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New Google Sign-in Page in Few Weeks for PCs, Mobiles and Tablets

Google is going to change its sign in page for all platforms. According the the Google Post, the new sign in page page will be consistent across PCs, Mobiles and Tablets. Signing in will be faster than the current and page design will be cleaner and simple in looks. If you are using old browser or have disabled JavaScript, you will not be able to see the new sign-in page. Else whenever you access a Google App or any of Google products on any browser which is updated one, you will be able to see the new sign-in page. Only the sign-in page design and faster login will be made. Rest the steps to sign-in will remain same and security will be as secure as they offer. Just wait for few weeks and let Google do some live testing and you will get see a new sign-in page Update: 5 May, 2017 The new Google Sign In is live now. Here is the new look on Firefox Browser: The new Google sign in page is having option to sign in via email or phone number. Beneath the input box there is Mo

BlackBerry Priv Confirmed as New Android Based Smartphone

BlackBerry Priv-An Upcoming High End Android Based Phone BlackBerry has finally confirmed it's Priv smartphone will launch at the end of 2015. BlackBerry Priv smartphone is based on Android and have a slider QWERTY keyboard. The mobile phone company, said Friday that they will release BlackBerry Priv (Short for Privacy) later this year. The Priv runs on Android instead of BlackBerry OS 10 and will feature a sliding QWERTY keyboard behind the touchscreen. "Today, I'm confirming our plans to launch Priv, and Android device named after BlackBerry's heritage and core mission of protecting our customers' privacy," wrote CEO John Chen in company's Second Quarter Financial results. "Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive ecosystem of mobile applications available on the Android platform." Chen also said that BlackBerry OS 10 will continue to receive updates and will not be replaced by the Android op

New Twitter's Profile Page Design is Available for All

Twitter's New Web Profiles Rolling Out for Everyone Twitter's new web profiles is rolling out to all users Today (Tuesday, April 22, 2014), twitter is rolling out new web profile design to all of it's users. To get the new profile click here . You will be redirected to your login page, if you are not signed in to your Twitter profile. If your are signed in, you will be taken to the new design. Twitter will guide you to update your profile photo and add your own image to create bigger, more beautiful profile header. You can also make yourself heard by pining one of your Tweets to the top of your profile page for everyone to see. This can be done by clicking three dots ... in you Tweets. When clicked, you get the 1st option to Embed Tweet, and the 2nd option to Pin to your profile page. Click on the second option and you will be warned that it will replace any previously pinned Tweet. If you want to move ahead, click Pin, if not click Cancel. Once you clicked on Pin,

Facebook Like and Share Buttons Changes Similar to the Goolge+ Button

Facebook Introducing New Like and Share Buttons Facebook first introduced the Like button in 2010 and from that day their user base has reached to 7.5 million websites with over 22 billion views daily.  Like lets people post links to Facebook with one click, while Share allows them to add a personalized message and customize their target audience before posting. Now, after almost 3 years, on November 6, 2013, they are re-introducing the Like and Share button to the online world and social network. The new design will be rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks. The up-gradation will go live automatically for all those users who are using old version. Following is the image of new Facebook Share and Like buttons: Looking at the above images it looks an idea stolen from the Google+ button with bubble annotation. It looks like Google too has changed the style of it's G+1 button.

Apple Inc. Unveils Fifth Generation iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display

Apple Launched New iPad Air & Retina Display iPad Mini Apple CEO Tim Cook Launching Apple iPad Air & iPad Mini with Retina Display Ahead of a competitive holiday shopping season, Apple Inc. on Tuesday(Oct 22, 213) launched a much thinner iPad Air tablet which is 20% thinner than it's predecessor. The new iPad Air weighs just 1 pound or 453.59 gm i.e. 28% lighter than iPad 2. Price of Apple's iPad Air starts from $499 with WiFi and 16 GB storage capacity whereas the WiFi + Cellular price starts from $629 for the same storage capacity. In a launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple CEO Tim Cook and colleagues also revealed the new iPad Mini with retina display. The new iPad Mini (Retina Display) has almost the same specifications as that of earlier iPad Mini except the introduction of Retina Display and the new A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor. There is a $100 increase in both WiFi + Cellular and WiFi mod

This Diwali, Would You Buy iPhone 5S(Rs 54,000) and iPhone 5C(Rs 42,000) on Dhanteras?

