Google has acquired a 5-months young start-up SlickLogin – an Israel based company working on smart identification technology making use of high-frequency sound waves to streamline authentication for users. SlickLogin’s product has…
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Virgin Media hits 2 Million TiVo subscribers milestone
Virgin Media announced on Wednesday that it had signed on its 2 millionth TiVo customer, an achievement reached after three years from the launch of TiVo service in December 2010. Virgin Media…
Google working on 10Gbps internet
Google’s obsession for speed is clear from the fact that the company is working hard to boast its speed to up of 10 gigabits per second. Patrick Pichette, Google’s chief financial officer,…
ARM announces Cortex-A17 processor for mid-range smartphones and tablets
In order to target the mid-range smartphone and tablet segment with pricing around $200, ARM has announced its Cortex-A17 processor core on Tuesday. Cortex-A17, which ARM claims to be 60 percent faster…
Broadcom brings 4G to budget smartphones with new LTE chips
Broadcom has announced two chips that will bring 4G LTE connectivity two low-end budget smartphones with cost below the $300 mark. Dual-core M320 and quad-core M340 chips bundle 150Mbps LTE radios allowing…
Asus M70AD desktop PC with built in NFC launched
Asus has announced M70AD desktop PC – the world’s first desktop to have an in built support for NFC (Near Field Communication). The M70AD PC allows wire-free pairing of desktop PCs with…
Toshiba’s debut Chromebook lands in the UK for £249
Toshiba has released its first ever Chrome OS powered laptop, a 13.3-inch Chromebook, earlier than the proposed and has announced that it will be available for purchase starting next Monday for £249….
DHCP 4.3.0 released
Version 4.3.0 of the Internet Systems Consortium’s Domain Host Configuration Protocol, one of the most widely used implementation of DHCP on the Internet today, has been released. “The major “theme” for ISC…
BT Infinity customers face mysterious connection glitch issues
BT is receiving numerous complaints from its Infinity customers about being abruptly disconnected from the fibre broadband network when using the telco’s Home Hub 5 wireless router. Infinity users have been posting…
Intel leads EPA’s list of top 30 green-powered tech companies
EPA (The Environmental Protection Agency) has released the list of the top 30 tech and telecom companies in the United States. Intel, Microsoft and Google, have topped the list, with Apple and…
High-speed broadband to reach 70,000 Devon, Somerset homes by July end says BT
More than 70,000 Devon and Somerset premises will get high-speed broadband access by the end of July, announced BT. The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project worth £94m is going well, with…
Twitter, CNN come together to develop Dataminr for News
Twitter has joined hands with cable news company CNN to develop a new tool for journalist that would help them identify and cover breaking news faster than ever. Dubbed Dataminr for News…
Samsung launches its new curved UHD TV range
Samsung, which has always been on the forefront when it comes to innovation, is up with yet another impressive range of new curved TV and home entertainment products. At the 2014 Samsung…
MakerBot parent launches world’s first multi-material colour 3D printer
Stratasys, the company behind the famous MakerBot range of 3D printers, has launched its latest and world’s first multi-material, colour 3D printer that would cost £200,000 ($330,000). The MakerBot company has described…
New project dubbed Bitcloud aims to decentralise the Internet
Bitcloud, a new project that makes use of a highly customised version of Bitcoin protocol, not only aims to create a mesh network that will act as a shadow to the current…