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Change in TV Viewing Experience: Digitalization of television has become evident this year as people are more interested in streaming YouTube instead of watching traditional television. Mobile payment: Mobile money transfer that has been in use for quite a while became more popular this year. New services like Paytm and Apple Pay have become a hit among users. Google Glass: Though launched with great expectations, the Google Glass did not become an instant hit....

One thing is for sure that we all have become curious about the outlook of the new smartphones by Apple. Be it a multi-colored iPhone or a white plastic case of the same, videos are going viral online suggesting the size of the new one as iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen. The plastic chassis of the low-cost iPhone seems to have used polycarbonate material to give it a sturdy look at nominal price....

With so much out there for grabs, the race to win the tab market is a never ending business. To make things easier for users, we are listing down specifications of three such tabs in the market including Samsung ATIV Tablet 3, Kindle 2 and iPad 4. Starting with the 13.3-inch ATIV Tab 3, Samsung has designed it to run Windows 8 and Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 operating systems. Touted as the world’s thinnest Windows 8 tab, the ATIV tab 3 weighs just 1....

The smartphone industry has seen a marked boom over the past few years. The technology has advanced rapidly and the number of smartphones available now is truly phenomenal. All of this makes it really difficult to decide on which phone to buy but fret not; here is a list of the best of the best smartphones. 9. Nokia Lumia 920: The Lumia 920 hints are better times ahead not just for Nokia but also for the makers or the Lumia’s OS Windows 8, Microsoft....

What does Plants vs Zombies feature? Plant vs Zombies features an arresting two-sided game board. There are three ways to play this game–Total Domination, Mission Objective and Tower Defense. Much like other popular tower defense games, Plants vs Zombies requires the player to plant various kinds of plants with their distinctive defensive or offensive abilities. By planting these plants, the player will prevent a flock of zombies from overcoming the brands of people living inside....

Microsoft through its Newsletter on Windows Certification, originally announced this change on the 12th March. According to the newsletter, these changes will be immediately effective and Microsoft has already brought down the resolution for these devices to 1024×768 with a depth of 32 bits. A per the earlier guidelines, a device would not be certified with the logo of Windows 8 unless it had a minimum display resolution of 1366 x 768....

Interestingly, certain analysts believe that Apple’s hope to gain its plunging market shares in the tab market could be pinned down to the release of iPad Mini 2 and the iPad 5. Apple’s earlier shipment for tabs went down from 229.3 million to 227.4 million units, which is speculated to be the firm’s move to build anticipation among consumers for its upcoming iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2. However, the decision to increase the sales of tabs in the Q4 this year has rather affected the company’s market share....

Google has already added encryption for email through an extension dubbed as “End-to-End” to its Chrome browser in June 2014, while Microsoft is scheduled to add encryption to Outlook by end-2014. Yahoo’s encrypted email move came after former National Security Administration analyst Edward J. Snowden recently leaked that the government is spying on email networks. This also came a week after a judge of the U.S. District Court issued an order to Microsoft to turn over emails linked with a criminal investigation, even though those emails are being saved on servers in Dublin, Ireland....

The site has a total of 1.32 billion users at present, and the people are joining the social network at a rate of 14% year over year. One important thing that has emerged is that 399 million or about 30% of the site’s total user base are logging in from their mobile devices, with several more apparently on the way as mobile registered growth of 31% in the last year....

A new entrant from Karbonn joins the budget tablet bandwagon. The tablet is called Karbonn Smart Tab 10 and can be purchased for Rs 10,490 in India. The Tablet sports a 9.7 –inch capacitive screen and has a resolution of 1024×768 pixels. The Tablet has Andriod Jell Bean for an OS and is powered by 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor. It has 1GB DDR3 RAM, 3G and HD support along with a 6000 mAh battery....

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was launched in September with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, featuring as the last gadget to come with Android Jelly Bean OS. The Galaxy S4 released in April came with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and was updated to 4.3 Jelly Bean. Now, rumours are in the air that Android 4.4 Kitkat will be the next update that will come in the next year for GS4 as well as Galaxy Note 3....

Perhaps a silver lining in the cloud comes in the form of a quad-core A7 processor coupled with a promise of 2GB LPDDR-800 RAM. However, before going overboard on the amazement this holds for users, remember—this is just a probability. Perhaps prayers could translate the same into reality. Multitasking might get groovier on the iPhone 5S. in a market flooded with so many kings—Samsung Galaxy S4 LG Optimus G Proand the Sony Xperia Z—Apple indeed needs to climb up the ladder to wear the crown of emperor....

Macbook: You may benefit a great deal by choosing Macbook laptop deals. These are quite expensive, but quality wise as we all know, Macbooks are simply the best out there. Apple Store is giving $150 gift card when a buyer purchases any one of Macbook Air, Macbook Pro (with and without retina display). $150-$200 discount is offered by Best Buy on Apple Macbook Pro with retina display. Macbook Air is available at a price $150 lower than the original....

In all probability Apple Macbook pro would release on October 25. Macbook Pro is the most anticipated ultra book of the year and since months, Apple enthusiasts are looking forward to an Apple Macbook Pro upgrade. According to Christian Post.com, the new Macbook Pro would be hitting the shelves on October 25 and it is expected that Apple Macbook Pro would feature the new Intel Haswell processor.” As the Apple Macbook release nears, more and more features are coming to surface....

As the holidays approach the biggest question arises as to what should be that grand pick? Is it a Samsung Tab or a Google Nexus? Let us have a quick glance at the specifications of these brilliant devices offered by the two tech giants. Distinguishing Features Google will most probably use a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset and a 2.3GHz quad core Krait 400 processor for its Nexus 10 2. Moreover it will have 330 GPU graphics....

With Easter around the corner, Google is probably already planning what their Easter Doodle will be. Easter is always associated with spring time and springy colors but surprisingly, this festival also falls on the same day that celebrates Cesar Chavez. Therefore, it is possible that Google might just choose to honor the Labor Leader too. While this may be a better thing to do, a lot of people feel that an Easter doodle would have been a better option....

Yes, it is true that Steve Ballmer is leaving Microsoft, literally the end of an era. While Microsoft might not dominate the tech arena like in earlier days, it still clocked 77.9 billion dollars in revenue this past year. Thus, it is certainly one of the big dogs. I’m not going to go into why Ballmer is leaving the company which has been so successful at, let us rather focus on what this means for its competition....

However, CNET’s sources have contradicted the July 11 release for the Moto X phone and further disclosed that Motorola has been planning for some other secrets to be revealed at the same press event. Meanwhile, an ASUS employee leaked the specs of Nexus 7 and confirmed that it would tout a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon Pro processor clocked at 1....

This comes as disappointing news for Facebook, as the social networking site losses out to the Web-search giant, Google, who gets distinction with 15.4 percent ad market share in the US. This translates Google’s net display-ad revenue to $2.31 billion, up from $1.38 billion in 2011. Meanwhile, in comparison, Facebook is expected to generate $2.16 billion in net display ad revenue this year, which accounts for 14.4 percent of the US market, just one percent less than Google....

The guns are blazing hard in the land of Pandora with the estranged quartet singing the battle song in the recently released Borderlands 2 edition. Most of you would be busy on their consoles shooting your way to glory. Now it seems that Gearbox software has finally confirmed the presence of the new DLC, the information about which was accidentally leaked on the disc itself when the trophies for the new DLC were included in the PS3 list....