Microsoft to use Qualcomm chips on refreshed Surface RT: Report

19 Jun, 2013, 9:20 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets

Sources familiar with the development revealed Microsoft's refreshed Surface RT will use Qualcomm Snapdragon chips along side Tegra. More

Researchers are now able to get inside iOS Wi-Fi hotspots in under a minute

19 Jun, 2013, 8:48 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar General

iPad and iPhone users have always felt reasonably safe while using their devices as a personal Wi-Fi hotspot, but new research suggests it is possible to get inside any iOS hotspot within a minute... More

Indian music service Gaana gets Android app update, adds online SingAlong app

19 Jun, 2013, 8:36 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Indian company Times Internet has updated its music streaming service, Gaana, which is now being called Gaana+, for the Android and has also added an online SingAlong app.. More

Concerned data protection officials write to Google CEO to discuss privacy on Glass

19 Jun, 2013, 8:05 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Google Glass is undoubtedly, among the search giant's most ambitious projects in recent times and in addition to innumerable reports in the past about how More

Nvidia to license its GPU, visual computing portfolio to target bigger market

19 Jun, 2013, 7:26 pm IST tech2 News Staff Graphics Cards

Nvidia is set to take on the likes of Qualcomm and ARM as the GPU maker, in its blog, has stated that the company will be licensing its GPU and the visual computing portfolio. More

LG working on always-on voice commands for 2014 smartphones

19 Jun, 2013, 6:53 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Smartphones

LG is bringing the game to S-Voice, Google Now and Siri with its own implementation of voice search and commands that will be always-on. More

Huawei Ascend Mate: A specifications review

19 Jun, 2013, 5:55 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Smartphones

Priced at Rs 24,900, the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate may face stiff competition from smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and LG... More

Vodafone India slashes 2G rates by 80 percent in some circles

19 Jun, 2013, 5:48 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones 1 Comments

Vodafone India has announced an 80 percent price cut in charges for its data customers - all its prepaid and postpaid customers using 2G network on a More

Zuckerberg meets with Samsung to discuss all things mobile

19 Jun, 2013, 5:44 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a quick stop by the Samsung office in Seoul that has sent the rumour mills working overtime about a potential partnership More

Overview: Intel Haswell platform

19 Jun, 2013, 5:30 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Desktops

Intel’s latest CPU architecture represents a "Tock" in its "Tick-Tock" upgrade cycle. Instead of going for faster performance at the cost of power, Intel has focused its efforts on lowering the TDP of the CPUs and in doing so, has expanded their SKUs to benefit mobile chipsets. More

Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome lets you clip from Gmail

19 Jun, 2013, 4:40 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Popular note-taking service Evernote has added some more goodness to its Web Clipping feature that lets you save anything you see online to your account... More

Google Search will now take you on a 'carousel' ride

19 Jun, 2013, 4:13 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

The next time you search for Italian eateries in your area, Google will sweep you off for a carousel ride of sorts. Google is giving its search results page an More

Sony shows off PlayStation 4's interface in new video

19 Jun, 2013, 3:59 pm IST Shunal Doke Console

Sony has released a new video of the PlayStation 4 that gives us a close look at how the console's interface will work. The video shows three people More

PC version of The Witcher 3 to get free DLC

19 Jun, 2013, 3:50 pm IST Naveen Peter Gaming

PC gamers as in for some good news as Rock, Paper and Shotgun, an American all-gaming website has reported that the action role-play video game, Witcher 3 More

Google Drive gets support for 18 new languages; Urdu, Nepali included

19 Jun, 2013, 3:39 pm IST tech2 News Staff Gaming

Google Drive has been updated, with the addition of 18 new languages. Now considering how widely ... More

Microsoft's social network Socl updated with GIF creator amongst other tools

19 Jun, 2013, 3:33 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Gaming

Microsoft’s fledgling social networking website has been fixed with stronger wings. Socl has received tools that let you create short animated GIFs as More

EA will showcase The Sims 4 at Gamescom

19 Jun, 2013, 3:28 pm IST Shunal Doke Gaming

EA has announced on its Sims 3 Twitter account that the next game in its best-selling Sims franchise will be showcased at the Gamescom event in August. The More

Lenovo S820 Review

19 Jun, 2013, 3:26 pm IST tech2 Mobile phones

Processor: The phone is powered by a powerful 1.2 Ghz Quadcore processor for ultra-smooth Android experience. Camera: A high-res 12MP camera captures ultra-fine images and a 2MP front camera. It is also equipped with SuperCamera software allowing you to take 100 photos in burst mode, take stills while video recording et al. More

Lenovo S920 Review

19 Jun, 2013, 2:21 pm IST tech2 Mobile phones

IPS screen: Fronted by a 5.3” (1280 x 720) IPS display, and framed in a smooth, rounded chassis, the Lenovo S920 smartphone is eye-grabbing, either when viewing the 16M-color screen or admiring it from afar. Camera: The S920’s rear-mounted “super camera” shoots at 8MP for clearer images, and allows for up to 100 consecutive shots in burst mode, capturing still shots within video and advanced photo editing functions. Processor: Backed by a 1.2GHz, quad-core processor, the S920 handles videos and demanding game graphics with ease. Size & Weight: The phone weighs only 159g and has a depth of merely 7.9mm, with a unique “hourglass” design that gives it an even slimmer feel. More

Asus may develop its own wearable device

19 Jun, 2013, 1:57 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mobile phones

Taiwan-based firm Asustek Computer Inc. or Asus as it is better known, is reportedly toying with the idea of developing wearable devices, like Google Glass. More