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The hot-off-the-presses rumor is that Canonical is about to announce partnership with Meizu to make the world’s first Ubuntu smartphone. We don’t have all, if any, details and should apparently get them later today or perhaps – tomorrow. What you can see above is said to be the Meizu MX3 running Ubuntu. That may not…
Parrot unveiled new drones at CES, MiniDrone and Parrot Jumping Sumo, both of which are controlled from a smartphone or tablet with an accompanying iOS/Android app. The MiniDrone is a small quad-copter that can be attached to a wheeled carriage. Controlled via Bluetooth (rather than Wi-Fi), it comes with an ultrasonic sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope and…
Lenovo and HP think there’s money to be made in Android All-in-One (AiO) computers, hence both companies announced such devices in Vegas, Lenovo N308 and HP Slate21 Pro. The latter is made as a successor to the previous model, HP Slate 21. We don’t have all the details, so we’re going with what we know;…
NVIDIA has officially announced its latest and most powerful chip to date – Tegra K1. From what we’ve understood, it’s by far the fastest chip ever made, featuring 192-core NVIDIA Kepler GPU. You got that right, its GPU has a total of 192 cores, bringing along console-like graphic capabilities which are on par with Xbox…
MetaWatch, the company that was formed by ex-Fossil engineers, is teaming-up with former Nokia and Vertu designer Frank Nuovo to launch a whole new series of fancy smart watches. In their current forms, smart watches are pretty much made for geeks only. Most of these devices could use some extra polish to be adopted by…
Rochester Optical will soon start offering prescription lenses for Google Glass, PhoneArena is reporting. The Glass Prescription Lens Carrier (GLPC) clips onto the bridge of the connected specs that can contain the prescription lens. The carrier is priced at $129 with a single-vision lens starting at $99. The best part – anyone will be able…
Samsung has announced its Smart Home platform to allow multiple home and mobile devices to sing along in harmony. The platform will let your smart TV, select home appliances, smartphones and tablets connect to each other, bringing along few innovative services. The Smart Home consists of three main features: Device Control, Home View and Smart…
OnePlus, the spin-off from Oppo, is getting ready to announce its very first smartphone later this week. According to a forum administrator and staff member at OnePlus’ website, the company has been “hard at work” on its flagship phone. The message goes on to invite everyone for a big announcement later this week. It’s unclear…
Qualcomm will be all about its Snapdragon technology at this year’s CES. Even before the big show has started, the chip maker unveiled a series of videos to showcase three camera features that will be enabled by the upcoming Snapdragon 805 SoC. The three technologies unveiled are Chroma Flash, Action Shot and OptiZoom. ChromaFlash allows…
Google has acquired Bitspin, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company that makes the fairly popular Timely Alarm Clock app. For the time being, the application will remain to be available for download from the Google Play Store, and additional themes and sounds which used to be cost money (via in-app purchase) are now free. For those who…