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<blockquote data-quote="RoBoGhOsT" data-source="post: 1589755" data-attributes="member: 19036"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Google Wants 2.25 Percent of Every iPhone Sale</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Recently there were many patent wars between Motorola and Apple on the grounds of Motorola's patent infringements by Apple . Now with Google buying Motorola , it plans to take advantage of Motorola's patents , by demanding 2.25% of sticker price of each iPhone . Motorola had asked for a royalty of 2.25 per cent from Apple , Google continues to demand same , according to a letter sent to IEEE by Google . Apple has argued that Motorola's demands are excessive.</p><p></p><p>source : <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-we-want-2-25-of-the-iphone-sticker-price-09212763/" target="_blank">slashgear</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Microsoft Will Launch Consumer Preview Version of Windows 8 on 29 Feb</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8061/win8tab.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p></p><p> Microsoft has announced that it will be launching the consumer preview version of Windows 8 on February 29th during Mobile World Congress at Barcelona .The launch of its next deskop OS at MWC shows that Microsoft intends to promote Windows 8 as mobile operating system for tablets along with desktops and laptops . This preview will</p><p></p><p>let users try windows 8's pre release version by downloading it .</p><p></p><p>source : <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57373339-75/microsoft-to-host-windows-8-consumer-preview-on-feb-29/" target="_blank">cnet</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Google To Launch Its Own Cloud Storage Service</strong></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6641/googlecloud.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> With Apple , Microsoft and Dropbox's cloud storage services becoming popular , Google is planning to enter the competition by launching its own cloud storage service called Google Drive according to Wall Street Journal . The service will let users storage their data on cloud and let them view it anywhere through the internet using their smartphones , laptops or tablets . The service will also integrate will Gmail letting users send e-mail with links of files on cloud . According to the news, Drive will be free for most users except those who want to store large amount of files. </p><p></p><p>source: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577211961645711988.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular" target="_blank">WSJ</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Google Chrome Version 17 Released With Page Pre-rendering</strong></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/706/reikicrystalball1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Google Chrome's version 17 was released today which brings speed and security improvements including page pre rendering feature . This feature is evolved form of auto-complete which guesses the site which one is likely to visit while typing the address in 'omnibox' ( address & search bar ) , and pre renders the page in background , resulting in much faster page loads - sometimes instantly as enter is pressed . It also has added security features , the browser now compares files being downloaded against a whitelist and if it doesn't match , Chrome checks Google if the download is likely to malicious .</p><p></p><p>source : <a href="http://chrome.blogspot.in/2012/02/faster-browsing-safer-downloading.html" target="_blank">chrome blog</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>iBerry to Launch First Tablet Running Android ICS In India</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6906/iberry.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p></p><p> iBerry, a Hong Kong based electronics manufacturer is set to launch the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich based tablet in India . Many manufacturers will be launching ICS based tablets and updating their devices to ICS later , but it could take a few months . However , iBerry plans to bring tablet running Android ICS to India in March . The tablet is named Auxus AX02 and will be a 7" tablet . According to iBerry site it will have a 7" capacitive screen , 1GB RAM and probably single core cpu ( Mentioned on site as " three cores ie CPU + GPU + VPU " ) . The price is not mentioned but it can be expected to be around Rs .10-15k .</p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Flipkart Acquires Letsbuy.com</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3023/flipkartletsbuythumb.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></strong></p><p></p><p>Flipkart , the largest e-commerce retailer of books and electronic products has acquired letsbuy.com , the second largest online retailer and its rival . The news was acknowledged by flipkart , according to sources the deal was done for $20-25 million . Flipkart said the deal involved combination of cash and equity but did not disclose the exact amount . Flipkart said that letsbuy which has 350 employees, will continue to operate independently under current management .</p><p></p><p>source : <a href="http://www.medianama.com/2012/02/223-flipkart-letsbuy/" target="_blank">medianama</a> </p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Nvidia Confirms Quad- Core Smartphones For MWC</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8884/nvidiaquad.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p></p><p> Nvidia has confirmed that Tegra-3 based android devices will be announced at upcoming MWC in Barcelona by sending out press invites . There were many rumors that HTC and LG may be launching Tegra-3 powered smartphones , HTC Edge and LG X3 at MWC . There were rumors about HTC Quattro launching at MWC also . With Nvidia confirming the launch , the probability of the launch of these devices has increased .</p><p></p><p>source : <a href="http://www.theverge.com/android/2012/2/9/2786563/nvidia-mobile-world-congress-2012-quad-core" target="_blank">theverge</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Playstation Vita Pre-Orders Begin at Extravagant Launch Prices</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3097/psvitabundleopt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p></p><p>Sony Playstation Vita portable gaming consoles will be launching at end of Feb , the prices of the bundles being 24,990 for 3G+Wifi Model and 19,990 for the Wifi only model . This is extremely high price in India for console retailing at 249$ and 299$ in the US . The console is now available for pre-order on letsbuy.com and some other sites .