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Samsung

Judge Koh rules out Samsung’s use of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ as evidence.

August 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

A new update on the Apple v/s Samsung trial is here. Although, there was no court proceedings that happened on Thursday (yesterday), Judge Lucy Koh had issued a variety of rulings that restricts the types of evidence Samsung could use…

Apple

iPhone 5 to feature 8-pin dock connector [Rumor]

August 2, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Well we already talked about the date on which you can expect Apple to launch the new iPhone. In the meanwhile, here’s some interesting features that are rumored to get incorporated in the next iPhone. Contrary to the expectations of…

Apple

Is 9/12 the date when Apple launches the next iPhone?

August 1, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

As usual, this year too, a lot of buzz has been generated about the hype of the iPhone 5 and its rumored release dates. But if popular sources from the tech world are to be believed, Apple would launch the…

Google

Google redefines Play Store Developers Policy.

August 1, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Most of us have been victims to the folly of ads that come bundled with the free apps, which are  downloaded off the Play Store. But if an email to the Play Store Developers is to be believed, Google has…

Google

Google postpones Nexus Q

August 1, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Remember the circular ‘orb-like’ device Google showcased at the I/O event alongside the launch of its Nexus 7 Tab. Well, the device referred to as Nexus Q, is a portable media device, the launch of which has been indefinitely postponed…

Launch Pad

Samsung Launches Omnia M S7530 with Windows Phone 7.5

July 30, 2012 0 Tassavur

Samsung today launched its latest handset in the Windows Phone platform, dubbed as the Omnia M S7530. It is a successor to the Omnia W device which had been Samsung’s only Windows Phone offering in India for a long time.…

HTC

HTC to Shut Shop in South Korea

July 30, 2012 0 Tassavur

Taiwanese smart phone maker HTC’s troubles do not seem to subside as the firm has now decided to shut its shop in Korea primarily due to its inability to compete with rival manufacturers like Samsung among others. As per Korean…

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Samsung posted a record $5.9 billion in profits for Q2

July 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

It’s not only Apple that is making profits this year. Its current arch nemesis, Samsung too, has posted profits in the second quarter of 2012. To be precise, Samsung Electronics has posted a record $5.9 billion in profits, on the…

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Facebook’s First Financial Report Mediocre After it Went Public!

July 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The day, May 18, 2012, was nothing short of a milestone in the history of internet and technology. That was the day, when the social networking company Facebook Inc. went public with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion.…

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Why had Twitter collapsed yesterday?

July 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

After Google’s Instant Messaging service Google Talk and microblogging website Twitter had suffered an outage, it would be not wrong to label yesterday as, ‘The Day of Outages’. For Gtalk, the outage lasted for around five hours, reasons for which…

Apple

All you need to know about the Patent Battle between Apple & Samsung

July 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The crowd is seeing red, as two of the biggest names in technology, prepare to fight the legal battle, touted as the ‘clash of titans’, the trial for which begins on Monday. In one corner, you have the world’s most…

Nokia

Nokia scraps software aimed to compete with Android OS

July 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Even after posting a quarterly loss of $1 billion, Nokia woes ain’t ending, not yet at least. The Finnish mobile manufacturer has scrapped a mass-market software project that aimed to compete with Google Inc’s Android platform, reported Reuters.

Google

Day of Outages: Google Talk and Twitter Go Down

July 26, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google’s Instant Messaging and chat service Google Talk suffered a major outage earlier today when it went down for over five hours. Users were unable to send or receive messages during this period – even though they were able to…

LG

LG posts $138 million in profit for Q2

July 25, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The second largest South Korean business conglomerate LG Corporation posted its Q2 financial results with net profit of $138 million on revenue of $11.16 billion. The net profit marks 46% increase as compared to the same quarter, last year. Although…

Tech Industry News

Lenovo unveils the world’s slimmest All-in-One PC – IdeaCentre A720

July 25, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Looks like Lenovo has taken upon itself to introduce India to a new era of incredibly thin, small, light and ultra-responsive computing devices. After launching world’s smallest enterprise desktop recently, Lenovo, yesterday announced the launch of IdeaCentre A720- the world’s…

Apple

Apple Q3 Results, Better Than Expectations?

July 25, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

On Tuesday, after the market had closed, Apple posted their Q3 financial results. The company posted a net income of $8.8 billion on revenue of $35 billion, with earnings of $9.32 per share. When compared to the same quarter, last…

Market Watch

GSMA Hits Out at India, Terms 2G Spectrum Prices Exorbitant

July 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

The global mobile operators association GSMA, has found India’s revised and lowered rates of 2G spectrum to be too high with the GSMA Director General Anne Bouverot describing the new prices as “still prohibitive”. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)…

Android

Dead Trigger Free – It is not about Android, It is the user profile!

July 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

Dead Trigger in a Facebook statement revealed that piracy on Android was unbelievably high, thus prompting them to make the game free (from earlier price of $0.99) Dead Trigger App continues to cost $0.99 on iOS. It is popular enough app with…

Nokia

New Marketing Strategy of Exclusive Carriers for Nokia WP8 Smartphones

July 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia has already started choking after Microsoft said that the current line of Windows Phone Mango smartphones would not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8. And now they’ve hushed up the release of their latest Windows Phone 8…

Google

Google posts Q2 report – 35% increase in net revenue.

