Microsoft Surface tablets have cleared the FAA established standards for being used on flights. What this means is that the pilots can now think about replacing the large and bulky paper baggage that they have to carry in their flight bags into the cockpit. The FAA has given the Class I and Class 2 certification for the Microsoft Surface tablets and this is given to other handheld devices too. The … [Read more...]
Flappy Bird Phones Cannot be Sold on eBay
Flappy Bird game had become an instant success though we all are aware of its developer pulling it off Google Play store suddenly. With that news came lot of offers on eBay with phones loaded with the game and up for sale at astonishing prices of $100,000. While the numbers of such sales have been quite a few, eBay themselves have been acting watch dog and banning many of these offers as it … [Read more...]
Mozilla Considering Including Ad on its Browser to Boost Revenue
Firefox browser as of now does not support cookies from third party as these are mostly advertisements. Mozilla had taken a conscious decision to block such cookies in the Firefox 22. People at the top in Interactive Advertising Bureau had termed this move by Mozilla to be an attack of nuclear levels on the advertising world. Things seem to be changing soon as Mozilla’s VP, Darren Herman made an … [Read more...]
Klout Up For Grabs, Lithium Technologies Among Front Runners to Buy
Klout is a social media service provider that has quite a large customer base in its realm but not been riding the peak of waves off late. Given the competition in the market from other similar service providers, Clout had to look at other ways to increase its brand name as well as revenue. They had announced starting a content sharing service to this effect just a few days ago. A new update … [Read more...]
Nokia Normandy Set to be Launched During MWC 2014
Nokia is coming up with a new Android phone in the next few weeks. This is in spite of the fact that Microsoft is in the process of taking over Nokia in the next few days. The effect of this change of guard with the new phone also being unveiled is that the phone in all probability would not be Google based. It rather has possibility of being based on Nokia services and Microsoft apps. MWC is … [Read more...]
Microsoft SkyDrive Renamed OneDrive Following Trademark Issues
Cloud computing has also its share of dispute and contentions as seen in the case of BskyB versus Microsoft over the name of the cloud service that was being used. Microsoft came in second with the name of SkyDrive while BskyB had already registered their service as “Sky” in the EU. When Microsoft went for the SkyDrive name, BskyB contested and won the case. Microsoft has a few weeks’ time in … [Read more...]
Asus VivoTab 8 Listed at the Microsoft Store For $329
The Asus VivoTab Note 8 is now available from the Microsoft Store where it has been listed at $329. This applies to the 32 GB model. The tablet has very thin bezel which along with the rest of the design makes it perfect for one handed use. It also comes with a digitizer stylus which is based on Wacom technology. The tablet had first been officially heard about during the CES 2014 which had been … [Read more...]
LG Reduces Price of its Curved OLED TV By Almost Half in the US
LG had launched an innovative set in the television category of products just a year back. The set sporting the model number 55EA9800 had been launched with a price tag of $14,999. The uniqueness of the set is its 55 inch curved display panel based on OLED technology. The same set had been launched in Britain for £7,999. However, just six months down the line and the price of the set has been … [Read more...]
T-Mobile Retains Exclusive Right to Use ‘Plum’ Color on its Brand, Negates Claims of Aio Wireless
Even the color that is splashed on a brand can spark a court battle and contested for ownership. Case in point is the fight that had ensued between Aio Wireless and T-Mobile regarding use of the color magenta in their promotional endeavors. The color was contested by T-Mobile as their proprietary right which had been infringed by Aio Wireless. The case was being contested at a federal court in … [Read more...]
Snapchat Loophole Can Be Exploited to Crash iPhones, Warn Experts
Users of Snapchat on the iPhone need beware about a possible glitch in the app which makes it vulnerable to hackers. The glitch has been uncovered by Jaime Sanchez and his team at Telefonica, a Spain based telecom company claiming the app can flood the device with huge number of messages that would lead to the device freeze or require a hard reset as a worst case scenario. The one major advantage … [Read more...]
