Oct 10
Almost everybody knows Berenice Abbott’s famous "Night View, New York" photograph. It’s Manhattan in a nutshell—a solid wall of city, cold and bright. But we’ve never known the whole story behind this definitive image.
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Oct 10
Do you think that discretion is the better part of valor? Well, I suppose I agree with that statement to a certain extent, and it does seem that the folks over at Samsung too, think that this is the way to go with the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite and Samsung Galaxy Fame Lite in Holland. These two devices happen to be the Lite version of the original Samsung Galaxy Trend as well as the Samsung Galaxy Fame, as one is able to deduce from the naming convention itself.
First of all, the Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite with the model number GT-S7390, will arrive with a 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot. There is an 1,500mAh battery to ensure the smartphone keeps on going, while you get a 3-megapixel shooter at the back sans a front-facing camera.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Fame Lite, this will see a 3-megapixel shooter at the back, with a slower 850MHz chipset compared to the original Galaxy Fame. Not only that, Samsung has also decided to throw out NFC capability and a front-facing camera are on this puppy. Needless to say, judging by the hardware specifications themselves, these are well poised to hit the entry level market.
Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite And Samsung Galaxy Fame Lite Hit Europe original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
Microsoft updates its Outlook.com Android app with server-side search, vacation replies
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If you’re one of those non-conformists who uses Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service on an Android phone, you’ll definitely want to hit up the source link at the bottom of this post: Microsoft just updated its Outlook app for Android with a bunch of new features, including some that users have been …
Oct 10
There has been a lot of speculation about BlackBerry’s future over the past few months. The company is officially up for sale though interest has been thin. Recently it signed a letter of intent with Fairfax Financial Holdings, which offered $9 per share to take BlackBerry private, pending due diligence. Analysts believe that Fairfax might lower the bid once its sees that there are no other offers on the table, whereas BlackBerry is said to have reached out to companies like Google, Samsung and Intel to seek bids. The deal with Fairfax isn’t exactly confirmed right now and there doesn’t seem to be much interest in a complete acquisition of the entire company. Bloomberg reports that BlackBerry is now “more open” to the idea of breaking up and being sold off in pieces.
Apparently the company has warmed up to this idea amid reports that Fairfax won’t be able to generate the required funding to complete its part of the $4.7 billion takeover bid, “a person with knowledge of the matter” tells the publication. Companies that were approached by BlackBerry recently have reportedly expressed interest in certain parts, such as its enterprise network and its patents. Analysts have long predicted that BlackBerry might considering breaking up in order to complete the sale. Its struggling handset business isn’t said to hold much value in case this happens. BlackBerry has until November 4th to shop itself around, that’s when Fairfax will come back after having studied the company’s books and possibly having lined up the required funding.
BlackBerry ‘More Open’ To Sell Itself Off In Pieces original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
It goes without saying that when one mentions the Google Play store, it more or less refers to the virtual place where you will be able to download a plethora of apps for your Android-powered device there. Not only that, Google has ensured that Google Play has ended up a whole lot more than that, as they now also sell other stuff such as music, movies, books, magazines, and of course, devices. Needless to say, the Nexus range of hardware would be the most famous line in Google Play, where other items such as Chromecast are also part of the lineup. The thing is, the device or hardware segment of the Google Play store remained available only to a limited number of countries.
Hence, it is encouraging to see that Google Play is expanded fast these days, where the Google Play store device section was recently rolled out in Italy, and the latest round of rumors do point to Finland, Norway and other countries having the possibility of enjoying a device section in Google Play before 2013 is over. As at press time, the Google Play store is available in countries such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Google Play Store Devices To Expand To Other Countries original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
At the beginning of this week, we did bring you word that the Sony Xperia Z1 f, where it is more popularly known as the Honami Mini or the Xperia Z1 mini, has a very high chance of making its way to the Land of the Rising Sun. Well, it did not take too long since that particular day before the handset has been made official over in Japan, not to mention that it is accompanied by the Samsung Galaxy J that will be part of NTT docomo’s device rollout plan.
This particular ‘mini’ version of their flagship smartphone saw Sony take a slightly different route from Samsung as well as HTC. Both of the latter companies do seem to equip their ‘mini’ versions of their smartphones with mid-range specifications, but when it comes to the Xperia Z1 f, it is more or less the same as Sony’s larger form factor smartphone, although the same hardware specifications has been retained. Hardware specifications of the Xperia Z1 f include a 4.3” 720p HD touchscreen display, a 20-megapixel shooter at the back, a 2-megapixel camera in front, a quad-core 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory that can be expanded via a microSD memory card slot, and waterproof as well as dustproof capabilities.
Apart from that, the Samsung Galaxy J has also been introduced where it will arrive with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean in tow.
Sony Xperia Z1 f And Samsung Galaxy J Gets Official In Japan original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
Lenovo has sheepishly confirmed the IdeaPad A10 Android-based touchscreen convertible notebook, after the rotating hybrid was prematurely listed on Amazon in Europe. The company’s intention had been to officially announce the IdeaPad A10 – which has a 10.1-inch display and runs Android on a 1.6GHz quadcore ARM chipset – this week, spokesperson Chris Millward told […]
Oct 10
This January we’ll be seeing another major gaming event the likes of which will be a lot closer to what we’ve seen in Apple’s WWDC and Google I/O in years past. What we’ve got here is Steam Dev Days, a two-day event to be held in 2014 in Seattle Washington. This series of talks will […]
Oct 10
The folks over at Valve have been pretty busy lately, and this time around, the gaming company did reveal that it will be hosting a Steam development conference sometime in January next year – and hopefully, it will not be able to clash with CES that happens before the second week of January is over. This particular Steam development conference has been titled “Steam Dev Days” where it will happen for a couple of days over at Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center. In this games developer conference, we will be treated to the likes of panels, instruction, and hands-on apart from other Steam products. There will also be talk of Virtual Reality, which is something that Valve has not stopped exploring in a myriad of ways.
It seems that the Steam Dev Days games developer conference will be different from the more expensive Game Developers Conference that is based in San Francisco, as it costs a mere $95 per head to attend. All of the events on-site are considered to be off the record, although the sessions are meant to be recorded and made available after the show is over. If you are a games developer, just which particular conference would you go for?
Steam Dev Days Games Developer Conference To Be Held Next January original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
What would you say if you could design a custom official Lego building
set that would be manufactured by Lego and that you’d earn 1% from the
sales of your creation? Check out Lego’s Cuusoo program:
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