Last week, Nokia announced its Q1 results and the company reported a 27 percent increase from the previous quarter in the sales of Windows Phone devices. Undoubtedly, that is great news for the leading maker of mobile devices running on...

The PC market looks at its weakest in a very long time – with sales dropping like we’ve never seen them drop before – and the traditional PC makers are hurting badly. Clearly smartphones and tablets are where the action is and...

The much awaited Samsung Galaxy S4 was unveiled very recently and just like previous Galaxy

When tech giant Google announced that it was pulling the plug

Time stands still for no one, and everything is subject to change. Whether we like it or not, there are continual shifts in the way people buy and use products and services. We can be incredibly fickle, jumping on a popular bandwagon one day and...

I've used the BlackBerry Z10 as my primary smartphone for well over a month now, and if there's one thing I can emphatically say about the device, it's that it has changed the way I use smartphones. And perhaps therein lies the cl

It’s quite remarkable that we’re at a space in mobile technology where full HD 1080p, i.e. 1920 x 1080 resolutions have made it to this small a screen. Of course, that’s merely the tip of the iceberg and mobile phone specifications

After having had the opportunity to use the Z10 for over a week as my primary device, I was both excited and disappointed at the end of that stint. I have to agree with most of the mobile community and say very categorically that the

We’re about to step into a new age of content delivery. The 4K TV generation is here, but there’s no content to watch on it. Unlike HD and 3D that came before it, there is no physical disc format capable of storing 4K content, and no...

The irony of Sony's PlayStation 4 reveal event was the fact that the console itself wasn't shown at all. Yes, Sony did mention the specifications and showed off the controller along with the "social" gaming aspects, but at the end of the...

If there's one thing Indians love more than watching their cricket team thrash Pakistan's, it's cracking a good deal. Unfortunately, this irresistible urge to score more value than what would otherwise be possible, has driven the...

The New Year always chimes in with the debut, unveiling or launch of new gadgetry as the tech community flocks to Las Vegas for CES. This is usually the time the big players tend to make big announcements that could shape the technology segment for...

Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of Reddit and an Internet activist charged with 13 counts of felony for downloading around five million academic journal articles from the digital library Jstor, committed suicide this month. He had legitimate...

Finally! The news that Nokia has decided to cut the apron strings from its beloved Symbian OS just

The recent launch of the latest in Nokia’s Lumia range, viz. the

When it was rumoured that Facebook was launching a Facebook phone, we really hoped that it wouldn't be so. Instead, we wanted Facebook to fix its search among other things (

Back in 2011, Sony had showcased a series of spectacular videos transforming the humble living

CES 2013, the world’s largest congregation of gadget geeks and their objects of desire, has almost come to a close now. All the big name manufacturers were seen strutting around parading their quad-core chips, their shiny new...

Android and iOS have been the only two serious contenders in the smartphone race for the past year or so. BlackBerry OS market share has been in freefall for ages, Windows Phone has just not been able to attract a whole lot of users, WebOS is long...

As technology evolves and unlocks new possibilities in the creative media, the onus lies on content creators to use it meaningfully and take their craft to the next level. Hollywood's dalliance with CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery), however,...

If a leaked roadmap is to be believed, Intel will introduce a whole new type of CPU in 2014 which won’t fit into a socket on a motherboard, but will instead take over nearly all the functions that a motherboard now performs and will become an...

What would a full HD display on a smartphone look like? When will the wait for affordable 1TB solid state drives come to an end? How about a super zoom camera in a smartphone, or the other way around? Such are the topics that we often discuss while...

The most recent flurry in the tech grapevine was a report that Facebook was in a mood to spend more money and buy out WhatsApp. It seemed absurd that Facebook would bother wasting time with that when it could spend the same time, energy and earnings

There’s no doubt in my mind that iTunes will change the way we in India buy, sell and listen to music. Apple’s desktop software and mobile devices aren’t used by a huge number of people, and those who are used to pirating...

Around this time last year, the country was abuzz with talks of ‘Aakash’, the world’s cheapest tablet and an educational initiative by the Indian government. Reams were written about how it has made every Indian proud and how it...

