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Sony® Million Moments app to album your pictures elegantly
Capture your precious moments and share them with your friends.
Now with Sony Million Moments app for Android-based phones, you can create stylishly laid out albums of your special moments in some simple taps.
What is Million Moments App?
It is an automated image management app that enables users to make graceful albums of their pictures.
Whether you want to create albums without editing the images,... Read More »
Sony® Xperia Active gets Android™ 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is now available for Sony Ericsson Xperia Active smartphones.
Japanese electronics major, Sony, has started to roll out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in batches. You can either wait for the notification on your device or check manually through the PC Companion suite. To further address the matter, the company has been listing the handsets. The... Read More »
Googleâ„¢ PageSpeed Insights 2.0 released
Do you know how to optimize the performance of your website? Do your web pages crawl really slowly?
Lately, Google has released the enhanced version 2.0 of PageSpeed Insights 2.0 Chrome extension. It will significantly help you discern various aspects of your website that are responsible for the sluggish performance and speed of the pages. The extension comprehensively analyzes, optimizes, and gives... Read More »
Mozilla® making browser for iPad®, Named Junior
Looking for an alternative browser on your iPad?
Mozilla, the name behind the successful desktop web browser Firefox has been working on a web browser for iPad. Dubbed as Junior, this novel web browser that will be designed specifically for iPad will make web browsing more pleasurable and more ergonomic.
“We wanted to make something entirely new. We wanted to look into how we could reinvent... Read More »
Apple® OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion unveiled at WWDC 2012
At the grand WWDC 2012 keynote, Apple unveiled a number of noticeable enhancements for the world’s most cutting-edge desktop operating system- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. This new operating system is certainly a prime release with hundreds of state-of-the-art features including Notification Center, Messages app, Sharing, Facebook integration, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, and the improved security... Read More »
Highlight on Apple® iOS6
The latest announcement at WWDC 2012 about the new iOS6 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has created a lot of buzz all around.
This new mobile operating system by Apple incorporates various attention-grabbing enhancements to make your experience with iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad even better.
From new Passbook app and updated Siri to Facebook integration and VIP mailbox, iOS6 has everything to let you... Read More »
Microsoft® Bing and Encyclopedia Britannica Partner to Offer Perfect Search Results
With the idea to promote learning and knowledge, Microsoft has announced a partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica to incorporate Britannica Online answers on the search results pages of Bing. This affiliation between global educational publisher ‘Encyclopedia Britannica’ and software giant ‘Microsoft’ will provide users a snippet of relevant and trustworthy information against their keywords... Read More »
Microsoft® launches Windows® 8 Release Preview
Software giant Microsoft Corporation has launched the Windows 8 Release Preview one day before its scheduled date of 01 June. The Release Preview is the third and final in Microsoft’s trio of Windows 8 pre-releases. This is the last major update of Windows 8 before the client code is released to manufacturers.
Features of Windows 8 Release Preview
According to Microsoft, the Windows 8 Release... Read More »
Are You a Human to replace CAPTCHAs with games
The CAPTCHA test must have been taken by almost all of us to authenticate that we are human beings and not an automated bot while visiting a website. And, many must have failed in the test at the first attempt or even at the second or third attempt. The CAPTCHA test is very annoying as it leads to multiple failures. But, soon we might get rid of this annoying verification exercise.
The Savior
Detroit-based... Read More »
Buffalo™ launches first next gen Wi-Fi® routers
To offer its users up to three times faster Internet speed, Buffalo Technology has unveiled the first commercially available 802.11ac capable wireless router and wireless media bridge in the U.S.
Models introduced
The two new wireless routers are AirStation WZR-D1800H wireless router and the WLI-H4-D1300 wireless media bridge. Both these wireless routers are fully backward compatible with 802.11a,... Read More »
Microsoft® to offer Windows® 8 Pro upgrade deal
Microsoft Corporation is going to allow buyers of Windows 7 PCs to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for US $14.99 from 2 June. This promotional deal seems to be a step to prevent the slump in sales of PC before the launch of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.
When the offer will start?
The offer is believed to make its debut at the same time when Microsoft will launch Windows 8 Release Preview, which... Read More »
Apple® patches security flaws in Safari and blocks Adobe® Flash Player
Apple has issued security patches to answer four security vulnerabilities in Safari, and has blocked the outdated versions of Adobe Flash Player from running in its browser.
The four security flaws fixed were similar to those that were patched a few days before in iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. All the vulnerabilities were termed as bugs in WebKit, the open-source rendering engine... Read More »
Internet TV on rise in the U.S.
According to the recent survey of Nielson, around three million Americans had cut their cable television subscriptions last year as an increasing number turned to the Internet.
