0 Study: Tech making people forget the art of writing

Technology exists to make our lives easier, doesn't it! But then increasing dependency on technology may have adverse impacts on us as well. One such adverse impact may be: forgetting the art of writing! It may sound little unrealistic at the moment, but we must agree that in the era of SMSing and online chatting, 

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0 HTC confirms it's not working on Siri rival

The internet has been abuzz over the last few days with rumours that HTC is prepping its own voice recognition software, similar to Apple's Siri and Samsung's S-Voice. Speculations of HTC-branded voice recognition software were triggered after the company put a strange image on their official Twitter and Facebook pages. 

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0 Find Friends Nearby: Facebook makes it easier to find friends

Facebook has silently released a new feature that allows mobile users to find friends who are geographically nearby. Dubbed as “Friendshake”, the new Facebook feature is available through a URL - http://fb.com/ffn – an abbreviation of Find Friends Nearby. FFN lets users locate friends and potential friends in vicinity without having to search for them by name. Users, however, need to log into Facebook to use the FFN platform.

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0 iBerry launches the Auxus AX03G ICS tablet in India

iBerry has announced the Auxus AX03G in India, the successor to its recently launched tablet, the Auxus AX02.

The iBerry Auxus AX02 was one of the first budget tablets to run Google’s latest OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Auxus AX03G will also run the same OS. 

The Auxus AX03G is priced at Rs. 9,990. This is the same price at which the Auxus 02 was launched. The Auxus 02 has seen a price drop with the launch of the new model and will now be priced at Rs. 7,990.

The Auxus 02 was a very good performer as a budget tablet. It has all the points in its favour – a good touchscreen, smooth running of apps and multimedia and a good build. Also, check out our detailed review of the iBerry Auxus AX 02.

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0 Porn industry thinks its future is in tablets, not 3D

The future of porn? Men and women huddled around smartphones and tablets watching free "tube" sites, according to a survey of executives and performers in the adult entertainment industry.

The survey, released on Wednesday by Xbiz, an adult industry trade magazine, also found more than half of those surveyed do not plan to buy or use a .XXX domain for their content.

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0 Steam for Schools brings 'edutainment' factor with Portal 2

Did education just become a lot more fun? Online gaming service Valve this week announced its educator edition of Steam, which comes with a free copy of Portal 2 and Portal 2 Puzzle Maker designed for classroom use by teachers and students.

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0 Analyst: Microsoft possibly prepping own Windows Phone 8 handset

While the entire tech industry is still reeling from Microsoft's introduction of its Surface tablet, a new whisper about another hardware surprise has gathered steam in some quarters. According to one analyst, Microsoft may be working on introducing its own handset for Window Phone 8, which also made its debut this week.

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0 Google experimenting with new search interface

Google has put on its lab coat and turned on the Bunsen burner for an experiment in refined searches, according to a video captured by a Spanish tech site.

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0 Google detects nearly 9,500 malicious websites every day

While providing a detailed report on its anti-malware intiatives, Google recently revealed that it identifies nearly 9,500 new malicious sites every day. Google further says it provides millions of malware-related warnings to Internet users daily. 

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0 Flipboard for Android now available

The immensely popular social and news reader app, Flipboard, has officially launched for Android phones worldwide. The app is also coming to the Nook and Kindle Fire in the U.S. Flipboard lets people keep up with the latest news around the Web, flip through updates from friends on social networks or sit back and enjoy great stories and photos from people and publications. The app has a design that makes users feel like they are flipping through the pages of a magazine.

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0 Dell to launch Ubuntu-based PCs in India

Dell India has announced it will soon launch personal computers based on the free Linux distro, Ubuntu. Dell has entered into a partnership with Canonical Ltd., the sponsor of the Ubuntu project, to sell netbooks and laptops with the open source software.

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0 SATA 6Gbps OCZ Agility 4 SSDs launched in India

OCZ has launches its new Agility 4 series of solid state drives in India, starting from Rs. 6,450 for 64GB, with a 3-year warranty. Featuring the SATA 6Gbps (SATA III) specification, the new OCZ SSDs use the Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform, normally used on the company’s flagship Vertex 4 SSD series.

