South Korean tech giant Samsung has lost $12 billion market value on Friday. The nose dive was due to fears related to slowing sales growth of Galaxy S4.
We recently reported that NSA had been tapping into Verizon’s phone records to access information about millions of customers. However, that seems to be the tip of the iceberg. It has now transpired that NSA has been tapping into the records of many leading internet companies in the U.S.
We have been hearing about a new I/O controller code from Intel, essentially a second iteration of Thunderbolt. The company had initially termed the controller ‘Falcon Ridge’ but has come up with a more dramatic, and official, name for it – namely, Thunderbolt 2.
Justice Department’s case against Apple over alleged e-book price-fixing scandal, are still ongoing. As part of the case, an Amazon top executive, Russell Grandinetti, has testified that the e-retailer was forced by the publishers to give up control of e-book pricing.
Google recently rolled out the updated Gmail app for Android devices, offering multiple tabs and many new navigational features. Right on its heels, the search giant has also rolled out a number of updates to the Gmail app for iPhone. The key feature in the updated iPhone app is auto-categorized emails.
The military use of drones to exterminate alleged terrorists has been fiercely debated in the recent past. Dronestream is a service that essentially aggregates all the historical data of drone strikes, as well as post updates in real-time about the latest strikes. A new API of the service now lets developers make extensive use of it.
We have been hearing about an update coming to Chrome for iOS app. Now, Google has finally lived up to that promise and delivered a refresh for the iOS app of its browser. The update brings a whole host of new features to Chrome, primary among which is the very useful feature of voice search.
Comparisons with Apple products and criticizing them have long been a part of Microsoft’s marketing and advertising strategy. The company conventionally compares its product with those of Apple, ruling that its products are certainly better. In the same streak, Microsoft has launched a new page comparing Windows tablets to Apple’s iPad.