Category: News
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Apple to unveil iCloud service at Apple conference Monday
Steve Jobs will take a break from medical leave to help introduce Apple’s new iCloud service at a major industry conference next week. The Apple chief executive and pancreatic cancer survivor has emerged just once since going on leave in January, to unveil the iPad 2 in March. But on Monday at the annual Apple Worldwide…
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Android leads smartphone market share, data use [Report]
Google’s Android smartphones are top of the heap for popularity and data usage, according to a new report from Nielsen. In April, 37% of mobile consumers owned a smartphone, according to the study. Of those, 36% have an Android device, while 26% have an Apple iPhone and 23% have a RIM BlackBerry. Android users gobbled up…
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Sony Server hacked to host a website for phishing scam
Report has come that a Sony server has been hacked to host a website for an alleged phishing scam targeting an Italian credit card company and its users, according to the web security firm F-Secure.This is what they wrote in a blog post on this hack. “We know you’re not supposed to kick somebody when they’re already…
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Bill Gates says he pushed for Microsoft to buy Skype
Bill Gates says he was among those who pushed for Microsoft to buy Skype last week for $8.5 billion. When asked on the BBC TV show Hardtalk whether it made sense for Microsoft, the titan of the tech industry that Gates co-founded, to pay more than $8 billion for a company that makes a largely free…
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The PlayStation Phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, hits Verizon on 26th May
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play also known as PlayStation Phone hits Verizon this May, 26th 2011. Pre-orders for the device, which features a sliding screen that reveals touch-sensitive directional pads and buttons for playing video games on the phone, begin May 19, Sony said. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play will be sold for $199.99 with a two-year contract and will run on…
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Warning! Stay away from Facebook Dislike Scam Button
Today I saw this around different pages and profiles on Facebook: If you ever come across this message, just ignore, hide or mark it as spam, because that’s exactly what it is. Facebook officially does not have any dislike button. If you click on Enable Dislike button, it will take you to the page that will…
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PlayStation Network users can potentially get four free games from Sony
PlayStation Network is now backed up and partially running after more than three weeks downtime because of a hacker broke into PlayStation Network. As PSN is back, Sony has announced that PlayStation Network users can potentially get four free games from Sony. two for PlayStation 3 and two for Sony PlayStation Portable [PSP]. Once the online marketplace becomes active…
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Apple Planning for Something Big on its 10th Retail Anniversary
According to a report from BGR, Apple is planning something big, maybe a product launch on its 10th retail anniversary next Thursday, May 19, 2011. They are of the say that they received this info from a solid Apple Source that Apple is going for something big on their 10th retail anniversary. Highlights are There’s an overnight shift…
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Lady Gaga gets 10 million Twitter Followers
Lady Gaga is now the first Twitter user that has reached devastating 10 million followers to her account. Here’s what Lady Gaga posted on her Twitter when she hit 10 million mark “http://twitpic.com/4xtnac – 10MillionMonsters! I’m speechless, we did it! Its an illness how I love you. Leaving London smiling.” Lady Gaga is the only one who has…
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A newborn baby girl in Israel named ‘Like’ in a tribute to Facebook
“Don’t forget to like this if you like new baby girl like” A new born baby girl in Israel whose parents are Lior and Vardit Adler, has been given a name ‘Like’ in tribute to Facebook. The father of the kid German Press Agency dpa on Monday: To me it is important to give my children names that…