Inside Google’s High-Tech Data Centers – Where the Internet Lives

Inside Google’s High-Tech Data Centers – 

Where the Internet Lives:

For the first time ever, Google gives us a glimpse of their behemothic storage facilities, where every little piece of data is archived, this is where every article, photo, video, and song sits awaiting to be looked up and generated instantly in search results. The new photos where revealed through a newly launched website, Where the Internet Lives, which features never-before-seen images of eight of Google’s 9 data centers, the places the “physical internet” calls home.

Samsung and LG with full-HD displays

Samsung and LG reportedly preparing 

smartphones with full-HD displays:

Display seems to be becoming a more important part of the smartphone experience. Only recently, HTC had unveiled HTC J Butterfly smartphone, which is the first smartphone with a full-HD display.According to MK news, both Korean smartphone makers - Samsung and LG - are considering launching new smartphones with full-HD displays.

Samsung and LG will be launching smartphones with full-HD active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) and liquid-crystal display (LCD) screen displays in first half of next year.

LG has already showcased a prototype of 5-inch screen with a full 1920 x 1080 resolution. This prototype had 440 pixels per inch. This is quite similar to the HTC J Butterfly, which features a 5-inch Super LCD 3 display with 1920x1080p resolution and 440ppi.

Apple Unveils Smaller IPad to Boost Tablet Rivalry

Apple Unveils Smaller IPad to Boost Tablet Rivalry:

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduced a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad designed to keep customers from buying low-cost tablets from competitors Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Google Inc. (GOOG)

The iPad mini boasts a 7.9-inch screen diagonally, compared with the 9.7-inch screen of the iPad, which was also upgraded today. It’s also thinner and lighter, and costs $329 to $659. Shares of Apple, the world’s most valuable company, fell on concern the price isn’t low enough to draw users from rivals like Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS)’s Nook.

Companies' revenue digitisation changing trend of tech spending: Gartner

Companies' revenue digitisation changing trend of tech spending: Gartner

Twelve years ago technology spending outside of IT was 20 per cent of total technology spending; it will become almost 90 per cent by the end of the decade, according to Gartner, Inc.

BANGALORE: Twelve years ago technology spending outside of IT was 20 per cent of total technology spending; it will become almost 90 per cent by the end of the decade, according to Gartner, Inc.

Much of this change is being driven by the digitisationof companies' revenue and their services, the technology researcher said.

The "Nexus of Forces" is leading this transformation. The Nexus is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social, mobile, cloud and information patterns that drive new business scenarios.

Organisations are digitising segments of business, such as moving marketing spend from analog to digital, or digitising the research and development budget.

Secondly, they are digitising how they service their clients, in order to drive higher client retention. Thirdly, they are turning digitisation into new revenue streams. Gartner analysts said this is resulting in every budget becoming an IT budget. 

Nokia Lumia 610 Review:

Agreed, that Nokia missed the smartphone bus, and all of us can probably go on and on about it. But with the Lumia series, I believe that the Finnish giant has just taken a cab after missing the bus and is trying to get there before the party ends. And by pitching one Lumia device in almost every price segment, Nokia might just be playing the smartphone roulette.

Amid the brouhaha over juicy Apples and endless Android Galaxies, Windows Phone lay forgotten, until Nokia revived it (to an extent). We loved the interface of Windows Phone on the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710, but missed some of the apps and features that we frequently use on Android devices.

A few days ago, the entry level model, the Lumia 610 landed on Smartbuy’s test bench, and I’ve been taking some time off the Android smarties to explore a budget (almost!) Windows Phone.

Nokia launches Asha 308 dual-SIM touch phone at Rs. 5,865

Nokia launches Asha 308 dual-SIM touch phone at Rs. 5,865:

Nokia had unveiled the Asha 308 last month along with a single-SIM variant called the Asha 309. The Nokia Asha 308 features a 3-inch capacitive display, a 2MP camera and microSD card slot. The phone runs on Nokia’s S40 full-touch interface. For connectivity, the device supports Bluetooth and EDGE/GPRS.

With the Asha 308, Nokia introduces two extensions to its cloud-based Xpress Browser platform. The new Nokia Nearby Web app shows search results on a map, to help discover new local places. The second, Nokia Life+, is available across 18 countries and provides access to education, health, and infotainment content.

Also, the Nokia Asha 308 comes with a fluid 'swipe' user interface and an open environment for third-party application development. We have seen the fluid ‘swipe’ interface before when Nokia unveiled the Asha 305 and the Asha 311.

Google Android plans revealed:

A new tablet from Samsung, a new phone from LG, an updated operating and an improved Nexus 7 are among Google’s plans for its event next week, reports suggest.

Taking place on the same day as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 launch in San Francisco, Google is planning a New York event where it is widely expected to unveil at least one new Google Nexus telephone as well as an enhanced version of its existing Nexus 7 tablet that will add more memory and 3G capabilities.