BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices. Analysts regarded the move -- announced today at BlackBerry Live -- as mostly positive, since it could help an improving BlackBerry expand its ...
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Planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said overnight. Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1. It is ...
The tie-up will enable companies in the travel trade to reach users of Lenovo PCs, smartphones and tablets globally. Technology firm Lenovo and 3rd Planet, an interactive 3D travel online media, have signed a deal that will see them ...
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Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets, and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service on iPhones and devices running Google's Android software. CEO Thorsten ...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants health tech developers in Silicon Valley to make greater use of its data to help make advances in the field and aid entrepreneurs in the region. The effort is part of a larger ongoing ...
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Google beat Apple to the music subscription service punch this week, perhaps the doing of record labels who wanted to put Apple in its place, an analyst said. At its Google I/O developers conference Wednesday, Google unveiled All Access, ...
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich admitted Thursday in his first speech in that role that the company has been weak in smartphones and tablets, but aims to improve by advancing chip and manufacturing technologies. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich ...
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A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices. As with its other cloud-based offerings, SAP hopes to attract enterprises to the cloud-based ...
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Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ship to customers until the end of June. Shield takes the form of a console game ...
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Nokia's new Lumia 925 phone has an aluminium frame that functions as an antenna, and is lighter and thinner than the Lumia 920, but otherwise offers similar performance to its predecessor. Nokia revealed the Lumia 925 on Tuesday, hoping ...
Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, calling its rival's online application suite, Google Docs, "too big a gamble." A Gartner analyst countered that Microsoft's point was moot for many users. In a post to its Office 365 ...
Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition. McAfee, a unit of Intel, is ...
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Perlego Systems, Inc., a developer of mobile software for smartphones and tablets, is preparing to debut its latest product release at CTIA 2013™. MoveIt!, the latest Perlego smartphone application, is designed to improve the retail ...
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The New York State attorney general has sent letters to the chief executives of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Samsung asking them for help in combating cellphone theft and hinting he may pursue legal action if they don't cooperate. The ...
As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC ...