BlackBerry Z10 release date in India confirmed for March 2013.

According to KYM sources, BlackBerry 10 powered smartphone BlackBerry Z10 will arrive in India in the first week of March. 

Technical Specs:

 Touch Display     : 4.2''
 Rear Camera      : 8MP
 Front Camera     : 2MP
 4G Ready.

OS             : Black Berry 10.

Processor

• Dual Core 1.5 GHz

Memory

• 2GB RAM
• 16GB Flash

Expandable memory

• Removable microSD memory card – slot under battery door (Up to 32 GB)

USB Ports

• USB 2.0 high speed port – allows charging and data synchronization of the device with a USB cable

HDMI Port

• Micro HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector.

Apple releases iOS 6.1 with additional LTE support.

After five beta test versions, Apple today released iOS 6.1, the first major update to iOS 6 since September.
The software, which went out this morning as an over-the-air update as well as a download through iTunes, brings a few new minor features, along with bug fixes.
Chief among the new features is 4G LTE support for more carriers, along with a feature that lets users purchase movie tickets from Fandango after finding showtimes using Siri. Apple also returned the option for iTunes Match subscribers to download individual songs from iCloud, something that was quietly removed in a previous software release.

(Credit: CNET)

On the privacy side, the update also adds an option to reset Apple's advertising identifier option, the "non-permanent, non-personal, device identifier" feature added as part of iOS 6.
Other, minor changes in iOS 6.1 include new boarding pass behavior in Apple's Passbook software, tweaks to Safari, reworked music playback controls from the lock screen, and a back-end change in Apple's mapping software.
The update comes less than two days after the release of a fifth beta version of iOS 6.1, which Apple oddly put out to developers during the weekend.
Apple's last update to iOS 6 was iOS 6.0.2 in mid-December. That software, which went out to users only on Apple's newest devices, fixed a handful of bugs, including one that kept iPhone 5 users from installing over-the-air software updates. It also fixed an issue with lines appearing on the software keyboard, and a bug that deleted meetings from calendars when accepting an invitation.

Source: CNET News
By: Josh Lowensohn

Zuckerberg and Gates join the learn-to-code movement.

The celebrities are using their star power to draw attention to Code.org, a nascent nonprofit foundation that seeks to cultivate computer programming education in schools and direct people to online coding tools.
Zuckerberg and Bosh join hip-hop artist Will.i.am, Microsoft legend Bill Gates, Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, and others in a new YouTube video designed to get students, and their teachers by association, excited about coding. The video is directed by Lesley Chilcott, a filmmaker who also produced acclaimed documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Waiting for Superman."
The recurring theme of the video is that you don't have to be a genius to code -- and that if you learn to code, you'll be a hero like Bosh or get to eat free food at Facebook. Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston, although perhaps the least famous person featured, said it best with this statement: "[Coding] is the closest thing we have to a superpower."
Founded by brothers and entrepreneurs Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi, Code.org operates around the vision that every student should have the opportunity to code. The foundation has an all-star board of advisers that includes Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Jack Dorsey, Max Levchin, and Drew Houston.

By:
Jennifer Van Grove
Source: CNET News

Top Exciting Gadgets for 2013.

Google Glass:

Sergey Brin with Google Glass.

Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality Head-Mounted Display (HMD) named Google Glass. Project Glass products display information in a smartphone-like format hands-free, and can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands.The eye wear's functionality and minimalist appearance and uses Google's Android operating system.
  

XBOX 720:

The 100% digital Xbox Prestige uses the foundations of the previous 360 Kinect to form this completely controller-less gaming console that’s even smaller than the Xbox Slim. A combination of motion sensor technology, including not one but two cameras built into the console, and integrated voice recognition make it a super responsive and hands-free gaming powerhouse.
The KinectIN feature allows the user to purchase a game and simply scan the chip to the console. Once scanned to the user’s profile, play can begin in Microsoft Xbox Cloud or from the internal 2TB hard drive.
The console has an 8-core processor for super-speed performance up to 20 times faster than previous Xbox models. It supports 3D, 4K2K, multiTV (DPConnect), live TV and webcam, as well as GPS that allows users to view the location of any other user on an active map.

Nest:

Normally we wouldn’t get very excited about a new thermostat, but the Nest has been designed by two former Apple employees who were involved in the creation of the iPod and iPhone. The Nest learns your habits every time you adjust it and automatically heats your house to suit. It even lets you control the heating when you’re not in via the mobile app. The makers of the device claim that this smart heating can halve your fuel bills. It’s already available in the US, and we’ve been told it’s likely to land in the UK in 2013.

 

Memristor: A Groundbreaking New Circuit.

An array of 17 purpose-built oxygen-depleted titanium dioxide memristors built at HP Labs.

What is a Memristor:
The Memristor can "remember" how much current has passed through it. And by alternating the amount of current that passes through it, a Memristor can also become a one-element circuit component with unique properties. Most notably, it can save its electronic state even when the current is turned off, making it a great candidate to replace today's flash memory.

Chromebook Pixel-Google’s groundbreaker laptop.

Google has unveiled a new Laptop the "Chromebook pixel".

 It has touchscreen, along with a keyboard and mousepad; the high-res touchscreen allows all the fancies and utilities like ‘tap’, ‘pinch to zoom’ and ‘swipe’.

Chromebook Pixel runs on Intel Core i5 processor and comes out in two models: 32 GB model with WiFi only, 64 GB model with WiFi and LTE.

Apart from the 32 GB or 64 GB built-in storage, Google offers 1TB free space on Google Drive for three years.

In addition to all regular Google apps and docs, Chrome Pixel buyers can enjoy seamless integration with Microsoft Office to satisfy the MS Office fanatics Google is offering Quick Office for free.

Specs:

Screen: 12.85-inch touch-sensitive Gorilla Glass screen. 2560 x 1700 pixels on 12.85 inch screen translate to 4.3 million pixels, i.e. 239 pixels per inch whereas the best current laptops give a resolution of 118 ppi according to Google.

OS: Chrome

Webcam: 720p

Audio: Powerful, full-range speakers tucked under the back lit keyboard. Three microphones designed and deployed in a manner that cancels all surrounding noise two mics on either side of the cam, one laser mic under the keyboard. These ensure, Google claims, that the system cancels out even some keyboard tapping noises that you may make during video conferences.

Look and feel: Anodized aluminum alloy body that is smooth and durable; vents and screws are hidden, ports are not marked.

Speed: Driven by Intel Core i5 processor and solid state flash memory architecture, it is quick and agile.

Security: built-in antivirus protection, regular updates every few weeks

Source: Yahoo!