 | Microsoft today announced the launch of a new beta Visual Studio Achievements plug-in for Visual Studio developers to help them discover new features of the application, while making the process “playful and pragmatic”. It is a free plug-in which works a lot like Xbox game play, allowing developers to unlock achievements and badges in the… |
 | A staggering 7 million people signed the online anti-SOPA petition initiated by Google in just 24 hours, confirmed a Google spokeswoman. The petition was available to sign on Wednesday, linked from Google homepage, meant to increase awareness about the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the U.S Congress. The Google petition came in… |
 | Software giant Microsoft is all set to launch an all new file system, ReFS with its next operating system Windows 8, in late 2012. ReFS stands for Resilient File System, and has been designed to meet Windows storage needs – having shared storage pools across systems, ability to large volumes and a resilience to corruption…. |
 | Using technology to bridge the gap between learning and digital textbooks was something Apple’s co-founder had been working on for a quite a few years, and Apple was slated to launch its unique new tool along with the iPhone 4S, only to be stalled by Jobs’s death. Now, Apple is ready to launch this tool,… |
 | With the raise of smartphones, QR codes are becoming quite ubiquitous now a days. We see them everywhere – on newspaper ads, on packaging of food items etc. However most of the usage of QR codes remains the same – to share a web link that users can scan with their phone and visit. Google… |
 | Dell has launched an unique contest for school going children in India in collaboration with Microsoft called the ‘Study Buddy Program’ which helps students to explore various ways in which they can make the use of technology to do their day to day things more effectively. Initially we thought the program would be some kind… |
 | Now, one can learn the most basic sentences, phrases and words of a new language with Lingibli.com. Literally, Lingibli is the little green guy you see on the homepage of the website, and this character represents the website’s tool for learning different languages quickly and easily. With the website’s learning methods, you can pick up… |
 | India’s largest online shopping portal, HomeShop18.com has teamed up with Microsoft in a unique tie-up that promises to give customers an all new shopping experience. The benefits of this tie-up will be brought out by Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9 this holiday season. HomeShop18 with Microsoft is aiming to bring itself closer to its… |
 | Global broadband and telecommunications giant Verizon might be looking to monopolize mobile payment platforms, which is why it is not including the Google payments app Google Wallet on its latest smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus has been developed by Google and Samsung, based on the former’s Android operating system. Instead of using… |
