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Samsung, a multinational south-Korean conglomerate company, announced earlier that it plans to merge its Bada OS with Intel backed Tizen project. Tizen, which is expected to launch by next month at Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, will run the apps written for bada OS, if the move went successful. Tizen is a successor to MeeGo platform. “Samsung and other members...

Quora, a social question and answer website has launched today its new feature on board – the Quora “Follow” button for users, created by Quora engineers. Quora also has launched a “Follow” button for Topics, which do work in the same w ay as “Follow for people” work. When someone clicks on your button, he/she will start following you immediately if...

Yahoo, the premier digital company, announced that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors. Yang’s resignation comes shortly after the appointment of Scott Thompson as Yahoo’s new CEO. “My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. However, the time...

Wikipedia, an online collaborative, multilingual Internet encyclopaedia, as we stated earlier, goes offline today for its English users to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The announcement was made yesterday by foundation’s co-founder Jimmy Wales through the series of tweets. Wikipedia join the protest with other major websites, including the popular...

In September last year f8, Facebook announced in partnership with different domains companies who would develop Open Graph Timeline Apps. Similar reports are coming today that Facebook on Wednesday will launch its Open Graph applications that it first debuted last year. The companies who developed these apps include Airbnb, Ticketmaster, Payvment, Causes and 30 others. Facebook last year in December informed developers that it would start approving new Open Graph variants to appear in the news feed, Ticker and Timeline from this month....

iPhone – Almost every other face is holding it. Well almost everyone does. It seems those who don’t have the one are either thinking that some good scheme knocks their door or something else happens. Either way, they would have one if they could. Have you ever wondered having the iPhone may identify your “iPhone owner type” – yes I am talking about owner...

Apple, the company behind the popular iPhone and iPad, has filed another suit against Samsung in Germany, aiming to ban sales of Samsung’s smartphone models. The suit targets 10 smartphones including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II that are based on Apple design. The suit is based on design rights issues held by Apple in Europe, according to a company’s spokesman...

Xaxxon, Vancouver based company, has developed a motorized frame and software kit Oculus, that instantly converts any netbook into a telerobotic, remotely operated vehicle. The innovation is the brainchild of Vancouver, British Columbia based company, consists of an adjustable frame that holds a variety of small laptops all around, along with powered wheels and a...

Google+, Google’s social networking and identity service, announced its new feature for its social website “creating a meme”. Company’s senior software engineer, Colin McMillen, put up in his Google plus page, mentioning the feature is easy and to create the one, all you have to do is to grab a photo, drop it into your “Share box”, and then add your own...

Apple has revealed that iTunes Match is now available in 19 additional countries throughout Latin America and Europe. iTunes Match, since from its launch in November last year, rolling out the service to other countries. With the addition of 19 countries in the list, a total of 37 countries can now access the Apple’s service. With iTunes Match, all your music,...