From CNET: Google just took an important step toward cementing its dominance over the world with its Android mobile operating system.
In the wee hours of the morning on Monday, almost 8,000 miles away from its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google launched its Android One initiative in New...
From DailyTech: Motorola isn’t known for loading up its smartphones too heavily with bloatware, but that isn’t stopping the company from bringing a “bloat free” version of the second generation Moto X to the market. According to The Verge, Motorola plans to a make a “Pure Edition” of the Motorola X...
Generally speaking, I think most people are trusting people. That is, most people will take things at face value. Starting at birth, a child must trust their parents or their caregivers will provide for the basic necessities. Of course, this trust comes from the fact children are physically and mentally limited. But as each person grows up, this reliance or trust fades, especially if they experience something to harm this trust. More recently, I...
From PC World: Google has acquired Polar, a company that specializes in online polls that allows its customers to get “instant opinions on anything.”
The deal was announced on Polar’s website and Dave Bresbis, vice president of engineering for Google+, welcomed the addition of Polar’s staff to his...
From CNET: Facebook is looking for more feedback on the ads that users choose to hide in hopes of figuring out what ads you actually want to see.
The social network said Thursday that it's updating the News Feed ad-hiding tools to find out why users don't think certain ads are relevant. Now when...
From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) appears to have silently rolled out "Technical Preview" builds of its upcoming Windows "Threshold" (Windows 9) to select enterprise clients. One of these clients has leaked screenshots of the new operating system and fresh details to a pair of German websites...
From InfoWorld: Compared to the glitz and fanfare surrounding Apple's announcement Tuesday of the iPhone 6 and the long-awaited Apple Watch, next week's expected debut in India of Google's Android One smartphones should be a more modest affair. It certainly will be treated that way by the media....
From PC World: With the introduction of the Snapdragon 210 chipset, Qualcomm is hoping to push down the cost of LTE smartphones even further.
The last 12 months have seen a growing focus on smartphones that cost below US$200. But while these products are becoming increasingly competent, they are...
From CNET: Microsoft has already made it clear that it's planning to phase out the Nokia name in its mobile products, and a newly leaked internal document confirms just that. The document, which was obtained by tech blog GeeksOnGadgets, reportedly says upcoming Nokia Lumia devices will soon be...
From DailyTech: HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) released its first -- and only second so far -- branded tablet in May 2011, the 7-inch HTC Flyer. At the time it was soon to become America's top smartphone seller. The tablet packed decent hardware, but the weak state of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android 2.3...
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