Failure of Facebook to Acquire Snapchat For $3 billion

The buyout offer of $3 billion made for Snapchat Inc by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has been rejected by the Internet startups (co-founder Evan Spiegel), as declared by the people having knowledge of the matter. Snapchat Inc was founded two year ago and has received several bids from prospective buyers and other investors, such as Tencent Holdings Ltd. Tencent Holdings Ltd is Chinese Web based organization and has offered $4 billion to invest in Snapchat Inc.

The company has no such business objective or sales alternative but the website of company has Smartphone app that distribute vast amount of messages, largely from young teenagers and adults that withdraw in 10 seconds or less.

It has been said by the source closed to the matter, it is expected that Snapchat Inc will look forward to takeover or an might be an investment approximately in 2014. But the representative of the company declined to comment. The co-founder is hopeful that his company will acquire an even higher valuation, further added by the source. As the number of users is growing and the existing users are encouraging which indicates that it is not likely to fade soon.

The statement of Snapchat Inc in September affirmed that its usage had roughly increased two folds to about 350 million messages that are normally known as “snaps” on a daily basis, as compared to increase in June with 200 million messages. However it does not expose any number concerning its number of users.

In the past the giant of US social networking has offered a bid over $1 billion in order to acquire the Snapchat, the source also exposed that representative for social networking giant has discussed their offer with company that it will give a complete cash offer that would be close to $3 billion, which will be the biggest acquisition of FB to date. Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) were down by 0.39% to $48.52 in pre-market.

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Nokia has been designing a Windows Phone-powered phablet

Nokia has been alleged to be designing a Windows Phone-powered phablet for several months, to enlarge the upper echelons of its Smartphone portfolio and fight Samsung’s Galaxy Note line (the newest of which, the Note 3, was revealed only this week). Images asserting to portray a palm-stretching phone carrying Nokia’s branding have also reduced online before now but today prolific leaker @evleaks has revealed a press image in typical style of Nokia.The image depicts what’s evidently a bigger than usual Windows Phone, with sufficient screen real estate to display 11 x 6 rows of icons. The other prominent feature is the gently projected rear camera which appears to be the same as the PureView-branded 8.7MP lens of 925.

Nokia has not officially proved its phablet launch plans but the pattern of a rising flow of leaks is constant with other leaky Lumia release trajectories (like the Lumia 1020). It’s surely no secret that Nokia has been considering getting into phablet space on Windows Phone and doing so for an extended time. Back in February 2012 the corporation told TechCrunch that it was considering closely at the mid-size tablet market and also considering seeing whether it will catch on.

In the occasion, Samsung has sustained building drive in the category while Smartphone screens usually have exaggerated in size to try to compete with the trend for larger phones.  In the meantime Nokia has faced a rising battle trying to sell its smart phones in a market conquered by Android and iOS. Certainly it’s been such an effort for the company that, at the beginning of this week, it affirmed that it would be throwing in the towel by means of selling its Devices & Services unit to Microsoft for $7.2 billion and registering its brand name for adoption by Redmond on mobiles and smart phones.

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Nokia's Latest Mobile Phones - Nokia Lumia 625 and Nokia Lumia 1020

Nokia Lumia 625 is the new WP Smartphone to come out of Nokia Inc. It comes with a display of 4.7" WVGA IPS, operates on a dual-core 1.2GHz Krait processor with 512MB RAM, hold up LTE connectivity, and packs a 5MP snapper with 1080p video recording. Just the same as the Lumia 620, the Lumia 625 also provides exchangeable battery covers in diverse youthful colors. Nokia Lumia 625 is currently available in India as well. There you can have the Black, White, Yellow or Green color for INR19, 499 which equals at nearly €220.

Different retailers of UK have started selling the WP8 Nokia Lumia 625. The lowest price the users could get is at Expansys - the handset costs just £239.99 - although there are just 14 units in stock and they are all in the black color. Clove is selling both the white and black models and they cost £252 with VAT. Phones4U is offering the Lumia 625 for free via Vodafone with a two-year agreement, while MobilePhonesDirect is selling the SIM free version for about £244.99. Carphone Warehouse anticipates the first Lumia 625 stock in September.

Nokia Lumia 1020 was declared back in July and has already hit the shelves in the USA as an AT&T special. It is anticipated to become available globally this month. There is already seen a red flavor of the Lumia 1020 releasing with AT&T's logo on it. It was thought that this version will remain as exclusive for the carrier even after the expiration of the uniqueness on the device but the most recent leaks points in a different path. It looks that Lumia 1020 in red will be coming to Italy, as per a newly uploaded official firmware of the handset. It was remembered that Nokia has declared Telefonica will be introducing its own exclusive version of Lumia 1020.