Cameras are now getting just as smart as mobile handsets, and it’s about time too. One of the most anticipated launches of this season has been Samsung’s Galaxy Camera. The device brings with it Google’s full throttle Android Jelly

Tunnel vision is a proven side-effect amongst OEMs when it comes to designing new smartphones. All it takes is one manufacturer to come up with a mildly successful handset and immediately everyone follows suit without even giving a second thought to

What's common between Need for Speed: Most Wanted,

I'm going bald! Now, you'd think that may have something to do with growing old or genetics, but I'm pretty convinced it's caused by exasperation. You see, I'm tired of fruitlessly convincing my friends to buy a laser...

Are you tired of being on the receiving end of those irritating SMSes from telemarketers that keep your handset buzzing and beeping throughout the day? Are you actually using any of the hundreds of services that infiltrate your handset offering...

We’ve been buying mobile phones for a long time now and we’ve always assumed that the phone comes with its OS. But it’s common knowledge that you can easily update the software that comes with your phone. Take the case of any...

Tick follows tock, follows tick, follows tock. The time has come. You are seconds away from hitting the submit button to upload your app. It’s a moment you’ve been waiting for, for months.     Hang on for a moment

Mobile tech is not the cut-down experience it used to be. Larger screens, faster wireless connections and modern processors are allowing us to live the dream of carrying a full computer in our pockets and doing everything we want to do without being

Wow! It’s an insane feeling to walk into a mobile store toting no more than Rs. 10,000 in your pocket and walk out with a handset or tablet that not only resembles a top brand but has features that could give them a run for their money. I say,

The wait for Windows 8 is finally over. While many of us have been using a preview version for months, we've been doing so on machines that weren't built for the full Windows 8 experience. The vitriol that early adopters, enthusiasts and...

Ask any grizzled gamer, who's seen the video game industry evolve over a decade or two, about his favourite era, and the answer will invariably turn out to be the 90s. It's hard to question this fact considering the sheer number of...

The iPhone 5 launched in the US nearly a month ago, but to date, not a single Lightning dock accessory has been released. Even if you are willing to buy a new speaker dock, charging stand, car connection kit, etc., you won’t be able to for at...

My first Android phone was a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, which came with Android v1.6 (Donut), and the promised update to Éclair was repeatedly delayed. I played around with the phone and ended up downloading almost every app on the...

Forget about the PSP, forget about the DS! I haven’t even heard those names mentioned in my circle in almost a year now. But names like Temple Run, Angry Birds, Asphalt, Words with Friends, these seem to be hot mentions in conversations even...

We’re nearing the end of 2012 and we’re hearing more and more about Google’s Fiber Internet connections being made available to customers in two American cities. Meanwhile, here in India, we’ve become complacent and have...

I have been using the Internet long enough to have seen its gradual metamorphosis from its crude but beautiful original form into what the cool kids perceive it as today. The difference in perception between the old and new generation of users...

Product design seems to have taken a backset off late as the current trend seems to be fixated on delivering better performance than the competition. This is especially true in the smartphone segment. A rule of thumb for most manufacturers involves...

When surfing the Internet, it is virtually impossible to ignore the ads of ecommerce sites that show up on almost all parts of your screen. You'll find one as you wait for your video to load or even a webpage to open and you will find them on...

The iPhone 5 is an improvement over its predecessor in nearly every way, and is launching at the same price. I wasn’t one of the lucky few who got their hands on a demo unit at the launch, so I only have Apple’s official materials and a...

Off late, I’ve seen quite a few exciting deals on mirrorless cameras. The Olympus E-PL1 is available for under Rs. 20,000 and the Nikon 1 J1 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 are retailing online for around Rs. 25,000. Now, this is a starting point...

Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned for its big launch in October. For the first time in almost a decade, the Windows Operating System will receive a major overhaul and while that may sound like a good thing, not every aspect of it is really...

Each time a new product is launched, the company behind it works hard to deliver to make it a runaway success. Advertising and marketing activities are put into action, something that goes on for months before and after. We he

Things aren’t looking good for Windows 8. Developers and software professionals have been posting their impressions of the final version, known as the Release to Manufacturing build, since the middle of August, and the popular sentiment is not