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iPhone 6 Plus to Hit Indian Shores on October 17

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Mini Soji

Tech giant Apple will make its new smartphones iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus available to customers in India from October 17. The devices will hit the US stores on September 19 and Apple enthusiasts in India need to wait

Google’s Chromebooks Get Adobe Photoshop Streaming

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Google announced a version of Adobe Photoshop that Chromebook owners can stream. The company says that for now, the beta will only be available to Adobe education customers in North America with a paid Creative Cloud subscription. That’s pretty restrictive,

BlackBerry launched smartphone Passport at Rs 49,990 from Oct 10

Posted on September 30, 2014 by sherly

Handset maker BlackBerry Monday launched its flagship smartphone BlackBerry Passport in India for Rs.49,990. “Passport symbolises mobility. The size of this mobile is portable enough to easily tuck into pockets and handbags. The phone has a large square touch screen

Android L to be officially dubbed Android Lollipop?

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Google turned sixteen a couple of days ago and to celebrate its birthday the company’s social media team took to Twitter to share a GIF of a gigantic birthday cake aptly decorated with a selection of colorful lollipops. If you’re

How to find the biggest files or directories on Linux

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Annie

How to find the biggest files or directories on Linux The best way to find large files or directories on your Linux system is to use the command line. It will print the top-15 biggest files located in the current

RailYatri, Smartest App for Train Travelers in India

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Sibi Antony

RailYatri is quickly turning out to be a must-have mobile app for people travelling by train. With its unique and much needed features for instance My Trip Planner, PNR with Smart Predictor, Seat Availability with Confirmation Forecast, Live Arrival &

Facebook to start testing internet beaming drones in 2015

Posted on September 30, 2014 by sherly

Google has its Project Loon Internet beaming balloons and now Facebook is planning to test drones which will be able to do the same. The company will carry out tests to check the feasibility of hosting Wi-Fi hotspots in the

Google has announced Orkut is shutting down,Download your photos, profile data with Google Takeout

Posted on September 30, 2014 by sherly

Google has announced that it will be shutting down it’s social networking site Orkut on 30th September 2014. Orkut marked the dawn of social-networking for an entire generation in India, years before the netizens caught onto the Facebook fever. Though

MySmartPrice now allows users to compare prices on WhatsApp

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Sibi Antony

MySmartPrice.com, owned and operated by Hyderabad-based MySmartPrice Web Technology Pvt Ltd, has integrated its product price comparison services with WhatsApp. Consumers with the chat app installed on their mobile phones can now avail the services by sending a message to

Top 5 Android Mobile Apps to Make Free Phone Calls

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Viber Viber makes connecting with the world easier. An app that syncs with contact lists stored in android device, Viber is sure download for free calling. HD sound quality and an option of video calling puts Viber on a ‘must