0 Go Tech launches FunTab New tablet for Rs. 3,999

Go Tech has launched a new budget tablet called, FunTab All New. Priced at Rs. 3,999, the FunTab All New runs on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1GHz processor.

Other specifications of the FunTab All New include 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 4GB built in storage, 512MB of RAM, expandable storage up to 32GB and 0.3 MP front camera. 

The device comes with a 3,600 mAh battery, which is rated to deliver 8 hours of standby time.

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0 Airtel launches Wi-Fi Hangouts service for prepaid users

Bharti Airtel has introduced a new Wi-Fi hotspot service, called Wi-Fi hangouts. The service is available for Airtel prepaid customers in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bangalore regions.

With the new hotspot service, Airtel subscribers can access the company's public hotspots by activating 'Airtel W-Fi Zone' vouchers available on the company website. 

“Now you can enjoy a broadband internet experience even outside your home. Whether at your favourite café, restaurant or local hangout, Airtel Wi-Fi guarantees a secure and reliable connectivity on your laptop or handheld device,” says Airtel on its website.

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0 NASA and Foursquare launch new Curiosity Rover-themed badges

NASA has teamed up with Foursquare to introduce Curiosity rover-themed badges. Users can earn these badges by checking into science-related destinations frequently.

Users must like NASA on Foursquare to earn the Curiosity Explorer badge, and check in at a NASA visitor center or other places categorized as a science museum or planetarium.

The launch of the badge comes after the October check-in on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which was dubbed as the first check-in on another planet. Since landing on the planet in August, the Curiosity rover has been extensively promoted on social media, especially Twitter and Facebook.

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0 Japanese firm develops 'smart' toilet that can be controlled via app

The idea of home appliances and utilities being controlled by smartphones is not new, but a Japanese firm called Lixil might have taken things too far, developing an advanced toilet model that can be controlled by a smartphone.

Users can control the toilet by a smartphone app called 'My Satis', which can also track user's bowel movements to assess their health.
The app, available for select Android smartphones, is compatible with three of the company's new range lavaroties.

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0 Lenovo launches IdeaPad Yoga series in India

Lenovo has announced the official launch of the IdeaPad Yoga ultrabook in India. This is a “multi-mode” device, which can be switched into a non-keyboard mode thanks to the swivel design.

This is the same device that was showcased at CES 2012 and won 14 awards. There are two versions of this device – 11-inch and 13-inch, and both have been launched in India.


These devices will be powered by the third generation Intel processor range (Ivy Bridge), with the prime focus on being super thin and super light. The IdeaPad Yoga 13 weighs 1.54kg and has a 0.6-inch thick frame.

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0 DRDO working on an Indian OS to ramp up cybersecurity

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on an indigenous operating system in a bid to secure the country's cyber network.

According to DRDO director-general V K Saraswat, the Indian OS will be ready in couple of years. Saraswat further revealed that about 150 engineers have been working on the OS for the last one and half years.

India mainly depends on imported OSes based on Windows and Linux, which may have security risks, he noted.

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0 Sony finally announces Jelly Bean update for Xperia smartphones

Sony Mobile has announced the schedule of Android Jelly Bean upgrades for its Xperia smartphones. However, there is a big surprise in store – not all 2012 Xperia smartphones are on the list.

The announcement also clearly states that the update will bring Android Jelly Bean 4.1 on board.


The smartphones that will get the update first are - Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V. The Jelly Bean update will roll out globally for these phones during February 2013 and March 2013. In the second phase, the Xperia P, Xperia J and Xperia Go will receive the upgrades. This rollout will start towards the end of March 2013. The third bunch of upgrades will cover the Xperia S, Xperia SL, Xperia Ion and Xperia Acro S, which “will follow in the subsequent weeks”.

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0 HTC Windows Phone 8S available online

Windows Phone 8 powered smartphone; the HTC 8S is available for purchase online at Rs. 19,350. Those interested can order the smartphone from Saholic or Flipkart.


The HTC Windows Phone 8S, runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset with a dual-core 1GHz processor and Adreno 225 GPU coupled with 512MB of RAM.

The 8S features a 4-inch S-LCD display with an 800x480 pixel resolution (translating to 233ppi), and a Gorilla Glass screen.

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0 Resident Evil 6 coming to the PC on March 2013

Capcom’s survival horror game, Resident Evil 6 will make its debut on the PC on March 2013. The game has already been available for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 since October 2012.


Capcom has said that the game will be available as a download only in North America, while Europe will receive both digital and physical versions on the same date. The digital download of Resident Evil 6 will be available through Steam and will also come with Steamworks functionality. The game will also launch with all the downloadable content that was made available after the launch of the console version of the game.

