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May 23, 2011 08:16 AM IST It’s 'Appraisal Week' on Tech Toyz. This week Ankit and Suresh are appraising every single piece of technology that they have showcased over the last year.
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May 21, 2011 12:34 PM IST Virtual wallet technology that lets people pay for a coffee, newspaper or sandwich by swiping a cell phone at a checkout is finally set to start rolling out, executives told the Reuters Technology Summit this week in Paris.
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May 21, 2011 12:34 PM IST Sony Corp has been hacked again, exposing more security issues for the company less than a month after intruders stole personal information from more than 100 million online user accounts.
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May 21, 2011 12:34 PM IST Mobile service providers are reworking charges for wireless connections on tablet computers to lure in customers put off by costly fees.
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May 21, 2011 12:34 PM IST Apple Inc is close to launching an online music storage and streaming service after reaching deals with three of the four major labels and is expected to wrap up the fourth in a few days, according to several people familiar the plans.
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May 21, 2011 10:37 AM IST Some investors are betting Research in Motion's stock is in for more pain, even after a rough three years. Shares of the BlackBerry maker have lost more than 38% since February.
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May 20, 2011 10:41 AM IST A high-tech Wild West where location data, including some gleaned from teenagers' mobile devices, is scooped up and sold without consumers' consent needs to end, lawmakers told a panel of tech companies on Thursday.
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May 19, 2011 08:13 AM IST Mikael Hed is unrepentant about the 200 million minutes per day that people around the world fritter away playing Angry Birds, the iPhone game created by the company he heads.
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May 19, 2011 08:13 AM IST Apple and Google smartphones may come under tighter regulation in Europe after a data protection panel ruled that data on the location of their users should be classed as private, the Financial Times said Thursday.
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May 18, 2011 08:43 AM IST Smartphones using Intel's mobile processors will go on sale early next year and the world's biggest chipmaker is also on track with processors for tablets, Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday.
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May 16, 2011 03:34 PM IST Research In Motion Ltd has recalled about 1,000 of its Playbook tablets which were shipped with a flawed operating system build that could pose problems during the initial set-up, technology blog Engadget and several other media channels reported.
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May 16, 2011 03:34 PM IST Nokia's new management will dump its Ovi services brand in favour of its company name across its offerings, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume said on Monday.
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May 15, 2011 10:36 AM IST Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.
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May 14, 2011 05:59 PM IST Online plagiarism, at least in India, seems to be at its peak! On the lawsuit special of Tech Toyz, Suresh and Ankit give you all the information you wanted to know about how to copyright your data, how to protect yourself from getting into trouble online and last but definitely not the least, how to protect your online reputation!
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May 14, 2011 09:13 AM IST Yahoo Inc's battle with Alibaba Group intensified on Friday as they issued contradictory statements over the Chinese company's transfer of a major Internet asset to its chief executive.
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May 13, 2011 01:46 PM IST Facebook admitted on Thursday it had hired a public relations firm to highlight supposed flaws in Google Inc's privacy practices but denied it had intended a smear campaign against the search giant.
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May 10, 2011 09:12 AM IST Apple Inc and magazine publisher Conde Nast reached a deal to offer the New Yorker on the iPad device in the latest sign that relationships are improving between the technology company and content owners.
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May 10, 2011 09:12 AM IST An avid Twitter user's desire to help Japan recover from the devastating March earthquake and tsunami has resulted in a charity e-book based on material gathered from around the world -- all within three days.
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May 09, 2011 12:54 PM IST On this week's episode of Tech Toyz, Suresh and Ankit say that viewers have been complaining about the TINA or the 'There Is No Alternative' factor. The team gives you a heads-up on all the possible gadgets which 'supposedly' had no alternative, finally having one!
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May 09, 2011 09:46 AM IST Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown.
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May 09, 2011 08:19 AM IST The tantalising prospect of finding the next Facebook, Groupon or Twitter is driving the biggest rush of venture capital into the Internet start-up arena since dot-com mania first boomed and then fizzled more than a decade ago.
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May 08, 2011 10:39 PM IST Tech companies such as Apple and Google are hoping the tracks of millions of mobile device users will lead to billions of dollars in revenue.
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May 07, 2011 02:35 PM IST Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn wants to begin assembling iPads in Brazil by July, but it is still seeking tax breaks and other government concessions as part of an investment plan that could be worth up to USD 12 billion, Brazilian media reported on Friday.
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May 07, 2011 02:28 PM IST Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website, and said it did not know when it could restart its PlayStation video games network.
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May 06, 2011 09:13 AM IST Digital technology company Yudu launched a service on Thursday to help magazine publishers dodge the 30% commission that Apple charges to deliver content to iPhones and iPads through its App Store.