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Apple Signs Cloud-Music Licensing Agreement With EMI

April 1, 2012 admin News
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Apple could be the last of the clouds of the music, but it could be what the best gift.

Cupertino, the company continues to edge toward the launch of its cloud-based music service, reports surface that has just signed a cloud of music-licensing deals with EMI Music. Recording music in the cloud means that the user can access their data wherever they are provided with a device that can connect to the Internet.

According to Cnet Greg Sandoval, “several industry sources of music” are also saying that Apple is poised to sign deal with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Apple has already concluded an agreement with Warner Music Group. » Read more..

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Penguin Has Launched “Penguin Mobile application” For Book Lovers

March 22, 2012 admin Mobiles, News
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Now it is good news to all book lovers that they no need to walk into a bookstore to browse through the new arrivals section because all the latest from the world of Penguin is now available at one click on your mobile phone screen!

The Penguin Application is your one stop access to Penguin books on-the-go.  It is an easy-to-navigate, mobile portal with information on all books published and represented by Penguin Books India.
The Penguin App is the very first App, which is offered by a leading Indian publisher in the world. It’s a free application, being aimed at enhancing the reading pleasure and helping the reader find everything he might want to know about Penguin books. Available on NOKIA and APPLE devices, and easily viewable on any size mobile screen, the App has a ‘Just Published’ and ‘Bestsellers’ section with the latest books.
You can get a sneak-peak into the forthcoming Penguin books as you click on the “Coming Soon” tab.  Read up on latest publishing gossip in the NEWS section and sign up for events in your city with a single click on the EVENTS page.  And if the one who want to watch a video, recommend or discuss a book, click on “Stay Connected” and you will be redirected to the ongoing discussions on the Penguin India Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.
The most exciting feature, exclusive to the Penguin App, is an opportunity to read exclusive excerpts from all our forthcoming books.
“As our society grows more mobile, readers are clamoring for information to be delivered to them in new and creative ways,” said Andrew Phillips, CEO & President, Penguin Books India.
“This is only the beginning of our long-term strategy to provide readers with all the information on their favourite books and authors in exciting new formats, wherever they are and whenever they want it” he further added.
The Penguin App showcases the best books from Penguin including its top fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, covering a wide range from classics and best-loved books to the newest books written by the freshest talent, from books on business and management, politics and current affairs and memoirs to the fun, feisty Metro Reads, MindBodySpirit books, books for children and young adults, and Penguin’s Hindi books.
The amazing world of Penguin’s books, authors, events and its newest developments in publishing are now readily available to you with a single click on your mobile phone.

 

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Vodafone Has Relaunched Mobile Application Store Powered By Appia

March 20, 2012 admin Gadgets, Mobiles, News
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Today Vodafone has launched its Mobile Application Store in India under the VStore brand. Powered by Appia, which is a leading mobile application distribution network, the new store provides Vodafone subscribers over 10,000 paid and free apps. To get started with the VStore, Vodafone subscribers have to send <VStore> or <Apps> to 111 from their GPRS-enabled handsets and click on the URL in the response message or customers can also log-in to live.vodafone.in and click the Vstore link on the Vodafone Live homepage. Hit the break to continue reading…

On launching the app store from your phone, it is going to first ask you about your phone’s handset vendor (there are like 200 or more handset vendors in that category) or the Operating System of your phone. After making a choice, it will then show you applications specific to the OS or your phone type. We tried checking it out from our BlackBerry device but it says “The VStore for BlackBerry devices will be launching very shortly.” Shockingly, the app store also mentions Apple iPhone but obviously Apple does not allow any carrier or third-party app store on iOS devices. We are not sure why Vodafone (or Appia) cannot automatically detect the handset make and OS to serve relevant apps directly. We find this step unnecessary.

Appia is a white label app store provider and powers app stores by Opera, Samsung, America Movil, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, among others.

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Sources Familiar With Reality – iPad 3 For Early 2012

March 15, 2012 admin Gadgets, News
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The Wall Street Journal‘s usual people familiar with the matter are weighing in on the iPad 3, which is being expected to arrive sometime in early 2012.

Majorly the sources focus on Apple’s interactions with suppliers, The company is said to have lined up its key components for the next iPad and has begun to place orders for 1.5 million iPad 3s to be produced during the fourth quarter of 2011.

The other details in the WSJ report are largely rehashed from previous rumors when it comes to iPad 3 speculation. The main point is the display resolution, which is being said to be going up from 1024×768 to 2048×1536—basically double the number of pixels in both directions. But this in itself isn’t a new revelation; evidence found within the iOS 5 SDK back in June showed embedded images that were twice the size of the iPad 2′s screen, sitting at 2048×1536, indicating that Apple was indeed planning to increase the iPad’s resolution to match those images. It’s also worth noting that DigiTimes‘ own sources claim the next iPad will have the same 2048×1536 resolution.

Rumors about a higher-resolution iPad date prior to the release of the iPad 2 earlier this year. Many expected the iPad 2 to come with a similar “retina” class display as the current iPhone 4, but such an expectation was unrelistic—Ars explained why such a thing wouldn’t make sense until at least 2012.

Now that 2012 is drawing nearer, it’s no surprise that these rumors are popping up again, and they will likely continue to pop up in increasing numbers through about March or April of 2012.

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Apple’s Next IPhone Smaller, Thinner Design: Orange CEO

March 14, 2012 admin Mobiles
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The CEO of France Telecom wireless giant, Stéphane Richard, revealed in an interview, a number of details about the upcoming Apple iPhone, including smaller, sleeker design. Richard also confirmed an earlier report that France Telecom, which brings the Orange iPhone in 15 countries and Apple are working together to develop a SIM card to meet the smaller size of tiny next-gen iPhone.

