Tech Industry News

Android

3 Million Samsung Galaxy S II’s sold in 55 Days

July 4, 2011 0 Rahul S

We knew this was coming, sort of. 55 days after Samsung released its newest and most powerful Android powered handset, the Galaxy S II, the company has announced that the phone has become the fastest selling handset ever made by…

Nokia

Nokia Gets Out Of Japan: This Time, Completely

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in 2008 that Nokia had decided to cease its mainstream operations in Japan, a market where people were used to “better spec’d” handset compared to the standard fare that Nokia had on offer in the country. The…

Tech Industry News

Hanako 2: A Robot Patient For the Amateur Dentists (Video)

June 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

Meet Robot Hanako 2, she is a dental patient “Made in Japan”. As you may have guessed by now, this is a robot made for the dentists to practice their procedures. The robot is designed to behave and simulate human…

Tech Industry News

Justin Timberlake, A Zuckerberg In The Making?

June 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well, I’m sure most of you must have seen the movie “The Social Network”. Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake in the movie) who is a co-founder of Napster and goes on to become the president of Facebook and eventually…

Apps

Windows Phone Gets Angry Birds Finally!

June 29, 2011 0 Tassavur

All you Windows Phone users out there, this ones for you. Angry Birds for Windows Phone is finally live. Friends its time to pop out your Windows phones and start playing away this crazy game. With, the ever increasing popularity and…

green energy

Worlds First 24/7 Solar Power Plant, The Gemasolar Array (Video)

June 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

With, solar energy it was always difficult to generate electricity when the sun was down. It is this barrier which has hampered the rapid development of this technology since a long time. But now generating power even in the night…

Google

Automated, Driverless Cars Go Legal In Nevada

June 26, 2011 0 Rahul S

The US State of Nevada has probably become the first government entity in the world to legalize cars that travel.. well driver less. The legislators of the state have passed a bill that will ensure that Cars that integrate a…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP’s 7″ WebOS Tablet In Works? August Announcement?

June 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

Although HP themselves demoed their 9.7″ tablet, they made the people wait a long time before they launched it. It seems the press has already started waiting for a new tablet by HP with rumors starting to fly around. As…

eReaders & Tablets

Exclusive: Motorola Xoom Goes On Sale In India

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Motorola’s much awaited tablet; the Motorola Xoom has gone on sale in India. Our trusty Mr.Spock has managed to send us exclusive shots of the device being on sale at a retail outlet in the country. Along with the Xoom,…

Tech Industry News

Some Causal Games For Windows Phone 7

June 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft is trying its best to get Windows Phone 7 out to users with the maximum possible apps. In an effort to get some of the best apps from Android Market and App Store, Microsoft is also said to be…

Tech Industry News

Android 3.1 Update For Motorola Xoom Activates MicroSD Card

June 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had seen the Motorola Xoom recently and were unhappy about it being a beta launch wherein a lot of its features were not optimally functional (Yes, I’m putting that mildly). Well we were expecting an Android update that would…

Nokia

Nokia Announces Three New S40 Devices; C2-02, C2-03 Touch and Type, C2-06

June 21, 2011 1 Rahul S

Nokia just made things difficult for you to identify their phones with the launch of three new S40 handsets. All three devices belong to Nokia’s C2 family of devices which already has quite a few members. Anyway, the new additions…

Apple

Apple Being Investigated In India Under Competition Act

June 20, 2011 0 Annkur

It seems that anti-competitive government checks aren’t restricted to the west. The Hindu Business Line Reports that Apple is under the scanner in India and the Competition Commission of India is studying a customer complaint. The complaint is filed under of…

Concept / Educative

EADS’ Zehst Travels At Mach 4, Paris to Tokyo in 2 Hrs! (Video)

June 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Zehst which stands for Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation is a concept jet made by EADS, parent company of the Airbus. This is a zero emissions environment friendly jet which was unveiled at the Paris Air Show today. This Concorde look…

Tech Industry News

Commemorative Dutch Coins To Get QR Codes!

June 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

So far we have seen the applications of the QR codes mostly being limited to products as info tags on them. Though there are a few fun apps available to play around with them not much has been done with…

Market Watch

Warrantify Hopes To Make You Go Green, Goodbye Papers / Receipts?

June 19, 2011 0 Annkur

An average consumer today has more gadgets than ever before. A smartphone, laptop, camera and if you include all components you purchased when assembling PC or home appliances, the list gets pretty long. Managing their receipts and warranties is without…

Concept / Educative

Out Of Battery, Head Straight To The Strawberry Tree! (Video)

June 18, 2011 1 Tassavur

Yes you read that right! So in Belgrade when people run out of battery they have the option to head to this innovative solar powered mobile battery station located on the street called the Strawberry Tree. Milos Milisavljevic, conceived this…

Leaked / Spyshots

LG Device With Dual Screen And Slide Out Keyboard Coming Soon!

June 17, 2011 0 Ricky

Are you one of those who craves for features and functionality in a device? Ever imagined of a dual screen handset, better still a device with dual screen and even a QWERTY keyboard to go with it? Well then that…

Future WIP

Microsoft Outs Kinect For Windows SDK

June 17, 2011 1 Annkur

Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold, our excitement about how this technology would shape our future has only increased. Today Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing…

Apple

Nokia – Apple End Litigation, Apple To Pay Royalties

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Mobile manufacturers have been fighting it out in court rooms across the globe and just when we started to lose track of all the suits and counter suits, there is a settlement. Apple and Nokia have settled all their litigation bringing…

Android

Got A Samsung Galaxy S II? Facing Any Of These Symptoms? And The Typo?

