2014 articles
It seems a new revolution in computer displays is around the corner. VR, or Virtual Reality has been around as a concept for quite a long time, and on the surface of it, it seems simple enough. Yet even today, decent VR sets cost thousands of US dollars. If Palmer Luckey has anything to do with it, that is all about to change.
With the introduction of Google‘s Voice Search for iOS, Siri’s drawbacks are becoming more evident. And with Apple, looking to sever ties with Google as much as possible, it gives an impression that Siri is going nowhere.
Microsoft is stepping things up in its plan to rid itself of the Metro branding in order to avoid a trademark dispute with a German partner. It is refusing to certify any app with “metro” in its name means that it’s forcing third-party developers to avoid a trademark dispute, too.
Finally, after months of anticipation, Flash on Android is dead. Adobe has stopped development on Flash for mobile platforms, instead focussing on desktop and AIR for mobile.
Research in Motion, the struggling Canadian telecommunications company has been in the news in recent months owing to instability in this outlook. It is now being reported that RIM is open to licencing its latest smartphone operating system to other manufacturers.
Samsung Electronics, the South Korean giant, will soon become the first company ever to use Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) technology in its Galaxy S3. VoLTE uses an IP packet-based service for both voice and data, allowing for new multimedia services to be introduced, such as being able to convert from voice call to video call.
Facebook has announced the Developer World HACK 2012, a two-month series of hackathon events for software developers. In India it will be held in Bangalore on September 17, 2012. Developers have to build amazing Facebook apps at the HACK. The region-wise winners of the contest will get an opportunity to visit the Facebook office and meet the team in San Francisco.
Jitender Verma, Chief Information Officer, PVR Ltd, talks about the latest PVR app available on Google Play. This app lets customers choose available seats, locate closest cinema halls as well as hold tickets and pay later at a cinema hall.
With technology taking over every aspect of our lives and mobile technology taking over in an unprecedented way, there is a career opportunity waiting to explode (has already creating tremors) in the field of mobile apps development.
Android has breached yet another platform, this time it’s gaming consoles, with the successful completion of Kickstarter for Ouya
