Apple boots Bang With Friends app out of its Store

18 May, 2013, 10:26 am IST Nishtha Kanal iOS

Controversial app Bang With Friends has found itself in a spot of trouble with Apple. The app that allows you to anonymously hook up with your Facebook friends More

Yahoo! board to consider $1.1 billion all-cash offer for Tumblr

18 May, 2013, 10:08 am IST tech2 News Staff General

Talks surrounding a possible deal between Yahoo! and Tumblr don't seem to be dying down anytime soon. More

Hackers break into FT's blog, social media accounts

18 May, 2013, 10:04 am IST tech2 News Staff General

The Financial Times became a victim of hacking on Friday, after an anonymous hacker group managed to compromise the publication's blog and multiple More

Google shows developers how to hack Glass and run Ubuntu

18 May, 2013, 10:02 am IST Shunal Doke Linux

Google has shown attendees of its Google I/O event how one can go about running another operating system – namely Ubuntu – on their Google Glass. More

Monaco: What's Yours is Mine Review

18 May, 2013, 9:40 am IST Shunal Doke PC

With the recent dearth of full-blown AAA games, we figured it'd be a great idea to take advantage of the free time and play some indie games. One of the games that immediately caught our attention was Monaco: What's Yours is Mine. More

Saudi Arabia says hackers sabotage government websites

18 May, 2013, 9:16 am IST PC

Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly... More

Galaxy S4 is Samsung's fastest selling phone: Samsung CEO

18 May, 2013, 8:32 am IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones

Impressive numbers are coming out one after the other from the Samsung camp. While yesterday it was about Samsung claiming to have shipped 6 million Galaxy More

Google's Schmidt to meet Britain's Cameron as tax row rages

17 May, 2013, 7:53 pm IST Smartphones

Google Inc's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as a participant of an advisory group just days... More

Is Samsung 'mentally enslaving' Indian smartphone buyers with its ads?

17 May, 2013, 7:51 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones 10 Comments

Let’s face it. We can never sit through a TV show without an advertisement of a Samsung Product flashing by at least once. More

ZTE to launch devices ranging from Rs 5,799 to Rs 14,999 in India

17 May, 2013, 6:29 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones

ZTE has announced that it is finally entering the Indian market with its smartphones and tablets. In order to establish its presence in India, the company has More

Australian firm apologises after customer data leak

17 May, 2013, 6:21 pm IST Smartphones

Australian communications provider Telstra apologized Friday for a massive online leak of customer details... More

After Google, it's Amazon's turn to be grilled by UK tax authorities

17 May, 2013, 6:10 pm IST Smartphones

Amazon will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, said lawmakers. More

First Impressions: Hangouts app

17 May, 2013, 5:58 pm IST Naina Khedekar Apps 1 Comments

By the look of it, Hangouts appears to be a perfect combo of Google’s cool communication features, all brought under one roof. More

Repentful Romanian hacker invents device to protect ATMs

17 May, 2013, 5:54 pm IST Apps

"When I got caught I became happy. This liberation opened the way to working for the good side," says Valentin Boanta. More

Sony job listing hints at speech recognition for PlayStation 4

17 May, 2013, 5:50 pm IST Shunal Doke Console

Rumours surrounding Sony’s next-gen console offering – the PlayStation 4 – have slowed down quite a bit since the company unveiled it back in More

Google calls for fast adoption of VP9 video compression

17 May, 2013, 5:23 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Services

Google has nearly completed its work on its VP9 video technology and is keen on seeing its application being picked up quickly... More

Microsoft takes a dig at Chrome in 'leaked' Scroogled ad

17 May, 2013, 5:14 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Services

The video, supposed to be a Micrsoft-only internal one, takes a dig at Chrome, implying that the browser tracks you across multiple devices. More

4.3-inch, Intel-based, Xolo X910 smartphone spotted online

17 May, 2013, 4:57 pm IST Shunal Doke Services

Xolo’s next handset – the X910 – has popped up on online shopping website Flipkart despite there being no official announcement or launch More

Samsung Galaxy S4 and stock Android: A match made in heaven

17 May, 2013, 4:52 pm IST Hatim Kantawalla Services 2 Comments

The combination of supreme hardware, class-leading software and the guarantee of getting timely updates vaults the Google edition Galaxy S4 to the top of my recommended phones list. More

BBM and Google Hangouts can't fix the sorry state of mobile messaging

17 May, 2013, 4:30 pm IST Jamshed Avari Mobile services

Despite all the talk we hear about revolutionary new devices and services that improve the quality of our lives, we’ve got the basics wrong. More