Amazon is reportedly building its own messaging app called Anytime that will function like WhatsApp, with added extras to make group chats and video chatting way more exciting. According to the Amazon-centric site AFTVNews, Amazon let ...
Let’s be honest; the excitement surrounding new versions of Google’s Android operating system is always tempered by the realisation all of those features are probably 12 months away from arriving on most phones. As of May 2, ...
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During its MacBook event today, Apple announced single sign-on (SSO) for Apple TV apps will be included with a new "TV" app that bundles all TV content into one place. The app will be available for Apple TV and iOS devices. Now, instead ...
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Nearly 60 percent of the real estate agents polled said they are seeing more smart home features in listing descriptions than they did two to five years ago. Everyone is talking about the connected home. Smart home technology is becoming ...
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Samsung is making a play for the “connected home” with a new service that will let people control things like their refrigerator, TV and heating system via a single smartphone app. It announced its Samsung Smart Home ...
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The engineer who oversaw development of Apple’s Siri technology is now at Samsung building an online service to link together the “Internet of things.” Luc Julia, Vice President at Samsung’s innovation lab in Menlo ...
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Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS? It's not just a theoretical question prompted by an older "write once, run anywhere" development mindset. Merging the Windows Phone ...
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The emergence of the Firefox OS is just one more reason that Microsoft and BlackBerry will need to sharpen their marketing savvy to sell more smartphones in 2013. Microsoft officials at Mobile World Congress (MWC) here conceded that the ...
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Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced the availability of the first two models in the highly anticipated SMART CAMERA 2.0 line-up. The WB250F long-zoom model and DV150F with the popular DualView form factor – which both ...
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ShopSavvy, the world's leading mobile shopping platform, today announced a new release of ShopSavvy for Android and iOS that will provide its millions of users with a far richer user experience, making it easier for shoppers to get the ...
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Google's new app scanner in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean moves the platform closer to Apple's model of vetting software before it is made available to mobile device users, a security expert says. Google isn't expected to copy Apple's model of ...
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