News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

25 May, 2013, 9:54 am IST General

News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete. More

Senator Schumer urges caution in Sprint deal

25 May, 2013, 9:40 am IST General

Senator Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank... More

Amazon cashes in on fan-fiction with 'Kindle Worlds'

25 May, 2013, 9:29 am IST General

Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models by giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction - and get paid in the process.... More

Google to build wireless networks across Africa

25 May, 2013, 9:22 am IST General

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'Ironical' tweet was defamatory, context was key, UK court rules

25 May, 2013, 9:12 am IST General

A tweet by a British parliamentarian's wife that pointed her 56,000 followers to online traffic wrongly naming a retired politician as a paedophile was defamatory, even though it did not spell out the false allegation... More

Huawei launches Windows Phone 8-running Ascend W1 focused on emerging markets

24 May, 2013, 7:53 pm IST Naveen Peter Smartphones

In move to establish themselves in the emerging markets of the global economy, The Chinese telecomm industry Huawei Technologies launched its new More

Microsoft unveils new Sculpt mice with dedicated Windows 8 button

24 May, 2013, 7:08 pm IST Naveen Peter Mice

After introducing the world to its new operating system in Windows 8, Microsoft has turned its attention to bringing newer hardware into the market. The More

Samsung launches entry-level Galaxy Star smartphone in India for Rs 5,240

24 May, 2013, 6:23 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mice 2 Comments

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics has launched its entry-level smartphone, Galaxy Star smartphone in the Indian market. The company has priced its More

Broadcom announces 5G Wi-Fi chips for low-cost devices

24 May, 2013, 6:12 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mice

Broadcom has announced its first 5G Wi-Fi combination chips targeted specifically for entry-level PCs, notebooks, tablets and smartphones. More

ITC says Microsoft did not violate Google patent

24 May, 2013, 5:29 pm IST Mice

Microsoft on a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system More

Maxx Mobiles launches AX9Z Race and AX8 Race dual-SIM smartphones

24 May, 2013, 4:32 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mice

Maxx Mobiles only recently launched two new smartphones - MAXX AX9Z RACE and MAXX AX8 RACE. More

ZOTAC launches the GTX 780 for Rs 47,990

24 May, 2013, 3:57 pm IST Shunal Doke Graphics Cards

ZOTAC has launched the new Nvidia flagship GPU – the GeForce GTX 780. The card was originally launched by Nvidia yesterday. It is the first card in the More

Your Google Hangout images will get automatically saved to your Google+ Photos

24 May, 2013, 3:49 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Ever since Google Talk has been updated to Hangouts, users have been able to send pictures to each other over chat making it easier to hold conversations that include transfer of images... More

Microsoft revamps Bing News to show trending topics and more

24 May, 2013, 3:47 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Web services

Microsoft has announced important improvements to the search options in Bing News, including trending topics tracking and related individuals and an increased article index... More

Unity Engine will support devices running on Tizen

24 May, 2013, 3:30 pm IST Shunal Doke Handheld Gaming

The folks behind the Unity engine – Unity Technologies – have announced that the engine will support the Linux-based open source smartphone More

PC version of Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition to hit stores on August 6

24 May, 2013, 3:20 pm IST Naveen Peter Gaming

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that the latest edition of Mortal Kombat, the Komplete Edition for PC will be launched digitally on July 3 and is expected to hit the retail stores by August 6. More

Exec says 'around 5 million' HTC Ones sold, but supply issues still persist

24 May, 2013, 3:13 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Gaming

While rumours are rife about HTC future, HTC One sales might be placating the worried market, with "five million" pieces being reported to have been sold since launch... More

Evernote brings Reminders for Mac, iOS and web users

24 May, 2013, 3:02 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Popular note-taking service Evernote, has upped its usefulness quotient with the introduction of Reminders, that claims to keep users on track at each More

'Search-with-Camera' option disappears from Google Now

24 May, 2013, 1:56 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Apps

"Search-with-Camera", a Google Search update from Google Now is now missing from the options menu... More

BlackBerry teases upcoming changes in BlackBerry 10.2 update

24 May, 2013, 1:52 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Apps

Even though BlackBerry 10.1 has not started rolling out to all compatible devices yet, BlackBerry has revealed details about what’s coming in the next More