Android has maintained its lead in the tablet market for the third quarter in a row. According to statistics released by research firm IDC, Android accounted for 56.6 perc

HTC has removed mention of HDR microphones from the specs sheet of its much-delayed flagship, One. Last week, Nokia won a preliminary injunction against the use of that particular hardware component by HTC.   The HDR Microphone module was man

Investors including Google are putting $125 million into Lending Club, a service that matches people seeking loans with people willing to lend them. The cash is going to existing venture investors rather than into the company in a financing...

A recent research pointed out that instant messaging apps used by people for communication have already surpassed SMS text messages

Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more electronic eyes on their streets.From Los Angeles to Philadelphia,...

Jelly Bean has finally taken Ice Cream Sandwich’s place as the second-most prevalent Android version out there. According to Google’s Android Platform Versions page

France Telecom will search for a new partner for video-sharing website Dailymotion after France derailed its plan to sell a majority stake to Yahoo, its CEO was quoted saying.In an interview with newspaper Les Echos, Chief Executive Stephane Richard

With the Galaxy S4 out of the way, Samsung's next offering, the Galaxy Note 3, is the new target of rumours and speculations. According to

Microsoft has announced a new set of deals for the Xbox 360 and Kinect, as well as games for the console. Those who buy an Xbox 360 get four games for free. The offer will only be available up to June.Those who buy a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect will...

If you saw a 502 error on Gmail this morning, then you are not alone. The Gmail service was disrupted today morning, according to a status on the Google Apps Dashboard. But, we can now confirm that the service is back up. The service which went down

DataWind has announced the completion of delivery of 100,000 units of its low-cost tablet., the Aakash 2.The total delivery included 98,000 Aakash 2 devices and 2,000 units of tablets with DataWind’s recommendations for Aakash 3, at a price of

Despite the Motorola X phone being in the news since sometime last year, we have very little details about the upcoming smartphone. Rumours so far have been vague and rather than detailing the specs of the X phone, they focus on the features of the...

Rockstar Games has released a new trailer for its upcoming open-world game, Grand Theft Auto V. The new trailer gives us a glimpse into the lives of the three "protagonists" of the game – Michael, Franklin and Trevor. All three characters...

The report stating Facebook’s Q1 earnings reveals that the company has managed to make profits from its mobile advertisements. However, during the release of its Q1 earnings, Facebook stated that it has no plans to add advertisements for the...

Widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India, Satyajit Ray’s influence on cinema has earned him several accolades over the years. And on the occasion of his 92nd birth anniversary, Google has decided to do its bit in honouring...

Twitter has updated its apps for Android and iOS with the ability to display local Trends. Twitter introduced local Trends in more than 160 countries in December last year. You can grab the update from Apple's

Intel has shed some light on the integrated graphical processing units of its newest chipset. The integrated GPUs will be part of the fourth generation of Intel's Core processors, and are three times as powerful as the previous iteration,...

Smartphone cameras have come a long way and could very well replace point-and-shoot handheld cameras in the coming years. But right now the amount of control a photographer has with a smartphone camera is pitiful. All that could change as a patent...

When Hewlett Packard, one of the world’s leading PC makers, launched the 7-inch HP Slate 7 earlier this year

Activision has officially announced the next game in the call of Duty series. Dubbed Call of Duty: Ghosts, the game is now available for pre-order and will be available for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as well as next-gen platforms....

Last year around August, Facebook had started testing mobile advertisements for apps, and now the company has decl

It's no news that Sony wants to get back to building Cyber-shot smartphones. Some new information has been revealed about the next phone by the company, which is speculated to bear the Cyber-shot branding. According to

Some new data about the current market share of different Internet browsers has emerged. According to the data, collected by NetMarketShare, the use of Internet Explorer is

If you want a smartphone with the same sleek design of the HTC One, but can't quite afford the flagship handset, you can check out the HTC M4. A picture of the handset, which looks like it's going to be a more affordable version of the...

The maker of one of the Internet's most popular browsers is taking on one of the world's best known purveyors of surveillance software.The Mozilla Foundation - responsible for the Firefox browser - accuses Britain's Gamma...

