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Yeah, yeah… Meizu is coming to the West. But we expected them to announce some carrier deal; instead the Chinese firm has teamed-up with online retailer Lightinthebox to sell unlocked devices to users all around the world. Things could change later in the year, and in the meantime if you crave to get your hands…
Swatch doesn’t seem concerned about all the buzz smart watches are getting these days. The world’s biggest watch maker is experiencing a double digit growth from emerging markets like China, and its CEO Nick Hayek thinks these devices present an opportunity rather than a threat for the company. Here’s what he said in an interview…
Qualcomm is expanding its Vuforia image recognition platform (and team) with technology from the Switzerland-based Kooaba. The chip maker bought the company without disclosing how much it paid for the benefit. The goal is to make Vuforia even better, and eventually enabling other apps to rely on Qualcomm’s cloud-based image recognition technology. According to Kooaba’s…
Cloud-based point of sale platform for retailers ShopKeep POS has teamed-up with popular accessory maker Griffin to launch the ShopKeep Mobile, a handheld point of sale device that makes it super-easy to accept credit card payments. “This is a complete handheld POS that is connected to the cloud. It’s everything you need to run your…
A new, still unannounced device has been caught on the web. Marked as LG D830, there’s a chance this could be the upcoming LG G3. Here are two reasons for this: 1. The LG G2 was marked as D802, and Nexus 5 (made by LG) as D820/D821. So it’s similar to the existing high-end models.…
Just recently we’ve told you about that KitKat test firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S4, and now we have SamMobile catching pretty much the same thing for the Galaxy Note 3. The firmware version N9005XXUENA6 is made for the Note 3 marked as SM-N9005. It’s described as the final Android 4.2.2 KitKat test build, meaning…
We’ve already seen a number of different solar powered chargers and phones in the past. Relying on wind energy, however, isn’t as easy. To be fair, French Orange tried to experiment with this form of renewable energy back in 2007 but their windmill was everything but portable. Now have a new project created by UT…
Another CES is behind us. We’ve seen a number of new devices unveiled at the show and here we want to sum it all up, highlighting the top 5 devices we think deserve a special credit. Although we’ve picked just the 5 of them, they are presented in no particular order and we also want…
Beats Music will be officially launched on January 21st, supporting iOS, Android and Windows devices, as well as web-based streaming. The price is set at $9.99 per month, and that cash gets you unlimited streaming and downloads from the catalog counting more than 20 million songs. These downloads are your to keep as long as…
Oledcomm was just one of the exhibitors at this year’s CES. What makes this company interesting is its technology that allows computers and mobile devices to receive light-based data. The so called LiFi facilitates high-speed data transmission via pulsating light sources that, at the same, time appear static to the naked eye. It’s designed to…