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Indian consumers haven’t been cut off from Amazon’s world of e-book goodies, but their experience is about to get a lot more native with the launch of a local Kindle Store. The prices of over a million books are now available in rupees, and if you’re in need of hardware, the latest bare-bones Kindle can Continue Reading →

Today at TNW’s Latin American conference in São Paulo, Mozilla’s Director of Research Andreas Gal, praised Microsoft’s browsing technology progress, stating that a decade ago, using Internet Explorer was a rough experience. However, today, Gal noted that “Microsoft is making a pretty respectable browser.” He went on to specifically cite Internet Explorer 9 and 10, Continue Reading →

Apple rocked the smartphone industry when it launched the iPhone in 2007 and it built an entirely new market when it released the first truly successful consumer tablet in 2010. Next stop: TV. Rumors surrounding Apple’s imminent entrance into the television industry have been swirling for more than a year, and recent reports suggest Apple Continue Reading →

Matthew Inman’s fundraiser for a museum dedicated to Nikola Tesla hit its $850,000 goal in less than a week. While the fundraiser never received the corporate sponsorship Inman initially hoped for, it did get two sponsors who pitched in $33,333 each. A nonprofit group named the Tesla Wardenclyffe Project Inc. had been trying for years Continue Reading →

In another sign that mobile payments are going mainstream, PayPal on Wednesday announced a deal with Discover that will expand PayPal’s footprint to 7 million merchants next year. Starting in April 2013, participating merchants who offer Discover will begin accepting payments from PayPal’s 113 million active users. In a press release, the companies said merchants Continue Reading →

PC shopping can be a miserable experience. The same variety that makes it possible for you to find a laptop specifically designed to manage both your neon geranium business and your online polka-streaming startup also means that the market is flooded with laptops that aren’t tailored to your particular needs. It’s much more work than Continue Reading →

Just in time to completely blow away that puny flat screen you nabbed for your dorm room, LG has announced its 84-inch ultra high definition LCD TV is ready to ship in South Korea. The company put its first UHDTV up for pre-ordering last month, at a price of 25 million won, which currently converts Continue Reading →

Anyone with kids, or perhaps a job where you eat at your desk, knows that food and keyboards don’t mix. In fact, they can get pretty sticky and crumb-filled if you don’t clean them regularly. Besides using a gas duster or wiping it with an electronics-friendly cloth, there’s no easy way to thoroughly sanitize your Continue Reading →

Streaming content giant Hulu has unveiled a new design for its website which it says will massive improve content discovery and the viewing experience. The changes aren’t hitting all customers just yet, and the US-based company says that all users will begin seeing the revised homepage over the next few days. Those that are impatient Continue Reading →

A low-cost web platform called Treater now lets Facebook friends buy each other instant gifts that can be retrieved at local cafes, bars and establishments. You can already buy your pals cups of coffee with the Dunkin’ Donuts App. With Treater, the list of gifts that can be instantaneously redeemed with a smartphone grows to Continue Reading →