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Apple Inc's unreleased iPhone 5C components are available for $250

Photos and videos of Apple Inc’s latest iPhone components are popping up all over the web, with a company’s anticipated iPhone special event in just a week. On Tuesday, YouTube search for the word iPhone 5C achieved over 84,000 hits. Sony Dickson is involved in the business of acquiring and selling unfinished parts of Apple . It has three sources of income which involves posting ad-supported YouTube videos on his new sonny dickson channel, selling ads on his sonnydickson.com website, previous month he has drawn 1,364,675 page views, fixing iPhones and iPods, a repair business by which he earns about half his income.

Dickson defines $250 price for the plastic cover of an iPhone 5C. As per the owner of a U.S.based website who has revealed iPhone 5C videos, revealed parts are priced anywhere from $300 to $500. Dickson got attracted for Apple with the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, like many young men of nearly his age. Taking a beginning as an iOS developer, he made effort for finding out information hidden in the code of Apple’s beta software. His first significant effort in the parts trade came previous year when he approached the unveiled iPhone 5.

However, he became in light when he revealed the photos of what he says are components for four unannounced Apple products: the iPhone 5C, the iPhone 5S, the iPad Mini 2 and the iPad 5. According to Dickson, previous month users located in Cupertino visited his website over 900 times. U.S. Homeland Security raised by 67 times. Recently, he has designed a system to keep the trade at arms length, enabling users to directly get parts from his sources of China . He says that few people think that he is violating the law, but they don’t really know what he does; he added that he is not infringing any laws that other people do not do.

Apple Inc. shares were up 0.92%, at $491.68 while trading with a volume of 6.99 million shares.

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New Launches By Apple, Nokia, Google and Samsung

Apple Inc is expected to release at least two new models, at an event on 10^th September. It may also strike

something new in the market, like the long-alleged Apple iWatch device. Sources at Cnet.com has told that on the top there exists iPhone 5S which is approximately a third faster than the prior model.  Apple fans are allured to choice the extended selection of iPhone color with the new model, although none of them are mainly colorful. The company is anticipated to offer its new model in a “subtle” brushed gold and a two-toned black and gray external, in addition to the common black or white. The latest iPhone 5S is also anticipated to have a fingerprint scanner for better security and a higher-quality camera. The projected price tag for iPhone 5S is almost $400. Apple Inc. shares dropped -2.86% to $488.59 in last trading session.

The latest update to Google Inc’s Smartphone line is The Nexus 5 that would be resealed in October or November as projected. Images of a soft aluminum “uni-body” shell labeled Google Nexus 5 are visiting the Internet, instead of the reticence. The device would be the topper in utilizing the next edition of Google’s Android software, code-named “Key Lime Pie.” On the last Thursday, the influential Consumer Reports organization came with a suggestion in opposition to the new Google Nexus 7 tablet, referring chief weaknesses, including a buggy GPS function and a fluky touch screen. Google Inc shares dropped -1.87% to $850.15 in last trading session.

The Finnish phone manufacturer, Nokia Corporation, is utilizing Windows RT which is the lower priced and low powered version of the Windows 8 operating system, in its 10.1-inch tablet code-named “Sirius” which is anticipated to be launched by 26 September. The estimated price of the device is nearly $499, nearer to an Apple iPad, which might produce problem for its sales. Sirius would be a little thinner and lighter than an iPad, and will be shipped with a keyboard handbag. Nokia is also anticipated to launch an updated version of its Windows phone line with a large 6-inch screen by the end of this year. Nokia Corporation shares dropped -4.32% to $3.99 in last trading session.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd’s Galaxy Gear smart watch will work in line with a Samsung handset or tablet, utilizing a Galaxy Gear “watch manager” app. is anticipated to be launched on 4^th September remaining one step ahead from Apple.  The device will be Android-powered with its personal itty-bitty phone, speakers, and full-color display.

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Nokia 515 Launched With High Quality Materials and Top Performance

Nokia Corporation has released Nokia 515 that is a finest mobile handset made by keeping style-conscious

people in its mind. The device unites the best of Nokia’s current design, high quality materials and peak performance, enclosed in lightweight aluminum. The Nokia 515 is accessible in single and simple change Dual-SIM alternatives.

The Nokia 515 portrays the approach of Nokia to design, keeping ease as main focus with clarity and craft. It has scrape resistant Gorilla Glass 2, gently curved for a beautiful style, and an archetypal particularly polished camera bezel. The well-designed profile of phone and aluminium body is wonderful for style minimalists, available in black and white. It is only 11 mm chunky; can be simply kept into the smallest pocket or bag.

Peter Griffith who is the Head of Mobile Phones Industrial Design at Nokia has said that while designing the Nokia 515 they intended to generate a beautifully designed phone that people will be appealed to own; they think that they have acquired their objective. The Nokia 515 is designed to perfection for people who favor classic design, and with the precise functionality they need for daily use. They have designed something that performs amazingly, without compromise.

The Nokia 515 features a fast, 3.5G HSDPA Internet familiarity. It has a standby time of up to 38 days in the single SIM edition which is perfect for matching work and play. Mobile browsing is made up to 90 % more competent, with optimized HSDPA internet built-in and data cloud density. Trendy applications like Facebook, Twitter and Nimbuzz are preloaded on the handset, while Mail allows people to check work email and sync their contacts and calendars on the go. It can also be utilized as a modem through a USB cable and can easily be connected to a PC or laptop.

