iPhone5 vs. BlackBerry Z10

iPhone5 vs. BlackBerry Z10

Which is better: iPhone5 or BlackBerry Z10?

Earlier this week, RIM has launched its newest gadget, a smartphone BlackBerry Z10 and has accumulated a lot of interest from tech experts and consumers, cheers to several enhancements in its features. Regardless of all the interest, there’s still a million out there who want to know the comparison between Apple’s iPhone5 and RIM’s BB Z10.

A remarkable feature is that the newest phone from BlackBerry has a slightly larger display compared to iPhone5′s display. The BB Z10′s sharper display with 355 ppi in comparison to iPhone5′s 326 ppi.

For the first time, . . . → Read More: iPhone5 vs. BlackBerry Z10

Skype App For iPad, Temporarily Removed

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At last, iPad users got their hands on a native Skype app now. Over a month after it was expected to create its formal debut, the iPad-optimized Skype client started appearing in Apple App Stores now.  The latest app takes advantage of the tablet’s bigger screen real estate, making for crisp and clear video chat over Wi-Fi, and often less crisp chat over 3G.

On the other hand, not long after the app appeared, Skype pulled it, saying it was released untimely.  Skype said on its Twitter feed, “To ensure your best Skype experience, we’ve temporarily . . . → Read More: Skype App For iPad, Temporarily Removed

Skype App For iPad, Temporarily Removed

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At last, iPad users got their hands on a native Skype app now. Over a month after it was expected to create its formal debut, the iPad-optimized Skype client started appearing in Apple App Stores now.  The latest app takes advantage of the tablet’s bigger screen real estate, making for crisp and clear video chat over Wi-Fi, and often less crisp chat over 3G.

On the other hand, not long after the app appeared, Skype pulled it, saying it was released untimely.  Skype said on its Twitter feed, “To ensure your best Skype experience, we’ve temporarily . . . → Read More: Skype App For iPad, Temporarily Removed

Google+ is Reported to Now Have 10 Million Users

Google+

Paul Allen, founder of Ancestory.com, says that Google+ might have by now crossed the 10 million user mark which is the biggest throughout the world for profit genealogy website.

He considers that the social networking service has observed a 30% jump in increase and 2.2 million people can have connected in the last 35 hours only.  He anticipates at this rate Google+ will attain the 20 million user mark by the weekend.

Allen has illustrated how he arrived at these numbers in his Google+ post.

“My model is simple. I start with . . . → Read More: Google+ is Reported to Now Have 10 Million Users

Speculations About Facebook Launching Music Service ‘Vibes’

Facebook Vibes

A proof concerning the unannounced Facebook music service named as Vibes had been exposed by a software developer and research.

Jeff Rose wrote on his blog that after the launch of Facebook Video Chat, he inspected the code that the latest feature needs to work.  He discovered that it completed reference to features named ‘Peep’ for video naming itself and as well to ‘Vibes.’

He wrote, “I searched around to see what this is all about, and it seems that this is an unannounced feature that has yet to be released. The vibes app connects with a . . . → Read More: Speculations About Facebook Launching Music Service ‘Vibes’

How to Enable Facebook Video Calling on Mac OS X Lion Browsers

Facebook Video Calling

Facebook’s latest feature of video calling powered by Skype, which was opened and was followed by the introduction of ‘Hangout’, video chat by Google in Google+, is not carried for all Operating Systems.

The video calling supports Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer on Windows, Mac and Linux OS but it doesn’t work in the pre-released edition of Mac OS X. Facebook video calling is blocked on Mac OS X Lion browsers. You will observe the video call button go grey with notification saying, “Not supported in this browser or OS version” if you try to make a video call . . . → Read More: How to Enable Facebook Video Calling on Mac OS X Lion Browsers

Facebook’s Skype Video Chat vs. Google+ Hangout

Google+ Hangout

When Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, pledged “something awesome” in the previous week after the launch of Google+, did he indicate an in-built Skype-powered video chat?

Google has held Google+ in postponement because of ‘insane demand’ of users, once it is out, it will challenge the Microsoft-owned Skype.

Google+ video chat, Hangout is browser-based and could be accessed from any OS.  Google is working with other browser developers, like Mozilla and Opera, hoping that they will support the technology in their browsers.

New video chat of Facebook will have a “desktop component” and . . . → Read More: Facebook’s Skype Video Chat vs. Google+ Hangout