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Samsung shipped 117 million mobile phones in the third quarter for a leading market share of 25.7 percent to Nokia’s 13.8 percent share and Apple’s 6.7 percent, research firm Gartner reported in November. But there have been concerns that increased competition has put pressure on the com
Intel showed off a lot of 3D technology as CEs, including a convertible laptop-tablet with a built-in 3D scanner on the back, a pair of 3D glasses that worked with the screen, and a 3D printer. The whole 3D setup allows users to scan and create a complete 3D model of any object, use hand gestures to
Pinterest has just acquired two-man startup VisualGraph, which creates machine vision, image recognition, and visual search technologies. The company’s founder Kevin Jing and his partner David Liu are joining the Pinterest engineering team today. Pinterest says “the acquisition of VisualGraph will h
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel announced that it will begin phasing out McAfee brand name in favor of Intel Security. While the company named McAfee will remain as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, the company wants to distance itself from the company named after the former d
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich promised that none of the company’s chips that are manufactured this year will use minerals that come from conflict zones. Several of the minerals that are essential in today’s electronics come from conflict zones that are controlled by ruthless warlords and mine
Chilisauce, a London-based events company that plans “stag weekends” for guys and “hen nights” for girls, has conducted a survey of 7,000 people from the UK. The survey, which touched on a number of engagement-related topics, found that 15% of women would prefer that a man pr
LG apparently plans on resurrecting web-OS, the mobile operating system that the company purchased from Palm. LG says that 70% of the company’s 2014 smart TV lineup will be powered by web-OS. While web-OS never really made it to mobile devices, it ay have better luck with smart TVs. While LG i
BAE Systems has conducted successful test flights with a fighter aircraft that contained 3D printed components. The metal components were used in test flights from the firm’s airfield at Warton, Lancashire, late last month. The parts include protective covers for cockpit radios and guards for
Chevrolet has partnered up with AT&T and OnStar to bring in-car 4G LTE connectivity and a collection of HTML5 apps to some of the company’s future cars. The 4G LTE service also features a Wi-Fi access point built into the car that can support up to seven devices. This is just one more move
Roku, the company behind the popular digital media players, has announced that it will be entering the smart TV market with its own devices in the near future. This makes a lot of sense considering that the company has already managed to beat out all of its competition, even Apple TV, for the spot a
Lenovo has shown off the Miix 2, new magnetic notebook/tablet hybrid, at the Consumer Electronics Show today. The device works in multiple modes, including a reverse mode where the keyboard acts as a stand, with a speaker array on the rear rim for watching movies. Slated for release this quarter, it
The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show should be Valve’s big coming out party for the SteamOS gaming platform and third-party Steam Machines, which aim to drag PC gaming into the living room. The company’s CES keynote is scheduled for Monday afternoon, but early details about Valve’s Steam Machine partn
