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Farasat Ali
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Vodafone set to introduce flat rates for iPhone

Vodafone will launch the new iPhone in Spain tomorrow with flat rate plans starting from 299 Euros to 489 Euros. The prices will be valid for both new and current customers, as the British firm did not apply its policy of eliminating subsidies tablets, or other mobile devices for Internet access from laptops (USB modems) and devices associated […]

Free applications charge more battery

Researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft have come to the conclusion that free applications charges a lot more battery life on mobile than the extra applications on the phone. The reason ids simple: the application seeks location of the owner to authenticate appropriate publicity knowing their geographical location and user profile. The researchers analyzed Eprof; six of the ten most downloaded […]

OCU accuses Apple to shorten their products warranty

The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has accused Apple, by reporting at the Department of Consumer Affairs of the Community of Madrid, for offering their products only one year guarantee, where the community law requires the seller to provide two years guarantee for product defects since the date of purchase. The consumer organization warned […]

Sony wants to be the market leader

Sony has a similar dream as their Korean competitors, LG and Samsung and the same as their neighbours, Panasonic, to be better equipped and to supply their customers with the best gadgets. All these manufacturers want to win four screens: mobile, tablets, televisions and computers. The Japanese giant also has a major movie studio, some of the best game developers and […]

Samsung bets on TV as a gateway to Internet at home

Samsung has long been providing Internet connection to their high-end TVs. They have called it as Smart TV. The Korean manufacturer has completely banished LCDs (liquid crystal). Henceforth all televisions will be light emitting diode (LED). The Korean company are expected to begin their marketing campaign for the devices with applications priced ranging between 300 and 3,000 Euros in […]

Verizon, Time Warner Cable , Cablevision, Cary Sherman

Cary Sherman, head of the RIAA, the American Association of the recording industry, has announced that major U.S. cable operators like Cablevision, Verizon and Time Warner Cable will start monitoring user’s downloads through their broadband from July 12, on Wednesday in New York.  RIAA are taking the effective measures to cut off illegal downloading mainly of music and the movies. The […]

Apple loses to Samsung in Netherlands

Apple have succeeded in winning an appeal regarding the FRAND patent dispute with Samsung. Justice Holland has rejected Samsung appeal in the Dutch market to suspend the sale of Apple iPhone and iPad tablet because of a dispute over a patent. The court has ordered that Samsung can no longer pursue injunctive relief as long […]

Micronet, the only surviving encyclopaedia on CD’s

Renowned Encyclopaedia Britannica has finally said goodbye to paper and a user just need to take help from Micronet. But not long ago, users took help from paper books before it. When this physical format came to the CD-ROM, Microsoft took the power that characterized its Encarta encyclopaedia. Its first edition came in 1993, according to Wikipedia. It was a revolution, as […]

ISBN charges 45 Euros to register an e-book

Registration of your book at the Federation of Publishers Guilds costs big money but if you want to register in various electronic formats it will only cost 45 Euros. It will not take more than one week to register but if you want to go a bit faster, you must pay a few Euros more. This is what happens […]

Movistar offers attractive discounts

Movistar will start the marketing campaign for their latest promotional offer for their respective customers by offering them used mobile phones under their newly introduced loyalty policy of their customers. This initiative has recently been announced by the President of Telefonica in Spain, Luis Miguel Gilpérez.  The president is eager to give better deals to existing customers […]

Apple to build $304 million campus in Texas, add 3,600 jobs

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is expanding its presence in Texas with a $304 million investment to build a new campus in Austin, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its workforce in the city.   The Cupertino, California, consumer device giant already employs thousands in Austin, whose tasks include handling […]

John Lagerling speaks up in the mobile world congress

The director of alliances operating system Android that currently works on phones and tablets, John Lagerling marks his first appearance for Google in the mobile world congress: and explained how they will work with operators and manufacturers.  Lagerling admitted that they are focusing to establish themselves as a future leader of the Smartphones among the […]

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