Nov 1-Airtel, RCom To Sell iPhone 5s Rs 54,000 and 5c Rs 42,000 iPhone 5C at Rs 42,000 and iPhone 5S at Rs 54,000 Waiting for the iPhone lovers of India is now over. Apple has released the date for sale of its latest armor of smartphones iPhone 5S and 5C. Reliance Communication and Airtel are going to sell Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C smartphones from November 1 in India, on the auspicious eve of Dhanteras. Both RCom and Airtel have issued the statement for selling of phones through their stores starting November 1, 2013. Even Airtel has started pre-bookings for the latest iPhone through Airtel Retail Store. Last month, Apple launched iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in the United States and China market and reportedly sold around nine million in first three days.  According to a new analysis by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the higher-end 5s has been outselling the lower-priced 5c in the United States. As the date is so perfectly selected to harvest the Ind

Adobe Hacked-2.9m Accounts Details, Source Code of Adobe Acrobat, ColdFusion & ColdFusion Builder Stolen

Adobe's Source Code, Customer Data Stolen by Hackers  Major Security Breach in Adobe System Inc. Adobe Systems Inc on Thursday announced that their computer system was hacked. According to the statement issued, credit card information of 2.9 million customers and source code of it's most popular software Adobe Acrobat , ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder has been stolen by the hackers. The attack on Adobe results in the removal of customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other data relating to customer orders. With the theft of source code, security experts are worried about more cyber attacks on the users using those software products. Source code will provide the hackers a close review of the program and they can figure out loop holes and new flaws that could be used to launch unknown cyber attacks to the users of Adobe software. The company said that they are notifying their customers by email and resetting the password

Best Global Brands 2013-Apple Tops the List, While Google II & Coca-Cola III Position

Apple Declared Best Global Brands of 2013 by Interbrand Top 10 Best Global Brands of 2013 Since 2000, Interbrand has been listing world's best and valuable global brands every year. Coca-Cola company remained in top position till last year. This year, the 13 year legacy of Coca-Cola has come to an end, when we talk about the Best Global Brands for 2013. Apple, with the launch of iPhone 5C and 5S, is now topping the list of world's best and valuable global brands. Google which celebrated it's 15th birthday on Sept. 27, 2013, is in 2nd position followed by Coca-Cola. Though Google change in Brand Value has increased 34% that of Apple's 28% from the last year, yet it was not enough to topple Apple to from getting crowned. The top 10 list mostly comprise of technology based companies leaving only McDonald's and Coca-Cola as the non-technology based company. Here is the list of top 10 Best Global Brands of 2013: Apple Google Coca-Cola IBM Microsoft GE

BlackBerry to Fire 4,500 Employees, Feeling the Heat from iPhone & Android Phones

BlackBerry Cutting 4,500 Jobs BlackBerry To Fire 4,500 of its Staff After renaming itself from Research in Motion (RIM) to BlackBerry and launching two new models new Z10 and Q10 phone this year, BlackBerry is now feeling the heat of low selling of BB smartphones. BlackBerry has announced that they are going to fire around 4,500 employees. If this year firing is added to the last years, around 9,500 employees were sacked in 2012 and 2013. The new losses will reduce Blackberry's 12,700-plus global workforce by about 40%. The company said that it will cut operating cost by 50% by the end of the first quarter of 2015. Since the beginning, BlackBerry was the favorite of corporate customers and government employees in the US and around the world. They once used to have around 14% of the US smartphones share but now they have less than 3% market share. They are ranking 4th after Windows Phone. The launch of Android based smartphones and iPhone are the main reason for the loss

BlackBerry Messenger BBM for Android and iOS to be Launched on 21 and 22, Sept 2013

BBM COMING TO ANDROID AND iPHONE DEVICES BBM Android iOS Release Date-21st & 22nd Sept, 2013 BBM one of the most valuable and popular service of BlackBerry phones is now going to be able on iOS and Android devices from this weekend. In a statement issued by, BlackBerry stated that it plans to make available free BBM for Android phones starting from Saturday, 21st September and for iPhones on Sunday, 22nd September. Well, BlackBerry is not giving all the features of BBM on  other devices. BBM for Android and iOS will miss voice and video calling features from the original BBM. Rest features like BBM chat, group chat, sharing files and unique BBM PIN will be available in the BBM for iOS and Android. The voice and video calling features that BlackBerry is not giving could be the reason for it's failure in the mobile messaging market. With already popular mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat and LINE, it will be difficult for BBM to succeed without these

Microsoft's Windows-XP OS & Office 2003 Support Ends in April 8, 2014

End of Security Updates for Windows XP OS & Office 2003 Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Supports Ends Apirl 8, 2014  Image Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has finally announced the date for the end of security updates for its Windows XP operating system. As of now Microsoft is releasing security updates for Windows XP, but due to security issues and to move more users from XP to Windows 8, Microsoft has decided to stop updates in 2014. According to Gartner prediction, more than 15% of medium and large enterprises will still have Windows XP running on at least 10% of their PCs after Microsoft support ends in April 2014. This means, people and organizations using Windows XP SP3 will be prone to bugs and flaws in the OS, as Microsoft is not going to fix those bugs. They will be open to malware, spyware and even viruses. Office 2003 Support Also Ends in April 8, 2014 Microsoft also announced the end of support for Office 2003, in a press conference yesterday in Lagos. Accordi

