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Sony will launch e-readers in Asia Pacific and expand in Europe

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  Anticipating strong demand of e-book readers and e-books, Sony has announced to expand its e-readers availability in five new countries. They’ll soon announce their range of e-book readers in countries like Japan, China, Australia, Italy and Spain. Like existing regions, the e-readers sold in the new markets will be integrated with Sony’s Reader Store […]

Nokia and Yahoo! join hands to bring co-brand services on PC and Mobile

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  As expected, Nokia and Yahoo! announced their global strategic partnership in New York yesterday. The alliance aims to bring different services to PC and mobile by leveraging each other’s advantages. The partnership will also make both the companies to co-brand their services. For instance: – Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s […]

Dell Streak Android tablet officially comes to UK

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  Dell’s founder had already spilled the beans and today we’ve got the official announcement regarding the same. Dell Streak (formerly Mini 5) will grace O2 and Carphonewarehouse stores from early next month while US will get in summer. Dell’s Ron Garriques says “Streak hits the sweet spot between traditional smartphones and larger-screen tablets” that […]

Google celebrates 30th Pac-Man birthday with playable doodle

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  Google Doodles is Google’s way to pay homage to an event on a particular day. Today happens to be the 30th anniversary of popular Pac-Man arcade game and Google’s Doodle is already in place. However, this doodle is a bit different because it allows users to play Pac-Man right on the webpage. Click “Insert […]

Yahoo to announce partnership with Nokia?

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  Yahoo is holding a press conference on May 24 in New York. While the details regarding the announcement is pretty light, AllThingsD seem to have got the intrinsic details of the announcement. Apparently, Yahoo will announce their “Project Nike” partnership with Nokia that will allow the Finnish phone maker to pre-install email, search and […]

Google announces Google TV, brings web to television sets

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  Google has officially announced Google TV platform at the I/O Conference. The new TV platform will be available as standalone set-top box or will come integrated directly into the TV set. Google’s aim is to combine the world’s largest watched medium with internet and Google TV helps the search giant to fill the void. […]

Android Gingerbread update scheduled for Q4 2010

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  Google is yet to set a date for Android’s 2.2 Froyo release but this hasn’t kept them from revealing the release timeframe of the update after Froyo. In the FAQ page of WebM, Google slips out Android’s next update, termed as Gingerbread for Q4 2010. The big word in the FAQ is “planned”, which […]

Google announces WebM royalty-free video format for the web

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  In addition to unveiling the Chrome Web Store at the Google I/O yesterday, Google also announced WebM, an open and royalty-free video format created especially for the web. The WebM format uses VP8 video codec and Vorbis for the audio and can be licensed for free as compared to H.264. Another advantage WebM possesses […]