 | In the latest update to Google Maps for Android (version 5.5), Google turns its attention to the details by adding to the Places pages, transit pages, and Google Latitude. There are three big changes coming along with this update: New check-in and rating buttons added to Place pages – one can check in to places… |
 | Steve Ballmer gave all hocus-pocus when he was asked if Microsoft would continue to support non-Microsoft platforms. And now he proves that Microsoft would play tough with the open source or non-Microsoft platforms as we expected. Digium, the company behind the popular open-source Asterisk private-branch exchange (PBX) program, has announced that Skype has unilaterally ended its… |
 | Google announced the launch of a new mobile payment system called “Google Wallet” on Thursday. The service lets you store your credit cards inside your smartphone, then use the device to make contact-free payments. All you do is wave your phone in front of a special sensor, and the payment is made. The payment system… |
 | Well, this is something any loyal or infact any regular Microsoft Internet Explorer user would not want to hear. An independent Computer security researcher and expert – Rosario Valotta has devised an attack on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (MSIE) which can remotely hijack your browser cookies and potentially cause damage to you by stealing digital credentials… |
 | With all new promising features, Microsoft has attracted some major players of the mobile phone manufacturing world. Microsoft, itself announced three new WP7 manufacturers–ZTE, Fujitsu, Acer. But others are there too. On Wednesday China’s ZTE and Taiwan’s HTC Corp pledged to launch smartphones running the new Windows Phone software, code-named Mango. Microsoft has struggled for… |
 | Google will unveil a mobile payment system on Thursday that lets consumers pay at checkout with phones instead of cards. Google is rolling out this payment system on Sprint phones that would use near-field communications (NFC) technology. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that service would be available on the Sprint Nexus S across five different U.S. metropolitan… |
 | Who knew that these small SIM cards add up to the thickness of phone, so much that now Apple has considered to go for even smaller SIM card standard which would eventually help it to produce thinner iPhones. The proposed SIM card is smaller than the micro-SIM card used in iPhone 4 and iPad. The chief executive of… |
 | At the recently held I/O Conference, Google made an announcement that will help all movie buffs to rent and watch movies directly from the Android Market. Titled “Movie Rentals” this new feature from Google lets users rent movie titles on the Android Market’s website after which users can watch them in various ways such as… |
 | The Mac Defender malware that was first spotted around three weeks ago continues to spread. Mac Defender is actually a very simple trojan. It disguises itself as an antivirus and warns users that their system has been infected. To remove the infection, it asks users for user permission and once it gets the permission, it… |