The new handset is pre-installed Transfer app operating as a secondary or companion device for the other Android, Lumia, or Windows 8 smart phones. The Nokia 515 started to roll out in September internationally, starting in Russia, Germany, Switzerland and Poland. It will have price of 149 USD / 115 EUR except taxes and subsidies. Nokia Corporation shares dropped -0.38%, and trading at $3.97.

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Apple Inc, Samsung And LG Depend On Its Imaging Sensor Chip

Sony Corporation’s latest star performer is a chip engaged in about every high-end camera and Smartphone. Researcher has said that Apple Inc’s iPhones 5 and 4S use that chip and also the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd’s flagship Galaxy S4 and Laclede Group Inc’s G2. Sony Corporation was up 0.10% to $20.18 in last session. Apple Inc. shares moved up 0.18% to $492.60 in current market.

The company, that has helped to create the compact disc, has acquired about a third of the $7.6 billion market for low-power sensors that trace crisp snapshots. Sony has improved its revenue by 30 % from the chips in the last year as Kazuo Hirai, Chief Executive Officer has put efforts to revive the electronics unit after its business of TV reported nine continuous yearly losses. Yasuo Nakane who is an analyst with Deutsche Bank AG in Tokyo has said that Sony is making a clean sweep of rising demand; these are well-known products for which the company has spent three decades in development.

Masahito Takeda who is a spokesman for Sony has said that the competitors’ reliance on the components of Sony is not novel, as the company provided semiconductor components to other makers for music players. Nearly 80 % of the imaging sensors created by Sony are sold outside the company. Deutsche Bank has estimated that Sony generated operating profits of 10.9 billion yen ($111 million) in the previous quarter, most of which are accredited to the sales of the chips. As per the Techno Systems Research Co. in Tokyo, worldwide sales of the imaging sensor will most probably rise by a quarter to 3.14 billion units within this year.

Based on 2012 unit sales and revenue predictions from Techno Systems, sensors of Sony were sold for an average of $7.30 each, nearly four times higher than $1.93 that Samsung has generated for similar chips. Based on needs of buyers, Sony modifies chips for clients with circuitry based on buyers. As per the research from SMBC Nikko Securities, the chip is used in the iPhones 5 and 4S and Galaxy S4. Ever since 2010, the company spent 220 billion yen to improve production capacity of the chips at its two plants on southern Kyushu island of Japan.

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It has been announced by Facebook that it is their right to sell ads with user names

Facebook Inc has made it clear that it has the right to sell advertisements related with user names and profile pictures without pay compensation to the user. The social network has anticipated changes to its legal right that allow it to feature names of users and profile pictures besides ads and giving no compensation to the users.

Chief privacy officer of Facebook, Erin Egan has outlined the modifications in an online post, in the company’s Data Use Policy and its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. They come forward as a result of last week’s $20 million negotiation approved by a judge of San Francisco. The judge resolved the claim that the social network featured images of users in its Sponsored Stories ads without paying compensation or authorization, some of whom were minors. Along with the 600,000 users, each will be provided almost $15 or nearly $9 million in total, with the rest of the negotiation going to attorneys and privacy groups.

The social network is letting its users to analyze the changes and to respond on them for seven days. Earlier, the company has provided an opportunity to its users to vote on the issues of governance. Shares of Facebook Inc edged up 0.53% to $41.50 in present session on trading volume of 47.91 million shares.

The social network could have bear a prospective harm of about $112 billion, if the judge had identified it rational to apply California Civil Code § 3344, the Celebrities Rights Act, which calls for $750 in the damages if a voice of person, name, image or likeness is being used for commercial purposes without his/her will. The applicable review to Facebook’s anticipated Statement of Rights and Responsibilities cleared that users allow letting the social network to use their name, profile picture, content, and information with regard to the ads and sponsored content. The other significant change can be in the Data Use Policy of company. It shows that how the company utilizes facial identification technology to identify you in friends’ photos and to suggest that friends tag you.

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Apple’s Stock Trend After Latest iPhone 5S Will Launch On Sep.10

After the launch of lastest iPhone 5S, may be just in the beginning but the gains for Apple Inc. are predicted to be short-lived, with regard to its history. Apple’s stock decreased a month after the latest iPhone was unveiled, in five of the prior six years. 2011, the only one year in which stock of Apple actually ended higher after an iPhone launch. In the last September, Apple’s stock had surged 3% in the four trading days after CEO Tim Cook released the iPhone 5. But the Apple shares were down 8% a month after the announcement.

