Last month, Google drastically cut prices for its signature smartphone with LG — the Nexus 4, from $350 to $250 (`21,000 to `15,500) in the US, causing the phone to be completely sold out in a matter

They say that idle hands are the devil’s playground. There may be some wisdom in that.

A taste of history first — When the Qwerty keyboard was invented in 1873 it was for a typewriter called the Sholes and Glidden.

I saw the writing on the wall the first time when Facebook’s Tag Suggest feature appeared and started asking users to tag their friends in photographs.

With the rapid iterations of technology and hardware pushing the limits of size and performance, it was inevitable that the technological progress would put pressure on product progress as well. Apple invented a new electronic segment — the tablet, and dominated it.

Google has blocked Microsoft’s Youtube App for Windows Mobile. The newly redesigned app was pulled a mere few hours after it reached the Google Play stores. Instead of letting Google develop the official Youtube App for the Windows Mobile, Microsoft had taken the lead on the project.

Google’s Nexus tablet released in conjunction with hardware maker Asus was widely billed as the best cheap tablet. The new release of the Nexus 7, dubbed the Nexus 7-2, packs a mean punch.

Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility started off a lot of different rumours.

The idea of realtime machine translation is not a new one. Indeed, the problem of languages has been one that man has faced since the dawn of civilisation.

Until a few hours ago, Microsoft’s stock prices were in free-fall, down 11 per cent and showing little to no signs of recovery.