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Facebook To Take Action on Fake Likes

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Popular social networking site Facebook recently announced that it noticed that many scamsters are promising its users to get likes on their Facebook pages and warned against utilizing such services. If such Accounts with Fake likes found, Facebook planning to

Wine 1.7.28 released

Posted on October 4, 2014 by sherly

Wine 1.7.28 adds support for conditional compilation in JavaScript, bi-direction text support in DirectWrite, and stubs out DirectPlay Voice support. DirectWrite has been worked on for a while now within Wine as Microsoft’s text/glyph rendering API that replaces GDI/GDI+ and

LinkedIn releases its first SlideShare iOS app

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

LinkedIn released an iOS app for SlideShare, a first for the company’s presentation service. The app includes a personalized feed of decks shared and liked by people in your network. You’ll also see picks from categories and SlideShare’s own editors.

Google Is Following WhatsApp competitor for India

Posted on October 4, 2014 by sherly

Google introduced its Android One program earlier this year, which focuses on building budget-friendly, solid quality smartphones for the developing world. Back then, the search giant made it pretty clear that, with help from manufacturers, it wanted to create a

Office 365 introduces new plans for small businesses

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Microsoft announced three new Office 365 plans for small and Midsized Businesses. In typical Redmond naming fashion they are called Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, and Office 365 Business Premium. The new Small and Midsized Business (SMB) plans

Facebook is reportedly working on healthcare features

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Reuters has revealed that Facebook is planning to release healthcare-related features that would take user data to create support communities as well as ways to promote preventative care. The report from Reuters cites three people close to Facebook, and those

Yahoo reportedly investing in Snapchat

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

After snatching up Tumblr, Yahoo is reportedly chasing another teen-focused phenomenon for investment: Snapchat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo just came into some money with Alibaba’s IPO. Sources told the Journal that Yahoo is in talks to lead

Blackberry Passport available in India for Rs 49990

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Mini Soji

BlackBerry has launched its new flagship smartphone, BlackBerry Passport in India for Rs 49,990. The smartphone was announced last week internationally and India is one of the first countries where the phone will be available. BlackBerry Passport has 4.5 LCD

Introducing Windows 10 – the best Windows yet

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Watch Windows VP Joe Belfiore talk about some of the features in Windows 10, like the new Start menu, multiple desktops, and improved multi-tasking. Learn how you can be part of creating the best Windows yet with the Tech Preview

Google planning to launch own mobile messaging app

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Sibi Antony

After losing WhatsApp to Facebook in a multibillion dollar acquisition bid, Google is planning to launch its own mobile messaging app which the search giant is likely to test in India and other emerging markets. Last month, Google sent top