Tech Industry News

May 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple leads the pack when its comes to display ppi (pixel per inch) on smartphones. The iPhone 4’s Retina display with 326 ppi stole the show last year and though a lot of manufacturers have phones with good displays out…

Microsoft

Why Microsoft Buying Nokia Makes Sense, And Why It Doesn’t!

May 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Now before I even begin, we know that this is a rumor and it sure sounds like a wild one. Just months after announcing a deal where Nokia would use Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, it looks odd…

Android

Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread Officially

May 16, 2011 1 c0rex

We all know that number of smartphone and tablet users are already enjoying official/leaked Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware. Now Samsung has officially announced to release Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the Galaxy S, Galaxy Ace/Gio/Fit and Galaxy Tab in couple of…

Nokia

Nokia To “Kill” Ovi Brand; Will Be Known As Nokia Services

May 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

In yet another “disruption” by Nokia ( I love that word now!) the company has decided to do away with the “Ovi” branding it has been so proudly promoting over the past few years. The name “Ovi” would be phased…

Tech Industry News

Are Mobile Phones Killing Bees?

May 13, 2011 1 Rahul S

According to a recent by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Mobile Phones could be playing some part in the decline of the worldwide bee population observed over the course of the past few decades. The study, which…

Future WIP

Samsung Brings 64Gb toggle DDR 2.0 Flash Chip With 400Mbps Transfer Rate

May 12, 2011 0 Jassi

Samsung has started the production of high performance toggle double data rate 2.0 (DDR 2.0) MMC NAND chip. The new 64 gigabit NAND chip has an impressive 400mbps transfer rate. This transfer rate is three times more than the toggle…

Apple

Apple iPad Survey by Silicon Alley Insider Reveals…

May 12, 2011 0 Jassi

The survey by Silicon Alley Insider shows the results of iPad usage from November 2010 to May 2011. The chart shows, a majority of people use iPad web browsing. As per the survey web browsing is the most used feature…

Internet

Google Chrome Increases User base To 160 Million, Gets Some Angry Birds Love

May 11, 2011 2 Rahul S

On the second day of the Google I/O Conference, we turn our attention to Google Chrome, the browser that they debuted back in late 2008. Since its debut almost three years ago, it has come a long way. While it…

Android

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…

Apple

A Glimpse Of The 17″ MacBook Pro (Core i7)

May 10, 2011 1 Annkur

Apple has taken its time to get the Core i3, i5 and i7 offerings from Intel. The 2nd generation Core processors from Intel (Sandy bridge) have made it to the latest gen Macbook Pros and after using a 13.3″ Core2Duo…

Market Watch

VOIP: Microsoft acquires Skype for more than $7 billion? Update: Official

May 10, 2011 0 Jassi

This is undoubtedly most aggressive move by Microsoft in the world of communication, information and entertainment. Microsoft is eyeing a deal to acquire Skype for more than $7 billion. As Facebook and Google were rumored to be negotiating to acquire…

Tech Industry News

Moore’s Law Stays: Intel Introduces New “TriGate” 3D Transistors On Ivy Bridge Processors

May 5, 2011 1 Rahul S

Intel has in a landmark announcement, introduced a major breakthrough in microprocessor technology. The technology, called “Tri-Gate” is what Intel calls the first 3-D transistors. What is notable about Tri Gate is that it will help sustain the Moore’s Law…

Android

Acer Iconia S300 Smartphone / Tablet – First Impressions (Video)

May 4, 2011 0 Annkur

We spent a good amount of time checking out the Iconia range at the Acer launch today. One of the early birds here was the A300 smartphone / tablet hybrid. Acer likes to count this as a tablet and we…

Apple

New Apple iMacs With Thunderbolt, Intel Core 2nd Gen, Indian Price

May 3, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple has updated its iMacs lineup with the all new Thunderbolt I/O and Intel’s Core Processors (2nd generation / Sandy Bridge). The upgrade was rumored ever since the MacBook Pro’s got refreshed back in March. Just as the MacBook Pros,…

eReaders & Tablets

Samsung To Launch New Galaxy Tabs India By June, Aims To Increase Smartphones Market Share

May 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

Look what we have here! Samsung is all set to launch its twin tablets, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and the larger 10.1 inch version in India by June if we are to believe a recent Business Standard report. The news…

Apple

iPad 2 Faces Shortage In South Korea: Online Sales Suspended

May 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

Less than a week after the iPad 2 made it to 12 countries across the globe including India, its online Sales in South Korea have been suspended citing tight supplies.In Korea the iPad 2 is sold by the country’s top…

Sony

After PSN, Sony Online Entertainment also hacked, Over 24 million account data stolen

May 3, 2011 0 Pratish

Four days after Sony admitted to it’s Playstation Network being hacked, Sony has confirmed today that its Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) PC games network has also been attacked. Hackers have stolen over 24 million SOE active accounts information as well as…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Bold Touch Appears On RIM Website; Runs OS 7

April 30, 2011 3 Rahul S

I still do not know why these phone makers tinker around with their websites with unannounced products. There has been more than one instance of gadget makers accidentally revealing their upcoming, unannounced devices on their websites – but they never…

Nokia

Nokia’s Restructuring Will Cost 300 Jobs In India

April 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

It might be one of those awkward days of your corporate lives if you happen to be a Nokia employee now. After the company announced its massive restructuring plans, it has now been revealed that India too would be fairly…

