Is bigger really better? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind when you pick up Google’s new Nexus 6 — the company’s latest “pure Google” flagship and the first phone to ship with the shiny new Android 5.0 Lollipop software. The Nexus 6 is a bit different than past …
Apple удалила из каталога App Store популярное мобильное приложение PCalc, позволяющее выполнять математические вычисления при помощи виджета в Центре уведомлений. Об этом разработчик PCalc Джеймс Томас рассказал в своем микроблоге. …
If police suspect that you’ve committed a crime, the odds are pretty good that they’ll want to search your smartphone for evidence. Whether they can actually search your phone depends on the security method you’ve picked—if any—to protect the device. Use Touch ID? Turn over those fingerprints. Have a passcode? …
Sharp is developing a “color memory LCD panel” for wearables that has dramatically lower power consumption, allowing smartbands, smartwatches and other devices with small displays to be used far longer. The prototype panel, described as being in the 1-inch class size, uses 1,000 times less power than conventional LCDs in …
HP’s announcement this week that it’s entering the 3D printing market with an industrial machine that is 10 times faster and 50% cheaper than current systems, immediately brought out the online snark. “The question is, will it print a prototype that’s just in black if you’re out of Yellow polymer?” Reddit user …
After partnering with Apple and Twitter for the enterprise market, IBM is doing the same in China with local Internet giant Tencent in a deal targeting growing businesses in the country. The two companies are joining forces to deliver public cloud and software-as-a-service technologies to small, medium businesses working in …
Смартфоны Sony убыточны, к концу этого года компания по собственному прогнозу потеряет на них около 1,7 миллиардов долларов США. Месяц назад в Sony решили отказаться от выпуска недорогих устройств и сосредоточиться на продвижении флагманов, а сегодня стало известно о том, что глава мобильного подразделения компании уйдет в отставку. …
Call me counterintuitive, but facts don’t lie — Android has won the smartphone wars, but it still isn’t a business. Where’s the money? Strategy Analytics tells us Android grabbed 84 percent of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2014 (July to September). That’s a mighty achievement for an OS swiftly retooled …
Перебитый кабель стал причиной перебоев связи МТС по всей Донецкой области. Об отсутствии связи в сети сообщили СМИ Славянска, Мариуполя и Макеевки. …
Попытки организации закрыть пиратские сайты связаны не только с опасениями потерять прибыль от продаж, но и с желанием защитить пользователей от злоумышленников. …
Apple Pay’s eventful early days were full of highs and lows. Excited iPhone users rushed to test the mobile payment service on day one and found it super seamless. Cashier confusion, Bank of America’s double-charging foul-up, and the NFC block at Rite Aid and CVS marred the rollout, but a …
Tech professionals who work at election offices have pretty full calendars these days; but Albert Grimes, CIO at the Massachusetts Office of Campaign & Political Finance, took time out of his busy schedule to chat about how the office handles the flood of political contribution data that comes in shortly …
Многие поклонники Apple любят компанию за потрясающий внешний вид устройств. Ребята из немецкого блога Handy Bus решили попробовать представить, как выглядел бы один из самых многообещающих девайсов Google Gass в исполнение от Apple. …
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced Friday by the Court of Frederiksberg in Denmark to three and a half years in jail for hacking and serious vandalism. Svartholm Warg immediately appealed the judgment and is still in custody, said Judge Kari Sørensen, who presided over the case, adding …
Google plans to remove support for the aging Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) version 3.0 protocol in Google Chrome 40, which is expected to ship in about two months. The decision comes after Google security researchers recently discovered a dangerous design flaw in SSL 3.0. Dubbed “POODLE,” the vulnerability allows a …
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United (CCBCU) has used Dell’s Notes migration services to move 1,100 user mailboxes and 2 terabytes of data from IBM Notes to Microsoft Office 365. Founded in 1902, CCBCU is one of 200 Coca-Cola bottlers around the world, including 70 bottlers in North America. It is the …
OnePlus не собирается рвать отношения с компанией Cyanogen, ведь благодаря ей их One настолько известен за пределами Китая. Но к выходу второго своего смартфона молодой производитель планирует создать собственную прошивку на основе Android, сообщил CEO Пит Лау (Pete Lau). …
Taking a page from the Snapchat playbook, BlackBerry will let BBM messaging service users control how long messages and pictures can be viewed, hoping the feature, along with other new capabilities, will result in a new revenue stream. The BBM upgrade will be available for BlackBerry’s own smartphones as well …
Kiss your free time goodbye Clear your schedule and get ready to apologize to your wallet: Another Steam sale is upon us. Sure, at first glance, the Steam Halloween Sale bucks the traditional Steam sale mold, with no flash sales or cute meta-games built around loading up your shopping cart. …
Сегодня Южнокорейский гигант Samsung анонсировал новые смартфоны Galaxy A5 и Galaxy A3. Samsung называет Galaxy A5 и A3 своими самыми тонкими устройствами на сегодняшний день: 6.7 и 6.9 мм соответственно. Аппараты ориентированы на молодую аудиторию, нуждающиеся в практичности и функциональности в одном телефоне. Как уверяет производитель, Galaxy A5 и Galaxy A3 получили цельнометаллический корпус …
In the six weeks since its release, iOS 8’s app crash rate has declined more than 25% as app developers have adjusted to new APIs and issued updates, an app performance management developer said today. According to San Francisco-based Crittercism, iOS 8’s crash rate as of Wednesday was 2.6%, or …
Facebook has made its site directly available on Tor to prevent access problems for people using the anonymity network and to provide an alternative method of accessing the social network securely. People who have a Tor-enabled browser will be able to access Facebook via https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/, Facebook software engineer Alec Muffett …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency’s authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is mulling this hybrid answer to the knotty “net neutrality” issue, …
Several major national and international banks are planning to launch their own mobile payments apps next year. The banks would be major competitors to handset makers Apple and Google because unlike others pushing mobile wallet technology, such as mobile phone carriers and retailers, they already have an intimate relationship with …
The corporate shakeup at Google continues and now it’s Andy Rubin, the former head of the company’s Android business and the current head of its robotics arm, who’s out. A Google spokesperson confirmed to Computerworld Thursday night that Rubin is leaving the company, but declined to say how his departure …
Hungary has ditched for now plans for an Internet tax after tens of thousands of people took to the streets last week protesting what they called an absurd and crippling measure. The country’s prime minister, Victor Orbán, announced on national radio on Friday morning that he would scrap plans for …