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0 Nintendo announces the 3DS XL

Nintendo’s handheld gaming device may have missed some time in the limelight at E3 2012 but that doesn't mean that the company has forgotten about its handheld gaming device.

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0 Google launches initiative to preserve endangered languages

Google has taken an initiative to prevent endangered languages from vanishing forever. The initiative is called 'The Endangered Languages Project’. Google aims to use to the latest technology to encourage communication between people familiar with languages on the verge of extinction and create a comprehensive database that preserves the language forever.

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0 VLC for Android beta to hit Google Play store soon

VLC for Android beta will hit the Google Play store within the next few days, the VideoLAN Organisation announced earlier this week.

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0 Camera comparison test: Nokia 808 PureView vs. the iPhone 4S and Sony HX20V

Nokia created a tsunami of excitement when they announced the PureView 808 at Mobile World Congress, their cellphone with a ridiculous 41-megapixel sensor. While many scurried to pick their jaws off the floor thanks to the ridiculous pixel count, while many scoffed with skepticism.

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0 Indian ISPs unblock file-sharing sites after Madras High Court ruling

In what is being considered to be a huge respite for the Indian netizens who found file-sharing websites and other online services blocked, Madras High Court has ruled that the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should not block entire websites to preventing a single piece of pirated content to be shared online.

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0 No Windows Phone 8 for existing Windows Phone users

Even though Windows Phone 7 arrived late in the ongoing War of the Mobile OS, it was interesting enough to grab the attention of consumers and critics alike. The best part of the Windows Phone ecosystem was that when the OS got the 7.5 Mango update, it was made available to each and every Windows Phone 7 device available in the market.

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0 Google launches custom themes in Gmail

If you are bored of the old Gmail themes; here's good news for you – Google now lets its users customise themes (background images) in Gmail. This means you can now personalise the look of your mail client with your favourite photos. 

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0 Facebook launches dedicated page for Olympics, Explore London 2012

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Facebook have entered into a partnership to bring the forthcoming London Olympics on the world's largest social network.

Facebook has announced the launch of Explore London 2012, a dedicated Facebook page for users seeking up-to-date information about the Olympics 2012, its sports, and the athletes participating. The page features pages of athletes, national teams and individual sports.

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0 Jelly Bean-based Samsung Galaxy Note 2 due in October, with flexible display

South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, is expected to release the next generation of its smartphone tablet hybrid, dubbed as the Galaxy Note 2, in October 2012. The launch of the Note 2 is expected to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 5, which is also expected to be unveiled/launched in October 2012.

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0 Vodafone cuts 3G tariffs by up to 80 percent

Vodafone has intensified the price war in the 3G space by slashing its tariffs by up to 80 percent. After the price revision, the second in less than a month, Vodafone's entry-level 3G data plan now start at Rs. 25 for 25MB, and goes up to Rs. 1,599 for 12GB data usages. Usage beyond the stipulated data usage on each plan will be charged at 2 paise/10KB. 

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0 Google threatens legal action against YouTube conversion website

There are a number of websites that allow users to convert YouTube videos to audio or video for free. One of the popular YouTube video to audio conversion websites is YouTube-mp3.org. The website, which is said to have 1.3 million visitors per day, extracts audio from YouTube videos and lets users download the audio tracks. However, the growing popularity of the website has started to trouble Google, which has reportedly threatened to sue the conversion website.

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0 HCL to launch Y2, 3G ICS tablet in August

HCL has had a presence in the laptop, desktop and all in one market in India for quite some time now. It has also tried to make its presence felt in the budget tablet market as well.

Recently HCL launched the Me Tab X1 and the Me Tab U1 in the Indian market.

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0 LG Optimus 3D Max and Optimus L7 launched in India

LG Electronics today announced the launch of two new smartphones in India, the LG Optimus 3D Max at an MOP of Rs. 30,500 and the Optimus L7 at an MOP of Rs. 19,900.

