Tablets are still in hot demand and the fourth quarter of the last year saw 26.8 million tablets flying off the shelves, which means that tablet demand increased 150 percent on year over year basis. While Apple’s iPad saw yet another phenomenal quarter, it was Android tablets’ turn to steal the limelight. During the fourth [...]

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It’s Christmas time, London, 21 December 2011, as semi-last-minute shoppers dash around the capital gathering gifts for their loved and not so loved ones thousands of commuters are being entertained by a talented team of street-football players in a brilliant flash-mob at London’s Victoria Station. The stunt by Samsung which was essentially the construction of [...]

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Intel, despite its best intentions, has not been able to snag smartphone or tablet market. Similarly, Lenovo and Motorola have failed to make it big in burgeoning market.  But now these three companies have decided to pool their resources for capturing a piece of smartphone pie. The announcement has been made at ongoing Consumer electronics [...]

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A couple of days back, we had heard about Majel, Google’s attempt to compete with Apple’s voice controlled personal assistant app. And now it is Microsoft’s turn to make its mark in the field. According to some reports, the company has introduced ‘Ask Ziggy’ for Windows Phone 7. Just like Siri, Ask Ziggy will be [...]

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2011 proved to be a good year for Android and iOS and both the platforms had a great closing week. According to a report released by mobile analytics firm Flurry, the final week of the year saw 1.2 billion downloads of iOS and Android apps, up 60 percent from weekly average for the first two [...]

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The month of December brought some badly needed joy for BlackBerry. The beleaguered mobile phone company saw marginal increase in its market share in the last month of previous year. Symbian OS also increased its numbers.  Surprisingly, thriving iOS and Android operating systems saw a little decline in their fortunes. Though worry not, it’s still [...]

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Mobile commerce is on the rise and the stats are proving that iOS users are the main force behind this revolution. According to a recent survey conducted by ecommerce company RichRelevance, iPhone and iPad users were responsible for 92 percent of the mobile transactions carried out in the month of December.  The survey also showed [...]

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Google’s very own Eric Schmidt divulged a few interesting tidbits during his interview with an Italian newspaper. He alluded to the fact that the internet search engine giant is in the process of building its own branded tablet and the new contraption is likely to make its debut in next six months. The move is [...]

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