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Samsung launches Music Hub in UK, France, Italy with 100GB storage, unlimited streaming, steps on many toes.

techAloud — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:01:40 +0000

Samsung has dipped its beak in the music business as well. Music Hub is set to launch in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain with the Galaxy S III. It will offer streaming from 7 Digital’s catalog of 19 million songs as well as recommendations, and a 100GB cloud storage service. You’ll need to [...]

Facebook could be in line to acquire Opera Browser

techAloud — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:06:37 +0000

After the Lukewarm response to the IPO, Facebook has upped its strategy with the purchase of Karma and then the new Facebook Camera app for iPhone. Now, we have come across some more incredible news. Facebook maybe looking to buy Opera Browser. The latest rumor comes from a source that informed Pocket Lint about the [...]

Google wins battle for Android vs Oracle.

techAloud — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:31:59 +0000

The jury has finally come to the conclusion that Android does not infringe on Oracle patents. Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for Northern California exonerated Google following a trial that lasted three weeks, ruling that Google did not infringe on six claims in US Patent RE38,104, along two claims in US Patent 6,061,520. [...]

Nokia shows how tough it is to beat the Lumia 900. Quite literally, with a hammer.

techAloud — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:20:22 +0000

The horror, the horror! Nokia uses the Lumia 900 in a torture test to tell us how tough the phone really is, that too with a hammer and nails. The video embedded below shows the Lumia 900 being assaulted with a hammer and then being used as the blunt instrument itself. Other toughened Gorilla glass [...]

Hey! Let’s thank Apple everyone, for getting the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE banned from the US.

techAloud — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Yup, that’s right. US Customs has ‘indefinitely’ delayed the import of the HTC One X for AT&T and HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint due to alleged patent infringement and an ITC victory Apple won last December. More after the break. Apple has been on an Android rampage of late, first it won injunctions against a few [...]

Scott Thompson to step down from Yahoo’s helm, amidst degree scandal.

techAloud — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:42:17 +0000

Scott Thompson, who was appointed, January 4th, as the CEO of Yahoo has stepped into a you know what. Word on the street is that after weeks of investigation he will be stepping down. The news was broken by All Things D, where it was reported that Scott Thompson’s official Yahoo bio listing showed a [...]

Sony tumbles, Panasonic too reports record annual loss.

techAloud — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:53:52 +0000

Sony Corp. financials are down the drain. The once mighty empire reported a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) in its fourth straight year of red ink. Panasonic’s yearly earnings are in as well and the red ink added up to a record $9.7 billion net loss for 2011. The losses are not [...]

Rovio says Angry Birds made them rich, and its time to move on with Amazing Alex.

techAloud — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:42:52 +0000

With over 1 Billion downloads from the Angry Birds franchise, Rovio is finally setting its sight on the future. Having acquired Casey’s Contraptions from its makers Mystery Coconut and Snappy Touch, the new game Amazing Alex may just be a rebrand rather than an original game. At present though Rovio has removed Casey’s Contraptions from the [...]

HP unveils Envy branded ultrabooks and sleekbooks, laughs at the competition.

techAloud — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:02 +0000

HP is playing safe no more. Here are the five new “Thin and Light” laptops added to the ever expanding HP Line-up. The new “Sleekbooks” are the Ultrabooks with larger screens and discrete graphics options for those who don’t have the deep pockets for Ultrabooks or just find them a bit too restrictive. All [...]

Flipboard comes to Android unofficially, courtesy the xda-developers.

techAloud — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:33:13 +0000

One of the things showcased at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III was a beautiful Android version of the burgeoning social network and feed reader, Flipboard. For the time being it seemed that we would have to wait for the official release of the app, but the tenacious folks over at XDA-developers, especially [...]

The king is back. Samsung reinvents the Galaxy series with the Galaxy S III.

techAloud — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:27:59 +0000

Here’s what we all have been waiting for. After many rumors and fraudulent leaks the king of all Android smartphones is back. The successor to one of the most successful smartphones, the Galaxy S II, is here. But is it a worthy successor ? Judge it for yourself. The Specsheet Processor: Exynos 1.4 GHz Quad [...]

RIM might just make a comeback with BlackBerry 10

techAloud — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:02:20 +0000

Research InMotion CEO Thorsten Heins showed off the new OS at the BlackBerry World with some new features including flow, camera rewinding, and a new touch keyboard. BlackBerry 10, as it is being called, might just save the day for RIM. Why you ask ? Keep reading. If you have been following the drama at [...]

Google “Zerg rush” and try do defend your search results from attack of the O’s

techAloud — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:44:48 +0000

Google has hidden another Easter Egg in its search results. Googling “Zerg rush” transforms the search results page into a game where your search results are being attacked by a swarm of O’s. The objective is to defend your search results from being obliterated. Each O can be destroyed by clicking in it three times. A [...]

Behold the world’s thinnest external DVD writer, because Samsung thinks optical media is still relevant.

techAloud — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:38:17 +0000

With everything being pushed to the cloud of late, evolution of cloud based operating systems, optical media has taken a backseat. Although I would trust a DVD backup far more than say, uploading it to my DropBox. The reason is plainly that these services are still in their infancy, and we are yet to see [...]

Google Drive is now Live, find if yours is ready yet.

techAloud — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:53 +0000

Literally what was like years of waiting, and false rumors, Google Drive is here. Google has finally got its paws into the increasingly crowded cloud storage game and it’s bringing wallet-friendly price points and a a plethora of features taken from Google Docs and others. You also get free 5GB of space as soon as you [...]

New Google Doodle,well, sorta lets you unzip your browser. Celebrates Gideon Sundback.

techAloud — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:44:02 +0000

Who is Gideon Sundback you ask ? Well, he is the man behind the “zipper”, quite literally. He was an electrical engineer who came with the concept of the zipper that is a part of most of our wearables and even carry-ons. Head on to the source link to read more about the man on Wikipedia, [...]

Its a date ! Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview to be out in June.

techAloud — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:21:56 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the Release Preview of Windows 8 will be made available during the first week of June. Its possible that this is the final product that we will be able to use come October. More after the jump. Aside from the approximate release date, Microsoft hasn’t shared any facts regarding new features [...]

The white Nokia Lumia 900 is now available at AT&T, you can grab it for free today.

techAloud — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:55:57 +0000

Chris Weber, President of Nokia Inc.( North America) tweeted saying that the white Lumia 900 is available now at some AT&T retail outlets, despite the fact that the phone was to launch officially on April 22nd. If you remember last time we informed you about the $100 cashback from Nokia on the Lumia 900, its still [...]

HTC One X comes early to Rogers, available now on a $170 three-year contract.

techAloud — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:37:55 +0000

Starting today, those of you who live in Canada will be able to get their hands on this Sense 4 bearing handset. Rogers says this comes as an exclusive for the store with a three-year contract price of $169.99 or you can get it sans strings attached at a whopping $624.99. While our brethren with [...]

Alienware refreshes line-up of M14x, M17x and M18x with new GPU’s, M11x discontinued.

techAloud — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:15:15 +0000

Alienware has refreshed its line-up of M14x, M17x and M18x with NVIDIA’s 600 series graphics with GDRR5 memory. Conspicuously absent from the list is the smallest of the bunch the M11x. Yes folks, its been discontinued and is being “phased out”. More on the update after the break. The update brings PCI version 3.0, which according [...]