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Samsung to launch the Galaxy S III in Japan with dual-core processor and 2GB RAM

With the Galaxy S III making a buzz around the globe, we are getting info that the smartphone will be headed to Japan with a slight different specification. Instead of the quad-core Exynos chipset, the smartphone will be launched with a dual-core Snapdragon
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Next iPhone to feature a 4-inch display, will go into production in June: WSJ

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
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Airtel Blocks Vimeo, DailyMotion & All Major Torrent Sites In India

After Reliance Communications, which had blocked video sharing sites Vimeo and DailyMotion, torrents sites like thepiratebay,text and code sharing platform Pastebin, and bookmarks sharing site Xmarks, Airtel has also joined, and has started blocking the above
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Airtel 3G Data Rates slashed for Prepaid/Postpaid customers!

Airtel today announced significant reduction in their 3G data tariffs, much to the delight of Airtel subscribers. As per the press release sent to us Airtel has also launched additional data usage plans Smartbytes for postpaid 3G data subscribers.With Smartbytes
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India PC Market Sales Surge by 7.7% Lenovo occupies the top slot

The India PC market shipments for Q1 2012 (January March) stood at 2.63 million units, representing a sequential gain of 7.7% over the previous quarter while the year-on-year growth was noted to be at 3.5%.And for the first time ever, Lenovo India has become
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Gmail Search now brings up information about your contacts, Google+ integration

Google is continuously adding social features to its products for the last year or so, recently added features to integrate Google+ and Gmail. Today Google announced that contacts have been added to the Gmail search bar, now if you search for contacts in Gmail
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Karbonn Mobiles ties up with Dolby, to launch slew of devices with Dolby Sound tech

Indian handset vendor Karbonn Mobiles has announced its partnership Dolby Laboratories because of which the vendor will soon be launching an entire new range of handsets featuring the Dolby Sound tech. The first handset which belongs to this range is the Karbonn
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Microsoft Grabs Delhi Public School and others for its Cloud offering

After AICTE (read: Microsoft Grabs The Largest Cloud Customer Ever, AICTE [10,000 Colleges, 7.5 Million Users), Microsoft has grabbed Delhi Public School and American School of Bombay, KR Mangalam for its Live@edu programme.Microsoft Live@edu is a no-charge
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Angry Birds reaches one billion downloads

This one is big. Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds, has announced that the original Angry birds game has been downloaded more than one billion times. This news comes back of the heels of Angry Birds sequel Angry Birds Space (PS: Angry Birds: Rio was not a sequel,
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Facebook Poll : 36% of you believe that the value will go down

We recently announced a Facebook poll on Pluggd.in and here is what our readers think about it:- Only ~13% believe that the value will go up by 100% from its IPO price- 23.5% believe that the value will go up by 20-50% in a year timeframe.- ~26% seem to believe
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Global Mobile Handset Market 2012: Mobile Sales Decline, Smartphones Surge

A study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner pointed out that global sales of mobile phones decreased 2% in Q1 2012 for the first time after a similar trend back in the Q2 2009. Leading mobile manufacturer Samsung topped mobile phone sales worldwide in
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LG updates Android user interface Optimus UI 3.0

Android device manufacturers like Samsung and HTC had their own skins on top of Android, LG also has Optimus UI. While Samsung and HTC with their android skins TouchWiz UI and HTC Sense are updating at fast pace LG is catching up, today LG announced the Optimus
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Zuckerberg takes the hacker way seriously, shows off with a huge HACK mural at FB HQ

When Mark Zuckerberg wrote his letter to potential shareholders in Facebook in the S1 prospectus, one of the things that really caught our attention was the “hacker culture” at Facebook and how “code wins arguments.” To prove his seriousness
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Whats On India Launches Social EPG For TV Recommendations On Social Networks

Television guide company What’s On Indiahas launched an open graph app on Facebook called ‘Social EPG’, allowing users to share their viewing preferences on Facebook with an intent to discover new TV shows, films, matches and documentaries
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Facebook Pages Manager App for iPhone

Facebook is releasing another for iPhone users, Facebook Pages Manager app for iPhone makes it easy for users to manage their pages from the iPhone. The app is currently available only from Australian iTunes store and is not available in US.Facebook app for
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Airtel Reduces 3G Data Tariffs; Introduces Smartbytes For 3G

Airtel has reduced 3G data tariffs for postpaid and prepaid subscribers, and introducedSmartbytesadditional data usage packs for its postpaid mobile customers on 3G.It’s interesting to note though, that Airtel had been offering a double data benefit on
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Windows 8 Metro Apps updated for Release Preview

Microsoft is preparing to release one more public release preview before releasing the final builds of Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 Release Preview is expected to come in the first week of June. Microsoft is updating some of the Windows 8 Metro apps
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Anonymous Takes Down Congress and Supreme Court Website, Gets it all Wrong.

Anonymous group has taken down Congress government (aicc.org.in) and Supreme Court (supremecourtofindia.nic.in) website, owing to harakiri Indian government is causing on the Internet censorship issues.As far as censorship part is concerned, the Indian government
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Exclusive: Copyright Labs secures John Doe order, Indian ISPs start blocking Vimeo, Pirate Bay and other torrent sites

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
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Bharti Airtel in talks to acquire stake in Qualcomms India 4G LTE network biz

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
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Samsung devices represent 40% of Android Smartphone Sales [Q1, 2012]

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2 per cent decline from the first quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. This is the first time since the second quarter of 2009 that the market exhibited
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TRAI Caps Advertisement Breaks To 12 Mins/Hr; No Partial Screen Ads

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) hasissued regulations regarding ‘Duration of advertisements in television channels’ to all broadcasters, followingcomplaintsfrom subscribers on the increasing duration and distracting formats of TV
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Airtel Money and Axis Bank announce partnership for financial inclusion

Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank have announced a partnership enabling customers to open no-frills savings account on Airtel Money platform.With the partnership, no-frills savings account of Axis Bank will be opened for customers on the Airtel Money platform called
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LG announces Optimus UI 3.0 which will debut with the Optimus 4X HD in June

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,
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Garmin launches nvi 40LM and 50LM GPS devices in India

Garmin has entered the Indian market with the launch of nvi 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
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