Why look at this! Samsung’s very own Galaxy Tab 10.1 decided to stop by in Beijing to greet Dell’s latest tablet.
Dell Streak 10 Pro tablet makes global debut in China, we go hands-on
When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion last month, it raised a lot of questions about which buzzed-about start-ups might be on track for similar success. The start-up scene is flooded with apps and services that are attracting users and backing from investors. But it can be hard to work out which companies are worthy [...]
Almost 28,000 telephones have been disconnected and over 44,000 notices issued to unregistered telemarketers till April 24 for sending pesky calls and messages, according to the government. “Government is aware that several calls and SMSs are being sent from private numbers i.e. by subscribers not registered as a telemarketer. 44,810 notices have been issued to [...]
After Sony Xperia S, company’s second Android smartphone Xperia U is all set to enter the Indian market. The smartphone popped at online retail websites like Flipkart and Letsbuy over the weekend and the former has even started taking the pre-orders. The pricing is expected to around Rs 17,000, as both the retailers have listed [...]
Buoyed by its successful launches, Samsung Electronics hopes to increase its share in the 18-19 million unit Indian smartphone market to 60 percent in the current year. “Our smartphone market share in India was 45 percent at the end of the first quarter of this year. We are looking at capturing 60 percent of the [...]
In his quest to shake up the board of Yahoo, Daniel S. Loeb is pulling out all the stops, including the college transcripts. In a letter sent to Yahoo’s board on Thursday, Mr. Loeb, the founder of the hedge fund Third Point, said that Yahoo’s chief executive, Scott Thompson, had falsified his resume; to include [...]
At their worst, captchas are impossible to decipher; at their best, they’re… fun? A startup called Are You a Human has developed PlayThru, an alternative to text-based authentication. Instead of requiring the user to type some blurry, nonsensical word, PlayThru has them play a mini-game, such as dragging and dropping a car into an open parking [...]
How many of us actually bother to read the nutritional label that is printed on the box of snacks and cereal that we picked up at the supermarket? I suppose if we are too lazy to do so, or are one who is on the other extreme, calculating calories with each and every single morsel [...]
A court in Delhi Thursday dropped the Indian unit of Google from a civil suit regarding alleged objectionable content on its websites, but retained the parent company, the lawyer for the plaintiff said. Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and other Internet companies have been named in separate civil and criminal suits filed in Delhi courts over [...]
LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, and the business networking company is buying presentation sharing website SlideShare for $118.8 million. Shares jumped $9.29, or more than 8 percent, to $118.70 in extended trading. If that rally extends into Friday’s regular trading session, LinkedIn’s stock price will be close to its [...]
Audio technology licensor Dolby Labs Inc signed an agreement with Microsoft for the use of its products in the Windows 8 operating system, and posted a second-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates. Dolby’s shares jumped 19 percent to $44.60 in after-market trade. The stock closed at $37.63 on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. [...]
1) Facebook has more than 900 million active users. If the company were a country, it would be the third largest in the world after China (population: 1.34 billion) and India (population: 1.17 billion). 2) With 157 million members, the United States has the most Facebook users, followed by India with 45.9 million, Brazil with 45.3 million, [...]
Introduction So, the iPad is dead, long live the iPad. That’s also part of the deal. The retirement of the first-generation of the Apple tablet is nothing out of the ordinary. There used to be the iPad and the iPad 2. Now, we have the iPad and the iPad 2 is the backup, the second [...]
The Excite 10 LE is powered by a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor combined with 1GB of DDR2 installed RAM, and will include Android OS version 3.2 (Honeycomb) pre-installed, with an OTA update to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) set for a later release. The Excite also includes front and rear cameras (2MP and 5MP respectively), [...]
The survey data shows that consumers who own tablets, in the US, UK, and Germany are willing to pay for content in a plethora of tablet media categories except for news. It makes perfect sense that consumers would not be willing to pay for news content and media, especially considering most common news sources do not charge [...]
Along with the iPhone 5, fans are also eagerly expecting the release of iPad 3, which now reports indicate that it has been scheduled to be launched in February next year. The new tablet, in competition to Samsung Galaxy Tab will feature a new, thinner and sleeker design, down nearly 20 percent in size compared to [...]
Overview You thought a 10-inch tablet was too big? It seems some people disagree, and Toshiba’s Excite 13 is proof of that. This tablet is a 13-inch monster, but not only is size what makes it a beast. The bad boy has some stunning specs. The Excite 13 comes with a 1.5 GHz quad-core Tegra [...]
A U.S. judge urged jurors to resume deliberating Oracle Corp’s copyright claims against Google over the Android mobile platform, after they indicated there was unanimous agreement on all but one of the questions they must decide. “It’s worth you going home over weekend,” U.S. District Judge William Alsup told the jurors, adding that deliberations in [...]
The design is much talked feature of the Apple iPhone 6 around the Web. Fans are expecting that the iPhone 6 will features a curved screen design. Having said that, the iPhone 6 might look something like the Sony Xperia Arc. The rumor originated when Apple contacted the G-Tech and Fuji Crystal, the lens technology [...]
Description Imagine it, build it. Create worlds on the go with Minecraft – Pocket EditionThe new Minecraft – Pocket Edition allows you to build on the go. Use blocks to create masterpieces as you travel, hangout with friends, sit at the park, the possibilities are endless. Move beyond the limits of your computer and play [...]
Description Fred is back with a gory host of awesome acrobatic moves, skills and locations!The anticipated sequel to Falling Fred is here! Fred is back with a new host of painful antics, awesome acrobatic/desperate moves, special items and uber-cool locations. Take control of our hapless hero as he pursues his quest to remain among the [...]
The 1980s were a magical time for cinema. It was the time of awesome storytelling and some of the most stunning filmmaking ever. After all, who can forget such gems as “Earth Girls Are Easy” or “Bachelor Party”? And for all the awesome movies, some even included gadgets that became the standout stars. Some of [...]
Adobe today began shipping the latest version of its professional design suite, Adobe CS6. The CS6 product line which includes powerful new releases of Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign and more, is available for both OSX and Windows. The CS6 creative suite apps are designed to cater to different individuals. Users have the option to buy these [...]
Dell has enhanced its gaming laptop portfolio with the introduction of two new laptops – Alienware M14x and M17x. Both Alienware M14x and M17x laptops come with Intel’s third generation Core i5/i7 processors and Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 technology, The Alienware M14x is a 14-inch laptop and the company is dubbing it as the ‘most [...]
Fast-charging an EV isn’t new in itself, but deciding on a standard for it is. Which is why we’re glad to hear that Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and Volkswagen have all agreed to a common format for their EV charging ports, the not-very-elegantly-titled DC Fast Charging with a Combined Charging System. Together, the automakers are promising a [...]
Plugging in portable music players or phones into audio systems is a thing of the past. ET checks out nine gadgets that stream music over Bluetooth for a wire-free and hassle-free music experience. Nokia Play 360 (Rs 9,350) This funky-looking, aluminium-clad compact wireless speaker from Nokia integrates NFC (for quick pairing with compatible phones – just tap [...]
Reports from IGN suggest that Microsoft is working behind the scenes on the next generation of the Xbox console, codenamed ‘Durango’. As per the report, Flextronics recently began the assembly of the console’s hardware at its Austin, Texas branch. This is the same company that put together the original Xbox that debuted in 2001 and continues to [...]
The US tax authorities are in for a major windfall from Facebook chief Mark Zukerberg, as the upcoming IPO of the social networking giant could make him pay in taxes as much as $903 million (about Rs 5,000 crore). Interestingly, his total estimated tax payout amounts to more than 85 percent of the total proceeds [...]