The Nielsen survey released last week found that some of those getting rid of cable moved to packages from telecom provider or satellites, but overall subscriptions fell by 1.5 million, or around 1.5%.
Findings of survey
But... Read More »
Microsoft® to use Dolby Digital® Technology in Windows® 8 PCs and tablets
Software giant Microsoft Corporation has announced that it will incorporate Dolby Laboratories sound technology in its upcoming operating system Windows 8-based PCs and tablets.
Windows 8 will support the playback of Dolby-encoded files, with the firm saying that it will offer out-of-the-box support. According to Microsoft, Dolby Digital Plus will be supported on all versions of Windows 8 including... Read More »
Dropbox® and Microsoft® Skype Gearing Up to face Google™ Drive
Eyeing the upcoming Cloud-based storage service from Google named Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft Skype updated their offerings to lure users. Google Drive is going to provide several useful features, such as 5GB of storage space, desktop folders, etc. to make Cloud-sharing a fun.
Dropbox users will now be able to share their files and folders via a link. This feature will make the service more user-friendly... Read More »
Adobe® Creative Suite 6 to Launch Today, Prices Unveiled
After introducing Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta last month, the software company is expected to launch another interesting software today in San Francisco. Dubbed as Adobe Creative Suite 6, it will be made available in four different packages, including Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design Standard, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, and Adobe Creative... Read More »
Voice Answer, a Siri-like app, Available through Apple® App Store
Do you really like Siri application that was introduced on iPhone 4S? Do you always wish to have a Siri-like app on your previous version of iPhone or iPad? If yes, then you may be really excited to know that your wish has been heard ultimately. Sparkling Apps, a Netherland-based software company, has introduced a wonderful voice response app dubbed as Voice Answer. The app is available through the... Read More »
Google™ Play and YouTube® to rent 600 MGM® movie titles
Google has joined hands with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to offer 600 of the studio’s movie titles to rent through online video sharing service YouTube and its Android app store Google Play.
The deal will apply to the U.S. and Canada regions, and will include blockbusters such as ‘The Terminator’, ‘Rocky’ and ‘Robocop’, with more titles to be added gradually in the coming weeks. The deal... Read More »
The Ultimate Perfume Encyclopedia
For all of you who love wearing your favorite fragrances and investing in some new ones every month– here’s a great guide that will be your perfect pal when you are hunting for that signature fragrance your celeb dons.
The Ultimate Perfume Encyclopedia will help you access 13,000 fragrances that are available globally. You are lucky since this is the only detailed perfume encyclopedia on AppStore.... Read More »
Instagram for Androidâ„¢ Rises High: One Million Downloads in 12 hours
Instagram has been a great success on iPhone and now the photo sharing application is making its presence felt on the Android platform as well. Launched last week, the app has been downloaded by more than one million Android users in the first 12 hours of its release. The app has already touched the 30 million mark on the iOS platform and the company is hoping for an amazing response for the new version... Read More »
Windows® 3.1 completes twenty years this April!
It is difficult to imagine a time when there was no Windows operating systems and Microsoft was not so known. But if you actually see, there had to be a time when Windows operating systems were born and when people were beginning to witness a revolution. Yes, April was the month, 20 years ago, when the first Windows operating system from Microsoft, the Windows 3.1, was released.
It is the great grandfather... Read More »
Transform your 1080p YouTube® videos to 3D
A move that can be termed as futuristic, Google has added a new feature that will help you to turn your 1080p YouTube videos to 3D with just a push of a button. The company has now introduced this option as a Beta feature that will let you transform your high-definition 2D videos in various 3D modes.
This amazing feature will work for all 1080p YouTube videos of less than 15 minutes duration. So,... Read More »
Draw Something Downloads Reaches 50 million Mark
Draw Something has got serious popularity overnight and that too without any huge marketing strategies and tricks. It has now become the fastest-growing gaming application for mobile devices and smartphones.
According to recent statistics provided by Venture Beat, the gaming app has been downloaded 50 million times in a period of just 50 days. The report also reveals that users have created more than... Read More »
Nokia® Maps Suite 2.0 arrives on Symbian platform
Nokia has finally rolled out the official version of Maps Suite 2.0 for all Symbian/Anna/Belle devices. It is to be noted that the company released the Beta version of the app in February 2012. Now, Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 has been released without the Beta tag and combines several useful features.
The app is an acute combination of Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive as well as the new Nokia Public Transport... Read More »
Updated Twitter® app for BlackBerry® Released
Here is some good news for all BlackBerry users. RIM has finally released the Twitter for BlackBerry 3.0 version with brunch of interesting features. The app is now available at the BlackBerry App World. There are a number of noticeable improvements in the latest version, especially BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) integration. This will enable you to link your Twitter account with BBM and share your latest... Read More »
