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Almost 18 months ago, Sony and Panasonic partnered up in order to develop production technology for organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) panels for large-screen TVs. Now the two companies are cancelling their partnership citing challenges involved the next-generation TVs to the mass market. H
Recommendation sites are a dime a dozen but most people still prefer referrals from friends, especially with services where there are significant risks involved. This is why byUs.com wants to create an invite-only platform where users can find recommendations for services where there
Twitter held its initial public offering last month at $26. Since then the stock has increased by 169%, valuing the company almost $40 million. Investors are confident that Twitter can attract more money from ads as evidenced by the fact that its sales growth exceeds that of competitors like Faceboo
NASA’s Deep Space Network celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday. For the last 50 years the network has been used to communicate with numerous satellites as they float around space. NASA’s Voyager Twitter account on Tuesday commemorated the event by thanking the network for consistent cove
NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile phone operator, has been pressuring Samsung to get it’s new mobile operating system up and running by January 2014. Today, a smartphone running Samsung’s mobile OS, called Tizen, was spotted in an FCC filing after previously making an appearance o
No More Woof is a dog-to-English translation headset that has already exceeded its $10,000 goal on Indiegogo. Although the headset is still in its very early stages, the Swedish company behind the device claims that it has already been able to translate certain canine mental states fr
With the proliferation of smartphones with front-facing cameras, selfies have become mainstream. And with apps like Snapchat and Instagram that encourage people to take photos of themselves, the selfie will likely grow in popularity in 2014. According to an article from AFP, Yahoo estimates that 880
Can South Korea’s new culture of business and creativity eventually rival Silicon Valley? The number of tech startups has surged by 80 per cent since 2011. “Korea is now the biggest startup in the world,” smiles Richard Min, cofounder of the SeoulSpace incubator and brand new Fashion Tech Acce
Japanese telecom SoftBank could soon a close deal to buy T-Mobile. SoftBank apparently hopes to acquire a majority of T-Mobile’s shares via its own US subsidiary, Sprint, as soon as next spring. The estimated price tag? More than two trillion yen, or some $19 billion. Japanese conglomerate Sof
Beyond the massive marketing budget, through all the gadget spam and past the dozens of distracting Apple-bashing ads, Samsung is still the best in the business when it comes to smartphone displays. And in 2014, it looks like we’re going to get a pretty huge reminder of exactly why Samsung is king w
Samsung’s Knox security system, designed to allow it to compete with Blackberry for government and corporate business, contains a vulnerability that could be breached by something as simple as a children’s game, say security researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The security pl
2013 was the year of native advertising. Marketers and publishers have tried everything to cut through the clutter and engage ad-resistant and suspicious consumers. But ads often mimic editorial content and messages are recycled and repackaged. Native advertising was all the rage this past year, as
