Geeks from India are urging Google Inc. to name the next Android version (Androd 4.5/Android 5.0) as ‘Android Ladoo’ after the famous Indian sweet – Ladoo/Laddu/Laddoo with the motive of making Android more delicious. Continuing the tradition of software updates named after sweets and desserts, 500 Startups-backed shopping search site...

The social network company, Facebook is in the process of implementing a new feature to your profile - Professional Skills, mirroring LinkedIn. In this new section, displayed immediately after your "Work and Education", you can add aadd multiple abilities in your timeline. I believe, the importance of new "Facebook Professional...

Seattle-based online shopping research and price comparison site Decide.com has been acquired by web retail giant eBay. Founded in 2010, it Uses predictive analytics to help consumers decide whether they should buy a product now or wait for the price to drop. Decide.com's services, website and mobile apps will cease...

John Saddington has launched a Instagram rival, iPhone app and wordPress plugin called Pressgram with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. The free app gives users the ability to snap photos, add filters and effects, and then share your photos with your social network and follow your friends. Pressgram mimics...

Vancouver-based ambient video startup, Perch, launches a live video communications mobile app to bridge the gap between remote offices through an always-on video conference via wall-mounted iPads or iPhones. Offices simply install the Perch app on a dedicated iPad  and hung the iPad to the wall. Then they connect it...

Not all leaks and rumors in the tech world are true, but Xiaomi, one of China's hottest technology companies, has officially gone beyond smartphones and launches an Android-based 47-inch 3D-capable smart TV. The 47-inch 3D-capable Xiaomi TV is assembled by Wistron and will cost just CN¥2,999 (US$490). What was interesting...

The social search engine, Topsy, now allows you to scan the entire history of your public Twitter messages (every tweets) to its real-time data platform --- since the dawn of the real-time social network Twitter. Social analytics platform indexes every public tweet ever published on Twitter for search and analysis,...

In a surprise move, software giant Microsoft struck a 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion) deal to acquire Nokia's smartphone and cellular handset business. The move is one of the boldest yet by CEO Steve Ballmer. However, Microsoft is paying $5 billion to buy Nokia's Devices & Services unit and an...

I honestly can't remember the last time I found such a useful tool. Acronis, a leading provider of physical, virtual, and cloud backup solutions, has launched a tool to automatically back up the VMware vCloud. You'll have the ability to integrate backups so workloads are not lost. In a blog...