News: Reads from WWW
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013
Nokia Announces Lumia 720 & Lumia 520 at MWC 2013
Nokia has added two new Windows Phone 8 devices to their current Lumia portfolio. Joining the flagship Lumia 920 are the Nokia Lumia 720 and 520.
Sony Jumps on the Bandwagon, Firefox Handset Already in the Works
The fifth, after Alcatel, LG, ZTE, and Huawei, to announce that they are making Firefox devices, Sony deputy CEO, Bob Ishida, has commented that their engineers are "currently working with Firefox OS Mobile and HTML 5 evolving technologies" for an upcoming device.
Dual-screen NEC Medias W Mobile Device Spotted at MWC 2013
The NEC Medias W dual-screen Android smartphone prototype has been spotted in the wild again, this time at MWC 2013.
Samsung Galaxy S IV Officially Set for 14 March
Samsung has just officially announced that the Galaxy S IV will be officially unveiled in New York City on the 14th of March.
Monday, 25 Feb 2013
LG Working On Eight-Core Chipset for Upcoming Optimus G II
The upcoming LG Optimus G II, expected to be unveiled in Q3 of this year, will reportedly be the first LG device to run on the company's own homebrewed chipset, according to Korea Times.
Firefox to Begin Blocking Third Party Cookies
Upcoming Firefox builds will be blocking third party cookies by default. Firefox currently has a "do not track" extension, but many third party advertisers simply ignore the "do not track" requests of the extension and leave a cookie behind anyway.
Friday, 22 Feb 2013
Snapchat for Android Launches
Snapchat, an app that lets you to send video messages that disappear one to 10 seconds after being watched, is now available in the Google Play Store.
Thursday, 21 Feb 2013
Samsung to Switch to Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 for Galaxy S IV?
Samsung has been now rumored to choose to rely on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor as opposed to its own Exynos 5 Octa processor for its upcoming Galaxy S IV phone apparently due to "power consumption issues and temperature problems" in the latter.
Google Drive Adds New Preview Functionality
Google has announced the new preview feature in Google Drive. Users can now quickly and easily browse through more than 30 file types in Google Drive without having to open them.
Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
Apple Attacked by Hackers, Will Issue Malware Removal Tool Soon (Updated)
According to a statement by Apple, the company was attacked by hackers but said that no data was retrieved. Also, the company will issue a malware removal tool soon.