Google has turned Chrome hands free by allowing Chrome users to say "OK, Google" to search the We...
Feb 28, 2014
Google postpones add-on 'kill switch' for Chrome on Windows
Google yesterday gave Chrome extension developers another two months to register their work with the browser's online store, after which the company will throw a "kill switch" on most add-ons that were installed from other source...
California court: drivers can use smartphone maps, for now
Unlike talking on a cell phone or texting while driving, a court of appeals rules that using a map app is OK under the la...
Moov Fitness Tracker Aims to be Your Virtual Fitness Coach
Moov can analyze your form as you're exercising and give you real-time tips on how you can improve your workouts.
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Volvo Takes a Cue From Tesla For New Tablet-Powered Dash
Volvo’s new touchscreen infotainment system will make its debut on its next SUV Photo: Volvo
In-car touchscreens suck, save for one: the 17-inch megascreen fitted to the Tesla Model S....
Feb 27, 2014
Google Now launcher arrives for older Nexus devices
OWNERS of older Nexus devices are being invited to update the Google Now launcher today, as the latest Android 4.4.2 Kitkat release gains wider availabilit...
Galaxy S5: Everything you need to know
BARCELONA, Spain -- Unless you were dead-set on a metal design and futuristic features, then Samsung's Galaxy S5 is a worthy successor in the evolving Galaxy S line.Here at Mobile World Congress, where Samsung introduced its marquee phone to the world, I dove deep into the phone's new fingerprint scanner and heart-rate monitor, tested out the new 16-minute camera, and uncovered a few new features of our own.I know...
Buffalo Wings is a Flappy Bird clone and 'a fun little family experiment'
After Dong Nguyen pulled Flappy Bird from the App Store, Tapity developer Jeremy Olson decided the time was right for him to learn how to produce a ga...
Motorola Moto X coming to India soon
Motorola has launched its budget smartphone Moto G in India few weeks ago. Now, the company plans to bring its flagship device, the Moto ...
Institutional ownership of Apple stock reaches new 5-year low
Institutional ownership of large-cap stocks is currently at high levels, but there is one glaring exception to that trend: Apple, which is currently at a five-year low among hedge funds, banks, mutual funds, and other such powerful financial institution...
Apple iPhone 6 Rumors: Sapphire Provider Confirms Fall Release Date
Apple’s iPhone 6 will be launching this fall; that is, if GT Advance Technologies Inc., Apple’s sapphire supplier for its plant in Mesa, Ariz., is to be believed. GT released its fourth-quarter results on Monday&nbs...
Microsoft Could Slash Windows Phone Licensing Fees By Up To 70%
Microsoft partner and soon to be subsidiary Nokia introduced Android-powered devices in an apparent bid to go after the low end of the market at MWC this year, but...
IBM Wants Its Jeopardy Supercomputer To Feed Your Phone
We know that IBM’s Watson supercomputer is good at trivia. It beat two Jeopardy champions on the iconic TV game show in 2011. But IBM wants far more from this machine. It wants Watson to feed the apps on your cell phon...
Google Now launcher available in the Play Store to Nexus and GPE devices
Want that Nexus 5 feel on your Android device? The Google Now launcher is now available in the Play Store. The launcher, which brings up Google Now with a quick swipe to the left from the home screen, was one of the selling points for KitKat. Now it’s one of the reasons to have an Android devic...
Buy a name for yourself - on a Martian crater
A project called Uwingu has begun selling naming rights to 500,000 craters on Mars to try to raise $10 million for science research and education.
Uwingu is selling names to 500,000 classified but unnamed craters on Mars to raise funds for science education and researc...
Facebook's WhatsApp deal has unnerved phone companies
Global giants of the sector, such as Samsung and Vodafone, battle for attention with obscure Taiwanese game developers and iPhone case makers. Barcelona’s economy is dominated by the event for a week, its streets are choked with taxis and its tapas restaurants do enough trade to fight on for another yea...
Feb 26, 2014
Zuckerberg promises Facebook won't ruin WhatsApp
Entreprenuer’s aim is to keep Facebook and WhatsApp’s policies different and maintain the original services.
Zuckerberg shares his views on his latest acquisition at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. PHOTO: FI...
How much is the Internet of everything worth?
The Internet of everything will have five to tens the impact on society than the Internet itself, says Cisco CEO John Chambers.
Cisco CEO John Chambers speaks at Mobile World Congress while the moderator snaps a quick photo.
(Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET)
BARCELONA, Spain--Are you curious why everyone is talking about the Internet of everythin...
Samsung Galaxy S5 specs and shipping date.
The Samsung Galaxy S5
It supports LTE Cat-4 mobile broadband and Wi-Fi 802.11ac wireless
networking with one really impressive feature: the "download
booster." This bonds the Wi-Fi and LTE connection to maximize the downlink
bandwidth, which apparently can go as high as 650Mbit/s as a result of the
coupling. ...
Leaked images show Google smartwatch prototype made by Motorola
Leaked pictures of Google's rumoured smartwatch prototype, made by Motorola, have reportedly surfaced online...
San Francisco woman allegedly attacked and robbed for wearing Google Glass in bar
A San Francisco woman was allegedly attacked and robbed for wearing Google Glass in a bar on Friday night. Sarah Slocum told local CBS affiliate KPIX that as she was demonstrating Google's device for another patron, two women angrily confronted her. Soon after, a man at the bar tore Glass off of her face,...
Tesla, Panasonic said to plan $1B investment in US battery plant
Tesla and Panasonic may hook up on a US battery plant with a total investment close to $1 billion, according to a Japan-based report.
The future Tesla Model X. A battery plant is planned for the U.S.
(Credit: Tesla)
Tesla Motors, Panasonic, and other Japanese companies are planning to invest close to $1 billion in a US battery plant, according to Nikkei...
Apple updates retail store webpage with iOS 7-inspired design
Apple on Monday refreshed the "Apple Retail Store" section of its website with a clean aesthetic inspired by iOS 7, complete with copious white space and Helvetica Neue Ultra Light banner text.
Apple.com's new retail store page. | Source: Apple
With the new look, Apple has brought the informational retail section more in line with the rest of the company's official website, which has moved from skeuomorphic graphics to...
Feb 25, 2014
Samsung is banking on you shaping up this spring.
Samsung is banking on you shaping up this spring.
The company on Monday unveiled its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is set to go on sale in April, along with a pair of fitness-themed watches. And many of the features included on the devices focus on fitness.
Considering America’s continued fascination with fitness and fitness products, this is probably a good idea...
Telegram Saw 8M Downloads After WhatsApp Got Acquired
The App Store is a strange and whimsical bedfellow. It is a kingmaker, but with that comes the tears of the anointed, the displaced and the never-rans...
BlackBerry Q20 Smartphone To Feature Trackpad And 3.5" Touchscreen
BlackBerry Limited (BBRY: Quote,BB.TO: Quote) unveiled a new flagship smartphone designed to deliver its full and distinctive QWERTY experience on BlackBerry 10. The company said that the new BlackBerry Q20 smartphone will feature the familiar and classic 'Menu','Back','Send' and 'End' buttons and the integrated trackpad to enable the fast efficient navigation and one-handed use that has endeared the brand to its QWERTY customers...
Verizon: Heavy Web users should pay more
Heavy broadband users should help shoulder the cost of their traffic, but Verizon Communications does not give preferential treatment to some Web traffic, the company’s CEO said Monday...
BlackBerry announces new phones, services
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — BlackBerry will release a low-cost phone in Indonesia in April and plans a broader release of a phone that restores a beloved row of control keys with a track pad.
The Indonesia phone, the Z3, will sell for less than $200 without subsidies, the company said Tuesday. It will later expand to other markets in southeast Asia. BlackBerry Ltd. CEO John Chen said a version with faster, 4G connectivity is planned for the rest of the world "sometime in the future before I die....
Mark Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp Worth More Than $19 Billion
Facebook Inc. (FB:US) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said WhatsApp Inc., which his social-media company agreed to buy last week, was “worth more than $19 billion....
LG F70 with Android 4.4 KitKat, LTE support unveiled at MWC 2014
LG has announced a new LTE-enabled smartphone, dubbed LG F70, at MWC 2014 in Barcelona. Unfortunately, the company has not revealed any details of the availability or pricing of the new LG F70 smartphone. The company's new...
HTC unveils Desire 816 to chase growth in cheaper smartphones
Peter Chou, chief executive officer of HTC Corp., unveils the new HTC Desire 816 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Barcelona/Taipei: HTC Corp. unveiled a lower-priced smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as the unprofitable Taiwanese smartphone maker chases growth in cheaper handsets.
The Desire 816 is a smartphone priced in the mid-tier and will be available...
