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Nokia unveils Symbian Belle OS – better late than never
August 24th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
Today, Nokia unveiled latest update to its Symbian 3 OS named Symbian Belle that put Nokia in head to head competition with current smartphone market leaders Android and iOS. But Nokia should have released this OS around two years ago when smartphone war was about to start, not now when Nokia has almost lost it. The new OS brings UI and performance improvements, gorgeous new widgets, more customization options, more apps and built-in NFC functionality. All these updates make this OS visually similar to Android and is enough to keep Nokia fans happy for some time until they realize the need for all those awesome apps already available for other platforms. Checkout the UI demo video.
Foursquare Family now 10,000,000 Strong
June 22nd, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
In case you don’t live on planet earth, you’ve probably never heard of foursquare. If it’s the other way, you must have been checking in at places all around the city, getting Mayor badges and even winning some free deals from some of serious Foursquare venues. It’s a social network which will help you stalk someone in real life, or in other words Foursquare is integrated with our physical outgoings and not just on the internet.
Foursquare has now 10,000,000 users. Keep reading for this interesting Info-graphic on how they got from Zero to Hero.
Is This a Good Time to Invest in a Tech Startup? – Infographic
June 18th, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
Its 2011 but Venture Capital is growing up to heights like its 1999 again. Everyone is investing in tech startups and industry is growing like weed. But are we in a Tech Bubble that’s about to burst? Udemy has created an interesting Infographic for us to take a look at current state of tech industry and make decent choices about investing money.
Microsoft Acquires Skype for US $8.5bn
May 10th, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
This is Microsoft’s largest purchase till now. Skype is a communication platform famous for its low price international calls and great VOIP voice and video chat. It has over 8 Million paying customers.
Facebook & Google were considering buying Skype but Microsoft made the mark by offering cool 8.5 Billion dollars in cash. After literally owning the technology market in late nineties and early 2000s, Microsoft began to decline with Windows Vista & Windows Mobile 6.5.
I think now its time once again for Microsoft to shine. It has already started making amazing products like Windows 7 & Its mobile counterpart. IE9 and services like Windows OfficeLive and SkyLive. Microsoft is doing great and is on the right path. If Nokia develops Windows based smartphones in near future, things can start changing for iPhone.
Face Time for Android? Google Talk for Android gets Video chat
April 29th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
As we know Android has already taken over iPhone sales in first quarter 2011. Yesterday, Google announced Android 2.3.4 update to their Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS which brings Video and Voice calling features to Gtalk for Android. You can make video calls to your family and friends right from your android phone over Wi-Fi or 3G Network to their compatible Android tablet or phone or Gtalk on computer.
New Nintendo Wii in 2012 – Launch at E3 in June
April 26th, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
This is it. Nintendo has announced Wii successor and the console war will begin all over again. The rumored ‘Project Café‘ will be playable in June at E3 and will be available in 2012, Nintendo announced.
Read ahead for more details
Android takes over iPhone in First Quarter 2011
April 26th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by AF8AB
2011 is turning out to be a game changer in smartphone OS selection. 31% Americans want to buy Android as their new cell phone whereas 30% want to get an iPhone. 2010 on the other hand was totally dominated by Apple.
Recent survey done by Neilson in March ‘11 shows that 50% of All cell phone sales in last 6 months were Android based smart-phones. RIM Blackberry OS has still a huge market share.
Lets’ take a look at some recent interesting graphs to see how Android is competing with Apple and RIM.
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