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I am Sherly, living in the city of Alappuzha, which known as the 'Venice of the East'.

Microsoft phones with Opera Mini may arrive in early 2015

Microsoft is likely to launch smartphones with Opera Mini as default browser from early next year, an official of the browser firm said. According to August 2014 statistics, more smartphone owners than basic Java phone owners now use Opera Mini


GroupM, Google to launch online shopping festival

GroupM, Google to launch online shopping festival Top media buying house GroupM has joined hands with internet giant Google to launch a virtual Diwali shopping and entertainment festival called the Grand Diwali Mela through a dedicated website. They are now


Amazon’s head of digital music, video to quit

Amazon.com‘s head of digital music and video is departing the e-commerce company by the end of the year, a company spokeswoman said. Sally Fouts, a spokeswoman at Seattle-based Amazon, declined to provide further details. Carr began his career with the


Windows 7 PCs will be disappear after October 31

Windows 7 lovers it’s time to make a move. Very soon Windows 7 will no longer be available. Here’s what you need to know. Well, get ready for this. While Microsoft will continue to provide security updates for Windows 7


Ray Ozzie’s New Venture Talko messaging and calling app launches

Former Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie has finally launched his much-anticipated new startup — mobile messaging and calling service Talko — to the public today. The service is initially iOS-only, and it aims to bring a range of mobile communications, including


Sony’s $99 PlayStation TV to launch on October 14

Sony said PlayStation TV set-top box, which allows users to access movies and TV episodes from the PlayStation store, will hit stores in the United States and Canada on October 14. The price for a standalone PlayStation TV (PS TV)


Facebook to update news feed, focus on ‘trends’

Social networking site Facebook is updating its news feed to feature right content at the right time, so that users do not miss out on key stories.Facebook Inc. says its latest tweaks to the algorithm that determines what users see


Yahoo buys out Bangalore-based startup Bookpad

Yahoo has bought Bangalore-based Bookpad, a startup that’s barely a year old and founded by three youngsters Aditya Bandi, Niketh Sabbineni, and Ashwik Reddy from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati over the past three years. The precise value of


Wine development team Announcement 1.7.27 Is Now Available.

Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.27 bringing many new features and as many as 22 bugfixes. The few most interesting features introduced in this release: Some more work on Direct2D support. Various improvements


Wire-Free Laptops will hit the market next year: Intel

A wire-free reference laptop will be released early next year for hardware developers to make components and peripherals that take advantage of wireless technologies, Laptops that require no wires for charging, display, data transfers or docking will be available by