Vine, the video service introduced by Twitter in January, now has 40 million registered users, it said Tuesday. The mobile service, which lets users capture and share looping videos, had over 13 million users in June. The new figure for ...
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The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on October 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, previously known as Windows Blue, ...
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Though still unsubstantiated, a low-cost iPhone is now widely seen as a possible product announcement in early September, along with a new high-end phone. And it’s finally possible to create a coherent explanation of why such a move ...
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Samsung remains the runaway market leader in smartphones, according to the latest figures from analysts at Gartner. It sold 71.4 million units in the second quarter to claim a commanding market share of 31.7 per cent, while Apple in ...
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BlackBerry 10 smartphones are "very good" devices and don't deserve the negative reaction they often receive, Adrian Collinson, Head of IT for the Force India Formula 1 team has told Computing, with security a key benefit for the outfit. ...
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The iPhone's share of the world mobile market has declined, while both Android and Windows smartphones saw theirs rise during the second quarter the year. That's according to the latest figures from analysts at IDC in its Worldwide ...
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FRAMINGHAM (08/05/2013) – Last week’s rollout of the Motorola Moto X was headline-making for several reasons. Beyond the obvious novelty of being the first flagship release from the company since the RAZR HD line last fall, ...
Top 15 bedding producer Kingsdown said it has successfully previewed its high-tech Sleep Smart bed with a group of retailers and is showing an enhanced version of the system at the Las Vegas Market. The Sleep Smart system uses technology ...
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Mobilising apps for employees to use on their iPhones and Android devices sure sounds like a fun idea. Employees would actually be thankful for having such a cool IT department, a forward-thinking team on the cutting-edge of consumer tech ...
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Google has announced the company is in the process of migrating its SSL [Secure Sockets Layer] certificates from 1024-bit to 2048-bit levels of encryption. Google Identity Team's Tim Bray describes the decision as "part of our continuous ...
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The world’s love affair with smartphones continues to blaze. Between April and June, worldwide smartphone shipments grew by 52.3 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to a new report by market research firm IDC. ...
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SanDisk today announced a line of wireless flash drives that can store up to 64GB of data. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive The new drives include the Connect Wireless Flash Drive -- a thumb drive -- and the Connect Wireless ...
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Ouya is one of the first of a new breed of game consoles using the Android platform. Priced at $99, it comes with a great perk--a free demo of any game before you buy it. That's a big plus, but there's room for improvement in the device ...
Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss. Net sales totalled a!5.70 billion (US$7.48 billion), down 24 percent year-on-year. The company ...
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The number of mobile malware apps has jumped 614 percent in the last year, according to studies conducted by McAfee and Juniper Networks. The Juniper study – its third annual Mobile Threats Report – showed that the majority of ...
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