"Panasonic And NHK Working On New 145 Inch Plasma TV With 8K Resolution"

Panasonic has announced that it will be working with NHK to produce a new  plasma TV which will measure a massive 145 inches, and will come with a whopping 8K resolution.

The hew Panasonic 145 inch plasma TV will feature a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels, which is known as Super Hi-Vision in Japan, and it will be the worlds first 8K display that

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"Google Translate Processes The Equivalent Of 1 Million Books Per Daygoo"

Most of us will probably have used Google’s Translate service at some point, and now Google has shared some details on how popular their language translate service has become.

According to Google, the service is used by more that 200 million people per month, and the service translates the equivalent text that can be found in more than 1 million books every

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"Opera 12 Beta Now Available With 64-bit Support for Windows and Mac"

Yesterday Opera rolled out their latest Opera browser release, allowing the public to take a look at and use their new Opera 12 beta version. Opera 12 brings with it a wealth of new features for users include more performance and stability. One of the major new features is the 64-bit support for Windows and Mac which now comes with Opera 12 beta.

Together with smooth and stable browsing, thanks to support for out-of-process plug-ins. As

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"Sony Launches First Waterproof Handycam (video)"

Sony has this week added a new waterproof Handycam to their range of video recorders in the form of the Sony HDR-GW77V. Which has been designed to go under water in depths of up to 16 ft for up to 60 minutes.

The Sony HDR-GW77V Handycam is equipped with a 20.4-megapixel resolution, full 1080p

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"Galaxy S III, Droid RAZR HD And New 5 Inch HTC Smartphone Headed To Verizon"

According to a recent report from the BGR, there are a number of new devices headed to Verizon Wireless this summer, which will include the new Samsung Galaxy S III.

Other devices reported to be landing on version include a Droid RAZR HD, which we

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"Dropbox Enables Automatic Photo Uploading For PC And Mac Systems"

Dropbox has this week enabled a new feature on its service which follows on from the roll out of their Android app back in February, that automatically uploaded images directly to your Dropbox account.

Now Dropbox has enabled the automatic service to work with just about any camera, tablet, SD card or smartphone. Making storing your images and memories to your Cloud storage even easier. Dropbox explains the implementation of the new service:

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"(Video) of Google Launches New Google Maps Photo Tour Feature"

Google has this week launched a new features on its Google Maps service that allows users to now view photo tours of specific places worldwide.Google photo tours are now available for more than 15,000 popular sites around the world, from famous landmarks such as St. Mark’s Basilica in Italy to scenic treasures like Half Dome in Yosemite.

 

To create the photo tours Google has used a number of advanced computer vision

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"Watch out Apple! Samsung posts record $5.5bn profit"

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s top technology firm by revenue, reported a record quarterly profit on Friday, powered by booming sales of its smartphones and the Galaxy Note phone/tablet.

The South Korean firm reported January-March operating profit of 5.85 trillion won, broadly in line with its earlier estimate of 5.8 trillion won and nearly double the 2.95 trillion won a year ago. In the fourth quarter of 2011 the company had an operating profit of 5.3 trillion won.

Samsung: on a high. AP

Samsung did not break out its first-quarter smartphone and handset shipments, but analysts reckon it ended Nokia’s 14-year reign as global handset leader, outselling the struggling Finnish company for the first time.

Nokia sold 83 million handsets in January-March, including 12 million smartphones. Samsung is estimated to have sold 90 million handsets, including 44 million smartphones, according to

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"Missed the bus? EBay steps up India biz to fend off rivals"

The e-commerce company dipped a toe into the Indian
 market seven years ago and stuck with a cautious
approach

EBay Inc  is stepping up investment in India to boost its share of a market dominated by domestic players such as Flipkart and fend off encroachment from arch-rival Amazon.com.

The e-commerce company dipped a toe into the Indian market seven years ago and stuck with a cautious approach, even as local upstarts made splashy grabs for business in a tiny but growing market.

“The talks of us having missed the bus are exaggerated,” Muralikrishnan B, country manager for Silicon Valley-based eBay told Reuters in an

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"Spurned Aakash-maker launches two new tablets to compete with it!"

Datawind, the company spearheading the Aakash tablet project, has now launched two new tablets, called the Ubislate 7 and 7C. The two tablets which will cost between Rs 2999  and Rs 3,999 respectively. Aakash could be looking at some serious competition here as the two are run on relatively faster processors.

Datawind CEO at the launch with students.

Both the tablets come with similar specifications sporting a 7 inch screen, are powered by

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"Dear Siri, meet your Indian counterpart Aisha"

Siri, the legendary voice assistant of Apple’s iPhone 4s, now has an Indian counterpart – the charmingly named Aisha. Unlike Siri however, Aisha comes at a much lower price range as it (she?) will be available on the newly launched Micromax A50 Ninja available for just Rs. 4,999.

Image from tech2.in

The Ninja smartphone was launched on Friday, and apart from Aisha (Which incidentally stands for Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant) it boasts features such as an Android Gingerbread OS, dual-SIM and a processor speed of 650. The phone also features a 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth, 2MP Rear Camera. Gravity Sensor and Memory storage capacity expandable up to 32GB.

According to Tech2.in, Aisha can translate words into action. It says,

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"New iPad in India to cost Rs 30,500 upwards"

Apple has officially launched new iPad for Indian customers with prices starting at Rs 30,500.

As per the prices announced by apple the iPad Wi-Fi + 4G models will be available for Rs 38,900 for the 16GB model, Rs 44,900 for the 32GB model and Rs 50,900 for the 64GB model.

the new iPad will start at Rs 30,500

Customers can buy the new iPad Wi-Fi models in black or white for Rs 30,500 for the 16GB model, Rs 36,500 for the 32GB model and Rs 42,500 for the 64GB model. The iPad Wi-Fi + 4G models will be available for Rs 38,900 for the 16GB model, Rs 44,900 for the 32GB model and Rs 50,900 for the 64GB model.

According to a report inTelcom Tiger, Apple has also slashed prices of iPad 2, which can now be had at a price starting Rs 24,500 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi model and Rs 32,900 for the 16 GB

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