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Google announces a cloud-based note-taking service ‘Keep’

On Friday, March 22nd, 2013
[adsenseyu1] Google today announced a new cloud-based note-taking service dubbed “Keep.” The notes can be taken in an Android app (Google Play link), for example, and are then synced across all devices using Google Drive. The service also allows speech-to-text translation on-the-go. Keep track of your thoughts via notes, lists and photos Have voice notes ...

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch resigns to join Apple

On Friday, March 22nd, 2013
[adsenseyu1] In a filing with the SEC today, Adobe announced that its Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Kevin Lynch has resigned from the company to “pursue other opportunities,” which has since been revealed to be Apple. Lynch spent ten years as the Chief Software Architect of Macromedia until the company was acquired by Adobe. He has been Adobe’s CTO ...

Apple-HTC Patent Agreement reveals Bad News for Samsung

On Friday, December 7th, 2012
A redacted version of the patent licensing agreement between Apple and HTC was released by Samsung ahead of today’s scheduled courtroom hearing between Apple and Samsung. [adsenseyu2] The two companies will present arguments to U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose concerning the $1.05 billion verdict levied against Samsung earlier this year. Samsung ...

Apple’s “Spaceship” Building Campus Plans Posted

On Monday, November 26th, 2012
The city of Cupertino recently posted the latest plans submitted by Apple for its new Campus 2 project, revealing the plans would likely see a delayed completion. Although not much has changed from the original submission, which was filed in June 2011, the updated plans give insight into Apple’s construction timeline with the current completion ...

Apple, HTC Settle Patent Dispute With 10 Year Licensing Agreement

On Sunday, November 11th, 2012
Apple, HTC Settle Patent Dispute With 10 Year Licensing Agreement   In a joint press release yesterday evening, Apple and HTC announced that a 10 year licensing agreement has been reached between the two warring parties. The agreement is good for around the world sales of both HTC and Apple devices and the deal includes a 10-year ...

Facebook reports Q3 2012 financial results: beats expectations, but $59 million net loss

On Friday, October 26th, 2012
Facebook today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, announcing a revenue of $1.3 billion, which beats analyst expectations. Despite that, Facebook still reported a net loss of $59 million in the quarter. 86% of Facebook’s revenue in the quarter came from advertising, but for the first time ever, the company made money from ...

Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) and iPhone 4S

On Thursday, September 13th, 2012
  Which one is for you, the S3 or new iPhone 5?   Now that Apple’s new iPhone has been announced, you may be dithering about whether to upgrade your current iPhone 4S or switch to another platform altogether–Android perhaps. [adsenseyu1] To help you decide, we’ve put together the specs of the iPhone 5 compared with its predecessor, ...

GoDaddy Taken Down by Anonymous member, Millions Of Sites Affected

On Monday, September 10th, 2012
    According to many customers, sites hosted by major web host and domain registrar GoDaddy went down. According to the official GoDaddy Twitter account the company is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it. Customers complained that GoDaddy hosted e-mail accounts are down as well, along with GoDaddy phone service and ...

Huawei assures Kenyan that it’s phones are Genuine as CCK deadline for switch off nears

On Thursday, September 6th, 2012
As users of mobile phones in Kenya scramble to confirm the legitimacy of their devices (in the wake of a notice from the country’s Communications Commission’s (CCK) to switch off counterfeit phones), Chinese ICT solutions provider, Huawei, has confirmed the originality of their handsets. [adsenseyu2] Huawei is the world’s second largest telecom solutions provider and ...

Top Ten countries in Africa’s with fastest internet speeds

On Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Africa has always been viewed as a continent that isn’t very connected in terms of internet speeds and the number of users – compared to other countries in the world. [adsenseyu1] Research done by Net Index has reaffirmed this belief, and while Africa has some pretty impressive average internet speeds, the continent’s top country only ...