Rumors regarding Google’s expected Nexus tablet have been surfacing, one after the other. First, very clear hints of the existence of the tablet surfaced on a benchmarking site which had the whole tech world excited. Then, we were able to see direct images which were claimed to be of the 7-inch Nexus tablet, showing off a decent, neat tablet.
Apple’s WWDC 2012 is nearly here and although we are merely hours away from some really important announcements from Apple, the rumors haven’t been put to rest. In fact, the speed with which the rumors are surfacing has only increased. Now, for instance, it is being reported that Apple will drop support for old iOS devices such as iPad 1 in iOS 6.
Adobe has repaired seven critical debilitation in Flash Player and side by side released sandboxed plug-in for Firefox and security updates for Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. The company also released Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.8 and earlier versions for Android 4.x, and Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.9 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x, respectively. It is the fifth security update in 2012, that means Adobe has faced many security bugs. The company said that these updates allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
After Facebook’s IPO and acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion, a news has been published that Facebook wants to buy Opera browser for its upcoming phone. Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera said that he is not interested in Facebook to take over. It can be said that Opera will be featured on a Facebook’s upcoming phone.
U.S. Cellular has announced through Twitter that Samsung’s flagship 4G LTE Galaxy SIII will be available for pre-order on the network from June 12. The company will offer Samsung Galaxy SIII 16GB for $199.99 and 32GB for $249.99. Interested buyers will get an option to prepay for the device from June 12 and sign up for updates from June 5 at uscellular.com/gs3. Unfortunately, the price includes $100 mail-in-rebate, even if you want to buy from online. Both models will be available in marble white color, and the 16GB version will also be available in pebble blue color. The operator did not revealed when the shipping will start.
Apple’s much-anticipated WWDC 2012 is about to kickstart on coming Monday. On the occasion, the company is expected to make a number of important announcements. While they are already a number of rumors as to what Apple may unveil at the event, a new rumor now suggests that Apple may announce Baidu as default iOS search engine for Chinese users at the event.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform may have some pretty good devices as well as nifty software to its name, it hasn’t been able to gain as much traction in the tech world as iOS or Android devices. And the chief reason for this is that Windows Phone platform lacks an adequate number of apps. In such a scenario, every new app for Windows Phone devices is a welcome addition.
It seems that Microsoft is following a rather closed strategy when it comes to its upcoming OS, Windows 8. This is manifest in the fact that Microsoft has refused to let hardware vendors tinker with the tablet version of Windows 8, called Windows RT. The result of this is that HTC has been rather severely reprimanded over its attempts to tweak Windows RT.