Archive : Tech

Facebook today announced an update to Facebook for iOS and Android that lets the mobile users discover new places their friends like, with this revamp Facebook seems to be getting ready to compete even more closely with Foursquare and Yelp.   The updated version of the app features a refreshed Nearby tab, which, according to a post on the Facebook Newsroom website, now shows recommendations [...]

Google Currents for Android has received a new update which makes it easier to scan through categories and editions from Google publisher partners like The Guardian in the app. Official Android Blog detailed the release Currents is filled with great editions like The Los Angeles Times, CBS Sports, Android Central, The Guardian, Shortlist, and Forbes. Today, we’re revamping Currents to make it even [...]

Twitter released its 2012 Year In Review  on Tuesday which reflect upon what happened on Twitter this year. Here’s what Twitter had to say: Every day, we’re amazed and humbled by the many ways in which people use Twitter, which range from simply retweeting to igniting conversations with hashtags (even around lesser-known topics) to sharing spectacular and far-flung views. In 2012, everyone on [...]

Twitter and it’s subsidiary Tweetdeck faces a fine of £375 after failing to file its latest company accounts on time. The company was due to lodge its annual accounts no later than September, but has still not done so, according to Companies House. As a result Twitter and TweetDeck , have been charged with automatic penalty charges by the Cardiff based authority, according to Sky News. Twitter [...]

Google Apps, the popular and cheaper alternative to Microsoft Exchange was a huge hit with small Businesses and Education Industry, in its earlier day it use to offer Apps for Business for free for up to 200 users, Google was phasing out support for its free Google Apps for businesses over the last couple of years. The party finally ends today – Google is now pulling the plug on its free Google [...]

The Blue Yeti brand has become synonymous with professional podcasting equipment, offering studio-quality recording gear, at reasonable prices.

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh who ruled in Apple-Samsung case said that while details of pricing and royalty rates for patents from Apple-HTC settlement should be kept under wraps from public view, the same does not hold true for the rest of the agreement. “This Court has repeatedly explained that only the pricing and royalty terms of license agreements may be sealed,” Koh wrote in [...]

Apple had announced during at the iPhone 5 special announcement event in September  that it will be releasing iTunes 11 soon, after few weeks of delay September, iTunes 11 was officially launched by Apple to the public today. Apple has worked towards getting rid of the additional clutter. They have  removed the the sidebar, the store window, lists of playlists and other extraneous information. Library [...]

The Apple-Samsung court room battles continue. A Netherlands court has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Apple damages after it ruled on Wednesday that some of Samsung  Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringe an Apple patent relating to Android operating system versions 2.2.1 to 3.0 used on Samsung’s mobile devices. Apple and Samsung clashed over the same exact patent issue last year. Samsung [...]

Microsoft launched a new campaign that aims to screw Google, Microsoft calls their new website “Scroogled“, it informs Google users about how Google displays results on their Shopping page. The website talks about Google’s new initiative for their Shopping section which turns all results into paid ads, instead of actual relevant results. Back in May, Google made the decision to move to a new [...]