Android based phones register a whooping 886% growth spurt

Android based phones register a whooping 886% growth spurt

Apple’s iPhone may be  hitting the headlines for right or wrong reasons and getting more than adequate  attention, but, that does not guarantee better market share, likewise, the erstwhile Finnish mobile czar Nokia may be not making as much noise (barring few digs at Apple) as it use to,nevertheless, that hasnt stopped it from retaining a substantial lead in the worldwide smart phone market [...]
Windows Phone 7 releasing in U.K. this October?

Windows Phone 7 releasing in U.K. this October?

Windows Phone 7 debut is not formally announced but, the  news of its launch is now in open  thanks to Kevin Turner, COO of Microsoft who has let slip that Windows Phone 7 handsets are set to ship in U.K. and rest of  Europe this October. Technology blog Engadget was the first to post a video about the comments made by the Microsoft Executive. “[It] has been tough – this is a lowlight. [...]
Windows 7 surges past Apple’s Mac OS X

Windows 7 surges past Apple’s Mac OS X

According to a report on Operating Systems from  NetMarketShare.com  Windows 7 is way ahead Apple’s Mac OS X l and its predecessor Windows Vista  for the fourth consecutive month. Windows 7 now commands 14.46% of the market usage share (up from 13.70% in June), compared to Vista’s 14.34% (down from 14.68%), the first month that 7 has had a greater usage share than Vista. XP continues [...]
Internet Explorer continues getting more users

Internet Explorer continues getting more users

Microsoft’s good ole boy – Internet Explorer continues to make a comeback, According to www.netmarketshare.com Internet Explorer has grown its usage share for the second month in a row. And once again, the fastest growing web browser overall is Internet Explorer 8. IE’s gains come, as before, at the expense of both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.Here is the surprising [...]
Twitter to help on discovering who to follow

Twitter to help on discovering who to follow

Twitter seems to be very keen in adding new features and functionality to enhance user experience, few weeks back Twitter had added a new feature called “You both follow’, which lets a twitter user to see any common people that they and another user both follow. Twitter has now introduced a new feature, “Suggestions for You,” that offers users personalized recommendations for people [...]
Twitter crosses 20 Billion Tweets

Twitter crosses 20 Billion Tweets

Twitter has reached a phenomenal landmark. There have now been more than 20 billion tweets  according to report from  tracking service GigaTweet. The 20 billionth tweet was posted by a user named GGGGGGo_Lets_Go. The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and about five months since it reached 10 billion, indicating that activity levels on the microblogging service [...]
Samsung Cetus running Windows Phone 7 announced

Samsung Cetus running Windows Phone 7 announced

Samsung was earlier confirmed as one of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch partner. Samsung’s first Windows Phone 7 device news in now in open  thanks to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group which is a Bluetooth specifications group. The handset named Cetus has a 4-inch OLED screen, 5MP camera, front facing camera, GPS, Bluetooth and all the other gubbins you have come to expect from [...]
Blackberry’s BlackPad tablet launching this November

Blackberry’s BlackPad tablet launching this November

Rumors about Blackberry makers RIM (Research In Motion) coming out with a touch-screen tablet similar to Apple’s iPad got more credibility when RIM registered blackpad.com. The latest on Blackpad comes through two anonymous sources saying RIM’s Blackpad is coming by November– and it’s coming to take on Apple’s iPad. The new device will  run the as-yet-unreleased BlackBerry [...]
100 million personal profiles on Facebook leaked on Internet

100 million personal profiles on Facebook leaked on Internet

If you think your information is only available to those visiting your Facebook page, you are wrong. The personal details of 100 million users of  Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online. Ron Bowles, an online security consultant, used a code to scan Facebook profiles, collected data not hidden by users’ privacy settings, and compiled a list, which is [...]
Sky 3D channel releasing this October

Sky 3D channel releasing this October

The Sky 3D channel which so far was available only in few pubs in U.K. will launch on October 1 for the public, with the innovative broadcaster offering the service for all Sky+ HD viewers for no extra cost.  Viewers who subscribe to Sky’s HD package and, have a 3D ready television will be able to get 3D broadcasts through their satellite dish from October. “Following hot on the [...]
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