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Amazon’s Next Kindle Fire May Be Coming In A 10.1-Inch Model

With all the news and rumors zipping around about new Apple products, Samsung’s next phone, and other tech-related goodies, there hasn’t been a lot of attention paid lately to the top Android tablet on the market: Amazon’s Kindle Fire. With…

Facebook’s Pre-IPO Hackathon in Pictures

With the entire world watching and waiting for the Facebook IPO, the company behind the world’s largest social network tried its best to celebrate while keeping the feeling of Facebook’s hacker roots alive. To that end, the same bell-ringing that…

iPhone 5 Rumor: Steve Jobs Heavily Involved In Redesign

Reports of an iPhone redesign continue to roll in. On Wednesday we received word that sources had confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the iPhone will be getting a 4-inch display, to be manufactured by LG, Sharp, and Japan…

DirecTV To Start Offering 10Mbps Internet Connection

Getting a good internet connection when you live out in the boonies has been the bane of country dwellers for years. There are options like Hughes but they are way too expensive and offer a waaay too small data cap.…

Electric Imp Connects Your Home Devices to the Internet

If you’ve ever dreamed about connecting your entire home to the Internet — so that appliances could start by themselves or you could receive text message alerts to maintain housekeeping — it looks like your dream is ready to…

UC Browser Number One On Mobango; Still Behind Opera Mini On Other Platforms

UC Browser Number One On Mobango; Still Behind Opera Mini On Other Platforms

The Mobile India is reporting that mobile browser UC Browser, a browser originating from China has managed to gain more downloads from the Mobango App Store. The new browser has seemingly trumped Opera’s nifty offering by 33% more downloads. We…

Twitter Gives Users A Do-Not-Track Option For Greater Control Over Their Privacy

In today’s age of Social Media having entered all parts of our personal and work life, some people feel that we may be over-sharing. For example publicly sharing your location on FourSquare or sharing our daily routine on Twitter. The micro-blogging service wants to raise…

Google Boosts Search Intelligence With Knowledge Graph

Google Boosts Search Intelligence With Knowledge Graph

I had come across an interesting comparison some time back when I read that the supposedly benign Google had an intelligence level of a baboon. Depending on how you view a glass containing a certain amount of water, you could…

Comcast Ditches Data Caps For Broadband Customers

Comcast has announced that they are doing away with the 250GB per month data cap formerly imposed on their broadband customers. Citing changes in the way people use the internet – particularly as regards video streaming – since the policy…

UK Police Can Now Access Cell Data On The Fly

In what is another erosion of freedom for the people of the UK, the police now have the ability to access the information on your cell phones while out in the field with mobile device data extraction system called the…