Andy Rubin, the guy in charge of Google’s Android operating system will finally step down from his post after a long, fruitful period of 8 years. He will be replaced by Sundar Pichai who has already worked on the Chrome browser and Chrome OS among several other things. Rubin is the person behind the enormous success of the biggest smartphone operating system on the planet [...]

That’s it. The wait is over. The Galaxy S IV will be released tomorrow so here we take a look back at the journey so far and see how has the series fared with the fans and reviewers alike. The History The original Galaxy S was the successor to the Galaxy i7500, a phone already forgotten in the pages of history. Samsung had learned from [...]

The list of Windows 8 running touchscreen laptops you can buy in the price bracket of $699 is not exactly big but companies like ASUS are trying their best to bring killer features without increasing the price too much. The new VivoBook S500 and S550 ultrabooks that it has released retail for $699 and $750 respectively. Specifications The cheaper of the two notebooks, the VivoBook [...]

Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, the most successful game of recent times has cut off the price of its popular Angry Birds and Angry Birds HD titles to free as an effort to boost sales of the games again. The move saw the Angry Birds app being chosen as the App of the week. The apps were already free on Android but its only [...]

Ever wished you could use Android and Windows on a same device? Here’s the deal: buy the upcoming Transformer AiO. The tablet can run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as a standalone device and Windows 8 with the PC Station. The Tablet The Transformer AiO is one of the biggest Android tablets right now. Packing a monstrous 18.4 inch display of Full HD resolution, its supported [...]

Ever wondered how much money the world’s biggest smartphone company spends on advertising? Here’s the answer: $11 billion. This 10-digit number is also bigger than any other company’s advertising expenditures. Even Apple didn’t spend nearly as much money on advertising. That also sums up to about 6.5% of the revenue that the Korean company earned during the year, 38% up from 2011. Perhaps a large [...]

For all of the Ubuntu fans reading this, good news for you. HP has just released the Pavilion 20 Linux AIO all-in-one PC which comes with Ubuntu installed. A Windows 8 version is available as well. The system running Ubuntu will retail for $530 while the Windows 8 versions will cost a notably less $450. Still, its one of the few PCs officially coming with [...]

Did you know that the world’s biggest smartphone company first made noodles (similar to Nokia which manufactured tyres)? And do you know what is the meaning of the word Samsung and how did the once small, unknown company became the Samsung which we’ve all come to know? Are you familiar with the gem-studded phone the company released in 2003? If no, then you need to [...]

Apple, the tech-giant, has been named the most admired company in the world for the 6th consecutive year by the American magazine Forbes. The company achieved an overall score of 8.24. It seems like the big drop in stock prices and the stubbornness of the company hasn’t hurt its reputation much, or at least as some people would’ve thought. The top 10 list was itself [...]

I’ve decided that I’ve seen enough and I am finally ready. Windows Phone camp is my next destination! You might be thinking why am I moving to an OS with low app count, dwindling market share and which lacks basic features as compared with Android 2.3.6. Its all agreeable but the good thing for me is that I don’t care. Downloading apps is not my [...]

After building it for years, the wait for IE fans is over as the ’10′ version of the browser is coming to the biggest operating system in the world. This is a big news for the users of Windows 7 who make up over half of the computer world. Internet Explorer 10 brings notable improvements including better JavaScript performance. It comes pre-installed with a built-in [...]

Although previously committed to making tablets for only Windows and the unpopular WebOS, HP has finally decided to fall into the mainstream by announcing its first Android tablet, the Slate 7. Its a 7 inch tablet which costs just $170 and offers a dual-core CPU and Beats Audio. Here are the specifications of the tablet: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 7 inch display with resolution of [...]

Its great to see the once small manufacturers suddenly coming to spotlight at big events such as MWC and ZTE is among those which stood out in particular. Other than showing several smartphones including the one running on the new Firefox OS, ZTE also showed its next flagship smartphone once again, the Grand S. The flagship puts ZTE in the same league as its competitors, [...]

Xiaomi MI-2 is one of the best overall packages shown off at the CES. Its an Android Jelly Bean running smartphone with a 4.3 inch screen and still costs a very affordable $313. Here are the specs: Skinned Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 4.3 inch display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels 10.2mm thick Weight: 145g 1.5Ghz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor 2 GB RAM with [...]

Sony Xperia Tablet Z was already announced some months ago but not outside Japan. Its only now at the MWC event that they’ve announced the worldwide availability for the tablet with more or less similar specs. The Xperia Tablet Z, according to Sony is the slimmest 10 inch tablet of the world at just 6.9mm thick. Just like the Xperia Z, it is also water [...]