Global tablet shipments more than doubled in the first quarter and while Apple remained the top seller, Asian manufacturers making low-end gadgets accounted for a major chunk of the growth, according to a report.Tablet shipments reached 49.2 million

The Pentagon is expected to clear Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry mobile devices for use on Defense Department networks in the next few weeks, part of an effort to ensure the military has access to the latest communications technology, a spokesman...

It seems anti-piracy groups like the MPAA and RIAA will soon be throwing parties. Security software developer McAfee has acquired a patent for a new technology that plans to p

Ubisoft's downloadable game, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, is now available on Steam for PC, Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Store for the Play

Fly Mobile has launched four new devices - three smartphones and one tablet. The Fly 51 smartphone is priced at Rs 7,790, the F45s smartphone will cost Rs 12,500, the F40 smartphone will be available for Rs 4,500, and the F8s tablet can be bought...

With more and more people getting their hands on the gadget we’re seeing evidence how Google Glass will work for real life tasks, like tweeting. Well, tweeting isn’t a critical function of your everyday life but it is still cool that you

BlackBerry has announced a new data plan for some areas that consist of mid or low revenue. The new plan offers all of its services for Rs 129 per GB in the 15 circles, which includes Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. BlackBerry aims to get...

It’s not even been a week since Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) was released and Canonical’s developers have already begun working on the next version, Ubuntu 13.10, codenamed Saucy Salamander. Canonical’s Matthias Klose announced...

S Mobility recently launched the 5-inch Smart Flo Pace 2 Mi-502 in India. This dual-SIM smartphone runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor. The phone is available for Rs 6,999.The device has only 512MB of...

Yahoo is putting its purchase of News summarising app Summly to good use and really quickly at that. The latest release by the company is an Android app called "Yahoo!". The app is supposed to be similar to the one updated for iOS and released late...

A week after hackers broke into The Associated Press' Twitter feed and roiled financial markets, federal regulators say they need to find ways to deal with the impact of social media.

Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels.IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever - a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing,...

A leading platform for the popular "massive open online courses" offered by elite universities is moving into a new realm: the expansive field of continuing education for teachers.Coursera, the California-based for-profit platform for MOOCs from 62...

The HTC One is regarded as one of the sexiest devices around because of its unibody design, but what would it be like if the phone had a removable back cover? According to &l

Facebook Home has so far received a reaction from users that can best be described as lukewarm, but some of the higher ups at Google really seem to like it. Android Design Chief Matias Durate told ABC News that Facebook Home “shows an...

Google has acknowledged the contribution of workers across the world with a Google doodle today. Labour day or International Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1 in more than 80 countries around the world and is a national holiday in India too.

A new version of the Linux kernel has been released. Numbered at version 3.9, the new release has some nifty new features, including support for SSD

The phony tweet from the Associated Press' hacked Twitter account, which sparked a short-lived panic in the stock market a week ago by saying that President Barack Obama was injured in two explosions at the White House, underscored the need to...

Already home to the Las Vegas strip with its casinos and high-stakes games, Nevada on Tuesday became the first state where residents can legally play poker online for money.Station Casinos went live with UltimatePoker.com after Nevada legalized...

Popular website Rediff has gotten a complete overhaul. The new interface uses a card-like system and one can't help but draw comparisons with social networking website Pinterest. It uses the cards to show content in the same random-seeming...

While most believe that tablets are the future of portable computing, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins would beg to differ. He talked about it in an interview at the Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles, according to

Following a spate of hacks on high-profile Twitter accounts, the micro-blogging site has sent a warning to its

Although it has launched its flagship Galaxy S4 in India, Samsung is not ignoring the low and mid-range segments. The company has quietly made the Galaxy Win Duos I8552 and Galaxy Fame Duos S6812 available in India. Mahesh Telecom, a dealer in...

Ever wonder why a Samsung flagship always has enough room for a microSD card, even with 16GB of space on board? Well, a look at the internal storage of the Galaxy S4&l

The Wikimedia Foundation has released an app on both iOS and Android for Wikimedia Commons, the free image repository used by Wikipedia and many other projects, in a bid to encourage contributions. The app will allow you to upload photos into the...