If there’s any tablet out there that’s going to give Apple some serious competition, that would Kindle Fire. Tablets can dramatically boost Amazon’s existing successful ecosystem that’s why it’s so bold to sell Kindle Fire for cheap, even to expense of having to subsidize the manufacturing of the devices. And statistics show that their strategy ...

appMobi, as an advocate of HTML5 development and open Web, today released a software development kit and detailed performance specs of its directCanvas technology which were created to get rid of performance and capability obstructions that hinders the growth of HTML5 and open web. The SDK includes rendering acceleration, multiSound multichannel sound playback and directBox2D ...

IBM publishes the 6th of its annual “Five in Five” predictions which encompasses its visions of innovation that will drastically change our lives over the next five years. Mind-reading machines to interpret our thoughts are one of the notable technologies to go rampant by 2016.

There will be Google+ improvements to roll out before the New Year for the social network’s avid users to tinker during the holiday season, some of which materialized due to insistent popular demand. One of these “fine-grained controls” will enable you to “graphic-equalize and fine-tune your system.” When you view the stream of a particular ...

Prince Alaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia and his company, Kingdom Holding Co., said Monday that they will invest a joint amount if $300 million into Twitter. The money will be used to improve the site to cater more users and attract advertisers. The negotiation lasted for months and it’s yet to be clear how ...

Lightbox, one of Android’s photo apps reaching nearly 1 million downloads, launches version 2.0. It features a new photo journal that lets users automatically post photos the Tumblr way. It allows you to organize photos into postcards.

Facebook’s much awaited Timeline is finally going public. The profile was first unveiled during Facebook’s f8 developer conference on September 22. New Zealand was first to experience the new look on December 6, and now the change is gradually spreading.

Skype releases version 2.6 for Android, allowing users to send photos and videos to friends and family. As usual, it’s free and works over WiFi and 3G mobile data plan. Aside from added features, it also boasts improved video quality on devices using NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset which are present on devices such as Samsung ...

Using exclusive device meters, Nielsen analyzed thousands of smartphone consumers who acceded participation in their rolling Smartphone Analytics research. As expected, Facebook and Google apps such as Gmail and the Android market top the chart among owners 18 years and above in the US. The ranking is determined by the percentage of Android owners who ...

Leading independent mobile advertising and data platform Millennial Media today released their monthly SMART report which provides insights on key trends in mobile advertising based on actual campaign and network data from partners and major carriers. Mobile is an especially important area in Millennial Media’s report as people are getting more and more inclined into ...