Jolla out to prove a point with first Sailfish smartphone

21 May, 2013, 1:58 pm IST Smartphones

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

Nokia Lumia 720 Review

21 May, 2013, 1:00 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Smartphones

We’ve already established that the Lumia 720 is Nokia’s best effort as far as Windows Phone 8 handsets go. This could soon change once the Lumia 925 hits markets, but as it stands now, the Lumia 720 offers the best blend of features and performance, wrapped in a beautiful package that’s quite affordable. 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 General

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 General

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

Massive Moon explosion captured on NASA video

21 May, 2013, 11:50 am IST General

NASA cameras have captured video of the largest explosion it has ever seen on the moon, when a meteorite crashed into the lunar surface in a bright burst of light visible to the naked eye... More

Yahoo! will not restrict Tumblr's porn content: CEO Mayer

21 May, 2013, 11:30 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Tumblr users, rejoice. Yahoo! has asserted that it is not bothered about its newly acquired blogging portal’s porn content... More

Gionee launches quad-core E3 smartphone for Rs 14,999

21 May, 2013, 11:25 am IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Chinese manufacturer Gionee has debuted its ELIFE series of smartphones and the first device under this brand will be the E3. More

Yahoo's rise in Asia could offset risk from Tumblr bet

21 May, 2013, 11:11 am IST Web services

With sources saying that Wall Street is focusing on the rising value of Yahoo's Asian assets, Yahoo CEO Marrissa Mayer might face less immediate pressure to prove that Yahoo's biggest acquisition in years is a profitable one... More

Lava launches Iris 458q quad-core smartphone for Rs 8,999

21 May, 2013, 11:09 am IST tech2 News Staff Web services 1 Comments

Lava has announced its entry into the quad-core processor smartphone category by introducing the Iris 458q with a 1.2 Ghz quad core processor.... More

Indian girl invents device that can charge phone in 20 seconds

21 May, 2013, 10:33 am IST Web services 3 Comments

An 18-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has developed a potentially revolutionary device that can charge a mobile phone in just 20 seconds... More

Yahoo! unveils all new Flickr with 1TB of free space

21 May, 2013, 10:22 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Yahoo! has announced a complete revamp of its photo service Flickr. The service is already live and comes with a whopping one terabyte of free photo space... More

US team visiting India to boost women's numbers in ICT

21 May, 2013, 9:44 am IST Web services

A tech delegation of top women executives in the information and communication technology sector is visiting India this week to explore ideas.... More

China's 'state-sponsored' hackers attack US again

21 May, 2013, 9:35 am IST Web services

Chinese "state-sponsored" hackers have renewed attacks on the US, after a unit of the Chinese army was named in February as the source of many cyber attacks on US companies, a media report said... More

Facebook booked over group exhorting cow slaughter

21 May, 2013, 9:28 am IST Social Networking

An FIR was Monday registered in Lucknow against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said... More

Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown

21 May, 2013, 9:15 am IST Social Networking

The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats... More

China trying to manage exposure of corruption online

21 May, 2013, 9:11 am IST Social Networking

China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses... More

Dell says cannot disclose more information to Icahn yet

21 May, 2013, 8:25 am IST Social Networking

Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael Dell's. More

Websense to go private for $907 mln

21 May, 2013, 8:24 am IST Social Networking

Websense Inc said it had agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the online security firm at about $907 million... More

Apple's stateless subsidiaries lower tax bills

21 May, 2013, 8:22 am IST Social Networking

Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple has held billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government... More