New Delhi: If a new report from The Verge is to be believed, Microsoft is working on a touch-enabled smartwatch and has asked Asian suppliers to ship components for the device. However, Microsoft has refused to comment on the rumours.
"Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton spoke at length on the 37-year history of smartwatches last month, possibly foreshadowing a return to the market," said The Verge.
It seems that all the major tech companies are endeavouring to come up with their own versions of wearable electronics. Speculations are rife that LG is also working on its own smart wristwatch. Though LG's watch is expected to come powered by Google's Android OS, there are speculations that it could run Mozilla's Firefox OS.
Besides, rumours are doing the rounds that Samsung and Apple are also in the race and may come up with their own versions of the smart wristwatch soon. Samsung is reportedly developing a wearable digital device similar to a wristwatch....
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11:14 AM, Apr 15, 2013
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini's rumoured specifications reveal a mid-range handset. ...
03:47 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez countered on Friday a crescendo of rumours that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life. "There he is, continuing his fight, his battle, and we are sure of victory!" his older brother Adan Chavez, the governor of Barinas state, told cheering supporters. ...
02:26 PM, Mar 02, 2013
The 'X-Men' star, who has two adopted children with his wife of 16 years, is again in the midst of such rumours again after they bugged the actor last year, reported the Huffington Post. ...
11:08 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Internet is abuzz with reports of the Samsung Galaxy S III successor ,unofficially dubbed, "Galaxy S IV". Recently, SamMobile reported that Samsung would unveil the Galaxy S IV handset on March 15, adding, the device is expected to be launched in Europe and Asia in April and around May or June in North America and Australia. ...
02:05 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Facebook's mystery "press event" on Tuesday could reveal a more robust search feature that would intensify the competition between the social networking giant and its rival Google Inc. ...
03:50 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Rumours of the Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath's death spread like wildfire across social media late on Friday. ...
03:06 PM, Jan 05, 2013
New Delhi: Apple is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since debuting the iPad two years ago. The company is highly expected to unveil the smaller version of it popular iPad tablet unofficially dubbed "iPad mini". Here's a round up of the rumours around the much-rumoured iPad mini. 1. In the case of the 'iPad Mini' (the real name is not known), tech bloggers and analysts expect...
03:47 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's husband Feroz Gulzar has rubbished rumours about differences in their relationship as a campaign to malign his wife. Gulzar, an industrialist from Punjab province, was quoted by Geo News channel on Thursday as saying that the campaign to malign his wife was "rubbish" that does not merit comment. He further said there was "no premise for such trash" and that he would not...
02:59 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: The cyberspace is abuzz with people commenting on the rumoured romance between Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old scion of Pakistan's 'first' family, and Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, the 35-year-old mother of two who is married to Firoze Gulzar, one of Pakistan's most influential businessmen. While someone from Pakistan on Twitter suggested that if Hina actually got married to Bilawal, "here is what her name would be- Hina...
10:35 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: With only two more days to go for the launch of the the next-generation Apple iPhone, rumours about the iPhone 5 are doing frenzied rounds in the technology world. Apple, recently, sent out a cryptic invitation to the press with the message "It's almost here", and the number 12 - corresponding to the date of the event - printed on it. The number cast a large shadow of...
03:07 PM, Sep 10, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Assam Home Secretary GD Tripathi said that special arrangements have been made to ensure the security of Indians from Northeast. ...
10:18 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Denying his country's role in spreading inflammatory messages against Northeast Indians, advisor to the Pakistan President on interior affairs Rahman Malik said that the perception that Pakistan exploited the situation in Assam to create trouble for India is absolutely wrong, motivated and baseless. Malik in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN said if there is any evidence from India and if it is sent through proper channel, the government of Pakistan...
07:46 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Restriction on SMS to five per day is not only causing problems for millions of mobile phone users but may also leading to loss of 7-8 per cent revenue of telecom operators for the month, operators' association COAI has said. The government had banned bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days across the country from August 18 to check spread of rumours which has led to exodus of...
11:12 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of morphed images triggering an unprecedented exodus of Northeast Indians from major cities in other states, the government has blocked 254 websites, including 98 on Monday, for uploading doctored videos and pictures. The Monday crackdown on websites follows a similar blocking of around 80 internet pages and user accounts spreading hate messages on a slew of social networking sites, including Facebook, Google and Twitter. The...
07:50 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Pune: The mass exodus of Northeast Indians may have subsided but places like Mhadunge village near Pune wear a deserted look. One in every 5 of its inhabitants who hail from the Northeast has fled. Rohidas Tupe, member, Gram Sabha, says, "Around 50 per cent of our economy depends on the rents we receive from these migrants." The villagers have asked the police to increase daily patrolling. They themselves are...
07:23 AM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: The government has learnt to have ordered blocking of 80 more Internet pages and user-accounts on Sunday on social networking sites including Facebook, Google and Twitter to avoid panic among Northeast Indians. All these sites were found hosting inflammatory and hateful content, spreading rumours and inciting violence targeting the Northeast Indians, government sources said. On Saturday, the government had issued instructions to block 76 Internet sites, which included...
08:47 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Indicating that the Pakistan Interior Ministry is aware of the tension in Assam and some other parts of India, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said that Pakistan is not interested in it as it is an internal matter of India. "I am very clear. We are not interested in internal matters of India," Makil said. "If at all any call initiated from Pakistan, please share evidence, we...
07:31 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday warned of swift action against people behind the violence in Assam and those "spoiling" harmony in the wake of the exodus of Northeast Indians in some states. "What is happening to Northeast Indians is shameful. The guilty should be punished," she said. Sonia said the country belonged to all Indians and that they have a right to live in...
06:36 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: A Pakistan-based hardline group is suspected to have been involved in doctoring images and spreading them across social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and You Tube to incite Muslims and create scare among Northeastern Indians, said a Home Ministry report. Most of the online content started getting posted from July 13 and fake profiles were created for spreading morphed pictures, according to a Home Ministry report prepared in...
06:02 PM, Aug 19, 2012
