Do you rely on Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO data service? Well get ready to bend over. While your phone or modem may not stop working any time soon, its data access is likely to get slower and slower next year, as the red carrier ‘refarms’ its 3G channels as 4G …
Amazon, one of the world’s most powerful online retailers, has focused considerable marketing attention on its first-ever Fire smartphone, which by all accounts got a skimpy customer response after it launched in August. In its most recent maneuver, Amazon extended its recent $199 discounted price for its unlocked Fire phone …
IT pilot fish in a regional office of a big federal agency gets a call from the IT guy in HR — and what he’s seen is pretty clearly impossible. “One of his employees uses an in-house custom database program,” says fish. “When she clicks on a certain button, the …
Разговоры о том, что Google заинтересован в привлечении юной аудитории, уже некоторое время муссируются в СМИ. Представитель компании сообщил ресурсу USA Today о работе над сервисами для детей старше 12 лет. Запуск планируется в 2015 году. Пока Google не озвучил, что за контент будет столь дружелюбным по отношению к детям. …
Facebook is adding a third antivirus engine to its service to help catch malicious content in the News Feed and messages sent by users. Technology from Eset, based in Slovakia, will be added to a security mix that already includes F-Secure and Trend Micro, which Facebook partnered with in May, …
Throngs of Google Apps customers are demanding access to Inbox, so the company is scrambling to release a version of this new email app for the workplace communication and productivity suite. “Supporting these accounts comes with other demands and we’re working hard on addressing them so we can get Inbox …
They might be masters of innovation in some areas, but startups like Airbnb, Uber, Sidecar and Fitbit are finding that when it comes to Washington, D.C., the old ways are the best. In the last few months, several young tech companies have put their faith in the power of money …
Мы уже писали о бюджетной новинке Lenovo K3, главная особенность которой расширенные музыкальные возможности – настройки Maxx Audio и два внешних динамика. Но K3 это только первая ласточка новой серии смартфонов Lenovo. …
Видеоклип Gangnam Style южнокорейского исполнителя Psy достиг максимальной отметки просмотров, запрограммированной на сайте YouTube. В связи с этим видеохостинг сообщил об обновлении счетчика, показывающего количество просмотров одного ролика. Об этом говорится в сообщении на официальной странице компании в соцсети Google+. …
Russia’s VimpelCom has invited bids from regional and international investors interested in buying its stake in mobile phone operator Telecel Zimbabwe. The winner of the bid to buy the 60 percent controlling stake in Telecel Zimbabwe is expected to be announced before the end of the month. The rest of …
Administrators who spent time this year retiring their last computers running Microsoft Windows XP might have another migration task ahead—Microsoft is set to retire its Windows Server 2003 operating system next July. The good news is that in many cases the necessity of a server software upgrade will also give …
Глава облуправления МВД приказал начальникам райотделов выйти в фейсбук. …
Zendesk sees customer service as a way for its users to distinguish themselves from competitors and now allows them to bring that customer service advantage to their mobile, game and Web apps. The company says a new feature, called Embeddables, will keep people in a mobile or Web app instead …
Сейчас на рынке мобильной электроники прекрасно уживаются и ноутбуки, и планшеты. Но почему один не вытеснит другого? Неужели ни у одного нет явного преимущества? …
E-commerce is poised to dominate African retail markets over the next five years, says the Africa CEO of Kaymu.com, one of the more successful online commerce sites in the region. While market watchers may not be quite as optimistic in their forecasts, no one disputes that e-commerce on the continent …
В китайское агентство связи TENAA поступили данные о новом смартфоне производства Asus — X002. Он получит 5-дюймовый экран с разрешением 1280×720 пикселей и 64-битный четырехъядерный процессор MediaTek MT6732 с тактовой частотой 1,5 ГГц. Asus X002 работает с одной SIM-картой (что редкость для устройств с чипсетами MediaTek) и поддерживает сети LTE …
Throngs of Google Apps customers are demanding access to Inbox, so the company is scrambling to release a version of this new email app for the workplace communication and productivity suite. “Supporting these accounts comes with other demands and we’re working hard on addressing them so we can get Inbox …
The processor architecture behind Apple’s A7 and A8 chips is getting an incremental upgrade. ARM, whose processor designs are used in most mobile devices, is adding features to its ARMv8.1-A architecture that could improve the security and speed of chips. The new architecture is an upgrade from the existing ARMv8-A, …
Android правит балом благодаря бесчисленному количеству смартфонов на этой ОС. …
Backers of an Internet sales tax aren’t taking no for an answer, with supporters continuing to push the U.S. Congress to pass legislation this year. Groups and lawmakers in favor of a widespread online sales tax have stepped up pressure for Congress to pass a bill allowing states to collect …
The processor architecture behind Apple’s A7 and A8 chips is getting an incremental upgrade. ARM, whose processor designs are used in most mobile devices, is adding features to its ARMv8.1-A architecture that could improve the security and speed of chips. The new architecture is an upgrade from the existing ARMv8-A, …
Sick of typing those annoying, and barely readable, letters and numbers to prove to a website that you’re not a robot or a spammer? You may be in luck. Google announced Wednesday that the company is trying to get rid of those annoying tasks – called CAPTCHAs, which is short …
Apple’s larger iPhone 6 Plus grabbed 41% of all U.S. sales of smartphones with screens 5.5-in. and larger during a recent three-month stretch, even though it was available — and only in short supply — for just six weeks. According to Kantar WorldPanel Comtech, which regularly polls consumers on a …
В прошлом месяце Google начала обновление Nexus-устройств до новой операционной системы Android 5.0 Lollipop. …
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Quantum OS: Android’s Material Design in Linux Material Design has been a big hit in Android 5.0 Lollipop. But now a distro developer has plans to incorporate it into a desktop distribution called Quantum OS. Jack Wallen at TechRepublic shares his thoughts about Quantum OS and Material Design: Bridging these …