How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer. "There's a very famous fortune teller in Yangon, he is ...
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Shipments of new Symbian smartphones from Nokia are rapidly dying, less than three years after the last time it topped the list of the world's most-used mobile platforms. The rapid and stark decline of Symbian serves as a warning about ...
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While the curious are looking to get their hands on a pair of Google's Glass, companies also may be looking to weave the computerized eyeglasses into their businesses. "We see wearables as the logical next step at work," said Kelly ...
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Apple today unveiled its upcoming iOS 7 mobile operating system, which includes a more-elegant-looking interface and a unique poison-pill approach to thwarting device theft. In the fine tradition of platforms pilfering features from one ...
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Turtle Beach is announcing a new two-year partnership agreement with Activision Publishing, Inc. involving the blockbuster Call of Duty? video game franchise. As part of the agreement, Turtle Beach is unveiling a new line of limited edition ...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today unveiled the PlayStation4 (PS4) hardware design at its annual E3 Media & Business Summit press conference, where the company also announced its next-generation platform will launch in the ...
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Carl Zeiss today announced NVIDIA? 3DTV Play? compatibility and a headtracker gaming accessory for its cinemizer? OLED (organic light-emitting diode) multimedia video glasses that allows gamers to explore in an immersive environment through ...
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Apple on Monday took the wraps off iOS 7, revealing a dramatic new design that sheds six-year-old interface elements, and replaces them with a cleaner, more modern aesthetic. From top to bottom, the OS that powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod ...
Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi introduced the next iteration of Apple's Mac operating system on stage during Monday's?Worldwide Developers Conference?kick-off. Federighi began his presentation with a sly ...
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced yesterday that it will deliver new powerful online gaming experiences and enhanced social connectivity that brings gamers together through PlayStation®4 (PS4™) and various network ...
Now that developers have had a few days to delve into the iOS 7 beta, it's becoming clear that the iPhone version of the software could prove beneficial to enterprises. Many members of the 120-person development team at Solstice Mobile in ...
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All-day battery life is coming to the MacBook Air, Apple announced today during its World Wide Developers Conference. The new laptops use the latest processors from Intel, the fourth-generation Core processor known as Haswell ULT, and one ...
Apple will probably spill the timetable and pricing of the next version of OS X on Monday. At 10 a.m. PT June 10, Apple will kick off the opening keynote for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which it's used in the past ...
SoftBank has sweetened its bid for Sprint Nextel, increasing its total offer to about US$21.6 billion and boosting the amount of cash Sprint shareholders would get. The Japanese service provider and Sprint announced the amended deal late ...
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The next summer blockbuster out of 20th Century Fox might be called "The Incredible Shrinking Data Center." The entertainment giant is taking about 9,000 square feet of data center space, spread in three data centers, and shrinking it ...
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