Panasonic has announced the successor to the GF3 – the Lumix DMC-GF5, a new model to its Micro Four Thirds camera lineup today. The GF5 features a totally redesigned, 12.1-megapixel Live MOS sensor, plus the latest iteration of the Venus processor. The camera shoots 1080i video at 60 frames per second in AVCHD, or 1440 x 1080 in MP4. The GF5’s 3-inch, 922,000-dot...
The software giant Microsoft has released a beta version of Bing Desktop, a combination of both search toolbar and desktop manager for Windows 7 in what it looks and takes like a preliminary test before Windows 8. Bing Desktop provides an automatic update of the Windows Desktop Background image to the Bing home page image each day. In addition, Bing Desktop offers...
Sprint along with HTC’s Evo 4G LTE announcement, also unveiled its plan on to switching on so-called HD voice service later this year. HD Voice service is so far available only on few European networks for quite some time, promises higher-fidelity audio quality on phone calls. Customers need not to wait for long to get this service instead Sprint make the service available on its 3G network in areas that have been upgraded to the so-called 1X Advanced standard. The company expects it be available across the entire product range within...
OMGPOP’s Draw Something social gaming phenomenon is already topping the chart with 20 million downloads in five weeks are already in its kitty and even taken the top spot on Facebook Connect. Furthermore, the game has even beaten Angry Space off the chart too. Checking on the iTunes store now, Draw Something is listed as the top-selling paid app for iPhone. ...
The Guardian reports that Amazon’s recent filings with the US Security and Exchange Commission reveal that the company’s UK arm generated £3.3 billion (about $5.25 billion) in sales last year, but that it has paid no corporate taxes on the profits for said sales. The company managed the trick by transferring ownership of the UK business to Amazon EU Sarl,...
Hewlett-Packard senior vice president Prith Banerjee is leaving the company effective from April 15, reports AllThingsD. Banerjee worked with HP for five years as the head of its research and development organization, HP Labs. The new position he is going to join is outside US with another organization. An HP Senior Fellow, director of its Sustainable Ecosystems...
Google is always known well for using green technology in its operation and again going in the same run; the search giant is planning to use thermal storage system in its new Taiwan data center. This facility will take advantage of a thermal energy storage system to reduce air conditioning costs in which the facility’s air conditioning will run through the night, but will use chilled liquid or ice circulated around the facility during the day. According to Google’s spokesperson, “this will be one of the most efficient...
India’s Bharti Airtel will become the first operator in country in the line-up to offer TD-LTE services when it switches on its network later this month. The mobile operator’s CEO Sanjay Kapoor itself stated that the network will launch first in Kolkata, then Maharashtra, Punjab, and Karnataka. The company said the equipment for the technology is provided by China’s ZTE and it will manage its network in Kolkata. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) said, “According to industry estimates, by 2016 – 6% of...
A new report published by Papermill’s developer Ryan Bateman comparing the proposition that Android users are less willing to pay for premium apps. The sales figures are not good as it have to be. The app has sold 441 copies on Google Play as of March 30th, with 79 orders being either cancelled or refunded, along with the five sales through Amazon Appstore. Bateman...
Following on the similar tone as that of CNN, Associated Press is getting on the same side of road either – the publication from now onwards will be allowing regular citizens to submit their own vide reports. The organization has partnered with online broadcasting service name Bambuser in order to access footage as well as live broadcasts from the service’s users...