Android KITKAT the Next Version of Google Android 4.4 OS

Google™ Named Android 4.4 After Nestlé® Kit Kat Chocolate Google Android is world's most powerful and most used mobile OS and has recently surpassed 1 Billion smartphone and tablet users. Google unveiled Android 4.4, KitKat   as the next version of Google's mobile operating system, to be named after famous Nestle Chocolate Kit Kat. Earlier Android's versions were also named after sweet deserts: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. Earlier it was though that the new Android version would be named as Key Lime Pie . But news about Android KitKat came as a surprise. It might be a marketing strategy or a mutual business understanding between Google and Nestle, but it will be definitely bosting both brands' product and media coverage. Nestle is now planning to sell more than 50 million chocolate bars with the Android mascot to international markets. According to Google, the idea about naming Android version as Ki

Microsoft to Buy Nokia's Devices & Services Business, Nokia's Patents and Mapping Services for EUR 5.44 billion

 Microsoft to Acquire Nokia's Device Business Microsoft Nokia Deal Worth EUR 5.44 billion According to the Press Release published by Nokia and Microsoft Corporation, Boards of Directors of both Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation have decided to enter into a transaction to sell Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services. The decision to buy Nokia is one of the biggest deal and is taken with the planned retirement announcement of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. Microsoft will buy Nokia’s devices and services business for €3.79 billion ($5 billion). They will also pay €1.65 billion ($2.2 billion) for Nokia’s patents. The whole deal will cost €5.44 billion or $7.18 billion and it will be paid out in cash. Microsoft and Nokia announced that the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and o

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Splits With Wife & 23andMe Co-Founder Anne Wojcicki

News - Sergey Brin Reportedly Splits from wife Anne Wojcicki Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki Have Split According to the reports coming from Silicon Valley, Google co-founder Sergey Brin is not living with her wife Anne Wojcicki for over several months. Anne Wojcicki is a biotech entrepreneur and a co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, both 40, were married in 2007. They had been in marriage for around six years and have two children. They were one of the most high-profile couples of Silicon Valley. Reports say that while they are living separately, they are not yet legally separated. The break-up news was first reported by technology blog AllThingsD on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. The couple have been involved in many charitable organizations and are one of the biggest donnor in USA to charity organizations. Together, they have started a charitable foundation named Brin Wojcicki Foundation and are a part of new organization the Breakthrough Prize Foun

Yahoo! New Logo Announced after "30 Days of Change" New Yahoo! Logos Daily for 30 Days till Sep 5 2013

Finally, Yahoo New Logo Unveiled Yahoo! New Logo Announced On 5th September, 2013 Compare the New Yahoo! Logo with the Old Yahoo! Logo Yahoo Logo Before the Launch of "30 Days of Change" Yahoo! Launching New Logo on September 5th, 2013 Yahoo has announced that they are going to unveil a new Yahoo! logo on September 5th, 2013. For this Yahoo! has introduced '30 days of change' where they will be displaying a variation of 30 new Yahoo! logos on their homepage and throughout their network in the U.S. for the next month. Enjoy 30 new Yahoo! logos in 30 days! Track the daily changes in Yahoo! Logos Here are the first 6 Days of Changes of Yahoo! Logo: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

Now You Can Try Facebook Graph Search In India

What is Facebook Graph Search: According to Wikipedia Article, "Facebook Graph Search is a semantic search engine that was introduced by Facebook in March 2013. It is designed to give answers to user natural language queries rather than a list of links. The Graph Search feature combines the big data acquired from its over one billion users and external data into a search engine providing user-specific search results. In a presentation headed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was announced that the Graph Search algorithm finds information from within a user's network of friends." Facebook Graph Search Rolled Internationally for US English Users : Facebook rolled out the Graph Search feature two days ago for all US English users. Want to try out new Facebook Graph Search? Here is the link to test whether the new search feature introduced by Facebook is available to your account or not. Mark Zuckerberg Announcing Graph Search My Stint with Facebook Grap

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to buy Washington Post for $250 million

Washington Post to be Acquired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos to buy The Washington Post Image Credit The founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, one of the digital billionaire has decided to buy Washington Post for $250 million in cash. This is an individual deal between Jeff Bezos and Washington Post. According to the Amazon company statement, Amazon.com is not a part of this deal and has nothing to do with the self interest of its CEO.  The Washington Post was founded over 125 years ago and with the purchase of Washington Post, will the saga of 125 years old journalistic will come to an end or not can only be confirmed what Jeff Bezos and Washington Post's current team think of. Will the current editors, general manager or CEO continue to work under the flagship of Jeff or will they go to some other top US or international newspaper agency on time will tell?

Apple Developer Website Hacked by Ibrahim Balic, a Turkish Security Researcher

Turkish Security Researcher Ibrahim Balic Behind Apple Hacking for Developer's Site Apple’s developer site was hacked last Thursday to overhaul the security breach and weakness it had. A Turkish Security Researcher named Ibrahim Balic, claims that he was behind the cyper attack on Apple developers website.According the Ibrahim Balic video posted on Youtube, his intention was not black hat but an ethical hacking to remind of Apple that they have loopholes in their system for developers' website. Now, after 4 days the site https://developer.apple.com/ is open to all.