Technobias

Facebook Publishes Super Nerdy Big Data Engineering Blog Post To Attract Hardcore Coders  100 petabyte clusters! 60,000 hive queries a day! Facebook’s latest  1,800-word engineering blog post  has one goal: proving to the world’s top programmers that if they want a challenge, they should work for the social network. There’s not much for the layman beyond that Facebook’s data warehouse is 2,500 times bigger than in 2008. This is back-end geek porn, and it’s critical to Facebook’s longterm success. Facebook has the same talent retention problem as any tech startup that goes public. Without the massive upside of a little stock potentially being worth a lot of money one day, getting the best coders, designers, product visionaries, and biz whizzes to come aboard or not jump ship is tough. There’s the lure of founding a company and calling the shots. There’s the excitement of joining an ass-kicking little startup as it hits its hockey stick. If Facebook can’t outshine those, it cou

New iPhone coming with LTE, NFC and double the RAM   The new iPhone is confirmed to have LTE support, a NFC chip and 1GB of RAM, according to a reliable source at  BGR . The handset, which is scheduled for production later this summer with a view for an October release, is expected to be slightly taller than the current model, with a 4-inch screen. Where consumers will find more space is in the product’s thickness, which is to be under 8mm. A new metal backing, in both black and white, is expected to come to market. Though final production doesn’t start until the end of the summer, apparently the coming model is in third-stage Engineering Verification Test, which is the precursor to final production unit. We don’t have much more information, but having NFC on the new iPhone is a big deal for the burgeoning mobile payments market. We’ll soon see if all these rumours pan out.

Don't get hurry it's better to wait for another month or two and get it cheaper! The 8GB Google Nexus 7 officially costs USD 199/- (approx Rs. 11,000 ) and 16GB costs USD 249/- (approx Rs. 13,750) in US. Pre-order listing at Grabmore is a 8GB model.  The good part though about this listing is that Rs. 16499 is all inclusive which includes shipping, handling, taxes as well as customs charges. Given that Nexus 7 has a quad core Tegra processor, 1GB ram and comes loaded with Google’s latest Jelly Bean version on Android – it still looks quite attractive compared to other tablets on offer in Indian market currently. Before you hit the order button though, you have to keep couple of things in mind. This is a pre-order listing and expected delivery time is about 4 to 5 weeks. Even in the US, Nexus 7 is currently not available and expected to start shipping from mid July. The expected delivery date on Grabmore is from 13 th  August to 18 th  August. So, if you are one

Tech’s top innovators If you’re a techie, then The Crunchies Awards,is probably one of the highlights on your completely synched calendars across all PDAs (personal digital assistants). And if you’re not, then The Crunchies are probably something you should keep an eye out for, because if the winners and even those nominated haven’t made inroads into your life already, rest assured, they will pretty soon. Currently in its fifth year, this annual technology award ceremony is organized by  TechCrunch , the leading online magazine in the digital world. This year’s edition was co-hosted by VentureBeat and GigaOm. Held on Tuesday at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, US, the night was hosted by the witty Harris Wittels who goes by the Twitter handle @Humblebrag, where he retweets “boastful and humble tweets” across the Web. In fact, the comedian-writer started the night reading out (and he read out everything!) a couple of samples of humble bragging by celebritie

Contest: Win a Rogers Samsung Galaxy S III (32GB Pebble Blue) By  Ian Hardy  on June 29, 2012 at 4:52pm in  Featured ,  Mobile News ,  Rogers Wireless News Humans. Samsung’s latest flagship Android, the Galaxy S III, landed this week in Canada and it’s been designed for you. Their tag line of “Designed for humans, inspired by nature” has the masses rushing to get hold of this device – well over 9 million have been pre-ordered. Today we have a chance for you to win one of these  from Rogers . Up for grabs is a 32GB Pebble Blue Galaxy S III. This comes with OS 4.0, 4.8-inch 720 x 1280 HD Super AMOLED display, 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, LTE-enabled, 2GB RAM, 8MP camera that shoots 1080p videos and a 2100mAh removable battery.  Make sure you check out our review here . Interested in winning this beast? As usual, all you have to do is either  follow us and re-tweet this contest on Twitter (@mobilesyrup) , “Like Us” on  Facebook (Facebook.com/MobileSyrup) , or join us on  Google

Sony LT30 variant discovered on Bluetooth SIG, 4.6-inch 720p screen and Snapdragon S4 on board By  Daniel Bader  on July 6, 2012 at 1:26pm in  Mobile News When Sony announced the Japan-only  Xperia GX  in May, the device emerged as one of the premiere devices to emerge in the last few months. With a 4.6-inch 720p display, 1.5Ghz Snapdragon S4 processor and a 13MP Exmor R and a newly-optimized build of Ice Cream Sandwich, the GX looks to be the phone the Xperia S couldn’t be. It’s looking increasingly likely that the Xperia GX is indeed the LT30, judging by the description on Bluetooth SIG:  “This design is part of the premium product line. The main features are an attractive “ARC” design with metal back cover and high definition video recording 1080p supporting MHL output It will have an 13Mpixel camera and a 720p chat camera on the front. The display is 4,6 inches 720p HD (1280×720)) with 16 millions colors – BRAVIA SW IQI. The size of the phone is approx. 68 x129 x 9 mm a

FixYa reports details the biggest problems with today’s top smartphones By  Daniel Bader  on July 6, 2012 at 4:46pm in  Mobile News FixYa has released a report on the most virulent issues affecting today’s top smartphones, including the iPhone 4S, Galaxy S III and Lumia 900. Many of these issues pertain to battery life, overheating and loss of connectivity, but some of them, like the purple tint of the Lumia’s screen, are unique to one device. Interestingly, both the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus suffer from the same top problem: microphone malfunction. While we’re not seeing a rash of user complaints on our end, it’s fascinating to see a problem that could be endemic to Samsung devices, since the issue doesn’t seem to affect other OEMs. The report is pretty easy to understand — the company, which repairs phones, does this as a way to bring attention to its business — but it’s also a good resource for users to check whether their issues are commensurable. Source:  FixYa

10.9% of Android devices run OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich By  Ian Hardy  on July 3, 2012 at 8:01am in  Mobile News Google introduced Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on October 18th. Now, almost 9 months later, the OS has officially reached double diget numbers when it comes to the percentage of Android devices running a particular version. According to the Android Developers site ICS now powers 10.9% of device,  up from 7.1% a month ago . This increase is probably from all the new 4.0 powered devices, such as the HTC One X, One S and One V, plus the Samsung Galaxy S III. Unfortunately the OS that still has the lions share users is the 15-month old 2.3 Gingerbread with 64%, dropping 1% over last month. Cupcake (v1.5) and Donut (v1.6) continue to drop off the face of the world and now represent a combined percentage of 0.7%. Next month should be better for Ice Cream Sandwich numbers, plus we’ll probably see first stats on OS 4.1 Jelly Bean – which will be coming to the Galaxy Nex

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microsoft surface microsoft surface price With its Windows business facing increasing competition thanks to a dizzying array of consumer devices like Apple's iPhone and tablet computers running on Google's Android operating system,  Microsoft  is placing its bets on its own hardware and software with the "Surface". How can the software giant distinguish its yet-to-be-released  tablet computer ? Some analysts believe price could be the difference. "The company did not disclose any pricing details, but said that pricing will be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet and Intel Ultrabook," Deutsche Bank Securities analysts said in a research note last week. "However, we believe that with its own device and with control on pricing, MSFT will be able to better use price as a competitive differentiator." Nonetheless, if a recent report proves to be accurate, Microsoft's tablet computer -- particularly its higher-end version -- prob