Baidu unveils low-end smartphone with cloud platform
IDG News Service – Baidu, which runs China’s most popular search engine, has unveiled its newest smartphone, featuring the company’s own mobile platform and priced to target the country’s low-end handset segment. The Changhong H5018 will be priced at about $158 without a contract, the company said Tuesday. The device Baidu’s…
Facebook raises share price range after strong demand
Facebook has raised the price at which it hopes to sell its shares from $28-$35 to $34-$38, potentially putting its total value above $100bn (62.2bn). The company said strong demand had pushed up the price. A valuation at this level would make it worth more than the US corporate giants…
Dear Google: Android Needs Your Help
Listen, Google, we need to talk. You seem to be ignoring our green robotic friend. I know you’ve been battling lawsuits, getting your self-driving cars licensed, and focusing on Google+, but it might be time to show Android that you still care. Your neglect is starting to show for those…
How to Make Android Faster, More Productive and More Secure Than iPhone
IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles’ heel is a big one: security. Android’s openness and large market…
iPhone Powered By Viruses? Berkeley Scientists Move Closer
Viruses might eventually be able to power the very phone, computer or tablet you’re reading this article on. And we’re not talking about those digital viruses or infestations trojans, worms, and whatnot. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab have found a way to generate power using human…
A traveler can’t get away from Foursquare app
BRANDON, Miss. It took a return to the South to get me back on Foursquare. Months later, I’m still not sure why I need it, yet I can’t seem to stay away. Foursquare, of course, is a social network that lets you tell friends and family where you are whether…
ChannelCaster for iPhone and iPad
Macworld – The best news aggregation apps make it very easy for you to assemble your favorite social networks and news sources into one attractive package. ChannelCaster–a free offering for both the iPhone and iPad from OneLouder–doesn’t quite measure up to that standard. At least, not yet. ChannelCaster avoids the…
iPhone raids BlackBerry 10 keyboard magic
Could the iPhone raid one of RIM’s headline BlackBerry 10 features before the Canadian company’s own handsets are even near the shelves? If the iOS developer behind Octopus Keyboard has his way, it will: Mario Hros has been telling iDownloadBlog about the custom iPhone ‘board he’s been cooking up, borrowing Lest…
Foxconn preparing to build Apple HDTV
Foxconn chief Terry Gou let slip that his company is gettingready to start producing an Apple television. According to China Daily, Gou today held a news conference inShanghai about his company’s plans for the future. During thatconversation, he mentioned that Foxconnis currently preparing its facilities to start producingApple’s long-rumored television,…
Apple WWDC: iOS 6 says farewell to Google Maps
Speculation that the Apple [AAPL] iPhone 5 will be introduced in June’s moved on in the wake of general consensus it won’t appear until the September/October time-frame, so what’s the Mac web going to do for direction? iOS 6 — specifically the seeming imminent dumping of Google Maps for a [ABOVE:…
