TAG: Smartphones

Study shows firewalls used to hack into FB, Twitter accounts

23 May, 2012, 11:23 am IST Anuradha Shetty General

A computer science associate professor at the University of Michigan, and a doctoral student using an Android ... More

Bemilo SIM helps parents monitor their child's mobile usage

22 May, 2012, 3:16 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services

Only a parent would know of the nightmares that come along with them buying a mobile phone for their kid, ... More

Mobile Grudge Match - Samsung Galaxy S III vs HTC One X

04 May, 2012, 5:56 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Smartphones 14 Comments

Last night, we witnessed Samsung unveiling, what they have been referring to as the “the next big thing”, when ... More

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh to bring Internet sharing to Lumia 710, 800

24 Apr, 2012, 11:17 am IST Aaron Almeida Smartphones

With the launch of their Nokia Lumia handsets late last year, the brand had partnered with Microsoft and launched a couple of handsets namely the Lumia 800 and More

How To: Supercharge your Android Smartphone

23 Apr, 2012, 10:09 am IST Francis D'sa Smartphones 7 Comments

Boost the performance of your Android phone to get rid of lags and slow responses using a simple script called the V6 SuperCharger script. More

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh a.k.a Tango slated for a June release

21 Apr, 2012, 11:04 am IST Roydon Cerejo Software 1 Comments

Nokia’s Lumia 610 will be the first Windows Phone 7.5 Tango or Refresh as it will be officially called, to hit Indian shelves for an estimated price tag More

Huawei Honour and Ideos X5 Pro now available in India

13 Apr, 2012, 10:07 am IST Roydon Cerejo Software 2 Comments

It’s not the Ascend D that we were hoping for, but new droids are always welcome. Huawei’s Honour U8860 ... More

Staring too much at your display? You may not be blinking enough

02 Apr, 2012, 5:12 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

The fact that many of us lead lives that are fairly dependent on technology is something that most of us would ... More

MediaTek fuses 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 on a single chip

30 Mar, 2012, 5:58 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Science and Technology

MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia ... More

Best Buy to cut stores, jobs and costs

30 Mar, 2012, 4:50 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

One of the front runners in the business back in the day, Best Buy now seems to be scrambling for visibility amidst .. More

1,000 to go jobless at Nokia's Salo, Finland plant

23 Mar, 2012, 5:46 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

Adding to the string of job cuts across several of its global units, Nokia confirms a slew of job cuts at its Sola plant, ... More

Nokia N9 runs ICS

22 Mar, 2012, 5:04 pm IST tech2 News Staff Science and Technology 5 Comments

When Nokia first announced their collaboration with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, it’s safe to say that the Android ... More

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh does not feature multitasking up to 8 apps

21 Mar, 2012, 11:58 am IST Aaron Almeida Science and Technology

A few days ago, it was reported that Microsoft had changed the name of their upcoming operating software ... More

Free mobile apps users, watch your battery!

20 Mar, 2012, 6:27 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Apps

In a one of its kinds study conducted by a team at Purdue University in Indiana, USA, it has been revealed that ... More

ICS update for Samsung Galaxy Note pushed to Q2

16 Mar, 2012, 4:13 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Tablets 5 Comments

We’re afraid we have some bad news for all Galaxy Note users, as Samsung has pushed back their ICS update ... More

Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh - the official name for WP7 Tango

15 Mar, 2012, 9:41 am IST Roydon Cerejo Tablets

We’ve been hearing about Windows Phone Tango for a while now and how it will enable OEMs to build cheaper ... More

Tech2's top 10 hits at MWC 2012

02 Mar, 2012, 1:22 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Mobile phones 5 Comments

Is it just us or did this year’s Mobile World Congress feel like it got over in a day’s time? It’s probably because all the major More

More details on the HTC One S, V and X emerge

24 Feb, 2012, 11:20 am IST Roydon Cerejo Mobile phones

Going by the rate at which smartphone details are being leaked, MWC suddenly doesn’t seem that exciting, ... More

Over 20 million Galaxy S II handsets sold - Samsung

23 Feb, 2012, 2:27 pm IST Shayne Rana Mobile phones 2 Comments

Since its launch date, back in April of 2011, Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S II aka the I9100 shot to stardom ... More

Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord

23 Feb, 2012, 9:10 am IST Mobile phones

Six of the world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order ... More