Apple’s iPad mini, which was launched last week, has been ripped apart by an online site to determine the real cost of the gadget. The site, IH, said that the Wi-Fi 16GB base model costs roughly 117 pounds for Apple to build, and it sells them for 269 dollars each. The 32GB and 64GB models […]
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Back in September, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an ambitious prediction: “One year from now – between Windows phones, Windows tablets and Windows PCs – we’ll see close to … 400 million new devices running those new operating systems.” Now, not two months later, Microsoft is 1 percent of the way toward that […]
Apple’s much-awaited iPhone 5could hit the 10 million sales mark in its first week, an analyst has predicted. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 5 at an event on September 12. Some reports suggest that the new phone will reportedly go on sale on Friday, September 21. With that date […]
Microsoft India has announced the world’s largest App Fest for Windows 8, which kicks off on September 21-22, 2012 at the KTPO, Bangalore and is open to the global developer community. This 18-hour-long coding event is a non-stop software jam where developers will design, build, test and submit apps. Microsoft’s on-site staff will be available […]
Twitter is outpacing Facebook in US mobile advertising revenue this year, according to a survey released Thursday showing a market dominated by Google. The report by the research firm eMarketer said Facebook, which just rolled out mobile ads for the first time this year, will likely overtake Twitter by 2013 but will not come close […]
Startup companies building applications usingsocial-media tools to pinpoint the right candidate for a job are prompting a wave of change in corporate hiring. With their ability to reach out to people who are not even scouting for a job, these technology-enabled startups look set to steal a lead over internet job portals that feature only […]
Internet ( search Engine ) giant Google today launched a new initiative to help businesses reach out to over 70 million mobile Internet users in the country. Under the ‘Let’s talk Mo’ initiative’, Google will help businesses create mobile sites for free, Google said in its official blogpost. According to Nielsen Informate Insights for smartphone […]
WhatsApp messenger hit a new high on Thursday as it sent 10 billion messages in a single day, 6 billion outbound and 4 billion inbound. The company tweeted “new daily record: 4B inbound, 6B outbound = 10B total messages a day! #freebsd #erlang” on its official Twitter handle. The difference between the number […]
Facebook has reportedly been sued by a Chinese technology firm that claims the social networking giant has stolen its Timeline feature. Facebook recently made it mandatory for people to use Timeline, the new-look profile, which allows people to tell the story of their lives on a single page. Cubic Network, a four year-old Chinese technology […]