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Detailed by Bloomberg, national fast food chain Burger King will soon upgrade registers at more than 7,000 locations around the country in order to start accepting payments sent from mobile devices like smartphones. Integrating the functionality into a mobile app, anyone interested in paying for the
Xiaomi last week took the wraps off its upcoming first phablet, the Redmi Note, and now the company has revealed that the device will cost upwards of $129 and go on sale outside of its native China — initially in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore — in May. It will be available in China first, launchin
Do you have fond memories of the first YotaPhone? That particular device arrived with dual 4.3″ displays, where a 720p LCD screen was located in front, while the back had an e-Ink screen with 200ppi density. Well, the second YotaPhone had been announced at Mobile World Congress in February this year
Chung-Ang University ranks among the top 10 schools in South Korea, and you know what can get you in other than good grades and connections? Being really, really good at video games. Beginning next year, professional gamers can apply for a spot at the university’s Department of Sport Science.
MetroMile today announced the latest enhancement to its connected driving platform with a new, free feature to help drivers avoid one of the most common parking citations – street sweeping tickets – via MetroMile’s free mobile app and connected car device. MetroMile’s platform of service
Oracle posted higher third-quarter revenue and profit that failed to satisfy investors looking for signs of a sustained turnaround and its shares fell about 4 percent. Shareholders had grown more optimistic after Oracle’s previous quarterly results, but still worried about slow IT spending and
Platfora, the startup that sells an analytics and visualization application designed to run on Hadoop, has raised a $38 million series C round of venture capital. Tenaya Capital led the round, with participation from new investors Citi Ventures, Cisco and Allegis Capital, and prior investors Andrees
Buying gifts through Pinterest just became a lot easier. A new Pinterest Gifts feed has been launched which only displays products that are available for purchase. In this feed users will see “Product Pins,” that are accompanied by additional information such as availability, price and the location
Pandora is getting a little more expensive. Starting in May, and for new subscribers, the Pandora One monthly subscription service will cost $5. Existing subscribers that remain active will keep paying $3.99 a month to listen to Pandora without any ads. As Pandora notes in a blog post, the subscript
If you’re worried about being out of shape, or suspect you might have a disease like diabetes, just breathe into this Toshiba tube. It’s part of a prototype medical breath analyzer that’s small enough to be used in small clinics or gyms. By detecting trace gases that are exhaled, i
IBM’s Watson business unit and the New York Genome Center will test a cognitive computing prototype aimed at allowing oncologists to better tailor cancer care. The collaboration, one of many IBM is planning to widen cognitive computing’s footprint, will be the first Watson implementation
IAC-owned video service Vimeo has acquired video creation appCameo for an undisclosed amount, the company announced today. Cameo is a video recording app for iOS that features simple video editing tools, such as adding title cards, adding video filters for a recording, and combining video from multi
