From InfoWorld: As Gregg Keizer at Computerworld reports, Web usage numbers from NetMarketshare state that usage of Windows 8 and 8.1 went from 12.3 percent of the market in September to 16.8 percent, up 4.5 percent, in October -- a huge jump, by any metric. At the same time, Windows XP usage fell...
From MacWorld: The Apple Watch’s release date is still under wraps, but now we know that January and February are out of the running for the “early 2015” time frame Apple has teased.
Angela Ahrendts, the company’s senior VP of retail and online stores, told employees in video remarks that the watch...
From CNET: Tablet buyers looking for the new Nexus 9 can now purchase the Wi-Fi version on Google Play.
The Nexus 9 is available in black or white, with the 16GB edition selling for $399, £319 or AU$479, and the 32GB version for $479, £399 or AU$589, although that version is showing as sold out in...
From DailyTech: AT&T is stepping up its devices game today with the announcement of two new wearables that will grace its retail (and online) stores. Following the announcement that the Galaxy Note 4 will be on display in stores starting November 7, America’s second largest wireless carrier...
Happy Halloween! I remember back when I was in elementary school, all my friends would dress up on the last day of the tenth month. They would don the mask from superheroes like Batman or Spiderman, or put on the furry paws of animals like cats or dogs. I even remember my friend making a Blastoise (The final evolution of the first generation water starter Pokemon, Squirtle) costume. I always remember Halloween as a good day of treats, and a day...
Is there any objective measurement to the quality of art? To illustrate this point, one of my professors displayed a piece of painting on the projector screen a few weeks ago, and asked the class if it was beautiful. Unsurprisingly, in this graduate-level engineering course, most students shouted "no". I was no exception -- I said I would pay $5 if it came with a frame. As it turned out, that piece of painting in question was sold for $150...
From PC World: Sony’s new mobile chief has a tough job ahead of him—convincing people to buy Xperia smartphones.
Hiroki Totoki will be in charge of a business that hasn’t yet had a winning product, and which is expected to post an operating loss of ¥204 billion (US$1.8 billion) for the year to...
From CNET: Samsung's Gear S smartwatch, which lets you to make calls, receive notifications and check emails when not tethered to a smartphone, is heading to US store shelves next week.
Samsung on Thursday said the Gear S will be available in the US starting on November 7. The smartwatch will be...
From DailyTech: The newest members of Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha lineup of smartphones were first revealed in early October via photo leaks, but the South Korean electronic giant is now ready to officially reveal its new 4.5” and 5” offerings.
Following its dreadful earnings report yesterday, Samsung...
From InfoWorld: At long last, HTML5 today reached the official Recommendation stage, meaning the World Wide Web Consortium finally endorsed it as an official standard, even as the technology already is in use in browsers. But there is more work to be done, with the "Open Web Platform" expected to...
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