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Google’s YouTube Movie Rental Store Is Open For Business
Google’s YouTube has finally locked up all the studio deals to get itself fully into the online movie rental game. Movies from majors including Sony, Warner and Universal, as well as smaller entities...
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Yahoo Buys TV Check-In App IntoNow
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has purchased IntoNow, a four-month-old startup that has built an iPhone app that automatically recognizes the TV show a user is watching so that users can “check-in” and easily...
View ArticleGoogle reportedly to unveil Video Chat for Android smartphones at Google I/O
Despite providing the platform and the tools to third-party developers, allowing them too roll out their own video calling applications, Google hasn’t ported its video chat service to the Android...
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Nielsen Survey: Apple Slips In Desire Stakes To Android
More on the trend of users tipping over to Android devices in the U.S., with smartphones built on Google’s OS not only accounting for the most devices sold in last month, but the OS ranking as the...
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AT&T’s Suitcase Cell Tower Delivers Extra Coverage in a Pinch
An aerial view of a Japanese nuclear plant post-earthquake and tsunami. Photo: DigitalGlobe Emergencies and natural disasters are when we need reliable communication most — and that’s often the very...
View ArticleNexus S 4G launch on Sprint now official: May 8th for $200
Nexus S 4G from Google and Samsung with Android 2.3 for a Pure Google Experience Available to Sprint Customers in the U.S. on May 8 for $199.99 The highly anticipated Nexus S™ 4G1 from Google™ goes on...
View ArticleStudy says developer interest shifts back to Apple from Android
A study has revealed that developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and tepid interest in current Android tablets chip away at Google’s recent momentum gains. The report also...
View ArticleWhy The Nook Upgrade Is A Big Deal For The E-Reader Market
That’s right, I said e-readers. True, it looks like a tablet, runs like a tablet, and delivers a lot of the value tablets deliver, but the Nook Color’s 1.2 upgrade (which is actually a step up to...
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Every one out three mobile phone is a touch screen phone
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:50MobiGyaan TeamGeneral The 2011 touch panel market size is said to reach $10.42 billion showing a 76% growth. This means 1 out of 3 mobile phones will use touch panel. In...
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Mobile App Developers Seeing Two-Horse iOS-Android Race
A recent survey of mobile software developers by Appcelerator and IDC has some troubling news for those companies trying to catch Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in the mobile market:...
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First Lawsuit Filed Against Apple For Undocumented Location Database
With no real statement from Apple regarding the present consolidated.db tracking file furor, the obvious next step is to take it to the courts. Actually, the next step should be a rigorous federal...
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What is 4G and what is LTE? What can users expect with the next generation?
4G refers to the fourth generation of cell phones. A generation is defined by a significant step forward in the technology that allows for faster signals, higher quality signals and greater security...
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Seesmic Social App updates for Android and Windows Phone 7
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 15:46MobiGyaan TeamMobile Applications Seesmic for Android and Seesmic for Windows Phone 7 have been updated and bring new features to the App. Seesmic is an all in one Social...
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Irishhealth.com Launches Child Immunisation Tracker App For the iPhone
Health website Irishhealth.com has just launched a new Child Immunisation Tracker app for the iPhone. The tracker is the first service of its kind in Ireland and has been designed to help parents keep...
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Sony Enters Tablet War With Wedge- and Burrito-Shaped Devices
Sony has shown off a pair of tablets that will launch later this year. The S1 is little more than yet another Honeycomb tablet in a Sony-designed box, with a 9.4-inch widescreen display and a...
View ArticleSprint wants access to confidential information in AT&T/T-Mobile filing
Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) wants to see all of the more than 100-page document AT&T (NYSE:T) filed last week with the FCC as part of its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA–not just the...
View ArticleLast typewriter firm closes
Select all. Delete. Typewriter follows telex, rotary dialling, floppy disk, tape recorder and privacy into history. According to India’s Business Standard, the last company to make them — Godrej and...
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Apple’s Not Spying on You; You’re Spying for Apple
By now everyone has read something about the controversy about Apple tracking people through their iDevices. Unfortunately, most of the information out there is misleading and/or wrong and has been...
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SETI Shuts Down
The SETI Institute has pulled the plug on the renowned Allen Telescope Array, a field of radio dishes that scan the skies for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. In an April 22 letter to...
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Serve, A Mobile Payment App By American Express
American Express (AXP) has debuted its own mobile payments app, called Serve, that doesn’t even require you to be an American Express customer to use it. All of the technology runs off a separate...
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Nielsen Reports Shows Fickle iPhone, Android Preferences Among Smartphone Buyers
Mirror, mirror, on the wall… which is the top smartphone of them all? According to The Nielsen Company’s monthly survey of US mobile consumers from July-September 2010, consumers expressing interest in...
View ArticleSony Admits Security Breach In PlayStation Network, Qriocity Services
This cloud doesn’t have much of a silver lining right now: Sony (NYSE: SNE) has closed down two of its media services, its PlayStation Network for gaming and its Qriocity entertainment service, after a...
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Twitter for Android gets tabbed search and many more nifty features
Twitter has released a nifty update to its Android app bringing in a Tabbed view for Search results, add and remove saved searches and the ability to delete direct messages. You can also change your...
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Android Popularity Grows, While iOS and BlackBerry Dwindle
In the past six months, Android’s appeal has grown while desire for iOS and Blackberry devices shrinks. Source: The Nielsen Company What type of smartphone are you planning on purchasing next? If you...
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Windows Phone 7 Devices Do Not Store Location Info On Phone
Perhaps it’s a good sign for Microsoft: people are taking Windows Phone 7 seriously enough to demand answers as to Microsoft’s policies for location-tracking on smartphones running its software. See...