Apple had introduced the iPhone 4S in October 2011, and after two weeks its stock increased by 13%. However, it had dropped after that, the stock was only 8% higher than on day one, two weeks afterward. In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released; the stock has surged by 9% during the week and a half after. However, the stock dropped by 1% a month after the declaration. In 2009, the company declared the launch of iPhone 3GS, after that Apple shares had not moved too much shortly, but shares had plunged by 4% a month after the announcement. In 2008, the shares had increased by 2% the day after the iPhone 3G was launched but had dropped by 1% a month after the declaration. In 2007, Steve Jobs had launched the first iPhone after which the stock gained 5% in the week. But after only three weeks, shares dropped by 7%.

Apple is a huge part of the tech-heavy Nasdaq, if we look at the stocks of Nasdaq in those periods when iPhone was introduced; Nasdaq rushed by 7%, Apple fell by 7% (2007), Nasdaq dropped by 9%, Apple fell by 1% ( 2008), Nasdaq dropped by 6%, Apple fell by 4% (2009), Nasdaq fell  by 3%, Apple slipped by 1% (2010), Nasdaq surged by 12%, Apple surged by 8% (2011), Nasdaq dropped by 4%, Apple fell by 8% (2012); which demonstrates no discernible trend. Apple outperformed the Nasdaq a month after the iPhone was released, three out of six times, In the further three years, the trend upturned and Apple lagged. Apple Inc is expected to launch the iPhone 5S on 10^th September.

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Platformer Badland has been a special game of iOS

The very atmospheric platformer Badland has been currently a special game of iOS. Badland is making its way to devices operating on Android or BlackBerry 10 but still there is no revealing of release date for these platforms. The developers have released a video that reveals the game running on an Android device.

Gameplay is very simple. It utilizes a one-touch control system where the players just have to control altitude by means of tapping. The character progresses along the level by itself but it is up to the player to bypass hindrances by going over, under or through them. The game is chiefly based on physics. It has attractive graphics and sound design.

The game also has local multiplayer backing for up to four players playing on the same device. The multiplayer is entirely about the survival of the competent. It is fully satisfactory to push the competitors to spinning circular saws so as to survive, according to a press release. The iOS edition of the game does not involve any in-app purchases so the user can essentially get the full game when they purchase it. The game will pursue the same pricing on BlackBerry 10 and Android as it does on iOS that is $3.99.

The Q10 handset of BlackBerry Ltd has failed to get much response. The retailers are also reporting weak demand for the QWERTY keypad-enabled BlackBerry 10 device, according to a report of The Wall Street Journal. A fact that can give an idea about the weak demand for BlackBerry Q10 is that dealers who deal in second-hand phones are not reporting surplus of old BlackBerry devices which is usually the case when a latest version of any device is introduced.

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Launching of video feature by Apple that can automatically shifts iPhone cameras

The patent request for "Automatic video stream selection" by Apple Inc., announced by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, reveals a system that can wisely determine whether to make use of the video feed from a front or rear facing camera of Smartphone. The technology can be utilized in video calls such as those made through Apple's FaceTime or for content locally stored on a device. Several handsets have two cameras for picture and video taking, as noted in the document. The camers are usually facing in opposite directions with the rear-facing module utilized for higher-resolution shots whereas the front-facing unit manages the duties of video call.

With enhancements in mobile processing power, few of the smart phones are able to take video streams from both cameras at the same time; however the utilization for such a feature has been constrained. Currently the iPhone uses just one camera at a time, providing users the choice to toggle between the two as preferred. It has been noted by Apple that current bandwidth restrictions would make it hard to stream both video feeds simultaneously, thus a system is required to intuitively choose one while keeping audio in sync.

Apple is developing a system that takes and monitors two video streams for voice or visual signals, then outputs one of the two relying on a set of determined criteria. One instance would be a FaceTime call which has used a rear-facing camera video stream before the feed robotically shifts to the front-facing camera when a person starts to talk.

In order to select which camera to use, the technology recognizes the speech by utilizing data from microphones facing in the identical location as each camera or the facial expressions such as the movements of lip. When no speech or lip movement is recognized, the video shifts back to the scene.

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Efforts by HTC for establishing mobile software to counteract Google and Apple

HTC Corp is establishing a mobile software system chiefly for Chinese consumers as a division of a huge China bet that the Taiwanese Smartphone maker hopes will help resume declining sales, as said by the people having knowledge of the project. Establishment of the Smartphone operating system is closely supervised by Chairwoman of HTC (Cher Wang) who has been in negotiations with government officials of China. The software includes incorporation with Chinese apps such as Twitter-like microblog Weibo and is selected to release before the end of the year, as said by people.

The project reveals the growing pull of Chinese buyers in addition to China's broader hard work to establish homegrown software to offset U.S. technology giants like Google Inc and Apple Inc. for HTC. It would also be the final close of plans to form its own OS, an objective that the company uttered two years ago.

Though several of employees of HTC can speak Chinese, the brand is still a novice in China. HTC has begun selling under its own brand in China ever since 2010 and before that it was selling under the brand name of Dopod. China-specific software of HTC would play into a wider Chinese government policy to influence the establishment of a unique local software ecosystem to reduce dependence on Western companies.

