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Apple Ready To Refund Australian Users For Misleading 4G Marketing

Apple has come under fire over allegations that the company misled the users by plastering the 4G moniker all over the new iPad’s marketing campaign whereas in reality, the new iPad supports 4G connectivity only in North America. While there are news that authorities in Sweden and UK may launch investigations into this, the company has agreed to refund the users in Australia.

Chrome OS May Come To ARM Machines In Future

When Google released Chrome OS, the company was pretty sure that there was no chance of optimizing the OS for any smartphones or tablets. However, there was a possibility that the OS may come to other machines such as those based on ARM processors. And now, there are hints that this may actually happen sometime soon.

Toshiba Excite 10 LE To See The Light Of Release On 6th March

Despite the fact that the name had been changed several times, the current good news is that Excite 10 LE tablet is getting released on the 6th of this March. Toshiba has announced that the tablet Excite 10 LE, formerly known as AT200 and then Excite X10, will be priced at $530. The tablet will be available in selected retail shops.

Android Apps Waste 75% of Battery On Ads

With gadgets one wishes there is some way out of having to charge batteries every now and then. Having a battery that lasts longer is something that every tech gadget user wants. Recently, an interesting study was published which shows that free android apps waste 75% of power on ads according to New Scientist. This is really taking everything away from the battery essentially.

NEC Introduces LED Light With Wireless Speaker

Imagine having a LED ceiling light which you can control from the leisure of your couch. All you have to do is tap on your smartphone and the brightness of the LED gets adjusted. Moreover, you are able to play music through wireless speakers which come with the ceiling light so that you can pre-adjust certain music for certain light conditions or play a track at will again, by tapping on your smartphone. With NEC Lighting’s new product, this just became real.

New iPad Compared To iPad 2 In Drop Test

Its not easy watching a cool, and new, gadget go down in ruins. It is worse still to destroy something like the new iPad willingly and intentionally. But then if it is done to compare the ‘strength’ of a device, perhaps its not all that bad. Folks over at SquareTrade carried out a test comparing the durability of the new iPad against iPad 2 by..well…dropping them mercilessly from different heights. The video of the ‘test’ is posted below.

Ultra-Thin Mock Up Of Samsung Galaxy S III Surfaces On Reddit

Mock-ups of upcoming gadgets and devices have rarely proved to be accurate but they still afford us a glimpse into how expectant the users are. While Samsung hasn’t clearly revealed the design or specs of the next prospective smartphone in its flagship line-up of Galaxy S smartphones, a mock-up of Galaxy S III has surfaced on Reddit. Although it isn’t what we expect S III to be like, it is an interesting mock-up nonetheless.

Yahoo Fires Reseachers And Loses, Facebook and Google Hire Researchers And Gains

The much that we rely on technology to give us better answers and a sense of credibility, the much news and updates about technology industry is uncertain and rumoured. At least about the gadgets we are always eager about, the next iPad or the new iPhone, the next big thing in social media, and what not. The people who run this tech show are also part of it. They sometimes generate the rumour mills and sometimes become the subject of it.