New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
04:56 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: After a long reign at the top of the Web browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is finally making way for a new leader, Google Chrome. Chrome which was launched in 2008, has in a span of a few years posed a serious threat to the dominance of Internet Explorer which Mozilla's open source Firefox, inspite of its loyal following, couldn't. According to the latest statistics released by Web analytics...
11:37 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Rumours about the television set from Apple have been floating for quite a long time, but now there seems to be some confirmation. Foxconn, which manufactures the iPhone and iPad for Apple, reportedly, is making preparations for Apple's iTV. Terry Gou, Chairman, Foxconn, said, in an interview published by China Daily, that Foxconn is making preparations for iTV, the long-rumoured Apple's high-definition television. In addition, the report also...
02:09 PM, May 12, 2012
Taipei: Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building in a protest over wages just a month after the two firms announced a landmark agreement on improving working conditions. The protest happened in the central city of Wuhan at one of Foxconn's plants. The company employ some 1.2 million workers in China assembling iPhones and iPads, among...
02:48 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: The first poster of Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' is out. The film features Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Christoph Waltz in the lead roles. Scheduled to be released on December 25, 2012, the film revolves around a slave Django. Have a look at the minimalist poster of 'Django Unchained'. ...
07:43 PM, Apr 12, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc and its China manufacturing partner, Foxconn, agreed to improve wages and working conditions at factories accused of being sweatshops, a move that could set a new higher-cost benchmark for other Western users of Chinese labour. Under Thursday's landmark agreement, Foxconn, which makes Apple devices from the iPhone to the iPad, will hire tens of thousands of new workers, eliminate illegal overtime, improve safety protocols and upgrade...
12:55 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Shanghai: Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices. China is the world's largest mobile market and already Apple's second-biggest market overall, but its growth there is clouded by issues ranging from a contested iPad trademark to treatment of local labor. Picture handouts...
01:15 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Almost a month after releasing the 10th version of its Firefox browser, Mozilla has now come up with the latest version of its browser - Firefox 11. The new version lets you migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from the rival Google Chrome. With Sync enabled, add-ons can now be synchronised across your computers. The CSS text-size-adjust property is also now supported. The company has further redesigned media...
12:43 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Mumbai: Mozilla's move to a rapid cycle release for some of their products means that there are new releases every few couple of months, instead of once a year. The changes aren't many, but the few major changes means that the product evolves rather quickly. Firefox 9 was released back in mid-December 2011, and the next major release - Firefox 10 was expected this week and there's news that it's...
02:37 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is launching a Spanish-language broadcast TV network that aims to bring the flavor of the Fox network to Hispanic audiences in the US. The move is touted as a bold entry into a market dominated by top-ranked Univision and No. 2 Telemundo, in the same way that Fox rattled broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC with its debut a quarter century ago. The company said...
12:04 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Beijing: Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labour unrest as China's economy slows. The dispute was set off after contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group announced it would close the assembly line for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 models at its plant in the...
11:42 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Los Angeles: Hip hop star Dr Dre and designer Oscar de la Renta have come under fire from animal rights group PETA for making a set of headphones with fox fur. The limited edition headphones, designed in collaboration by Dre and Oscar, are a part of the former's collection Beats by Dre, said The Hollywood Reporter. The headphones are described on Oscar de la Renta's website as covered 'in luxe...
06:10 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Pasadena: Both Fox and Ryan Seacrest say they want Seacrest to stay as host of 'American Idol' after this year. Whether that will happen was unclear Sunday even as both sides promoted this month's launch of the 11th season of the country's most popular television show. "It's a tough negotiation and one that will come to conclusion, I think, pretty quickly," Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said. Seacrest is not...
04:07 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: Bicycle-maker Firefox Bikes launched one of the costliest cycles in the country, priced at Rs 4.25 lakh. The cycle - TREK ELITE 9.9 SSL - which is a full carbon frame bike, weighs only 10 kg. "Elite 9.9 SSL, a boon for hi-end bikers, being one of the best in its category, it's a bike for bike lovers who appreciate precision and quality," Firefox Bikes Managing Director Shiv...
02:45 PM, Jan 07, 2012
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