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Google Cloud Messaging With Improved Features; Google I/O 2013

Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM) is a service that helps you to send data from your server to your users’ Android-powered device. Apart from that you can even receive messages from devices on the same connection. The best part is that you can avail this service free of cost. It doesn’t matter how big your message is.  For example you can send a message that contains up to 4kb of payload data...

TouchWiz-less Samsung Galaxy S4 Edition Announced At Google I/O 2013

Google has recently announced a customized version of Samsung Galaxy S4 at Google I/O 2013. This smartphone will run the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean 4.2 It doesn’t use the customised version from Samsung. “It’s Google’s take on Android, and it feels really awesome on the Galaxy S4,” said Hugo Barra, vice president for product management at Android during the keynote for Google...

Clutch, The Unified Shopping App For You

Are you looking for a single app that will fulfill all your shopping needs easier. Most often you fumble through a number of apps to make a decision, which gift to buy, or what’s the best deal available to purchase items. Now all your shopping needs can be dealt within a single app ie, Clutch,  the mobile commerce company has recently launched the Clutch Shopping app for android users. You can download this...

What’s New In Google Maps?

The new Google Maps was made available for the general public yesterday morning. Google unveiled it on the I/O Conference. If you wish to sign up for it then you can click here.  The best part about this new map experience is that it is redesigned from the ground up, so that it can even direct you from the space inside a building or everywhere in between. Here is a brief description of what you will discover...

Sending Money Is Now Possible Through Gmail

Have you ever thought of sending money through Gmail, you will be wondering how is it possible. Google’s international conference Google I/O on Wednesday announced this significant introduction. The company announced that it’s integrating Google Wallet with Gmail so that the Gmail account holders can  easily send money through email.   All you need to do is to hit a “$” symbol in...

Google I/O 2013

The long awaited event of this year Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O has finally raised it’s curtain on Wednesday morning at San Francisco. The annual conference is targeted at developers, who will spend three days in sessions learning how to build for Android, Chrome, and a host of other Google products and services. Google will also announce it’s new products and software...

BlackBerry Announces Budget QWERTY Handset Q5

Soon after the release of Nokia Lumia 925, BlackBerry has announced a budget friendly Q5 smartphone on Tuesday. This smartphone comes with a full QWERTY keyboard below it’s display. It has a thinner profile when compared to the current flagship BlackBerry. This phone is smaller and has a sleeky design and comes in cool colors like red, pink, black, and white. Just like Q10 phone this model too have a...

HP Slatebook x2, The Android Tablet Soon To Be Launched This Summer At A Price Of $479.99

Hewlett-Packard have announced the launch of an android tablet Slatebook x2. This 10.1-inch tablet can be directly connected to the keyboard by using a dock connector. The best part is that it can even create a mouse cursor on the screen. The users should often touch the screen, the users who got used to a normal laptop with a touchpad mind find this new feature strange. It will take some time for them to get...

10 Companies That Marissa Mayer Acquired After Becoming The CEO Of Yahoo

Soon after Maressa Mayer became the CEO of Yahoo, she laid out a plan ” to acquire some small start up companies that ”align well overall with our businesses. Here are a list of companies acquired by Yahoo recently given below: Stamped Stamped is the first company to be acquired by Mayer in October. It is a Newyork based startup company that  developed an iPhone app that lets people to record...

Nexus 7 To Be Launched Soon With Full-HD Screen

There is a buzz in the tech world that Google is soon going to launch it’s next generation Nexus 7 tablet at its annual I/O event, which will take place on May 15. According to a news report by AppleInsider, this next generation tablet will come with a high-resolution screen. It is expected that the tablet will have a 7-inch LTPS display with 1,980X1,200 pixel resolution. Nexus 7 will also come with a...

Vertu TI Luxury Smartphone Launched In India For Rs 6,49,990

Mobile phones are no longer just a voice-based communication device, for some people it’s a factor for showing luxury and class. The British-based luxury mobile phone retailer Vertu has recently announced the launch of their next smartphone in India at a  price of  Rs 6,49,990. Vertu TI smartphone’s body is made up of  Grade 5 titanium.  It comes Bang & Olufsen stereo speakers that delivers...

Sony Xperia E dual review

Sony Xperia E dual is an affordable dual-SIM smartphone from Sony. If you are  a person who don’t wish to carry a smartphone with a big screen, then it’s the bets choice for you. It comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA display and it’s very easy to hold this phone. It will even fits well into your pocket. It has a rectangular design with a chrome strip running across the borders. When compared to Sony...

Shaka, A Wind Meter Device For iOS

Shaka, an Estonian startup has recently built a wind meter accessory for iOS. This is a battery free wind meter that can be plugged onto an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad’s headphone socket. It combines with the existing onboard sensors of Apple’s hardware and the startup’s own app to measure, record and display wind-specific weather data like current and average wind speed, maximum wind gust, ambient temperature,...

A Cool Mobile Phone For Kids – Safecomm

Accentia Technologies has recently developed an innovative GSM communication device named Safecomm that ensures safe and secure communication among  members of a family or even closed user groups. The best part about this device is that it can be used by all age groups from kids to senior citizens. There is a hot key feature in this device that protects the user from unwanted calls and messages, a feature...

Nokia Lumia 928 To Be Released On May 16

Nokia has officially launched the latest  Windows Phone 8 phone named  Lumia 928  on Thursday.This phone comes with an 8.7-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera  backed up by a Carl Zeiss lens and xenon flash that offers optical image stabilization for better low-light photography and good clarity pics. It employs a touch-sensitive tech so that you can even work through gloves...


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