The LG Optimus 3D Max has a 4.3-inch Nova display screen with WVGA resolution. Specs include a Tri-dual 1.2GHz OMAP4430 processor (dual core, dual channel & dual memory), 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot, two 5 megapixel cameras for shooting images in 3D, and a 1,520mAh battery. The phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is 9.6mm thin.

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0 Top iOS apps for Euro 2012 fans

We are in the midst of a football frenzy season, when even those who don't regularly watch football take an interest in the sport, because of the Euro 2012 tournament.

Everyone is busy picking their favorite teams and players and hoping that they win the prestigious cup.

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0 Microsoft Surface for Windows 8 Pro and RT tablets announced

Steve Ballmer took to the stage to announce Microsoft’s latest venture into the tablet business with two devices under the company's famous Surface brand, based on the upcoming Windows 8 OS. Two versions of the tablet were revealed at the event - one running Windows RT the other, Windows 8 Pro.

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0 Microsoft to tap India's smartphone market with localised apps

Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will soon have India-centric applications, as the company looks to tap the growing smartphone industry in the country.

Vineet Durani, Director (Windows Phone Business Group), says the company aims to tap the education and healthcare sector to develop localised applications. He further says focussing on localised applications will help the company provide more value to its customers.

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1 Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos (GSM-GSM) officially launched

Samsung has officially launched its GSM-GSM version of the Galaxy Ace Duos smartphone in India at Rs. 15,090, a device it first revealed last month.

The GSM-GSM Galaxy Ace Duos runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top. It has 3.5-inch HVGA TFT-LCD display with a 320 x 480 pixel resolution. Other specifications of the device include 5MP rear camera, 832MHz processor, 3GB built-in storage, microSD card support for up to 32GB and 1,300 mAh battery, which is rated to deliver 6.5 hours of talktime on 3G, and 16 hours of talktime on 2G.

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0 RCom, BigFlix partnership: Watch a full-length movie at Rs. 30

Reliance Communications (RCom) has entered into partnership with BigFlix to offer premium full length movies to its 3G subscribers at Rs. 30 per movie. The Video On Demand (VOD) service is available with no data charges, which means users only need to pay for the movies not for the data used while streaming. Reliance says its new service is available across the Reliance network.

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0 Top 5 Android apps to access your documents on the go

Gone are the days when traveling meant you could sit back and enjoy the scenery and be left alone with your thoughts. Nowadays it’s all about working on the move. Checking email, editing documents, correcting your excel sheets and making last minute changes to your PPT - it’s all accomplished on the move.

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0 Google's top 7 contributions to the Internet

Google began as a humble research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in March 1996, as students of Stanford University. While probing through the mathematical structure of the internet and also looking at the possibilities that their research could unearth, both Larry and Sergey knew that they were sitting on something big, something that could contribute heavily to the internet. This humble start to "Google" has now blossomed into the biggest online network of websites, applications and tools.

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0 Facebook seeks users' phone numbers to prevent security breaches

In a bid to make the social networking site more secure, Facebook is asking its 900 million users to provide their mobile phone numbers. Facebook says the move is part of its measures to improve security on the social networking site.

A number of Facebook users in the U.S. have confirmed seeing a link at the top of their desktop news feed prompting them to register their phone numbers with simple security steps. The link directs users to the Facebook Security page where Facebook guides users on how to spot a scam, have unique passwords, and verify their phone numbers for account recovery.

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0 Google's transparency report highlights 'alarming' rise in web censorship

Google in its latest transparency report has revealed the number of requests for content removal from the governments of different countries, including the Western democracies, has substantially increased.

Google revealed that it had received more than 1,000 requests from the governments around the world to pull down content such as YouTube videos and search listings. Google added it had removed half of the content requested by the governments.

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0 Intel announces Xeon Phi branding

Intel has announced its latest Xeon processor E5-2600 product family has accomplished a new supercomputing milestone as the fastest adopted new processing technology to power 44 systems, including 3 Petascale-class supercomputers on the 39th edition of the Top500 list announced today.

