Nexus 7.2 up for release next month

According to Digitimes site,  the ASUS made next gen Google Nexus 7 will be released next month, this is based on their 'supply chain' sources, which though not so reliable, but still is information at least. As we reported earlier, the rumors here also report the Nexus 7.2 having an HD 1920 x 1200 screen and powered by Snapdragon 600 Processor.

Not much of information here, but stay tuned as we update you about the latest we find about the Google Nexus 7.2

Google’s loss is Duck’s gain

DuckDuckGo , a new search engine out there, is seeing quite a surge in popularity since the NSA leaks about internet privacy infringement, and data collection by various sites, one of them being Google. Though Google isn’t really losing anything in terms of traffic or revenue (apart from the fact that some of its share has shifted to bing et all ), DuckDuckGo is sure seeing quite a major boost in traffic and searches through it.  You can get an idea from the fact that it got to 1 Million searches in 1445 days of its startup, got to 2 Million in the next 483 days , and … reached 3 Million in just 8 days, according to their tweets !!! Now that figures may look small in terms of other search engines, what’s interesting is the increase in traffic.

So what is it that made this happen? Well as you may have guessed, DuckDuckGo does not do one major thing that Google does, that is collecting user data based on searches and internet usage pattern, and then creating a user profile. This , as their motto says, allows users to “Search anonymously. Find Instantly”

Now, as you can see in the pic, the site allows you to use certain tags to specify your search. Also, if you go to the settings, you can find an easy menu there, all of which can be saved in the cloud for you , secured with a passphrase that you decide. Though I do not know anything about the security or necessity of that, really. The box option gives you some preliminary info related to your search from wikipedia, though complete search comes a tad later. There arent any pages, more results coming as you scroll down.

All in all, it’s a good search engine ( this post is not sponsored, this is my personal opinion) , fast, neat, upholding your privacy needs and simple. It doesn’t try to do anything fancy, and thus gets a good score on usability. It will be interesting to see how the site takes on from here, and what innovations we may see in the search engine, the way it works , and interacts with the user.


Site – DuckDuckGo

Nexus 7 upgrade, ASUS-made !

Apart from the rhyming title (excuse my poetic flare) , this is some real good news for those who have been waiting impatiently for the Nexus 7 upgrade, which would allow them to boast of the latest specs at a price which won’t really hurt their pockets. If a recent Federal Communication Commission filing is to be taken as good enough proof, we have quite a lot of info about the 2nd gen Nexus 7, which is rumored to have been built by ASUS again. But of course this is just rumors, but rumors with some solid base no doubt.

With a Full HD 1080p display, the Nexus 7.2, as it is being called, has almost been made better in all aspects. A higher 2 GB RAM, 5 MP rear  and a new 1.3MP camera in front, makes it able to compete with the competition well enough, and helps cover up for many a disappointments the predecessor caused. Also significant is the switch of the processor, from Nvidia Tegra 3 to the Snapdragon S4 Pro this time, although there is no intel about the clock speed, which can be expected to be decent enough, my guess being around 1.5 GHz. Some more pride inducing features are the NFC and LTE support. And as was obvious, the device will come out of the box with the latest Android version, the Android 4.3.

Earlier speculated to be released in April (which as we know has not happened , unless Google has a time machine now), the Nexus 7 upgrade is now set to release in July (hope they make it this time). But no doubt a happy package this one will be, just keeping our eyes open for the price, AND for Indian consumers, the Rupee-Dollar conversion rate, which is touching new depths recently, making many a devices inch slowly out of the reach. *sigh*

Source : Techradar

Tizen OS powered Samsung "high-end" smartphone this summer

A pretty profitable relationship, but the profits go to whose credits? The answer is Samsung, according to Samsung itself (talk of being narcissistic!) and they are slowly showing the colder side of their hand to Google , to keep their identity as 'the' leader , with their growing interest in alternatives for Android OS. They found a prospect match in the Open source ,Linux based Tizen OS, currently being developed by Samsung , with 11 partners, including Intel , and the development must being going great, as according to Lee Young Hee, Executive Vice president, Samsung, the Tizen powered device will be available around August-September.

As is being speculated, it is going to be a kind of risk, the same that Microsoft took with Windows 8 'for all '  thingy, that is the development of a new OS, and more importantly, its market and consumer acceptability, which is more often than not, directly proportional to the number and quality of apps and services that the particular OS supports. And we have seen many an OS's (BB , HP's tablet OS  to name a few) perish against the indomitable market presence of Android and iOS. Though personally, Linux based kernel does make me feel exciting on 2 points - firstly, this is going to be a more secure thing, knowing Linux, and secondly this is probably going to be cheaper , with the open source software it is, and again  knowing Linux as it is. Moreover, it may bring some good , well deserved recognition for Linux's PC OS series as well!


Whatever the future of the device may be, that's a separate debate, but what is going to appease many is that according to Mr Lee Young Hee, the device is going to offer the best of Samsung, which we can well imagine seeing the latest Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung is expecting the Tizen device to be one of the "Big three" devices that they launch this year, one being the Galaxy S4 launched, and the other possibly being the Galaxy Note 3. 

Clearly a device , and an OS we got to watch out for, and so would Google , as it will gear itself for the birth of what could be its biggest rival.