January 12, 2015
Ten One Design Mountie Review: Your Mobile Workstation, Upgraded
The first week of 2015 was CES for me, which meant working out of a suitcase in a bizarre fantasy land hewn from hard desert rock, grit and…
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January 12, 2015
Twitter Is In Talks With India’s ZipDial
We have heard that Twitter is making another acquisition, with international growth and mobile marketing in mind. Sources tell us that Twitter is in negotiations to buy ZipDial, a startup founded in India that has…
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The Apple Watch Shows Up In The iOS 8.2 Beta Bluetooth Menu
Apple has a new beta for iOS 8.2 out today, and the software contains a hint that suggests it could launch publicly alongside the Apple Watch. The mention…
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80% Of All Online Adults Now Own A Smartphone, Less Than 10% Use Wearables
If people are looking to Apple and its new smartwatch to kickstart wider consumer interest in wearable computing gadgets, the maker of the iPhone will have a lot of work ahead of…
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CES 2015: The Automaton Rolls On
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was typical in one key regard: The best insights to be had at the event are those that appear when you look at…
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Successfully Attaches To The ISS For Fifth Official Resupply Mission
The SpaceX Dragon capsule has successfully bolted to the International Space Station, where it will spend four weeks as it resupplies the orbiting platform during its fifth official…
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The Message Is The Product: Solving Mobile Gaming’s Price Problem
The medium is the message, says Marshall McLuhan. If so the message is the product too. In considering the problem of paid games on mobile (conventional wisdom says…
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Samsung Packs An 8-Core Processor Into Its New 5.5-Inch Galaxy A7 Smartphone
Last year Samsung released an eight-core version of the Galaxy S5, and now it has outed a dedicated octocore smartphone in its own right: the Galaxy A7. Read…
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Spotify Makes The Shift To Mobile With 52% Of Listening Now On Phones And Tablets
Why have Apple and Google suddenly gotten so interested in streaming music? Because it could rally people to iOS or Android since mobile is where they listen, according…
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Yota Devices Talks A Future Of E-Ink Devices Beyond The YotaPhone At CES 2015
E-ink continues to expand its presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and one of the best advocates for the tech has been Yota Devices. The Russian company…
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