Microsoft is set to announce the launch of its next-generation mobile operating system update with the Windows Phone 8 Apollo on June 20.
According to an invitation that requests the presence of the press, the Redmond-based software giant is ready to reveal a “sneak peak at the future of Windows Phone” in San Francisco on the said date. While Microsoft remains tight-lipped about the event’s main agenda, most industry followers are betting on a Windows Phone 8 launch.

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Google has warned several users regarding a malware that could make them take part in state-sponsored attacks.
Eric Grosse, VP of security engineering at Google, explained in a blog post that only a subset of users will receive notifications, and added that the search giant is monitoring usage as it attempts to trap the culprits and machines that are currently at risk of infection.
“We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third …

Is Facebook Endangered?

Will Facebook sit right next to Yahoo, MySpace and hi5 among social networks abandoned by users after only a few years? According to American analyst Eric Jackson, this scenario is not very hard to believe.
The lifetime of a social network is a hard to predict matter. Historically, it seems that every website in this category had a period of glory, even of astronomical growth, followed by an inevitable decline. This was due to factors related to technological …

Microsoft has announced that its Windows Phone Marketplace finally made a milestone after it passed the 100,000 apps mark, but still significantly falls behind app markets Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Based on data compiled by All About Windows Phone, app developers seem to want more involvement in the third ecosystem, as Microsoft’s mobile app store only needed five months to double its amount to 100,000 apps after it took 14 months to pass the 50,000 mark.

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Acer has unveiled its new lineup of touchscreen tablets, ultrabooks and all-in-one PCs, all of which running on the highly anticipated Microsoft Windows 8 operating system.
The Taiwanese electronics company announced the new range of devices at the Computex 2012 held in its home country, where it announced the Iconia W510 and W700 tablets, both priding features such as an optional docking stations and HD displays.

Acer Iconia W700

The Iconia W700 obviously is the sleeker tablet with its …

An overview on usage of computers and mobile devices of Maps across EU5 released recently by comScore, a leading firm in measuring the digital world, states that in March 2012, 35 percent of the smartphone users in the five major European markets say that they access Maps in the web through their smart gadget. In comparison, 49.6 percent of those who use their computers to search the Internet use to access sites that serve Maps. It also says that the use of smartphones to access Maps across the …

Apple WWDC 2012: What to Expect from Apple’s Annual Conference in Cupertino. (Image via Developer.Apple.com)

The most important event for developers of applications and programs running on iOS and OS X Mountain Lion will take place next week in San Francisco. On this occasion, Social Barrel presents you a short list of possible releases from Apple.
A new line of MacBook Pro laptops
One of the most discussed topics in the specialized press about the WWDC 2012 is the launch of new models …

Google has emerged victorious in an ostensibly critical legal struggle against Oracle in the companies’ legal skirmish for the search giant’s use of the Java programming language in implementing its Android mobile operating system.
US District Court Judge William Alsup has ruled that the accusations against Google’s use of 37 Java application programming interfaces (APIs) have no reasonable basis for copyright infringement, a ruling that now discharges Google from a copyright infringement …

Facebook continues to struggle in maintaining its shares over $29, following a week of sobering up for the world’s largest social networking company.
The Facebook initial public offering (IPO) that drew the attention of investors spiraled downwards into a travesty of reality after NASDAQ, the US stock exchange that won the listing of Facebook, encountered problems and suffered delays, which forced the company’s underwriter, Morgan Stanley, to shore up the $38 price of shares. As soon as the …

Samsung Galaxy S3 Release Date: Galaxy S3 To Be Launched This Month In The US! (Image via Samsung)

After South Korean company Samsung announced the availability of its latest and long-awaited smartphone of the Galaxy S series, Samsung Galaxy S3, in Europe, the Asian manufacturer finally announces its availability on the U.S. market. The latest version of the high-end smartphone will be available for purchase from five mobile operators starting this month.
Samsung has announced that it will …