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The World Wide Web Consortium Finally recommends HTML5

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

The HTML5 standard is now officially being recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international standards organization for the World Wide Web. The HTML5 standard has been around for years and powers many of your favorite sites. As

Facebook’s third quarter 2014 result shows it has 1.35 billion users

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

The social media giant Facebook dropped its third quarter 2014 results today, which includes a mighty impressive monthly active user base of 1.35 billion. That’s the roughly the same population of China the country with the highest population on the

Free one-minute international calls on Google Hangouts through 2014

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

If you are a person, normally makes a lot of short calls overseas, there is a good news for you. Google had started offering the first minute of Hangouts calls to 25 countries at no charge. It only lasts through

Microsoft Announces Unlimited OneDrive Storage for Office 365 Subscribers

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Microsoft has now announced it is blowing the roof off OneDrive storage limits for Office 365 subscribers. The move comes as a surprise to many as the company just recently upped its limits to 1TB for subscribers and doubled its

Facebook for Android and iOS Brings New Multiple Photo Sharing Options

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Facebook on Monday upgraded its Android and iOS apps to enable users to share multiple photos on the social network in a single post, as part of the new collage layout. The updated Facebook apps for Android and iOS are

Jonas Salk developer of polio vaccine dedicated a Google doodle on his 100th birth anniversary

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Yesterday, Google celebrated the 100th birthday of Jonas Salk, the man behind the polio vaccine, by running the American researcher’s doodle on its search page. Salk graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1939 with his MD degree,

Asus Confirms Android 5.0 Lollipop Update for Zenfone, Padfone

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has confirmed on its official forum that six of its devices (and their variants) will be receiving an update to Android 5.0 Lollipop next year. The list of devices scheduled to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop includes

Google offers free access to satellite images

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Tracking melting glaciers, deforestation or disappearing elephants has been made easier as Google has now allowed access to real time, updated satellite images through its Skybox programme. “The fresh satellite imagery will be contributed to projects that save lives, protect

Flashlight apps stealing your data?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Do you use a flashlight app on your smartphone? Security experts warn that free flashlight apps are secretly recording sensitive information from your phone. According to a US-based security firm Snoopwall, the phone location, contacts, pictures, text messages and even

Motorola Droid Turbo is official with 5.2-inch QHD display

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Verizon and Motorola announced the Droid Turbo. The phone runs on the Verizon XLTE network and features a 5.2″ Super AMOLED QHD display with a pixel density of 565ppi. The Droid Turbo is powered by a Snapdragon 805 chipset with