Archive : Tech

The Looks: The Samsung ES8000 is incredibly thin, stylish and very 2012. Away with the black stands and thick bezels of the 2011 series – everything this year is glass and silver, reminiscent of something in an art gallery. That’s exactly what this TV is, it’s a centrepiece. There’s very little bezel at all, but what’s there, is made up of glass-effect, framing the enormous 55 [...]

Pinterest’s image based advertising has caught on with consumers and marketers alike, add to that its growing user base, it only makes sense for other Social Networks to jump on the bandwagon, especially for Facebook which as a publicly traded company will be eager to add a potential revenue stream. Facebook has joined the club by offering some brands the option to post product images with buttons [...]

Earlier this year Mozilla had announced that it would be developing a Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8. Today, Mozilla has invited users to test the preview version of Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8, for users running the RTM of Windows 8, it supports Firefox Sync, Windows 8 gestures and Charms. “The preview includes a new Metro style Firefox Start page, support for [...]

Facebook now has a billion users,  Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone on his Facebook profile. “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If you’re reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honour of serving you,” Zuckerberg posted. “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing [...]

Google today updated Gmail for iOS, which now supports the iPhone 5′s 4-inch display. Instead of seeing black bars at the top and bottom of the app, Gmail users on iPhone 5 will now be able to see a bit more of their inboxes on their iphones now. Gmail app for iOS has come a along way since the first app which recieved a lukewarm reception last November, let’s hope that Google will release [...]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued an official apology for the omissions and errors in Apple’s iOS Maps app. Apple Maps often displayed businesses away from their true location, important sites were missing, search function did not understand many simple requests. Tim Cook’s full apology letter is below: To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience [...]

Facebook started their first real foray into e-commerce with Facebook Gifts, a service which, as the name suggests, lets users send chocolate, coffee, socks and other real life presents to one another.The company will take an unspecified cut from each item sold. Possible gifts included gourmet ice cream, Andy Warhol prints, flowers, organic dog toys and spa packages.   Facebook users will be able [...]

Facebook is joining forces with Dropbox on a new integration that allows Facebook users to share content stored in their Dropbox accounts directly with contacts in Facebook Groups. To use this feature, Facebook users must first link their Facebook account to their Dropbox account. Once they’ve done this, they’ll be able to share documents, photos, and videos that are stored in their Dropbox [...]

Facebook has begun implementing many of the changes and rules to detect and delete fake activity including  fake accounts and likes. The update made to Facebook’s integrity system, as expected has now started automatically detect and remove fake likes to the benefit of brands and users on the social network. Evidence could be already seen  on some Pages like Zynga’s Texas HoldEm Poker whose fan [...]

Apple on Monday released a statement on the sales figure of its latest iteration of iPhone, the first weekend sales of the iPhone 5 topped five million, beating the opening weekend for the iPhone 4S nearly by one million units, in the first three days. iOS 6, the mobile operating system run by the iPhone 5 and available to other iPhones, Apple added, has now been downloaded more than 100 million times. The  [...]