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The premium smartphone market has heated up with some great offerings like the recently released Apple iPhone 5s and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Both these devices have taken mobile phones to the next level. The iPhone 5s specifications are quite impressive, the biggest news is not even the biometric fingerprint sensor in the home button it is the fact that the iPhone 5s has a 64 bit micro processor – something that has been in the realm of computers till now....

At the Consumer Electronics Show 2014, Valve once an indie developer has transformed into a leading digital entertainment conglomerate. It started its well-planned shake –up of the gaming industry by launching the Steam Machine gaming console. It is also known for myriad renowned partners. Its announcements at the CES clearly suggest their efforts of bringing PC gaming to the wide, mainstream users. The Sony PS4 still retains its leading position in the gaming industry....

Takashi Okuda, President, Sharp said simply, “Shipments will start in August,” during a press briefing following the company’s earnings release Thursday. Sharp is in bad shape financially. Okadu was in no mood to talk about the awful earnings of the company i.e. operating loss of around $1.76 billion and the announcement of 5,000 job cuts by next March. Sharp was a part of LCD price fixing scandal, which was concerned with a $114 million antitrust settlement, as well as an additional settlement to Dell and two other companies for around $200 million....

Preparing to be rolled out this summer in the United States, the Google Edition HTC One will come out along with Samsung’s Galaxy S4. There’s a reported time frame of next two weeks for the release. However, details whether the smartphone will be put on the market via Google Play just like the Samsung Galaxy S4 or through any other means is still unknown. It will be interesting to see how the Google Edition HTC One impresses users....

Bad weather on the US East Coast couldn’t keep Google from announcing good news to all its millions of fans worldwide. Even though the launch event to be held at New York was cancelled, Google did finally announce three new exciting Nexus devices – two tablets and a smartphone. What’s even more exciting is that all of these devices will run on Android’s latest version, 4.2. One of the most interesting features of Android 4....

Goodbye Greenland, Hello Iceland now! After being shut down just forty-eight hours in operation in Sweden, it looks like TPB has found a new home in Iceland-thepiratebay.is But a prosecutor based in Sweden had managed to remove not only TPB’s Greenland address but also its Iceland based one as well, forcing the latter to move again. It finally took shelter in a Dutch constituent-Sint Maarten from May until December 2013....

This means, iPhone 6 would have enough room for a fingerprint scanner, a big improvement over the iPhone 5c’s and iPhone 5s’ 4-inch display. Arcuri went on to say that the iPhone 6 will have 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard built in that promises speeds thrice as fast as the current 802.11n wireless networks. The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard can notch up a speed of over 1GB per second. Apart from other hardware and design changes, he goes on to offer that Apple is planning a few major software innovations this year including the next big release of its flagship iOS platform and leveraging Touch ID, iBeacon, and Passbook with an aim to offer new services with mobile payments....

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S2: The very slim and elegant, Samsung Galaxy S descendant has everything you would require in a phone. What really makes us go gaga about this phone is its feather light weight and affordable price ($529). With its insanely clear screen and 1080 video recording this ice cream sandwich delicacy is worth a taste. Buy for its supreme call quality, 1.2 GHz processor and super slim and stylish chassis....

Interestingly, the May 4th concept of Call of Duty has been designed by Sledgehammer Games. This is the same team which had successfully designed the 2011 Modern Warfare 3 along with Infinity Ward. This time around, Sledgehammer Games has decided to take the plunge alone and is expecting to put up a good show. On its part, Activision too has decided to give three players a chance in framing the Call of Duty series....

Apple geniuses recommend charging and discharging its battery at least once per month. Need a reminder? Add an event to your desktop’s iCal. When hte battery doesn’t have sufficient charge to meet your requirement, replace it. In case your notebook came with a built-in battery, make sure that you only visit an Authorized Apple service provider. To boost your RAM speed, follow these 2 simple steps. Firstly, Max out your RAM....

Where the Samsung Gear S costs only $300 and has its own cellular connectivity, the cheapest model of Apple starts from $349 and the luxury model is exorbitantly priced from $10,000 to $17,000. It also does not have any independent connection and to make or receive calls, it is necessary to have an iPhone. Also Read: Is Samsung Galaxy S5 the Smartest Smartphone to Purchase? While Samsung smartwatch is leading the market in terms of connectivity and price, Apple smartwatch deserves a mention for its striking design....

The 11 categories which have been searched most throughout the year are overall searches, images, athletes, events, people, feature films, TV shows, performing artists, consumer electronics, airlines, and Google+ hashtags. Surprisingly athletes top the search list and a number of Apple gizmos and gadgets also made it to the list. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), also got a lot of searchs as everybody wanted to know what was the fuss all about....

This one’s also going to be an Android based smartphone, and will most likely be a dual-SIM offering to add to its Galaxy DUOS range of phones. It has a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED display and is expected to run on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. This phone is also expected to pack quite a punch, thanks to its quad-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor and Adreno 320 graphics chipset. However, we still don’t know much about its RAM or its internal memory....

The demand of iPhone 5 exceeded the initial supply, with Apple taking pre-orders for delivery in October. The Cupertino Calif.-based firm also said that around 100 million iOS devices were updated to its latest iOS 6, in just few days after it was launched. The iPhone 5 was launched on September 21st in many countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK. It will hit the shelves in 22 more countries on September 28th....

Though the website was quickly restored, the group said that it hacked the Website in support of activists Aseem Trivedi and Alok Dixit, who are on a hunger strike to protest Section 66A of the IT Act. “Our website has been hacked and our people are working on it,” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director R K Upadhyay told PTI. The Twitter account of Anonymous India (@opindia_revenge) said, “BSNL Websites hacked, passwords and database leaked http://pastebin....

Activision has revealed that the latest avatar of the hugely popular Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Ghosts, has generated over $1 Billion in worldwide sales. It must be noted that these sales are to retailers and does not necessarily mean that all have been sold to consumers. Nevertheless Activision is confident that this will be the most successful launch for any game on the next generation consoles; the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4....

You can open up the screen using other parts of the hand. The phone has an inbuilt vibration sensor and runs FingerSense software, also created by Harrison. These technologies together identify different acoustics and vibrations of the different kinds of touch and help the phone respond accordingly. You can select an object using a tap of your fingertip, while your knuckle opens up a sub-menu like the right click of a mouse on the PC....

The game based on The Walking Dead by Activision would finally see light of the day. According to Eurogamer, the games has been titled The Walking Dead :Survival Instinct and would make its way though PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC on March 29. The players would be able to manage their inventory through the Game Pad and interface of the game would be much like ZombiU. “Where you’ve got different resources, you only have so much room in your backpack....

Rumors about Nexus 10 2013, Nexus 7 create a buzz For the time being Google’s hero of a phone, Nexus 5, will be taking a backseat as two new devices from LG stable slowly steal the entire spotlight. These two devices are the 2013 Nexus 10 which will reportedly be built by Asus as well as the Nexus 7 3. The Nexus 7 3 will be an upgrade to the Nexus 7 2013 which was unveiled by Google in July this year....

Android Silver is believed to be producing premium devices operating on the Google mobile platform upon execution of which, the Nexus line of products will simply be redundant. The company is targeting to materialize the project in 2015. If that happens, Google Nexus 6 might actually never arrive. Tech blogger Eldar Murtazin has earlier mentioned that the Nexus brand will be retired in 2015. However, it has appeared in recent reports that the phasing out period has been advanced and its first surprise target is the Nexus 6....