السبت، 12 أكتوبر 2013

Top 10 Most Downloaded Apps for Smart Phones in US

Smart phones have changed the life of individual and had become an elementary device for the human beings. People are more concerned about the model they hold, the outlook of the device also how far it scales etc... Main purpose...
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Google to put tablet apps front and center next month

Google plans to simplify how Android tablet owners find tablet-specific apps in the Play Store as part of a change next month. Come November 21, Google says its "designed for tablets" section will effectively become the first...
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Canonical founder: Apple's 64-bit chip to unify Mac, iPhone

Here's food for thought: Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth believes that Apple intends to merge the Mac and iPhone. "Apple was sending what we think is a very clear signal that it will converge the iPhone and the MacBook Air,"...
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Facebook announces 1M users on Android beta-testing service

Facebook on Friday announced 1 million daily active users on its Android beta-testing program, which gives developers access to the Android app before it's released, in an attempt to find bugs and provide feedback to the company's...
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الجمعة، 11 أكتوبر 2013

Peanut butter helps diagnose Alzheimer's disease

A dollop of peanut butter and a ruler can be used to confirm a diagnosis of early stage Alzheimer's disease, University of Florida Health researchers have found. Jennifer Stamps, a graduate student in the University of Florida...
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'The Simpsons' gets Fox renewal for 26th season

     Homer Simpson has a green light for a record 26th season of nuclear near-misses, fatherhood foibles and tavern tantrums.   Fox Broadcasting Co. announced Friday that "The Simpsons," already the longest-running...
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Zuckerberg buys four new houses for, um, privacy

It's all about the timing. On the one hand, you offer a loud piece of news that oh, no, people can't keep themselves private from Facebook's Graph Search anymore. On the other, there emerges a whisper that you've bought four...
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Android 4.4 KitKat detailed again in new Nexus 5 photo leak

Ahead of next week's expected debut of Android 4.4 KitKat are even more shots of Google's next flagship Nexus phone and the OS update.  Italian tech site Tutto Android has an extensive gallery of the device with notes...
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Microsoft board said to seek Ballmer successor this year

Steve Ballmer may be retiring sooner than many expect. Microsoft's board of directors is working to have Ballmer's successor in place by the end of this year, according to a Bloomberg report that cited unidentified people...
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Goodbye Google TV, hello Android TV

Google TV will soon give up on separate branding and going all-in with its operating system by renaming itself Android TV. The television-specific, media-focused version of Android has lay more or less fallow since it received...
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Instagram brings sound and data usage controls to video

Without a lot of fanfare, Instagram updated both its Android and iOS apps on Thursday. The updates bring new video features to both apps and add photo straightening to the Android app -- something the iOS app had for months. ...
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Now anyone can find you on Facebook

It may have been a long time coming, but those hidden in plain sight on Facebook are in for a rude awakening in the weeks ahead. The social network said Thursday that it is, as promised 10 months ago, killing off a privacy setting ...
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Obama, NSA dissed by report as Edward Snowden reappears

The National Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs are already having a chilling effect on free speech, at least according to a report by the former executive editor of The Washington Post. "The Obama Administration...
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Lenovo leaks manual for budget Android laptop by accident

It appears a new budget Lenovo laptop is on the way. The company accidentally leaked a manual for this so-called IdeaPad A10 online, according to PCWorld. The manual (PDF) shows that this 10.1-inch laptop will be running ...
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الخميس، 10 أكتوبر 2013

iPad 5 goes slim, space gray in latest batch of leaked photos

Apple's next iPad appears to be on display in full view in a series of high-resolution photos leaked online. Popping up on the Web site of known Apple leaker Sonny Dickson, the new photos display what appears to be the next-generation...
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$100,000 payday for discoverer of Microsoft Windows bug

With little more than a week ahead of the Windows 8.1 rollout, Microsoft said it dished out its biggest ever reward to a British researcher who found a chink in the armor of the new operating system. James Forshaw uncovered...
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iPhone 6 will raise screen size close to 5 inches, says analyst

Apple's iPhone 6 will jump in screen size to almost 5 inches from the current 4 inches. At least, that's the claim from Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White. After meeting recently with an Apple supplier, White expressed...
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HP no longer playing by Microsoft, Intel rules, exec says

A Hewlett-Packard vice president had a lot to say about alternatives to Microsoft and Intel during a meeting of financial analysts Wednesday. And HP CEO Meg Whitman had some pretty provocative comments of her own. The shift...
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Google Nexus 5, Android KitKat rumors point to Oct. 15 launch

The Google Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat are less than a week away, according to new rumors. Word on the street is that the new phone and next Android update explode onto the scene together on October 15 -- next Tuesday. That...
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