Sunny Peter

Seems like no one wants an Apple iPhone cheap or at least it looks like, even a cheap Apple iPhone is way too expensive. Experts had feared that iPhone 5c would eat into the market share of the premium model iPhone 5s. For all its promise to offer customers, unable to afford the premium variety, the iPhone experience, the iPhone 5c has failed to impress

A fairly new ATR-72 turboprop plane belonging to Lao Airlines crashed into the Mekong River during a violent storm in the southern city of Pakse, near the border with Thailand. Reports say none of the 44 passengers including six Australians and five crew members onboard the aircraft survived the crash. Customer feedback about the services of airline has generally been positive; however this crash had landed Lao Airlines in a major storm.

Prostitution, servitude and forced labour are the key trades that represent modern-day slavery - human trafficking, the most diverse nature of which can be seen in the Greater Mekong region.

With the launch of its MyTablet – a 7-inch device, going up for sale on Oct 16 at £99, Argos has announced its entry in the budget Android tablet market. To compare budget tablets, Agros will be competing against the likes of Tesco’s Hudl, Google Nexus 7 2, Kindle Fire HD, Lenovo Idea Tab A3000, Simmtronics Xpad Mini quad core.

With a sizeable spec, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has already won praises from market pundits for being a fantastic device. Compared with its earlier off-spring, the Galaxy Note 2, the Galaxy Note 3 definitely had a better edge with additional advanced features of the S Pen functionality, larger display and improved hardware. Toping it all was the then latest Android 4.3.

Although in terms of overall brand, the Android market share is larger than iOS, in several markets, Apple beats out its competition, particularly Samsung. How to the companies stake up in the home markets? Both are clear leaders in their home market. Samsung, however, has a clear edge over Apple in South Korea, much more that Apple has over Samsung in the U.S. market.

Social media giant Facebook and Internet search king Google both announced modifying their privacy terms which will have far-reaching implications for their users.

With only £1 million left in her account, Queen Elizabeth II is set to get a 22 per cent pay hike from the British government to help her tide through her dwindling finances. She will receive the money over a two-year period.

In a bizarre incident, a toilet exploded onto the face of a 58-year-old U.S. man, leaving him seriously injured and miserably scared. So frightened is the man that he has tied a rope to his flush handle to pull it from a safe distance to use. Michel Pierre received severe shrapnel injuries as shards pierced his face, arms and legs due to the weird accident. So grave are his injuries that he received 30 stitches.

Habits die hard. Giving a taste of what firefighters can deliver, Belgian firemen protesting in Brussels against government austerity measures sprayed foam on policemen outside the prime minister’s office, which was blocked by riot police and barbed wire fences.

Breaking away from royal tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen school and university friends to be godparents to their son, Prince George. The choice has been a matter of widespread speculation since the time the baby was born.

A 47-year-old Chinese man of Hefei Province cut his right leg using a saw as he could not afford to get treatment for his leg arterial embolism. With a wood piece to mask his pain, Zheng Yanliang amputated his leg with a metal saw and small knife.

Russian authorities detained over 67 people at a gay pride rally at St. Petersburg after a clash between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists and anti-gay protestors Saturday.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Thursday arrested three people in relation to trafficking and exploitation of four Filipino nationals. A press release issued by the AFP said, the arrested include two men from Green Valley, NSW, aged 59 and 33. The third person arrested in this case is a Green Valley woman, aged 34.

For all awaiting the Samsung Galaxy Tab - Note 10.1, it has arrived on Amazon.

Chromebook enthusiasts have something to look forward to. Acer has been a trusted loyalist, working on improving its Chromebook offerings and now the C720 which had its debut at this year's IDF show, is available to buy. The company announced, Thursday, that the first among its C720 Chromebook line will be available for pre-order on Amazon.com and Bestbuy.com.

As if its troubles were not enough, two purported “air stewardesses” have landed British Airways (BA) in a YouTube stripping scandal.

With seven more arrests on Sunday, the Madagascar police have now made 26 arrests over the lynching of two Europeans and one local by a violent mob on Thursday in the popular tourist location of Nosy Be.

"These children here are fighting for the jihad. Are you an infidel to keep them away from the jihad? We will shoot you and bury you here if you come here again.” a Turkish father, who went to Syria, fanatically searching for his twin sons, was told. He returned home empty-handed.

An Australian diver survived a second shark attack in 10 years Tuesday. He is now recovering in a Perth hospital. Diver Greg Pickering, 55, was gored by a great white shark near Esperance in Western Australia.

The missing 1,000-year-old stone temple sculpture of Shiva (Ardhanarishvara - an androgynous from of Siva and Parvati) with the bull Nandi has reportedly been found on display in an art gallery in New South Wales (NSW), Sydney. This was according to the police in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Blame it on the conservatives in the House of Representatives, but the squabble is hurting the U.S. hard, not only at home, but even abroad.

The Esquire editors have had their say. They have chosen American actress Scarlett Johansson as 2013’s sexiest woman alive. Notably, Scarlett is the only woman to bag the title twice. She was first awarded the title in 2006.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will meet his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the India-ASEAN and the East Asia Summit Oct 9-10. Top on the agenda will be the need for finalisation of a nuclear deal between the two countries. The External Affairs Ministry has already said that the two countries are hoping to hold a third round of nuclear cooperation talks in Dec 2013.

Nokia has teamed up with scientists from the University of Southampton to find ways to harness lighting to charge mobile devices, and they actually succeeded in charging a Lumia 925, reports Mashable. It is something; scientists have been experimenting with, at least since 1750s.

There are a few interesting additions to the Apple Web site, helpful, particularly for users of iPhones 4S, 5S and 5C.

Thankfully the soothsayers in 2011 were wrong. Democracy smiles in Pakistan as the country’s Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Sunday that he would retire at the end of his tenure on Nov. 29.

At a glittering ceremony in Bali on Sept. 28, when Megan Young 23-year-old Miss Philippines won the Miss World contest, miles away in Singapore, 25-year-old Devina DeDiva grew scornful. The social media narcissist, with an irritable commenting syndrome, logged on to her Facebook account and let an outpour of derogatory polemics – insensitive and ignorant commentary of what she thought, made the stunning Megan Young; an undeserving candidate for the coveted title.

The Syrian rebels must know who spoiled their party. If they were expecting the Aug 21 chemical weapon attack would move the minds of Western people, and get the U.S. and its allies involved in their backyard war, the poor guys simply got it all wrong. And they have no one to blame but Miley Cyrus.