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You can start streaming 4K content from Amazon Instant Video as soon as October, but only if you have a Samsung UltraHD aka 4K television set. The announcement comes from Samsung, which has been eager to start pushing 4K content for its UltraHD televisions, which isn’t surprising, not only the
Mozilla has rolled out directory tiles, the company’s advertising experiment for its browser’s new tab page, to the Firefox Nightly channel. We installed the latest browser build to give the sponsored ads a test drive. When you first launch Firefox, a message on the new tab page informs you of the f
Arguably, Pebble and its record-breaking Kickstarter project woke the slumbering giant that is the smartwatch device category. It should follow, then, that by this time next year we’ll be seeing Android-powered smart coolers from Samsung, LG and every OEM under the sun flooding the market, given tha
It looks like China is not only content on coming up with their very own version of a desktop operating system, but the country is also looking to deliver what they call a ‘supersonic submarine’, where this mode of transportation will make use of an underwater bubble in order to travel a whole lot f
When it comes to self-driving cars, I am quite sure that much more testing needs to be done, not to mention a whole lot of standardization being agreed upon before it is rolled out on a global scale. After all, machines are not 100% foolproof all the time, especially not when we hear about Google’s
Today’s enterprise must meet the technology standards of today’s consumer. According to a recent IDG Enterprise report, enterprises that invest in consumerized, easy-to-use technologies experience a 56 percent increase in employee productivity and a 46 percent increase in customer satisf
Motorola is all set to unveil its Moto 360 watch at a press event in Chicago on September 4th, but it looks like Best Buy has let the cat out of the bag. A product page for the Android Wear smartwatch has mistakenly gone live on Best Buy’s mobile site, and it lists the device […]
EverString, a big data startup that helps companies identify prospective sales leads and new clients though predictive analytics, has raised $12 million in a series A funding round. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, which also included existing investors Sequoia Capital and IDG Ventures. Wh
A crew of space enthusiasts, including a former NASA employee, used their knowledge of satellite technology along with some spare parts to control an abandoned NASA satellite. It’s the perfect maker project with Kickstarter money providing the funding, eBay as the source of parts, an old MacBo
Japan’s LINE Corp, the parent company behind the popular LINE instant messaging service, has taken off as one of the most popular social networks in Asia over the past few years, largely in part to its fabulous collection of stickers and booming business as a mobile gaming platforming. Home to hundr
Since the dawn of time, humans have been building ever more elaborate tools to simplify their lives. Today that long journey comes to an end with Push for Pizza, the app that lets you order a pizza with a single button. As expected, the app requires a one-time initial setup to enter your payment inf
What is art? For this eBay seller it’s something as simple as a 4Chan post. Originally caught byArtnet, a vendor known only as “Artwork by Anonymous” turned the above piece of what would usually be everyday internet ephemera into a $90,900 masterpiece. The lucky buyer also gets fre
First-year Manchester United coach Louis Van Gaal is shaking things up at the soccer club, but perhaps no change is getting more attention than the cameras that have stated popping up around the pitch. According to ESPN, roughly £500,000 of camera equipment has been set up at the club’s traini
There are several options available for those looking to muck about on Wikipedia on mobile, including paid and free third-party apps with various features. The Wikimedia Foundation has had its own official app since 2009, but it had been rating fairly poorly compared to, say, Wikipanion or Das Refer
IBM, already the third biggest security vendor by revenue behind Symantec and Intel-owned McAfee, is looking to do even better with the acquisition of Italian security company CrossIdeas. Details of the acquisition has not been disclosed. CrossIdeas offers a portfolio of solutions that helps manage
LG has just reported a record quarter for mobile phone sales, showing that it’s taking advantage of a slump from arch-rival Samsung. LG sold 14.5 million handsets over the last quarter, its highest total ever and 20 percent more than last year — with more than a third of those LTE models
ARM Holdings’ chip licensing business continues to grow, the company said, reporting year-on-year increases in second-quarter profit and revenue. Revenue for the quarter totaled £187.1 million (US$309.6 million) for the quarter, up from £171.2 million a year earlier, according to International Finan
When it comes to cleaning our clothes and taking care of them, we usually toss them in the washing machine, take them to the dry cleaners, and iron them in order to keep them wrinkle free. It’s definitely not a big deal and it probably doesn’t take you that long to do so. However it […]