Thursday, July 3, 2014

Facebook Messenger App for iPad Finally Available for Download

Facebook has finally made its dedicated Messenger application available for iPad users across the globe, letting users do away with utilising the enlarged iPhone app on the tablet. The Facebook Messenger app for iPad comes with a multi-window feature that gives users a list of chats on the left-side of the screen, and the current active chat enlarged on the right side. Some...

APPLE IMAC 21.5-INCH (2014) REVIEW

Back in June, Cupertino lowered the price on its iMac desktops from $1,299 to $1,099. Though still spendier than many PC competitors, getting an iMac suddenly got significantly more affordable. Our review iMac had the stock 500GB mechanical drive upgraded to a 1TB Fusion Drive, adding $250 to the price for a total of $1,349. Other specs match the base model, including a 1.4GHz Intel...

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

BlackBerry Z3 With 5-Inch qHD Display Launched at Rs. 15,990

Canadian smartphone manufacturer has launched its recently unveiled large-screen smartphone in India, the BlackBerry Z3, priced at Rs. 15,990. The BB10 OS-based smartphone will be available to pre-order from Flipkart, The Mobile Store, and BlackBerry stores from Wednesday, and go on sale from July 2.The BlackBerry Z3 is the first phone to be launched by BlackBerry since...

Android L Preview Source Code Now Available for Nexus Devices

  After releasing the Android L developer preview images for some Nexus devices, Google has now posted the source code on the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) for an even wider range of devices. Notably, Google's Android Git repo page lists the source code for the following Nexus devices - Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2012), Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus...

Microsoft Joins Qualcomm-Backed Alliance in Bid for Connected Homes

Microsoft Corp has joined Qualcomm Inc and other technology companies in a bid to establish standard ways for household devices like light bulbs and thermostats to talk to each other. The Qualcomm-backed AllSeen Alliance is among a growing number of efforts for companies working alone or in groups to promote protocols for how smart devices should work together in a trend increasingly referred...

APPLE KICKS OFF ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’ PROMOTION WITH $50-$100 GIFT CARDS

Apple isn’t exactly well known for discounting its products, but it does offer good deals for students, teachers, and their parents now and then. Apple just kicked off its “Back to School” promotion with a slew of discounts and gift cards on iPads, iPhones, and MacBooks. All incoming freshmen, current college students, K-12 kids, and teachers are eligible for the discounts, as are...

Samsungs new 850 Pro SSDs are super fast, and start at $130

Samsung just announced that it is launching a brand new lineup of SSDs. Dubbed the 850 Pro, these drives are powered by the company’s 3D V-NAND tech. According to Samsung, V-NAND “features a proprietary vertical cell structure and represents a breakthrough in overcoming the density limit currently facing planar NAND architecture used in conventional flash memory, yielding significant speed,...

Monday, June 30, 2014

List of Siri Commands

With the introduction of iOS7, Siri is finally out of beta. Apple rarely ever slaps BETA on to anything. Since the launch of the iPod, their legacy has been to deliver finished products. Now that Siri is out of BETA, it’s more powerful and faster than before. There are a huge list of things Siri can now do. Take a look at some of them below. Phone Call (name) Call (name) home Call...

What If Google Play Looked Like This?

Formerly known as Android Market, Google Play is great overall. The reason why we all love the PlayStore is that all our favorite apps and games are just some install permissions away. It also makes browsing apps easier as you dont have to browse them from the device. You can simply browse the apps on your desktop’s larger screen estate and install them. The browsing experience is much...

Facebook Turns Into Mental Research Asylum As Half Million Users Forced To See Depressing Posts

There is a serious uproar & protests going on in the social media world after news came in that Facebook has conducted some secret psychological research on it’s users, without informing them. Termed as a‘disturbing emotional experiment’ users and social media experts are demanding apology and justification from world’s biggest social network. What Happened? Researchers from Cornell University...

Twitter Acquires Mobile Advertising Firm Tap Commerce

Twitter announced Monday that it has cut a deal to buy mobile ad firm Tap Commerce to bolster money-making tools at the popular one-to-many messaging service.San Francisco-based Twitter did not disclose how much it paid for Tap Commerce, which is located in New York City, but technology news website Recode.net reported the deal to be valued around $100 million. Tap Commerce specializes in...

Windows 9 public preview ‘likely’ coming this fall

According to ZDNet, a public preview of Windows 9, which is code-named Threshold, will be released sometime this fall, in preparation for release “around”  Spring 2015. This upcoming version of Windows will reportedly aim to lure desktop-based PC users to Microsoft’s newest version of its longtime OS after millions were put off by Windows 8 and its mish-mosh of concepts. Details...

Sunday, June 29, 2014

You are Over Confident that your Home PC Won’t get Hacked

Imagine a complete stranger rifling through your purse, glove box, pockets and phone. You’re not comfortable with that, are you? Nowadays, home PCs hold a myriad of personal files and information that most people wouldn’t be comfortable sharing. Search history, emails, instant messages, bank usernames and passwords, tax details and a host of other sensitive data can now be found on your...

The Core i7-5960X, Intel’s first 8-Core desktop CPU: Fast, expensive, and coming soon

    After countless articles and much anticipation, Intel is reportedly about to release some of the first processors based on its Haswell-E specifications, which will, of course, support DDR4 memory and 8-core processors. However, of the three Haswell-E Core i7 CPUs expected, only one of them, the Core i7-5960X, will actually come with 8 cores, and it will...