Google Now Wins User Experience Award for 2013

May 23, 2013
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User Experience Awards are held every year to pick the service with exceptional User Experience. The awards for 2013 were held in New York City on May 21st and the Grand Prize at UX Awards was bagged by Google Now. Google Now is a service by Google that browses through your web history and gives you useful information such as weather reports, stocks, traffic conditions and spots to visit nearby. Google Now was recently launched ...

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Page to Sign up for Xbox One Preorder goes Live

May 23, 2013
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Microsoft took the wraps off the next generation of Xbox gaming console, called the XBox One yesterday. If you still haven’t read all about the XBox One, then you can read our report on it here. However, one glaring miss from the announcements made yesterday was the fact that Microsoft did not put any particular date or price on the launch of XBox One. They did say that the console would come later this year, ...

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Will the next iPhone come in more than just Two Colors?

May 23, 2013
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iPhone 5s would be the next iPhone if the early reports and past trends are to go by. However, like most incremental updates in iPhone for the past two generations, it is widely expected that the next iPhone will pack a superior internal while keeping the externals pretty much the same. However, there have also been reports that the home button on the next iPhone will double up as a Bio-Metric sensor. And that would ...

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HTC One Goes up For Pre-Order on Flipkart in India

May 22, 2013
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Is this coming too late? That is what you have to ask, but the HTC One, the best Android device on market bar none, according to the popular opinion is finally set to be rolled out in India. Almost a month after Samsung released their flagship device, the Galaxy S IV, HTC One is expected to be out there among you all by the fifth week of May. The device is up for preorder on ...

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How To Find UDID Number of your iPhone

May 22, 2013
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If you are big into hacking into your iPhone or development, then you must have come across the need for UDID number. UDID number basically is a 40 character long alphanumeric character set that is unique to your iPhone. Unless you are hacking or cracking into the device, chances are you may never need this number, but what is wrong in knowing every set of value associated with your device? So here is a little step ...

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Microsoft Unveils the XBox One

May 22, 2013
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After eight years from the exact date that it showed off the XBox 360, Microsoft has taken the veils of the XBox One. The XBox 360 was undoubtedly way ahead of it’s time and continues to dominate as the most preferred gaming console out there, and Microsoft is betting big with the XBox One. The box was four years into development and is perhaps has already gained substantial traction over PlayStation 4 after bizarrely Sony did not ...

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Sony Teases PlayStation 4 Hardware in a new Video

May 21, 2013
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When Sony announced the PlayStation 4 earlier this year, it came as a surprise that there was no mention of how hardware of the next generation of PlayStation would be. Although the specs were reveled, Sony confirmed that the hardware would be shown off later. However, it seems like that time has come as Sony has released a video that teases us with the hardware which basically is the console of PlayStation 4. You will ...

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Microsoft Claims to have shipped more Windows Phone Devices than iPhone in India

May 21, 2013
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Microsoft is betting big with Windows Phone devices. It is essentially now the third biggest player in the smart phone industry overtaking BlackBerry according to the latest IDC smart phone rankings. Here are more details on that story. However, to think that there are more Windows Phone devices sold in the last quarter of 2012, than the popular iPhone is a bit difficult to digest. (image courtesy: cultofmac) But this is exactly the claim of ...

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Samsung Galaxy S IV Active Pictures Leaked Online

May 21, 2013
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It is the worst kept secret that Samsung is preparing a more  rugged version of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, their flagship device. The device is slated to be called the Galaxy S IV Active, and seemingly now has been leaked online. Although, not confirmed, it is a fine guess of the best in the industry that pictured below indeed is the Samsung Galaxy S IV Active. The device is the waterproof and dust proof ...

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Yahoo Agrees Purchase of Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

May 20, 2013
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‘Can somebody please tell me how Yahoo still makes money?’. That is the popular joke doing rounds on micro-blogging site Twitter. In a move that is viewed by many as one to save itself from falling from grace, Board of Directors of Yahoo have sanctioned the purchase of Tumblr, another blogging site for a cool $1.1. Billion. The rumors have been adrift since Friday that a deal could be struck and it seems like the ...

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Windows Phone Steams ahead of BlackBerry to take Third Place in IDC Smartphone Rankings

May 20, 2013
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It is a no brainer that Android and iOS are the two biggest players when it comes to shipping smartphones. The race has always been about who takes the third and final position on the podium. For a very long time, this place was occupied by BlackBerry, largely due to interests of people who were addicted to either E-mails or IM’s. However, that is no longer true. With the steady decline in the fortunes of ...

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BlackBerry Messenger Will Not get Support for Android and iOS Tablets

May 19, 2013

It was recently announced at the BlackBerry Live event in Florida that the popular messaging client BBM would be going cross platform and would be arriving over summer on Android and iOS. However, it was not exactly clear during the keynote what are the devices that BBM would be running on. iOS and Android have a big presence in tablet market and it is a bit of a bummer that BBM would be exclusive on ...

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White Nexus 4 and Android 4.3 JellyBean Reportedly Coming on June 10th

May 18, 2013

It was to a disappointment of a lot of people when for perhaps the very first time Google I/O did not bring with it a new Android version or a new Nexus device. There were reports that, Google did plan to announce the next iteration of Android and a Nexus device but apparently pulled them back at the last moment cause they felt, maybe the two were just not ready enough. However, according to the latest ...

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Now Watch the Entire Google I/O 2013 Keynote Online

May 18, 2013

In case you had a heavy week at work and as a result missed out on all the massive groundbreaking announcements that were made at Google I/O 2013 opening Keynote, then you are in luck. The entire keynote is now available online. It is about three hour long vide, and in case you do not have that much time and would much rather just read through what was important, then you could check out a ...

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Check out Early Google Glass Prototypes

May 17, 2013
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Google Glass is a dream device as far as anyone who has remotest interest in technology is concerned. A mere sight of the Glass triggers a set of emotions that are very difficult to jot down in words. It is very similar to how everyone felt about the iPhone when it was launched years ago. Even the ones who are writing against the idea of Glass secretly wish to use it once and wear it ...

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