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ChaseFuture, a Shanghai-based, globally-focused education startup, has secured seed funding of $400,000. The round was completed by a series of reputable names in the global VC space. They include: Florida-based Banyan Partners, California-based Harbor Pacific Capital, William Bao Bean of SingTel In
So we have heard the rumors that Amazon is apparently planning on launching a smartphone of their own. These rumors have been making their rounds ever since Amazon announced their first Android-based tablet, and it seems that 2014 will be the year that we might finally be able to see the fruits of A
Reports are accumulating of frequent permanent failures of the Samsung Galaxy S5 camera. A significant number of the new Samsung flagship phone are alerting users that “Warning: Camera Failed” with every user effort to ameliorate the problem failing. Users have been instructed to contact
Amazon’s proposed drone delivery service may have a few hurdles to clear before it gets off the ground, but the e-commerce giant appears to be wasting little time with plans for another method of getting goods to customers. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the company is looking to tak
The FCC has had a rough couple days. Controversy exploded when a Wall Street Journal report warned that the commission is considering new rules that would tear down the core principles of net neutrality and allow already-powerful internet service providers to act as the internet’s greedy gatek
NTT DoCoMo wants to unload its investment in India’s seventh-largest cellular carrier, Tata Teleservices, in a retreat from India’s challenging market. Japan’s largest mobile telecommunications firm by subscribers said it wants to sell the entire 26.5 percent stake acquired in 2009, citing a range o
Sony has announced the upcoming massive PS4 Update 1.70 will be arriving in Europe on April 30. A tweet from the company announced that the update, which includes both the SHAREfactory and option to switch HDCP off, will be launching at the end of the month. Presumably North America will be getting
Back in 2010 Samsung launched the original Samsung Galaxy Beam i8520. The phone ran Android 2.1 which was a bit outdated at the time as Android 2.2 launched just a few months prior. It was powered by a 720MHz OMAP 3440 processor paired with 384MB of RAM and a PowerVR SGX 530 GPU driving a […]
A high powered lens that can be made at home and cost less than a cent is all set to transform your smart phone into a high-resolution microscope. It is a known scientific fact that a droplet of clear liquid can bend light, acting as a lens. Now, by exploiting this knowledge, researchers have develo
A new method of labeling olive oil could prevent fraud in the supermarket. By “labeling” oils with unique tags of DNA, regulators can make certain that supplies of olive oil stay pure. There’s a real need for these high-tech oil tags: A study led by Edwin Frankel, former professor at University of C
With the phone-hacking scandal still playing out in the courts, it should be safe to assume that UK mobile operators have put measures in place protect customers’ own voicemail inboxes. Unfortunately, that’s only half true. An investigation by The Register showed that two of the big four
If your Netflix streams have stuttered in the past, you’ve likely blamed your ISP—but now, Comcast claims that Netflix has slowed down its own video streams. In a blog post, a Comcast’s Jennifer Khoury writes that Netflix knowingly sabotaged its own streams prior to inking a deal with Co
