Archive : Tech

Google integrated its cloud storage service Google Drive into Gmail  on Tuesday to allow users to email much bigger attachments.  Users have the ability to send files up to a massive 10 GB in size over email. To send from G Drive, Users click on the ‘Insert files using Drive’ button rather than attaching the file itself to the message.  Users will need to migrate to Gmail’s new [...]

Facebook is banking on non-advertising services to boost its flagging stock prices, it’s been working hard and fast on adding new products to it’s Facebook Gifts service.On  Monday announced the addition of iTunes credit to its Gifts service. Facebook Users can now give iTunes digital gift cards accompanied by recommendations on content that their friends can purchase. iTunes gifts [...]

 Apple on Monday seeded Mac developers with the first test build of OS X 10.8.3. The initial build  from the Mac Dev Center available to the developers who are enrolled on the  OS X developer program. The areas of focus for testing include AirPlay, AirPort, Game Center, and Graphics Drivers.

Apple’s new mobile connector which is named Lightning did not come cheap for Apple, Apple had to buy the rights from motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson. Apple was officially granted two European trademark registrations for “Lightning” on Nov. 24 according to Patently Apple. The trademarks were only partially transferred from Harley whose trademark for the word lightning remains protected [...]

Facebook may soon share users’ data with recently acquired photo sharing service Instagram, the social networking site announced in its recent proposed changes to its data use policy. It will also put an end to a process that can allow its users to vote on changes to its policies and terms of services. The proposed policy reads ” We may share information we receive with businesses that are [...]

Samsung has now trained it’s eyes on iPad Mini in it’s legal battle with Apple,in a court filing On Thursday, the Korean company has  asked to include Apple’s 7.9-inch tablet along with the latest versions of the iPod Touch and iPad. All of the devices are accused of infringing the same patents that are already being discussed in Samsung and Apple’s long and continuing legal [...]

A U.S. Court has directed Apple to share full details of the 10-year settlement it struck with HTC recently. Apple had previously provided Samsung with a heavily redacted version of the deal’s terms that removes 33 words from the Apple and HTC settlement on November 10, agreeing a 10-year licensing deal — the terms of which have not been publicly disclosed. The cropped version of the Apple-HTC [...]

Facebook is rolling out a Photo Sync feature for iOS users which is already available on Android, the feature allows the user to upload photos directly from the phone’s album to a private album on Facebook. “When you turn on photo syncing, your mobile photos will be saved to a private section of your Facebook Photos,” Facebook said on an FAQ page. “You can easily share your synced [...]

Firefox releases  a new social API that lets users to access social media sites and other websites inside a sidebar on Firefox 17 which was released on Tuesday this week. Firefox users can send Facebook messages right from the browser. The social API lets developers leverage social services right into the browser in a way that it says will be “compelling” and “makes it easier to use the Web [...]

Skype today released version 3.0 on Android, with a revamped UI, optimization for Tablets  and better audio codecs. Skype has optimized the new tablet UI for the Galaxy Tab 2, Nexus 7, the Transformer Prime from ASUS, and a few others. “We’re excited about these enhancements which are added to the long list of things you can already do on Skype including video calling, sending and receiving [...]