Slowdown Looms Large On Bloomberg?
Posted on March 31st, 2010 | 0 CommentsWhen major publications resort to link-baiting tactics in search of increasing pageviews, then it is a sign that things are not too well. How else can you explain a recent article on the well-respected publication that slowdown looms large on Google when in fact such a thing didn’t exist much even when recession was in [...]
Nissan Leaf Electric Car US Orders Begin April 20
Posted on March 31st, 2010 | 0 CommentsThose of you looking to buy Nissan’s new electric car, the Nissan Leaf may book your orders starting April 20. The car will come at a cost of $32,780 before subsidies. As always with electric cars, there are however a lot of government sponsored incentives to expect. There is a tax credit of up to [...]
TiVo Premiere XL To Bring Facebook And Twitter Feeds To TV
Posted on March 31st, 2010 | 0 CommentsPopular DVR company TiVo launched its new TiVo Premier and TiVo Premiere XL boxes yesterday that will bring a whole lot of new features to your television. Prominently, the integration between web and TV content is even higher with these new products. However, one of the important introductions yet to be made on TiVo Premiere [...]
Asus Tablet PC Launch In June
Posted on March 31st, 2010 | 0 CommentsA month after hinting at an upcoming Eee Book, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih has once again set the rumor mills in action. However, this time, he was more explicit. In a recent interview to Forbes, Shih revealed that his company will be launching “at least two” tablet PCs in the next few months. When is [...]
Tweaked iPhone Puts Less Strain On AT&T
Posted on March 31st, 2010 | 0 CommentsTill a few months back, voices of dissent against AT&T’s clogged network were so deafening that it was speculated that Apple may move away from exclusivity with the launch of the iPad. However that was not to be and though there are now speculations over a second Verizon powered iPhone launching in the market soon, [...]
Adobe Flash On Google Chrome OS
Posted on March 30th, 2010 | 1 CommentMy enemy’s enemy is my best friend. After Apple and Google have been competing against each other on several fronts, Mountain View has befriended Adobe, the company that Apple loves to hate to offer its much maligned multimedia platform by default on its Chrome browser without the necessity of any plugin. Rumors are that this [...]
iPhone 4G Features Leaked?
Posted on March 30th, 2010 | 0 CommentsDid the tech specs of the next generation iPhone just get leaked? I am not sure, but I hope these are true. Here are some tech specs that is speculated to come with the iPhone 4G aka iPhone HD Resolution : 960 x 640 pixels CPU : In-house A4 (like the iPad) A second front [...]
Google To Slow Down Android Development
Posted on March 30th, 2010 | 0 CommentsGoogle has been working at such a frenetic pace on its operating system that it has started to hurt rather than help. Most Android users have been hit by the need to delay purchases anticipating a better upgrade, so much so that manufacturers are seeing slower than anticipated sale for their devices. While shifting the [...]
Android Market Based Version Upgrade Coming Soon
Posted on March 30th, 2010 | 2 CommentsFragmentation of the Android OS is a serious problem. There are currently four different versions of Android OS : 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1 running on mobile phone systems currently. What it means is that with work on the core OS happening much faster than what of the handset makers can handle, the situation is only [...]
Bang : Microsoft’s Original Choice Of Name For Its Search Engine
Posted on March 30th, 2010 | 0 CommentsGoogle is noun, google is verb. So, when Microsoft was contemplating a name for its refurbished search engine, the company was very particular that the name will eventually be used as a verb, very much on the lines of Google. So, when the company rounded upon Bing and Bang as two possible choices, they eventually [...]