TECHNOLOGY

After tech experts from CNET picked in March the Surface Pro table as the best high-end Windows 8 tablets in the market, a month after, another tech Web site pointed to the same tablet as best Windows 8 machines you can buy.

Instagram's 100 million users could soon earn money from the images they post on the Web site using its popular photo sharing app.

Samsung will go telepathic and telekinetic features as their next big thing on upcoming devices. Some of these are already present to their current devices, including Galaxy S4 with eye-tracking and hovering sensors. What are the possible mentally manipulated features that Samsung has on its sleeves?

A new strain of Android malware was discovered by LookOut Security. It infected millions of Android running devices globally. The manifestation is a Russian-looking clone apps now spreading fast online.

It was a big week for apps last week as big tech companies and developers released new ones. Here are the top 7 picked by Web site Mashable, which called these as not-to-be missed apps.

Reports said that Google next-edition Nexus device would be the Nexus 4 made by LG with a newly enlarged standard 32GB internal storage, 4G LTE and possibly be the first smartphone to run on the new Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS.

At $12 off-contract price tag, the Gongkai Phone may appear a steal for consumers. The device features 260 MHz processor, 8MB of RAM and a two-colored OLED screen in a snap-together plastic case.

One of the major reasons behind the popularity of tablet computers is that they are smaller and more portable than laptops. But what if there is one that weighs just 1.9 lb and measures 10.77 millimetres? Would you still go for the less powerful tablet or instead buy the Blade 13 Carbon laptop being introduced by Inhon, a Taiwanese tech firm?

With Apple's share prices down to less than $400 from a peak of $700 more than a year ago, it appears that South Korean tech giant has written off the California-based firm as its main competitor. It appears that the Samsung vs Apple rivalry, which has reached courts in different continents, would soon become history.

The power of creative minds plus the benefits of Photoshop led to the creation of this picture that appears to depict Apple's sorry state 18 months after co-founder Steve Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer.

The QWERTY keyboard uses in mobile phones and computers was an adaptation from the typewriter, which assumes the use of the 10 digits on both left and right hands to type words and numbers.

A photo leaked by case manufacturer Tactus, published by NetworkWorld, further fueled speculations of a low-cost iPhone. It showed a plastic shell, which is consistent with previous rumours about the upcoming device.

For a country notorious for cheap but fake imitations, it is not surprising to hear that some Chinese are taking advantage of Apple's warranty to create real iPhone 4S units with fake ones.

South Korean tech giant Samsung literally rolled out the gigantic 85-inch ultra-high definition TV on Wednesday night in Sydney. The $40,000 device, soon to be available in retail outlets in Australian this month, features an Australian accent.

Because of the buzz over an upcoming Android OS that started in late 2012, among the 10 things that techies are expecting in the May Google 1/O is the roll out of the Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie.

An interesting job vacancy ad was posted in Weibo, China's counterpart of Twitter. The ad announced that a third-party security company in Beijing called Anquan is looking for a Chief Pornography Identification Officer.

Dominance of Android smartphones in the global market will continue in the next two years, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the AllThingsD mobile conference in New York.

As more people shift to tablets, the pioneer tablet maker, Apple, has seen its market share shrink in favour of the Android tablet. Blame it on the price, but due to the higher price tags on Apple's iPad, more consumers are shifting to ones that use the Android OS that 2013 would likely end up as the Year of Android Slates.

People who ordered the Google Glass at the Google I/O in 2012 will get their pair in a few days. Glass Explorers, which manufactures the device, said on Monday that the first batch of glasses just came off the production line and will be immediately shipped.

While the growing attractiveness of tablets and phablets to consumers is anathema to manufacturers and retailers caught with a large inventory of laptops and desktops, it spells good news for potential buyers due to the significant cut in retail prices of these devices.

Huawei quashed on Friday rumours that it would roll out the Ascend Mate Phablet or Ascend P2. Instead, it announced the launch of the Ascent G510, priced at £130.

South Korean tech giant Samsung announced on Thursday the release of two versions of a new phone line, the Galaxy Mega. The smartphone, which features one with a 6.3-inch touchscreen and other with a 5.8-inch display, will initially be sold in Europe in May.

The global app market continued to expand at an impressive rate of 11 per cent for the first three months of 2013. Market analyst firm Canalys, in a new study released this week, said the top 4 app stores logged 13.4 billion downloads for the period.

Remember that 1980s commercial of a famous shampoo brand? Owners of iPhone units could similarly have their Gee, your phone smells terrific moment by selecting from six scented skins available in the market. With price ranging from $7 to $60, these phone covers may even new doors of friendship, or even a possible romance, if strangers around you would smell the mouth-watering waft coming from your Apple smartphone

Google is working on the next-generation Nexus 7 tablet as a follow-up to the successful launch of the device. ZDNET, a reliable source of news about devices, reported on Tuesday that the successor to the Nexus 7 will be available in July in the U.S. and could have a retail price of $150.

It's official. U.S. residents would be able to buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for $399 on April 11, Thursday.

Laptops with longer battery life designed to last all-day use will soon be out following the shipment by Intel to Chinese manufacturers of the Haswell chip. The chip is the first Intel Core chip designed for low power consumption.

Samsung begins pushing Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 and the device has been receiving constant update everywhere. The Jelly Bean update will give T-Mobile S2 variant new features such as Google Now and Project Butter.

In an obvious indicator that South Korean tech giant Samsung is determined to keep the smartphone king title, the company announced on Monday the release of three models run by Jelly Bean and featuring dual SIM.