HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Announces Envy SpectreXT, Ultrabooks & Sleekbooks Line-up

May 9, 2012 0 Annkur

China is the biggest computer & printers market in the world and we are here in the beautiful city of Shanghai with over 500 fellow technology journalists from across the globe to witness the launch of over 80 new products…

Apple

Google+ App Updated for iOS ONLY!

May 9, 2012 0 Tassavur

There is always a first time. Well, the saying came true for Google’s Google+ app, which for the first time has been updated for the iOS before it got updated in the Android platform. This is all the more surprising…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Curve 9320 Goes Official

May 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

While you might have already seen this newest member of BlackBerry’s Curve family in the form of leaked pictures, it was only today that RIM finally announced the existence of the BlackBerry Curve 9320 to the world. The handset, which is…

Dell

Review: Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

May 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was not very long ago that Dell announced the launch of its first Ultrabook, the XPS 13. The product, a much sought after one by Dell fans was recently launched in India as well. Dell was kind enough to…

Samsung

Samsung Announces the Galaxy S III; Has the iPhone 4S in sight

May 4, 2012 0 Rahul S

Samsung’s much awaited flagship Android handset, the Galaxy SIII has been finally announced. In an event held at London yesterday, the successor to the popular Galaxy S II was revealed to an expectant crowd of bloggers and journalists. While the Galaxy…

Nokia

Nokia To Roll Out the PureView 808 in May, Includes India

May 4, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, the much hyped 41 MP camera toting Nokia PureView 808 is finally set to see the light of the day and will be launched in select markets, which interestingly includes India as well. The Nokia PureView 808 will be…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Nexus to Skip India Launch

May 3, 2012 0 Rahul S

Here’s some bad news for all you folks out there eagerly awaiting the launch of the first ever Android 4.0 device and the reference ICS phone – the Google Galaxy Nexus in India. The official Twitter account of Samsung India has…

Android

Angry Birds Space Crosses 50 Million Downloads in 35 Days

April 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

After its announcement and subsequent launch on March 22, 2012, Game publisher Rovio has announced in a blog post that their latest version of Angry Birds – “Angry Birds Space” has crossed an astonishing 50 million downloads! It took just…

Tech Industry News

Karbonn Ties up with Dolby, Releases KT 81 Music Phone

April 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

India’s homegrown mobile phones industry seems to have come of age of late. We have been hearing quite a few tie-ups by desi companies with prestigious brands in the past few months. The biggest one was probably Lava Mobiles tying…

Nokia

Nokia in Talks to Sell Off Vertu to Permira

April 30, 2012 0 Tassavur

Nokia as we all know is on its way down and this was emphasized even further when Standard & Poor downgraded Nokia’s stocks to the status of “junk”. Now as it seems, Nokia is trying everything it can to minimize…

Microsoft

Microsoft Invests $300 million in Barnes & Nobles to form “New Partnership”

April 30, 2012 0 Tassavur

It was not long ago that Microsoft and Barnes & Nobles were locked up in a legal tussle over infringements. But surprisingly the patent dispute seems to have transpired into a friendly end. Microsoft have announced that they have invested…

Nokia

Nokia Launches new Asha 202 Handset with “Free Internet”

April 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

Expanding its portfolio of affordable handsets and the “Asha” range in India, Nokia India has announced the launch of the Asha 202 in the country. The Asha 202 is a touch and type handset featuring a full-fledged keypad as well…

Microsoft

Windows Phone 8 Laden Samsung Galaxy SIII in October?

April 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, this is one of those rumors which you want to be true, just because this one has the potential of being a game changer in the smartphone market. As per WP-Life, the Samsung Galaxy SIII which is expected to…

Apple

Samsung Denies Involvement in the “Wake Up” Apple Store Flashmob

April 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Samsung today denied any involvement with the recent flashmob stunt that caught the attention of the media all over the world, after a group of people gathered outside an Apple Store in Sydney holding billboards with “Wake Up” written on…

First look

Skydrive Gets A Desktop App, Competes With Dropbox

April 24, 2012 0 Annkur

Microsoft’s Skydrive has been around since long and it seems they are now changing gears to compete in the buzzing league. On the mobile front my interaction with Skydrive was the most when it was integrated into Windows Phone 7…

HTC

Review: HTC One V

April 22, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was just days ago that HTC announced the launch of two of its latest handsets in India – the One X and the One V. Both the phones belong to the company’s newest One Series which also includes another…

Rumors

Samsung Galaxy SIII Leaked in a Video

April 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Samsung seems to be on a roll, as they have not only replaced Nokia at the top but now they seem to be able to pull off an Apple (pun intended) as their latest to be released (rumored) Galaxy SIII…

Apple

Apple iPhone 5 To Be With In Cell Touch Display Technology

April 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

With the Samsung rumors doing the rounds all over the place, how can Apple be far behind. Rumors about the iPhone 5 have already started to emerge as the expected launch date in the month of June draws closer. Well…

Android

Samsung Galaxy SIII Launch Rumors

April 17, 2012 0 Tassavur

As the hype surrounding the impending launch of the Samsung Galaxy SIII grows bigger each day, we decided to take a look and see what the rumor mills are suggesting about the latest game changing device to be unveiled by…

Apple

New iPad (3rd Gen) with Retina Display coming to India on April 27th starts Rs 30,500

April 16, 2012 0 Aditya DK

29th April 2011, India welcomed iPad 2 and the resellers had welcomed queue of people in all the major India metros in an unique manner. The newest  edition of the iPad, dubbed as the New iPad would be made available…

