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You might have come across stories of phones catching fire, possibly due to its lithium-ion battery, and some more famous lithium-ion battery problems include Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner which has been grounded several times due to issues with its battery. Well the good news is that thanks to researcher
Netflix subscribers know all too well that while the streaming service’s recommendations system is fairly accurate, it often lures them into adding too many movies that don’t get watched. That’s why Netflix is building a superior recommendation system to fine tune what it suggests
The Walt Disney Company is getting into the startup incubator business with the launch of a new program called the Disney Accelerator. Disney says it’s looking for 10 “early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas.” Those startups will receive a $120,000 invest
Karaoke is fun. Whether you’re doing the singing or watching your friends butcher Journey songs, only a bonafide curmudgeon could pass up a night of “empty orchestra.” And while bars are great places to enjoy warbling with friends, waiting 90 minutes to sing is unacceptable. The Singtrix karaoke kit
The Time Warner Cable sweepstakes might be over. Just a few months after it was first reported that the second-largest cable firm in the nation was looking to be acquired, Comcast, the number one cable provider, has made an offer of $45.2 billion for the company. According to multiple reports, the d
Looks like LG wants to get out ahead of all the smartphone news soon to come from Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, as the South Korean company has officially announced the G Pro 2. As prior leaks indicated, it’s a larger version of the original G Pro — it packs a 5.9-inch screen, as o
The White House has released guidelines aimed at prodding companies that run some of the nation’s most essential services such as utilities, cellphone towers and banks to better protect themselves from cyberattacks. Officials said the guidelines, developed under an executive order that Preside
When it comes to choosing a smartphone platform, there are factors to think about. If there is one disadvantage that BlackBerry has compared to Android and iOS is the lack of native apps available for the platform. Sure you can run Android apps but at the same time we’re sure that BlackBerry 10 user
Shipments of smart wearable bands are set to grow by mammoth proportions this year, according to independent analyst Canalys. Its research shows that 1.6 million smart bands, such as those used to monitor fitness, were shipped in the second half of 2013, after just over 200,000 smart wearable bands
Amazon Prime is a great deal in the eyes of many Amazon customers, offering free two-day shipping for $79/year, among other benefits. But the price of Prime hasn’t kept pace with the company’s shipping costs, Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak said on the company’s last earnings call that Amazon is planning on
A secretive e-commerce software developer called Sellvana secured $5 million for its seed funding round, VentureBeat reported. The names of the investors in New York and other funding specifics were not disclosed. The company has also remained tight-lipped about other details regarding the company,
Chinese electronics maker Oppo was more than happy in December to confirm that its Find 7 smartphone will sport a2K resolution display, but now it seems like there may be a standard HD version in the works as well. After all, QHD 2K screens pack a lot of pixels in – 2,560 x 1,440, to be [&hell