It is not clear whether China operating system of HTC will be fully proprietary or will incorporate on top of Android. Plans have altered over the prior year in order to identify whether it would be an entirely different operating system or a user interface assembled on top of Android, as said by the people having the knowledge of the matter. Now Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is making investment in an operating system called Tizen which it is jointly establishing with Intel Corporation.

Technology ministry of China has said in a white paper in March that the mobile industry of country is too reliant on Android operating system of Google and it admired Chinese Internet giants Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Baidu Inc that have developed  their own systems.

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Facebook reported rise in requests of U.S. government for user data

Facebook Inc said it has received 11,000 to 12,000 applications for data from the individuals of U.S. government during the first half of this year. Bulk of those applications is related to the inspections of crimes such as kidnappings and robberies. The number as represented by Facebook on its website represents a small portion of over 1 billion users of social network. Facebook said it has produced some data in response to 79 % of the inquiries received from U.S. officials.

Technology companies like Facebook, Microsoft Corporation and Google Inc have pushed the U.S. government for more flexibility to report combined numbers of requests for data, in response to the reports former this year that the National Security Agency of U.S. is obtaining millions of residents’ telephone records and computer communications of outsiders from Web businesses as per the order of court. Governments must satisfy a very high legal bar to obtain any information about users, as said by Facebook.

The company has battled many of these applications, pushing back when it find legal deficiencies and narrowing the scope of overly extensive or fuzzy requests, as said by the general counsel of Facebook (Colin Stretch) on the company’s website. When the company is obligatory to abide by a particular request then it often shares only the crucial information of user such as the name, he further said.

The officials of U.S. sent 9,000 to 10,000 applications for data in the prior six months of 2012. The U.S. had the majority applications of any country during the present reporting period. According to the report, Facebook has obtained nearly 15,000 applications for data outside the U.S. during the first half of 2013. Overall the explorations covered approximately 40,000 users all over the world and came from over 70 countries. The shares of Facebook plunge 4.1 % to $39.64 at the close in New York.

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Discussions going on between Apple and Docomo for a latest deal

Japanese media is disclosing that Apple Inc. and NTT Docomo Inc might be close to an agreement that would allow DoCoMo to incorporate the iPhone in its lineup. Apple is very well conscious of the fact that additional information to the iPhone 5 is not going to increase sales in saturated markets such as the United States and that is the major reason for which Apple’s CEO is shaking hands with more CEOs of Asia-Pacific in the meantime.

DoCoMo is a huge carrier of Japan behind number two KDDI Corp and number three Softbank Corp -- the company that had newly purchased Sprint Corporation. As said by Chief Financial Officer of DoCoMo (Kazuto Tsubouchi), it does not make common sense for Apple not to put up for sale its iPhone through DoCoMo as it is a huge carrier of Japan.

Apple is insistently making effort to enhance market share in China and Japan. These are the two countries where the iPhone has obtained much popularity as the Windows Phone of Microsoft Corporation has obtained in the United States but its popularity keeps decreasing in China. The major reason is that people don’t like the Windows phones. In Japan and China, the price tag of iPhone is one of the huge barriers to sales ever since the carriers don’t fund its buying price as they do in United States.

DoCoMo wants the iPhone as much as the iPhone wants DoCoMo. It might be the prevailing Japanese carrier with 45 % market share but it’s rising gradually than rivals KDDI and Softbank. 172,500 users are added by DoCoMo whereas 225,200 by KDDI and 254,500 by Softbank in July. News of an awaiting deal of China Mobile Ltd. with Apple have inspired investors to bid the stock up in current times and an additional saturation into the market of Japan is further excellent news as Apple works to find new markets.

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BlackBerry's advertisement has disclosed Samsung Messenger to be a part of its Galaxy smartphones

The Messenger of BlackBerry Ltd is something that all consumers of Android and iOS have been restlessly waiting. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has presently launched an advertisement in Africa, revealing that the messenger is soon going to be incorporated in all the Galaxy smartphones. There are no comments or music in the advertisement and it is a silent video with a logo of BlackBerry Messenger on the devices of Android. According to CrackBerry, Samsung has actually started promoting BBM in few of those regions where the brand can sell the maximum number of units.

Headlines have been prepared by Samsung even near the beginning of August disclosing that the Messenger of BlackBerry will be introducing on the Android platform and it also added that the messenger will be a module of its Samsung Apps. The advertisement by Samsung promoting the BlackBerry messenger on the devices of Galaxy has encouraged fans about the messenger and has also given a hint that it will soon be accessible on their smart phones.

Sprint Communications Inc has declared the availability of the BlackBerry Q10. The QWERTY mobile phone will be on sale from 30th August when it will cost the consumers $200 provided they sign at the bottom of a two-year agreement. The release of device will come just over two months after Q10 hit AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).

The website of AT&T Inc. has unveiled the price of Q10 that remain changed, however as the network has lessened the price of the touch screen Z10 to $100; it is perhaps just a matter of time before the price of Q10 is also decreased. The physical QWERTY keyboard should be the major reason for buying the phone as it is exceptional in the Smartphone world. It comes with a 3.1-inch touch screen and has a 720 x 720 pixel resolution; along with it the handset has an 8-megapixel camera and 1.5GHz dual-core processor.