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techenclave.com/page/index.html/_/news/technology-industry-news/google-wants-225-percent-of-every-iphone-sale-r68" target="_blank">Click here to view the article</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoBoGhOsT, post: 1589755, member: 19036"] [size=5][b]Google Wants 2.25 Percent of Every iPhone Sale[/b][/size] Recently there were many patent wars between Motorola and Apple on the grounds of Motorola's patent infringements by Apple . Now with Google buying Motorola , it plans to take advantage of Motorola's patents , by demanding 2.25% of sticker price of each iPhone . Motorola had asked for a royalty of 2.25 per cent from Apple , Google continues to demand same , according to a letter sent to IEEE by Google . Apple has argued that Motorola's demands are excessive. source : [url="http://www.slashgear.com/google-we-want-2-25-of-the-iphone-sticker-price-09212763/"]slashgear[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]Microsoft Will Launch Consumer Preview Version of Windows 8 on 29 Feb[/b][/size] [size=5][b][img]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8061/win8tab.jpg[/img][/b][/size] Microsoft has announced that it will be launching the consumer preview version of Windows 8 on February 29th during Mobile World Congress at Barcelona .The launch of its next deskop OS at MWC shows that Microsoft intends to promote Windows 8 as mobile operating system for tablets along with desktops and laptops . This preview will let users try windows 8's pre release version by downloading it . source : [url="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57373339-75/microsoft-to-host-windows-8-consumer-preview-on-feb-29/"]cnet[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]Google To Launch Its Own Cloud Storage Service[/b][/size] [img]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6641/googlecloud.jpg[/img] With Apple , Microsoft and Dropbox's cloud storage services becoming popular , Google is planning to enter the competition by launching its own cloud storage service called Google Drive according to Wall Street Journal . The service will let users storage their data on cloud and let them view it anywhere through the internet using their smartphones , laptops or tablets . The service will also integrate will Gmail letting users send e-mail with links of files on cloud . According to the news, Drive will be free for most users except those who want to store large amount of files. source: [url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577211961645711988.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular"]WSJ[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]Google Chrome Version 17 Released With Page Pre-rendering[/b][/size] [img]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/706/reikicrystalball1.jpg[/img] Google Chrome's version 17 was released today which brings speed and security improvements including page pre rendering feature . This feature is evolved form of auto-complete which guesses the site which one is likely to visit while typing the address in 'omnibox' ( address & search bar ) , and pre renders the page in background , resulting in much faster page loads - sometimes instantly as enter is pressed . It also has added security features , the browser now compares files being downloaded against a whitelist and if it doesn't match , Chrome checks Google if the download is likely to malicious . source : [url="http://chrome.blogspot.in/2012/02/faster-browsing-safer-downloading.html"]chrome blog[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]iBerry to Launch First Tablet Running Android ICS In India[/b][/size] [size=5][b][img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6906/iberry.jpg[/img][/b][/size] iBerry, a Hong Kong based electronics manufacturer is set to launch the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich based tablet in India . Many manufacturers will be launching ICS based tablets and updating their devices to ICS later , but it could take a few months . However , iBerry plans to bring tablet running Android ICS to India in March . The tablet is named Auxus AX02 and will be a 7" tablet . According to iBerry site it will have a 7" capacitive screen , 1GB RAM and probably single core cpu ( Mentioned on site as " three cores ie CPU + GPU + VPU " ) . The price is not mentioned but it can be expected to be around Rs .10-15k . ___________________________________________________________________________ [b][size=5]Flipkart Acquires Letsbuy.com[/size][/b] [b][size=5][img]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3023/flipkartletsbuythumb.png[/img][/size][/b] Flipkart , the largest e-commerce retailer of books and electronic products has acquired letsbuy.com , the second largest online retailer and its rival . The news was acknowledged by flipkart , according to sources the deal was done for $20-25 million . Flipkart said the deal involved combination of cash and equity but did not disclose the exact amount . Flipkart said that letsbuy which has 350 employees, will continue to operate independently under current management . source : [url="http://www.medianama.com/2012/02/223-flipkart-letsbuy/"]medianama[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]Nvidia Confirms Quad- Core Smartphones For MWC[/b][/size] [size=5][b][img]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8884/nvidiaquad.jpg[/img][/b][/size] Nvidia has confirmed that Tegra-3 based android devices will be announced at upcoming MWC in Barcelona by sending out press invites . There were many rumors that HTC and LG may be launching Tegra-3 powered smartphones , HTC Edge and LG X3 at MWC . There were rumors about HTC Quattro launching at MWC also . With Nvidia confirming the launch , the probability of the launch of these devices has increased . source : [url="http://www.theverge.com/android/2012/2/9/2786563/nvidia-mobile-world-congress-2012-quad-core"]theverge[/url] ___________________________________________________________________________ [size=5][b]Playstation Vita Pre-Orders Begin at Extravagant Launch Prices[/b][/size] [size=5][b][img]http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3097/psvitabundleopt.jpg[/img][/b][/size] Sony Playstation Vita portable gaming consoles will be launching at end of Feb , the prices of the bundles being 24,990 for 3G+Wifi Model and 19,990 for the Wifi only model . This is extremely high price in India for console retailing at 249$ and 299$ in the US . The console is now available for pre-order on letsbuy.com and some other sites . [url=http://www.techenclave.com/page/index.html/_/news/technology-industry-news/google-wants-225-percent-of-every-iphone-sale-r68]Click here to view the article[/url] [/QUOTE]
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