Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the first adaptive array transceiver technology which will give rise to communications and data transfer at really fast Internet speeds. The new technology is the successor to the current 4G technology being used and Samsung says that they have managed data transfer speeds which are several hundred times faster than current 4G capabilities. According...

From its roots in early military technology and early hacker ethic, the Internet has become wildly  mainstream in these 3 decades. It now has a presence in almost every aspect of our life – travel, commerce, personal, professional, news… you name it!  This is quite a big scale to achieve for this technology which connects computing devices around the world to each other. The idea behind...

Intel is planning to hop onto the ‘spread awareness’ bandwagon. The tech giant has decided to promote awareness and importance about PCs and IT technology in 10 Indian states. With this, Intel plans to show the masses how a PC can change your life. The company plans to launch an integrated campaign so as to drive home the importance of domestic technology and to convince people to adopt it in their...

As per a latest report from market research firm research2guidance, revenue generated with sensors connecting to an app will reach $5.6 billion by 2017. The firm believes that this segment of the market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 69 % and 61 million health sensors will ship in 2017. Sighting further insights the report says that mHealth app based business models, which rely on...

It seems that this year is going to introduce us to very different computing interfaces. First, Google Glass and its wearable technology has given hope to many people who think that staring at your mobile can rob you of the real world experience. Fujitsu, on the other hand has decided that it would be simpler if we turn any surface into a touch screen and allow data transfer between the real and virtual...

Mozilla’s new mobile operating system Mozilla OS is not coming to India, at least not in 2013. The Mozilla OS has been touted as the challenger to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems. It has been positioned as the platform that will take more than two billion people on the planet online on smartphones. Plus, what’s surprising is that India has more than 860 million...

Mobile handset sales in India grew 20.8 percent to 221.6 million units in 2012, thanks to a tremendous positive growth in the number of smartphone owners, according to a study by Cyber Media Research. The total mobile sales in India are 184.3 million in the year 2012. The research study’s objective was to track the shipments of major handset manufacturers in the country. “Although we see a...

Following close behind the launch of Nexus 7 16 GB WiFi version in India after a lot of delays, Asus has announced the launch of Nexus 7 32 GB WiFi+3G as well as WiFi-only model in India. The 3G version of the tablet will be available at an MRP of Rs. 21,999 whereas the Wi-Fi variant would be available for Rs. 18,999. It’s worth pointing out that this is the maximum retail price and the street...

The Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL) recently conducted a survey based on Cyber Security and what it means for school children across India. The survey covered more than 13,000 students of 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th standards in cities such as Pune, Mumbai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Patiala, Bhatinda and Nellore. The participants were also given out bookmarks specifically designed for the purpose and theme...

Biosense Technologies,  the low cost medical equipment maker has secured a whopping  $500K in funding from GSF India and Insitor Fund. The Mumbai based start-up plans to use the raised funds to expand its product catalog in the healthcare sector. As a result of the funding, former Googler Samir Sood who has been nominated by GSF will join Biosense as a board member. Co-founded by Myshkin Ingawale...