Various reports have indicated that Google may be discontinuing the Nexus 7 tablet line this year, in favor of a new 8-inch Nexus 8 tablet that could be launched alongside Android 4.5 at some point this summer. While this device and its launch are far from being confirmed by Google, AndroidPit speculates that the summer launch may have something to do with Intels release plans for a new mobile processor, suggesting that Google and Intel may partner up for this particular Nexus device.Intel at MWC 2014 unveiled a 64-bit quad-core Atom Moorefield...
Uninor aims 100 percent growth in Internet biz with low cost plans
Telecom operator Uninor, Indian arm of Norwegian telecom firm Telenor, today said it expects to double its 2G mobile Internet business by end of this year with low cost plans starting at 50 paise per hour.We are now expanding strategy of Uninor from voice to Internet service. Also, we are moving out of volume-based Internet offering to service based. With news plans we are looking at both first user and mass market like students and other price sensitive segment, Uninors nominated CEO Morten Karlsen Sorby said here.The company unviled unlimited plans starting 50 paise an hour to Rs 15 a month...
iOS 7.1 is here, download it immediately
Apples biggest update to iOS in quite a while has arrived, and is available for you to install right now.After a host of security updates and other minor bugfixes, Apple is ready to update iOS 7 with its first major batch of new or updated features. The update hits devices today with practically zero excitement or revelry, which is odd considering all the goodies that have been packed inside it. This update includes the recently unveiled CarPlay features, as well as updates to Siri, iTunes Radio, Accessibility features, and performance improvements for Touch ID, the iPhone 5S camera, and an overall...
Spider silk is finally ready to be commercialized, thanks to E. coli
Its hard to have a conversation about materials science without hearing about how amazing spider silk is, and if only we could manufacture it everything would be different. A breakthrough in the production of synthetic spider silk could finally see this material reach the market for use in a wide variety of products. The best part it doesnt even involve any actual spiders.Spider silk is about five times stronger than steel and three times stronger than kevlar. At the same time, its incredibly light and also has excellent heat conducting properties. Spider silk could have applications in electronics,...
How Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was lost
This past Saturday, Malaysian Airlines passenger plane MH370 disappeared from radar with 239 people on board while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. No one knows where it is, or what happened to it. In modern day society, we chip our pets, LoJack our cars, and have various Find My Phone apps we can locate just about any kind of technology should we lose it. So why cant we locate a huge piece of equipment full of tracking instruments and people?Authorities discovered that a couple passengers aboard the flight had stolen passports, and while that may lead you to wonder if the plane was...
Geek deals: 40% off Dell Latitude 3000 Series
Order today and receive 40% off a Dell Haswell machine. Through tomorrow only, save a full $372.42 off the Dell Latitude 14 3000 Series (E3440) laptop when you use a 34% ($322.43 off) on-site savings in combination with an extra $50 off coupon code: J2JVJ3C51C06VB. Through both discounts, the price drops to $569.00, which is almost as low as Black Friday and Cyber Monday pricing when the model dropped only $20 lower to $549.00.This customizable laptop is a lightweight, premium business model, perfect for work and thin and portable enough for play. Add all the extra features you need to make...
PonoPlayer: Neil Youngs HD iPod competitor hitting Kickstarter for $399
Neil Young has been on a crusade to save digital music from itself for the past few years. Now, his PonoPlayer is ready to bring studio-quality HD tunes to music lovers, but the price of entry will be steep: $399.Presumably youre going to get a pretty top-notch pair of headphones for that price, too. All the high-end digital audio wizardry in the world doesnt mean squat without something amazing to transmit the sound waves to your ears. A pair of Apple earbuds arent going to cut it.The official press release says the 128GB PonoPlayer will be able to store between 100 and 500 high-fidelity albums....
Audi wants to make stopping at traffic lights a thing of the past
The company just needs a green light from regulators to start rolling out a time-saving feature to its future cars. Imagine the scene. Your car pulls on to a road and in the distance is a set of traffic lights. But thats okay because the car already knows and is showing on its display the optimum speed to adopt in order to cruise right through them before they change from green to red. However, its not always possible to beat the lights without breaking the speed limits and other rules of the road so the system can also count down the time until the lights will change and use...
Gameloft teams up with Idea Cellular
Gameloft, a global publisher of digital and social games, has partnered with Idea Cellular to offer quality gaming to more than 130 million subscribers of the countrys third largest telecom operator.Gameloft has popular franchises like Asphalt, Modern Combat and Real Football under its portfolio.The tie up will enable Idea subscribers to avail games from the Gameloft Game Store and also through Ideas mobile portal, the companies said in a statement.Mobile phone is increasingly becoming the most preferred infotainment device for users in India and gaming is one of the fastest growing categories....
Googles Wearables SDK is coming in two weeks
The journey towards a Google-powered smartwatch appears to be just a little bit closer, as Sundar Pichai announced an SDK for developers to build apps that play nice with Android.Using a smartwatch on Android isnt all that useful right now. You either get a notification dumpster on your wrist, or you have a separate platform with apps that may or may not play nicely with the apps on your phone. In an ideal environment, the apps on your phone would compliment or enhance the apps on your wrist, allowing for reciprocal functionality that make these accessories a lot more useful.In order to do that...
