Tag: Technology

April 12, 2017

An update to Instagram coming today aims to improve the service’s Direct messaging feature by combining disappearing photos and videos with text conversations into a single thread. Previously the features were separated, with disappearing photos and videos in their own […]

April 12, 2017

Samsung has every right to be proud of the early consumer interest generated by the Galaxy S8 and S8+, both in Korea and the US, especially after last fall’s Note 7 debacle that many analysts expected to leave a mark […]

April 12, 2017

Buoyed by a solid corporate reputation and brand awareness that went largely unharmed by last fall’s unprecedented Note 7 double recall, not to mention an unrivaled marketing budget, Samsung can still afford to launch mediocre mobile gear at around $250, […]

April 10, 2017

Beyond the possibility of Nokia devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 SoC, HMD Global is believed to be working on a Snapdragon 835-powered phone for the late summer, Nokiapoweruser reports through an anonymous source. As that outlet has decided to […]

April 10, 2017

An unverified rumor from Israeli blog The Verifier claims the next iPhone will feature Apple’s special Smart Connector for inductive ‘wireless’ charging and VR/AR accessories. Apple currently only uses the Smart Connector on the iPad Pro line… This isn’t the […]

April 10, 2017

If you’re trying to do business intelligence (BI) on big data and the capability to handle large number of concurrent queries is a key issue for you, Google BigQuery may well be the way to go, according to a new […]

April 7, 2017

Keeping in line with their monthly security update schedule, the BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team on Twitter has now let it be known that BlackBerry has begun their rollout of the April Android update. Once downloaded and installed, you should […]

April 7, 2017

Far from a one-trick pony, the world’s second largest information technology company by revenue was still expected to take a big financial and public perception hit as a result of the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. But while Q3 2016 profits […]

April 5, 2017

Elon Musk has plans to launch V-band low-Earth orbit (VLEO) constellation that would consist of 7,518 satellites which will follow the earlier proposed 4,425 satellites that would function in Ka- and Ku-bands. This global gigabit per second low latency satellite […]

April 5, 2017

YouTube’s new app for India’s flaky internet market is finally here. A beta version of YouTube Go app, first unveiled last year, has gone live on Google Play, the company says. Google plans to release a stable version of the […]

April 4, 2017

In-building location and tracking is possible today thanks to the Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices that have become indispensable for organizations and consumers alike. Both wireless technologies can provide great accuracy, and a broad and growing range of security, marketing, […]

March 17, 2017

Have you ever watched live sports on a streaming service such as Sling TV and thought it didn’t look quite right? Compared to cable, satellite, or over-the-air broadcast TV, streamed sporting events can look a bit choppy or jittery, making […]

March 9, 2017

Most people love to travel, but it’s a lot less fun when it’s for business purposes. Instead of checking out the sights and relaxing by the pool, your time is spent trying to locate office buildings and solve problems. But […]

March 6, 2017

HP has produced a video that shows various reasons why the Windows 10 Mobile powered HP Elite x3 smartphone needs to be given out to all cops before they go out on their daily tour. As the video tells us, […]

February 28, 2017

Microsoft’s goal from its “Azure Initiative” is not so much to get lots of Azure-savvy IT pros trained up and ready to work on the platform, said Chris Roy, Microsoft’s senior director of learning services. Its true goal is to […]

February 16, 2017

Approaching the topic of Artificial Intelligence nowadays almost borders on the trivial. Why? Because due to AI being such a trending technology, the vast majority of tech-related professionals hitch their wagon to its star. Therefore it may actually be difficult […]

February 15, 2017

An international group of experts engaged with the ethical and regulatory problems facing gene editing and came to a surprising conclusion. Gene editing for the purpose of preventing disease is cool, but not for the purpose of creating enhanced humans, […]

February 14, 2017

Telstra announced plans to release a hybrid 4G home modem router that’d include an integrated 4G SIM and a fixed-line connection last year in August, to be launched early in 2017. True to its word, the Aussie telco has actually […]

February 14, 2017

If you make it to Dubai this summer, you might have the chance to catch a brand new type of self-driving vehicle. One that flies. At today’s World Government Summit, the head of the city’s Roads & Transportation Agency, Mattar […]

February 13, 2017

Business quiz: What do these company name abbreviations stand for: AT&T. 3M. NCR. Geico. Did you know them all? If so, well done. The answers: American Telephone & Telegraph, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, National Cash Register, and Government Employees Insurance […]