A new piece of research carried out by BBC Learning has revealed that parents are no longer fully aware of the dangers their children could come across on smartphones or tablets. It turns out that close to 20% of youngsters say that they have been upset by something they have seen on their mobile device. However, only half of that number of parents thought that their kids...
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Japanese electronics giant Sony has confirmed rumors of a slimmer PlayStation 3 with the announcement of a new model at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The new PlayStation 3 model is now 20 percent lighter and 25 percent slimmer than the previous model. The new ultra-slim PlayStation 3 comes in two different models: 250 GB and 500 GB, which will allow users to store...
Just days away from the unveiling of Apple’s brand new iPhone, Korean competitor Samsung has announced that they will be suing the Cupertino-based company over the LTE technology. A report from a Korean source notes that the Korean tech giant will sue Apple in countries in Europe and Apple’s home turf the United States over the iPhone 5’s release for...
It has been almost five years since the world was shocked with the unveiling of the iPhone, and according to an analyst, the world’s first ever “smart” phone has generated a very impressive $150 billion in revenue since day one. This encompasses all models of the iPhone launched, including the first ever iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the...
Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC announced on Friday that it will be pulling out its operations in Brazil due to poor performance that resulted in a decline in shares in the smartphone market. The company said that it will lay off the staff it employs and stop the wholesale sales of its products. Reports say that the company has already notified some of its employees...
In an effort to build anticipation for one of the most highly-awaited blockbusters of the year and to somehow promote its new Lumia 900 smartphone, Nokia has released an exclusive trailer for the movie The Dark Knight Rises. As we all know, the Finnish mobile phone company is heavily sponsoring the film with the release of its Batman-themed Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia...
Details about Microsoft’s next-generation video game console has been seen in an internal document that has been leaked and are now circulating online. According to the 56-page document, which was dated in 2010, the next-gen Microsoft console, or Xbox 720, will feature “Kinect V2”, Blu-ray compatibility and some sort of augmented reality glasses. The...
Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the new SmartGlass streaming app and the new Xbox Music service at the company’s press conference in this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the company’s goal to make the Xbox 360 console more than just for gaming, the new Xbox Music service will grant users access to more than 30 million tracks. The app will not...
Internet search giant Google Inc. celebrates the 78th birth anniversary of Robert ‘Bob’ Moog, an American electrical engineer, with an interactive Google Doodle. Bob Moog is the father of the modern electronic synthesizer and in place of the Google logo in the site’s homepage is a digital recreation of the Moog synthesizer. Users of the Google Chrome...
Software giant Microsoft has quietly launched the new So.cl, a social networking site that is specifically designed for students. Although a social network service, the company clarified that the website is not meant to compete with Facebook or any other existing websites. The company has been giving hints to So.cl since last year, but it launched the site over the weekend...