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Samsung Pulls the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA Booth

September 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s a terrible time for you to be Samsung if you are in Germany/Europe these days. After facing injunctions against the already released Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, the recently released Galaxy Tab 7.7 too has been banned from being sold…

Internet

Caught In The Act: Microsoft Sued For Collecting Location Data Without Consent

September 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

The head honchos at Apple might be surely jeering at this one. Microsoft, which had, not long ago claimed the moral high ground claiming to not collect any location data without explicit user consent has been ironically sued by one…

Android

Foursquare For Android Updated; Event Check In Now Supported

August 30, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the recent update to the iPhone app which gave the capability for users to check in to events, it now turn of its Android counterpart to get the same treatment. The new version of the FourSquare app for Android…

Market Watch

Samsung To Invest $9. billion In R&D, Buy WebOS?

August 30, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has announced that their R&D expenditure for 2011 is expected to total $9.3 billion, (10 trillion won, ) and as much as 50% of that has already been spent. The Korean company spent a similar amount last year. The…

events

Samsung Unwittingly Reveals Its Plans for IFA, Berlin

August 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Samsung’s much hyped secret release at IFA, Berlin has been leaked by their own IFA app as it seems. As per a report from This is my next, one of the users have found a trio of product logos for…

Android

Motorola Fire is Motorola’s First Gingerbread Phone in India

August 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Motorola Fire is now available in India and will be Motorola’s first Gingerbread phone in India. It is a touch and type phone and is available for Rs. 8,999 on Flipkart and for Rs. 9,199 on Letsbuy.

Microsoft

Fujitsu Launches First Windows Phone 7.5 Mobile in Japan

August 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Windows Mango phone has officially made its entry in Japan with Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications launching the Windows Phone IS12T which was announced last month. Fujitsu is the first company to launch Windows Phone 7.5 in Japan which would be…

Apple

Steve Jobs Steps Down As CEO Of Apple, Tim Cook Takes Over

August 24, 2011 0 Annkur

According to a press release seen on Yahoo Finance (and others), Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO previously COO Tim Cook has taken over as the CEO immediately. Cook also finds himself on the Apple board immediately.…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Microsoft Smartly Poaching webOS Devs Over To Windows Platform

August 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was only last Friday that Mr. Brandon Watson of Windows Phone had reached out to webOS developers via a tweet, stating that Microsoft will be more than happy to have them on board and work with them.

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Palm Pre 3 Skips The US; Sees Dramatic Dip In Price

August 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

After the unbeatable $99 deal on the HP Touchpad, it’s time to turn our attention to the top of the line smartphone from HP, the Pre 3. HP has decided to slash the price of the Pre 3 in both…

Android

Stephen Elop Warns Android Partners About Motorola Deal

August 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Canadian CEO, Stephen Elop has warned the current partners involved with Google’s Android OS about the dangers of the recent purchase of handset maker Motorola by Google. In a straightforward response to the news regarding the acquisition Elop has…

Android

HTC Pico Images Leaked; New Wildfire Successor?

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Another day, another HTC phone leak. It was just yesterday that we talked about the HTC Bliss – a mid range Android handset targeted at them ladies. Today, we have leaked images of yet another mid range HTC handset. The…

Notebook / Laptops

Intel Refuses To Reduce Ultrabook CPU Prices

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

According to Digitimes, leading CPU maker Intel has refused the demand from leading notebook makers to reduce the price of Intel’s Ultrabook CPU’s by as much as 50% in order to increase the latter’s profitability and sales. While Intel negated…

Apple

HTC Files Another Lawsuit Against Apple

August 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Once again, fueling the patent and injunction wars that have heated up of late, HTC has decided to make its presence felt in the party by filing a new lawsuit against Apple. The suit, filed at the U.S District Court…

Internet

Firefox 6 Lands; Throws In Slight Improvements

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

Barely weeks after Firefox 5 landed, has Mozilla taken the covers off the newest version of its browser for desktops in the form of the Firefox 6. This new version as always brings in a handful of feature updates and…

Entertainment

Sony Slashes PS3 Prices By $50

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a move to make the Playstation 3 consoles more affordable and appealing to the masses, Sony Corporation has imposed a price cut on the PS3 amounting to $50 in the North American markets. Similar cuts would also be implemented…

Apple

Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Restrained To Germany

August 16, 2011 0 Annkur

We reported a week back about Samsung getting a tough time in Germany while fighting Apple’s lawsuit against it’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. A German court had granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung, which prevented Samsung from selling the…

Google

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…

Android

Google Laps Up Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion

August 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what has to be one of the most significant tech developments of the year so far, Motorola’s Mobile phones making division, Motorola Mobility has been acquired by Google. The division which just reported losses of $52 million in Q2,…

Nokia

MeeGo Fight: After US, Nokia Avoiding N9 Launch In UK

August 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

We just heard a couple of days back that the US market wont be seeing anymore of Symbian and the Nokia N9 wont be officially released either. Well as it turns out the US market is not the only one…

Apple

Apple Scores, EU Blocks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple might have paid Nokia a royalty in the super patent battle that most handheld companies are involved in, but they are giving a tough time to Samsung. Apple and Samsung are deep into a patent battle which has apparently…

netbook

Samsung N100 – Meego Eyes On

August 9, 2011 0 Mr Spock

Samsung has not gone all out to promote it, but we think that the company’s N100 netbook is a very important product, because it provides users with a different platform and comes at a very reasonable low price. It runs…

