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The gadgets that received huge reception in 2011 – Part 4

5. Amazon’s Kindle Fire The company surprised everybody with this new and colourful device that is not only a book readers but an entertainment source as well and that is not the end of it. The price tag slapped on it is even more bewildering. "Underdog" doesn’t typically describe Amazon products. But the well-reviewed Kindle […]

The gadgets that received huge reception in 2011 – Part 3

3. Ice Cream Sandwich Not only iOS 5 got a big reception in iPhone 4S but Google release a new version of its trademark operating system that was an upgrade to the predecessors. Although it sprung a learning curve but it is better software nonetheless. Until Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich arrived on the scene, […]

The gadgets that received huge reception in 2011 – Part 2

Following are some of the products that were successful during the year that saw a more cut throat competition from these companies. 1. Apple iPhone 4S No introduction to this revolutionizing handset. It just got bigger on the screen this year. The iPhone 4S is the ultimate comeback kid. Despite showing up four months later […]

The gadgets that received huge reception in 2011 – Part 1

Not many innovations this year but there were are a number of new products that advanced in mobile technology and home entertainment. Apple spurred mobile technology and gave it a new name of mobile computers. There is no doubt that mobile was in the market even before the first iPhone came into the market but […]

Social networking applications for Android operating system: One step forward – Part 4

3. Twitter App Twitter is considered not only a social networking platform, but recently it was name the fastest source of news, first hand mostly. Most of the news these days spur from this website and even majority of them are incited by the parties involved in the news themselves. We wouldn’t be the least […]

Social networking applications for Android operating system: One step forward – Part 3

2. Google + App Although it has been only seven months since the launch of Google’s own social networking website, it has been embraced warmly by networking enthusiasts. In the light of the social demand, Google has developed its own application for its own operating system. Google+ for Android is a clean and intuitive mobile […]

Social networking applications for Android operating system: One step forward – Part 2

Following are some of best applications that market has for Android-based smartphones and tablets. 1. Facebook App Google acknowledges the importance of world’s most populated website and has allowed ample room for Facebook to develop a more interactive application. The official Facebook for Android app is undoubtedly the best way to interact with Facebook on […]

Social networking applications for Android operating system: One step forward – Part 1

Social networking is one of the best and foremost features in mobile computing, since it takes a huge part in running the user’s life. Be it Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other website that lets the users to interact with each other, the mobile devices let them to do it on the go, making the […]

Planning for the New Year? Answer the following questions – Part 2

Following are a few important questions that should be asked before outlining a plan for next year, in this case 2012. 1.       Am I planning for my retirement? Although the question is one of the most overused in planning for the future, yet there has been done no or little work at it, at best. […]

Planning for the New Year? Answer the following questions – Part 1

At the end of every year, many people start inking papers with New Year resolutions and plans for spending the next twelve months. However, most of them disappear into thin air or become infeasible by the end of January, hence the same routine, with a little change, in some cases to the wrong side. The […]

Google’s open sourced Android OS: What it has accomplished and what is expected? – Part 2

In 2011, Apple sold 39 million iPads versus 7 to 8 million tablets using the new Android tablet OS (v3.x). Amazon and B&N, with Google’s ball, developed low-price tablets based on Android 2.x; they sold about 6-7 million this year. However, the bigger picture still has room for Google’s operating system to pose as the […]

Google’s open sourced Android OS: What it has accomplished and what is expected? – Part 1

Google locked horns with Apple in mobile technology in 2008 after the release of its first Android operating system. Since then it has been the ball game of two; other operating systems like Blackberry OS and webOS didn’t stand a chance in the market. Google’s strategy in mobile computing had been totally different from others. […]

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