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0 GE develops ultra-thin,silent cooler for next-gen laptops and tablets

General Electric has unveiled what seems to be the thinnest, high-performance cooler for the next-generation of ultra-thin tablets and laptops (pictured left). While this cooler obviously allows for slimmer designs (or more space for other components), it also uses just half the power of a comparable fan, granting a significant boost to battery life. Oh, it’s almost silent, too.

The technology behind GE’s cooler is called DCJ — Dual Piezoelectric Cooling Jets. DCJ basically acts as a miniature pair of bellows: Expanding to suck in cool air, and then contracting to expel hot air. GE originally invented DCJ to help cool commercial jet engines, but two years ago it seems someone had the clever idea of miniaturizing the tech for use in computers — and so here we are.

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0 More than 14,000 Indian sites hacked this year: CERT-In

Cybercriminals have gone on a rampage. According to data revealed by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-In), more than 14,000 websites were hacked till October this year, a sharp increase of 57 percent from 2009.

The CERT-In data says in 2009 the number of attacks was 9,180, it rose to 14,232 in 2011 and in the first 10 months of this year itself has surpassed the 14,300-mark, 14,392 to be precise. In 2010, about 16,126 websites were hacked in 2010.

The CERT-In figures come days after Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora revealed in the Parliament that about 294 websites of various government departments and ministries were attacked by hackers during the period between January-October 2012.

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0 Govt. orders blocking of 690 'offensive' webpages this year

The Indian government has ordered intermediaries to block 690 webpages/URLs for having anti-national, objectionable and hate content this year. The directions were issued under Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The revelation was made by Union minister Kapil Sibal in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

"Based on the request of law enforcement agencies and directions of the Courts during the last three years, the competent authority..issued directions to intermediaries for blocking of 690 webpages/URLs carrying such anti-social, anti-national and hateful content," said the minister.

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0 Aakash 2 tablet to cost $35 with Indian manufacturing Says Kapil Sibal

Union minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that the price of the Aakash 2 tablet will be brought down to $35, about Rs. 1,900, when using more local manufacturing resources. The Aakash costs $49, Rs. 2,660 approximately, at the moment.

The minister also said that the next version of the Aakash is also being planned, and will come with Skype, as well as other improved features.




"Aakash is a tablet which at the moment costs $49. It will come down to $35 very soon. It has all the amenities of any modern tablet. It performs the same function as a $150 tablet,” Sibal said at Reverse Buyer Seller Meet (RBSM).

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0 HTC announces mid-range One SV smartphone with 4G LTE

HTC has announced that its mid-range Android smartphone, the One SV, will be available in the UK in the coming weeks. No pricing of the smartphone was announced however.


"The HTC One SV heralds the next generation of smartphone performance and lightning fast mobile Internet," said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC.

"We’re delighted to help fuel the spread of 4G LTE networks worldwide with models that enable our customers to enjoy web browsing, movie streaming and Internet radio more quickly and more smoothly than ever before."

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0 Samsung Galaxy Music Duos available for pre-order online

Samsung’s music centric Android powered smartphone, the Galaxy Music Duos, is now available online for Rs. 9,199. The focus of the smartphone is music and entertainment and also provides users with a smartphone experience.


The Galaxy Music Duos is a dual-SIM phone. 850MHz processor powers it along with 512MB of RAM. The device has a 3-inch TFT LCD display with 240 x 320 pixel resolution, apart from 4GB built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card.

The OS on the phone is Android 4.0 ICS and Samsung is planning to upgrade it to Android Jelly Bean too. The user interface is skinned with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.

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0 Apple iPad mini and 4th gen iPad now available in India

Apple latest generation of tablets – the iPad mini and the 4^th generation iPad – are up for grabs online in India today. An advertisement is doing the rounds in major newspapers in the country, signifying the release of the iPad mini tablet in India.

Users who wish to purchase the tablet can also do so from online retailers such as saholic.com or flipkart.com, which have listed the device as available. Both sites claim the tablets will be delivered in 4 to 6 business days.

The pricing of the iPad mini is as follows:

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0 YouTube reveals new design

YouTube is on the verge of rolling out a new look to the site with a definite focus on subscriptions and channels, according to a blog post on the Official YouTube Blog. Also, the revamped design will be seen across platforms ie. desktop, smartphones and tablets, which is something that was missing initially.


 Considering the massive volume of videos on YouTube and most uploaders having their own channels, it makes sense to steer the design on a path that leverages these two aspects.A lot of us not only watch video, but subscribe to channels and follow the channels, just like we do on TV

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0 Microsoft updates Socl with user-friendly features

Socl had gone live in December 2011 as invite-only network built by Microsoft's Research/ Fuse Labs, and opened up to a large audience in May. The site features elements of Facebook and Pinterest and is powered by Bing search engine.


