Автомобильную промышленность в 2020 году ожидает 370 миллионов устройств, интегрированных со смартфонами, сообщает аналитическая компания IHS Automotive. Речь идет о системах CarPlay, Google Projected Mode, MirrorLink других. Для сравнения, к концу 2014 года таких устройств ожидается всего 6,9 млн. …
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has made a name for itself by selling iPhone-like gear for almost a third of the price of Apple products. It may sound too good to be true, but the company is managing to sell millions of phones and is already kicking off a global expansion. …
Фотограф Крис Дорли-Браун посетил одно из игровых мероприятий, где запечатлел лица двух тысяч геймеров. Затем он объединил их в одно, получив в итоге образ среднего британского геймера. В опубликованном видео можно видеть некоторые из лиц, затем использованных в итоговом изображении. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today cautioned investors about the potential for fraud in microcap companies that claim their operations relate to the marijuana industry after the agency suspended trading in the fifth such company within the past two months. The SEC issued an investor alert warning about possible scams …
Издательство Bethesda Softworks опубликовало накануне предрелизный трейлер игры Wolfenstein: The New Order. Релиз шутера намечен на вторую половину мая, 20-го числа его смогут приобрести владельцы консолей и американские геймеры. Действия в новой Wolfenstein разворачиваются в альтернативном прошлом, в 60-х годах 20 века. …
В конце октября прошлого года компания Motorola анонсировала Project Ara. Это концепция создания модульных смартфонов на базе открытой платформы, которая позволяет легко настроить и обновить ваш телефон. …
Представители Bohemia Interactive сообщили, что серверы компании были взломаны. Злоумышленники могли похитить исходный код онлайн-экшена DayZ. …
Google has hired a former Calvin Klein and Gap executive to help make Glass socially acceptable and turn it into a mainstream product. read more
Sony is expanding its lineup of RX100 Cyber-shot cameras with a new addition that sports an electronic viewfinder. read more
Южнокорейский гигант Samsung выпустил в США вариант планшета Galaxy Tab 4 адаптированный специально для учащихся. Galaxy Tab 4 Education это прочный планшет с 10.1-дюймовым дисплеем и поддержкой Google Play с доступом к учебным книгам, видео и прочим учебным материалам. В Samsung отмечают, что планшет будет совместим с Samsung School в ближайшем будущем, …
A bid by Samsung Electronics to get a Texas court to dismiss a patent infringement complaint by Apple-backed Rockstar was rejected after the judge decided Thursday that a Rockstar subsidiary had standing to sue. read more
Reports out of Asia say one of its most important engineers is leading development of a major new architecture. read more
An online wallet for the dog-themed cryptocurrency dogecoin said Thursday it lost 280 million coins, worth about US$130,000, after attackers gained access to its virtual machines on Sunday. read more
Further investigation into an exploit kit known as "Elderwood" shows the attackers using it are more numerous and possibly better funded than previously thought, according to new research from Symantec. read more
You'd never guess it by the name, but Fujitsu's Next Generation User Interface Technology is designed to bridge the divide between digital and printed information. read more
Is Amazon getting ready to unleash a fleet of drones upon San Francisco, dropping Kindles from the sky? Or a self-driving car that can deliver the latest best-seller? read more
The new 10.9.3 update to Mavericks offers improved support for 4K displays. Before the update, Retina MacBook Pros and the new Mac Pro were able to drive 4K displays, but using any resolutions below the monitor's native resolution would result in soft, slightly blurry-looking screen elements and jaggy text. The …
Apple has made a big push to get iPads in the hands of college students — and productivity apps such as iWork and now Office for iPad are helping. But one university professor says tablets 'fall far short' of meeting the prerequisites for serious college coursework. …
Two new development kits that require Arduino programming skills could make it easier for the do-it-yourself set to build electronics and wearable devices. read more
So what happens now that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to release a net neutrality proposal and seek public comments? read more
It will be able to power about 14,000 homes. read more
Apple will debut a split-screen feature for the iPad in this year’s iOS 8, tilting its tablet toward PC-like functionality and mimicking a core feature of Microsoft’s Windows 8 on tablets, according to a report Tuesday. …
Amazon, Snapchat and AT&T rank among the least trustworthy technology companies when it comes to how they handle government data requests, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will limit the amount of spectrum the nation's two largest mobile carriers can buy in an upcoming auction of highly sought spectrum now controlled by television stations. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Tiburon, Calif.-based securities salesman for selling millions of dollars in oil-and-gas investments without being registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer or associated with a registered broker-dealer. Behrooz Sarafraz has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges by paying disgorgement of his commissions, …
The U.S. is collecting comments on whether to allow certain H-1B spouses to work, and the prevailing theme is one of frustration. …