A California jury has asked Samsung to pay its rival Apple another $290m in the patent infringement case, bringing the total to $930 million. The jury’s decision came on the third day…
Report: Microsoft looking to buy Winamp, Shoutcast media streaming service
Winamp might not die after all as latest reports indicate that Microsoft is already in talks with AOL to strike a deal that will involve Winamp and its adjacent services including Shoutcast…
Microsoft announces message encryption for Office 365
Microsoft has announced its plans of automatically encrypting emails on its Office 365 service by early 2014 through its new feature which it calls Office 365 Message Encryption. Under this new feature…
Virgin Media to offer iPhones 5S, iPhone 5C in UK starting Friday
Virgin Media will start selling Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in the UK starting tomorrow and as a build up towards that has announced the pricing of the two smartphones. iPhone…
Amazon using its retail might to sell Kindle Fire tablets
According to a recent research report by Kantar Media, Google, Samsung and Apple might be the dominant leaders in the smartphone market, but in the tablet market, Amazon has succeeded in luring…
Eric Schmidt: Global internet censorship to end within a decade
Addressing audience at Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, made a bold prediction saying that global internet censorship will within a decade. In his lecture, Schmidt said that…
Ofcom looking to free more spectrum to meet with future mobile broadband demands
Ofcom has unveiled its plans of moving spectrum in 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands from public sector and auctioning it for commercial usage to ensure that UK has enough spectrum to meet with…
Wiki-PR is engaged in ‘sockpuppetry’ says Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia has threatened a Texas-based public relations company of dragging it to court after the online encyclopedia found out that Wiki-PR was involved in creating promotional content for its clients on the…
Apple’s spaceship campus gets a green signal from Cupertino authorities
The Cupertino City Council on Tuesday gave final clearance to Apple’s shimmering flying-saucer shaped headquarters plan. The authorities have finally voted and decided to reduce Apple’s annual tax break by 15 percent….
Sony resets passwords of some EU PSN users as a ‘precautionary measure’
Sony has reset passwords of an undisclosed number of its PlayStation Network users based out of the EU as a ‘precautionary measure’ after it observed ‘irregular activity’. A PSN support coordinator has…
Instagram lands on Windows Phone
Good news for Windows phone users. Finally, users will be able to install and use one of the most popular photo-sharing app, Instagram, on their Windows phone starting November 20. Windows will…
LG spying on its smart TV customers
An unidentified blogger has claimed that his Internet-connected smart television has been transmitting detailed information including the times and channels his family members watch and even the names of all computer video…
Winamp shutters after 15 years of music
Winamp, the go-to media player which entertained masses for over 15 years, will breathe its last on December 20. A message posted on its official website notes “Winamp.com and associated web services…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 brings 4K video to smartphones, tablets
Qualcomm has announced a new member for its family of Snapdragon 800 processors – the Snapdragon 805 – designed to deliver the highest-quality mobile graphics, video and imaging at Ultra HD (4K)…
Apple, Google accused of ripping off customers over storage pricing
Apple, Google and other top tablet manufacturers have been accused of inflating tablet costs by more than a 1,000 percent on their tablet PCs. The investigation called on by Which?, one of…