Instagram readying Snapchat competitor in the form of ‘Bolt’

Snapchat’s incredible popularity has its competitors scrambling to come up with an equivalent service to engage the masses. Despite several attempts, no one has really managed to match Snapchat’s success.

Turn your face into an emoticon

Do you love taking selfies and posting them online, but wish there was a way for your face to be seen more often and by more people?

Well with the new mobile app Imoji, you’ll be able to barrage anyone you text with mini-emoticons of your face.

New research examines businesses' handling of digital transformation

Although businesses are making the effort to build digital transformation plans, they are not following through by mapping the customer journey, claims new research.

Research and consulting firm Altimeter Group published The 2014 State of Digital Transformation to explore the ways in which digital customers differ from traditional counterparts.

Google may buy Twitch for $1 Billion

Google has been known to snatch up any and every type of business, that’s why it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that the internet search giant is interested in purchasing the online game-streaming service, Twitch.

The OneNote team made a parody ad celebrating Surface 3 integration

Microsoft’s OneNote team has made its own ad, spoofing LMFAO’s Sexy and I Know It and transforming it into Click it an I Note it.

Intel Broadwell and Skylake Android tablets are coming in 2015

Intel’s Broadwell and Skylake-powered high-end detachable Android devices are said to be coming in 2015, according to a report.

Intel will start offering Bay Trail-T or Bay Trail M processors by the end of 2014 and these gadgets are expected to be priced in the range of $179 to $249 in the market. In 2015, the company will come out with Cherry Trail, the next generation Atom powered tablets.

Sony announces Blu-Ray 3D support for PS4

Now did you really think that Sony was going to let Microsoft have all of the Blu-Ray 3D fun?

Fresh off the heels of Xbox One’s Blu-Ray 3D support, Sony has announced that the PS4 will soon support Blu-Ray 3D.

Samsung airs an inspiration surfing ad spot, the Galaxy S5 chills on the beach

Samsung’s marketing team is probably large enough to populate the Allure of the Seas ocean cruise ship and its members certainly don’t lack inspiration. None of ads we’ve seen recently, however, comes close to company’s promo spot for the Association of Surfing Professionals, which it is sponsoring.

Watch first official hands-on demo of the Nokia Lumia 530

The newly-announced Nokia Lumia 530 will be in stores next month but here’s your first chance to see more of the device in the official hands-on video. The video touts the 530′s colorful back panels that can be changed on a whim and the many apps Windows Phone 8.1.

Apple secures patent for iTime smartwatch

An Apple patent for a smartwatch has been revealed, with the device being called the iTime at one point rather than the iWatch (the latter being what the rumoured device has always been called in previous speculation).Spotted by Apple Insider, the patent largely refers to a smart wristband which can be attached to a portable media device (like the iPod nano, so this will be the watch bit, in other words).

Google Play Store update brings Material Design, sort of

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Google has started rolling out an update for the Play Store application on Android that updates the UI with Material Design elements. This is the same update we heard about before back when it had leaked

Google Now is more accurate than Siri, study finds

In the battle of the mobile personal assistants, Google Now seems to have the edge compared to Apple’s Siri. At least that’s what a study conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has found.