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Star Trek
Set phasers to milk
Star Trek is a clever cash-in with a lot of shooting, some weird puzzles and weirder platforming
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Six appeal
Tablets have been around long enough for you to figure they are not yet ready to replace your workhorse desktop or notebook. The writer looks at six aspects that are fun to do with the tablet.
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Look at what’s got its ‘eye’ on you
What if when playing a video on your phone you turn away to find the playback has automatically paused, and resumes playback when you look at the screen again? It’s as if the phone is watching you, literally.
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Hackers find hole in Google Glass security
Augmented reality glasses could be compromised by a hacker who would be able to see and hear everything the wearer does
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Samsung Galaxy S4 rings in India
Samsung on Friday launched the fourth-generation of its Galaxy range of phones, S4 in India at Rs. 41,500.
The phone, packed with newer imaging features as well as gesture-control technol...
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Mumbai,
May 20, 2013
Samsung launches Galaxy Grand Quattro in India
Aimed at maintaining its leadership position in the Smartphone segment in the country, Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics on Monday announced the launch of its Galaxy Grand Quattro, priced a...
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NEW DELHI,
May 16, 2013
Google’s Nexus 4 comes to India, finally
LG Electronics and Google, on Thursday, announced the availability of Nexus 4 – the latest smartphone in the Nexus line-up from Google, priced at Rs. 25,999.
“LG Electronics is...
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ORLANDO, Florida,
May 14, 2013
BlackBerry CEO unveils new smartphone
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry that is designed for emerging markets. CEO Thorsten Heins said Tuesday that the Q5 device will be available this...
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NEW YORK,
May 5, 2013
Cellphone thefts grow in the U.S., but the industry looks the other way
When a teenage boy snatched the iPhone out of Rose Cha’s hand at a bus stop in the Bronx in March, she reported the theft to her carrier and to the police — just as she had done two other times wh...
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May 1, 2013
Future Perfect
Hand-held devices In the battle for Android smartphone supremacy, Samsung seems to be in another ‘galaxy’ and way ahead of the competition. LG is betting big on what will be its f...
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May 1, 2013
New budget phablet
Phablets (phones plus tablets) seem to push the boundaries in terms of just how big smartphones can go before making tablets redundant. The case in point is the Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530. The...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
April 29, 2013
Packing the office, into the smartphone
Senior bureaucrats in Kerala could soon be working their smartphones to sign files in their department, even when they are on official duty abroad. They will be able to track files and sign them f...
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April 28, 2013
Tech News
Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in Bangalore
One of the most awaited smartphones this season, the Samsung Galaxy S4, was launched in Bangalore on Saturday amidst much hullabaloo. Cro...
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NEW DELHI,
April 24, 2013
News: Version-2
The advent of digitisation brought with it tablets, smart phones and many other mobile devices. It not only enabled information to travel faster but also made it accessible. News, a primary need f...
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NEW DELHI,
April 23, 2013
Canon India eyes Rs 2,125 crore revenue in 2013
Canon India is targeting a 15 per cent increase in revenues to Rs 2,125 crore in 2013 on the back on new product launches.The electronics major had recorded revenues of Rs 1,850 crore in 201...
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Samsung Galaxy S4 sales start next week in U.S.
Neighbour’s envy…
From a 1 kg ‘Brick’ to lightweight smartphones
Facebook unveils 'Home' Android product
Virtual reality attempts comeback
Aakash tablet project comes a cropper
NEW DELHI,
May 16, 2013
Panasonic re-enters mobile space
Electronics major Panasonic on Thursday launched its first smartphone, the P51, marking its re-entry into the mobile phone market.The company aims to capture 8 per cent share in the domest...
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LONDON,
May 14, 2013
Lumia 925: more sleek, metal and imaging
With an all-new aluminium frame and improved imaging capabilities, Nokia, on Tuesday, introduced Lumia 925, the third iteration of its Lumia flagship series here.
This ‘new interpretation...
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New Delhi,
May 5, 2013
Mobile subscribers largest in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
The country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, accounts for the largest number of mobile subscribers in the country followed by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, which together...
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May 3, 2013
Chat apps more popular than SMS
Smart phone users tapped out an average of 36.6 billion messages every day last year, according to analysts at Informa, with the majority being sent by so-called chat apps which avoid mobile opera...
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May 1, 2013
The Next Level — Justice is served
“Who would win in a fight: Superman or Batman?” How many times did that simple question form the basis for the world's silliest, most pointless, arguments? Of course, it's not entirely embarrassin...
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New Delhi,
April 30, 2013
Google Glass given to a few developers to work on applications
Google has given its highly-anticipated gadget Google Glass to developers to work on creating more applications for the platform, a top company official said on Tuesday.
The California-he...
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Bangalore,
April 28, 2013
Making wins and work look good on big screens
One of the most dramatic consequences of the explosive growth of mobile telephony in the last decade has been its impact on gaming. And, the rapid mainstreaming of smartphones and tablets, which a...
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TEHRAN,
April 26, 2013
Samsung to block access to app store in Iran
Iranian users of Samsung mobile applications said on Thursday that the company had notified them that they will no longer have access to the company’s online store as of May 22. The move is...
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NEW DELHI,
April 24, 2013
HP launches world's fastest desktop printer
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched for business in India its latest range of Officejet Pro X 500 series printers that are recognised as world's fastest desktop printer by Guinness Book of Recor...
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Bangalore,
April 21, 2013
The enormous possibilities that open hardware offer
What if you wanted to control your sprinkler while sitting in office, or enable your feature-rich surveillance camera at home to authenticate visitors on your behalf? While embedded electr...
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Girl develops first android app on Kashmir
Track your train instantly
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Facebook gearing up for ‘new home on Android’
Life’s easy, thanks to gadgets
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