A number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners were recently grounded for a whole host of reasons. Among them are probably the concerns cited by different quarters regarding the safety of these planes. WSJ has now claimed that Boeing is currently working on the battery of 787 Dreamliners to render them safer.
Back in December, Nintendo had promised that it would soon be bringing the Google Maps with Street View to its new Wii U console. However, the company didn’t divulge when will it make the feature available except hints that it may arrive in January this year. But even those plans were delayed and now, Google Maps with Street View is finally available on Nintendo Wii U.
Canonical attracted the eager interests of users, developers and critics alike when it released its very own mobile OS, namely Ubuntu OS. The operating system looks promising, complete with slick looks and great features. Now, Canonical CEO, Mark Shuttleworth, has stated that Ubuntu OS smartphones will be arriving by October this year.
Xbox 360 users have been fervently waiting for Microsoft to release a successor to its current-generation game console. It is expected that the software giant will release the next-generation Xbox, branded as Xbox 720, during the later part of this year. An inside source now claims that the upcoming Xbox won’t work without an internet connection.
Logitech has many ultrathin keyboards for different versions of iPad in market. Now the company has come up with a new Award-winning ultrathin keyboard for the iPad mini. This is very a slim and protective keyboard+cover, called Ultrathin Keyboard mini, is designed to enhance the iPad mini usability.
iPhone accessory maker Mophie has brought an ultra thin and light 1,500mAh juice pack for iPhone 5. In accordance with iPhone 5’s thin form-factor, Mophie has designed the battery case 13 percent thinner than its previous-generation juice packs.
Ouya was one of the most wildly successful KickStarter campaigns during the year 2012. The Android game console was able to amass a whopping $8.5 million on KickStarter and developers have received the game console by December, 2012. The company has now announced that KickStarter backers of the console will finally have their units by March this year, before retail launch in June.
For long, advertisers who sell their ads on Facebook have complained that the social network does not provide an adequate degree of transparency. In response to this, Facebook has finally announced that it will be displaying a blue ‘AdChoices’ icon on all such ads which are served through its FBX ad exchange.