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Live! IPL spot fixing: Vindoo Dara Singh helps two bookies escape to Dubai
May 22, 2013 at 16:46 | Source: DNA India
The spot-fixing scandal, that has cast a shadow on the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has opened a Pandora s box with new links being exposed every day. After cricketers, bookies and Bollywood, the trail seems to have reached th...
Sony assessing spin-off plan; cuts sales targets for cameras, mobiles
May 22, 2013 at 15:46 | Source: FirstPost
Sony Corp cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 percent for the year to end-March 2015, but said there were "encouraging" signs of a revival in its electronics business.CEO Kazuo Hirai told a press brie...
Lenovo India appoints Sudhin Mathur Director, Smartphones
May 22, 2013 at 15:37 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 22: Lenovo India on Wednesday said it has appointed Sudhin Mathur as Director, Smartphones, for India. Based out of Gurgaon, he will be responsible for steering the company’s growth strategies for smartphones in the country. Mat...
BlackBerry shifting emphasis from smartphones to services
May 22, 2013 at 15:37 | Source: Financial Express
BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionized the industry, now aims to run it. The change in focus was hard to miss at the company's well-attended annual c...
The phones have turned smart, how about you?
May 22, 2013 at 15:05 | Source: DNA India
The youth have spoken no more basic phones. Today s youngster, barring the odd one, will not settle for anything less than a smartphone. It is nothing short of being an integral part of them, perhaps as essential as a toothbrush. When mobile telepho...
Microsoft's new Xbox faces wider range of competition
May 22, 2013 at 13:42 | Source: Economic Times
REDMOND (WASH): When Microsoft began selling its last video-game console nearly eight years ago, there was no iPad, smartphones had keyboards and Facebook was mainly for college students. But it is against those devices and services, all of which ha...
Goa girl creates touch-free phone technology
May 22, 2013 at 13:42 | Source: Economic Times
PANAJI: The next 'in' feature for your smart phone might very well be gesture-recognition and it is a young Goan who is behind the innovation. The creation is set to make touchscreen technology passe and would allow users to interact with their devi...
Search for US tornado survivors nearly complete
May 22, 2013 at 13:42 | Source: Economic Times
MOORE, OKLAHOMA: Rescue workers raced to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine c...
Sony cuts sales target for cameras, smartphones for 2014-15
May 22, 2013 at 13:42 | Source: Economic Times
TOKYO: Sony Corp cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 per cent for the year to end-March 2015, but said there were "encouraging" signs of a revival in its electronics business. CEO Kazuo Hirai told a press brie...
BlackBerry shifting emphasis from smartphones to mobile services
May 22, 2013 at 13:40 | Source: FirstPost
BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionised the industry, now aims to run it.The change in focus was hard to miss at the company's well-attended annual con...
Microsoft Xbox One launched with Kinect, Live Tv: All you need to know
May 22, 2013 at 13:00 | Source: FirstPost
Eight years, after the launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft has launched its successor the Xbox One, which it claims is "the all-in-one entertainment console". The company says that it will be available for sale by the end of this year but it ...
BlackBerry shifting emphasis from smartphones to services
May 22, 2013 at 12:00 | Source: VC Circle
BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionized the industry, now aims to run it. The change in focus was hard to miss at the company's well-attended a...
Opera Browser out of beta, now available for Android devices
May 22, 2013 at 11:38 | Source: FirstPost
The Opera Browser for Android is out of beta testing and the final version of the browser is out on Google's Play Store. The interface of Opera has been redesigned, with a lighter colour scheme, and comes with some features which promise both faster ...
ADCOM launches budget smartphone Thunder A530 HD in India
May 22, 2013 at 10:41 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: Technology products importer Advantage Computers India Pvt Ltd (ADCOM) today launched a range of affordable android powered smartphones in India.The company has come out with ADCOM Thunder smartphone series. The ADCOM ThunderA530 HD comes ...
Apple to produce line of Macs in the US next year
May 22, 2013 at 10:22 | Source: Financial Express
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers from China to the United States next year. Industry watchers said the announcement is both a cunning public-relations move and a harbinger of more...
PayPal fires up new data center to support growth
May 22, 2013 at 10:22 | Source: Financial Express
PayPal has opened a new data center to help the online payment division of eBay Inc handle its rapid growth, President David Marcus said on Tuesday. The addition means PayPal now has four primary data centers, which it runs from network operation ce...
Microsoft Xbox One launched: All the features you need to know
May 22, 2013 at 09:50 | Source: FirstPost
Eight years, after the launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft has launched its successor the Xbox One, which it claims is "the all-in-one entertainment console". The company says that it will be available for sale by the end of this year but it ...
May 22, 2013 at 08:40 | Source: Business Today
The results of a Google Image search are shown on a monitor in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California. Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters At a well-built six feet, Nikesh Arora commands a presence when he walks into a room. Much of it is also becau...
'It's about going from search to assist'
May 22, 2013 at 08:40 | Source: Business Today
Photo: Aditya Kapoor/www.indiatodayimages.com Nikesh Arora, the New Delhi-born Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google, touches upon a variety of topics in an interview with Business Today. Edited excerpts:Q. What is the future of...
Search for US tornado survivors nearly complete, death toll lowered to 24
May 22, 2013 at 08:18 | Source: FirstPost
Moore, Oklahoma: Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine c...
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