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Nokia to launch tablets and “hybrid” smart mobile devices
Nokia will launch a range of tablets and “hybrid” smart mobile devices, the company’s chairman, Jorma Ollila, told the Financial Times on Thursday. Ollila, who leaves the wounded cellphone maker after 27 years, did not, however, state when the mobile devices would be launched. He was cited as saying Nokia had been too slow at [...]
Anonymous planning to attack more China sites
The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday. Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, hacked into Chinese government websites last week, [...]
No April release for Galaxy S3 from Samsung
It looks as if fans of Samsung phones will have to wait a little longer for the much anticipated S3 handset, as the company has come out with a Twitter denial in response to reports that the Galaxy S3 was set for an April launch. The report citing April as the scheduled release date for [...]
Best iPhone news and weather apps
f you’re a web worker, mobile computing is either a necessity of the job or something you choose to do to get away from the monotonous confines of your office work station. Along with your laptop and (most probably) your iPhone/Blackberry/[insert handheld here], there are a plethora of useful devices that you can tag along [...]
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 [...]
Apple cements tablet market lead with new iPad
Apple Inc’s newest iPad looked like another hot seller on Friday as hundreds lined up at stores around the world to get their hands on the tablet, though the crowds and waiting times in some cities were less than in previous years. The third-generation iPad has only a few new features including faster wireless connectivity [...]
Instagram release illustrates why developers pick iOS over Android
Earlier this week, Instagram–the beloved iPhone app for snapping, filtering, and sharing photographs–arrived on Android phones, nearly a year and half after the iPhone app’s initial release. Until that time, folks using Android phones could only look on longingly as their iPhone-wielding friends snapped and shared photos on the growing network, which topped 30 million [...]
HTC wants One to be its Nexus-like premium line
HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou holds the new HTC One X Android phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. HTC hopes it’ll have the same kind of brand affinity as the Nexus phones. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) When it comes to the One series of smartphones, HTC is hoping to follow Google’s playbook for its [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 in Europe in Early May
Adjust text size: – Nokia Lumia 900 Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone on various markets around the world, including Europe. The Windows Phone device will arrive on shelves in the United States on April 8th, and should reach other markets around [...]
Dropbox 1.3.31 Available for Download
It is not unusual for Dropbox Experimental to be updated twice in a single day. But build 1.3.31 of the application comes a day after the release of its predecessor and it introduces some new elements. The novelty in this revision is represented by two information screens. Both of them are inauspicious, as one is [...]