Back in September of 2008 web browsing was basically restricted to Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla Firefox, a legion of IE based offshoots and Safari, in particular on the Mac. Things were not bad, but boy things became so much better after Google introduced Chrome on that fateful September 3 in 2008. But over the last four years, Chrome has become much more than a web browser, it is not only the sole entity that binds an user’s Google life together on any device, but Google’s vision is taking to places w...

On 9th January 2007, late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at MacWorld to announce that Apple was re-inventing the phone. He showed a product that now we know as the iPhone, which was released publicly on June 29, 2007. Today, we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone. With the original iPhone, Apple showed off many groundbreaking user interface elements that have now become ubiquitous in modern day smartphones. At the same time the original device was missing a number of k...

On June 29, 2007, one phone changed the fortune of several technology giants and shook the entire smartphone industry for good. No points for guessing, which phone we are talking about. Today marks the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone. It did not have the best hardware, it did not have most of the software features that other handset vendors claimed users could not do without and it was expensive to the boot. Yet, five years later it is still defining what users really want, what smartphones should be...

Apple’s iOS platform seemed to come out of nowhere and take the world by storm in 2007. The introduction of the first-generation iPhone set in motion a chain of events that lead up to the holiday quarter in 2011, when Apple recorded the most profitable quarter in technology history thanks mainly to unbelievable iPhone, iPod touch and iPad sales. No platform is selling as quickly as Apple’s mobile platform right now, but iOS is still in its infancy and the fact remains: as hot as iOS is right now, ...

Apple sold 925 iPhone 4S handsets each minute during the device’s debut weekend, and it sells 81 iPads every 60 seconds on average. Research In Motion sells 103 BlackBerry phones, Amazon sells 18 Kindle Fire tablets and Microsoft sells 11 Xbox 360 consoles every minute. More than 700 computers are purchased around the world every 60 seconds, and 232 of them are infected by malware. That malware stat seems surprisingly low, however, when you consider that 2 million people watch online porn every minute...

We had a chance to sit down with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop a few weeks ago in New York City to get a the skinny on Nokia’s strategy straight from the top. We covered the company’s upcoming push (and hopefully valiant return) in the United States, Nokia’s latest smartphones, potential new Nokia tablets and of course the company’s new Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 Windows Phones. Catch the full video interview after the break. (more...)This post originally appeared on BGR: The Three Biggest Lette...

Late last week, both Airtel and Aircel announced some ridiculous prices for the iPhone 4S that goes on sale on Friday, November 25. For those living under a rock – Rs 44,500 (16GB), Rs 49,900 (32GB) and Rs 57,500 (64GB). Over the weekend I wrote I won’t be buying the iPhone 4S from India as it is not worth paying the high premium just to get after sales support. Hardly anything goes wrong with an iPhone (unless you are jinxed) and physical damage (busted display etc) are not covered under warranty...

Now that the ridiculous iPhone 4S prices have been made official and disappointment seems to be the common sentiment, it is time to look for alternatives to put the money you had been saving up to good use. On a personal level, I would still prefer the iPhone 4S over any of the three alternatives mentioned after the break but I just cannot justify spending Rs 44,500 for it. For a change, I would recommend people to buy a factory unlocked iPhone 4S from the US or Hong Kong (if you can find one, that is) as ask...

What were you doing when you were in sixth grade? If you ask me, I was usually found standing outside my classroom or digging into my classmates’ lunch boxes. This post is not about me but of sixth grade student Thomas Suarez, who not only develops iPhone apps but also runs an App Club at his school, where he helps his peers make apps of his own, The Next Web reports. Suarez has already developed two apps, Earth Fortune (changes the earth’s color based on your fortune) and Bustin Jeiber (a whack-a...

When Microsoft first introduced Windows Phone OS last year, one of the key things it did was to enforce a minimum hardware specification to ensure uniform user experience across devices from different manufacturers. At that time, specifications were kept on the higher side to have premium products from its hardware partners. A lot of water has passed under that bridge since then and, it seems, Microsoft is willing to compromise with its minimum hardware as it seeks to have smartphones across price points and ...

During a memorial service for Steve Jobs that took place on October 16th, his sister Mona Simpson delivered a touching eulogy that was published in today’s New York Times. Follow the link below to read it in its entirety. (more...)This post originally appeared on BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech.com

Today I had a brush with the future of amateur photography. A future where photos are alive and anyone can tweak it to see it from their point of view, just like how we see things in real life. A future where no picture is out of focus but where people can change what they want to be in focus. A future where every photo can be in 3D and where megapixels don’t matter. And that future is called Lytro. It is the most unconventional camera you will ever see. In fact it looks more like a kaleidoscope than a ...