Meet ForcePhone; A new level of 3D force touch without any special hardware

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What if your regular smartphone’s display and body could learn force touch or pressure touch of your hands and then perform tasks on that basis?  What if you could dial a number or change music, just by squeezing your phone’s body? Continue reading “Meet ForcePhone; A new level of 3D force touch without any special hardware”

Google acquires a sound based login startup, SlickLogin

Google is trying to compete with Yahoo in the acquisition spree and after a stellar purchase of Nest, a hardware company that produces smart home products, Google has now acquired a software startup – SlickLogin, whose chief area of expertise is a sound based login. Just six months after they showcased their product at TechCrunch Disrupt, Google acquired them.

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Install a front-facing camera in your Samsung Galaxy S

The international version of Samsung Galaxy S comes with a front facing camera in it, but the US variants of Galaxy S are missing the front facing camera, only EPIC 4G comes with a front facing camera, but Captivate, Vibrant, and Fascinate is missing it, which is a bad news for Continue reading “Install a front-facing camera in your Samsung Galaxy S”

Sharp’s 3D Touchscreen LCD for Mobiles

Sharp, a big player in the electronics industry, has created a 3D touchscreen LCD for mobile phones. The LCD would allow users to switch easily between 2D and 3D modes thereby eliminating loss of power through 3D when not required.

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iPhone Facebook Developer Quits!

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Joe Hewitt, the brains behind the Facebook application for the Apple iPhone has quit further development of the application.

“Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project. My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies.” – Joe Hewitt Continue reading “iPhone Facebook Developer Quits!”

RIM unveiled a new service platform for Blackberry developers

RIM unveiled a new service platform for Blackberry developers which will enable the developers to build highly responsive, location-aware and revenue-generating applications for BlackBerry smartphones. This new services platform will offer advertising, payment, content push and new location services.

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Forum Nokia India Announces Annual Developer Conference

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FORUM NOKIA INDIA ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL DEVELOPER CONFERENCE

~ Invites registrations to a unique interactive platform to ‘Unlock the Star’ in you! ~

~ To feature latest in mobile application development and distribution through Ovi Store ~

Nokia today announced the Forum Nokia Developer Conference’09 to be held on the 7th December 2009 at the Taj Residency, Bangalore. Titled ‘Unlock Star’, the conference aims at leveraging the limitless possibilities of the mobile device to drive developer success.  Mr. D Shivakumar, VP and Managing Director, Nokia India along with Ms. Purnima Kochikar, Vice President, Forum Nokia and Developer Community will deliver the opening keynotes, addressing leading software developers, network operators and content partners about Nokia business and technological development opportunities.

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