Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks there are problems with checking email on a smartphone, but her company is working on a solution. "Mail isn't done. There are a lot of things about it that can be improved," she said Tuesday during Goldman ...
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The head of IBM's mainframe group is looking to bring mobile and social workloads into the platform in another move that would help the mainframe stay relevant and fend off competition from lower-cost systems. The mainframe has confounded ...
Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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Smartphones running on a mobile version the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system could arrive as early October this year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Linux OS vendor Canonical, told the ...
The popular games platform Steam is now available for Linux laptops, according to a blog by Canonical, distributor of the Ubuntu operating system. While Linux has long been one of the main operating system of choice on the server, ...
Norwegian web browser provider Opera Software has announced its acquisition of California-based mobile video optimisation provider Skyfire Labs in a deal that could be worth up to $155m (£100m). The move comes after Opera revealed ...
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Huawei is now the world's third biggest smartphone maker after a strong fourth quarter, according to Gartner. Should the UK share US fears over Chinese tech firms? Apple iOS watch with smartphone features reportedly in development ...
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Yahoo has agreed to acquire the development team of mobile app company Propeld, the third mobile start-up it has bought in four months. As first reported by TechCrunch, Propeld's Alike app allows users to discover and recommend nearby ...
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Toy Fair is always magical, but technology is adding even more magic to the mix, especially when it's implemented to make toys smarter and more fun. This year we saw some excellent examples of tech-toy coolness to come, from giants like ...
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Western Digital, one of the few companies to offer a streaming-media player with a built-in hard drive (the WD TV Live Hub), is taking a different approach with its new entry-level model, the WD TV Play. Given its hockey-puck design, $70 ...
C.O.O.L, Creative Outlook on Life, the unique lifestyle fashion brand that aspires to reassert the essence of "cool" as a lifestyle through the freedom of expression using intellect, creativity, and style, has developed the first fashion ...
This London Fashion Week, starting 15th February 2013, the British Fashion Council (BFC) continues to unite fashion and digital innovation, encouraging engagement with the global fashion showcase through social media, live streaming and ...
Lyst the personalized fashion marketplace that allows users to create a customized shopping feed of products from their favorite designers and stores announced the launch of the company's first mobile application. The new app will combine ...
The repetitive and often-tedious sample review process for companies in the retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods industries will become much easier, faster, and more accurate and effective with the new Sample Review Mobile ...
Tags: Centric Software, Sample Review, Mobile Apps