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg riding high - for now, after WhatsApp deal
Zuckerberg's purchase of WhatsApp places Facebook at the heart of smartphone communications. (File photo)
Barcelona: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took a victory lap at the world's largest mobile technology conference in Barcelona on Monday, after beating out Google Inc in a $19 billion acquisition of free messaging service WhatsApp. But he faces bigger hurdles on the horizon. ...
Google boss Eric Schmidt says Internet censorship could become impossible.
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has reportedly said that more revolutions like the one in Ukraine would be seen when another two billion people connect to the Internet in the next five years or so.
In an interview with Scott Pelley for CBS News, Schmidt said that the Internet is a one-time power shift that allows individuals to see and hear things that they have never seen before...
Critics verdict: Samsung Galaxy S5 is fast, but fingerprint scanner is clunky
Samsung has finally unveiled its latest flagship device, the Galaxy S5 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress. Samsung hasn’t gone for anything too drastic as far as the phone’s design is concerned, and it looks exactly like the S4 except with a slightly bigger 5.2-inch screen. It has a...
4.4 billion-year-old crystal points to chill early Earth
A pretty bit of blue zircon dating back billions of years to the formation of the Earth's crust may be one of the oldest pieces of the planet.
This shard of zircon is providing valuable information and is also very pretty.
(Credit: John Valley/University of Wisconsin) ...
With Galaxy S5, Samsung hopes substance wins over sizzle
Account of Samsung S5 launch event as compared to S4 launch event.
Samsung put on a streamlined, focused show, and needed to get back to basics if it wants to move past the disappointment that was the GS4.
J.K. Shin unveils the Galaxy S5.
(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) ...
To diagnose prostate cancer faster, scientists bring aboard engineers
Using computational modeling, a team of doctors and engineers are working together to create a quicker, less-expensive way to help diagnose prostate cancer.
Engineer Brian Denton is working with a team at the University of Michigan to find the most effective prostate cancer biomarkers.
(Credit: Screenshot by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore) ...
HTC chairwoman: Our smartwatch will be ready by Christmas
Here's one more potential item for your holiday wish list. Another project for HTC: Tablets.
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang.
HTC's smartwatch is indeed real, and it'll be here in time for the Christmas shopping season.
That's according to HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, who confirmed to CNET that the company was working on a smartwatch and that it would be ready for the holiday season....
Feb 24, 2014
WhatsApp Plans Voice App for Devices From IPhone to Android
WhatsApp Inc., the instant-messaging service being bought by Facebook Inc.(FB:US) for $19 billion, plans to add a voice function in the second quarter in a bid to make its application more attractive....
Facebook, Ericsson partner on innovation lab to expand Internet reach
Ericsson will open an "innovation lab" on the Facebook campus to help with the development of apps and services on mobile networks.
Hacker Square at Facebook's Menlo Park campus...
NASA says Muslims Banned From Mars
Space enthusiasts have been chatting for over a year now about the news of Mars One and how nearly anyone can sign up for a one-way trip to Mars in the near future. It can be a difficult decision for some—a chance to start over, the opportunity to be among the first to populate another planet and to possibly live on forever in Martian history. But many others see it as a dangerous trip, one akin to suicide for those who choose to go. That is why...
Why the Android-powered Nokia X is great for Microsoft
There are few better ways to prove your impartiality than by letting marquee partner Nokia run a rival platform.
The new Nokia X.
You would think Nokia's first Android smartphone would make for the start of a tense relationship with soon-to-be parent Microsoft.
Well, you'd be wrong...
Say the magic words to wake the next generation of voice-controlled devices
A new generation of audio and motion-sensing technology based on the human ear is always listening out for your voice.
In a world of smart watches, fitness trackers and other devices that don't lend themselves to keyboards or touch screens, a new generation of audio and motion technology based on the human ear could see you telling your phone what to do by waving it in the air, tapping on the table, or saying the magic words...
Samsung Galaxy S5 to be unveiled today
Samsung Electronics will unveil its highly-anticipated Galaxy S5 at the event scheduled at the Mobile World Congress on Monday in Barcelona.
The Galaxy S5 is variously rumoured to have a fingerprint scanner on the home button; a 5.24-inch, full high-definition display; a water and dust-proof case, possibly metallic, and a 16 megapixel camera.
Samsung has already sent out invitations for "Samsung unPacked 5" event on February 24 at the Mobile...