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0 New audio streaming service Songza challenges Spotify, threatens Pandora

Picking up on the success of services like Pandora and iHeartRadio, comes the new radio service/iPad app Songza. Employing clever wordplay, the idea behind the service is to be able to deliver to their listeners a perfect playlist, based on the time of day, situation or the mood.

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0 Smartphones a new target for cyber criminals, warn experts

Number of smartphone users in the country has substantially increased over the years. The growth of smartphones mean now a larger number of people are accessing the Internet on the go. Also, the smartphones have pushed the popularity of apps. But then the smartphones come with own set of risks. There are multiple reports on the web about the smartphones apps being fraught with privacy or security risks.

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0 Podcasts to have their own app in Apple iOS 6

Podcasts are getting a special treatment in iOS 6 – their own app. Podcast is the ability to subscribe to your favourite shows (audio only or audio video) in the iTunes library and watch/hear them as and when you like. When you sync your iDevice, you can watch/hear the shows on the go, or from the comfort of your laptop.

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0 Reliance launches attractive plans for prepaid users in Karnataka

Reliance Communications (RCom) has announced a new plan for its GSM prepaid customers in Karnataka. The new plan, known as Master Plan, covers text messages, voice calls and data plans. Reliance's Master Plan is available for both existing and new prepaid customers in the circle.

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0 Facebook working on a real-time bidding service, Facebook Exchange

Facebook is working an a real-time bidding feature for advertising on its website. According to reports the technology, already used by Google and other Internet companies, is aimed at more effectively targetting ads at consumers.

The service, to be known as Facebook Exchange, will provide advertisers access to various types of social network users, categorised on the basis of their browsing history. Facebook's real-time bidding is expected to roll out within few weeks.

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0 Google testing YouTube redesign; looks closer to Google+

Google is reportedly testing a redesign to YouTube that makes its video sharing network look a lot more like its social networking website, Google+. According to reports, the update is available to a small number of users right now.

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0 Apple patent application shows removable lens camera for iPhone

A filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, uncovered by Apple Insider, shows an iPhone-like device with a unique switchable lens mobile camera.

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0 92 new features in Apple's iOS 6

Your iPhone or iPad may be getting 200 new features this fall. That's what Apple promised in iOS 6, as long as you have an iPhone 3GS or later, a second- or third-generation iPad, or a fourth-generation iPod touch.

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0 Idea introduces ID 918 dual-SIM Android smartphone

Competition in the budget smartphone segment continues to heat up, as Idea Cellular launches its dual-SIM Android touch phone – ID 918. The device is already available at online retailers such as Flipkart with a price tag of Rs. 5,994.

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0 Microsoft reportedly set to buy Yammer for $1bn

Recent reports hold that Microsoft is in talks with Yammer, looking to buyout the intra-company professional and social networking service, for around $1bn. Yammer, used by over 200,000 companies, was founded in 2008 by David Sacks, and is based out of San Francisco, California.

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0 Samsung denies rumours of developing a Facebook rival

Samsung has rejected reports that it is working on a new social networking website to compete with Facebook. The company said that the reports were completely “groundless” and that it was only planning to expand its sharing services.

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0 LinkedIn email alerts on resetting passwords land up in spam boxes

Many e-mail alerts LinkedIn used to notify its users on how to reset passwords accessed by hackers landed into spam boxes, claims email security vendor Cloudmark. This means many users, who suffered from the recent data breach, are still not yet aware their passwords have been compromised.

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0 Canon 1Dx DSLR finally gets a launch date

Back in February, Canon made a huge splash across the imaging world with the announcement of the Canon 1Dx. The 1Dx is revolutionary in the sense that it finally put to rest the split in Canon’s pro-grade bodies (the 1D series and the 1Ds series) and brought best of both the worlds into one camera.

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0 Twitter updates 'expanded tweet' feature to show more interactive content

Twitter on Wednesday updated its expanded tweet feature, which now shows more interactive content including previews, images, videos, audio clips and more.

Users can now expand a tweet feature into a new article from the growing groups of partner sites ofTwitter. They will see a headline, introduction and even Twitter accounts of the publisher or author.

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