Ireland says not to blame for Apple's low tax rate

21 May, 2013, 6:52 pm IST General

Ireland has said it is not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. More

Apple iPad 5 trial production to begin soon; could start shipping in September

21 May, 2013, 6:32 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 1 Comments

Monthly shipments of the tablet are expected to cross 2-3 million by September, which suggests that Apple is aiming for an August or late July unveiling for the iPad. More

Opera for Android exits beta, brings feeds discovery to your browser

21 May, 2013, 6:08 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

The company has taken the sophisticated third-party browser out of beta and it's now available for free on the Play Store. More

FIFA 14 and Call of Duty: Ghosts to debut on next-gen Xbox today

21 May, 2013, 6:01 pm IST Naveen Peter Gaming

Sony's PS3 might have marginally outdone its rival Xbox 360 in terms of sales, but the battle is not yet over as Microsoft perpares to reveal the next-generation Xbox... More

Global smartphone shipments to exceed that of feature phones in 2013: Report

21 May, 2013, 5:55 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones

One report has estimated that worldwide shipments of smartphones will exceed those of basic and feature phones this year - for the first time. These More

Gujarat CM Modi looks to social media to reach out to the youth

21 May, 2013, 5:27 pm IST Smartphones

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested using social media to reach out to the youth... More

Don't mess up Tumblr: Ex-YouTuber advises Yahoo!

21 May, 2013, 4:53 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

So the inevitable has happened and Yahoo! has acquired Tumblr for a sum of $1.1 billion. The biggest worry for all parties now involved is to ensure a smooth More

Andhra Pradesh govt woos entrepreneurs for Hyderabad's GAME city

21 May, 2013, 4:40 pm IST Smartphones

Andhra Pradesh is keen to use the latest technological innovations in the industry to create skill development and employment opportunities for its youth... More

Xbox Live to get The Music Room as an exclusive release

21 May, 2013, 4:26 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Xbox 360

In what will be an exclusive release to the XBox Live, a new interactive TV project called The Music Room will be hosted by Microsoft... More

Samsung Galaxy S3's Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean test firmware leaked

21 May, 2013, 3:43 pm IST tech2 News Staff Software

Heads-up, people with the Galaxy S3! The folks at SamMobile have got their hands on an image of the test firmware Android 4.2.2 update for the Samsung Galaxy S3... More

Google+ Android app updated with improved Photos, location sharing

21 May, 2013, 3:31 pm IST tech2 News Staff Android

The Google+ Android app has received yet another major update (v4.0), in addition to the whole bunch of new features that the software giant recently More

Amnesty International's 'Trial by Timeline' shows how you'd be punished for being you

21 May, 2013, 3:19 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

How harshly would you be punished if you were to proclaim that you’re an atheist in an ultra-conservative country? Or if you were to announce that you’re a homosexual? More

'Desi' Facebook and Twitter may be coming

21 May, 2013, 2:39 pm IST tech2 News Staff Social Networking

In light of the US-based social networking sites Facebook and Twitter refusing to share data on users involved in suspicious net activity... More

Asus Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook to be unveiled at Computex next month

21 May, 2013, 2:38 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Laptops

Asus is setting up to introduce a follow up to its Ultrabook series with the Zenbook Infinity ultrabook which will be seen at Computex 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan next month... More

Leap Motion comes to Windows OS

21 May, 2013, 2:36 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Accessories

Leap Motion has announced through a blogpost that they are launching their advanced motion sensing technology onto the Windows OS. In a video that they More

HTC One Google Edition coming soon, tweets serial leaker

21 May, 2013, 2:35 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Accessories

After Samsung, it's HTC's turn to reap the potential benefits of a stock Android-running HTC One. More

Jolla out to prove a point with first Sailfish smartphone

21 May, 2013, 1:58 pm IST Accessories

Ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker... More

Google will bring back calling functionality to Hangouts

21 May, 2013, 12:53 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

Google is not planning to kill off Voice integration with Hangouts after all. It has emerged that the company plans to reintroduce support for making calls using More

Samsung to showcase 10.1-inch LCD with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution for tablets

21 May, 2013, 12:25 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web apps

At the Society for Information Display's Display Week 2013, in the Vancouver Convention Centre, Samsung ... More

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active specs and pictures leak

21 May, 2013, 12:21 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Web apps

We’ve got our first peek at the Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active, the rugged version of the current Samsung flagship. More