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According to the Financial Times, Apple is reportedly looking to hire engineers with a background in wearable computing to work on its smart watch. Inside sources say Apple is struggling with engineering problems and needs to bring in additional talent. Details on the technological hurdles that are styming Apple were not revealed by the anonymous…
In what is likely a gross violation of Apple’s NDA, all the WWDC 2013 session videos have been uploaded to YouTube. As reported by Macstories and noted by Colloquy developer Timothy Hatcher, the videos are being hosted by an account named WWDCVideos and is probably not an official account. This account was created on June…
According to China’s Xinhua news agency, a 23-year-old Xinjiang woman was electrocuted when she answered her iPhone while it was charging. The victim, Ma Ailun, was a resident of the city of Changji and a former flight attendant for China Southern Airlines. The news of the electrocution hit Chinese microblog Sina Weibo and has spread quickly in the…
NVIDIA will allow people of New York City and San Francisco to try out the Project Shield at select theaters in the two cities. The test drive will include a hands-on Android gaming session that demonstrates the 5-inch HD Retinal Quality touchscreen, stereo bass reflex speakers and console-grade controls. The SHIELD Movie Theater Experience Center…
BlackBerry is either having hard time keeping its secrets or is intentionally doing this. After seeing the back and front of their upcoming A10 aka Aristo, we have an in-the-wild video demoing the phone for few short moments. As you’re about to see, next BlackBerry’s flagship device will be much bigger than the Z10, sporting…
Apple may be on a brink of trouble in Russia where the third major operator has joined the other two and has quit selling the iPhone. After MTS and Megafon, Vimpelcom’s Beeline is next to stop selling Apple’s smartphone, citing the company’s harsh conditions as a reason for taking this route. According to Russian Hi-Tech…
Japan-based Systena Corporation is currently working on a Tizen-based tablet with a 10.1-inch screen, which [tablet] is expected to launch during the smartphones & mobile exhibition EXPO between October 23-25. The tablet is still at the prototype stage and is running Tizen OS version 2.0 that isn’t optimized for such big screens. However, porting of…
I’ve been ranting that we need something like this – one version of Windows that can work on phones, tablets and computers, enabling true convergence. And apparently that’s coming next year… The slide you can see above was presented at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2013, when Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner said that 2014 will be…
Google has ambitious plans for the next-gen Nexus 7 which could be launched in the near future with some Taiwan-based vendors estimating the search giant will be able to move up to 8 million units. On the other hand, supply chain makers have indicated that the volume will be difficult to reach because many vendors…
Own an iPhone 4/4S? Feeling unsafe walking around your neighborhood? Perhaps this new iPhone case is made for you. Unlike regular, dull iPhone cases, the Indiegogo-funded Yellow Jacket case rocks a 650,000-volt stun gun! Available for $139.99 for the iPhone 4/4S (iPhone 5 version is on the way), it’s touted as a perfect accessory for…