The Canadian Smartphone maker, BlackBerry, has agreed to a takeover deal with a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for USD 4.7 billion. Looking at BlackBerry’s years of falling fortunes and…
Apple iPhone 5S rival alert: Samsung Galaxy S5 to have full metal body
Just as Apple adopted polycarbonate material for its budget iPhone, Samsung is going to equip its next flagship smartphone and Galaxy S4 successor – probably the Galaxy S5 – with a full…
More delays hamper BBM for Android, iOS launch
BBM’s official rollout was hampered last week and BlackBerry has now revealed that it won’t be launching the cross-platform messenger for at least another week because of issues caused by leaked version…
CyanogenMod 10.1.3 stable with CM Accounts support released
CyanogenMod team has released the stable version of CM 10.1.3 and it includes support for the Android Device Manager-like CM Accounts with remote find and wipe features. Release of CyanogenMod 10.1.3 marks…
BitTorrent removed from Google piracy search filter?
Recent spike in search for keywords like ‘BitTorrent’ and ‘uTorrent’ indicate that Google may have removed these two terms from its piracy filter. In a bid to reduce piracy and reduce the…
Hackers bypass Apple iPhone 5S TouchID
Hackers over at the Chaos Computer Club have claimed successful bypass of Apple iPhone 5S’ TouchID using traditional means of defeating fingerprint security systems through the use of easily available everyday material…
Microsoft Surface 2 launching tomorrow; here’s what is expected
Microsoft is all set to launch its Surface successors – the Surface 2 – probably for both its Pro and RT lineup and we are expecting that the Windows 8 maker won’t…
BlackBerry Messenger for Android, iOS rollout suspended
BlackBerry has announced the suspension of global rollout of BBM for Android, iOS possibly because of too many registrations in the first eight hours of the opening up the servers and that…
BBM for Android, iOS garners 2.5 million pre-registrations
BlackBerry is all set to roll out its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on Android and iOS and they will be available from September 21 and 22 on the Google Play Store and Apple…
Nokia Windows RT tablet to be named Lumia 2520?
Nokia is reportedly going to stick with its Lumia branding for its upcoming Windows RT tablet claims Evleaks. Through a recent tweet, evleaks has claimed that the Finnish smartphone giant is going…
Creative Mobile launches new racing game Nitro Nation Online in beta
Newbie game developer Creative Mobile has announced that its much-awaited racing game, Nitro Nation Online, was now available in beta. Nitro Nation is a multiplayer racing game for mobile computing devices,…
Wanna upgrade to Windows 8.1? No choice but pay full charge
Software giant Microsoft today announced that it will be charging full rate for Windows 8.1 upgrades from Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7. Which means every single disc of 8.1 sold…
Microsoft announces a new Bing with new logo and fresh features
It is one of the major refurbishing that Microsoft’s Bing search engines has ever undergone. Over the new few weeks, announced Microsoft today, it will be making “significant changes” to its…
Coming soon: An Intel chip that can be powered up with red wine
This sounds as bizarre as turning water into wine. Wine is the keyword in this story, too. Genevieve Bell, Intel fellow, did the unthinkable at the recently-held Intel Developer Forum in…
Windows expert wants Steve Ballmer to look into buggy Windows updates
This may be pretty embarrassing for software giant Microsoft. Susan Bradley, a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) has dashed off a letter to company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer in…