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Google has announced that it is acquiring Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app company. Terms of the deal for Waze weren’t disclosed in the Google blog post. But many people expect that it will be more than 1 billion. Started in Israel, Waze later moved its headquarters and some operations to the U.S. Read below the official blog post from Google. We’ve all been there: stuck in traffic, frustrated…

Lava Mobile has launched the Iris 455 smartphone with 4.5-inch screen,runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The device has a 1GHz dual-core processor and 512MB RAM. The phone comes with 4GB internal storage,that  can be expanded by another 32GB via microSD card. This is another dual-SIM device and it has 1,500 mAh battery which company claims offers up to 6 hours of 3G talk time. The phone has a 5-megapixel…

Samsung and Mozilla have announced that they have Joined to build a new Web browser engine called “Servo”. In a blog post, Mozilla’s Chief Technical Officer, Brendan Eichneed noted that both the companies feel the need to be prepared to take advantage of tomorrow’s faster, multi-core, heterogeneous computing architectures. That’s why we’ve recently begun collaborating with Samsung on an advanced technology Web browser engine called Servo.” Servo is an attempt…

Videocon launches VT 75C tablet with 2G voice calling.The VT 75C Tablet has a 7-inch display,runs on Android 4.1(Jelly Bean) and is Priced at Rs 6,499. Videocon VT 75C tablet runs on a 1GHz processor  with 512 MB RAM and has 4GB internal storage and microSD expansion up to 32GB. This device has display resolution of 800x480p and 133ppi pixel density.Connectivity features in the device include 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0,…

Google Play movies allows users to buy and then stream popular films in India. Buying a movie costs an average of Rs 500 and the renting costs around Rs 120, unless you want it in HD which will cost a little more.   The Play store had some popular films like Ek Tha Tiger, Amazing Spiderman and Premium Rush. Ek Tha Tiger was available for Rs 390 (purchase) and Rs…

Google has made Nexus 7 tablet, with 16GB of storage space.The tablet is available for sale on Google Play for Rs 15,999 in India. Currently the store says it will ship by April 5th, but you can order now.It is the first tablet in the Google Nexus series, a line of consumer devices implementing the Android operating system and built by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner. The Nexus 7…

Google has announced a new note-taking service called Google Keep, which is similar in function to  popular personal note-taking app Evernote. With Google Keep you can Create Notes,checklists and add photos by giving voice input. It’s possible without unlocking your device by the use of lock screen widget. The web version of Google Keep is available here and the company says in the coming weeks it will be directly integrated…

Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 Smartphones on the stage of New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.The new smartphone runs on a Google’s latest Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system.   The Galaxy S4 also features 13 megapixel back camera, and 5-inch Full HD Display,The Exynos 5 Octa processor based on ARM Holdings big. Little architecture and includes one 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 cluster and one 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 cluster,…

Google announced to close Google Reader’s doors from July 1,2013.Google announcing some more closures, bringing the total to 70 features or services closed since our spring cleaning began in 2011. Google launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July…

BlackBerry launched its first smartphone BlackBerry 10 series in India. The price of  the phone is Rs. 43,490. BlackBerry has a strong fan following in India, especially among youth. But they feel the the Price Rs. 43,490. is high. BlackBerry, which for long been considered as an enterprise device, has introduced ‘BlackBerry Balance’ that will allow users separate professional data and applications from music, photographs and other personal items. The…