Nexus 7 finds Apple napping

Nexus 7 finds Apple napping Google has beat Apple at its own Retina-display-thumping game. Meet the Nexus 7, the eye-popping 323-pixels-per-inch wonder. It is, in a way, the (rumored) iPad Mini Retina wrapped in Android 4.3. Here's the deal: If you can find most of the apps you need on Google's Play Store and would like a small tablet with the highest resolution display on any tablet to date (i.e., higher than the...

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Canvas 4 review: The best Micromax smartphone yet

Canvas 4 review: The best Micromax smartphone yet Glossy plastic with a hint of aluminium The build quality of Canvas 4 is a notch above Canvas HD. Even though both devices use glossy plastic shells, the quality of material used in Canvas 4 is better. The back cover, which can be removed to access SIM, microSD card slots and battery, is glossy and smooth. But it has a fine pattern - similar to the one seen on some sea shells...

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First community solar projects getting launched

First community solar projects getting launched  Solar gardens are sprouting in Minnesota. These innovative solar power projects allow electric customers to invest in a large array off their property and own a share of the output, which gets credited to their monthly bills. The first solar garden, a large ground-mounted system, is nearly finished in Rockford, next to the headquarters of its sponsor, the Wright...

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Federal judge finds Apple guilty of conspiring to raise ebook prices

Federal judge finds Apple guilty of conspiring to raise ebook prices Apple has been found guilty of conspiring with book publishers to raise ebook prices, in one of the biggest anti-trust lawsuits ever brought by US federal authorities. US district judge Denise Cote ruled on Wednesday that the company played a "central role" in a conspiracy with the biggest book publishers in the US to fix prices in violation of antitrust law. Executives...

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After Reader, Google to kill Latitude

After Reader, Google to kill Latitude The Google Latitude service was originally created by Google to provide users access to selected friends location on Google Maps. Latitude is following Google Reader. The service will disappear on August 9th, Google announced today. The Google Latitude service was originally created to provide users access to selected friends' locations on Google Maps. The services that will retire include...

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Solar powered plane finishes journey, lands in NYC

Solar powered plane finishes journey, lands in NYC The aircraft soars to 30,000 feet while poking along at a top speed of 45 mph (72 kph). Most of the 11,000 solar cells are on the super-long wings that seem to stretch as far as a jumbo jet's. It weighs about the size of a small car, and soars with what is essentially the power of a small motorized scooter. The Solar Impulse left San Francisco in early May and has made...

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Shopping through smartphones on the rise

Shopping through smartphones on the rise Shopping through smartphones on the rise: Study  As many as 78 per cent of smartphone users also frequently use their phones in a store to compare products, says a study conducted among 400 smartphone and social media users in the country. An online study among smartphone users has found that 65 per cent of them use their phones to make a retail purchase, and 81 per cent of them...

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