One of Microsoft's top Windows executives this week said the company remains bullish about Windows RT and has no intention of dumping the limited-feature, touch-enabled tablet operating system. Analysts accepted that at face value, but ...
The PPG Pittsburgh Paints brand has released a mobile version of The Voice of Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer with PPG EasyEdge Technology, providing homeowners and designers with an all-in-one digital tool that now works directly from ...
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The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device running the operating system, a Mozilla executive said. "Sony is known for quality and user ...
Facebook reportedly is in talks to buy a popular Israeli-based crowd-sourced mapping and traffic app. The social network is moving to pay up to $1 billion to beef up its mobile effort, according to Israeli business site Calcalist (The ...
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A fresh type of die will make its toy retail debut in a matter of months. Dice+ will launch in August priced at £29.99, and will feature a point of sale-activated card system that also enables retailers to sell online games with it. ...
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Shares in US book retailer Barnes & Noble closed more than 24 per cent higher in New York yesterday following a report that Microsoft is to buy the digital assets of Nook Media, its ebook and tablet business, for $1bn (£650m). ...
Taiwan and Hong Kong may be only the beginning of Xiaomi's expansion outside China. The popular Chinese vendor of low-priced handsets is aiming at getting into five more markets next year. "This year, we will only do Hong Kong and ...
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A new dart gun brand Tek Recon has launched on funding website Kickstarter. The goal of the Kickstarter campaign is designed to "further enhance the development of the Tek Recon blaster and free app, and to get the product into the hands ...
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Microsoft plans to accelerate improvements in Office Web Apps, the browser-based version of the Office suite, adding features like real-time co-authoring of documents and the ability to run in Android tablets via mobile Chrome browser ...
Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract new users, the company said in a ...
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Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office. In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program, Gates, ...
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Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
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Yahoo has acquired Astrid, a to-do list and personal assistant mobile app, and the developers behind it for an undisclosed sum. The Internet company has acquired both the talent and the technology in the deal, a spokeswoman said in an ...
Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. "I wouldn't be surprised if they do ...
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Apple may delay the release of OS X 10.9 because it's pulled engineers from the team to help in a final push on the next version of iOS, according to online reports. A delay won't affect Mac sales, and by all measurements, shifting bodies ...
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