Gadgets Archive
06 Apr 2015
First Ever Civic Hackathon in Islamabad Concludes
First Ever Civic Hackathon in Islamabad Concludes The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) hosted the first ever civic hackathon in Islamabad on February 20th. The event was co-managed by Open Islamabad and “Code for Pakistan” which aims to bring citizens together to “create innovative open-source web and mobile applications to spark civic
06 Apr 2015
Apple Ordered to Pay $532 Million Over Patent Infringement
Apple Ordered to Pay $532 Million Over Patent Infringement A federal jury in Texas has found Apple guilty of license infringement, due to which the corporate giant has been ordered to pay $532.9 million to patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC. After contemplating for hours, the jury determined that Apple did not seek permission for
06 Apr 2015
Google Is Launching a Secure Payment Platform Called Android Pay
Google Is Launching a Secure Payment Platform Called Android Pay The fascination of being able to make payments with one’s device rather than a plastic card is on the rise. First Apple, then Samsung and now Google is ready to foray into that world of mobile payments. Google’s Senior Vice President of Product, Sundar Pichai,
06 Apr 2015
Nikon’s 1 J5 Is Its Most Attractive Mirrorless Camera Yet
Nikon’s 1 J5 Is Its Most Attractive Mirrorless Camera Yet Nikon has announced a new alluring addition in its list of mirrorless cameras with the new 1 J5. The camera comes with a 1″ 20.8 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor with the new Expeed 5A image processor and 171 contrast-detect and 105 phase-detect points. For
04 Apr 2015
Google ARC Brings Android Apps to Windows, Mac and Linux
Google ARC Brings Android Apps to Windows, Mac and Linux Back in September, Google launched a project dubbed ARC (App Runtime for Chrome). The premise of this runtime was pretty simple – to run Android apps on Chrome OS. A few days later, a hack was discovered that expanded on the ARC’s capabilities. The
04 Apr 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Rack Up 20 Million Orders
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Rack Up 20 Million Orders A recent report in the Korea Times indicates that Samsung has received over 20 million unit orders from mobile carriers around the world for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. The number is a record for the company. The
04 Apr 2015
Apple’s Unveils Reinvented 12 Inch Macbook
Apple’s Unveils Reinvented 12 Inch Macbook The Macbook Air set the standard for ultraportable laptops when it first debuted. And it was widely acclaimed for its superior battery life, a feature which has most other hardware manufacturers still playing catch up. And today at the Spring Forward event, Apple outdid themselves again by delivering the
04 Apr 2015
Ufone Launches iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 in Pakistan
Ufone Launches iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 in Pakistan Ufone today announced that it has partnered with Apple to make iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 available in Pakistan with official one year Apple warranty for both products. On top of that, Ufone customers buying iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 3 from Ufone
04 Apr 2015
Finger Mounted Camera Turns Any Book into Audiobook
Finger Mounted Camera Turns Any Book into Audiobook Technology has dramatically evolved over the years and it has paved way for endless possibilities. Camera technology is no different in that regard. Take FingerReader for that matter that hints at that very fact. It’s a prototype, developed by Media Lab at MIT especially for the
04 Apr 2015
Samsung, BlackBerry and IBM team up to make SecuTablet
Samsung, BlackBerry and IBM team up to make SecuTablet Blackberry is returning to the tablet market, this time with the help of Samsung and IBM. The three have teamed up in an effort to make a spy-proof tablet for enterprise users. The tablet is not a successor to the BlackBerry Playbook; in fact, the