Apple

Apple vs Samsung Courtroom Trial: Day 4

August 7, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The Apple vs Samsung legal battle has entered into the second week, on the 4th day of the courtroom trial, which is underway in San Jose California. The fourth day of the trial began with Justin Denison, Chief Strategy Officer…

Tech Industry News

EcoReco Picks up India’s First Strategic Investment, Promises Better E-Waste Management

August 7, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

India’s pioneering and only publicly traded company exclusively working in the e-waste recycling segment, Eco Recycling Limited, announced that Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co. Ltd, has extended consent to invest in the equity capital of the company. Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co.…

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NASA’s Curiosity Lands on Mars, Sends First Images.

August 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

After more than eight months in space, in a journey spanning 36 weeks and 567 million kilometers, Nasa’s Curiosity rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars at approximately 1200 hrs IST, today. The 900kg science lab has established communications with…

Microsoft

Expect Nokia Windows Phone 8 Smartphones this September: Bloomberg

August 6, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, here is a rumor of a rumor we’ve been hearing about for quite some time now. As per Bloomberg’s sources Nokia is supposed to unveil it’s latest Windows Phone 8 laden Lumia smartphone by next month and it would…

Android

Karbonn introduces Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ Tablet

August 6, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Karbonn Mobiles is one of the the fastest growing mobile brand in the Indian telecommunication eco-sphere, considering it was launched in 2009 and as per recent Voice and Data report appeared in July, 2012, it is amongst the Top 5…

Apple

Original iPhone development was called Project Purple

August 4, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

We all know that Apple unveiled its first iPhone on January 9, 2007, by the then CEO, Steve Jobs. But on the third day of the Apple v/s Samsung trial, Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President of iOS, revealed that the…

Apple

Apple vs Samsung Courtroom Trial: Day 3

August 4, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The court-room trial between Apple and Samsung continued to the third day on Friday. We bring you the details of what happened on the day 3 of Apple v/s Samsung trial in San Jose, California. The proceedings began with Judge…

Samsung

Galaxy Note 2 will debut in Berlin on August 29

August 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The ongoing battle between Samsung and Apple is not only happening at court trials. The two tech giants are fighting it out in the market, an attempt to garner maximum attention. Rumors regarding the launch date of the next iPhone…

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…

Tech Industry News

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…

Tech Industry News

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.…

Tech Industry News

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

Intex Launches Slimmest 7 inch tablet in India

July 24, 2012 0 Rahul S

Intex has announced the launch of a new 7 inch Android powered tablet in Tamil Nadu. Known as the Intex i-Buddy, the tablet is claimed to have been designed keeping the youth in mind. The device is just 9 mm…

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…

Android

Google Runs Out of 16 GB Nexus 7 Tablets; Suspends Sales

July 23, 2012 0 Rahul S

Google’s much talked about Nexus 7 tablet seems to be doing exceedingly well. The device, made by Taiwanese electronics major and Google partner Asus, was announced at the Google I/O Developers Conference late last month. The first commercial device to…

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S III sales Cross 10 Million Units

July 23, 2012 0 Rahul S

The CEO of Samsung Electronics Lee Kun had last month predicted that he expected the sales of the company’s flagship Android handset – the Galaxy S III to top 10 million units by the end of July. Beating his expectations…

Apple

Fighting Android, The Apple iPhone Strategy

July 21, 2012 0 Annkur

It is easy to see an Apple iPhone selling for $199 and feel that it affordable. Or for that matter any phone selling the US. Only when the same super-out-of-the-world-phone launches in an unsubsidized form, we know the actual price…

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.

Accessories

Review: Capdase Smartpocket Xpose+Posh Value set for BlackBerry Curve 9380

July 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

Today we are checking out the Capdase Smartpocket Xpose + Posh Xpose Value set for the BlackBerry Curve 9380. This product, manufactured by HongKong based Uniconcept is sold under the Capdase brand worldwide.

Tech Industry News

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…