YouTube has started  featuring its top videos in a new section called YouTube Charts which  tells users top videos across categories. Think of it as the Billboard Hot 100 for the world of web video. The “most subscribed” option of YouTube Charts gives  insight into what YouTube channels are gaining popularity at any given moment. YouTube Charts ranks videos by various criteria: videos that [...]

Facebook has  announced Places yesterday, the much expected  feature that brings location based functionality to the popular social network  site. Location-based services are the next big thing  at this moment with Foursquare and Gowalla leading the pack. This service will be initially available on the latest version of the Facebook App for iPhone . Facebook places will let users check-in [...]

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Trojans and viruses may be soon a security threat of pasts. The smudges, mostly due to the oily residue left behind by fingers on your touchscreen mobile device may help an attacker deduce your password according to a study  by the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers studied two different Android smartphones, the HTC G1 and the HTC Nexus1, evaluating different photography techniques [...]

News of Samsung’s tablet PC – Galaxy Tablet launching  at IFA, Berlin on september 3,2010 were making news since last week, the device might debut with Vodafone in UK as it was reportedly spotted on the mobile carrier’s website . A Firmware website said that it has stumbled upon a Android 2.2 software build for the Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 , according to  the claim the tablet [...]

MySpace has revamped the homepage the users first seen after logging in, it has given a complete redesign to the user homepage with a renewed focus on content through the stream and other sharing tools. It may be too late to catch up with Facebook but that does not deter the Social Networking site from trying to catch up. MySpace is owned by News Corp. and based in the Los Angeles area but [...]

Hugely popular social media management tool TweetDeck which lets you access your Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare accounts from a single application now arrives on Android. Tweetdeck on Android is much better than its version on iPhone (unlike, other apps which generally have superior iPhone and inferior Android apps) Android users get more features than are currently available on the iPhone version [...]

Couple of months ago, rumors mills were buzzing with the news that Apple TV is getting a makeover which reportedly included iOS 4, Apple’s A4 chip, 1080 px playback, 16GB of storage with a US $99 price label. All of the above features except a 1080 px playback is reportedly confirmed by the same source who had earlier let the cat out of the bag. Apple also will be officially changing the [...]

Google’s Android mobile platform has a come a long way in the past two years, it has been winning users, developers and fans with its open-to-all approach. Android mettle may have been proven for smartphones, nevertheless, its gaming capabilities are yet to be put to test. Sony Ericsson seems to be taking that plunge. Sony Ericsson is reportedly making a PSP Go type Android smartphone [...]

Thethering, which is the ability of turning your mobile into wireless WiFi HotSpot to share the internet connection you have on the Phone with all the devices that have a wireless adapter has been popular since iPhone’s inception. There have been numerous third-party apps to enable you to save on the outrageous cost which your mobile carrier will charge you in addition to the usage fees. When [...]