The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be shipping in 155 countries by the end of next month, and its real-time voice translation to help people communicate across borders may be one of its most ambitious features. Translating voice conversations in ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Samsung
Talk that Facebook is developing its own smartphone is spreading again. Speculation about Facebook's hardware plans exploded yet again after the company late Thursday invited reporters to a press event on April 4 at its offices in Menlo ...
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Phone, Computer Products, software
IT'S not often ExecTech dons a wetsuit and plunges off a boat into the cruel, deep ocean to test a consumer-oriented, waterproof camcorder. But to film wild dolphins with Panasonic's rather unusual offering, the HX-WA30 full HD camcorder, ...
APPLE is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. The patent application reveals that Apple has put some thought into ...
In a recent blog in mid-March, Eric Higham of market research firm Strategy Analytics noted that gallium arsenide device revenue closed 2012 at a new record of just over $5.3bn, albeit up by just under 2% on 2011. The small gain was driven ...
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Before writing off your home office, make sure to read up on the lengthy list of qualifications required by the IRS. With the number of home offices exploding (an article in Forbes estimates that more than 3 million workers can make the ...
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ADT is introducing its latest feature for its home automation solution ADT Pulse? – remote door locks, putting a "master key" at consumers' fingertips. ADT Pulse users will now be able to lock or unlock any door in their home using ...
Tags: ADT, Consumer Electronics, master key, Electrical, Electronics
Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized to Chinese consumers over concerns about its warranty policies after government-run media attacked the company for its customer service. Since mid-March, the state-controlled media has criticized Apple for ...
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Two people will share a $50,000 prize from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the best idea to block illegal robocalls from reaching the owners of mobile and wired phones. Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss will each receive $25,000 for their ...
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Computerworld - AT&T and Sprint Tuesday separately announced plans to start selling 32GB HTC One smartphones on April 19 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. AT&T said it will be only U.S. carrier to launch a 64 GB version of the HTC ...
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Marco shares his experiences of how getting connected with people makes life in China procurement much easier The plane circles in from the seaside approaching Xiamen, a charming and rapidly developing city in Fujian Province on China's ...
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Nearly fifteen years of sourcing in China opens up new worlds of business, experience and friendship for Julie Wing. I first went to China in 1999 to visit a jewellery factory. At the time, I had neither experience in jewellery nor ...
Tags: Focus Vision, Chinese Friends, Service
Analysts offered divergent opinions of T-Mobile USA's "uncarrier" initiatives for no-contract service and low subsidies for mobile devices announced this week. Three praised T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, for taking ...
Tags: mobile devices, T-Mobile, smartphones
BlackBerry's eagerly-awaited quarter four results for fiscal year 2013 have arrived and they spell rather bleak news for the company, but not without a moderately silver lining. The company achieved a revenue of $2.7bn, with a profit of ...
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At the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), we saw dozens of new and improved cars. To help make sense of it all, Consumer Reports' automotive engineers Tom Mutchler and Gabe Shenhar discuss the highlights in the latest episode of our ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation, Auto