Microsoft has gotten serious with the hardware business. It has launched its own tablet PC line-up, though the company said the models are to showcase the capabilities of a Windows tablet. The company is also speculated to have been testing its own smartphone. A new revelation suggests that Microsoft is also exploring the smartwatch arena.
Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (well-known as Vladimir Putin) has announced that Russia is planning to spend $50 billion for a new space program over the course of next seven years.
Last week on April 4 at Facebook headquarter, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg officially announced Facebook Home, a free software that users can install on their Android devices to essentially “Facebook-ize” their phones. But software giant Microsoft has said that Facebook Home is a “copycat” and Windows Phone is the “real thing.”
Recently, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported that Apple and Yahoo are discussing how Yahoo services can be integrated more deeply into Apple’s iOS.
The “Six Strikes,” a copyright alert system, went into effect on February 25, 2013 in the U.S. On paper, the system is based on a voluntary agreement between copyright holders and ISPs. But, a recent comment from music group IFPI’s CEO Frances Moore says otherwise. According to Moore, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pushed for “six strikes.”
In the NAB conference held on April 7 in Las Vegas, Sony announced its FMP-X1 4K media player and 4K video distribution service, along with cheaper 4K TVs.
“Mozilla wants to introduce a common web API to make payments easy and secure on web devices yet still as flexible as the checkout button for merchants.” And, the foundation has developed a payment service API to support in-app purchases in Firefox OS.
Apple has filed a patent for a new kind of convertible MacBook-iPad hybrid which has the capability of being charged wirelessly. Surprisingly, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook knocked down the idea of a convertible MacBook-iPad hybrid device earlier.