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May 20th, 2012 
Hasnain 
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally threw in the towel and decided to enter the league of extra ordinary gentlemen, he announced his marriage to long time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The 28-year-old billionaire’s wedding took place a day after Facebook’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday. More than 300,000 people “liked” Zuckerberg’s status change, which was accompanied by a photo of the smiling couple in wedding attire in a small, verdant outdoor setting with a string of lights behind them.
The world’s second biggest mobile handset manufacturer after Samsung, Apple has registered the iPhone5.com domain name, signalling that the next model of the smartphone is just around the corner, which will also be the final model designed by late founder Steve Jobs. The tech giant filed a case with the World Intellectual Property Organisation to wrest control of the internet address, which had been used by an Apple fan forum site. The move comes ahead of rumours that Apple is gearing up to release the next incarnation of the iPhone this autumn, with a major overhaul of its design over seen by Jobs prior to his death.
Samsung’s Galaxy S2 was one of the biggest-selling smartphone of the year and guess what, Galaxy S3 is right behind to become the next. As of today, approximately nine million people have already pre-ordered the Android-powered smartphone, with still a month to go before the handset hits stores. The amount is extraordinary, considering the S2 – which battled with the iPhone to be the world’s biggest-selling phone last year – took about six months to sell 10 million phones, and 11 months to reach the 20 million mark.
Technology giant Intel, every year holds the ‘Intel Science and Engineering Fair’ (ISEF), which is also the world’s largest pre-college science fair competition. From all around the globe, approximately 7 million high school students develop original research projects and present their work at locally held science fairs with the hope of making it to the finals which are held in the US. The final list of young innovators who number around 1,500 are then invited to participate in the ISEF. At this week-long celebration of science, technology, engineering and math, students share ideas, showcase cutting-edge research, and compete for more than $ 3 million in awards and scholarships. At the 2012 edition of the Science and Engineering Fair, held in Pittsburgh, Jack Andraka, 15, of Crownsville, USA was awarded first place for his new method to detect pancreatic cancer.
Chip maker Intel recently held its annual investor meeting where the world’s largest processor manufacturer revealed how to it plans to further shrink the processor. According to the slides at the event, the Santa Clara based company revealed an ambitious roadmap where it plans to shrink its chip fabrication process down to a mere 5nm, with a 10nm process set to release in 2015 and work having already begun for the 7nm and 5nm processes. Intel’s latest innovation, Ivy Bridge chips are 22nm and the next iteration for 2013 will jump down to 14nm.
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, Nokia global launched two new mobile devices, the Nokia 110 and 112 at a glittering event in Karachi. Targeted solely towards youth along with a counter strategy to dent sales of cheap Chinese handsets in Pakistan, Nokia promised to continue its strategy to connect the next billion consumers to information and the internet. The 
On the third day of the Intel Solution Summit, held in Bali, Indonesia, we had a chance to talk to Kamil Hassan, who is the Channel Chief Director, Reseller Channel Operation, Intel Asia-Pacific. Hassan is responsible for driving the demand and sales of Intel products through its distributors and channels in the APAC region. Having more than 18 years of experience in the IT industry, commencing with Intel in 1997 as channel account manager in Pakistan, Hassan has progressively built a reputation amongst Intel’s APAC channel customers as district sales manager, area sales manager before his advancement as country manager for Intel Pakistan. 
Processor giant Intel Corp. today officially inaugurated the Intel Solution Summit in Bali, Indonesia hosting hundreds of Asia-Pacific channel partners. The Summit, held from May 8 to 10, will provide Intel’s partner community with essential tools and know-how to deliver solutions to businesses and consumers across the Asia-Pacific region. The Intel Technology Partner program saw a massive increase across Asia-Pacific during the past year, with 7,000 new organizations added.
Often called the desert state, Nevada has officially recognized and allowed Google’s driverless cars on roads on what could soon pave way for other US states to follow. Considered as a revolution in the automobile industry, Google’s driverless cars are controlled by computers processing a combination of mapping data, radar, laser sensors and video feeds. Officials from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles rode in the cars “along freeways, state highways and neighborhoods as well as the busy Las Vegas Strip”, they said in a statement.
Facebook today updated the iOS and Android versions of Messenger, the social network’s cross-platform messaging-only app. Version 1.7 of Facebook Messenger for iPhone and Android, available for download, keeps conversations flowing between friends with three new features. The app lets you know who has seen your messages, gives you the ability to see where your friends are messaging you from, and includes a more visible real-time typing indicator. “The new Messenger clients for both iOS and Android make mobile messaging more conversational, especially when texting groups of friends on the go,” a Facebook spokesperson told
Yesterday, Korean technology firm, Samsung launched their highly awaited flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S3. So what exactly is all the wait for? On the other hand, with strong rumors circulating that Apple’s new iPhone will be released imminently, will the Galaxy S3 be able to hold onto the market share and make Apple’s iPhone old news? Lets see what’s in store.
World’s largest chip maker, Intel, on Monday unveiled the third generation of its “Core” family of microprocessors, code-named “Ivy Bridge,” which will offer a 20% performance upgrade over the prior generation. Speaking to media on the launch of the Ivy Bridge lineup, Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini said that these new chips will combine with Microsoft’s new generation of Windows to usher in a new generation of “hybrids” that will combine the attributes of tablets, “Ultrabook” laptops and phones. That could help offset waning growth in traditional personal computers. ”Ivy Bridge” chips will be built using a new manufacturing process offering cutting-edge features, such as 3-D transistors, each measuring just 22 billionths of a meter, finer than any of Intel’s competitors currently offer. The benefits of the new manufacturing will flow across Intel’s product line this year, from server to desktop to notebook computer chips. 
Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President at Google writing on the Google blog, said “Today, we’re introducing Google Drive – a central place where you can create, share, collaborate and keep all of your stuff. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond. As a next step in the evolution of Google Docs and the ability to upload any file, Drive will help you live, work and play in the cloud.”
When Intel announced its foray into the smartphones arena earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress, no one could have expected the processor giant to actually come up with an ‘up for sale’ device as early as April which is like two months from the actual announcement date. But then again its Intel, whatever the processor giant does, it does it in grand style, like it launched its first smartphone today called the XOLO X900 in India today. The device will be available to customers for purchase beginning 23rd April at a street price of $ 422 (INR 22000).
Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia has reportedly announced a sales drop and a loss during the first quarter of 2012, as it struggles to sell low-range Symbian-based phones while Windows Phone sales remain dull. The company reported sales of 7.4 billion euros, down 29% year-on-year, making a net loss of 929 million euros, compared to a net profit of 344 million euros a year earlier. On April 11, the company lowered its expectations for the first quarter because of surprisingly weak sales, including those of its cheapest phones in India, Middle East, Africa and China.