View ArticleApple Sued Over iPhone Tracking File—But Will It Help?
Any company getting attention over privacy issues these days can quickly expect the lawsuits to follow. Just two days after the iPhone’s tracking file got the attention of the national press, a class...
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Google: Smartphone users more ad friendly, Purchase driven shoppers
Google carried out survey with Ipsos OTX, an independent market research firm, among 5,013 US adult smartphone Internet users at the end of 2010. Google carried out the research to understand...
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The Death of Text?
Posted on Apr 26, 2011 in Blog Published in the Daily Mail Mobile text messaging could become extinct within a generation as millions of young people turn to other forms of electronic communication....
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My ad-supported Kindle is on its way
Today Amazon announced that it was moving up the ship date of its ad-supported Kindle. As luck would have it, my pre-order is moving up, too. If you’re not familiar with the new Kindle, it’s basically...
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How Near Field Communication Will Change The Payment Processing Industry
Near Field Communication Technology for Credit Card ProcessingThe way consumers use their credit card accounts could be changing in the near future. There have been rumors within the industry about...
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The Private Computer: Mobile Users Wary About Sharing, Tracking
A recent survey from TRUSTe, the Web privacy consulting company, shows that while there’s no denying that modern mobile users are addicted to their smartphones and tablets, they are more skittish about...
View ArticleNokia exports all Symbian assets and 3,000 staff to Accenture
Another press release in this morning — this time from Nokia. This will interest anyone who’s been following the developments related to Symbian. It’s quite a neat move because, after it’s all finally...
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Amazon Watches Sales Rise, While Net Income Falls
Digital commerce giant Amazon is out with first quarter 2011 earnings. The company posted $9.86 billion in the first quarter, a 38% spike from the same quarter in 2010. On the other hand, Amazon’s net...
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HP TouchPad passes FCC, will launch soon
HP’s first attempt at a tablet, the TouchPad, just passed through the FCC today. This means that a commercial launch is imminent. A leaked document that was discovered early March stated that the...
View ArticleFacebook and Twitter Get Updated on Android
Android mobile phone users who enjoy accessing Facebook from their mobile phones would certainly rejoice learning that a new version of the mobile client that allows them to access the social...
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Verizon Wireless details Unleashed $50 prepaid unlimited plan
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) launched a major new service dubbed “Verizon Unleashed,” which offers prepaid unlimited wireless calling, texting and data for $50 per month. The service is a direct attack...
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Nokia Downsizes: 4,000 Jobs Cut, And Symbian Takes Off For Accenture
Two big steps for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today in its ongoing strategic shift: the company announced it would transfer all Symbian software operations to Accenture, including the 3,000 people that work in...
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Windows Phone Application Store: How does it compare to the iPhone and...
In terms of navigating the site, Windows app store looks very much like the rest. There are suggestions for the customer for games and other applications. However, you must download free software...
View ArticleLivewire selects Dolby to optimise mobile music service
LiveWire Mobile has selected audio entertainment specialist Dolby Laboratories to optimize the delivery and playback of its full-track music service for mobile users. Dolby Media Generator will provide...
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Jiffy Lube Caught Spamming Customers With Text Messages
It’s been reported that Jiffy Lube has been caught sending text messages to customers who hadn’t opted-in to receive advertising. Derek Johnson, CEO of Tatango, wrote a blog post recently explaining...
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Nexus S launched in India for Rs.29590
Samsung has officially launched Samsung Nexus S in India along with Galaxy Pro , Fit , Ace , Pop and Pop (CDMA). Although these handsets have been available in India for a long time on Indian...
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Amazon Fires Back at Apple in ‘App Store’ Lawsuit, Quotes Steve Jobs
Apple sued Amazon at the end of March for using the trademarked “App Store” denomination to describe its own application store and, in response, Amazon joins Microsoft in firing back at Cupertino....
View ArticleNielsen survey claims Android now most-desired smartphone OS in US
Swaps places with iPhone as BlackBerry and Windows Phone languish behind. Android is now the most-desired smartphone OS in the US according to the latest research by Nielsen, which has been asking...
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Qualcomm has newer and faster processors under its sleeve [Leaks]
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 11:31MobiGyaan TeamGeneral A leaked presentation by Qualcomm shows details of their next generation of processors. All of the new processors namely the MSM8270, MSM8930,...
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IFixit’s See-Through Rear Panel for iPhone 4
IFixit’s clear case shows off your iPhone’s internal organs For $30 iFixit will sell you an x-ray vision-like glimpse into the guts of your iPhone 4. The plastic panel is a direct replacement for the...
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Intex launches low cost dual SIM Intex Vision Phone for Blind in India
Low cost mobile phone maker Intex Technologies has now launched a phone exclusively for the Visually Impaired in association with the National Association for Blind. The new Intex Vision as it is...
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Microsoft confirms Mango update will be called Windows Phone 7.5
We already knew that “Mango” update for the Windows Phone 7 would be a major update. After all it would be bringing the entertainment package, Internet Explorer 9 with with the Trident 5 rendering...
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Medialets Debuts “Muse,” A New Collaborative, Rich Media Mobile Advertising...
Mobile advertising solutions provider Medialets today launched a brand new platform aimed at significantly reducing the time and resources it takes to launch rich media display advertising campaigns....
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Nook Color Hands-On: E-Reader, Tablet, or Both?
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble released a software update for the Nook Color, bringing an app store, Google Android 2.2 and other tablet-like features. Since I never actually reviewed the Nook Color...
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Sprint TV & Movies In The WP7 Marketplace for Sprint HTC Arrive
You are in a Windows Phone Post When Sprint announced the HTC Arrive Windows Phone back at the end of February, we were told that it will come with Sprint TV and Movies, among others. The Sprint TV...
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