Smartphone junkies, take notice: Your next car may be equipped with wireless cell phone charging to keep your device fully powered up on the road, with no cords to clutter up the car. Depending on the make and model, the technology may ...
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IDG News Service - In yet another mobile acquisition, Yahoo has acquired Qwiki, a New York City company that makes an app for turning photos and videos into short, edited movies. The Qwiki app takes pictures and videos that people already ...
Tags: Moviemaking APP, Qwiki, mobile acquisition
The roads and the cars on them are set to form an intelligent, connected network within three years when a number of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers bring Car 2 Car (C2C) communication technology to the market. C2C allows ...
Tags: Volvo, Auto Parts, Traffic Safety
In the latest phase of the Share a Coke campaign, the brand will tour the country offering an on-site printing service through kiosks and vending machines offering a free personalised bottle of Coca-Cola, Coke Zero or Diet Coke. The tour, ...
TelefA3nica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for a!69 (US$90) with a prepaid subscription. Firefox OS is built around applications ...
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The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday. ZTE will begin selling the ZTE Open smartphone on Tuesday for the ...
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Gemalto has published the results of a street survey conducted amongst Dubai residents, revealing an overwhelming appetite for using contactless technologies not only with their banking cards, but also directly from their mobile phones, ...
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If you're planning a picnic or hitting the beach, or just lounging in the back yard, isn't it more fun with a soundtrack you can share? Portable wireless speakers let you amplify the digital music stored on your smart phone, tablet, laptop, ...
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Lusheng Festival The Lusheng Festival is the most influential festival of the Miao minority. It is popular throughout Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan provinces. The Lusheng Festival in Kaili, the famous tourist hub in Guizhou province, is ...
Tags: Festivals, Celebrations, Miao Ethnic Group, Sisters'Meals festival
PayPal, which claims more than 128 million active accounts in 193 markets and 25 currencies around the globe, is now looking at outer space. As space tourism is expected to take off, PayPal is exploring what payment systems will be like ...
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Internet giant Google is to enter "the battle for the living room" with its own games console based on Android, which will connect wirelessly via Bluetooth to Google Glass, smart watches and other wireless devices. The aim of the ...
Beck's Beer, the most popular German beer brand in the world and longtime friend of the arts, has unveiled the six original pieces of artwork that will comprise the 2013 Beck's Art Labels project. Each year, Beck's selects six artists, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Beer Labels, Label
Summer is upon us—and for most people, that means hitting the beach, going swimming, and catching some sun. For nerds, however, summer means we're more likely to be dragged away from the security of our computer and TV screens. Never ...
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Further boosting its presence in the field of product marketing, Adobe is acquiring campaign management software provider Neolane for approximately US$600 million in cash. Based in Paris, privately held Neolane specializes in ...
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CONVERSE Inc. announces the opening of its first Northern California location in San Francisco, the brand's fifth inline location in the U.S. Located on Market Street in the heart of the Union Square Shopping District, the store boasts ...
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