BlackBerry's new operating system faces its first big test in the U.S. Friday when the first phone based on BlackBerry 10 goes on sale. The U.S. launch comes more than a month after the phone, called the Z10, went on sale in the U.K. Jan. ...
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Amazon on Wednesday lowered the starting price of its large-screen 8.9-in. Kindle Fire HD tablet in the U.S. to $269 for the Wi-Fi version and $399 for the 4G version. The price cuts, from $299 for the Wi-Fi version and from $499 for the ...
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Amazon has ramped up its challenge to Apple's iPads by making the large-screen Kindle Fire available in new markets and trimming its price - but it is still not available in Australia. The online retailer cut $US100 from the price of ...
BARCELONA -- Hewlett Packard on Sunday unveiled the HP Slate7, a 7-in. tablet that will go on sale in April in the U.S. starting at the bargain price of $169. The HP Slate7 is a 7-in. tablet that will go on sale in April for $169. ...
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American Express is rolling out a new service on Twitter that lets card holders make purchases on the social network through specialized tweets. Dubbed "Amex Sync," the technology integration will allow Amex users who sync their cards ...
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Updated with videos, below. After more than a year, RIM has finally taken the wraps off new BlackBerry smart phones that use Version 10 of its operating system. And RIM has officially changed its name to BlackBerry. Two new phones were ...
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Amazon announced Thursday that it has acquired IVONA Software, a Polish company specializing in text-to-speech and voice recognition capabilities. The terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. IVONA's technology is already used in ...
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Strong demand for Android tablets helped boost Carphone Warehouse's sales in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q3 financial statement. Like-for-like revenue in the UK was up 16 per cent as the retailer's tablet sales ...
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Amazon.ca today announced that the new family of Kindle e-readers is now available to customers in Canada. The all-new top-of-the-line Kindle Paperwhite is the most advanced e-reader ever built with 62% more pixels and 25% increased ...
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Internet retail colossus Amazon.com has announced the purchase of a text-to-speech technology company in a move evidently aimed at ramping up the capabilities of its Kindle Fire tablet computers. Amazon did not disclose financial terms of ...
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Thirty-nine percent of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 34 would consider replacing their television cable/satellite provider with a streaming media subscription service in 2013, according to the results of a new survey released today ...
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Tablet2Cases announces the nominees and winners of its first annual Golden Case Awards in determining the best of the best in tablet cases from 2012. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, January 16, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Tablet2Cases.com, the ...
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GameStop offering free $25 Amazon.com gift card with Kindle Fire purchase until Jan. 31, 2013 Just in time for holiday shopping, GameStop has added the popular Kindle Fire family of tablets to its growing selection of the hottest mobile ...
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Got a relative with an age-related eye problem? If so, an iPad or other tablet with a backlit display might make a great gift. The contrast between background and text on those devices makes reading easier for people with macular ...
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Yesterday, Amazon announced that it is bringing “Voice Guide” and “Explore by Touch”—two new accessibility features previously available on Kindle Fire HD 8.9”—to its new standard definition Kindle ...
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