Titanfall launch: How to preload the game for instant gratification
Arguable the most anticipated game so far this year, Titanfall is a mere hours away for some. With a digital version available for every platform the game is going to exist on at launch, theres a good chance you could be stuck waiting for your game to download instead of playing when the servers go live. Unless of course, you preload your game.If youre not planning to wait in line at your local game store at midnight to pick up the small person-sized Collectors Edition box for PC, digital folks will be seated comfortably at home when Titanfall launches for the US. Whether youve purchased the game...
Nokia X vs Lumia 520: Forked Android takes on Windows Phone
The Nokia X might be the talk of the town but the least expensive Windows Phone in Nokias line up, the Lumia 520, is also the most successful one. Also, given that both are positioned in the same price bracket, lets see what looks more interesting, a Windows Phone powered Nokia or one that runs a forked version of Android. Design: Both the Nokia X and Lumia 520 have the trademark Nokia polycarbonate design, which offers a premium design and feel irrespective of the price point. There is very little to choose over here as both devices look smart and premium, unlike most smartphones in the...
Take a virtual ride to space using the Oculus Rift
Most Kickstarter campaigns are selling a product of some sort, but this one is all about the experience. This campaign promises a virtual ride into space designed to be compatible with the Oculus Rift head-mounted display. Its the next best (and far cheaper) thing to paying Virgin Galactic to blast you into the upper atmosphere.The aptly named Virtual Ride to Space Kickstarter is planning to use a weather balloon and 24 GoPro Hero3 HD cameras with wide angle lenses to record the entire ascent to an altitude of 20 kilometers. The cameras will be mounted in a custom styrofoam enclosure with an electronics...
Working Lego keyboard is simply incredible
Dont throw away that old PS/2 keyboard just yet. If youve got a box of Lego bricks and a bit of free time, you could make an amazing DIY input device like this one.Obviously youre going to need some specific piece to copy Jason Allemanns creation. Its a brilliant combination of Technic bits and standard Lego, and its every bit as functional as the original keyboard it was built from.Any membrane keyboard should work just fine for the build. Start by removing the plastic exterior, then peel away the circuit board and the sensor pad. Youll want to take them out somewhat gingerly the USB or PS/2...
iOS 7.1: Two unannounced iPad models discovered in update code
Apple on Monday released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7.1. The new build for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices includes a number of bug fixes, visual changes and some new features such as CarPlay support. According to a new report from 9to5Mac, however, it also includes references to two unannounced iPad models that Apple plans to launch sometime in the future.As can be seen in the screenshot above, iOS 7.1 adds support for an iPad 4,3 and an iPad 4,6, neither of which exist at this point. 9to5Mac believes that the devices may be...
Frog Fractions 2 will release in disguise, and no one will know when
Frog Fractions is one of the funniest, weirdest, most surprising, yet somehow still coherent video games that ever existed. Its a commentary on education, the nonsense of edutainment, and video games in general. Its an experimental piece that explores the critical problem-solving capability and awareness of the average human being. Its an edutainment game itself, teaching you about the history of video games rather than the titular math or biology subjects and considering the creative exploration the game requires you to either already possess or quickly learn to have, teaches you about yourself. Frog...
Nokia X to destroy Android: It is a bird, it is a plane, no it is Nokia again!
Nokia X will give users the confidence to move to Windows is the thundering title in Business Standard derived from a statement by Nokias Viral Oza. The strategic intent of the X is to get people to upgrade to Lumia. To execute the strategy, we wanted to offer users what they want (Android apps) but also something that is differentiated. Our primary platform continues to be the Windows Phone and the primary range Lumia.To get the background right, Nokia X is the new range of Nokia phones, which are built by using a stripped down version of Android. It is powered (under powered some may say) by...
Apple iOS 7.1 starts rolling out for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
As expected, Apple has released the first major update to iOS 7 since its launch in September last year. iOS 7.1 brings in a host of UI tweaks, new features like CarPlay and bug fixes.The first thing that you are likely to notice is the subtle changes to the user interface with Apple opting for more rounded UI elements. The phone dialer gets a tweak along with new accept and decline buttons for incoming calls. The Music player too gets new buttons for shuffle and repeat functions. The keyboard too gets a tweak with delete and shift keys now more prominent than before.One of the biggest features...
iOS 7.1 makes iPhone 4, iPhone 4S usable again
Last night Apple started rolling out the iOS 7.1 update, which not only addressed quite a few issues plaguing users since iOS 7, but also introduced a host of new features. More importantly though, the update has given a breath of fresh life to ageing devices like the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and the first-generation iPad mini, which were rendered unusable after updating to iOS 7.Since updating their phones, users have noticed a bump in performance and the OS on these older devices feels much smoother. Though there are no outright improvements in terms of CPU or GPU performance, Apple...
Apple to set up small neighborhood stores in India to boost sales: Report
In order to further expand its presence in India, Apple is now said to be planning on setting up small stores across cities and towns, Times of India reports. This report surfaces a couple of weeks after Apple was reported to have approached the government to relax the local sourcing clause in its FDI policy for single-brand retail.These small stores will be set up by Apples existing distributers like Redington and Ingram Micro as well as other trade partners. These stores are likely to be between 400-600 square feet and will be seen at most of the neighborhoods and shopping centers. Apple is...
