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The new Nexus 7 is definitely an impressive tablet by all accounts, and considering the kind of firepower that it packs underneath the hood without breaking the bank, we would highly recommend the device to be part of your gadget arsenal if you are in the market for an Android-powered tablet. The thing is, nothing is perfect in this world, and the same can be said of the new Nexus 7 tablet – as some users have already reported erratic performances in its multi-touch display, with Google also acknowledging the issue.

Well, thankfully the coding mavens over at Google has managed to solve this issue, relegating it to the “Job Completed” segment through the introduction of the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update with build number JSS15Q that will include the multi-touch bug fix. This particular new update for the Nexus 7 is available via Over The Air (OTA), so you will just have to be patient if you have not yet received your fix.

According to Paul Wilcox, a member of Google’s support staff, he mentioned, “As a couple of you have mentioned, there’s a new system update that’s started rolling out for your Nexus 7s. This update does address the touchscreen issues discussed in this thread. If you’re one of the people experiencing touchscreen issues, please let us know how it’s going after you’ve received and installed the update.”

Nexus 7 2013 Receives Firmware Update original content from Ubergizmo.

Instagram has not yet made an official app appearance over on the Windows Phone platform, and lately, you could say that Instagram have gotten rather paranoid, where they are going to lay the smack down on apps that use “Insta” or “Gram” in their names. I suppose you can read about their reasons for doing so, but on to happier news this time around. Nokia executive VP Chris Weber, in his recent visit to Thailand where he reiterated the Finnish smartphone manufacturer’s goal to overtake Samsung as the global leader in mobile phone market share, also did mention that the Windows Phone Store would be welcoming the Instagram app in due time.

I would say that this has been a long time in coming, since Instagram’s absence on the Windows Phone platform has led to a bunch of third party substitutes released, where most of them are unable to upload images to Instagram after Instagram decided to prevent direct third party uploads to its site. Well, do you think that Instagram on Windows Phone will help Nokia achieve this lofty goal of theirs, that is to overtake Samsung when they are at the top of their game? Only time will tell.

Nokia Executive Claims Instagram Will Arrive On Windows Phone Soon original content from Ubergizmo.

Someone should come up with this particular essay topic for our kids in school to write about – “What if there was no Google or search engines today” and see just what kind of scenarios can the young and imaginative brains think of. For many of us, using Google when it comes to searching for something online is as natural as breathing air, and I am quite sure that many of us are more than familiar with using Google to locate definitions. Take [define fortuitous] for instance – this particular feature has just been updated over on google.com, be it on the desktop or mobile experience, so that you would end up with additional information concerning those words apart from their definition alone.

For instance, you will now be greeted by sample sentences that will highlight just how this particular word is used, in addition to its synonyms. Tapping the microphone on your Google Search app and your ears will be treated to answers that are spoken back, especially when you fire away questions such as “What’s the definition of fortuitous?” and “What are synonyms for fortuitous?” Not only that, why not give translation a try in one of the 60 plus languages straight from the box itself?

Google Word Definition Box Expanded original content from Ubergizmo.

For those of you out there who has more than enough faith in the upcoming Sonic title for the Nintendo Wii U platform and has placed a pre-order for Sonic Lost World for Wii U will be greeted by a nice surprise – that you will be on the receiving end of an exclusive level and boss battles against huge, gargantuan monsters that were inspired by another Sonic Team game, namely the Sega Saturn classic known as “Nights into Dreams”. I haven’t played the latter before despite seeing ads of it in my comics back in the day, but if the graphics shown above are anything to go by, it is certainly a colorful affair.

Sonic Lost World’s Deadly Six Bonus Edition will boast of an exclusive “NiGHTMARE” downloadable content through a redeemable code that has been included with pre-orders of the title. The game’s antagonists, namely the Deadly Six (is this a ripoff of the Sinister Six from Marvel Comics?), will have beasts inspired by Nights into Dreams as their mode of transport of choice, and each time you defeat one of them, you will be able to unlock a special color power for Sonic. Alternatively, the other way to unlock this special color power would be to get it via the Wii U’s Miiverse.

Sonic Lost World Deadly Six Edition Receives Nights-Inspired DLC original content from Ubergizmo.

Xerox is finally rolling out an update for those rogue copiers that mix up numbers.

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