Microsoft certifies more than 75,000 apps for Windows Phone 8 in 2012

Microsoft has certified more than 75,000 apps for its latest smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 8. On its official blog, Microsoft claims that on average, a Windows Phone user downloaded more than 54 apps per person. The Windows Blog says, “Over the last year we’ve certified and published over 75,000 new apps and games (more than doubling the catalog size) and over 300,000...

TRAI asks broadband service providers to meet the Quality of Service benchmarks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has tightened the noose around the broadband service providers and asked them to meet the Quality of Service benchmarks failing which they will be facing fines. The regulator earlier this week released the “Quality of Service of Broadband Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (28 of 2012)”...

Rumoured Sony Xperia Yuga phablet to be launched as Xperia Z: Reports

Sony's Xperia Yuga rumours are back. According to the latest rumours abuzz on the web, Sony's flagship smartphone will be called Xperia Z; a much more market-friendly name. Moreover, the device is now thought to be dust and water resistant, and bearing a low-reflectivity screen. According to a GSMArena report, the device will come with...

Nokia readying a 10.1 inch iPad competitor?

If rumours are to be believed (which they should only be with a pinch of salt), it would seem that Nokia is preparing a 10.1 inch tablet for a February 2013 reveal. It would seem that Nokia has been in talks with Qualcomm for their Snapdragon S4 processor to power the tablet. The rumour around the supply-chain sector is that Nokia was...

GSM operators lose over 9 million subscribers in November: COAI

GSM operators have lost more than 9 million subscribers in November, bringing the subscribers base down to 663.78 million, reveals the data released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). At the end of October, subscriber base was 672.80 million. Top operator Bharti Airtel lost 2.80 million subscribers to take its subscriber...

Resident Evil 6 coming to the PC on March 22, 2013

Capcom’s survival horror game, Resident Evil 6 will make its debut on the PC on March 22, 2013. The game has already been available for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 since October 2012. Capcom has said that the game will be available as a download only in North America, while Europe will receive both digital and physical versions on the same date. The digital download of Resident Evil...

Ray Kurzweil joins Google as director of engineering

Ray Kurzweil, the famed inventor and futurist, said today that he would join Google, starting Monday, to work on "some of the hardest problems in computer science." Kurzweil's title will be director of engineering. In a long statement on his Web site, he said he would focus on machine learning and language processing: "I've been interested in technology, and machine learning in...

Apple updates iTunes to 11.0.1, fixes iCloud and Airplay issues, and more

Apple has released an update for iTunes, version 11.0.1. The update brings with it a bunch of bug fixes as well as the ability for a user to displaying duplicate songs. Apart from recognizing duplicate songs, the update fixes an issue where new purchases in iCloud may not appear in users library if iTunes Match is turned on. The update also makes iTunes more responsive when searching...

Yahoo Mail finally gets a revamp and new apps

Yahoo on Tuesday rolled out an entire suite of email apps for every major relevant platform: all-new Apple iOS and Windows 8 apps, plus redesigned clients for Android and the Web. Yes, Yahoo Mail still exists. The update is one of the first major product overhauls released by new CEO Marissa Mayer, who pledged to revamp Yahoo's languishing...

Secretive X-37B space plane ready for next flight

It's round three for the mysterious X-37B space plane. An Atlas V rocket carrying the unmanned craft, which looks like a miniature space shuttle, has gotten clearance for a planned liftoff tomorrow at just after 10 a.m. PT from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. If the previous two trips into space are any indication, don't expect the X-37B to come home anytime...

Apple and Google making joint bid for Kodak patents, report says

Apple and Google might be opponents competing for smartphone and tablet customers, but according to a Bloomberg report they have joined forces to acquire Eastman Kodak's 1,000 imaging patents for more than $500 million. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the possible alliance in August. Previously, the Journal reported that Apple and Google were each leading...

Apple iPad mini and 4th gen iPad now available in India

Apple latest generation of tablets – the iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad – are up for grabs online in India today. An advertisement is doing the rounds in major newspapers in the country, signifying the release of the iPad mini tablet in India. The information of the launch of the tablet however was not communicated to us via Apple’s PR. The advertisement shows the availability...

Google+ rolls out Communities feature; grows to 135 mln active users

Google has ceaselessly worked to improve its social networking venture Google+ and increase the user engagement on the site. Google's latest effort to ramp up Google+ comes in the form a new 'Communities' feature. With Communities, Google+ users can join/create groups devoted a particular set of interest such as work project, photography, soccer team and so on. "Today we're launching...

Google updates Translate for Android, adds slew of new features

Google has rolled out an updated Translate app for Android platform, adding a slew of new features such as camera-input support for new languages such as Chinese, Japenese and Korean. The update also includes handwriting support for 11 more languages. The updated Google Translate for Android allows users to translate text between 65 languages. The handwriting recognition support...

Apple updates iWork for iOS and OSX

If you are one who uses iWork instead of Microsoft office to work on documents, presentations and more, then you may want to pay close attention - Apple's iWork has been updated to version 9.3, this allowing iWork for Mac to support iWork for iOS 1.7 apps. If you have installed Apple iWork on your Mac via a disc, then you will be able to update the app in the traditional way...

WhatsApp denies Facebook acquisition rumours

Popular messaging app, WhatsApp is denying rumours that it is in talks with social networking giant, Facebook for a buyout. WhatsApp business head Neeraj Arora told Venture Beat, “The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate. We have no further information to share at the moment.” The response comes to a rumour that has been making the rounds which says that Facebook...

New character, city and screenshots revealed for Dead Island Riptide

For the fans of the Dead Island franchise, Techland has revealed four more screenshots from the upcoming Dead Island Riptide game. Along with the screenshots, we also get introduced to one new character, John Morgan. Morgan is described by Deep Silver, the game’s distributor, as an ex-navy seal whose career in the US Navy did not take off as he had envisioned. SO instead, he spends...