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Sony Launches ‘Qriocity’ To Compete With Apple iTunes
Sony was said to be growing increasingly wary of Apple’s attempts to dominate the mobile devices market. Sony Corp. will start a video- and music-streaming service in five European countries this fall to challenge Apple Inc.’s iTunes store.
Announcing the subscription service at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Sony pronounced “curiosity,” will start in [...]
Skype Launches Latest v5.0 Beta: 10 Way Calling Is Finally Here
Few days back we wrote about overwhelming response to Gmail calling and the growing competition in internet calling market. Skype has also joined the race by launching a new beta version for v5.0 (currently only for Windows users) which will allow users to have 10-way video calling. The previous beta allowed 5-way video calling, but [...]
Opera: Percentage Of Females Using Mobile Web Is Lowest In India
Opera recently released its monthly State of the Mobile Web report for July, offering up in-depth insight into all facets of mobile Web usage worldwide. There is a remarkable discrepancy in the male or female split when it comes to mobile data usage. Only four percent of Indian users are female, which is very [...]
Survey Says eReaders Helping In Driving Book Buying Growth
A survey has revealed that those with eReaders now frequently read more than they did with traditional printed books. The survey, carried out by Marketing and Research Resources Inc., showed the impact that portable eReaders are having on reading habits. The results revealed that 40 per cent of eReader owners now read more than they [...]
Ranking Search Results Via Behaviour On Facebook Through New Patent
The giant in the Social Networking business has come up with yet another invention for which it has won relevant patent rights. Facebook has quite often patented most of its innovations and its recently patented innovation was that of The News Feed. The reason for such an initiation by Facebook to follow a systematic patenting [...]
Will You Change Your ‘Google’ Name For Online Privacy?
Many of us have done things in our teenage years that we might not particularly be proud of, but back then we believed it to be the funniest thing possible and uploaded it or spoke about it on various social networking websites. However, once working life starts, we would rather have our employers not find [...]
Annual Apple iTunes Event May Reveal New iPod, iTunes Or Apple TV
Apple Inc., hosting an annual event devoted to music and media tomorrow, may introduce a revamped iTunes site, an upgraded iPod and push deeper into consumers’ living rooms with a new TV set-top box that plays video. Long before the iPhone, the iPod was the device that helped transform Apple from computer company into a [...]
Google launches Realtime Search
Google – the Search Giant has added a feature to its long list of offerings. This time they have rolled out a separate page called Google Realtime which is an extension to their already introduced real time search feature back in December. This feature by Google allows users to search for quick, latest and accurate [...]
Jobs, Travel, Mobile Phones Top Keywords on Yahoo! Search – Is There a Yahoo Anymore?
Jobs, Mobiles and Travel have become the metaphorical roti, kapda and makaan (or bijli, sadak and pani) of Yahoo Search in India. A press release by the company on Yahoo’s “Top 10 Most Popular Search Keywords” report. Jobs seem to be most sought after, with Travel and Mobile Phones following at a close second and third. [...]
Bharti Airtel – All Set to Lead in Kenya
The one thing in business which is of paramount importance is – Market Leadership. And, it is of strategic sense when a company tries to do that in Africa. WATBlog was one of the first in Digital Media space to report that Bharti Airtel inked the Zain deal. With this deal through, Bharti under its [...]
Intel And Nokia Joint Innovation Center – To Increase Mobile Capabilities
Mobile devices have made an impact not just in India, but all around the world. Phones have been a device that are used for pretty much everything these days. Not only can you check your emails or surf the internet, the numerous applications allow you to do anything from whiling away your time on social [...]
Facebook Places Goes Live – India Will Have To Wait Yet Again
Facebook Places has launched. What this application allows you to do is check-in your location on Facebook and your friends are updated in real-time. There is nothing novel about the idea considering Gowalla, and Foursquare, provide you the same service. But with the number of Facebook addicts around the globe, this application is sure to [...]
Foursquare Looks To Counter Facebook’s GeoLocation Strategy – Updates Privacy Settings
On the wake of the much anticipated launch of Facebook’s GeoLocation Application onto its social networking site, a potential competitor in the name of Foursquare has churned out more or less a defensive marketing warfare strategy. In order to secure its market position in the Location Service business, Foursquare has updated its privacy settings and [...]
Displax Skin – The Touchscreen Of The Future
We came across this incredible screen which you can put on any non-conductive, non-metallic surface and can be used as a touchscreen! Displax brings to you the Skin, which is some incredible innovation alright. Though it seems too futuristic, it is definitely worth a look. But then again, at one point, didn’t the Apple iPad [...]
Facebook’s GeoLocation Application – Launch Expected Today
After Twitter, it’s now turn for the biggest Social Networking Site – Facebook to incorporate the Geolocation application into its kitty. And, this is an addition to an already enormous applications package that Facebook comprises. Recently announced news of improvisations to the Like button, addition of a new feature to its website, etc. were not [...]