“We will work with them in order to standardize the form of a new SIM card that takes into accout the needs of security and authentication and is also against the wishes of their size,” said Richard All Things Digital interview. “I realized that the next iPhone will be smaller and thinner, and I’m sure a lack of space.” » Read more..

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Finally, Dial IPhone With Your Nose

March 4, 2012 admin Mobiles
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I am so surprised you, but a pen, put on your face could change the way some people use the iPhone.

Not as silly as it seems?

I rarely have no opinion on matters of technology. I know in general what I like and what I do not what I earn more, and it will not, but the recent post from TechCrunch me from a serious Jekyll and Hyde.

To give a quick summary (although the picture says more than I could ever hope for) man named Dominic Wilcox went to a draft-day invention, and this was the one who invented creations. It ‘pretty well, I guess. » Read more..

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Facebook Has Launched New Mobile Messenger

February 25, 2012 admin News, Softwares
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Facebook, the popularly known social networking site, has recently unveiled a new standalone mobile messaging app for iOS and Android, which is called “Facebook Messenger”.

This service is very similar to Blackberry Messenger, Apple’s upcoming iMessage, as well as many other free services already in the App Store. The quick messages can be sent back and forth similar to texts, but the messages rely on data, and not the number of texts on your mobile account.

An unlimited number of messages can be sent to all of your Facebook friends as long as you have an internet connection. The app lets you contact groups, share your location, and send photos on top of sending regular messages. Get instant mobile notifications to stay in touch with the replies from friends. You can also set the notifications to a pause of one hour or overnight so that you are not to be disturbed. This feature can also be used for individual friends.
The one and only main drawback is that you can’t see when your friends are online available to chat. Still, this is the first step in widespread moving away from text messages, and we will see how carriers respond to it.
Facebook is yet to make any iPad native apps, and Facebook Messenger is for now with mobile phones only. Facebook Messenger is a FREE app and is already in the Top of the chart for Free apps of the week.

 

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HTC Hits Indian Markets

February 21, 2012 admin Mobiles, News, Softwares
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The highly anticipated HTC Sensation has finally arrived to Indian market and it can be yours for the price of Rs. 30,699.

The HTC Sensation offers a lot of handy features:

  • Built with a jazzy dual core 1.2 GHz processor.
  • A 960×540 touchscreen phone with Gorilla Glass.
  • An 8 MP Autofocus rear camera with dual-LED flash.
  • The phone also has 1 GB of internal storage and a VGA front-facing camera.

With such a fancy and attracting phone now in the market, Apple Inc. is becoming weary of what it will do to the sale of their iPhones. Steve Jobs hired the best lawyers in town in attempt to ban the import of HTC phones. With the delay of the new Apple phone and Motorola phones, HTC has been given the chance to further narrow the gap in the US market share which will help them against Apple in the third quarter of next month.

However, HTC is facing few problems with the signal connection. If the phone is not help properly it will affect the connectivity of the phone, even if it is held face up in the palm. Apple had similar problems right after the phone was introduced.

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HP TouchPad Set To Launch July 1

February 17, 2012 admin Mobiles, News, Softwares

It has been a long time coming, but finally Hewlett-Packard (HP) looks as though it may be ready to unleash its TouchPad tablet upon the world. With the likes of Apple, Samsung and Motorola already battling hard within the tablet arena, HP is hoping that the recently announced July 1 launch of the TouchPad will see it hit the ground running.

Powered by webOS 3.0, the Wi-Fi-enabled TouchPad is going to be available in 16GB and 32GB variants, which come with respective price tags of $499.99 USD and $599.99 USD. 3G or 4G models are expected later in the year—although HP hasn’t confirmed which network its deal with AT&T favours.

“What makes HP TouchPad a compelling alternative to competing products is webOS,” enthused HP’s Jon Rubenstein in an official statement.“The platform’s unmatched features and flexibility will continue to differentiate HP products from the rest of the market for both personal and professional use,” he added. “This is only the beginning of what HP’s scale can do with webOS.”

Other features of it are as follows:

  • The TouchPad include a 9.7-inch display (1024×768).
  • A 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor.
  • A front-facing 1.3 mega-pixel camera.
  • Bluetooth 2.1+EDR .
  • Onboard GPS.
  • A shoulder weight of just 1.6lb.

HP has also said a more spacious 64GB model will be available. However, it has not yet revealed that particular model’s pricing. Although the initial TouchPad launch will be restricted to the United States, the device is being expected to arrive in European markets such as France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom a few days later. Canadian consumers should have access come mid-July, with those in Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain likely to receive it before the close of 2011.

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Facebook App Finally Comes To Apple’s iPad

February 11, 2012 admin Mobiles, News
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Now it is good news for Facebook users and they can finally stop wondering why no official Facebook app is available for Apple’s iPad. As of Monday evening, Facebook’s iOS app is now a universal binary that supports the iPhone and iPod touch as well as the iPad. Among the app’s key features, Facebook lists high-resolution photo support, slide and pinch gesture support, Facebook game compatibility and quick access to messaging features from almost any view within the app. Facebook’s full statement to the press follows below.

Today, Facebook has announced their first app for the ipad.

Facebook for iPad not only includes popular features from the site like photos and games, but also optimizes them for the unique capabilities of the iPad.

Facebook for iPad is available today in the Apple App Store and additional information can be found in the blog post attached.

Additionally Facebook has announced that they are extending the Facebook Platform to mobile including the new iPad app, iPhone/iPod app and mobile web site. The Facebook Platform is going to allow mobile developers to take advantage of social channels for search of discovery of their apps and also the Facebook Credits payment system.

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