Top 10 Technology Stories in April 2013

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Top 10 Technology Stories in April 2013 Issue 2: April 2013 Contact us: [email protected] Twitter: @ictqatar

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We promised you that we will share the top 10 technology and Internet related news, and trends with you every month. So here’s the list of new products launched this month or coming soon. These were definitely eye-catching for us and we hope you will like the list too. Don’t feel shy to share your views.

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Top 10 Technology Stories

in April 2013

Issue 2: April 2013

Contact us: [email protected]

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Contents Issue 2: April 2013

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1. Introduction 3

2. Top 10 Technology Stories in April 2013

1. The brand new Xbox 720 on its way

2. Twitter Music is now live

3. Has Facebook reinvented the smartphone interface?

4. BlackBerry brings back keyboard with Q10

5. Yahoo’s Mobile Push continues with weather, tablet mail apps

6. Google Fiber to launch in Austin, Texas

7. Nokia Asha 210–with QWERT keyboard, WhatsApp button

8. LinkedIn launches ‘Contacts’ to help you foster professional

networks

9. LinkMe displays SMS, social-media alerts on your wrist

10. A “Misfit” emerges in the crowded field of fitness trackers

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Introduction

We promised you that we will share the top 10 technology and Internet related

news, and trends with you every month. So here’s the list of new products

launched this month or coming soon. These were definitely eye-catching for us

and we hope you will like the list too. Don’t feel shy to share your views.

Happy reading!

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1. The brand new Xbox 720 on its way

• Microsoft is hosting an event May 21 which commentators say all but guarantees to

show off the Xbox 720, as gleaned by an event invite recently sent out by the

company.

• Read more: http://bit.ly/17UA3mG

• “A new generation revealed,” read the

invitation, glittered with “Xbox”.

• We are excited even though the event is not

hosted in Qatar. Are you?

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2. Twitter Music is now live

• Twitter released its new music app this month, it’s a music discovery

service that helps you find new music based on what’s popular, what

your friends are listening to and what’s trending on Twitter #music

• Read more: http://bit.ly/11FXxLi

Images: http://bit.ly/Y3BNch , http://bit.ly/16sQwjW , http://bit.ly/11YY5gJ

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3. Has Facebook reinvented the smartphone

interface?

• If Facebook is the first app you reach for on your

mobile phone, then Facebook Home could be just what

you’ve been waiting for.

• Read more: http://bit.ly/13CU6p4

Images: http://bit.ly/105UY8C , http://bit.ly/17mdvuI

• Rather than release a special Facebook

phone, as some had predicted, the social

media giant has developed Facebook

Home to replace the standard Lock, Home

and App Launcher screens on high-end

Android gadgets.

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4. BlackBerry brings back keyboard with Q10

• The launch of the Q10 comes three months after

the company unveiled the Z10, the other phone

in its two-pronged strategy to claw back sales

from the likes of Apple and Samsung.

• Read more: http://bit.ly/11KOrvS

Images: http://cnet.co/Wx6kg0 , http://bit.ly/17qitGV

• The new device is aimed at those who

enjoy the traditional BlackBerry keyboard,

but who also want touch screen

functionality.

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5. Yahoo’s Mobile Push continues with

weather, tablet mail apps

• Yahoo! announced the introduction of two new mobile apps earlier

this month – Yahoo! Weather and a tablet version of its Yahoo! Mail

app.

• Read more: http://bit.ly/11lhiVL

Images: http://bit.ly/11nkQLx , http://bit.ly/ZHANMT , http://bit.ly/XLhlwx , http://bit.ly/12aPR0C

• “Yahoo is taking a completely user-centric

approach to product creation,” mobile chief

Adam Cahan said, describing how after looking

at what users have been doing with its current

mobile apps and figuring out why they’re doing it

Yahoo honed in on new ways to optimize user

experience.

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6. Google Fiber to launch in Austin, Texas

• Google Fiber offers Internet speeds of up to 1

gigabit per second, which Google says is 100

times faster than the average American Internet

user’s service.

• Google also offers a Fiber TV service that lets

customers watch all shows in HD, record up to

eight shows at once and store up to 500 hours of

HD video in the cloud.

• Read more: http://cnnmon.ie/YgPzte

Images: http://onforb.es/Ya2XQH , http://slate.me/ZMpO2P , http://bit.ly/11Z2hx7

• Customers can watch across

several devices, including cell

phones and PCs.

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7. Nokia Asha 210–with QWERT keyboard,

WhatsApp button

• Nokia unveiled the Asha 210 earlier this month; the device has a

dedicated button for accessing popular social networks.

• Facebook will be offered in Europe and Latin America, but for the

first time ever, WhatsApp will be fitted on devices sold in the

Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

• Read more: http://tnw.co/11L9H2F

Right image: http://tcrn.ch/17QRuEv

• It will available in both single and dual-

SIM versions.

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8. LinkedIn launches ‘Contacts’ to help you foster

professional networks

• LinkedIn wants to help you stay in touch with all your

former colleagues, current business partners and

potential future employers in a handy web feature

and standalone iOS app called LinkedIn Contacts,

with plans to release a similar one for Android in the

future.

• Read more: http://tcrn.ch/15PX9OL

Image: http://bit.ly/mY6Lf6

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9. LinkMe displays SMS, social-media alerts on

your wrist

• LinkMe is a Bluetooth-enabled device that lets users

view incoming text messages or social-media alerts on

their wrist.

• They send a message with their smartphone via an app,

which in turn, will be displayed on LinkMe.

• “It’s that simple — in meetings, in class or when you

have your hands full, you’ll be able to receive the

messages that matter to you most,” according to the

device’s Kickstarter page.

• Read more:

http://on.mash.to/10IQvnI

Images: http://tcrn.ch/10ybyJ2 , http://bit.ly/11Z7gxI

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10. A “Misfit” emerges in the crowded field of

fitness trackers

• The Misfit Shine is a sleek, re-imagination of the pedometer.

• Read more: http://bit.ly/11IXfTS

Images: http://bit.ly/RY14mj , http://bit.ly/VXK8NL , http://bit.ly/11IXfTS

• Though similar in function to Nike FuelBand, Fitbit One and

other gadgets meant to help you shape up and slim down,

the Shine sits in an entirely different world of design.

• You can sync your Misfit Shine with your smartphone simply

by placing it on your phone screen and with its built-in

sensors it can track cycling, swimming, running and walking.

• The Misfit Shine can also keep you on track all day with an

array of light, that shines through microholes laser-drilled into

the metal shell and alerts you about your activity progress.

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