Microsoft aiming to emulate Google’s Chromebook strategy

Although Google dominates the education marketplace in the U.S., to maintain its rank it will have to strengthen its position in classrooms overseas, and make educators see the impetus in embracing its technology ‘en masse’. Google has made significant inroads in U.S. classrooms in recent years with its Chromebook being the computer of choice for…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 big on photography, HDR, VR, battery life

Qualcomm’s first 10 nanometer CPU, the 835 is 27% faster, 30% smaller and uses 40% less power than its predecessor.   According to a leaked blog post, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor is likely to be something rather special. Qualcomm has strategically revealed it at CES. Given the rapidly changing landscape in the mobile world, of which…

Mobile shopping touches $1.2 billion in Black Friday sales

For the first time, shoppers took to their smartphones to snag exclusively deals from retailers such as, Amazon, Walmart and Target. If you shopped on your smartphone during this holiday shopping season, it turns out, you are one among those trend setter who have increasingly adopted their smartphones for their shopping spree. According to Adobe,…