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Facebook  unveiled HTC First, the first Android powered smartphone that will debut with the Facebook Home suite of integrated apps with it right from the start at the “Home on Android” event. HTC First is equipped with a 4.3-inch screen, a 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing camera, and a dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs Android Jelly Bean. The smartphone will be released in four [...]

Facebook’s much talked and written about “Home on Android,” event saw Facebook taking the wraps off Home, a suite of apps and a home screen replacement for Android phones. Facebook Home replaces the lock screen with Cover Feed and prioritizes updates from people on your Friends list instead of apps. Facebook users swipe between pictures, status updates and other important events. It also [...]

Twitter was fast in rolling out the new Twitter Card formats Twitter’s mobile iPhone and Android apps and mobile.twitter.com. Twitter for Android gets a brand new look and feel to the social app which according to Twitter  “reflects a native Android experience: wider and taller timelines that fill the screen, a flat navigation bar, tap and hold for quick actions, and more.” New in this [...]

Twitter came out with a new functionality on Tuesday which is meant to help mobile app developers make money, the new feature last night called “Cards” lets developers to display photos, app information and products for sale in a more visual, prominent manner. Twitter provided additional details in a blog post about the new features.  The “Deep-Linking” feature allows any card [...]

Microsoft’s tablets currently have a  minimum 10 inch display, smaller devices running Microsoft OS were on the cards with  Microsoft making changes to the resolution requirements which would have enabled hardware manufacturers to put Windows 8 mobile OS on smaller 7-inch tablets. Details of the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet have leaked, after Amazon.com by mistake published a listing for [...]

Samsung and Mozilla announced plans today to jointly develop a web browser engine called “Servo” which will be designed for Android and the ARM architecture. Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich provided more details in a blog post : Servo is an attempt to rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware, rethinking old assumptions along the way. This means addressing the causes of security vulnerabilities [...]

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook apologized for the Apple’s iPhone warranty and repair policies in China. China’s state controlled media was criticizing Apple over its warranty policies. China said they were in violation of local law and not equal with Apple’s practices elsewhere in the world. Apple initially responded to the criticism through a message published on its website clarifying [...]

Reports of Facebook launching a Facebook-built Android phone on  HTC  got traction last week after Facebook sent invites for a April 4 media event. AndroidPolice shares that it obtained a software dump of Facebook Home. The site’s analysis of the software seems to confirm some of the mid-range technical specifications reported by some bloggers. Reportedly Facebook Home is an experience on top [...]

Microsoft has quietly made a change to the resolution requirements for Windows 8 devices which is quite significant as it will enable hardware manufacturers to put Windows 8 mobile OS on smaller 7-inch tablets, enabling Windows 8 to take on devices running Android and iOS. Microsoft earlier required that all tablets running Windows 8 must have a minimum display resolution of 1366×768, the new [...]

Facebook is up to something. Facebook sent out an invitation to the media early this morning (Thursday afternoon San Francisco / Pacific Time), inviting media personnel to attend an event on April 4 where Facebook would show off their “new home on Android.” The invitation, as pictured on the right, says, “Come See Our New Home on Android,” and includes no other details as to [...]