Indian mathematician Ramanujan astonished the world with his brilliance nearly a 100 years ago. His brilliance continues to shine through history now that the cryptic functions that he wrote down on his deathbed have proved true nearly 90 years later.
Most of you would recall the calls for donations plastered on top of the Wikipedia pages intermittently around the year. In a way, we should be thankful that its this, rather than distasteful ads, which helps sustain Wikipedia. The fundraising has brought in a whopping $25 million for Wikimedia this year.
Christmas Day is surely the day of treats and gifts. Apparently, App Store was on the receiving end of goodies this year on Christmas. It witnessed an 87 percent jump in the average daily downloads, leading to a whopping 70 percent increase in its revenue.
Apple keeps patenting all kinds of new ideas and methods, even if most of them may not see the light of the day. In a recent instance, the company was granted a patent by USPTO which concerns with a method to refine curved glass which can then be used in a device’s display.
January is just around the corner and so, we hope, is the launch of the new BlackBerry 10 handsets that RIM has been promising. So far the company has been fairly mum about the new handsets but a few purported images of one of these devices have now hit the web which are quite impressive.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the largest showcases of new technology in the world. Next year’s CES is going to be held from Jan 8 to Jan 11. Many people are eagerly waiting to see what new things will be unveiled at CES 2013? However, recently LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it’ll launch seven new models of Google TV that runs on Google TV 3.0 OS at CES 2013. Details inside.
Accurate reviews are very important, because that may result in a transaction. Online mega-retailer Amazon has realized that matter and recently has begun deleting fake reviews, especially with books. Will Amazon be able to distinguish between the real and fake ones effectively?
The 6.1-inch phone-tablet hybrid from Huawei, named Ascend Mate, was confirmed by the telecom-gear maker earlier this month. It was expected to be unveiled at in January CES 2013. But, fans had a chance to take a glimpse of the device at a Huawei store in Guangzhou, China.