Rising Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched Sunday a connected watch to rival Samsung's Gear 2, both unveiled on the eve of the world's biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei, already a major force in building mobile networks ...
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The axing this week of Yahoo's second-in-command sent a signal that reality is setting in for Silicon Valley sweetheart Marissa Mayer, who leads the struggling Internet pioneer. Hearts soared when Mayer was wooed away from rival Google in ...
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Greg LeMond will be among 58 presenters at The Nantucket Project this weekend. Other speakers will ?include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, Green Mountain Coffee ...
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Xiaomi paraded its new international figurehead on stage at a press conference late last week in Beijing, signaling to the world that the company is preparing to go global. Hugo Barra, the former Google executive Xiaomi poached last ...
Tags: Xiaomi, Homegrown Strategy
China’s Xiaomi is bringing the low-price strategy that has driven its success in mobile phones to the country’s smart TV arena with a new 47-inch television that it says is the most affordable on the market. The Xiaomi TV runs ...
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Up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has hired Hugo Barra, former Google vice president for Android product management, to lead its expansion worldwide. The hiring of Barra is a high-profile move for Xiaomi, a company that only ...
Tags: Computer Products, smartphone, Xiaomi
Yahoo is redesigning its corporate logo to reflect a rapidly evolving company.The new official logo to be unveiled at 9 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time on Sept. 4 will be “more reflective of our reimagined design and new experiences,” ...
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While the curious are looking to get their hands on a pair of Google's Glass, companies also may be looking to weave the computerized eyeglasses into their businesses. "We see wearables as the logical next step at work," said Kelly ...
Tags: Google Glass, Wearable Computers
Google is pushing out a software update for Glass that improves the capabilities of one of the most popular features - the camera. The automatic update will be sent to Glass users over the next few days, according to a blog post on the ...
APPLE chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at internet-linked eye wear such as Google Glass. Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item" but ...
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Yahoo pressed on with its shopping spree overnight with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers. Word that Yahoo has bought Northern California-based PlayerScale came ...
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Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year. One source inside Google and another close to ...
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It became clear at Google I/O this week that Google is quietly but assuredly implementing CEO Larry Page's strategy to use Google+ to transform the entire Google experience. Without fanfare and with barely a mention of making products ...
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Facebook and Twitter have launched applications for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market. “Built by Facebook, this app allows you to upload ...
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Android's new boss hinted of an eventual merger of Chrome and Android but said the two will remain separate "for the short term," in an interview posted prior to Google I/O's opening keynote on Wednesday. The comments by Google's Sundar ...
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