Nokia intros Asha family of phones for emerging markets

From CNET News.com: Though the headliners of Nokia World were the company's first Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 700, Nokia also introduced a new line of handsets today designed for emerging markets.

The new Nokia Asha (which means hope in Hindi) family includes four...

Twitter quietly testing expandable timeline

From CNET News.com: Twitter is quietly testing an expandable timeline that allows users to see media and related information inside the timeline instead of off to the side.

The redesigned timeline, which was first reported by Patrick Bisch of Pinglio, allows users to click on...

Steve Jobs Condemned HP's PC Spinoff: It is Tragic

From X-bit Labs: The passed-away co-founder of Apple did not share the opinion that spinning off or selling the personal computer business will do anything good for Hewlett-Packard. Instead, he considered the idea to get rid of certain divisions as some kind of a tragic defeat....

Hewlett-Packard Loses Two Key Execs in One Week

From X-bit Labs: While it was Leo Apotheker, who kicked off major changes at Hewlett-Packard and triggered to spin-off or sell the personal systems group (PSG), it looks like it is Meg Whitman, who is the real changer of the company. The changes coming are so dramatic that HP lost...

Intel Quietly Starts to Sell New Unlocked Core i7 Chip

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has quietly added a new “unlocked” microprocessor into its price-list, which means that the chip is available to customers worldwide. The Core i7-2700K "Sandy Bridge" chip will extend Intel’s leadership on the market of high-performance microprocessors...

Ice Cream Sandwich Can Make Your Android Into a Gaming Console

From PC World: Sure, the iPhone 4S is the hot new thing on the block, but Android hasn't exactly been a slouch in the smartphone market, either.

In fact, one might say that smartphones and tablets running Google's upstart mobile OS have quite a few advantages that the iPhone simply...

Android overtakes iOS in mobile app downloads

From CNET News.com: Android captured a leading 44 percent of all mobile app downloads in the second quarter, according to ABI Research, surpassing Apple's iOS, which grabbed 31 percent.

The research firm attributed Android's gain in part to recent shipment numbers.

For the second...

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto V

From DailyTech: Rockstar Games has officially announced the next segment of its GTA series: "Grand Theft Auto V."

Rockstar Games' website doesn't offer any details, such as release date, platforms, or which Rockstar Games studio will make the game. It simply shows the new logo...

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