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Facebook kicks off its IPO with a hackathon 32 mins ago

Facebook is all geared up for what is claimed to be the biggest IPO ever and it has just kicked off an overnight hackathon at its HQ

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Rajya Sabha approves copyright amendment bill 35 mins ago

A bill providing for amendments to the copyright act to remove operational difficulties and address new issues concerning the digital world and internet was Thursday approved by the Rajya Sabha

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Facebook sets IPO price at $38 1 hr, 35 mins ago

Facebook Thursday set the price for its initial public offering (IPO) at $38 per share

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Anonymous claims to take down Supreme Court and AICC websites 14 hrs, 42 mins ago

Earlier in the day we posted a story, regarding a Madras High Court ruling which ordered ISPs to block numerous torrent sites and video service VIMEO

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Google updates search with Knowledge Graph 18 hrs, 28 mins ago

Google is introducing a new update to its search engine with a feature called Knowledge Graph, which will provide more relevant and detailed results to the user’s queries

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Airtel announces all new affordable tariffs for 3G customers 18 hrs, 39 mins ago

Airtel has announced a new range of affordable 3G plans for both postpaid and prepaid users

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Airtel announces all new affordable tariffs for 3G customers 18 hrs, 39 mins ago

Airtel has announced a new range of affordable 3G plans for both postpaid and prepaid users

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Exclusive: Copyright Labs secures John Doe order, Indian ISPs start 21 hrs, 26 mins ago

Indian ISPs, notably Reliance Communications and Airtel, are blocking sites like Vimeo and torrent sites like Pirate Bay among others

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International Space Station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report 23 hrs, 41 mins ago

The crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) will make a photo report about life onboard the orbital complex, with a 3D camera sent by Russian news agency RIA Novosti

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Samsung’s $10 billion market value wipe-off based on unfounded fears: 17 May 2012

Yesterday’s $10 billion wipe-off from Samsung’s market value could have been based on unfounded fears

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Bharti Airtel in talks to acquire stake in Qualcomm’s India 17 May 2012

Bharti Airtel is reportedly eying to buy out Qualcomm’s Indian partners in its 4G LTE network venture

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VLC media player crosses 1 billion downloads 16 May 2012

VLC media player is a piece of software most of us use on a daily basis. Apart from its simplistic user interface, it is one video player that supports each and every conceivable video codec

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Facebook kicks off its IPO with a hackathon 32 mins ago

Facebook is all geared up for what is claimed to be the biggest IPO ever and it has just kicked off an overnight hackathon at its HQ

Source: www.bgr.in
Rajya Sabha approves copyright amendment bill 35 mins ago

A bill providing for amendments to the copyright act to remove operational difficulties and address new issues concerning the digital world and internet was Thursday approved by the Rajya Sabha

Source: www.bgr.in
Facebook sets IPO price at $38 1 hr, 35 mins ago

Facebook Thursday set the price for its initial public offering (IPO) at $38 per share

Source: www.bgr.in
Anonymous claims to take down Supreme Court and AICC websites 14 hrs, 42 mins ago

Earlier in the day we posted a story, regarding a Madras High Court ruling which ordered ISPs to block numerous torrent sites and video service VIMEO

Source: www.bgr.in
Google updates search with Knowledge Graph 18 hrs, 28 mins ago

Google is introducing a new update to its search engine with a feature called Knowledge Graph, which will provide more relevant and detailed results to the user’s queries

Source: www.bgr.in
Airtel announces all new affordable tariffs for 3G customers 18 hrs, 39 mins ago

Airtel has announced a new range of affordable 3G plans for both postpaid and prepaid users

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Review: BlackBerry Curve 9220 9 May 2012

Once a must-have device if one wanted email on one’s cellphone, Research In Motion (RIM) has witnessed its fortunes dwindle in the past couple of years

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Review: The new iPad (2012) 30 April 2012

Back in the day, tablets meant something a doctor would prescribe one to take when sick

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Review: Sony Xperia S 24 April 2012

The Xperia S is not only the first Sony branded device but it is also the device that Sony hopes will revive the company’s relevance in the smartphone space

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Review: Micromax Funbook 16 April 2012

These days one can find Android tablets in every nook and cranny. That, however, does not mean they are very good

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Review: HTC One X 9 April 2012

I fondly remember the day when HTC started its operations in India. A sunny (read hot) afternoon in June of 2007, Peter Chou unveiled the HTC Touch, mesmerizing everyone

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Review: Angry Birds go into outer space, pulls you into its gravitational well 23 March 2012

As we reported yesterday, Angry Birds Space is now available for download and causal gamers all around the world can fling their favorite bird in space

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Sony announces transformation plan – will realign divisions; cut 10,000 jobs 1 week ago

Sony today announced its transformation plan under new CEO Kazuo Hirai. Some key take-away points: Major focus of investment and growth would be on three divisions – digital imaging, video games and mobile products

