With Samsung’s Galaxy S3 no longer expected to make a showing at upcoming Mobile World Congress 2012 later this month, we’ll have to settle for the new Galaxy Advance S (I9070) instead – the phone which is a combination of S2 and Galaxy Nexus – clearly showing the designs remains as on the similar sample of S2 – but consists of the curved screen of the Galaxy...
According to Reuters, a group of European regulators has asked Google to halt the process of its new privacy policy – suggesting they need to investigate whether the proposals truly protects users’ personal data or not. The Article 29 Working Party, an independent body that brings together data protection authorities from each of the EU’s 27 countries and...
Hosted blogging platform WordPress.com has announced that iPhone and iPad users can now upload and embed videos onto its blogs after it gave VideoPress – its High Definition (HD) video service, an upgrade. The upgrade means that WordPress.com bloggers on iOS devices can now easily upload videos – in whatever the form they are – whether they’re shot...
British Telecom (BT) planned new top speed of 330Mbps broadband with its new rolling out “ultra-fast” plan for home and business users starting from next year – offering one of the fastest speeds in the world. Virgin Media’s earlier made an announcement of its planned new top speed of 120Mbps – as part of an upgrade that begins this month. According to...
Japan’s Panasonic Corporation today reported its consolidated financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2011, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012). The company is blaming the Japanese Earthquake for damaging its supply chain, a strong yen for keeping prices high, plus having to write-down the costs for...
The leading German news agency, dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), quotes an official Apple statement according to which the company has just removed, as a result of an injunction Motorola won in Mannheim over a FRAND-pledged patents declared essential to an industry standard, several 3G/UMTS-capable products from its German online store: the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS,...
U.S. Special Agents announced the record-breaking results of a nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit game-related sportswear throughout the country – targeting illegal counterfeit imports into the United States, and seized hundreds of websites engaged in counterfeiting and piracy online. Fake jerseys,...
According to The Verge, Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated $100 million to Stanford’s hospital – with $25 million for a new children’s hospital, $25 million for a new main building and $50 million has been donated to Product RED – a charity that combats diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Cook made his announcement during an internal town...
In protest against the controversial ACTA treaty, Hacker group Anonymous has hacked the Greek Ministry of Justice website (cached version), giving the warning to the authorities that it will take down over 300 media and ministry sites if it does not reverse its course of action. The site, www.ministryofjustice.gr/ is currently showing “Under Construction” followed...
Apple and Samsung patent lawsuit tug-of-war reach to the next high, move beyond the German borders. The iPhone maker has expanded its patent lawsuit scope against Korean electronics giant Samsung in Australia – this time by widening its complaint which includes 278 claims across 22 patents covering 10 new products. The Australian reports that Apple widened its...