June 11, 2011 9 Annkur

There is no denying that Samsung Galaxy S2 is the only high end smartphone that I have seen so many people on my twitter timeline tweeting about. And it’s not just tweets talking about it, its tweets full of excitement,…

Apple

Apple Kills Drunk Driving Apps From The App Store, Revises Terms

June 9, 2011 0 Rahul S

After getting rapped by US authorities for allowing appas that display DUI (Driving Under Influence) traps on iOS, Apple has started purging these apps from the app store. They have also updated the terms and conditions of the App Store…

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson Launches Mix Walkman and Txt Pro Handsets

June 9, 2011 2 Rahul S

Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of two new handsets following a worldwide competition open to the fans of Sony Ericsson on Facebook. The two new devices include a Walkman branded phone and a messaging oriented, QWERTY keyboard laden device.…

Launch Pad

Dell XPS 15z Official In India, Starts Rs 69,900

June 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

Lately, Dell has been on the offensive and been launching some cool laptops to heat up the Indian markets. They have just made the Dell XPS 15z official in India. The 15z has been in the news in the global…

Entertainment

Sony Reveals: 70 Million PSP Handhelds Sold So Far!

June 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

June 6 2011 will be remembered for being the day that witnessed two major tech events and announcements. On one end was Apple’s WWDC which garnered most of the attention. On the other hand was Sony’s E3 conference which was…

Entertainment

Sony unveils PlayStation Vita And More at E3

June 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Though Play Station has taken an image hit with the recent hack attacks. The fact is that, it still remains one of the major player in the gaming segment with a huge fan following. And Sony Play Station was at…

Apple

Milestones From WWDC 2011, Apple Lists Achievements

June 6, 2011 0 Annkur

In regular fashion, presenters listed Apples achievements over the past few months and the year that passes since WWDC 2010. Given the charisma of the Apple CEO and the iPhone following, WWDC keynote is one of the most highly anticipated…

Lenovo

Lenovo Launches The ThinkPad X1 in India

June 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Lenovo has just launched its flagship ThinkPad product, the X1 in India. The thinnest ThinkPad ever,the product builds upon the legacy of the ThinkPad range and incorporates a host of new features in a slim form factor. Of course, it…

Internet

Microsoft To Launch Office 365 in June: Steve Ballmer

June 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Microsoft’s could based service Office 365 was earlier thought to be coming “later this year” if we were to believe the higher ups at Microsoft. What we all however didn’t know was when actually the launch would take place. However,…

Tech Industry News

Texas Instruments Announces Windows 8 Compatible 1.8 GHz Multi-Core Processor

June 3, 2011 0 Ricky

Just a few days back we had heard that Qualcomm will be bringing out ARM processors which will be compatible with Windows 8 and now its Texas Instrument’s turn to announce the same. TI has announced that it will be…

Apple

[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…

netbook

MeeGo Comes Back To Life With ASUS EEE Pc X101

May 31, 2011 1 Ricky

When we were about to close the chapter on MeeGo, yes the Linux based Operating System earlier found to be running on tablets and phones, ASUS comes out with EEE PC X101 which is a netbook and has both windows…

Future WIP

Super Cool ‘EHD Pump’ by NASA Cools Devices in Space

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all know how soon the electronic devices heat up and the subsequent effects or damage the heat can cause to those devices. This is why we have cooling fans in our devices which cool them up using air, but imagine…

Apple

Apple Announces Macbook Bottom Case Replacement Program

May 31, 2011 0 Monis

Apple has announced a bottom case replacement program for white unibody Macbook owners. This will replace the rubber surface of the unibody Macbook that has separated from their bottom case. According to Apple, under certain circumstances, the rubber surface of…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Battery Recalls From HP Continues

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

HP had been facing problems with their Lithium-ion Laptop batteries produced in China and had to arrange for massive recalls in 2009 and 2010 due to the problems of overheating and the subsequent risks of the laptop catching fire. 

iPhone

Airtel Launches Apple iPhone 4 in India Starting Today!

May 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

So finally the launch of Apple’s iPhone 4 has dawned upon India. Airtel has launched the iPhone 4 at the same price point as Aircel at Rs. 34,500 for 16GB and Rs. 40,900 for 32 GB models. Both the black…

Featured

Kinect Controls For Powerpoint (PC) Demoed At Ballmer’s Lecture [Video]

May 26, 2011 0 Annkur

You sure have seen the kind of crazy concepts presented to define the future of our interaction with computer systems, but something that looks future tech and yet available for us today is the Kinect for Xbox 360. In the…

Internet

AT&T To Roll Out LTE (4G) This Summer

May 26, 2011 0 Tassavur

AT&T has announced that it will roll out the much awaited LTE or 4G service in five cities this summer. Those will be Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Though no specific dates for the launch has been announced yet.

Apple

Aircel To Launch iPhone 4 In India On 27th May

May 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Speculations were rife about the launching date, after Aircel and Airtel confirmed the launch of iPhone4 in India. But as it turns out our prediction about the launch date being 27th May has come true though the prices are not…

Internet

Xi3 Introduces First Chrome OS Based Desktop Computer: ChromiumPC

May 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

Xi3, a newly formed, little know company based in Salt Lake City, Utah has garnered the distinction of becoming the first company to make the world’s first desktop computer to run on Google Chrome. Known as the ChromiumPC Modular Computer,…