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Nokia is planning to introduce a 6-Inch Windows Phone called ‘Bandit’

Nokia Corporation is apparently manufacturing a 6 inch handset with Windows operating system. If the gossips are correct, the company is going to enter into the ‘phablet’ market, with this supposed device code called ‘Bandit’. The handset will be powered with a quad core processor and a 6 inch large screen with a display of 1080p. The latest rumored phone will be the first Windows Phone with a resolution of 1080p, according to The Verge.

It has been heard that the handset will be having a camera of 20MP and will released by the end of the year through AT & T. The handset is said to be parallel to the prior Nokia Lumia 925. Apparently the device comes with a body of polycarbonate which is light and thin in weight.

The new shift from the company may be due to the identification of the fact that the concern of customers on phablets is warming now a days. Currently the company is not manufacturing devices with screen size over 4.5 inches. In recent times, companies such as Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KRX: 005930) and HTC Corp (TPE: 2498) had unveiled their 6-inch devices. Market leader Samsung has led the way in phablets, confirming the wrong early critics who said they were too clumsy. Apple is the peak supplier of tablet devices.

Analysts have anticipated the demand for large screens to expand further as more clients watch videos and look at photographs on their Smart phones. Nokia has planned to unveil new, large-screen mobile handsets in the next month to re-establish its Lumia Smartphone lineup and challenge competitor Samsung's power in ever more admired phablet devices, as said by the sources. Nokia has manufactured more than one latest mobile device and is due to announce them at an event in New York towards the end of September, as said by the sources having the knowledge of the plan.

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Nokia has unveiled Here Auto - an enclosed infotainment and connected car system

On Friday Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) has announced its desire to become a much larger technological force in the vehicle, after years of being the mapmaker of auto industry. Nokia has unveiled Here Auto which is an enclosed infotainment and connected car system. The company hopes to sell it to the car manufacturers of the world.

Executive Vice President of Nokia (Michael Halbherr) just shared the broader connected car vision of Finnish phone manufacturer which will ultimately include self-directed driving and incorporate the vehicle into future networks of “smart city”. The disclosure of Here Auto is the initial step towards that pathway.

As the name indicates, Here mapping and navigation of Nokia are at the heart of Here Auto. The software contains all of the main features of its Windows Phone 8 app such as 3D maps, real-time traffic, street-level imaging, points of interest and local business search. But distinct from other enclosed navigation systems, Here Auto is not subdivided, as said by Van-De-Klashorst. It is the same app that the users can access on the Smartphone or through a browser of PC. All of the bookmarked destinations, contacts and preferences and preferred routes are stored in the cloud.

Nokia Lumia 1520, formerly known as Bandit, is alleged to feature a 6" 1080p display and operate on the newest Snapdragon 800 chipset. Other rumored specifications include a 20MP camera on the back side, wireless charging backup, a body of polycarbonate and Windows Phone 8 GDR3. It was recently get to see what a live photo of the phablet is allegedly. How users can know it's certainly the 6" Lumia 1520? The handset next to it is the newly launched Lumia 1020 and it's simply dwarfed by the Lumia 1520.

Mobile users might see the red Lumia 1020 introduction through Telefonica on various markets globally, including Italy, Slovakia , Brazil, Spain, UK (O2), Chile, Argentina and other South America and Latin markets. 

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Edward Snowden had travelled to India before 2011

The contractor of Central Intelligence Agency Edward Snowden, who disclosed few of the most closely secured secrets of America, had travelled to India before 2011 but did not report about the trip during his background-check process. The background checkers failed to confirm Snowden's account of a previous security violation and his work for the CIA, they did not carefully investigate an apparent trip to India that he had failed to report, as reported by Wall Street Journal.

The 2011 regular background check that the contractor of National Security Agency required to keep his security clearance, the checkers did not obtain significant information from any person who recognized him except his mother and girlfriend. The background interviewers get to know from a work administrator that Snowden had travelled to India, for which Snowden had not reported during the background-check process but the last background report failed to analyze the intention of the trip, as reported by the Journal. India was one of many nations approached by a 30years old Snowden for the purpose of asylum while he was trapped at the Moscow airport. His request has been turned down by New Delhi. 

One of a review report regarding this issue has said that many aspects of the background check did not satisfy the requirements of a 1997 document that has outlined federal standards for background checks. The Executive of National Counterintelligence (Frank Montoya Jr), who guided the review, has said the background check of 2011 by a private contractor did not reflect a complete picture of Snowden, further said by Journal.

The latest background check of Snowden was so insufficient that a small number of people were interviewed and prospective concerns were not taken into consideration. Snowden has contended that he was acting out of conscience as he wanted to shine a light on an inspection apparatus which he considers is out of control.

