Archive : Tech

Adobe Photoshop Touch which was previously available only for tablets has finally made it’s way to the iPhone and Android powered  smartphones. It isn’t a universal app, if you’ve purchased it already for iPad, you’ll have to purchase it again for iPhone. “Much like the tablet version, Photoshop Touch on the phone has core Photoshop features like layers, advanced selections tools, [...]

Nokia is making efforts to widen its Windows 8 user base, it has today announced two new Lumia smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The entry level Nokia Lumia 520 will be priced at US $185 off contract, while the mid range Lumia 720 will cost US $338 . The Nokia 720 features a 4.3-inch display 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and expandable memory.  The camera [...]

Google on Thursday announced the Chromebook Pixel, a flashier Chrome OS running laptop with improved hardware, software, and design. Chromebook Pixel is a 13.3 inch device and has a 2560×1700 display that would rival Apple’s retina display MacBooks. The screen packs 239 pixels per inch and will be touch-sensitive. Other hardware specs include an Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 1.8GHz, integrated [...]

Google is working with hardware manufacturers to release new Chromebook laptops that will have touch capabilities too just like Ultrabooks according to a report by Wall Street Journal. The reports observes  that if new Chromebooks are released with touchscreens, software developers will have to make changes in order for their Chrome OS apps to work with touch-based hardware. It’s almost certain [...]

Apple’s ‘watch’ rumours may be more than just a rumour after all,  Apple filed a patent application which was first noticed by AppleInsider talks about a a new “bracelet” accessory with a wraparound design where the screen would cover the entire outer surface. Apple had filed the patent application in August 2011, the “wearable video device” described in the [...]

Apple’s shrinking stock value and Analysts somber reports might have suggested fading popularity of Apple’s mobile devices, which is far from the facts. According to the latest research from Stratergy Analytics iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 S overtook Galaxy S3 to become the world’s best selling smartphones for the first time ever in the last quarter of 2012. During that period, Apple sold 27.4 [...]

Microsoft is testing video message feature on Skype. Skype users in the UK and US using the iOS, Android, and OSX apps can now send video messages up to three minutes long to each other. Strangely Skype Video Messages won’t immediately come to Windows Phone or Windows 8. Video messages sent to Windows users will send a link to the user where they can watch the video online. Tom Warren of The Verge [...]

Android and iOS once again dominated the smartphone market with 91.1 percent of all global smartphone shipments for the fourth quarter of 2012. Android and Apple shipped and landed 87.6 percent of the 722.4 million smartphones shipped worldwide in 2012 according to a report by IDC. “The dominance of Android and Apple reached a new watermark in the fourth quarter,” said Ramon Llamas, research [...]

Rumors about Apple’s  “iWatch” may indeed be more than just rumours, according to a report published by Bloomberg  Apple has “a team of about 100 product designers working on a wristwatch-like device that may perform some of the computing tasks now handled by the iPhone and iPad” Bloomberg cited two people familiar with the matter who claimed Apple’s wristwatch [...]

Apple has slashed prices for some models of its 13″ Retina MacBook Pro and 13″ MacBook Air along with bumping the 13″ and 15″ Retina MacBook Pros with slightly faster processors. ‘Apple is making the MacBook Pro with Retina display faster and more affordable with updated processors and lower starting prices. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 [...]