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SkyDrive is now available to download on Windows Phone 8, the Windows Phone 8 version  allows users to search their SkyDrive files / folders. The app includes new settings for photo upload and download size, as well as updated app icons and visuals.   Features: • Access all of your SkyDrive content including files shared with you. • View recently used documents. • Upload photos or videos [...]

Apple had complied and published a notice stating that Samsung did not copy its design, as the result of a court ruling, the Court is not happy with the public statement. Appeal Court judges criticized Apple’s statement, in which it inserted four paragraphs including details of ‘similar German lawsuits’ which the court says are not correct. “I’m at a loss that a company such as Apple would [...]

Facebook is testing a new variant of its Timeline layout, the new designs halves the number of columns for posts from two to one. The new design will still carry two columns, the left one is for items like Wall posts, status updates, shared on a user’s profile while the right one is for everything else the user wants on the profile – boxes for Friends, Photos, Places, etc. The news was reported [...]

The wait is over – Apple fanboys  can now order the iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad at Apple’s website. The WiFi only models are expected to begin shipping on November 2. Going by the demand Apple devices generate, it will not be surprising If the shipping date is advanced soon. Both the 7.9-inch iPad mini – priced from £269 – and the iPad 4th-gen – priced from £399 – are [...]

Another rumour came true, Apple’s Philip Schiller unveiled the anticipated 13.3-inch Retina MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro is 20 percent thinner than the than the previous generation 13-inch MacBook, and it includes a 2,560-by1,600 Retina display with 29 percent higher color contrast and 75 percent reduced reflection. The device would start at $1,699 for the base configuration(128GB) and the [...]

On Tuesday, along with the iPad Mini, Apple’s Philip Schiller introduced two new versions of its long-running series of iMac, with 21.5- and 27-inch screens. The new iMacs are 45 percent thinner than the earlier version and measure only 5 mm thick at the edge, and are eight pounds lighter. The 21.5-inch model has a 1920×1400 pixel display and the 27-inch as a 2560×1440 pixel display. [...]

Along with the iPad mini which everyone and their neighbour saw coming, no one expected a new variant of the regular iPad, Apple announced a surprise new version of the full iPad just seven months after the third generation iPad was unveiled. “It is a power house,” said Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller while introducing the fourth generation iPad, which  has [...]

The much anticipated, hyped and discussed Apple’s smaller variant of iPad is here , Apple also introduced a whole host of upgrades to its products — including a surprise new version of the full iPad just seven months after the third generation iPad was unveiled at the company’s special event at California Theatre. Apple’s senior vice president Phil Shiller took the stage and introduced [...]

Apple recent  Mac update for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion released this week removes its Java plugin from all OS X browsers. Apple’s  support page provides more details : “This release updates the Apple-provided system Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_37 and is for OS X versions 10.7 or later. This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers. To use applets [...]

Google unfinished financial results for last quarter were release accidentally far ahead of schedule today on the SEC’s website Google is blaming the financial printer RR Donnelley for this screw up. Earnings were far less than analysts expected and Google shares immediately plunged as much as 10.5 percent, knocking $26 billion off its market capitalization, By the time trading was halted at 12:50pm [...]