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What is making PS4 best is its shipment with a sense of Huma

Progressive Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), which has supplied the dung behindhand the Xbox-one and the PS4 has been clearing up why it believes that the PS4 is a outgo mess. The PS4 had been consigned with a judgement of Huma (Disparate Homogenous Faculty Hit) from AMD, as said by Sr. Fluid Marketing Handler (Marc Diana).

Diana said that this provides the PS4 the asset on 3D execution. Spell talking to Heise press he said that the mixed homogeneous retention hit is eventful to the tremendous help in show of whole processors. PS4 does not eff a discrimination between CPU zone and GPU separation. Both processors can utilise the correspondent pieces of data at the unvarying instant. Since both processors can be utilised at the identical instant for a unaccompanied task the system is real cagey and really sinewy at the unvaried quantify.

Investors in ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH) saw that new alternatives become acquirable this period for the expiration of Apr 2014. One of the main alternative for which vendeR is intelligent to pay is the term value. With 241 days faction until breath the freshly purchasable agreements equal a probable possibility for the thespian of puts or calls to discover a higher reward than would be obtainable for the contracts with a nearer expiry.

The put decrease at the score cost of $41.00 has an existing bid of $4.60. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put decrease then they are agreeing to buy the support at $41.00 and they instrument also obtain the premium, putting the expenditure part of the shares at $36.40 (before the commissions of broker). To an investor already solicitous in purchase shares of ARMH, that could service as a beautiful option to pay $41.28/share now. 

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Baidu is broadening Mobile Apps that don’t need to be downloaded

Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is broadening with mobile applications that don't require to be downloaded as it contests with Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0700) for users in the biggest Smartphone market of the world.

Mobile consumers can access so termed "lite apps" for travel, entertainment and transportation information through search program of Baidu on smartphones, as said by a vice president (Li Mingyuan) in Beijing. Baidu is also providing mobile payment services for developers to advertise their applications, he further said.

Baidu is making effort to navigate a change from desktop computing where it handles 82 % of the searches of nation to mobile devices. Last month the company decided to pay $1.85 billion for the 91 Wireless third-party app store in its largest declared acquisition to acquire the nation's over 464 million users who access the Internet from their mobile devices. The app store of company has had 69 million downloads each day as its open platform appeals to 700,000 developers, as said by Chairman Robin Li at the conference.

Baidu has been comparatively fast in advertising its mobile services and it's trying to manufacture a mobile cloud ecosystem to assist developers constitute its more mobile services on its platform. The company is still keenly seeking for acquisition goals as it broadens in services for instance online search and Internet video.

Mobile revenue of Baidu was nearly 700 million yuan to 800 million yuan in second quarter, as said by Chief Financial Officer (Jennifer Li) in an interview on Bloomberg TV in July. The market share of the company is well above 50 % in searches from mobile devices, she further added.

Baidu posted a net income of 2.64 billion yuan ($431 million) in second quarter, exceeding analyst estimates. Revenue rose 39 % to 7.56 billion yuan. Baidu increased its workforce by 2,100 people to 24,000 by the end of June through new appointments and the acquisition of PPStream Inc. for $370 million in the quarter of June.

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Reveal of BlackBerry 10.2 OS for the BlackBerry new devices

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has started examining the BlackBerry 10.2 OS builds and can be anticipated to launch the same for the existing BlackBerry 10 devices. The early BlackBerry 10.2 OS builds have currently been disclosed and posted at the Forums of CrackBerry. These are meant only for the enthusiasts and developers of BlackBerry. This early build of BlackBerry 10.2 OS accompany several developments across the system.

BlackBerry is presently rolling out the BlackBerry 10.1 OS update as maintenance release for the owners of BlackBerry 10 OS based device. In the meantime, the company has already begun working on the BlackBerry 10.2 OS builds for the BlackBerry 10 devices.

The BlackBerry 10.2 OS accompanies several changes across the system together with the user interface changes and other alternatives. The BlackBerry 10.2 OS is set to appear as pre-loaded on the BlackBerry Z30 large screen Smartphone.

The disclosed update specifies that the BlackBerry 10.2.0.1323 OS build is meant for the BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Q5 and BlackBerry Q10 devices. The disclosed builds can be named as branch or beta testing builds and not really meant for daily usage.

0x10c is a game that has claimed to take the users in a different world when universe was on the edge of disappearance, is itself facing disappearance as its maker has announced it officially dead.

Breaking the dreams of the fans who were keenly waiting for the space exploration game, the creator of Minecraft (Markus Notch Persson ) declared that he won't restart development on the project as he had no future ambitions for the game.

Persson had declared about the determined 0x10c game in April 2012, where it was exposed that it is set in the year 281,474,976,712,644 AD, with civilization waking up to a world on the edge of disappearance. It was recommended at the time that the game would attribute engineering, looting, trading, mining, an advanced economy system, in addition to a completely operational 16-Bit computer system.

