New Delhi: Facebook has announced the Facebook Home app for Android, with an idea to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on the device. Android users can download the app from the Google Play store starting April 12. But only six devices - HTC One, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note II and HTC First will initially support the new...
11:34 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Facebook is unveiling what it calls its 'new home on Android' at an event at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters. Live updates. ...
10:27 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Internet is abuzz with reports that Facebook will unveil a modified version of Google's Android OS, which embeds Facebook deeply into the operating system, on a phone made by HTC, at its "new home on Android" event on April 4. With less than 12 hours to go, and leaked images of the Facebook phone have started hitting the web. Now, 9to5Google has posted images of what it...
11:44 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Cambodia: Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos look sharp and video come to life. From a hardware standpoint, it's everything I'd want a laptop to be. But the Pixel isn't very practical - at least not yet - for most people. It works well when you have a...
10:02 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Google has come out with a high-end laptop running its Chrome OS operating system. The Chromebook Pixel has a high-resolution screen comparable to Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display. Here's how the two laptops stack up: Price: The basic, Wi-Fi model of the Chromebook Pixel costs $1,299. One that can also access the LTE cellular network goes for $1,449. The comparable, 13-inch MacBook Pro with high-resolution display starts at $1,499....
09:48 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Chicago: A Chicago-based social media company called Timelines Inc can sue Facebook Inc over allegations that it violated the smaller firm's trademark on the word 'timeline', a federal judge ruled. Timelines launched a website called Timelines.com in 2009 that enables users to track historical events and their personal lives online. Two years later, Facebook Inc launched a major new feature it called 'timeline', which similarly allows users to highlight their...
08:04 AM, Apr 04, 2013
If rumours are to be believed, Facebook will launch a modified version of Android on Thursday, which embeds Facebook deeply into the operating system, on a phone made by HTC Corp. ...
12:59 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Facebook's lost lustre doesn't necessarily foreshadow its obsolescence. ...
07:37 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Facebook reportedly failed to end a trademark infringement lawsuit that began in September 2011 over its use of the Timeline and related terms. ...
05:35 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Even as AirAsia's plans to launch an airline in India along with the Tata Group is yet to fructify, the Malaysian carrier has announced upto 70 per cent discount on international flights from India. ...
11:20 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Shares rallied on Tuesday after a sedate start, with investors appearing to have regained their appetite for midcap stocks. The BSE Sensex finished above the psychological 19,000-mark, up 176 points over its previous close. The Nifty rose 43 points to close at 5748. ...
09:42 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Bad Bard! William Shakespeare was repeatedly dragged before the courts and fined for illegally hoarding food during times of shortage, and even threatened with jail for evading his taxes, a new study on the famous English playwright has claimed. "There was another side to Shakespeare besides the brilliant playwright - as a ruthless businessman who did all he could to avoid taxes, maximise profits at others' expense and exploit the...
12:40 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Create personal profiles. Build networks of friends. Share photos, videos and music. That might sound precisely like Facebook, but hundreds of millions of tech-savvy young people have instead turned to a wave of smartphone-based messaging apps that are now sweeping across North America, Asia and Europe. ...
10:04 AM, Apr 01, 2013
The new Advanced Facebookers program is being currently tested amongst a small group of users in New Zealand. ...
12:01 AM, Apr 01, 2013
An 18-year-old Delhi University student has alleged that he was sexually assaulted by his Facebook friend on Saturday. The incident took place when the boy went to meet the accused whom he had befriended on the social networking site. ...
07:35 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence credits mother Karen for convincing her to accept Katniss Everdeen's role in 'The Hunger Games' franchise. ...
06:24 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Amazon.com Inc said it plans to acquire the book recommendation website, Goodreads. In buying Goodreads, Amazon gets a community of bibliophiles primed to buy and recommend books - one of its key areas of business. ...
10:14 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its "new home on Android." ...
09:39 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Bushnell's book "Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent," doesn't provide intimate details about what Jobs was like after he dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., and went to work as a technician in 1974 at Atari in Los Gatos, California. ...
01:05 PM, Mar 28, 2013
