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With privacy concerns mounting over Google Glass, the company has amended its policy and banned any facial recognition app (or Glassware) on the augmented reality Google Glass, until it comes up with appropriate protection measures to prevent abuse of the service. Google posted a notice to its Google Glass Channel on Google+, acknowledging the potential…
Hacker group rivalries are intensifying. YourAnonNews (YAN), a Twitter account and a Tumblr blog that supports hacker group Anonymous, known for their infamous high profile hacks, itself appeared to be hacked by another hacker group known as the Rustle League. YourAnonNews is a group account, which means members of a group can simultaneously tweet to…
At the D11 conference last Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook justified the company’s policy of releasing just one iPhone model every year, but at the same time added that this policy may change in the future. AllThingsD’s Walt Mossberg asked Tim Cook a variety of questions during the D11 conference, one of them being why…
Apple just launched a new iPod Touch out of nowhere on Thursday, while confirming that the company had now sold 100 million iPod Touch units since the device was introduced. The new iPod Touch is a toned-down variant of its current iTouch. The device is listed for $229, and is basically the current iPod Touch,…
Battery life is perhaps the most fussed-over aspect of a smartphone these days. We can get zippy quad-core processors, or high-res displays, or 4G capabilities, but most of us aren’t able to get the most out of our batteries. In desperation, we turn to battery-saving apps. All of us have tried many such apps over…
After weeks of rumors and leaks and what not, LG has finally officially announced the white Nexus 4. At the same time, the company also dismissed any plans of making a Nexus 5. The White Nexus 4 was first leaked back in November last year, with multiple sources like Carphone Warehouse and UK carrier TalkTalk…
Samsung Mobile will be launching many more devices this June. The company has formally announced ‘Samsung Premiere 2013’ – to be held in London on June 20th. The event will be held at the Earls Court Exhibition Center in London, and will focus on the company’s Galaxy brand of phones, as well its lesser known…
A high-end technology gadget has been developed by a Californian teen that could recharge a cell phone in 20 seconds. 18-year old Eesha Khare from Lynbrook High School in California, participated in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and won herself a major science award that will grant her an opportunity to study at…
Google Play will no longer be able to accept payments on behalf of developers registered in Argentina starting June 27, 2013. This is among the contents of a letter dispatched to Android developers based in Argentina from Google Inc. Owing to some strict regulations relating to foreign currency that the Argentinian government has placed in the…
Pictures (and a video) of a Nexus 4 running the latest iteration of Android – Jellybean 4.3, have surfaced online. Could this mean we’re close to the actual launch for Android 4.3? The pictures clearly indicate this particular Nexus 4 running Android 4.3, the build number being JWR45B. First uploaded on the xda-developers page for…
The Galaxy Tab 3 (10.1”) is the successor to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2, but unlike it’s predecessor, it will sport an Intel processor. Galaxy Tab 3 has been a mystery so far, but some recent benchmark results have showed that Samsung is testing an Intel Atom chip for one of its upcoming Galaxy Tabs. Even…
The Kickstarter funded $99 console with Android as its OS, yes, I’m talking about OUYA, has been confirmed to showcase at E3 2013 next month. However, there is a catch, the OUYA Team won’t be holding a press event at E3. They don’t even have a booth at the convention to showcase the console. Well,…
A firmware upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy S3 – Android 4.2.2 (Build JDQ39), to be precise, has leaked online, and seems to bring quite a lot of Galaxy S4 features to this popular Android device. Samsung had already previously confirmed that the company would be bringing some Galaxy S4 features to its predecessor, the S3,…
Apple has announced a keynote for June 10, which will start off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference this year. The company is heavily expected to show off the latest versions of two of its most important softwares – iOS 7 and OS X 10.9. With this announcement of a keynote, this is the first official…
The Galaxy S4 Google Edition isn’t the only variant of the flagship device that’s got the crowd excited. Instead, there’s a completely new and rugged version of the Galaxy S4 in the works, that’s even more amazing than the Google Edition. Remember when we reported about a rugged water-proof version of the Galaxy S4? Well, the rumors have…