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Samsung and Sony launching new devices before next iPhone of Apple

It is said by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KRX: 005930) and SONY Corp (TYO: 6758) that they give activity new devices close period as two of the large engineering companies of Asia are disagreeable to initiate their products before Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) launches new iPhones and iPads.

Aggregation Adapt of Samsung and Notation 3 faculty be free on 4th Sept, according to fill having noesis of affair. Last Xperia telephone of Sony, including imaging sensors that are utilized in its TVs and cameras leave be also released on the said day.

Samsung and Sony are launching their devices for the leisure shopping season as they try to maintain skyward of Apple. Apple has not yet launched a new telephone this assemblage but it is mentation to start new versions of its iPhone and iPad at an circumstance on 10th Sept, according to a individual having knowledge of weigh.

It is meaningful for Samsung to displace the fluid low sprouted of Apple, as said by Apostle Song who is a Seoul-based psychiatrist at Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 006805). The announcements of Samsung and Sony are both contrived two days before the signal of the consumer electronics show of IFA in Songwriter. Samsung alter 1 % to $ 1,282,000 won in Seoul, extending this year's quit to 16 %. Sony dropped 0.6 % to 1,951 yen in Tokyo.

Apple is the reality's most-valuable technology affiliate. It has set the value for creation declarations low the founder Steve Jobs and it is still persistent under the Honcho Head Lawman (Tim Prepare). The reserves's declarations of devices including the iPhone, iPod, and iPad tally gained international media tending.

Next period Samsung give transude a wristwatch-like figure that can get sound calls, hold e-mails and breakers the Web, according to a fill having knowledge of thing. 

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Intel May Speed the Introduction of Advance Smartphone and Tablet Chips

Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)is around to disclose another iPhone and probably revived models of its iPad in the close period.

The awaited affiliate of disclosure is 10th Sept in San Francisco and it is the assonant day for other equally engrossing processing by Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC) as it has also prearranged to pause its yearbook word for developers, famed as Intel Developer Forum (IDF)at the Moscone Comedienne assembly tract.

Intel may show an expedited timetablefor the manufacturing of its new 14-nanometer beginning of Mote chips for tablet computers and smartphones. The microprocessor behemoth has struggled to attain a footing in nomadic devices where the vast magnitude of chips are fashioned by Apple for its own usance or by licensees of Britain's ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH) including a meet of semiconductor manufacturers such asNVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Broadcom House (NASDAQ:BRCM) and QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM).

Manufacturing smaller chips can hugely increment their efficiency, measured by how some utilise they can do per artificer of the cause exhausted. For statesman than a year ago, Intel has been shipping private computer and computer chips, notable as "Set" with transistors that can amount 22 nanometersor billionths of a meter. The close rank for Intel is to declare its still-faster designs of 14-nanometer which are awaited to begin creation in its Core origin of chips by virtually product poop of 2014.

The friendship is belike to introduce a timetable at IDF that would considerably fit the ineluctable one-year lag for improving the Material crisp to the close construction in intensify, according to a somebody nearest to Intel. In fact Atoms instrument go into 14-nanometer manufacture righteous six months after the Nucleus chips.

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Map Project of Nokia Shedding Light on Roads of Belarus

The previous Soviet republic of Belarus which lies alongside the important journeying corridor linking Moscow and Midwestern Europeis one of the Europe's few sect down dishonorable holes for motorists, landlocked state where creditworthy, existing map substance is intimately held by the unpermissive authorities.

But in May, a forgather of 600 helpers in Byelorussia, mostly Geographic’s students, teachers and anaesthetic function admirers, carefully began canvassing the sloughy state, plane, logging the traducement of streets and highways accompanied by the exact locations of key stops likehotels, gas stations and restaurants.

The accelerator for geographic reaching out of Belarus was not a occurrence of spunk by the longtime presidency (Aleksandr Lukashenko) but the look of a glib marketplace chance by Nokia Corp (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), whose own byplay  of digital correspondence videlicet HERE has grown as one of the humans's most existent mapmakers.

In fitting iii months Nokia's helpers in Belarus added 22,000 kilometers or 14,000 miles of streets and roadways and11,000 locations of interest to the round database at HERE. Also rendering the maps for the trillions of users of Nokia's line of transferable phones and Lumia smartphones, info of HERE powers the maps of Microsoft Bing, Character! Inc.

(NASDAQ:YHOO) and AOL, Inc. (NYSE:AOL) unitedly with the in-dash sailing systems of automobiles manufactured by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (FRA: BMW), Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTCMKTS: VLKAY), Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai Causative Co (KRX: 005380) and Toyota Locomote Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:TM).

Nokia is in a canal with Google Inc(NASDAQ:GOOG)and TomTom NV (AMS: TOM2)

 (the Nation creator of auto direction devices), process and reciprocation data to urinate a ecumenical digital representation of the physiological world as a support for remunerative location-based services, as said by an shrink in London (Thespian Entrepot)who covers manoeuvrable services at CCS Insight.

Nokia is losing money on its division of HERE; Google and TomTom do not season up details on location-based sales and profits, as said by Mr. Garner said in an converse.

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