Feb 23, 2014
Samsung breaks from Android with redesigned, Tizen-powered Gear 2 smartwatches
Korean electronics giant Samsung on Saturday unveiled the second generation of its Gear smartwatch line, updating the wrist-worn device's industrial design and moving from Google's Android to the Samsung-backed Tizen operating system.Samsung made the Gear 2 slightly thinner than its predecessor and relocated its camera from the strap to the watch's main body, giving users the option of changing straps. A second model, the Galaxy Gear Neo,...
If You Own an Apple Mobile Device, Upgrade Its Software Now
On Friday night (Feb. 21, 2014), Apple announced a major security flaw in their software for mobile devices. And I do mean major—it left users open to a “man in the middle attack”. That’s pretty bad. If you used an insecure WiFi connection (at a coffeehouse, hotel, or airport, etc.), this flaw could allow someone to interject themselves electronically into transactions you make on your iPhone or iPad, allowing them to access a...
Where do Apple rumors come from? Digitimes explains
Digitimes Research sheds some light on the the Apple supply chain -- the source of many a rumor -- before the release of the product.(Credit: Mock-up by Brooke Crothers based on iPhone 5S)With a large-screen iPhone 6 possibly showing up this year, Digitimes Research provides some insight into where and when Apple rumors likely originate.In an article posted Friday titled Explaining the Chaiwan Model for the Mobile Supply Chain, Digitimes...
Feb 22, 2014
Microsoft to reportedly cut Windows pricing by 70% as Apple, Google eat PC marketshare
As the mobile device market — led by device from Apple and Google — continues to devour traditional PC marketshare, Microsoft is reportedly looking cheaper Windows licensing fees in a bid to stop the hemorrhaging.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports Microsoft will slash Windows licensing fees by 70 percent for low-cost hardware manufacturers in an attempt to regain marketshare lost to devices running...
Apple snaps up app-testing company Burstly
(Credit: James Martin/CNET )Apple is said to have acquired the app-testing and analytics startup Burstly, and on Friday all but confirmed it:"Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," an Apple spokesperson told CNET.Burstly is the operator of popular developer services like TestFlight, which lets app makers deploy an app to a small amount of users for field testing before...
Apple is the next Microsoft, analyst says
Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes says he just doesn't see growth in Cupertino's future, whether it's from a watch or a TV.Is this really Steve Ballmer?(Credit: James Martin/CNET)The first time I ever talked to an analyst, she told me that I was perfectly sane, but merely needed a few hundred Prozac to lighten my burden.This early, troubling experience has tended to color my encounters with the word "analyst."However, in the venal world of money, every...
Feb 21, 2014
Samsung Materials Affiliates Hold Investment Due to Slow Business
It has been about four months since the electronic material research center of the Samsung Group was opened in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province. However, its subsidiaries’ move-in is continuing to be delayed. Besides, the recent poor performances of Cheil Industries, Samsung SDI, and Samsung Fine Chemicals and their investment postponement announcements are adding difficulties to the Samsung Group’s plan for the promotion of its material business segment.
At present, Cheil Industries has yet to complete its relocation, and Samsung Fine Chemicals...
Samsung Group seems to have a vision with NX30, Galaxy Camera 2
Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 price to be announced around launch
Samsung NX30 has 20.3MP APS-C CMOS Sensor, can capture fast-paced moments in perfect clarity.
At the Samsung Group Forum in Bali, the buzz was all around the updraded versions of a bunch of its mobile devices as well as the enterprise oriented tablets. However, the Korean tech giant also showed that it means business in a segment that it has not really been able to monopolise so...
Apple eyes smart magnets to attach accessories to your iPad
The iPad already houses magnets that can hold smart covers and cases. Now, a newly-published Apple patent filing envisions a greater attraction for the technology.
(Credit: Apple/USPTO)
The iPad's magnetic personality could help users attach an array of accessories to their tablets.
Published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, a patent fittingly named "Magnetic Attachment Unit" describes how the iPad's current magnet system could...
Barclays downgrades rating on Apple stock due to maturing smartphone market, tells investors to 'step aside'
Shares of Apple stock slid Thursday morning after investment firm Barclays Capital lowered its rating on shares of the iPhone maker, saying it doesn't expect the stock to break out of its current trading range within the next year, and suggesting its performance could become comparable to that of rival Microsoft.
Analyst Ben A. Reitzes issued a note to investors, provided to AppleInsider, in which he advised them to "step aside," citing...
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