From PC World: Intel has teamed with Indian education startup Metis Learning on an Android tablet that aims to keep children away from violent TV content and games on their parents’ smartphones.
Targeted at children aged 2-10 years, Eddy is priced at Indian rupees 9999 (US$163), and comes with over...
From CNET: HTC could be ready to release yet another variant of its One series of smartphones, a new rumor suggests. According to details obtained by Twitter source @Uplinks, HTC could soon introduce a new, albeit minimal, twist on the One M8 flagship.
Called the HTC One M8 Eye for now, this new...
From DailyTech: Microsoft wants everyone to mark their calendars for September 30; that is the day that the Redmond, Washington-based company plans to unveil the next generation of Windows (which we’ve been calling Windows 9 for now).
The Verge first tipped the September 30 date late last month...
From PC World: Microsoft has agreed to buy Mojang, the Swedish developer of the Minecraft PC and console game, for US$2.5 billion, the companies announced Monday.
The deal comes two weeks after Mojang released a version of its world-building game for Microsoft’s Xbox One game console. A version for...
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...
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