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The Amazon Fire TV was announced earlier today, but despite the device’s optional controller and slate of available games, the Amazon’s Kindle VP Pete Larsen says, “This is absolutely not a game console.” In a recent interview with Engadget following the Fire TV’s unvei
A security researcher has published technical details and attack code for dozens of security flaws claimed to affect Oracle’s Java Cloud Service, including some that could allow an attacker to remotely attack apps hosted in its data centers. Security Explorations, a Poland-based company headed
Juniper Networks will lay off about 6% of its workforce and back out of application delivery controllers as part of a restructuring intended to cut costs and focus the company on markets where it can grow fast. The job cuts, from an employee base of more than 9,400, will lead to $35 million in sever
Everyone including Intel probably knows that they’re late to the mobile game which is currently dominated by ARM and companies that rely on their technology and architecture, such as Qualcomm, Samsung, Apple, NVIDIA, MediaTek, and etc. To date we’ve seen Intel attempt to gain more ground by catering
Intel has launched a $100 million fund in China to accelerate innovation of smart devices, as it seeks to spur development of newfangled products using its chips. Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum in Shenzhen on Wednesday, CEO Brian Krzanich announced the establishment of an Intel Smart Device I
Japanese messaging app Line revealed that it now has 400 million registered users. While the app is most popular in Japan, it boasts having over 10 million users in 10 countries – including Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, and the US. The company also revealed today that the chat app hit new high
By the looks of it, BlackBerry chief John Chen wasn’t appeased by T-Mobile’s attempt to make peace, in fact, things have only escalated: T-Mobile will no longer carry any BlackBerry device. In a press release today, the company formerly known as RIM announced that it has chosen not to re
The Samsung Smart Home platform, announced at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, has started its global rollout and will first be made available in Korea, followed by the US, with other countries to follow. The platform enables users to easily manage their connected appliances and devi
Though the FCC already ruined the surprise, Samsung has just launched three new lower-tier Galaxy Tab 4 tablets. The series consists of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, 8-inch Galaxy Tab 4 8.0, and the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 4 10.1. The design has changed substantially from the Galaxy Tab 3, instead follo
Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has been ordered by a judge to return to the US to face questions over his bankruptcy filing with a Dallas court and how 750,000 Bitcoins went AWOL. Bankruptcy judge Stacey Jernigan ruled that Karpeles must appear at the Dallas office of his lawyers Baker & McKenzie on
Has California’s dream of zero-emission electric transit buses turned into something more akin to a nightmare? A deal under which the city of Long Beach would buy 15 electric transit buses from Chinese automaker BYD has fallen apart. The city and BYD agreed to terminate the existing contract after t
Huawei tends to make pretty decent devices that comes with a relatively low price tag and if you’re interested in some of Huawei’s offerings, you might be interested to learn that Huawei could be planning on selling their Ascend Mate 2 in the US, thanks to a recently setup website which appears to b
