Why We Post Nothing
This is exactly the kind of photo you shouldn’t post of your child. Photo by Hemera/Thinkstock I vividly remember the Facebook post. It was my friend’s 5-year-old daughter “Kate,” (a pseudonym) standing outside of her house in a bright yellow bikini, the street address clearly visible behind her on…
TiVo, Entone Take a Run at Global IPTV Market
Entone/TiVo Combo Envisions Cloud-Based DVRs and Other Apps for IPTV Service Providers TiVo and Entone have woven together a video platform that they’ll use to pursue deals with IPTV service operators around the world.
Japan’s Kirobo robot takes ‘one small step’
Kirobo, which takes its name from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot,” was built by a consortium of companies, including Toyota Motor Corp., Dentsu Corp. and Robo Garage Co., working with scientists from the University of Tokyo’s Centre for Advanced Science and Technology and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency….
Foursquare Automates Process Of Becoming A ‘Superuser’
It’s become clear in recent years that Foursquare’s real strength is its database of more than 55 million places. Foursquare’s database API serves as the “location layer” for many other apps, from big names like Instagram to small up-and-comers. Today, Foursquare is announcing an update that should streamline the process of…
Dash Robotics Reveals A DIY High-Speed Running Robot Kit, Which Hobbyists …
Dash Robotics is using crowdfunding to help build its first hobbyist robot for home robotics enthusiast, with the aim of providing advanced tech for very little money thanks to a unique combination of materials, design and manufacturing. Dash’s first robo is a smartphone-controlled, insect-like running robot, which can be shipped…
NTT DoCoMo to sell iPhone in Apple stronghold Japan: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc is expected to start selling iPhones as soon as autumn, helping Apple Inc extend its reach in a country where it has more than three times the market share of rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. DoCoMo has long resisted offering…
Toshiba’s 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet is another weak attempt to match the iPad …
Toshiba tells us “smaller is where it’s at” as it introduces its small Encore tablet at IFA today. Developed in “close collaboration” with Microsoft, the 8-inch tablet is one of the first to use Intel’s new Bay Trail Atom processor alongside the Windows 8.1 update. Bay Trail promises to deliver A…
Samsung Shows Off 98-Inch 4K HDTV, Teases 4K OLED
BERLIN – Samsung took the stage at its Unpacked event on Wednesday to unveil its next-gen Note phablet and Galaxy Gear smartwatch. But that’s not all the company has up its sleeve here at the IFA trade show. Execs took the stage at a separate event this morning to show…
New version of Android sweetened by KitKat
A statue at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, shows the Android mascot seemingly rendered in KitKat bars. STORY HIGHLIGHTSNew version of Android mobile operating system will be named KitKatSurprise announcement is consistent with Google’s theme of sweet treatsOlder Android versions include Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, JellybeanDeal with Nestle reportedly was…
New faces of Android: inside Google’s management shuffle
One big loss at the world’s most popular smartphone platform has been followed by another. Five months after Android founder Andy Rubin left his creation to work on unspecified other projects inside Google, head of Android product management Hugo Barra quit to take a job at upstart Chinese smartphone manufacturer…
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