The news that Google Inc. is going to help in funding and developing of wireless networks in emerging markets has spread like wildfire. The headlines broke out, when WSJ posted an article stating that Google has started getting in touch with regulators in countries such as South Africa and Kenya for allowing such wireless networks to be built for the masses of these developing countries. By building an ecosystem of all new microprocessors and low-cost Android smartphones powered to connect to...
Adding a new smartphone to its Galaxy series, Samsung India has now launched the new Samsung Galaxy Star, an Android Smartphone that has vowed to compete with the likes of Nokia Asha phones, Micromax, Karbonn etc. in India. With new cheap and feature-packed smartphones crowding the Indian market at an astonishing pace, the entry of this entry-level Android is a remarkable move from Samsung India. The Galaxy Star S5282's official price in India is INR 5,240. Launched in April, this smartphone...
For those who aren’t aware, Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer, smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Taking wardriving to new levels of coolness is 22 year old New Zealand IT security consultant and motorcycle enthusiast, Denis Andzakovic. Denis has equipped his custom Suzuki Boulevard M50 with two Mikrotik routers, wireless sniffing and attack tools, GPS and a netbook that is able to detect...
Sony Xperia Tablet Z which made its first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in US earlier this year is now available in India for pre-order. The model up for sale has 16GB storage along with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. Flipkart, Snapdeal and Infibeam are offering the device which is set to release next month at Rs 44,990 approximately. Xperia Tablet Z runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and is thinner than rivals like iPad and Google Nexus 10 at 6.9mm. The tablet has a shockproof, dust...
After the recent launch of Signature A119Q as a mid-range smartphone, Celkon is adding two budget Android phones to the Signature series, the Celkon Signature One A107 and the Celkon A9+. The A107 model will cost Rs. 6,999 while A9+ is approximately half the price at Rs. 3,299. Both smartphones run the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system with a resoultion of a resolution of 480X800 pixels. The Celkon Signature One A107 is practically a phablet with a 5-inch screen. Underneath lies a...
Yamaha Motors India today introduced a new scooter on Indian roads - called Yamaha Ray Z. The price of the scooter starts at Rs. 48555 (ex-showroom, Delhi) and like the Ray model it had launched in September 2012, is aimed at female riders. The company says that Ray Z offers an 'aggressive sporty design'. Yamaha already has claimed ~16% market share with Ray by selling over 70,000 of the Ray scooters in India since its launch.
Priceton University scientists have developed a bionic year that hears much better than that of a normal human’s, and it was printed off a 3D printer. We recently had 3D printing technology being used to print food for space travel, and even the future potential of 3D printing human organs is being considered since long, but the thing to note here about...
A team of engineering students in France designed novel energy-producing wooden bikes from trash which were employed to power a film festival being screened at St. Étienne. This project commenced last year when a bunch of engineering students at School of Mines in Saint-Étienne initiated ‘eco-projections’ where documentary films were shown by deriving power off the energy-producing bikes. They grouped up to create a collective called ‘Open Sources’ where they designed many plastic bike...
The two versions of Amazon Kindle's tablet - Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9'', which could only be bought till date in theUS, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Japan, is now available worldwide in 170+ countries. The official...
Nvidia recently launched in its long and respected line of graphics cards the new SLI facilities availing GeForce GTX 780, which boasts 35% higher performance level than last year’s GTX 680 and 30-35% higher performance than AMD Radeon HD 7970. Along with this card, Nvidia even released updates to its GeForce Experience (GFE) utility, offering users access to a realistic gaming feel, prepping them up for next-gen high-end games.
The GTX 780 is based on GK110 GPU (the same as in Nvidia GeForce...
