‘New’ Facebook: 9 things to know
Facebook has gone new again. The company has announced a slew of new features and partnerships. The changes give the world’s no. one social network a new look and feel. Facebook also unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV. Read more
Android to run on Intel processors
Intel Corp and Google Inc launched a development partnership on the latest effort by the world’s dominant maker of PC microprocessors to break into the booming smartphone market.
The two companies will work together to optimize future versions of Google’s Android mobile software for Intel’s “Atom” processors, hoping to speed the development and time-to-market of future Intel-powered smartphones. Read more
Apple ‘fear’: HTC buys Google patents
HTC Corp, Asia’s second-biggest smartphone maker, is using nine patents bought from Google Inc last week to pursue new infringement claims against Apple Inc.
Google had taken ownership of the patents less than a year ago, with four of the patents originating from Motorola Inc, three from Openwave Systems Inc and two from Palm Inc, according to US Patent and Trademark Office records. Jim Prosser, a spokesman for Mountain View, California-based Google, wouldn’t discuss reasons for the nine transfers to HTC. Read more
Mercedes-Benz B-Class for India
While the car looks extremely similar to its previous generation it steals a part of its design from the R-Class which is currently on sale in the Indian market. Read more
Discovery of Water on Moon
The discovery of water on moon was till recently attributed to NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, M3 on board India’s Chandrayan space craft. Read more
National Broadband Plan blueprint by March 31: Sibal
New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) The blueprint for the National Broadband Plan to connect 160 million Indian households with high-speed Internet connections by 2014 will be ready by the end of this fiscal, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said today.
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Now, Use Your Phone Once Your Plane Lands
The country’s air safety regulator, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has issued a fresh directive allowing passengers to use their mobile phones after the plane has landed, provided it’s clear of any active runway. Read more
New iPhone App Tells You How Ugly You Are
A new iPhone app called Ugly Meter claims to be able to tell you how ugly a person is. This $0.99 app available in the App Store lets you take a photo of a person, then analyzes its contours in real-time and displays a score out of ten. Since this is Ugly Meter, the score is about ugliness, the higher the score, the more ugly the person in the photo is. Read more
Videocon mobile launches handsets for Rs 12,000
Videocon mobile Phones today announced its foray into the growing Android phone market with the launch of ‘Zeus’ in the Indian market, priced at Rs 12,900.
The handset is equipped with Android operating system, a 3.2-inch multi-touch screen, five megapixel camera and Wi-Fi.
“Indian mobile phone market today is very dynamic and price sensitive. With the new launches, we try to get interesting new elements in the industry and are very positive that it will create the desired newness in the industry,” Rahul Goel, COO, Videocon Mobile Phones said. Read more
AUTO MOBILE SECTOR – M800 sales soar abroad
The sun may be slowly setting on Maruti Suzuki India’s once-flagship M800 model in the domestic market, but the car is springing a surprise with rising exports this fiscal.
As per Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, exports of the M800 jumped by a massive 91.5 per cent to 4,435 units in the April-August period of 2010, as against 2,316 in the same period last year. Read more