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

After giants like Research In Motion, Nokia and Microsoft posting losses in their quarterly financial report, here is a news that uplifts the gloomy mood surrounding tech world. Google Inc announced its second quarterly reports, posted a $12.21 billion in…

Tech Industry News

Android Jelly Bean updates for HTC One and Nexus S

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Everyone who a owns a device that runs Google’s Android platform seemed excited with the announcement of the latest update Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). However back then, it was not clear as to when and on which devices the latest…

Nokia

Q2 Results Highlight Nokia’s Troubles!

July 20, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Looks like the tech world is bleeding. After RIM posted a net loss for the first time in 8 years for the first quarter of 2012 and Microsoft posting its first quarterly loss since 1986, Nokia posts €826 million ($1…

Android

Reliance Launches 3G Tablet For Rs.14,499

July 19, 2012 0 Rahul S

Reliance has announced the launch of a new 3G enabled 7 -inch tablet in India earlier today. This new Android powered device seems to be a better spec’d version of the Reliance 3G Tab which was announced a few months…

Microsoft

Microsoft Windows 8 to Go On Sale Starting October 26

July 19, 2012 0 Rahul S

If you have been patiently awaiting the launch of Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, well you now have a date to watch out for! Microsoft has announced that the OS would go on sale starting October 26, 2012 –…

Tech Industry News

Qantas Airways replaces BlackBerry with iPhone

July 18, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Research In Motion is not only losing its grip in the smartphone market, but also losing its corporate clientele, the latest being Qantas Airways. The Australian company is all set to replace RIM’s BlackBerry with Apple’s iPhone.

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Marissa Mayer joins Yahoo! as the new CEO

July 17, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

A top position was up for grabs at the internet company, which was among the few first companies to ride the dotcom bubble wave. Much to our surprise the position is now filled by Google Inc’s Vice President of Local Maps, and…

Tech Industry News

Microsoft introduces The New Office (Office 2013)

July 17, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The last time we got a new version of Microsoft Office for Windows was three years ago, when the software giant released Office 2010. It was about time for a new version of Office, and just ahead of the Windows…

Tech Industry News

Screen Capture Finally Coming to Windows Phone 8

July 17, 2012 0 Tassavur

China based tech website WPDang reports that, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will finally get the screenshot feature in its latest iteration i.e. Windows Phone 8.

Nokia

Nokia reduces the price of flagship phone by 50%

July 16, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Nokia is all out, to push the sales of phones, that won’t be getting the upgrade to Windows 8. Remember, we told you about the ‘Amazing Money Back Challenge’ campaign done by Nokia India, where customers who buy Lumia 800…

Tech Industry News

RIM denies developer’s losing interest in BB10 OS

July 16, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

A report from a new survey by Baird Equity Research concluded that developers sentiment toward BlackBerry 10 has reached new lows from 4.6 points out of 10 three months ago, to 3.8 — a 17 percent decrease. Also developers interest…

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Lenovo launches World’s Smallest Enterprise Desktop PCs

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In today’s world, when desktops and laptops are in the danger of going obsolete, as smartphones and tablets are gaining more prominence due to their portable nature and increasing multi-tasking abilities. Even though, there is a considerable market, which awaits…

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ZTE comes under FBI radar for selling U.S. equipments to Iran

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Last month Department of Commerce, United States enquired ZTE in relation to selling American goods to Iran, a nation with whom trade is prohibited by the government of United States of America. Well if, the document posted by The Smoking…

Microsoft

Amazon hires Robert Williams as App Store Director

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Former Senior Director of Windows Phone Business Development, Robert Williams is now a Director of App Store, for Amazon. Williams is the man responsible for Microsoft’s Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. Well, this is not the first time that someone from…

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Samsung and Google send OTA updates to carriers that disables local search on Galaxy S III

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In the recent past, Samsung has been losing out on the legal battle against Apple in the U.S. This was clear when, not only was their plea to uplift the ban on their Galaxy Tab 10.1 was rejected, but also…

BlackBerry

What happened at RIM’s Annual General Meeting

July 12, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

We had earlier talked about RIM’s downfall in the past year, as a prelude to AGM. Here is all the information you need, as to what really happened at RIM’s Annual General Meeting. Well, the AGM looked a lot like…

Featured

Is Finnish Startup Jolla Nokia’s Plan B?

July 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia now officially has only the Windows Phone platform to ride on. And so far the journey couldn’t have been rockier for Nokia as their shares have stumbled to their lowest since 1996 and currently trading at a paltry $1.80.…

BlackBerry

Chronicles of RIM’s Downfall – A Prelude to AGM

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

As this article is being written, Research In Motion stakeholders might be attending the Annual General Meeting, and the company being scrutinised for its dismal performance in the past year. We at OnlyGizmos present to our readers, a Chronology of…

LG

LG planning a super-smartphone to take on Samsung and HTC

July 10, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

News is that something super-smart is brewing in the LG Electronics stable. And no, its not a smart television this time. Instead LG is developing a new smartphone, that will be its first to feature a quad-core processor and a…

Nokia

Nokia activates ‘Money Back Challenge’ campaign for Lumia 710 and 800

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

To increase the sales figure for Lumia 800 and 710 series of smartphones, Nokia initiated the promotional campaign titled “Amazing Money Back Challenge”, where customers who buy the said devices, can return it within seven days for a full refund…

Tech Industry News

Beware: Aggressive ads in apps possess increasing risk to privacy

July 9, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If figures from the security firm LookOut is anything to go by, there is an increase in the risk to privacy, due to the aggressive ads in apps, as reported by Reuters. Some ad networks, especially those on the mobile…