LG To Show MeeGo Love In SFO, May

April 29, 2011 0 Annkur

We heard of LG’s MeeGo love before and some more official news pours in. LG would be at the MeeGo conference at SFO next month and it would show some of its products running a MeeGo build. While LG isn’t…

eReaders & Tablets

Motorola Xoom / Honeycomb To Get A Software Update Soon

April 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

All you Xoom owners out there; brace yourselves up for an update that’s coming your devices’ way. Verizon has announced that it is all set to release an update for the Honeycomb 3.0 version running on the tablet. The update…

Apple

Android Powered HTC Incredible S Reviewed

April 28, 2011 1 Annkur

The only market ready smartphone OS (apart from the iOS) to make good use of full touchscreens in Google’s Android. And one of the latest high-end Android powered devices to land on our desk is the HTC Incredible-S. Successor to…

Nokia

Nokia Shelves Tablet Plans; Smartphones Primary Focus

April 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has been undergoing lots of changes in terms of its organizational structure, future plans and products of late. The last one to occur was just days ago when it revealed its plans to shelve off the entire Symbian team…

Nokia

Nokia “Gives Away” Symbian To Accenture, Cuts Jobs

April 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a rather important development pertaining to Symbian, Nokia has announced that it has decided to “transfer” its entire Symbian operations along with the 3000 odd employees in that division to Accenture. Once the deal goes through, Accenture will provide…

Google

Shifting My Google Videos To YouTube

April 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Recently Google announced that it is shutting down its video site (video.google.com) completely. This had to happen someday with YouTube leading the video work for Google (uploads to Google Video was disabled in 2009) and most of you would have…

smartphones

Froyo loaded Acer Liquid Mini quietly arrives for Rs. 11,990 in India

April 23, 2011 0 c0rex

Acer has quietly introduced new Liquid Mini smartphone that runs Android 2.2 Froyo. Like a little brother to the Acer Liquid Metal, the all new Liquid Mini has 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with HVGA 320×480 pixel resolution. It’s never to…

Android

Samsung Countersues Apple In Tit for Tat Move, Avoids US

April 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Days after Apple sued Samsung for copying design and UI elements from their products in Samsung’s Galaxy line up of products, Samsung has filed new counter law suits in South Korea, Japan and Germany alleging as many as five patent…

Leaked / Spyshots

Leaked: Panasonic and Huawei To Push MeeGo Handsets

April 21, 2011 0 Annkur

Not the A list that Intel would have liked, but after the rumors of LG doing MeeGo handsets, our friends at MeegoExperts have concrete news on two new handset makers going the MeeGo way. They would be joining a small…

Apple

The iPad 2 is coming to 13 new countries next week, India?

April 21, 2011 1 Annkur

Apple’s earnings call isn’t exactly a place to expect product launches, but it seems that has changed. While speaking to media and analysts on the Q2 earnings call, Apple COO, Tim Cook revealed that the iPad 2 is coming to…

Gaming

The PSP Go is Gone!

April 20, 2011 0 Aaplap

Sony’s most recent PlayStation Portable gaming console model, the PSP Go, will soon be discontinued worldwide. The PSP Go was launched in India a few months ago, but the response hasn’t exactly been admirable. One of the biggest drawbacks of…

events

[India] NAVTEQ Developer Day Scheduled For Bangalore & Delhi!

April 19, 2011 0 Annkur

NAVTEQ isn’t a new name in navigation technologies and this is one domain that is growing with increasing momentum. NAVTEQ is a key player in loction based info and advertising. Interestingly 1000 people from the 5000+ global team at NAVTEQ…

Tech Industry News

Tata Breaks Up With Virgin Mobile; Brand To Stay

April 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

After a whirlwind three years of operations in India, Tata Teleservices and UK Based Virgin Mobile have decided to part ways and cut short their alliance with Tata buying out the remaining 50% stake in the joint venture. Virgin Mobiles…

Apple

Apple Shoots A Lawsuit, Samsung Promises Response

April 19, 2011 2 Rahul S

Just when you thought you had seen and heard of most of the major litigations, patent infringement suits and legal tussles in the tech arena, here comes yet another one. The latest one features Apple and Samsung. The latest lawsuit…

Internet

Yahoo Buzz To Die On April 21

April 18, 2011 2 Rahul S

I am sure you might have come across the “Buzz” button on blogs and websites from across the globe. No, we are not talking about Google’s social networking experiment – the Google Buzz. This is about arch rival Yahoo’s product,…

Internet

Google Videos To Shut Down On April 29

April 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in 2005, three former PayPal mates huddled together and ended up making a small startup project. The idea was a service that let users upload their own videos to the web and share them to others. It was an…

Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 to get notifications via an App

April 17, 2011 0 c0rex

Facebook has updated its official Windows Phone 7 with no visible features. Apparently, the only visible change was that the Refresh setting has been replaced with Cache Expiration which is set at 10 minutes. The Facebook App for WP7 has…

Apple

Apple iPhone 4 Supply In Hong Kong Normalizes, India Launch Promised

April 11, 2011 0 Annkur

Yes you read it right. Its iPhone 4 we are still talking about. In between the iPad 2 launch updates and iPhone 4 rumors, it seems that iPhone 4 has its own little updates to amuse us. Apparently after hiccups…

Tech Industry News

China To Get Own GPS Like Navigation System, Launches Beidou Satellite

April 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

There are standards that the world follows and then there are the Chinese who create their own standards. The examples are many. While the rest of the world clings on to Google, they have their own homegrown search engine, the…

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