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  After a series of leaks, Verizon has finally made the Droid 3 official. The World phone (CDMA+GSM) is available for purchase from Verizon’s site with choices of on or off contract. The third edition of Motorola’s Droid phone is feature packed with Android 2.3 onboard and comes with a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4-inch qHD [...]

  Apple will apparently launch a new model of its iPad tablet device. According to a research note from analyst Craig Berger, Apple is trying to procure parts from Chinese manufacturers for a device called “iPad 2 Plus.” The tablet will be similar to the current iPad version but will sport an improved display with [...]

  Google has updated its Maps app for Android that adds the all new Transit Navigation support. With the new Navigation option, a user can get directions that involve traveling in a train or any other public mode of transportation. Google has also added some more features like an improved notification bar that notifies when [...]

  The world’s largest social network yesterday added some new features to make communication with friends more exciting. In addition to the revamped chat design and group chat feature, Facebook has added video chat support. The video calling technology is provided by Skype and it requires a small downloadable plugin to work. Disappointingly, there’s no [...]

  Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is preparing to launch a new iPhone sometime later this quarter. Although the report doesn’t mention the timeframe, previous rumors suggest late August or September as the launch month. The report also spills some details of the phone which is said to be lighter and thinner than [...]

  HTC today announced their acquisition of the S3 Graphics for a sum of $300 million. It’s unclear what will HTC do with the company that predominantly makes graphics chips for computers but it seems the Taiwanese company is more interested in S3′s portfolio of 235 patents. HTC has been on a buying spree off [...]

  Indian consumers now have another all-in-one PC to choose from. Lenovo today launched the IdeaCentre A320 which is touted to be India’s slimmest all-in-one PC. Measuring just 18.5mm in thickness, the A320 comes in a sleek and clutter-free design and packs in decent hardware to carry out moderate to heavy resource intensive work. The [...]

  iPhone Dev Team and comex have announced the third iteration of JailbreakMe. JailbreakMe 3.0 works like the previous versions where a user just needs to visit the website to initiate the jailbreak. The web-based tool supports a number of Apple devices, including iPad 2. The full list of supported devices along with the iOS [...]

  Press images of Nokia’s upcoming budget smartphone codenamed Zeta has been leaked. Website, Know Your Mobile were handed this shot but without any explicit details about the device. The only confirmed features are the phone’s new Symbian OS dubbed as Belle, a 5MP camera with LED flash, VGA camera on the front and a [...]

  Canon and Nikon may be undisputed leaders in the DSLR market but both companies lag behind competition when it comes to the burgeoning compact mirrorless digital camera market. Today in an interview with Reuters, Canon’s camera division head, Masaya Maeda hinted that the Japanese company is considering “the technical aspects” required to launch a [...]

  So I hear you juggle a few phones to keep your personal and professional lives separated. Well, Intex has launched a new phone to save you from this hassle. Dubbed as Tri.Do, the phone boasts triple-SIM functionality that takes up three SIM cards (GSM+GSM+CDMA) that supports active standby for two numbers and sports an [...]

  Sony is set to upgrade their PlayStation 3 console next year, if the latest report from Digitimes is to be believed. The Taiwanese site cites component makers who say that Sony will start production of the PS4 by the end of this year and will launch in 2012. The interesting part of this report [...]

  The decision to digitize education has always been met with wary eyes but here is South Korea trying to do away with the textbooks in the age of technology. The country’s education ministry will pump in $2.4 billion to change from textbooks to tablets, smartphones and computers. South Korea expects to switch the entire [...]

  A new Jabra headset has been launched in the Indian market that wants to talk to you. The Jabra Stone2 is one of the few Bluetooth-enabled headsets that accepts voice commands as well as gives out voice guidance. You can give commands like “Call Dad”, “Answer”, “Ignore” or with the help of voice-enabled apps, [...]

  Apple Inc. is the latest victim of the hacking group that has been targeting many companies in the past few months. Hacking group Anonymous and other small groups who operate under the campaign “AntiSec” have published a small set of data that lists 26 administrative usernames and passwords of an Apple server. Despite the [...]