Why did Facebook buy Instagram for $1 billion if they can make their own?

Have you ever wondered why Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion if they can easily make a similar app on their own, integrate it on Facebook, and compete with Instagram? If you’re curious enough to know why, that makes two of us. If you have a friend that is curious as well, then that makes 3 of us. I really wonder why they bought Instagram for that amount. I know that $1 billion US dollars is nothing for Facebook, but they can save it... Read More

Asus Eee Pad Slider Looks Promising

I’m holding out until the release of this tablet, err… netbook, err… well, whatever it is it looks great. Now I know that this is how I wanted the Pad Transformer to be. Though I liked the idea of that initial model, I didn’t like that the keyboard is detachable. It felt like a separate gadget. Using the tablet with it also makes the Transformer rather awkward to handle. The slide in/out motion of the Pad Slider removes that hassle.... Read More

Huawei Vision: A Gingerbread smartphone that is not that amazing

Oh great! Huawei seems to be joining the Android smartphone wars with their new flagship phone, the Huawei Vision. This latest smartphone from Huawei is quite promising, but still, it’s not better than HTC EVO 3D and Samsung Galaxy S II. Why? Because it only has a 1.0 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8255 processor. Just like any other smartphone, Huawei Vision has Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, micro-USB 2.0 socket, 512MB of RAM, 2GB ROM, and... Read More

Can the webOS keep up in the tablet OS wars?

This question has been repeated over and over again from various technology and social media blogs! And now, it has been repeated again by Belmonster.net! I don’t know why I asked the same question again, I’m just curious what’s the answer. To be honest, I didn’t read any article about the webOS before writing this post. I don’t know what people say about the webOS and how they compare webOS to other established tablet... Read More