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Samsung couldn’t possible let its Korean rival LG jump ahead in the race to produce astoundingly large super high res televisions we can’t afford, and as such has unveiled its own 105-inch, ultrawide, ultra high definition TV. Earlier, Samsung showed off its advanced technology by unveil
Oracle’s second quarter results were better than expected and the company said software as a service bookings growth was 35 percent. New software licenses and cloud subscriptions sales were up 1 percent from a year ago and the company’s hardware business appears to have stabilized. Oracl
Intel’s two-fingered robot, Oculus, tests the responsiveness of a touch screen to determine if humans will like it by analyzing how objects on a device’s screen respond to its touch. In a compact lab at Intel’s Silicon Valley headquarters, Oculus the robot is playing the hit game Cut the Rope
Netflix has been talking up its ability to stream Ultra HD resolution video and CPO Neil Hunt reiterated those “next year” promises to Stuff.tv. Specifically, he indicated the streamer has deals to offer 4K video via embedded players on UHD TVs from several manufacturers that will be ann
Here’s an interesting twist on tech company charity donations. Asian messaging company Line has revealed that sales of its ‘Pray for the Philippines’ sticker collection, created to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, have crossed $500,000 in a month. The “Pray for the Philippines” stickers ha
Yes, you can now own a gold-colored HTC One without having to buy an actual gold-plated version, which might cost you as much as some cars. The new hue is now available from two retailers in the U.K., including Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U. The gold HTC One is now out and up for purchase in the
Call analytics firm Marchex has done an exhaustive study detailing which companies’ customers are most likely to curse them out over the telephone and has found that satellite TV and cable TV providers rank first and third among all industries, respectively. Earlier this year, we released a state-by
LG already has a big 77-inch curved Ultra HD OLED TV, but why stop there? The Korean company has just announced that it will be unveiling a 105-inch version at CES next month, but with a twist: this one uses LCD instead of the more expensive OLED, courtesy of improved TFT technology for an even back
Viki, the global video site acquired by Japan’s Rakuten in September, has taken a big step to upping its presence in China after announcing a partnership with Baidu, the country’s dominant search engine, and plans for a Shanghai office next year. Video streaming site Viki, which allows users to writ
Earlier today, there was word of a leaked video which showed off the possibility of Yahoo’s plans for a voice-controlled personal assistant. Well, this particular rumor has more than meets the eye to it, as sources that are close to Yahoo have shared with The Verge that the app shown off in the leak
Though the newly-titled Pillars of Eternity has yet to debut, Obsidian Entertainment is already working on ideas for its next crowdfunded roleplaying epic. “What I’m trying to figure out is, how could we make something that is more like a Skyrim for PC – forget console for now – with the
The new look of Flickr is ready to surface in other spots on the web, now that Yahoo’s photo site has rolled out a new style for embedded photos. Enabled by default if you’re using the preview UI, the new embed code pulls in extra data like title and the owner’s username as an over