Android

Asus Transformer Pad 300 on Sale Starting April 22

April 16, 2012 0 Rahul S

Asus has announced that they would be launching their newest Android powered tablet – the Transformer Pad 300 in the U.S, starting April 22, 2012. The Transformer Pad 300 would be the successor the much talked about Asus Transformer Prime…

Entertainment

Sony PSN to be Down for Maintenance for 13 hours Today

April 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well we all know how badly has Sony Playstation’s network been affected in the past by the spate of hacking incidents. The incident not only affected the Sony’s credibility, after hackers got hold of personal user information including their credit…

Market Watch

Nokia Loses 14 Year Old “Market Leader” Crown to Samsung

April 14, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well Nokia has finally lost its title as the market leader in the global mobile phone market to Samsung in Q1 of 2012. As per a recent poll of analysts done by reuters suggests that Samsung have sold around 88…

Android

Review: Motorola Atrix 2

April 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

Motorola’s Droid Razr has managed to create quite a stir in the market with its innovative groundbreaking sleek design and power it packs under the hood. And now with the Motorola Atrix 2 being released in the market, which is…

Android

Sony Launches the Xperia S in India

April 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

Sony has announced the launch of its recently announced Android powered handset, the Xperia S in India. The phone has become the first handset to be launched in India after Sony Mobile Communications split from Ericsson and became a fully…

Tech Industry News

India gets first Commercial 4G LTE Service

April 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

Barely a year after the first commercial 3G services for private carriers went live in India, Airtel became the first Indian mobile operator to launch commercial 4G services in the country. Airtel earlier today launched its TD-LTE based 4G network…

Apple

Apple Issues Java Security Update After Malware Attack

April 6, 2012 0 Rahul S

Days after as many as 600,000 Mac computers were attacked by the Backdoor. Flashback.39 malware, Apple issued an update which patched the security hole that allowed the attack to be executed in the background whilst the user remained unaware.

eReaders & Tablets

Review: Zync Z990 ICS Tablet

April 5, 2012 0 Rahul S

While the likes of the iPads, the Galaxy Tabs and the Transformer Primes battle it out for supremacy in the highly volatile tablets segment on the global front, another battle is being fought on the same field here in India.…

Micromax

Micromax to Launch Phones with Solar Panel Soon

April 4, 2012 0 Rahul S

Micromax Mobiles, which has in the space of just a few years, managed to create a credible name for itself in the burgeoning mobile phones industry in India has just made an interesting announcement.

Android

Micromax Launches Their First Tablet Called ‘Micromax Funbook’ in India, Targets Education System

April 4, 2012 0 Monis

Unlike other low price tablets, who are competing on specs, Micromax has instead decided to differentiate themselves by targeting the educational system and launched their first tablet called ‘Micromax funbook’ in India. The main emphasis has been given to provide…

Market Watch

Philips Transfers 70% of Its TV Business to TPV Technology

April 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

On Monday, Philips finally signed the dotted line and got relieved of its unprofitable TV business. The Dutch electronics giant transferred its TV business to TPV Technology, retaining a minority stake of 30% in the said business, reported Bloomberg. Based…

Android

HTC Sues Again, Not Apple, But HTC-Hub

April 3, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

HTC is in the news again. Seems like the Taiwanese mobile manufacturer is on a suing spree. Although this time it’s not Apple, instead HTC has sued a French blog HTC-Hub for early unboxing of their new smartphones HTC One…

Android

HTC One X and One V Arrive in India Starting April 2

March 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

HTC has just confirmed what we already knew. The recently announced (at the Mobile World Congress) One X and the One V smartphones from HTC’s brand new One Series would be launched in various countries across Asia – including India…

Entertainment

PlayStation 4 to be known as Orbis; Second Hand Games Unsupported

March 30, 2012 0 Rahul S

Reports are flowing in about the likelihood of Sony’s next generation PlayStation gaming console to be codenamed the ‘Orbis’. In fact, we might see Sony dropping the legendary “PS” brand name altogether with this next generation console.

Market Watch

Windows Phone Marketplace rapidly expanding with launch in 13 countries

March 29, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned, when it comes to developing and promoting their Windows Phone Marketplace. As per a post on the Windows Team Blog, yesterday, the software giant had launched 13 new storefronts around the world for Windows…

Android

Google Releases Android 4.0.4 ICS Update Over-The-Air

March 29, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Google finally answers the prayers of millions of their Android disciples for an update of Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 of Android on their smartphones. The search engine giant, in a post on the official Android page, on Google +,…

Market Watch

5 Million Samsung Galaxy Note’s Shipped

March 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

After Apple, the Korean giant, Samsung is proving itself to be the next best in the tech world with an increasing number of its Galaxy series smartphones turning out to be hot sellers one after the other and huge record…

Launch Pad

iBall announces Android based Dual-SIM Andi 2

March 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

With a plethora of low-end Android smartphones coming in to the fray, the smartphone market is fragmented like never before. Well some companies don’t see it as an almost saturated market and are willing to risk it all, for a…

iPhone

Meet the Galileo of the 21st Century

March 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

What would you call a device, that integrates robotic technology, to be used as a tool for communicating through visual medium, running on one of the best operating systems in the world, the iOS? Confused? Well, then it’s time for…

Market Watch

Docomo Wants Higher Stakes in Tata Teleservices

March 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If reports are to be believed, Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo is in talks to raise its 26% stake in Tata Teleservices, even as the Indian partner is evaluating a buyback of Docomo’s shares. Docomo has two call options it…