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Weekly roundup: Android smartphones launched in India last week

Smartphones ranging from the Nexus 4 to Panasonic's P51 launched in India last week. Here is a list of the smartphones that hit the Indian shores last week.

LG launched the Google Nexus 4 smartphone in the Indian market at a price of Rs 25,999. It has a 4.7-inch display. The Nexus 4 is armed with Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 1.5GHz Quad-Core Krait CPUs, and 2GB of RAM.

12:49 PM, May 19, 2013

Earth Day 2013: 13 years of Google's Earth Day doodles

Celebrating the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day, Google has posted a flower-themed Google Doodle on its home page. It is noon on a bright spring day on the Google Earth Day 2013 doodle. Clicking on the play button on the blazing sun sets the day and the doodle in motion.

In 2012, Google posted a flower-themed doodle on its home page. It features an animated image of blooming flowers in purple, red and yellow colours that spell Google.

In 2011, Google went interactive for it's 11th Earth Day doodle that had in it ticklish pandas, frolicking penguins, a growling lion, a cascading waterfall, waterfall climbing fish, a fish devouring bear, birds, butterflies, a koala and a jumping frog.

01:29 PM, Apr 22, 2013

The best works of Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian dedicated her life to the study and depiction of the metamorphosis of insects. She studied plants and insects and made elaborated paintings about them. Google today celebrated her 366th birthday with a doodle, which features caterpillars, chrysalises, moths, butterflies and a green iguana in conjunction with the specific plants upon which they feed. Here are some of her paintings:

Pomegranate with blue morpho butterflies and banded sphinx moth caterpillar for the insects of Suriname.

Banana with Automeris liberia Moth from ihe insects of Suriname, 1705.

02:37 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Nicolaus Copernicus' 540th birthday: Saluting the Polish astronomer

Here we bring you some rarely seen pictures of astronomer and Renaissance mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated a heliocentric model.

Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) who first expounded the heliocentric theory which states that the sun, not the earth is the centre of our solar system.

Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) who proposed a heliocentric view of the Universe - that the Sun is at the centre of the Universe and that the Earth revolves around it annually, spinning on its axis once daily.

01:39 PM, Feb 19, 2013

First look: Ubuntu OS smartphones

In an attempt to get a foothold in the smartphone market which is already dominated by Google's Android, Canonical Ltd is soon going to release its Ubuntu OS for smartphones.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, smartphones running Ubuntu OS are on their way and will be available to customers in October this year.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder and CEO of Canonical, said that app developers will get access to the OS later this month.

01:29 PM, Feb 07, 2013

Pavilion 14 Chromebook: HP's first Chrome OS device unveiled

Extending its PC and workstation portfolio, HP has announced its first Chromebook - Pavilion 14 Chromebook.

The Chromebook is available in the United States with a starting price of $329.99.

It boasts a display that is approximately 2 inches wider (diagonally) than any other Chromebook in the market; it has a 14-inch display.

03:49 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Republic Day India: All of Google's Republic Day and Independence Day doodles

Google has since 2003 posted 10 doodles commemorating India's Republic Day and Independence Day. The Republic Day India doodle is the third Republic Day doodle to feature on Google India's home page.

08:49 AM, Jan 26, 2013

Preview: Here is what LG has in store for CES 2013

Here is a list of product that will be showcased by LG at the CES 2013, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas from January 8.

LG Electronics will showcase its advanced digital sign-age lineup at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 8-11, 2013. The strong selection includes the flagship 55-inch 3D Video Wall, the 84-inch Ultra HD Multi-touch Signage, the EZ Sign TV, Smart Gate Media Pole, Smart Mirror and other leading commercial display solutions.

03:11 PM, Jan 06, 2013

Google's top 10 Android apps of 2012

Google has posted a list of the best Android apps of 2012. In the App Focus page on Google Play, Google merchandising manager Tavares Ford said,

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04:46 PM, Dec 28, 2012

Top 12 Yahoo trends in India in 2012

Yahoo India has announced its list of tech topics that trended on Yahoo in 2012. Here goes the list.

1. iPhone 5 and the iPad mini: Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini in September. The iPhone 5 was launched in India in November, while the 7-inch iPad mini hit the Indian market in December.

2. Google glass: Google announced a wearable computer - a pair of Internet-connected glasses - that Google Inc. began secretly building more than two years ago. The technology progressed far enough for Google to announce

04:43 PM, Dec 20, 2012

The 12 best Google doodles of 2012

Here is a list of the 12 best Google doodles that appeared on the Google homepage in 2012.

It was a music video doodle on the Google home page this Valentine's Day. The Valentine's Day Google doodle was in the form of a short animated love story of a boy trying to woo a girl set to Tony Bennett's rendition of Hank Williams' classic blues ballad Cold, Cold Heart.