Tech Industry News

Meet A2 Tiny, 160 GB Lighter Like HDD by Gigabyte

August 6, 2011 1 Tassavur

We all crave for smaller devices with larger capacities. Well meet A2 Tiny a small 1.8″ HDD by Gigabyte which is the size of a lighter and looks like one too. It has a capacity of 160 GB which is…

Tech Industry News

Ergonomics Research: Webcam Helps You Maintain Posture

August 5, 2011 0 Annkur

Ergonomics is gaining importance as the usage of computers skyrockets. A report once read that 80% of Americans face a back problem at some time or the other of their life, thus spending billions on just backache. Researchers at Ben-Gurion…

Future WIP

India Aims to Improve Vaccination Rate With The Help Of Mobiles

August 4, 2011 1 Tassavur

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the health minister of India, addressed a meeting of World Health Organization in New Delhi this Tuesday stating that they would be collecting mobile numbers of all pregnant mothers and thus keeping a track of the immunization…

Tech Industry News

Foxconn: A Million Bots Being Deployed To Make Your Next iPad

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Foxconn, the name most commonly heard for producing products like the Apple iPad actually employees over 12 lakh people in its Asian factories. The load is shared by some 10,000 robots at the moment, and Foxconn’s ambitious push towards automation…

Apps

Tata Sky Mobile Access App: Universal Remote + Social Networking

July 30, 2011 2 Tassavur

What do you do when you misplace a remote when needed? Isn’t it really irritating for the fact that your TV, DVD player and your DTH all of them have separate remotes. Wish you could have one remote for all…

Google

Google Strengthens IP Bank With Patents Purchase

July 29, 2011 0 Annkur

Google is a busy company, at one end it is fighting the social war with its Google+ offering going against Facebook, the mobile market is exploding and has seen significant investment from Google over the past few years. With lawsuits…

Future WIP

QualComm Purchases Gesture Recognition Technology From GestureTek

July 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

QualComm yesterday purchased key technology and assets pertaining to gesture recognition technology from GestureTek which they plan to integrate on their Snapdragon chips hence enabling smartphone manufacturers to come up with gesture recognizing devices. This would allow users to interact…

Rumors

42 Mbps 4G HSPA+ Smartphones On The Cards With T-Mobile

July 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

T-Mobile had already demoed its 42 Mbps capabilities at the CES early January this year. Well as per the latest reports, Android smartphone manufacturers like the HTC, Samsung and LG are preparing to launch devices in the later part of…

Apple

Why Steve Jobs Is Laughing At The Fake Apple Store

July 21, 2011 1 Annkur

Yesterday we came across the case of a mysterious fake ‘Apple Store’ in China. If you haven’t read the news yet, you would be surprised to know that a fake Apple Store was spotted in Kunming, China. The fake store in…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Review: HP Officejet 100 Mobile L411a Printer

July 18, 2011 1 Annkur

In the midst of all the smartphone and tablet talk, we have been playing with the HP Office Jet 100 (L411a) mobile printer recently. Officejet 100 is a battery powered mobile colour Inkjet. Been asked multiple times by friends and…

Android

P2P NFC Transactions Demoed By PayPal, Mobile Payments FTW

July 13, 2011 0 Annkur

You have probably seen the Bump app on iPhone that lets you just bump your phones and transfer data / songs. Well, how about transferring money in a similar fashion? This summer you would be able to get such capabilities…

Tech Industry News

Latest #AntiSec Attack By Anonymous Leaks 90,000 Military Email Accounts

July 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well just as we thought corporate hacking were done with. The hackers are back again, and this time they have crossed into the military territory. Anonymous have hacked Booz Allen Hamilton today, which is one of the largest American Consulting…

First look

GAIA, A One Billion Pixel Camera By European Space Agency

July 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Construction of the largest ever digital camera at one billion pixels for a space mission by the European Space Agency is now complete and it’s called the GAIA. And the name indeed reminds one of Mother Earth of Captain Planet,…

Apple

App Store Clocking 12 Billion App Downloads A Year?

July 7, 2011 1 Annkur

It’s been three years since Apple launched the App Store program for developers to sell their apps for iOS devices, and it was a runaway hit. At each Apple event, we sort of expect Steve Jobs to come out and…

Launch Pad

[India] Lenovo Launches IdeaCentre A320 AIO, Starts Rs 50,990

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

Announced back in CES 2011, Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre A320 worlds thinnest All-In-One PC in India. A320’s thickness is measured at just 18.5mm only adding to the stunning looks of this desktop. While, we await to see the different…

Concept / Educative

Flying Car Concept Closer To Reality With Terrafugia Transition (Video)

July 5, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well we all have always dreamt of owning a flying car. But till date not even a single car has passed the concept stage. But it seems that its not gonna be the same any longer. Terrafugia Transition is a…

Future WIP

More Efficient EADS ALTRAN Airport in 2050! (Video)

July 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all know how cumbersome traveling by flights can be. With the traffic at the airports sort of multiplying every year, check ins and check outs at the airport have sort of become a nightmare because of the long hours…

Gaming

Finally, Quadrocopters Controlled By Hand Motion via Kinect

July 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Seems like the Kinect SDK released by Microsoft are finally realizing its potential. The Flying Machine Arena researchers have finally managed to get the Quadrocopters work on Kinect controlled motion sensors after playing with them for a while. These four…

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