India spectrum auction base price too high: Vodafone CEO

India spectrum auction base price too high: Vodafone CEO Vodafone, which has not applied for taking part in spectrum auction in March, Tuesday said the reserve price set is too high and the company cannot afford to pay in India where there is uncertainty about airwaves and revenues are low."The problem is that in India there is a misperception of what is the value of spectrum. The reserve prices are set too high. India has very low prices...

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Expanded Gmail field trial brings calendar

Expanded Gmail field trial brings calendar results to search Participants in Google's personalized search experience can now see results from Google Calendar. 7Comments Here's a nice new feature for anyone in Gmail's field trial, which brings personalized results directly into Google search. The trial, which is available only after you opt in, brings information like Gmail results, receipts, reservations, and Google Drive documents...

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Facebook snags Microsoft's Atlas to boost ad sales

Facebook snags Microsoft's Atlas to boost ad sales The deal gives the social-networking giant a tool to use the information gleaned from its users to serve up more relevant ads. After months of speculation, Facebook today agreed to buy Microsoft's Atlas online-advertising platform, boosting the social-networking giant's ability to compete against Google in the display ad business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies also...

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Facebook testing new Timeline design

Facebook testing new Timeline design The company is eyeing a round of changes to the Timelines of its members. Facebook is testing a series of changes to the current Timeline design. Facebook users may be in store for some design tweaks to their Timelines. The popular social network is testing a revamped layout for the Timeline among select users in New Zealand, a spot where Facebook typically tries out new features. A representative...

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The most secure Android phone in the world

The most secure Android phone in the world (maybe) Motorola Solutions raises the curtain on an incredibly expensive Android phone made for locking down communications between government employees. But it's not at Mobile World Congress -- it's at RSA 2013. The AME 2000, one of the world's most secure phones(pictures) SAN FRANCISCO--Of all the multitudes of phones launching amid the grandeur of Barcelona this week, Motorola Solutions...

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Microsoft's little-screen, big-screen interactive future

Microsoft's little-screen, big-screen interactive future Big and little screens interacting. That's Microsoft's vision of a collaborative future nirvana. Microsoft's vision of a wall-spanning Surface that can be tapped to share data with tablets. Giant interactive surfaces will complement the more mobile variety of today. That's how Microsoft sees the future. Walk up to a massive interactive screen with a Surface tablet, tap it, and,...

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Apple v. Samsung: Judge orders

Apple v. Samsung: Judge orders new trial on some damages, cuts award by $450M Citing jury error, judge rules that damages awarded to Apple for some infringing Samsung products must be recalculated by way of a new trial focused on the issue. The judge in last year's landmark Apple-Samsung patent case today cut damages on some Samsung products found to infringe Apple's patents, carving $450.5 million off the original $1.05 billion judgment...

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powerful Chromebook Pixel

Why Google built the pricey, powerful Chromebook Pixel With Chrome OS foundering, the company needed to take a bold step to kick-start its cloud vision. Chrome OS needed a push. Is the Chromebook Pixel it? It's been a week now since Google unveiled the Chromebook Pixel, and the reactions have settled into a rough consensus: nice laptop, but not for you. "The Chromebook Pixel is just too much machine for the software," the Wirecutter's...

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Google testing new navigation design

Google testing new navigation design borrowed from Chrome The company confirms it is testing a new look that dumps the controversial black navigation bar -- again. Comments Google tests a new navigation system for its services that dumps the controversial black bar along the top of the screen. Google is testing a new version of its home page that eliminates the controversial navigation bar that has sat atop its services for two years,...

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Facebook to unveil new News Feed design next week

Facebook to unveil new News Feed design next week The social network invites journalists to check out the feed's "new look" at its headquarters on Thursday. Get ready for some changes to your Facebook profile. The social network is unveiling a new design for its News Feed on Thursday, according to an invite sent to journalists today. The bare-bones invite tells journalists to "Come see a new look for News Feed," at Facebook's Menlo Park,...

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