Facebook is currently testing a new format for Timeline, which will be putting all posts in a single column on the left, while the activity modules and friends, places, apps and other sections will be placed on the right.

Bharti Airtel has started taking pre-orders for the 16GB variant (black) of the Apple iPhone 5 for Rs. 45,500. Airtel's listing says the device will be available from November 2, while shipping is promised within 7-8 days. There's no word on availability and pricing of the other variants of the iPhone 5. However, both Airtel and Aircel have listed the device on their websites and are expected to announce special plans. The iPhone 5 is expected to officially launch in India on November 2.

E-xpress Interactive, distributors of Assassin’s Creed III in India, have come forth to appease the fans of the franchise. It has been announced that Assassin’s Creed III Day One Edition will be a special edition for PS3 and the Xbox 360. While the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions both feature unlockable content and a Dangerous Secret, the PS3 version of the Day One pack will also feature 60 minutes of exclusive gameplay which is not on the Xbox 360.

Rockstar Games has announced that for the 10 year anniversary of GTA: Vice City, their most popular Grand Theft Auto game yet, for Android and iOS. Vice City was the first game where the protagonist, Tommy Vercetti, could use bikes as vehicles along with the ability to change costumes in order to dodge the cops.

Rockstar has stated that the game will be visually rich, featuring “native high resolution graphics and several enhancements.” Unfortunately, those are the only details available so far, if they may be considered details at all. What enhancements will make their way into the final version of the game are unknown, as is the release date. All we have for now is a “coming this Fall” banner.

Rockstar’s own GTA III was a big success when it made its way to iOS and Android devices and we’d expext the same from GTA: Vice City.

Gmail has seen a lot of changes since its inception, with innumerable features being added to what was essentially a mailbox. When you compose mails in Gmail from now on, a New Message box will open just like a chat window. So say you are looking at mails in your Inbox and you want to compose a mail, the Gmail will not open a separate compose mail page, instead, you will be able to see the contents of your inbox and write out your mail in the New Message box. You can even insert messages inline.

Apple is the largest and most successful technology company in the world’s history, but how did it arrive at that lofty perch? Did it create all the ideas folded into its shiny gadgets, or did it beg, borrow and steal them?

Of course, the answer is, all of the above. That’s the point of this infographic from BestMastersPrograms.org, using a variety of sources to arrive at this extensive collection of stats, illustrations and information about Apple and its explosively popular product line.

Steve Jobs liked to brag about how Apple has “always been shameless about stealing great ideas,” but the Cupertino company didn’t just lift all of its product ideas, did it? No. After you’ve traced every Apple product back to its humble origins, consider the possibility that Apple’s obsessive attention to detail wasn’t copied from many other companies.

According to Brief Mobile, which published shots of the tablet Friday. The bigger brother to the Nexus 7, released earlier this year, the Nexus 10 Is expected to be announced on Monday at a Google event in New York City. The rumoured Google Nexus 10 is made by Samsung about it's specifications :
 

Nexus 10 Features :
- Samsung-built Exynos 5250 processor (the same processor being used in Google’s new Chromebook).
- 2GB of RAM.
- 16GB of built-in storage.
- 10-inch tablet’s screen will have a 2560 x 1600 resolution (198.9ppi).
- 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, as well as a forward-facing camera.
- W-Fi only device will also support Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC.

According to Brief Mobile’s source, the Nexus 10 will be the first to run the next version of the OS, Android 4.2. Confusingly, 4.2 will still hold on to the Jelly Bean name rather than moving on to the next moniker for Android: Key Lime Pie. Google is expected to lift the lid on the Nexus 10 on the 29^th of October.

Google Maps has gotten a fresh new look, adding some “visual improvements” to its design.
The application now lets users get a clearer view of natural geography by showing terrain and color gradations to illustrate vegetation. It also includes labels for natural land formations.

“This enriched visual data allows you to quickly and easily see where the great forests, deserts and mountain ranges around the world begin and end,” Maps software engineer Karl Johann Schmidt said in a Friday blog post. “It also conveys how natural land formations can impact where, how and why man-made developments like urban cities, dams and bridges are made.”

Apple has launched its new lineup of iMac and Mac mini desktops, and 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops in India. The new generation of devices is thinner and more powerful than the last, with much upgraded hardware. All three devices ship with Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro features a high-resolution (2,560x1600 pixel – 227ppi) Retina Display, made out of an 13.3-inch IPS panel with a viewing angle of 178 degrees, as well as 75 percent less reflection and 29 percent higher contrast than the previous generation. It is just 0.75-inches thick (20% thinner than its predecessor), and weighs in at 1.62 kgs. It ships only with flash storage options, up 8GB of RAM, and up to Intel Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) processors.

Microsoft officially announced Windows 8 Thursday at a massive event in New York City. Windows 8 will be available in 140 markets and in 37 languages on Friday. Users can start downloading Windows 8 at 12:01 a.m. and copies will be available in stores at midnight local time at retailers around the globe.

Existing Windows owners can upgrade to Windows 8 for $39.99. In addition to Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft is also announcing Windows RT. Windows RT will come preloaded on ARM devices such as the Microsoft Surface tablet.

At the launch event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows 8 is ushering in a “new era for Microsoft.” Windows 8 is the first product of this new era.

Nokia unveiled the new smartphone at an event in Delhi and the phone will be available in the market in next two weeks. Nokia Lumia 510, and entry-level Windows Phone device, has been unveiled for a striking Rs 11,000.

The struggling tech firm has placed the Lumia 510 at a very aggressive price, no doubt to attract new users to a Windows smartphone. Nokia, however, has stated that it will reveal the exact price of the phone a day before it’s released in the market.

Processor — 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1

RAM — 256MB

Storage — 4GB built-in memory, 7GB SkyDrive cloud storage, no microSD card slot

Colour variants —White, Black, Red, Cyan, Yellow

 
India's telecom giant Bharti Airtel has become fourth largest telecom operator in the world in terms of subscribers, according to the Wireless Intelligence report.