Google is introducing a new update to its search engine with a feature called Knowledge Graph, which will provide more relevant and detailed results to the user’s queries. Google had actually started testing the feature last week, but now it is ready to roll it out publicly.

Google says it references public sources like Freebase, Wikipedia and the CIA World Factbook. In addition to this, Knowledge Graph contains contains more than 500 million objects, as well as more than 3.5 billion facts about and relationships between these different objects.

Airtel has announced a new range of affordable 3G plans for both postpaid and prepaid users. The company is introducing SmartBytes for addition data usage packs for its post paid customers, which will allow user to upgrade their plan according to their usage pattern on the fly. This is a first of its kind feature in the mobile market, however Airtel already provides such a feature to its broadband customers. In the meanwhile, hit the break to check the new 3G plans for both prepaid and postpaid consumers.

Indian ISPs, notably Reliance Communications and Airtel, are blocking sites like Vimeo and torrent sites like Pirate Bay among others. The ISPs are citing “a court order” for the same. Contrary to popular belief that Reliance Entertainment is behind a John Doe order for its big budget movie Dangerous Ishhq, BGR India has exclusively learnt that it is Chennai-based Copyright Labs for two movies, Dhammu (Tamil) and 3 (Telugu). The CEO of Copyright Labs, Harish Ram, has confirmed the same to us.

“We have been fighting for this for long and it seems the ISPs are finally responding,” Ram told BGR India.

However, the ban does not seem to have been implemented uniformly as we can access both Vimeo and Pirate Bay from our Airtel broadband connection.

Update: We have got our hands on a copy of the John Doe order. The order is dated 29th of March, 2012. Hit the link to the get all the details.

Source: @Mou_shumi

The crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) will make a photo report about life onboard the orbital complex, with a 3D camera sent by Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

Yesterday’s $10 billion wipe-off from Samsung’s market value could have been based on unfounded fears. Samsung’s share price dropped by 6.2 percent, the largest single-day drop in four years, after a DigiTimes report about Apple placing a huge mobile DRAM order with struggling Japanese manufacturer Elpida, buying off more than half of its production capacity. The report was judged as unfavorable to Samsung, which is the world’s largest DRAM manufacturer and has Apple as one of its biggest clients. However, it turns out that Elpida was already selling more than half of its production capacity to Apple.

Bharti Airtel is reportedly eying to buy out Qualcomm’s Indian partners in its 4G LTE network venture. Qualcomm had acquired BWA spectrum in key circles of Delhi and Mumbai apart from Haryana and Kerala during last year’s BWA spectrum auctions for which it paid close to $1 billion. It then sold 26 percent of its stake to Indian companies – Tulip Telecom and Global Holding Corp – in order to comply with Indian laws that allow only 74 percent FDI in telecom carriers. Bharti Airtel, which also participated in the auctions also managed to get only four circles, of which it has already launched LTE networks in Kolkata and Bangalore.

VLC media player is a piece of software most of us use on a daily basis. Apart from its simplistic user interface, it is one video player that supports each and every conceivable video codec. Today, VideoLan has announced that their popular software has reached one billion downloads.

The next iPhone will feature a larger display, possibly measuring 4-inches diagonally, the WSJ is reporting today. This is not the first time we are hearing about Apple responding to rivals and recognizing the trend of larger displays in smartphones. Even the iPhone 4S was rumored to sport a larger display.

Garmin has entered the Indian market with the launch of nüvi 40LM and 50LM GPS devices. Both these GPS units are to be priced at Rs. 8,450 and Rs. 9,990 respectively.

The devices will come with free maps of Singapore and Malaysia, two of the most visited places by Indian vacationers, according to Garmin. NAVTEQ’s Maps (now Nokia’s Location & Commerce business unit) power Gramin’s portable navigation devices for India. These devices will provide voice guidance in Hindi and English.

LG Electronics has announced the Optimus UI 3.0 for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which will debut with the incoming Optimus 4X smartphone in June. Optimus UI 3.0 brings with it an array of enhanced key features, including Quick Memo and unique unlock functions, among other new features and functions aimed at improving LG smartphone experience.

Samsung today lost almost $10 billion in market value as unverified reports trickled in about Apple giving a major order for memory chips to a rival. Taiwan’s DigiTimes, which has more misses than hits in its reporting, ran an article that Apple had placed a huge order with Japan’s Elpida for mobile DRAM chips, buying almost half of its production capacity. Samsung, which is the world’s largest memory chip manufacturer is also the largest DRAM supplier for Apple.

Bharti Airtel, via its subsidiary Airtel mCommerce Services Limited, and Axis Bank, today announced a partnership for extending banking and payment services to India’s unbanked millions via mobile devices using Airtel Money.