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Gadget

Nokia Lumia 900 pre-orders begin at AT&T

Posted March 31, 2012 by Dennis Wagner

U.S. phone carrier AT&T has started pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 900, which will be available on April 8 for $100 with two-year contact. The Lumia 900 will be available on matte black and cyan colors will be available on April 8, with a white version expected to follow on April 22. When the Lumia 900 launches on April 8th [...]

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Yahoo set to lay off ‘thousands’ [Report]

Posted March 31, 2012 by Richard Taylor

California based Yahoo Inc is set announce major layoffs next week followed by a major restructuring strategy reports AllthingsD. Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson is trying focus on products and heavily slim down its operations. The layoffs of what could be thousands of employees starting next week. AllthingsD say that the cut  are aimed at the product, research and marketing [...]

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Real-time traffic returns to Google Maps directions

Posted March 31, 2012 by Gerard Ronnberg

Google Maps has now been update to give users more exact approximate of travel duration by using real-time traffic datas. From now google maps has the capability to see the estimated time of your trip, based on real-time traffic conditions. The data will show up when you search for directions, and Google Maps will show how long several [...]

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LG Display mass produces first e-paper display in the world

Posted March 31, 2012 by Brunella Rousseau

South Korea based electronic makers LG has announced it has begun mass productions of its electronic paper display, with a planned launch to hit Europe next month. LG electronic paper display features a 6 -inch, 1024×768 e-ink plastic screen. It’s 0.7mm thick, it weighs 14g, and LG claims it’s resistant to scratches and drops from a 1.5 [...]

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Samsung adds blink-to-unlock feature in Face Unlock

Posted March 31, 2012 by Gerard Ronnberg

South Korea based Samsung has modified Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Face Unlock system to boost it’s security credentials, addressing criticisms that the facial-recognition system can be duped by a photograph. That keep unwanted guests from accessing your smartphone and data using a photograph. In the past it has been possible for the Face lock feature to be duped [...]

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Leaked Screenshot Shows Google Drive Will Launch With 5GB Of Free Storage

Posted March 31, 2012 by Dennis Wagner

Folks, today we have some details on Google Drive. It seems now Google is finally on the verge of launching their cloud based storage service Google Drive. GigaOm founder Om Malik’s sources believe Google Drive will launch in ‘early April’, come with 1GB of free storage, and have a similar UI to the current Google Docs [...]

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