Tag: Google
Apple HD TV – Upcoming 2012 Gadgets
Speculations around the Internet indicate that Apple is preparing to release a high-definition television set. The TV is expected to come in 15 to 19-inch range powered by the company’s mobile operation system, iOS. The TV, however, is not only used to play videos, but also play games, run applications and providing you control over [...]
Google, authors go head to head over digital books
Google Inc, in a long-running legal dispute over its plans to create a digital library of books, argued in court on Thursday that associations of authors and photographers should not be allowed to sue the company as a group. Manhattan federal judge Denny Chin did not make an immediate decision, but noted during oral arguments [...]
Tank Hero: Laser Wars-Clapfoot Inc.
Description The follow up to the hit puzzle action game Tank Hero has finally arrived!%30 OFF DURING GOOGLE FEATURING! New levels coming shortly after. The follow up to the hit puzzle action game Tank Hero has finally arrived! Charge your lasers and get ready to take the fight to new battlegrounds that will challenge you [...]
Google Nexus tablet a ‘done deal,’ claims report
The Google Nexus Tablet is all set to go, an Android enthusiast claims; it is even cheaper as compared to Kindle Fire. Mr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman at Google stated that the company planned to market a tablet of the highest quality. According to the reports, the Mountain View based firm had reached out to Asus [...]
Google Art Project takes Delhi museums online
Google Tuesday announced the launch of Google Art Project in India. This initiative aims to bring artwork, which is currently only accessible at Museums, to the masses via the Internet. Google Art Project will allow users across the world to view the artwork collections part of the two museums in New Delhi – National Gallery [...]
Android beats Apple in China mobile
Google Inc’s Android mobile operating system (OS) was the top smartphone platform in China last year, growing its market share by about 35 percent in the world’s largest market for mobile phones, a Chinese technology research firm said. At the end of 2011, Android had 68.4 percent of the smartphone OS market by the number [...]
App Review: iPhoto for iOS
Photo for iOS offers some very interesting editing capabilities, especially in comparison to Photoshop Touch. As far as image editing for tablets goes, iPhoto holds its own against Photoshop Touch and it costs half of what Photoshop Touch does. While iPhoto may lack a feature or two that Photoshop doesn’t, the simplicity of using iPhoto [...]
E-brokerages tap social media
When Tom LaScola received an unsolicited message on Twitter from TD Ameritrade about the problems he was having setting up an online brokerage account, he was pleasantly surprised. LaScola, 23, a marketing consultant and avid social media user, sent a tweet out to his more than 5,000 Twitter followers about the headache he was getting [...]
South Africa takes TB battle to mine shafts
South Africa is shifting its lines in the battle against tuberculosis to mines, where lung-attacking dust, crowded working conditions and a pan-African workforce make the industry a focal point for spreading the disease. Drug resistant TB strains, associated with cramped urban conditions, are spreading among miners, who have infection rates about three times higher than [...]
Was Einstein wrong – or was the cable loose?
The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein’s fundamental theories was wrong – but now the lab behind it says the result could have been caused by a loose cable. Physicists at the CERN research institute near Geneva appeared to contradict Albert Einstein’s 1905 Special Theory [...]