Apple have confirmed rumours of a smaller, cheaper model of the iPhoneto be released later this year. The budget iPhone will look much the same as the present model, with a less expensive body and reduced specs. The release may be in response to a boom in the success of Android devices. Steve Jobs was famously opposed to the idea, as he thought a budget model would detract from the user experience. Read more by clicking here >> ...
Google+ is the first major social media network to have introduced Panand Zoom features for photos hosted on the site. It is only available on the desktop version, and will allow intricate exploration of higher-resolution photos. The feature follows an update in late 2012 which allows Google+ users to automatically upload photos at their full resolution. The inclusion of this feature shows the intention of Google to corner the market in higher resolution photo sharing. Read more by clicking here >>...
Global tablet sales are expected to rise to 240 million units in 2013,33 million more than the predicted global figure for notebook PCs, in a study conducted by NPD DisplaySearch. Tablets are said to be outselling notebook PCs due to an increased global interest and a greater choice for consumers, outside of Apple's previously market-leading iPad. Tablets are also predicted to decrease in screen size over the next four years. Tablet shipments already surpassed Notebooks last year in China and North America. 2013 is the first year...
More than a fifth (20.3%) of Facebook's ad revenue now comes frommobile devices, through the service's native mobile app for smartphones and tablets. The survey, conducted by social marketing platform Kenshoo, drew its data from over two million Facebook ad clicks in the final months of 2012, across a range of ad subjects. Mobile ads now command a 70 per cent premium over desktop ads. Mobile ads cost more and generate fewer clicks than on the desktop site - the average cost per click on mobile is...
Mark Zuckerberg may be fined $26000 by the German government for notallowing users to keep their identities anonymous on Facebook. It is the latest of many privacy-related issues the social media site has encountered with European governments. German citizens are granted the right use any online service anonymously or pseudonymously, without exception. Facebook responded to the claims to social news website VentureBeat via email, saying 'it is the role of individual services to determine their own policies about anonymity within the governing law.' Read more by clicking here...