Google announces Android Kitkat 4.4 & `Nexus 5' shows up!

                                     Google announces Android Kitkat 4.4 & `Nexus 5' shows up!

        The next update to the Android OS will be Android Kitkat (Android 4.4). After the launch of Android 4.3 , it was said that Android 5.0Key Lime Pie would follow. But the latest announcement says that Google has reached an agreement with Nestle , the makers of Kitkat , and comes with Android Kitkat .

        Earlier Android versions were named desserts such as Cupcake , Donut , Eclair , Froyo , Gingerbread , Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. " As everyone finds it hard to stay away from chocolate , we decided to name one of our favorite chocolate treats, Kitkat the next version of Android" Google said its Android Kitkat ago.

        As part of this agreement , to promote the sale of 50 million Android Nestle software - completely KitKat bars in 19 countries , where buyers have the chance to win a Google Nexus 7 tablet or Google play gift. This agreement does not include any exchange of money .

        Like most tech giants , Google is also looking to go SmartWatch market and analysts say the new OS will support this project.

        The Verge has this image of a Google employee announced capturing images using a device that may ` Nexus 5 . The image is a sample of Android Kitkat promotional video from Google. In contrast to the Nexus 4 units , a new horizontal Nexus logo , which are similar to the latest Nexus 7th Let's hope Google Nexus 5 will launch with Android Kitkat .

New Internet service provider 'NEC Biglobe' lunch in Japan

                                   New Internet service provider 'NEC Biglobe' lunch in Japan

TOKYO - Japanese systems integrator NEC Corp. has started a sales process for its Internet service provider NEC BIGLOBE expected to tens of billions of yen ( hundreds of millions of dollars ) to download, sources familiar with the situation said Thursday .

The first licensing round for a potential buyer will be held as early as November, sources said.

NEC had no immediate comment.

BIGLOBE , which claims 3 million users and is one of Japan's leading Internet service providers , revenue 84.1 billion yen ( $ 865.27 million ) in the last year to March.

Financially strapped NEC is focused on the integration of business systems and shed unprofitable activities , striving for a turnaround in its fortunes after posting a loss 110000000000 yen two years ago.

It has its personal computer operations into a single company controlling interest Lenovo Group Ltd. in July and plan to relax its smartphone business , reduce operational synergies with its ISP announced arm.

($ 1 = 97.1950 Japanese yen )

Samsung 'Galaxy Round' is the world's first curved screen Smartphone

                          Samsung 'Galaxy Round' is the world's first curved screen Smartphone

                  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Wednesday launched the world's first smartphone with a curved screen, a variant of Galaxy Note that the Asian giant step closer to achieving portable devices with flexible movements - even unbreakable - screens.

                 Curved screens are on the front line of Samsung's innovation war with rivals such as Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) and LG Electronics Inc ( 066570.KS ) such as the South Korean company wants to expand in the declining market for its high lead - ING smartphones.

                  "It is a step forward to have unbreakable gadgets and flexible units last. But for now, the new phone is more of a symbolic product," said Hana Daetoo Securities analyst Nam Dae -jong , adding that Samsung has not yet capacity for large - scale production of curved touch screens for the new Galaxy Round.

                   5.7 - inch ( 14.4 - cm ) screen of the Galaxy Round has a small horizontal curve and weigh less than Galaxy Note 3 allows for a more comfortable grip than other flat screen models on the market , Samsung said in a statement .

Design Competitions

                       Open Curved screens opportunities for flexible design that could eventually transform the high - end smartphone market , where growth due to competition from low - end manufacturers delayed.

                       Samsung Galaxy Gear SmartWatch last month has a flat, but the company hopes the technology to make in what is shaping up as a key battleground for consumer electronics. Attractive and portable devices

                      Technology companies have yet to figure out how inexpensive mass production of parts and come with display panels that are thin and heat resistance. Batteries must also adopt new ways of flexible displays that can be rolled , connected on uneven surfaces or support even stretched. The battery of the Galaxy Round not bend, says Samsung.

                      The competition is heating up with Samsung's cross -town rival LG Electronics plans to introduce a vertical curved screen in the first week of November, a source familiar with the situation said this week a smartphone.

                       Its components affiliate , LG Chem Ltd said on Tuesday that the commercial production of a curved battery used in the unit had begun.

                       The company also said it has developed a battery cable is suitable for portable devices , and is expected to start within the next few years. commercial production

                     Technology analysts and the media says that Apple is working on a SmartWatch , possibly with a curved screen , but there is no word from the California-based company about its plans .

                      Samsung's new curved-screen phone, available through South Korea's biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co Ltd, costs 1.089 million won ($1,000).