The worldwide Android tablet is ruled by Amazon’s Kindle Fire, and not Google’s Nexus 7, according to TheNextWeb. Kindle Fire, released in 2011, has been able to hold its dominance in the market impressively despite the more recent introduction of Google Nexus 7 just last year. This piece of information is sourced from Localytics, a [...]
North Carolina State University researchers have found a way to devise self-healing, stretchable wires for use in industrial processes, mainly through special polymer materials and liquid metal. Liquid metal is found in the cores of the wires, allowing the polymer sheath to reconnect effectively after being cut off. Researchers involved in the project have been [...]
The financial results for Microsoft’s 2013 second fiscal quarter is here, showing strong revenue figures of $21.46 billion, according to The Verge. Additionally, the company’s net income for the quarter is at $6.38 billion and earnings-per-share at $0.76. Microsoft’s revenue shows a 2.7 percent increase from the figures posted on the same quarter of last [...]
More than a month ago, Google made a few tweaks on Image Search, allowing users the option to turn on the SafeSearch option as a way to keep pornographic images from cropping up in image searches. Now, Google is set on making Image Search more efficient for both users and webmasters, making changes in the [...]
The figures for Apple are in: the quarter brought in total sales of 47.8 million iPhones and revenue of $54.5 billion. This is a sharp increase compared to figures of the same quarter one year ago, wherein Apple sold 37 million iPhones, bringing an all-new record to a company besieged by current rumors of fast-declining [...]
There’s more to Psy’s Gangnam Style video than meets the eye. Already dubbed as the most-watched video ever uploaded on YouTube and getting more than a billion views, Gangnam Style has already pulled in a whopping $8 million in revenues from ads, according to Google — and that’s only from YouTube. The disclosure was made [...]
Having launched the Surface Windows RT last year, Microsoft has finally announced the availability of the Surface Pro by February 2013 in a recent blog post. Compared to the Surface RT, the Pro runs on a full version of Windows 8 Pro and designed more specifically for productivity and performance. The Microsoft Surface Pro tablet [...]
Several days after firmware update issues surfaced on the Surface RT tablets, which include complaints from users who are disallowed access from Windows store as well as several connection problems, Microsoft has confirmed existing issues on Windows RT devices. A spokesperson from Microsoft has released a statement to TheNextWeb clarifying and confirming these current update [...]
The last two years has seen Google investing in more international offices; and to add to its growing list of global headquarters from Dublin to Paris, the U.S.-based Internet behemoth is set to open its London office sometime in 2016. image : guardian Google’s Matt Brittin, VP for Northern and Central Europe, released a statement [...]
The arrival of the Sony Xperia Tablet Z has usurped the iPad Mini’s throne as the thinnest tablet available. Just announced recently, the Xperia Tablet Z is the latest offering from Sony after the company introduced their Xperia Z smartphone at CES, reports The Verge. While pricing details and information with regards to its availability [...]
Continuing space exploration efforts by the European Space Agency have revealed that a gigantic river has coursed through Mars about 3.5 billion years ago, which has since been overrun by a glacier, as revealed by various 3D images taken from the upper area of the Red Planet’s Reull Vallis region. According to images collected by [...]
In view of all the sordid hacking stories and online account takeovers by cybercriminals all throughout last year, Google is dead set on ditching the password in favor of more secure alternatives, including a cryptographic card designed to work with a USB reader and a finger ring that can authorize you into an account with [...]
Almost everyone familiar with Kim Dotcom and his MegaUpload fail will know that another website has been in the works for some time now. On January 19, 2013, exactly one year after Megaupload was seized by the U.S. government Kim Dotcom finally made public Mega.co.nz, the successor to Megaupload. In an announcement, Dotcom revealed that [...]
It’s about time somebody made a film on the life of one of the most influential people of the twentieth century: Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs. Titled jOBS, the movie chronicles the life of Steve Jobs beginning his college drop-out days and ending with his success as Apple co-founder and chairman and other high-profile, executive roles. [...]
Many entrepreneurs on Facebook who have heard about the social network’s most recent functionality, Graph Search Engine, are most likely to ask this question: What’s in it for me and my business? If you ask Facebook, you’d most likely get the assurance that Graph Search will prove valuable in allowing more people to discover more [...]
Linkedin hit the 200 million milestone one week ago. The professional networking website has a presence in 200 countries and its site is available in 19 languages. Countries that have the most members are United States (74 million), India (18 M), United Kingdom and Brazil (11 M each) and Canada with 7 Million. Fastest growing [...]
Graph Search, Facebook’s own social search engine has been launched yesterday, and already its benefits for reporters and journalists could prove highly immense. According to Facebook, the new functionality allows for more relevant searches, allowing journalists the opportunity for richer, more meaningful searches on any expert, photo, or trend on any given topic. This smart [...]
Facebook just unveiled Graph Search, a new search engine fully dedicated to search the content on the social network. This not a classic search engine like Google or Bing because here there are no links to websites, but only internal stuff to look for, like photos, videos, updates, Places and interests. With 1 billion members, [...]
Myspace has willingly given itself a face lift thanks to its newly redesigned website that features Justin Timberlake and his new single Suit & Tie on the landing page. First reported by The Verge and later taken up in a similar report by TheNextWeb, the new Myspace has been available first through its beta version, and [...]
The AutoRip service could potentially give Apple’s iTunes a run for its money. The most recent offering by Amazon, AutoRip, provides free digital versions of actual CDs bought from their site, even on physical music purchased some 15 years ago. This option to access via digital means will be available through Amazon’s Cloud Player — only [...]
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