01:37 PM, Dec 18, 2012

Ada Lovelace: The Enchantress of Numbers

From the first program that Ada Lovelace created for the Analytical Engine to present day laptops and tablet PCs, Google has doodled the evolution of computers on the occasion of the world's first computer programmer's 197th birth anniversary.

Ada King, the countess of Lovelace, was born on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England and was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, but as her parents separated soon after her birth and she did not get to know her father well.

05:51 PM, Dec 10, 2012

Inside new Google office in Toronto

Take a look inside Google's new office in Toronto. Google employee Andrea Janus demonstrates the use of the mini-putt green on the balcony at the new Google office in Toronto.

The billiards room is seen at the new Google office in Toronto.

An employee demonstrates the use of an exercise cycle, that powers a blender making a fruit smoothie, inside the employee gym at the new Google office in Toronto.

05:01 PM, Nov 14, 2012

The 13 best Google doodles created by Indian students

Created by: By Gulafsha Bano, St. Anthony's Day School; After announcing the the Doodle4Google competition for 2012 almost a month back, Google has now come up with a list of 13 finalists from across India. The winning Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on Children's Day (November 14). People can vote for the doodle they think best represents India's Unity in Diversity till 10th November by logging on to: www.google.co.in/doodle4google/ .

By M. Pranshu Tanaya, D.A.V. Public School; Google here presents the unified India showered by uneducated to educated person. G: 'Grapes' from Himachal Pradesh O: 'Orange' from Maharashtra O: 'Olive' from Jammu and Kashmir G: 'Guava' from Uttar Pradesh L: 'Lichi' from Jharkhand E: the sugarcane leaf showing contribution from U.P, Bihar, Odisha and other parts of India

By Vasudevan Deepak, Devgiri CMI Public School; India is like a large banyan tree that shelters and protects everyone who comes to it. It brings different kinds of living things together under the same roof.

06:15 PM, Nov 07, 2012

What's new in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

Google on Monday announced a new version of its Android operating system - Android 4.2, which is a minor update to Andorid 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Android 4.2 (also known as Jelly Bean) is a new flavour of Andoir 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Let's see what all Google's latest Android operating system - Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) has to offer.

A new feature called Photo Sphere stitches together 360-degree pictures of rooms and landscapes. The high-resolution photos created with this tool are similar to the shots shown in Google's Street View feature in its online maps.

The Android update includes a feature called Gesture Typing, which tries to anticipate what words a user wants to enter as they are entering text. The guesses are based on an analysis of typical sentence structures and users' past entries.

03:22 PM, Oct 31, 2012

Nexus 10: Google takes direct aim at Apple's iPad

Google has announced the launch of the larger Nexus tablet - Nexus 10.

The tablet has a 10.055-inch display at 2560x1600 pixels (300ppi).

Google says the tablet has a battery life of nine hours of video playback and more than 500 hours of standby time.

03:46 PM, Oct 30, 2012

The $299 Nexus 4: Google and LG's first Nexus phone

Designed collaboratively by LG and Google, Nexus 4, the newest smartphone in the Nexus line-up from Google, was announced on Monday for availability starting next month in select markets.

This is the first time LG has collaborated to build a Google Nexus device.

The Nexus 4 runs on the latest version of Android 4.2 that is also called Jelly Bean.

02:56 PM, Oct 30, 2012

Google Glass hits the ramp

Models walked the ramp at Diane von Furstenberg's Spring/Summer 2013 collection show wearing Google Glass, a pair of smart glasses designed to carry out many of the functions currently done on a smartphone, such as sharing pictures and accessing information.

A model displays Google Glass at the Diane von Furstenberg Spring/Summer 2013 collection show during New York Fashion Week.

A model wearing Google Glass participates in a run through before the Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2013 collection is modelled during Fashion Week in New York.

04:40 PM, Sep 10, 2012

Maria Montessori's birthday: Inside early Montessori schools

circa 1920: Professor Maria Montessori (1870-1952) in academic gown. She was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Italy - from the University of Rome and developed the system of education for young children based on spontaneity of expression and freedom from restraint. Educational tools adorn the Google home page on Friday commemorating her 142nd birth anniversary.The following photographs from 1916 to 1978 give a glimpse into the world of Montessori schools pioneered by Maria Montessori.

June 1916: Three children in sunhats soak up the rays in the garden of the Montessori Children's Villa.

September 1919: Children develop their problem solving skills by playing games that are both educational and fun, at a Montessori school.

03:36 PM, Aug 31, 2012

Google's Independence Day India doodles

Most of the Google doodles had the Indian national flag as the inspiration. But the 2011 and 2012 doodles used other national symbols in place of the Tricolour. Last year a sketch of Delhi's Red Fort took guard on the Google home page on 15th August.

12:33 PM, Aug 15, 2012

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