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  Following the launch of YouTube’s Box Office, Yahoo! India has also launched a similar initiative. The service is known as Movieplex that will allow viewers to watch full length Bollywood movies for free and also allow advertisers to target them with video content. There are just eight movies in the library but hopefully more [...]

  HTC has finally released the much awaited bootloader unlock service. The first device in the list is HTC’s top-end Europe-specific Sensation. Sensation users will be able to unlock their phones’ bootloader which will allow them to root their device and even install custom ROMs. Despite releasing an official tool, HTC is quick to note [...]

  Google’s acquisition announcement might have sent some shockwaves around the technology arena but big Android manufacturers have welcomed the Motorola takeover. Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and LG feel Motorola’s fleet of 17,000 patents will help them to protect them against ongoing and future Android-related lawsuits. This is what the business heads of different organizations [...]

  Wow, Google pulled off a big one today. They’ve announced to acquire Motorola Mobility — which Motorola spun off as a separate entity last year — for $12.5 billion or $40 per share. Despite taking over a hardware manufacturer, Google is quick to clarify that Android will still remain an open platform. Motorola will [...]

  New images of an upcoming HTC device have surfaced that will soon cater to the American market. Identified as HTC Holiday, the prototype turned up on Craigslist which was expectedly bought and snapped for the whole world to see. Unfortunately, the pictures have been yanked from the original XDA thread but Engadget has managed [...]

  Is Streak 5 a tablet? Or a huge smartphone? Well, you don’t have to debate any more as Dell has taken the smallest Streak tablet off the shelves. A visit to Streak’s US product page reveals a banner that bids adieu to the Streak 5 without specifying any reason. Interestingly, Streak is still listed [...]

  Android’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich is still few weeks away but the first images of Nexus S running the latest Android OS has surfaced. The images come by way of Android Police and Rootz Wiki who also happen to spill some beans on the expected features. The ICS will have a new blue theme [...]

  RIM has unwrapped its first BlackBerry 7 OS powered phone in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 might look similar to other BlackBerry devices but is the hardware that matters the most. The Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry by RIM that adopts a touch and type interface featuring a 2.8-inch touchscreen VGA display along [...]

  HTC has announced to invest $300m in Beat Electronics that is founded by rapper Dr. Dre. The investment will help HTC to improve audio on their smartphones based on Beats’ “sound innovations” that is claimed to reproduce professional studio-like sounds. Despite the controlling stake in the company, HTC has confirmed the company will be [...]

  Sony and LG have announced to settle their patent infringement fracas by entering into a new agreement. Both companies have reached a “memorandum of understanding” wherein both companies will withdraw their ongoing complaints and lawsuits against each other. Although the intrinsic details of the agreement are kept confidential, both companies have agreed to share [...]

  Samsung has been selling rugged phones under its Xcover brand but the phones sold till now were feature phones. However, it will change with today’s introduction of Galaxy Xcover. It is Samsung’s first phone that runs on Android OS and at the same time protects the phone in extreme conditions. The Galaxy Xcover — [...]

  LG’s upcoming Optimus device has been leaked on video in Germany. Website, BestBoyz managed to lay their hands on Optimus Sol (E730) and according to them it will be a mid-range phone featuring Android 2.3 OS with LG’s proprietary Optimus US, 1GHz processor, 3.8-inch AMOLED display, 5MP camera, GPS, Wi-Fi and more. There’s no [...]

  In addition to the Kindle, if users wanted to read a Kindle book on any other device, they had to download a dedicated Kindle app for the said device. However, with Amazon’s latest initiative – Cloud Reader, Amazon has removed that barrier as users can read the same books via their web browsers. In [...]

  Samsung’s new tablets have got the official acknowledgement for the Indian market. The Galaxy Tab 750 (10.1) and Galaxy Tab (8.9) will be available from this and next month respectively at a price tag of Rs. 36,200 and Rs. 33,990. The price sounds steep but the asking price is for the 3G version as [...]

  Sony will soon release a new firmware update for PS3 users. The firmware v3.70 will make lives of PlayStation Plus subscribers easier by enabling auto upload function and Trophies. With the new feature, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to backup their game saves automatically in their account. Also, the Trophies will now sync [...]