‘Tech’ Archives
Using social media sites ‘refreshes employees’
A new Melbourne University research has concluded that Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, as well as music and online video sites like YouTube, are the most productive ways employees can relax at work Searching for information about hobbies, reading online news, playing online games and checking personal email was also likely to [...]
Spice Mobile launches India’s first 3D phone
Handset maker Spice Mobility today said it has launched the country's first 3D display mobile phone, View D, priced at Rs 4,29906GBView D's screen is designed in a way that allows the user to toggle between a normal 2D or 3D user interfaceIt also has a 'remote wipe' feature, which allows users to delete the data stored on their phones remotely, in [...]
Indian shares up; TCS gains, Wipro drops
Indian shares rose 0,0400 percent rise in second-quarter profit6 percent at 20,293 points, with 16 components advancing
Microsoft Windows 7 sales top 240 mn in 1st year
Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 has sold more than 240 million copies in its first year, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-selling operating system, and helping the software giant to record profits despite a recent dip in computer sales growth1 percent in the July-to-September period, according to research firm IDC, compared to 22 [...]
Tech giants to invest in social media startups
Kleiner Perkins will team up with Facebook, Zynga,Amazoncom and other media corporations to set up a $250 million fund to invest in social media startups The "sFund," which will also have Comcast, Liberty Media and boutique investment bank Allen & Co as investors and strategic partners, will be led by Amazon and Zynga board member Bing [...]
Obama meets with Apple CEO Jobs
US President Barack Obama met on Thursday afternoon in San Francisco with Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said "They discussed American competitiveness and education, especially reforms such as the President's Race to the Top initiative," Gibbs said in a statement Obama and Jobs also talked about [...]
Apple unveils ‘thinnest’ laptop
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, fusing features from its popular iPhone and iPad with its traditional line of personal computers1 kg1 inches 0, comprising one-third of its revenue0-inch touchscreen tablet that began selling in April from $499, would cannibalize sales of the Mac - as it has done for low-end, [...]
Rediff introduces mobile email service
Rediff in partnership with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 00 million customers in the next few years000 million customers in the next few years," said Balakrishnan "With Rediffmail NG, we offer an affordable email service for the mass market, helping individuals communicate and conduct business anywhere and anytime, enabling Indian entrepreneurs [...]
Dell plans ad makeover to shed low-price image
Dell Inc is getting a marketing makeover, trying to shed its image as a cheaper alternative to rivals, including the sleek and highly popular gadgets sold by Apple Inc0-inch tablet computer, as well as smaller tablet devices, are due to be released on Monday The launch comes after Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently dismissed rivals' smaller [...]
EBay beats and raises, sees improved holiday
EBay Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and forecast stronger holiday earnings as the Internet commerce company enjoys robust growth at PayPal while striving to reinvigorate its main marketplaces unitB/E/S5 billion on adjusted earnings of $10 revenue, compared with the 5 per cent eBay expects at its high endB/E/S per cent to $28 [...]
Bill Gates’ successor at Microsoft to retire
The Microsoft Corp executive who took over the role of chief software architect from Bill Gates is to step down, following a tenure in which the Windows-maker lost ground to Google and Apple Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Ray Ozzie would not be replaced, raising questions about the leadership and direction of the world's largest software [...]
Facebook apps leak user information: report
Facebook users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friend's names to advertising and Internet tracking companies, through some popular applications, the reports said According to the investigation, the issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to [...]
Google determined to crack the social code
Google has been stunningly adept at devising computer algorithms to help people search the Internet5, three-quarters of display ads will be social But Facebook already allows users to do this Knowing the information people share on social networks -- like their age, gender and the restaurants and musicians they like -- could also help Google [...]
YouTube sued for ‘derogatory’ video by Toronto cop
Posting online comments or YouTube videos anonymously may soon be over if some recent cases are anything to go by2 million in damages and seeking the identity of user `theforcebewithme' who posted them and 24 others who made derogatory comments against him Nicknamed 'Officer Bubbles,' Constable Adam Josephs was filmed by someone during the [...]
Adobe unveils Acrobat X
Adobe Systems announced the launch of its new Acrobat X software family, that includes - Acrobat X, Reader X, the Acrobat X Suite and new document exchange services at Acrobat39 upgrade99 upgrade199 $ 799 Free 30-day trial of Acrobat Pro will also be available
Solar-powered plane set for world tour
The team that built the first solar-powered plane is planning a round-the-world flight within two years, with a stopover in China, a media report Thursday said,600 kg1,628 solar cells, 10,748 on the wing and 880 on the horizontal stabilizer "Technology can destroy the world but it can also save the world, depending on people's minds," said [...]
Humans will need resources of two earths by 2030
Human demands on natural resources have doubled in under 50 years and are now outstripping what the planet can providest in a list of countries based on their 'ecological footprint' - the amount of land and sea each person needs to provide the food, clothes and other products they consume and to absorb the carbon dioxide they emit0th highest [...]
Wi-Fi in homes can be hacked in five seconds
Wireless internet networks in millions of homes can be hacked in less than five seconds Wi-Fi hacking means criminals can spy on the activities of families, perhaps stealing their identity and banking details to raid their accounts, says a new study The hackers could also use the wi-fi access to tap into illegal pornography or upload and [...]
Vodafone files petition against India tax move
Vodafone said on Friday it had filed a writ with the Bombay High Court defending itself against a new step by Indian tax authorities to treat the company as an agent of the seller in its 2007 purchase of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's mobile business in the country "Vodafone contends that the key issue of jurisdiction as to whether the Indian tax [...]
Will tablets cannibalize mini note books?
Driven by sales of the iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to reach 190, according to Gartner, Inc1, up 181 percent from 2010, and surpass 208 million units in 2014, it said per cent of media tablet sales in 201040, celluar/Wi-Fi media tablets will account for 55 per cent of sales, and by 2014, celluar/Wi-Fi media [...]