Announcing the update via a Fuse Labs blog post, the team said the entire experience on the site has sped up such as creating posts to see the Socl feed, which now appears in two or three column option, similar to Facebook Timeline. Users who haven't signed in can now scroll the homepage of the network or simply browse by various topics.

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0 Aakash 2's first lot for empowerment of teachers not for students

Students may have to wait longer to get their hands on the ultra low-cost Aakash 2. The Indian government in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said the first phase of the Aakash 2 tablet project focusses on 'testing and empowerment of teachers' and that there's no plans to provide the tablets to students from poor and rural areas.

In a written reply, Union Human Resource Development Minister MM Pallam Raju said, "Presently there is no proposal in this regard... In the first phase one lakh tablets are for the purpose of testing and teacher empowerment. They would not be distributed to students in the first phase."

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0 Fujitsu launched Stylistic Q702 hybrid tablet with Windows 8

Ever since Microsoft pushed Windows 8 out of the door, OEMs have wasted no time in refreshing their product line with the new operating system or launching new products altogether. Fujitsu signalled the launch of a brand new product in their product portfolio – the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 hybrid Windows 8 tablet.


The new Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 Windows 8 hybrid tablet has a detachable keyboard dock. With the keyboard attached, the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 appears to be a full-fledged 11.6-inch slim laptop.

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0 DoT to test technology to locate mobile phones in real time

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to run a pilot project to test a new technology that will help the authorities to track lost or cloned mobile phones on a real time basis. The department is planning to adopt a technology that has been developed Telecordia to track cellphones in real time.



According to a Times of India report, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar has directed the officials concerned to start working on the proposals made by MNP Interconnection Telecom Solution of installing Central Device Information Registry (CDIR).

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0 Google I/O 2013 starts May 15 2013

Google has just announced the dates for its annual I/O event. The event kicks off on May 15th 2013 and ends on May 17th 2013. As of now, registrations aren’t open. They are expected to open in early 2013. The event will take place in Moscone Center in San Francisco.



No details are known as to what Google will show at the I/O event in 2013. Speculations are high that we may just see the next iteration of Android, 5.0 KLP (Key Lime Pie) make an appearance at the event.

At Google I/O 2012, Google showed off Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Nexus 7 tablet and the nexus Q music streamer. Google also had quite a dramatic stage show with Project Glasses.

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0 Wickedleak launches 4.7-inch Wammy Sensation ICS smartphone

Wickedleak has launched the Wammy Sensation, an Android 4.0 ICS based smartphone for Rs. 16,000.It boasts of dual-SIM capabilities 2G GSM 800/850/1800/1900MHz and 3G:WCDMA 850/2100MHz. It has a MTK 65771.2GHz Cortex A9 dual-core + SGX531 GPU and 1GB of RAM. It has 4GB built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card.



The 4.7-inch touch Screen has an IPS panel with a 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. The front of the smartphone has a 3MP camera for video calls and the rear houses a 12MP camera with Panoramic Shot 260 Degree. The Wammy Sensation has a 2,000mAh battery. The device seems to be quite slim at 8.6mm and is also quite light at 145gms.

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0 Nokia's third star for the Windows Phone 8 lineup

Nokia has just announced its latest addition to the Windows Phone 8 lineup, the Lumia 620. The Lumia 620 is the third phone in the WP8 lineup, and will cost customers $249 in the US, off contract.


Nokia's Lumia 620 is a 3.8-inch handset with a ClearBlack WVGA display powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and 512 MB of RAM and a 5MP camera. Nokia has also conveniently added a microSD card slot that supports up to 64GB of storage.

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0 Shekhar Kapur and A R Rahman launch Qyuki, a social network

In partnership with Cisco, acclaimed creative personalities Shekhar Kapur and AR Rahman today launched a new social networking platform called Qyuki. First announced in February this year, the social networking concept has finally come to fruition and aims to provide a collaborative platform that will enable a dynamic creative community.

Qyuki aims to differentiate itself as a social media community built around the desire to create - “a community for the right-brains of india to collaborate,” as Mr. Shekhar Kapur puts it in a nine-city Telepresence Interconnect organised by Cisco today. The website which is presently live, seems at first glance, to be an interesting mashup between Pinterest and Deviantart but with an India focus.


The founders plan to not just concentrate on urban India, but also reach the so far untapped creative talents from villages and grassroots India. Since a large section of these users come online via mobile devices, Qyuki has planned a mobile strategy which includes apps on various platforms and the soon to be launched mobile website – m.qyuki.com.

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