The Snapseed photo-editing app was originally developed by Nik Software and cost $5. But Google acquired both the company and app, and announced last week that it would offer Snapseed for free; it has a few new filters features, too. The ...
Tags: photo editing app, Snapseed, image management, smart phones
It's been a year since the introduction of the first Intel Inside handset, but the company's struggles to break into the smartphone market continue as rivals Nvidia and Qualcomm improved speed and power efficiency of ARM chips, which ...
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In our most recent lab reviews of smart phones, we finally got our hands on some of the newest Windows 8 devices. While we were all excited to put the new operating system through its paces in our labs, we noticed something before we even ...
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Nvidia introduced its fastest processor for mobile devices, the Tegra 4, and has designed it into its first gaming portable gaming platforms. Previously codenamed “Wayne,” Tegra 4 is based around a quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 ...
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Quartz-like frequency stability from a simple, tiny, silicon chip oscillator? That is the claim of fabless start-up eoSemi of Congleton Cheshire: accuracy, small size, low power, low cost, and no micromachining. Last year it sampled its ...
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Mobile application developers should minimize privacy surprises for their customers by limiting their data collection and retention and giving users access to the data collected,California Attorney General Kamala Harris has recommended. ...
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Zombie-like in its persistence,talk of a cheaper iPhone again shuffled into view this week,with sources as varied as the spotty DigiTimes to the more mainstream Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg claiming Apple will enter the low-price fray ...
Tags: Apple, smartphone market, J.Gold Associates
HomePlug networks that use the electrical wires in your home to transfer data are distributed by some of the world's biggest broadband providers and available at major retail stores,but even HomePlug's cheerleader in chief calls it ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook met today with Xi Guohua,head of China Mobile,the world's largest wireless carrier,triggering speculation that the two firms will strike a deal this year. "We believe media reports of Tim's Cook meeting this week with ...
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Significant overcapacity and low LED substrate prices will affect the profitability and viability of many sapphire players in 2013 and beyond. So says a new market report 'Sapphire Substrates 2013' from analyst company Yole ...
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Yole Développement announces its report"Sapphire Substrates 2013".This report provides a detailed analysis of the sapphire industry,including revenue,volume and price trends for all major substrate applications.It also includes an ...
Tags: LED, SoS, sapphire material, LED-on-Si
Qualcomm's keynote at the International CES was packed with big names and even a Big Bird, but CEO Paul Jacobs' focus was on something much smaller -- a new family of processors aimed at high-end smartphones and tablets. The Snapdragon ...
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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, companies tireless boast of their brilliant new products. Well, Magellan goes one better with a truly smart idea, integrating social and localized content into its upcoming SmartGPS ...
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Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- Vint Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, says technology has not only changed the way we communicate but it's changing the way we live our lives. Vint Cerf, widely known as the father of the ...
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IDG News Service - Qualcomm called on some big names Monday to ensure its opening-night keynote at the International CES wasn't a dud. Steve Ballmer, Big Bird, the pop group Maroon5, and even former Archbishop Desmond Tutu all made ...
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