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New iPad to go on sale Friday: Apple
Published on 16 Mar, 2012 at 10:06 in Tech | Viewed 73 views times | No Comments
San Francisco: Apple on Wednesday made an official announcement that the third-generation iPad will arrive at Apple’s retail stores and its online store on Friday in the US and nine additional countries and regions.
According to the company, the new iPad will hit the store Friday at 8 a.m. in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Britain, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, reported Xinhua.
Customers…
Apple plans new-generation iPad event
Published on 1 Mar, 2012 at 12:24 in Tech | Viewed 91 views times | No Comments
San Francisco: Apple has announced an event March 7 that may see the introduction of the company’s next generation of iPad tablet computer.
The event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, reported Xinhua.
According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, an Apple invitation to the event read that “We have something you really have to see. And touch”.
The highly-anticipated new iPad…
Steve Jobs to be honoured with Grammy award posthumously
Published on 23 Dec, 2011 at 1:02 in Tech | Viewed 140 views times | No Comments
Los Angeles: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously honoured with a Grammy award for his contribution to music technology, The Recording Academy announced Wednesday.
Jobs, who died Oct 5 of pancreatic cancer, will receive a Trustees Award for helping create products “that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies and books”, Xinhua quoted the academy as saying in a statement.
Apple Computer Inc. first received a Technical Grammy Award…
Zuckerberg’s private Facebook photos go viral
Published on 8 Dec, 2011 at 0:14 in Tech | Viewed 123 views times | No Comments
London: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private photos were made public after a web expert managed to gain access to his page due to a glitch in the site, a media report said on Wednesday.
The bug in the website’s photo reporting tool, which Facebook says was only temporary and has now been fixed, meant that users could access others’ pictures even if they were private.
Users were able to look at…
Most people go online for no reason!
Published on 7 Dec, 2011 at 0:12 in Tech | Viewed 97 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: According to a new study, about 75 per cent of Internet users, including most young adults, log on to the web for no particular reason.
As per the report from Pew Research Centre’s Internet and American Life Project found that on any day, 53 per cent of 18 to 29 year-olds go online just to have fun or pass time.
The survey also revealed that the amount of time people…
What tweets say about Australians!
Published on 20 Nov, 2011 at 23:35 in Tech | Viewed 101 views times | No Comments
It seems, Australians post about 5000 tweets a minute!
According to a study on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, people in Canberra were the most anxious, aggressive and sad. This result was based on the analysis of words associated with emotions found in tweets sent by Australians.
The information was collected by processing the tweets posted by Australians over an eight-week period into software created by University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The…
Apple releases ‘iTunes Match’
Published on 15 Nov, 2011 at 22:22 in Tech | Viewed 188 views times | No Comments
San Francisco: Apple on Monday released a new version of its media player programme iTunes, adding the much-anticipated scan-and-match service for music iTunes Match.
The feature, included in iTunes 10.5.1, can scan a user’s library to find music and match the content to the music available in an iTunes Store.
If it finds a match, users don’t need to upload the music and can listen to them anywhere, even better-quality versions,…
iPad encrusted with T-rex bone
Published on 3 Nov, 2011 at 3:49 in Tech | Viewed 167 views times | No Comments
London: An iPad worth five million pounds has been customised by a specialist designer with gold, diamonds and shavings of a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone.
Believed to be the world’s most expensive gadget, the device was created by a Briton, Stuart Hughes, Sky News reported.
The iPad 2 is encrusted with 12.5-carat diamonds. A total of 53 gems form the iconic Apple logo.
The back section consists of 24-carat gold and the main…
Google Maps takes us inside shops
Published on 2 Nov, 2011 at 2:41 in Tech | Viewed 155 views times | No Comments
Google’s online map service is allowing small businesses such as shops, gyms, restaurants to provide viewers glimpses of what exists beyond facades seen on its Street View.
A test program launched in April of last year was bearing fruit in a growing array of panoramic images taken inside businesses that volunteered to be part of the project.
“We’ve been seeing renewed interest in the past few days because, as promised, we’re…
Bangalore gets its Metro – Namma Metro
Published on 22 Oct, 2011 at 8:10 in Tech | Viewed 129 views times | No Comments
Bangalore finally got its metro on 20 October. ‘Namma Metro’ has come as a great relief for Bangaloreans who are affected by too much traffic. The first train plied between Baiyyappanahalli and M.G. Road. Namma Metro is expected to reduce the traffic volume in areas like Majestic, Sampige Road, Hudson Circle and M.G. Road.
According to the official website, the main aim of the Bangalore Metro is to encourage commuters…
