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TweetDeck For Android Releasing Today

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TweetDeck is one of the most widely used Twitter apps around the world as it integrates several social media services and makes updating and sharing easier. It was a shame that it wasn’t available for Android based phones till now but it has finally arrived. All Android users can head over to www.tweetdeck.com/api/android_whitelist/ and sign […]

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First Ever SMS Trojan For Android Phones Hits Russia

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Who knew Android for mobile could be vulnerable to Trojans and the OS in need of an anti virus, but it has happened in Russia for starters. The malware was detected by Kaspersky, a security firm, who confirmed the file is named “Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a” and is downloaded as a typical .APK Android app. The company stated […]

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iOS & Android Users Can Now Call Their Facebook Friends For Free

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All of you iPhone, iPod Touch and Android for mobile users, who also happen to be Facebook addicts, there’s some great news from VoIP giant, Vonage. Now you can call everyone in your Facebook friends list for free. All you have to do is to download and install the Vonage Mobile for Facebook app on […]

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200,000 Android Devices Sell Each Day, Says Google

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt was understandably happy and beaming at the inaugural Techonomy conference when he announced that latest figures have revealed massive growth in sales of Android based devices. It was just 2 months ago that Google celebrated 100,000 Android sales per day and that figured has doubled since then. That’s right, 200,000 Android […]

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Chrome Users Can Now Drag & Drop Gmail Attachments To The Desktop

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Google rolled out its latest update to gmail today, currently available for Chrome users only, allowing users to simply drag and drop attachments to their desktops to save. This is going to make life a hell lot easier for publishing companies, newspapers, websites depending on contributions and a whole lot of other big business, not […]

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Would You Try The Google Chrome Canary Build?

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Google recently announced that it’ll now be updating its Chrome browser every 6 weeks. Google’s Chrome Dev Channel is a part of its open-source Chromium Project where the company constantly tests new features and experimental builds of Chrome. This obviously means that the Dev version of the browser sees a lot of new updates and […]

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YouTube’s Video Time Limit Increased To 15 Minutes

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It was announced today, to the pleasure of millions, that YouTube has increased its video time limit from 10 to 15 minutes for all users. YouTube is world’s biggest video sharing site and increasing video limit is one request that its avid users have been making for a while. Well, they heard the pleas and […]

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Apple Dumped Google & Skyhook In April

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We told you Apple was delving in to location database when it acquired Poly 9 earlier this month, its second mapping company after it bought Placebase last year. Now, it has just come to light that Apple had actually dumped Google and Skyhook in April this year in favour of its own location database. This […]

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Russia Bans YouTube Over Racist Content

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A Russian court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has ordered an ISP to block YouTube in the country as the site carries “Russia for Russians”, a video with hateful content against the multiethnic population of Russia. Russia now joins China, Brazil, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates: countries […]

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Google Maps 4.4 Update Brings The New ‘Places’ App

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Google Maps is one of the most useful services from the company and it’s also one of the fastest updated ones. It has received six updates in six months and has just launched the next one for Android 1.6: Places. As the name suggests, it’s a new application that allows users to search and find […]

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Google Chrome To Be Updated Every Six Weeks

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It might sound a bit crazy but this is hardly surprising on Google’s part. Google has always promoted its browser for its lightening speed more than anything else. Now arguably the fastest browser in the world will also be the fastest in delivering updates. Apparently, engineers at the company are developing new features so fast […]

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Android 3.0 Releasing In October 2010

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Google’s next update to its Android OS, Android 3.0 or ‘Gingerbread’ as it’s called, is reported to be coming in the fall this year. The news was disclosed through a Russian podcast by Eldar Murtazin and has the fans buzzing. The leaked details suggest that Gingerbread will be essentially a separate branch of the Android […]

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Google Acquires ‘Metaweb’ To Further Improve Web Search

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When it comes to search engines, no one can come close, let alone beat, Google. The name is now synonymous with web searching and ‘Googling’ has become an accepted term to use in place of searching. Google, though, is not sitting content on its laurels but continues to look for ways to push the boundaries […]

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Apple Buying Google Ads To Target Dell Streak & HP Slate Users

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It seems a bit bizarre when a Google search result for Dell Streak includes an iPad ad in the top 5 links. Apple and Google are competitors and the current tablet revolution in the tech world has made things even tenser between the two rivals and desperate times call for desperate measures. At least Apple […]

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‘Open Spot’ By Google Helps You Find And Share Parking

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Open Spot is a brand new Android app aiming to help users overcome their parking woes. The app allows you to update a map when leaving a parking spot for others who may be in the same area frantically driving around looking for a free spot. This gives the controls in users’ hands who can […]

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Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG & Motorola, All Sued by NTP

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NTP Inc. is a small company which hit the headlines first in 2006 when it won a law suit worth of $ 612 million against BlackBerry manufacturers RIM, filed over claims of infringement of wireless email patents. RIM was even rumoured to be shutting down because of the debacle but it paid the amount and […]

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Facebook Fever Killing Orkut In India

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India and Brazil are the biggest Orkut using countries in a Facebook and Twitter crazy world but things are changing very fast in India in favour of Facebook. Data from ComScore reveals that Facebook attracted 18 million unique visitors from India in the month of May, compared to Orkut’s 19.7 million. In the past year […]

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Mobile YouTube Gets a Major Update

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YouTube’s mobile website, m.youtube.com , has just received an update revealing a new and improved user interface and support for better quality video for mobile devices. This is being called a major downer for iPhone’s YouTube app which may become irrelevant in the update’s aftermath. Google made the announcement on its YouTube blog calling it […]

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Android Shows Highest Growth Rate In The Smartphone Market

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ComScore’s latest statistics regarding smartphone market share have revealed a major shift towards Android based phones in the March to May quarter. The company released the numbers today and it’s safe to say there’s a party going on at the Google headquarters right now. Though RIM and Apple remain the top 2 companies respectively in […]

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YouTube And Ridley Scott Bring “Life In A Day” For You

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After launching its search for the world’s most creative video last month, YouTube is now giving anyone and everyone around the world a chance to become a film maker and show their product at the next Sundance Film Festival. The project is called ‘Life in a day’ and YouTube has brought on board 2 Oscar […]

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