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Landmark is the choice of Sony this year, which previously chose other retailers in India such as Snapdeal and others for its pre-order service. Sony PS4 would be available for pre-order for gamers who can book it through any Landmark stores across the country. This gaming device is set to release on 6th January, and gamers who intend to pre-order this device can pick it straight away from the stores of their respective location.

Intex, the homegrown maker of handsets, unveiled its first octa-core powered phablet, Aqua Octa, which is priced at Rs. 19,999. Last year, the company had established a collaboration with chip maker MediaTek to bring many innovative devices to the Indian market.

Skype,the video messaging platform of Microsoft, is dealing with a security issue with the beginning of the New Year 2014! The Syrian hacking group known by the name of Syrian Electronic Army or SEA has hacked Skype's social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and Blog.

Toshiba, the Japanese technology giant has unveiled an array of 18 laptops of satellite series in India that are equipped with high end features like full HD and HD display, HDMI 4K output and Harman or Karbon speakers.

Yet another nail in the coffin of Facebook driven by mature teenagers as a recent study has found out that this social networking platform is considered as “dead and buried” by older teenage population. The users of Facebook have decreased drastically as there is a huge increase in the amount of usage of other social media websites like that of Twitter, SnapChat, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Finally news from the Apple front...Apple iPhone users will be pleased to know that the much awaited mass production of the next generation iPhone, iPhone 5S will start by the end of this month.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have found a new moon in the deep reaches of the solar system – this time orbiting around the gas giant Neptune.

A revolutionary invention for all the writers out there...according to a latest invention by German scientists, a smart pen can actually reduce errors while writing by gently vibrating on a slightest spelling error or when the handwriting is going haywire.

In what is a moment of pride for fellow Indians, a home team has bagged the first prize in the Windows Azure Challenge at the 11th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup.

Halalgoogling, a search engine designed to respect the Muslim culture while satisfying the internet needs of the community was unveiled on Sunday.