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Nokia lowers Q1 2012 guidance, even as Lumia sales cross 2 million 11 April 2012

Nokia today provided a lower devices and services outlook for Q1, 2012 and also provided a grim outlook for the next quarter

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Rumor has it: Google to sell Moto’s handset biz to Huawei 11 April 2012

Even as Google waits for approval from Chinese authorities for its $12.5 billion acquisition bid for Motorola Mobility, rumors are apparently rife that it could sell off Motorola’s handset business to Huawei

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Strike at Nokia Siemens Networks India 9 April 2012

Permanent workers of telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks India staged a sit-in strike Monday protesting against over 50 workers being barred from entering the factory and an enquiry being launched against them, a top official of the worker’s union said

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Sony to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of 2014: update 9 April 2012

Sony is set to reduce its workforce by an estimated 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global total workforce

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RIM’s CEO to make substantial changes as BlackBerry maker posts losses, shipments drop 21 percent 3 weeks ago

“Substantial change is what RIM needs,” said CEO Thorsten Heins while addressing shareholders and analysts to announce the BlackBerry manufacturer’s fiscal year 2012 earnings

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Review: BlackBerry Curve 9220 9 May 2012

Once a must-have device if one wanted email on one’s cellphone, Research In Motion (RIM) has witnessed its fortunes dwindle in the past couple of years

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RIM finally announces the BlackBerry Curve 9320 9 May 2012

RIM today announced the BlackBerry Curve 9320, the 3G variant of the Curve 9220 that was announced recently in India

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BlackBerry 10 developer phone reveals unannounced smartphones 8 May 2012

Remember the developer phone RIM handed over to developers attending BlackBerry World this year? At the show RIM had claimed it was not the production version of BlackBerry 10 OS and it won’t be revealing much about the platform until it is ready to be shipped

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BlackBerry 10 UI features leaked in internal presentation 8 May 2012

RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins might want to keep the company’s BlackBerry 10 cards close to his chest but the leaky faucets at Waterloo are at it again, giving us a sneak peek at some of the biggest things RIM would be showing off with BlackBerry 10

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A brief round-up of what’s coming on to the new BlackBerry 10 1 May 2012

Today RIM has not only shown its new Cascading UI for BlackBerry 10 but it has also unraveled what all is in store for its next generation Operating System which should be launched later this year

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RIM provides sneak peek into BB 10 [video] 1 May 2012

RIM today provided a sneak preview of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, which it believes would make it competitive against iOS and Android

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Next iPhone to feature a 4-inch display, will go into production in June: WSJ 16 May 2012

The next iPhone will feature a larger display, possibly measuring 4-inches diagonally, the WSJ is reporting today

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Samsung loses $10 billion in market cap on reports of Apple’s memory chip order 16 May 2012

Samsung today lost almost $10 billion in market value as unverified reports trickled in about Apple giving a major order for memory chips to a rival

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Apple to launch ultra-thin MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Report 15 May 2012

Apple is preparing to launch a completely revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro model this year, 9to5Mac reports citing trusted sources that have handled prototype casings and components

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MacBook Pro and iMac Ivy Bridge benchmarks pop up on Geekbench website 14 May 2012

For quite sometime we have been waiting for the latest upgraded models of Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops and iMac All-in-One desktop

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Apple drops 4G LTE branding from new iPad, calls it Wi-Fi+Cellular 12 May 2012

When the new iPad was released, its 4G functionality was just restricted to the US and Canada, however Apple sold the device with the 4G tag globally, while in practice the device would only be compatible with 3G networks around the world

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Foxconn chief hints at Apple’s iTV: Report 12 May 2012

Many have been waiting for Apple’s foray into HDTV space, especially after reading Steve Jobs’ autobiography where he told Walter Isaacson that he had cracked the TV UI

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Airtel announces all new affordable tariffs for 3G customers 18 hrs, 39 mins ago

Airtel has announced a new range of affordable 3G plans for both postpaid and prepaid users

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Garmin launches nüvi 40LM and 50LM GPS devices in India 16 May 2012

Garmin has entered the Indian market with the launch of nüvi 40LM and 50LM GPS devices

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LG announces Optimus UI 3 16 May 2012

LG Electronics has announced the Optimus UI 3.0 for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which will debut with the incoming Optimus 4X smartphone in June

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Airtel and Axis Bank join hands to provide savings accounts for Airtel money users 16 May 2012

Bharti Airtel, via its subsidiary Airtel mCommerce Services Limited, and Axis Bank, today announced a partnership for extending banking and payment services to India’s unbanked millions via mobile devices using Airtel Money

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Evernote 4 16 May 2012

Popular note taking application, Evernote, has hit version 4.0 and with that keeping in with the interface changes brought in by Android 4

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RIM Software head details BB10 15 May 2012

In an interview with CNET, RIM’s Head of Software portfolio Vivek Bhardwaj detailed some features of the incoming BB10 platform on top of which future BlackBerry smartphones will be built

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