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New Windows 8 Welcome Screen Unveiled
Microsoft is working on its next generation Operating System, which many leaked images suggest will pick up Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 features. The welcome screen bears a close resemblance to what is featured in a Windows 7 handset, says Time, with similar fonts and an option of logging in using a certain pattern.…
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More iPhone 5 Details Leaked
Rumors surrounding the next generation iPhone have been circulating for months; the latest of which claim that Sony will be supplying the camera for the upcoming iPhone 5. Sony CEO Howard Stringer may have accidentally unveiled that his company will be providing the camera sensors for the iPhone 5 at a tech event organized by…
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Google Leading Smartphone Platforms
Google has become the number one smartphone platform in the country with 33 percent of market share in February, up from 26 percent in November 2010, according to the 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share report conducted by comScore. Back in November, Research in Motion was leading the pack in smartphone platforms with 33.5 percent…
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Facebook Friends Can Be ‘Annoying’ Says Survey
According to a new survey, many women are finding their Facebook friends increasingly ‘annoying’ with their constant stream of updates and comments. Researchers from Eversave set out to discover shopping trends among women that use social networking sites, but stumbled upon another interesting fact: 85 percent of the 400 women surveyed said they were annoyed…
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Single? A new Service Offers Relationships in a Cloud
A new startup is offering cloud girlfriends to single guys who want adoring messages written on their Twitter or Facebook walls. Cloudgirlfriends.com will create the perfect girlfriend for users down to their chosen physical attributes and personality traits, but she will only exist in a cloud. Although a real woman will manage and do the…
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HP, Dell Say Apple Can’t Compete in Enterprise
HP and Dell executives have spoken out against Apple, saying that the iPad will ultimately fail in the business market. Dell’s head of marketing for large enterprises and public administration, Andy Lark, spoke to Australia’s CIO and said that although Apple pioneered the tablet, it won’t dominate for much longer. “Apple is great if you’ve…
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Nokia and Apple Still Neck in Neck in Patent Fight
Nokia has filed a new set of complaints against Apple with the US International Trade Commission for another seven patent infringements. Nokia claims that the Apple iPhone is using its technology “to create key features in its products in the areas of multitasking operating systems, data synchronization, positioning, call quality, and the use of Bluetooth…
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Google Partners up With MasterCard Citigroup for Mobile Payments
Google is getting one step closer to offering mobile payment on Android devices by partnering up with MasterCard and Citigroup. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is hoping to boost advertising revenue trough the service, which allows customers to pay for purchases by activating a mobile-payment application and waving their smartphones in front of…
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Firefox 4 Beats Own Download Record
Mozilla’s newest browser, Firefox 4.0, has broken its own 24 hour download record that it set back in 2008 when it launched Firefox 3.0. On the second day of its launch, Mozilla users downloaded 8.75 million versions of Firefox 4, up from the 7.1 million it had on its first day from early Wednesday to…
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HTC 4G Thunderbolt Lauded for its Speed
The HTC 4G Thunderbolt was released last week into Verizon’s ultra fast 4G LTE network and many are praising the phone’s speed and performance. The phone, a descendant of the EVO runs on Verizon’s 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, which isn’t available everywhere yet, but is being called one of the fastest phones around.…