Huawei Honor joins Nexus Prime in rivalling iPhone 5

By: Chris Maugham | September 27, 2011

Once again Apple’s flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5, is being tipped as the one to beat despite the company’s drop in share hold of the market. It seems like every new device that releases intends on bettering the popular product, the latest of which is the Nexus Prime from Samsung. Another device joining the iPhone 5 rivaling list is the Huawei Honor.

The China based Telecommunications Company announced their high end product yesterday and will be hoping to compete in the market at the highest level with it when it releases globally. Judging from its impressive looking specs, they might just be able to do so, which will mark a first for this company. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: ProductReviews

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Google Drive possibilities: Android/Chrome integration

By: Peter Chubb | September 27, 2011

One has to wonder that now we are slowly moving more of our technology over to cloud storage that hard drives will begin to reduce in size one again? We are not there yet, but why would you want a 1TB hard drive in your computer, when you will be saving more of your content online? Google Drive is a fine example of this, which to some looks likes a re-branded version of Google Docs

The future of the new service could end up being a bigger deal than Dropbox, simply because of the integration possibilities with Android and Chrome, well that’s according to TIME. There had been rumors that the new service should have already been launched, but was delayed to coincide with the release of Ice Cream Sandwich. There is certainly some merit to this, as Apple will be offering iOS users their new cloud storage service very soon, so makes sense for Google to do the same. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: ProductReviews

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Google+ sees traffic and users climb

By: Gary Johnson | September 27, 2011

It’s only been a week since the once invitation only Google+, finally opened up to all comers to experience and enjoy the relativity new social network. The move has certainly worked as Google+ sees traffic and user numbers climb nicely. 

According to Digital Trends the sites traffic jumped a massive 1,269%, which gave it a spot in the top ten social networking sites. It may still be behind the likes of MySpace and Facebook, but new data from Experian Hitwise shows a lot of new users giving Google+ a try. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: ProductReviews

Samsung Ships 10,000,000 Galaxy S2 Handsets

 September 27, 2011 - By Jane McEntegart

Back in July, Samsung announced that it had shipped a massive five million Galaxy S2 units despite the fact that the phone had yet to even launch in the United States. A couple of months on and shipments are evidently still strong, as Samsung has revealed that it has since doubled July's numbers. Speaking via an official press release, the company said the number of channel sales has now reached 10 million.

"Since its launch in late April 2011, the GALAXY S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung’s industry-leading capabilities in - and commitment to - the smartphone market," said JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: Tom'sGuide

YouTube to get scheduled video channels in 2012?

By Marc Chacksfield

YouTube is set to launch a number of scheduled channels in 2012, with themes ranging from fashion to sports.

While broadcasters the world over have been battling to offer on-demand television through an internet connection, according toThe Wall Street Journal, YouTube is to flip reverse this trend and begin offering scheduled programmes.

It is reported that YouTube is speaking to content providers about how they can fill 12 channels in total, with the video-streaming site willing to pay good money for shows. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: TechRadar

Google+ celebrates 50 million users with CityVille addition

27 September 2011 10:20 GMT / By Paul Lamkin

Since opening up invite-free to the public, it's been Google+ mania. You can't walk down the street without hearing someone exclaiming their joy that yet another social network has entered their life. Or something like that.

Whether its cultural impact is on a par with other social platforms is debatable at the moment, but as Pocket-lint's teacher said the day we were relieved of our milk money collecting duties - "the figures don't lie".

And the figures are big: 50 million big according to Paul Allen, who has been tracking Google+ users from day one.

"Since being opened to the general public (over age 18) last week, Google+ has been growing by at least 4 per cent per day, meaning that around 2 million new users have been signing up each day," he wrote, on Google+ of course. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: PocketLint

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Bancuri

In pragul crizei financiare, seful se adreseaza celor patru angajati: “Imi pare rau, dar va trebui sa il concediez pe unul dintre voi”.


Angajatul de sex feminin: “Sunt femeie!”.

Angajatul de culoare: “Fac parte din minoritatea protejata de lege”.

Cel mai in varsta subaltern: “Concediaza-ma si te lovesc cu un proces 
de discriminare din cauza varstei, de nu te vezi!”.

Toti se uita spre cel mai tanar dintre ei, care spune: “Cred ca sunt gay.."

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All those who proclaim that dog is man’s best friend, have obviously not played with the pussy. 

Facebook Forms Its Own Political Action Committee

Facebook filed paperwork with the Federal Election Committee Monday to form a Political Action Committee called FB PAC. "FB PAC will give our employees a way to make their voice heard in the political process by supporting candidates who share our goals of promoting the value of innovation to our economy while giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected," said a spokesman to The Hill's Hillicon Valley blog. The FEC did not have FB PAC's information on its website as of Monday afternoon. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: HuffingtonPost

iPhone 5: Assistant adds to iOS 5 superpower, iPhone 4, 3GS owners despair

By: Alan Ng | September 27, 2011

As we build up towards the inevitable announcement of the highly anticipated iPhone 5 smartphone, we have some very interesting rumors to share with you, solid rumors indeed in relation to a brand new voice-control feature that is meant to be a key part of the new software featured on the device.

That new voice-control feature is thought to be titled ‘Assistant’, and it will be Apple’s brand new take on voice-controls according to an exclusive insight reported over at 9to5Mac. They are claiming that Assistant will be compatible with the majority of apps available on the iPhone 5, which includes tasks such as sending a text message, asking for directions and making an appointment – all of which apparently can be activated solely using voice-controls. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: ProductReviews

iPhone 5 hologram keyboard is viral hit

By: Gary Johnson | September 27, 2011

Hopefully the illustrious iPhone 5 or whatever it will be called should soon see the light of day, and satisfy the growing anticipation from many consumers. Presently we can’t be sure what specifications the handset will have as there are different rumors daily. Only yesterday we heard that Apple could be introducing an iPhone 5 with LTE capability. This doesn’t stop some ingenious mock ups appearing online, as a video showing an iPhone 5 hologram keyboard is a viral hit. 

You can see the video yourself below and is a concept of the iPhone 5, and according to Cnet was cleverly created by the 3D team at Aatma Studio. It obviously isn’t an iPhone 5 but really clever all the same, and the feature could be seen a few iPhones down the line. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: ProductReviews

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