GADGETS

Samsung is allocating significant amounts of energy to Tizen in 2013, confirming reports that the Asian tech giant is planning device releases this year running on the Linux-based mobile operating system.

Apple is anticipated to further enhance their numerous iOS gadgets for the year 2013 particularly with the upcoming iPad 5. Apple’s iPad 5 is reported to have a new black design similar to the exterior features of the iPhone 5 and iPad mini.

As 2012 comes to a close, new rumours emerged claiming that the upcoming iPhone 6 will pack sharp, new features under its belt.

The Korean technology giant Samsung is getting ready to launch the Galaxy Note 3 in 2013, recent reports said. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 speculations began when the said device reportedly appeared on the GLBenchmark.

Android lovers would agree: Firmware updates from handset manufacturers remain its weakest link but the best in this woeful lot, that is to provide the most current Android patch cycle, is HTC.

Recent reports suggest technology giant Apple is currently speeding up on the production of the iPad mini 2. Gene Munster, the Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray, claimed that Apple will launch the next iPad mini with a high-resolution Retina display on the early months of 2013.

Fancy for a dual-boot or even multi-boot Nexus 7? Folks at XDA Developers claim it is now possible for the Google tablet to carry two or more mobile OS, thanks to the newly-created MultiROM.

Nokia’s Lumia 920 will soon deploy on more carriers and retailers in the United Kingdom beginning January 2013, the Finnish mobile phone maker said this week, adding that the supply problems bogging down the handset’s global distribution will be resolved at around the same time.

HTC would like to call this a different smartphone from the Droid DNA and J-Butterfly but the Butterfly looks and acts like its siblings, though this is another flagship phone from the Taiwan-based firm that is geared for the international market.

Will Nintendo’s Wii U fuel the recovery of the limping game console business? While the Japanese game maker would not want to claim that distinction, it reported on Monday that the new product is off to a respectable start – selling 400,000 units in a week’s time.

Lately he is all over the world and Microsoft big boss Steve Ballmer is a firm believer of the products he sells, which for now hovers only on one ‘powerful’ computing system – the freshly rolled out Windows 8.

Apple has officially unleashed the iPad Mini with company executives insisting that global consumers will not be getting a watered-down version of its bigger sibling – what will be rolled out come Nov 2 is an entirely new gadget, said the tech titan.

Taipei hardware manufacturer Asus is about to launch its latest device – Asus PadFone 2. This new smartphone will battle against other mobile devices that are currently in the tech market.

Experts have been claiming that mobile phones carry with them health-risk chemicals but a new study now indicates that the hazardous materials inside the ubiquitous devices have whittled down considerably.

Much is expected from the new iPhone version. Apart from issuing a reengineered hardware and improved software, all packed into a slick and thin brick, Apple is also pressured to replicate and even exceed what it has been doing in the past half-decade – earning billions and really quick.

Online job trends now favor what the technology landscape dictates, according to the latest Freelancer.com data collating some 190,000 jobs posted on its site creating some 2.3 million projects in the first six months of 2012.

Do you consider yourself a Battlefield fan? Then if you really want to experience the game, you don't need to look further than the combat simulator built by The Gadget Show.

Rumors of iPad Mini and iPhone 5 are revived as Apple and LG Display are in talks of the future of iOS devices.

Apple Inc. has informed registered owners of the first generation iPod nanos sold between September 2005 and December 2006 that the devices may overheat and pose a security risk.

Voice assistant Siri can now be hacked and be installed in the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch.

Apple's Siri may be the new media darling these days but that doesn't mean that Google's Voice Search is going to stand being ignored. Google uploaded a pair of new videos to its YouTube channel that show two Australian engineers pushing the limits of Google's Voice Search.

Apple and Samsung are taking a timeout in their fierce legal battle over smartphone and tablet patents to pay their last respect to the late Apple co-founder and technology icon Steve Jobs.

The Apple logo with the silhouette of the company's co-founder Steve Jobs replacing the bite may not be an original design after it matched with another designed by a Briton.

Taiwan's HTC Corp., one of the world's top five smartphone makers, is sweet talking Taiwanese consumers into choosing its Mango Windows-powered handsets over its Apple and Samsung counterparts.

The Transport Ticketing Authority of Victoria will replace myki smart cards with the more secure Mifare DESFire EV1 version touted to be invulnerable to cloning.

Private funeral for Steve Jobs held today. No public services planned.

The death of Steve Jobs, the creative genius who created a whole new world of technology, shocked the whole world. Though there were some rumors spreading about his health condition in the past year, people are not expecting that the man who helped in building greatness to every Apple product will lose his fight against pancreatic cancer.

The co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs, succumb to a publicly fought battle with Pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. He was 56.

Apple Inc. co-founder and technology wizard Steve Jobs is dead. The 56-year-old genius behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad and iTunes succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, according to his company.