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Google will  discontinuing  the video response system from YouTube. Google has decided that the feature will be axed on September 12 this year. “Currently video responses have a click-through rate of .0004% — in other words, only 4 out of every 1 million users who sees a video response clicks on it. So, on September 12 we’re going to retire this little-used feature as we work to develop [...]

iPhone’s next version is around the corner and Google is making moves to incite customers towards it Google Nexus 4 phone, Google has announced a price cut by 25 percent for the Nexus 4 smartphone in UK, US and in Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain and  Korea. Google Play Store’s Twitter account formally announced the price cut today. These huge discounts comea shortly before Apple is [...]

Hackers in China are reported to be at forefront of attacking and defacing other countries websites, the tide was turned yesterday when China’s Internet was hit with a major DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack Sunday morning that briefly disrupted and slowed access to sites carrying .cn domain. According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) attack was the largest [...]

Microsoft has began sending Windows 8.1 OS update to OEMs around the world this week according to various reports. Microsoft is keeping it’s cards close to it’s chest to avoid leaks  related to Windows 8.1. Microsoft is expected to make an announcement  publicly to reveal it has finalized Windows 8.1 next week. Windows 8.1 will be  pre-installed on various models of desktops and laptops [...]

Google is planning to add restricted accounts for Google Chrome browser, which should be useful for parents looking to limit their kids’ internet usage according to BrowserFame who spotted a feature in the development version of Chrome that would allow for ‘supervised user’ accounts. ‘Chrome team is currently working on the UI, backend and flow. Interested users can preview these [...]

Microsoft announced integrating Skype into it’s web based email service, Outlook.com in the  United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Brazil, and France which according to Microsoft has more than 400 million active accounts. Outlook.com already has links with Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter. “Email is an important and personal tool for most people, but there are moments [...]

LinkedIn has just announced a brand new initiative to expand its member base to target teensby  dropping the age limit for new members and setting up  University Pages for universities, which the schools themselves will maintain to help students decide which college to attend.   “We believe University Pages will be especially valuable for students making their first, big decision about where [...]

Twitter introduced “related headlines” feature on Monday to add context to  posts that might otherwise be difficult to understand. Clicking through to a tweet’s permalink page will feature articles and websites that have embedded it. Twitter demonstrated the feature, the tweet from NBA player Jason Collins regarding his decision to’ come out’ was embedded in articles on ESPN, [...]

Opera which was popular desktop browser and only viable alternate to Internet Explorer a decade ago has found acceptance and success on both the Android and iOS platform with the Android app having half a million review, it is no surprise that the makers are looking at having a Windows Mobile app. According to WP-Hub, Opera developers have confirmed that they are working on Opera Mini app for Windows [...]

Amazon Kindle Reader’s chief competitor Barnes & Noble has slashed the price of its NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight ereader in the US bringing  the illuminated e-paper slate from $119  to $ 99, strengthening rumours that a newer model might be announced soon. The NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight has been available in Barnes and Noble UK for £69 which is equivalent to it’s reduced [...]