YouTube is adding some new video-playing functions to its mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. Some of the tools are aimed at giving users more control over how they stream video to their television sets using Chromecast, Google's ...
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The market share of Apple's iPad fell dramatically in China during the second quarter as a result of competition from Android tablets made by little-known "white box" vendors. The iPad has historically dominated China's tablet market, ...
The rumoured?iPhone 5C?could actually be launched as Apple's mid-level iPhone, rather than a low-end budget iPhone as previously expected. That's according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has an impressive track record for ...
Supermarket giant Tesco is to step up its battle with Amazon and Apple by launching a keenly priced tablet computer in time for Christmas. The company, which has had its profitable entertainment business hit by Apple and Amazon, is to ...
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Jolla, the mobile operating system start-up established by ex-Nokia employees, says that it has sold out the first batch of its forthcoming debut smartphone. Based on the Sailfish operating system, a refined version of Nokia's Linux-based ...
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PayPal has launched a chip and pin reader which allows small businesses to securely accept credit and debit card payments wherever they do business. Built for businesses which traditionally rely on cash, PayPal hopes the likes of market ...
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Google has bought Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry display patent portfolio as the search company ramps up its development of Google Glass. Hon Hai, a major supplier for Apple and other top IT brands, sold a portfolio of Head Mounted ...
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In the never-ending battle of iOS versus Android, one of the biggest marks against Google is that its Play store isn't regulated enough for the novice smartphone user.?For every golden application, there's at least three unsafe or ...
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Apple could be about to launch new Haswell-based MacBook Pro and iMac models, according to new reports. With Apple's rumoured 10 September event just around the corner, speculation about a?MacBook Pro refresh?and an update to the iMac is ...
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Samsung Electronics was denied Thursday a retrial over the "overscroll bounce" patent in its dispute with Apple in a federal court in California. The South Korean company had in a filing asked for a retrial as it said that Apple had ...
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Notebook ODMs have recently started integrating their R&D resources from different departments and are using their idle capacity to develop tablets, smartphones or wearable devices, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. ...
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Apple and Samsung were almost equally able to keep customers in their respective smartphone folds over the last 12 months, an analyst said Monday. "Apple has built one of the world's most successful brands, and it's well known for the ...
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Google has responded to complaints about its surreptitious snooping of users of Apple devices by claiming that it is not subject to UK privacy laws. The claim was made in a bid to get a lawsuit against the company, launched in the UK, ...
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Financial software expert Lev Lesokhin, who works for analysis and measurement software provider CAST Software, believes that stock exchanges are playing Russian roulette with their trading systems. "We're loading up a bunch of bullets or ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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