Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid
Facebook IPO show is over now and the results are less than satisfactory for the social network. The credit should go to Mark Zuckerberg what he envisioned in the past why he always opposed the notion of going public. The reasons are apparent as many experts around the globe commented that the Facebook IPO will […]
Jun 2 2012 | Posted in
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However, this strategy is not without a pun, operating system or app, Facebook needs to find an appropriate place to present those valuable adverts that will ultimately help in keeping the machine running. What Zuckerberg and his team of technicians, both hardware and software, are ignoring is the fact that users do not like ads […]
Jun 2 2012 | Posted in
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Huawei, the Chinese telecommunication company has launched a new handset, Ascend P1. The phone is powered with Android’s latest iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich or Android 4.0. The new smartphone is different in many respects. It is a welcome sign to the Chinese vendor for entering the premium handsets’ market. Until now, the company was known […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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The top of the phone has all the necessary buttons. The SIM card slot, micro-USB port and 3.5mm headset jack are all on the top of the handset while, the right side has a micro-SD card slot and the power/sleep button. The left spine only houses the volume rocker. The bottom has nothing but the […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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Toshiba released a new tablet, Toshiba Excite 10, within a two-month period of the release of Excite 10 LE. Though the new slate is an upgrade to LE in many respects, the reason for a rapid throw of tablets from the Japanese electronics giants is unfathomable. As the name suggests, the new tablet sports a […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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At 10.3 inches in height and 7.1 inches in width, the device comes at par with the other competition. However, part that matters the most is always the depth and weight. Unfortunately, at 0.35 inches deep, it is fatter than some of the flagship tablets in the market and at 1.28 pounds in weight, it […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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Toshiba offers a curated application store called the App Place. Though it has the necessary applications needed for general use, it lacks the population that Samsung or HTC provide to their users. Moreover, the user will have to download the App Place app from the App Place website and then install. The biggest flaw of […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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Though there is only a small number of applications in the market to utilize the power of Tegra 3 but every one of them counts. Games like Rapitide GP runs seamlessly on Excite 10, thanks to high-power CPU and GPU. With all the details at full blast, including the screen water splash effect, the aforesaid […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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Samsung Electronics rolled out two Google Chrome OS-based devices this month, Samsung Chrombox and Samsung Chromebook. Both run on Google’s web-based light-weight operating system. Google has been showering money on Chrome project of late and has gone to the length in promoting both the OS and the browser. For the first time in a long […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Chromebox The Samsung Chromebox is an entry-level CPU intended to do the tasks of a desktop, Windows-based PC. Though its lighter operating system helps a lot, there are enough compatibility issues with it that will make it a hard sell. Google has towed the line of Apple’s iMac Mini that is a small box of […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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The Chrome OS works marvellously on the laptop but the occasional lack of internet connection is a hurdle. Google offers 4G connectivity but that take the device up on the price scale. As compared to other notebooks, the Chromebook is extremely cheap at $549 but its functionality is more toward the tablet category. The new […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Intel has officially released the third generation Ivy Bridge Core i5 processors. Lenovo takes the honour of assembling a device around the new CPU, Lenovo ThinkPad X230. The laptop has been officially launched but its release date is still pending. The new X230 is the upgraded successor to last year’s X220. ThinkPad X-series is Lenovo’s […]
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