Samsung Electronics has expanded the S4 family yet again with the 16-megapixel Galaxy S4 Zoom, a lighter version of last year's Galaxy Camera. The Galaxy S4 Zoom can be described as an S4 Mini with a 10x optical zoom attached to the back ...
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The new OS X Mavericks will run on the same set of Mac desktops and notebooks able to handle the current OS X Mountain Lion, but iOS 7 dropped support for iPhone 3GS, the 2009 smartphone supported by the current iOS 6. OS X 10.9, aka ...
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Shipments of new Symbian smartphones from Nokia are rapidly dying, less than three years after the last time it topped the list of the world's most-used mobile platforms. The rapid and stark decline of Symbian serves as a warning about ...
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Ailing Japanese TV maker Sharp says it will try to break into a host of new industries, from industrial cleaning robots to raising strawberries, to supplement its core LCD business. At an open house at its research facility in Nara, ...
Panasonic launches expansion of its LED lighting business across Asia, Philips Lighting announced new Fortimo modules and licensing milestone, and Osram Sylvania and Comcast partner onadaptive home lighting. Phillips Lighting has ...
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Apple's iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, depending on which name the firm goes for, is arguably the most hotly anticipated smartphone of the year, and will signal the firm looking to steal back marketshare from the likes of Samsung's Galaxy S4. ...
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Sapphire is currently used in some exotic, luxury phones. However, the sapphire price reduction combined with the massive adoption of touch screens in smartphones have stimulated the interest of cell phone OEMS for this material. Crystal ...
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With the upcoming iOS 7 release, Apple plans to extend its reach by integrating iPhones into cars, allowing for Siri voice control and shared displays. Presently, the company says that 95 percent of new cars sold offer some controls for its ...
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Analyst concerns that Galaxy S4 smartphone sales are lagging sent Samsung's shares down 6% early Friday. Samsung's Galaxy S4 The decline in Samsung's stock follows analyst worries that a more affordable Galaxy S4 Mini or the rugged ...
Tablet ownership as of May 2013 is closing in on a majority of Americans who are online, eight to 64, across the United States, with 44 percent of the population owning a tablet in their household - up from 30 percent in 2012 - a 47 ...
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Though Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Ace 3 is a fairly basic smartphone, it nevertheless includes LTE, highlighting how the technology is making its way to simpler and cheaper devices. Users generally have to pay a high price to get an LTE ...
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Microsoft is upping the security on Azure with Active Authentication, a new service now in preview which allows enterprises to secure access to hosted applications such as Office 365 with two-factor authentication. Active Authentication ...
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Apple has doubled down on getting faster Wi-Fi by including support for the emerging 802.11ac (also called 5G Wi-Fi) standard in its new AirPort Extreme base station, Time Capsule and MacBook Air laptops, all unveiled at its Worldwide ...
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Nvidia's Shield is complementary to gaming consoles for now, but the company hopes that wide adoption of Android gaming ultimately could make the $349 handheld an alternative to Xbox and PlayStation. Nvidia Shield gaming handheld front ...
A top Intel executive said the power and performance battle with ARM is over, because Intel's upcoming chips based on its Silvermont architecture are ahead on key metrics required to deliver strong performance and battery life on ...
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