Nokia is not one to take on the tablet wars sitting down, as it plans to introduce its Windows RT tablet early next year, possibly during the Mobile World Congress in February 2013, according to The Verge. Sources familiar with company’s plans have also revealed how they have concentrated their efforts at producing a tablet [...]
Days after it was revealed by New York Times sources how Twitter first offered $525 million to Instagram before the latter was snatched up by Facebook for a 1 billion deal, the microblogging site has recently reshuffled its executive ranks, naming a new CFO and COO. Former chief financial officer Ali Rowghani is now the [...]
In an in-depth analysis of the ever-burgeoning competition between Google and Amazon, Reuters is reporting that the rivalry between these two online giants is set to go sky-high in 2013, as Amazon ventures into online advertising and both companies offer cloud computing services, among others. The rivalry, in fact, started more than ten years ago [...]
Global warming and its effects have been critical issues for many years, and now a Harvard scientist is putting forward a rather unexpected proposal: re-freezing the Arctic by forcing reflective particles into our planet’s stratosphere to overturn the harsh effects of global warming. This is the alternative plan of environmental scientist David Keith, who is [...]
Move over Samsung Galaxy Note II. Huawei’s Ascend Mate is set to rival your 5.5-inch screen size, with its 6.1-inch HD screen. Huawei is all about showcasing their huge-screened phone, despite the fact that many of the world’s most coveted smartphones, such as the iPhone, are designed with smaller screens. The company is set to [...]
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Google and Motorola is set to release a new handset very soon, as engineers over at Motorola had been toiling over a device set to compete with Apple smartphones. Known in internal circles as the X Phone, the device is expected to be revealed and released next [...]
The last financial quarter has been a tricky one for RIM’S BlackBerry when Research in Motion revealed on Thursday the cold, hard fact: approximately a million users around the globe deserted BlackBerry, a novel thing for a brand that has shipped a total of 200 million smartphones since its release. Yet more than this sad [...]
Facebook has always been known for tweaking things here and there, with some of the latest changes focused on message privacy settings and app permissions, but the most recent involves a possible redesign on the Timeline. ABC News has reported that Facebook is well on its way to introducing a few Timeline changes, after a [...]
A new video called “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” has surfaced 2 days ago on Youtube. We can see a golden eagle lifting up a baby for a few seconds, on Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec. The video has been viewed 17 million times in less than 48 hours. People were shocked… but actually the video is [...]
Written on 20 Dec 2012 by Vincent AbryWho would have thought that humans and potatoes had something very interesting in common (apart from “eyes”, of course)? Turns out potatoes reflect and soak up electronic signals in the same manner that humans do. In a report by the L.A. Times, aircraft builder Boeing actually takes advantage of this fact by using sacks of [...]
As 2012 draws to a close, Samsung will claim the title as the top cellphone brand for the year, toppling Nokia for the first time in as long as 14 years. This data is based on information published over at iSuppli. Apple, which manufactures smartphones strictly, will find itself in third place. Not only will [...]
Smartphone are getting smarter, so they say, and another start-up is well on their way into making smartphones serve as lab-instruments-on-the-go, especially where detecting allergens in every day meals is concerned. Inventor Aydogan Ozcan heads a team of researchers, who are currently devising prototypes of the iTube, a device that transforms smartphones into colorimeters for [...]
On Monday Instagram, already acquired by Facebook this year, made some changes on its Terms of Service wherein it stated clearly how it has the perpetual right to monetize user’s photos without requirement for notification or compensation. Expected to take effect on January 16 of next year, this announcement prompted users to bash against Instagram, [...]
It was only last Wednesday that Google Maps for Apple finally arrived to highly impressive critical response but today we are given a clearer glimpse as to how impressive the numbers have really been. Google’s Jeff Huber, who sits as SVP for Geo and Commerce, announced through a Google+ post that as many as 10 [...]
Samsung is expected to add more to its collection of Android smartphones through the Dual-SIM Galaxy Grand, equipped with an 8-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal memory. In a post published at their official global blog, Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy Grand, described to be a smartphone perfect for fast-paced users who expect a lot [...]
After more than a year of his arrest, Hollywood hacker Christopher Chaney has been sentenced on Monday by a federal judge to 10 years in prison after breaking into the online accounts of more than 50 celebrities including actress Scarlett Johansson and singers Christina Aguilera and Renee Olstead. Chaney, who hails from Jacksonville, Florida, went [...]
Last week we introduced you to a Wi-Fi doorbell controllable via your smartphone, and now we show you Japanese company Lixil’s Satis toilet which you can manipulate through an Android app so you can effortlessly lift the seat or flush without having to use your hands. The My Satis Android app lets you control your [...]
New trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has just been released on youtube. And it’s promising a good movie. The movie will be in theaters on the 12 june 2013. Summary : “After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to [...]
Written on 17 Dec 2012 by Vincent AbryAlthough Mr. Kevin Systrom of Instagram confirmed not having received offers other than Facebook when the photo-sharing app was snatched up by Zuckerberg’s team for $1 billion several months back, the New York Times is publishing a story about Twitter having offered $525 million for Instagram and Systrom having agreed verbally to the deal. According [...]
A few months back Twitter issued the promise that before the year is over, their users will have the opportunity to download all of the tweets they’ve ever made in their respective accounts. Now, it appears that CEO Dick Costolo is making good on his promise, which he first announced during this year’s Online News Association conference. [...]
