From ComputerWorld: Mozilla on Friday spelled out major changes to one of Firefox's strengths -- its deep ecosystem of add-ons -- that will make it easier for developers to port Google Chrome extensions to Firefox.
In a long post on a company blog, Kev Needham, product manager for Firefox on the...
The Bible in Ecclesiastes 1 says, "'Meaningless! Meaningless!' says the Teacher. 'Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.' What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever." With the Intel Skylake motherboards and latest DDR4 RAM beginning to make an appearance in our labs here at APH Networks, I have finally come to the realization -- after a...
From ComputerWorld: Hewlett-Packard doesn't officially become two companies until Nov. 1, but the company has already separated its internal systems and is effectively operating as two businesses.
"On August 1, we successfully split the operations and IT systems for the company. This was an...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft has pre-empted a new feature Google plans to include in the next version of Android with an update released Thursday for the Bing Search app that lets users get information about what they're looking at by pressing and holding their device's home button.
Called Bing...
From PC World: Android OS developer Cyanogen is bringing its operating system to another Chinese smartphone, this time from a company founded by Lenovo.
Lenovo's new ZUK brand will use the Cyanogen OS when selling phones in the international market.
Earlier this month, ZUK announced its first...
From CNET: A new Apple TV may be in the offing -- and just in time.
Last year's US sales of the company's streaming-media box slipped behind those for Amazon's rival devices for the first time, according to estimates Thursday from researcher Parks Associates. That put it in fourth place, also...
From InfoWorld: Researchers have developed a new material for a basic battery component that they say will enable almost indefinite power storage.
The new material -- a solid electrolyte -- could not only increase battery life, but also storage capacity and safety, as liquid electrolytes are the...
From PC World: Huawei's newest smartphone has a rotating rear camera that can flip forward to take high quality selfie photos.
The Chinese company unveiled in Beijing on Thursday the Honor 7i product, which comes with a Sony 13-megapixel camera attached by a hinge.
The hinge lets the camera...
From CNET: US consumers curious about BlackBerry's upcoming Venice Android slider phone may get a chance to check it out in before year's end.
"BlackBerry Venice confirmed for November release on all four national US carriers," tweeted known and usually reliable leaker Evan Blass, also known as...
From DailyTech: The last two years has brought seemingly spectacular success for mobile messaging service Snapchat. It scorned bids from $3B and $4B USD, respectively, from Facebook, Inc. (FB) and Google Inc. (GOOG). And while it weathered a data loss storm in early 2014, by late in the year users...
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