the release of a new Facebook phone called the Vodafone Blue here in India. The device, designed to offer a complete, all-encompassing Facebook experience also gets a decent array of features making it a…

Notebook / Laptops

Acer’s Ultrabook Aspire S3 Debuts, Is Thinner Than MacBook Air!

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Acer, the world’s largest Notebook PC maker has taken covers off its first Ultrabook notebook, the S3 at the ongoing IFA Conference at Berlin. The device, aiming to be a portable, powerful notebook (like most other ultrabooks out there) has…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP-Palm: WebOS Software Unit Gets A New Home

September 5, 2011 0 Annkur

HP is exiting the hardware business, and the PSG group that also houses webOS would be spun off shortly. A lot of rumors and speculations have been flying around wrt to the future of WebOS. During the sell-out news HP…