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F15: Breaking the sound barrier

Sony is banking on the audio quality of its latest device to make a splash in the laptop market. But with just 2GB of RAM, users might be left wanting more

Facebook pays bug hunters $1 mn; India 2nd biggest recipient

While bug hunters are spread across 51 countries, 20% of bounty paid so far have gone to US-based recipients

Apple fixing bug to prevent hacking of iPhones

Apple's devices are vulnerable to attacks until the company releases its iOS 7 software update, which is slated for this year

Now, a dumbbell for smartphone addicts' thumbs

A UK mobile service provider is encouraging textaholics to turn their thumbs into lean, mean pressing machines with their tiny new Thumbells

Telcos to see more cash from voice

As telecom companies have reduced freebies, growth in voice realisation per minute is expected to sustain for a longer period

Reliance Jio's piggyback plan

The 4G service may use Reliance Retail, with a surging customer base, as the launch pad

Yahoo acquires start-up venture owned by Indian ex-employee

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer purchased four-year-old start-up Lexity, founded by Amit Kumar for an undisclosed amount

Big change coming in the enterprise application ecosystem

A lot of knowledge gained from the past will be absorbed in the enterprise application world leading to a revolution in terms of the ecosystem and its current working

Data demand is coming; are telcos ready?

With lower 3G and 2G data tariffs expected to grow data traffic faster, network growth too will have to keep pace

Govt mulls R&D centre for tech security tools

Research areas would include image processing, video analytics, explosive detection, robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles

Global public cloud services mkt to exceed $180 bn by 2015: Gartner

Worldwide spending on public cloud services stood at $111 billion last year

Facebook hashtag fails to take off?

The study by a social media analytics firm showed that although 20 per cent of Facebook posts among top brands now include hashtags

Tablet sales in India to rise 102% in FY14: MAIT

According to MAIT tablets are eating into sales of desktops, notebooks, netbooks

Galaxy Mega: Size matters

Cinema on the go

Huawei Ascend Mate is being marketed as a 'pocket cinema' experience, and the device is as good as any smartphone available in the market

India's avg Internet speed likely to jump to 1.8Mbps in a yr

The global average connection speed continued to grow in the first quarter of 2013, increasing 4% to 3.1 Mbps

Picture on the wall

Get projectors that give as immersive an experience at a fraction of the cost

The perfect running mate

The PX 685i is part of a new series of sports headphones from Sennheiser and Adidas

Sunil Jain: All dressed up

RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS