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NEWS 
December 16, 2016 Bluetooth 5 Officially Released, Will Come to Devices in a Few Months
HIGHLIGHTS Bluetooth is a ubiquitous wireless standard to connect electronics Bluetooth 5 features 2x speeds, 4x range over predecessors Devices featuring Bluetooth 5 should be out in the next 2 to 6 months Bluetooth is the quintessential wireless standard for electronics to communicate with each other across small distances in a power-efficient way. Everything from […]
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NEWS 
December 5, 2016 Samsung Devices First to Receive T-Mobile Video Calling
Video calling is not new, and there are many apps in the market place. Whether you are using your smart mobile device or PC, you can use video to communicate with just a click. T-Mobile is aware of that, but what it has done with its Video Calling is make it work right out of […]
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ELECTRONICS 
December 5, 2016 Apple Fails to Block Sales of Samsung Mobile Devices
The resolution of a dispute between Apple and Samsung will only hasten the coming of a more mobile economy. Your business must be ready. To this end, we’ve assembled some big picture information about where the mobile explosion stands and how it may change customer behavior. We also take a closer look at what you […]
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NEWS 
November 28, 2016 Black Friday’s Record Sales Driven by Mobile Devices, Finds Report
HIGHLIGHTS Adobe’s survey estimated sales of $3.05 billion on Black Friday 2016 Mobiles drove the majority of retail sites visits at 56 percent iOS continued to drive larger sales than Android In a first, online shopping on Black Friday is estimated to have hit the $3 billion mark in the US with a major chunk […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 27, 2016 Wearable devices seen as next major platform by app developers
Wearable computers like Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch may not have caught fire yet, but that hasn’t stopped mobile game developers from rushing to create apps for the new devices, eager to seize what they hope is the next big moment in consumer technology.Niccolo DeMasi, the CEO of mobile games maker Glu […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 27, 2016 Wearable devices need to balance fashion and function
Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages.Some brave souls are even donning Google’s geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this is exciting time, but also a risky one. No one really knows whether the average consumer can be enticed to make […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 27, 2016 Wearable devices not yet ready for consumer adoption
Despite the hoopla, wearable gadgets like wristwatches for checking your text messages or eyeglasses that capture video are unlikely to make a splash with consumers anytime soon, given the clumsy designs, high prices and technological constraints of many of the current offerings.That is the conclusion drawn by many industry executives and analysts who trolled the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 24, 2016 HTC Viveport M Is New VR-Centric App Store for Android Devices
HTC Viveport M Is New VR-Centric App Store for Android Devices HIGHLIGHTS The Viveport M store is available currently only to developers Commercial launch is expected by the end of the year The store is exclusively made for Android users Earlier this year, HTC announced its virtual reality app store called Viveport, enabling access the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 23, 2016 FAA Changes Rules on Electronic Devices in Flight
Actor Alec Baldwin would be thrilled. The Federal Aviation Commission has officially approved use of electronic devices in all stages of flight, with a few exceptions. You may recall Baldwin was famously ejected from a flight back in 2011 after he refused to stop playing a game on his phone. But for small business people who […]
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COMPUTERS 
October 14, 2016 Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft
Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft HIGHLIGHTS Active devices are those devices that have been active in last 28 days Company initially aimed to have Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by FY18 Microsoft said in July that it will not achieve target in time Microsoft had set an ambitious […]
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NEWS 
September 28, 2016 Nokia-Owned Withings Launches Connected Health Devices in India
French consumer electronics company Withings, which was recently acquired by Finnish telecom giantNokia, has partnered with Brandeyes Distributors Pvt. Ltd. to launch its smart connected health devices in India, a statement said on Monday. Starting at Rs. 9,999, Withings devices have been designed to provide users with insight about their health, personalised feedback and coaching […]
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COMPUTERS 
September 3, 2016 Google Building Fuchsia OS for IoT Devices
Google Building Fuchsia OS for IoT Devices HIGHLIGHTS Google has released the project details on GitHub The new OS is not based on Linux It is built to favour IoT devices In what can be considered as an interesting new development, Google is building a new operating system. The new OS is called Fuchsia, and […]
