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Tips for buying a laptop

It’s advisable to go for a branded laptop (anyway, there is hardly an assembly market in India). Brands available in India include HP-Compaq, Dell, Lenovo, LG, Sony, ACI, Acer, Zenith, Asus, Toshiba and HCL. Laptops substituted computers due to the


How to Keep Your Smartphone Clean

Smartphones should be cleaned regularly, but they require a lot of care and some safety precautions. To prevent your phone screen from accumulating dirt, you can use a screen protector. These stick to the screen to protect it against dirt.


Power Saving Tips for Laptop

One of the easiest ways to increase runtime is to simply close and shut down unwanted programs and background activities. This will reduce hard drive access, free up RAM, and decrease CPU activity, all of which will directly benefit battery


Facebook to push users onto chat app

Earlier, there were reports of Facebook’s intention to force users to download its standalone messaging app by discontinuing private chats from the mobile app. Now, the company has confirmed about putting the plan into action by pulling out the messaging


Mobile phone charges in 30 seconds using new technology

An Israeli startup company has developed a new product that can charge your smartphone from empty to full in 30 seconds. Dr Doron Myersdorf, from StoreDot, demonstrated the product, which uses nano-technology. But technology journalist Rupert Goodwins questioned how much


Facebook faces action over ’emotion contagion’ study

US privacy group Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) has filed a formal complaint with the Federate Trade Commission (FTC) over Facebook’s use of user data in its “emotion contagion” study. “The company purposefully messed with people’s minds. Facebook conducted the


Facebook introduces new ‘Save’ button

Facebook introduces new ‘Save’ button Facebook, an ever expanding social media platform with a good Research and Development, has introduced a new feature on their site called “Save”. As the name suggests, it saves a post, to be read/watched/listened to,


Intex Introduces color changing multimedia speakers

Intex Technologies, one of the fastest growing mobile phones, IT accessories, and consumer durables company on Tuesday introduced a new range of color changing multi-media speakers – ‘GLO Series’ . The speakers are well suited for users who are fond


IBM Proposes To Build First Carbon Computer By 2020

IBM Proposes To Build First Carbon Computer By 2020. People often compare computers with our brains, but there are important differences between them. One difference, which the wider public seldom thinks about, is that computer brains are made of silicon