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Airtel Now Offers Free Facebook with a cap of 30 MB/ month          Airtel mobile customers who are Facebook users on the Mobile (browser or app) will be able to use free facebook for a limited time. Existing mobile internet customers on Airtel can immediately start connecting with their friends by visiting the Facebook mobile site m.facebook.com. Customers accessing the mobile internet for the first time need to register at m.facebook.com to avail of this special offer.          Airtel is the first mobile operator to enable customers to witness the power of internet on their phones in their favorite languages as the interface is compatible with Feature, Java, Android, iPhone & Windows devices alike.  A limited period offer, Airtel will allow customers to access Facebook free of cost with a cap of 30 MB/ month to add Joy to the festivities.  

Micromax Canvas Juice A77 : A New Budget Android Handset launched for Rs 7,999         Indian handset brand Micromax, has launched a new budget Android handset, the Canvas Juice A77.  The device, which was earlier listed by online retailer HomeShop18, has now been officially unveiled. The Micromax Canvas Juice A77 has been priced at Rs 7,999 on the website and will come with a free gift certificate worth Rs 1,000 and Airtel freebies worth Rs 12,000.             The all-new Canvas Juice A77 features a 5-inch display with 854x480p resolution and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system. It packs a 1.3GHz dual-core processor and 1GB RAM under the hood. The handset comes with 4GB internal storage and external storage support via microSD card up to 32GB.            The Micromax Canvas Juice A77 has a 5MP camera on the back and a VGA camera in front. Connectivity suite of the phone consists of 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microUSB. It has a 3,000mAh battery that offers talk t

Console Living Room lets you play hundreds of old-school games in your browser           The Internet Archive this week launched its "Console Living Room," offering browser emulations of pre-internet era video gameswhich used to be played on consoles from firms like Atari, Coleco or Magnavox.            Fans of vintage video games rejoice: the geeky crew of Archive.org has powered up the Console Living Room. It’s a massive online collection of games for systems like the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision that you can play right in your browser!         Console Living Room is an extension of Archive.org’s Historical Software Collection, and so far it includes the Atari 7800, Magnavox Odyssey, and Astrocade in addition to the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision.

Acer Chromebook Released in India                   What do you use your PC for? That’s the simple question Google is asking with Chromebooks. Ever since the CR48, Chrome OS has had a troubling time convincing users that it is a serious Operating System, and not just a glorified browser with access to tons of web apps thanks to the Chromium underpinning. But surprising all critics, Chromebooks have made a great impact, with four of the top ten current bestselling laptops on Amazon running Chrome OS. Contrary to expectations, Google’s idea for a light-weight, affordable computing experience had legs. With the more recent versions of OS able to run apps outside the browser, Chrome OS has finally got the basics in place to challenge the big duopoly of Windows and OS X.            Will it ever achieve that success? It’s up to markets like India, where per capita disposable income is not high and where an affordable PC nearly always means a low-powered Windows machine. The fac

YotaPhones : With Double Screens        The startup is launching a dual-screen smartphone Wednesday at an event in Moscow's Gorky Park with the hope that it will change the way people view mobile technology by allowing information streaming without the usual constraints of limited battery life.Called the YotaPhone, the device pairs a traditional LCD color touch-screen on one side with a black-and-white, electronic-paper display on the other, allowing users to continuously view data in real time without having to constantly wake up their phones and drain their batteries."You don't need to keep the phone in your hand and you don't have to wake it up every five minutes," says the company's 44-year-old chief executive, Vladislav Martynov. "Who needs a personal assistant you need to keep waking up?"        General interaction will be done through the LCD screen, but the e-paper display allows an image to be displayed at all times—from maps, ai