From PC World: Microsoft appears to be taking inspiration from Google Cardboard with “VR Kit” for Windows phones.
Much like Cardboard, VR Kit aims to enable cheap virtual reality through a cardboard box with a pair of attached eye lenses. Users slide their phone into the box, and view apps that...
From CNET: The iPhone phenomenon endures.
Apple said Monday it sold 13 million iPhone 6S and 6S Plus units from Friday through Sunday, the first three days of sales.
The tally represents a record for Apple, which sold 10 million iPhones over the same period a year ago when the previous models hit...
There are many reasons why you should never hit jaywalkers. Firstly, depending on how hard you hit them, you might damage your car bad enough that it would be structural. But regardless of how hard you hit them, the moment you claim insurance, it will go on your car's accident history, which brings us to the second reason: It will reduce your vehicle's resale value. Thirdly, since you are hitting another uninsured entity, you will have to pay the...
From ComputerWorld: Verizon and Qualcomm are on track to extend LTE networks into Wi-Fi frequencies by the end of next year despite a heated controversy over whether that would slow down wireless LANs.
Verizon will start field trials of LTE-Unlicensed in October, aiming for a commercial launch...
From PC World: North America has finally run out of new addresses based on IPv4, the numbering system that got the Internet where it is today but which is running out of space for the coming era of networking.
The American Registry for Internet Numbers, the nonprofit group that distributes Internet...
From PC World: The 'app slicing' feature in iOS 9 that enabled developers to send optimally-sized variants of their apps to different devices is unavailable because of a bug in iCloud, Apple's cloud service for its devices.
Slicing is one of three components of Apple's app-thinning process that...
From CNET: Virtual reality is about to become very real.
Smartphone giant Samsung and Facebook subsidiary Oculus VR will launch in November the first virtual reality headset widely available to consumers. The headset, called the Gear VR, will cost $99 and work with mobile devices, including Samsung...
From InfoWorld: Instagram hit a milestone this week, logging more than 400 million monthly users, solidly surpassing rival Twitter.
Instagram, a five-year-old site for posting and photos and video online, has claimed the No. 2 spot in the social networking world -- behind parent company Facebook....
From PC World: The Nexus leak storm has turned from a slight drizzle to an outright downpour.
Android Police shared several images of the design and packaging for the Nexus 6P, the device built by Huawei, and packaging for the Nexus 5X made by LG. The boxes explicitly state the names of the devices...
From CNET: Foxconn may acquire Sharp's LCD business as the manufacturer moves into electronics.
As reported by Asian publication Nikkei on Monday, manufacturer Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai, is considering the purchase of (LCD) business. According to sources familiar with the matter, the Taiwanese...
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