Tablets may no longer be the darling of the consumer tech world, but they continue to make inroads in the enterprise — look no further than the battle between Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Apple’s iPad Pro for proof of that. One area where tablets can make a difference for businesses is out in the field, […]
Amazon is now reselling Comcast’s Internet and television service on its site, via a newly launched section called Amazon Cable Store – a branding that implies Comcast may be the first of other cable providers yet to come. The Cable Store allows customers to browse a variety of packages, from Internet-only deals up to combined Internet/TV/phone […]
Snapchat bought Looksery to supercharge its animated selfie filters, and now Facebook has made an image filtering acquisition of its own to keep up the messaging pace. Today, the company confirmed that it has bought Masquerade, like Looksery an app that adds fantastical filters to your smartphone-generated images, but this time focused on video. The startup (written […]
You probably have your credit card and other payment information keyed into at least 10 different services right now, all of which are likely based over a mobile app or website. For a long time, the effective user detection has been the preserve of large payment providers and web services — take Amazon.com or Google’s […]
Skype, the Microsoft-owned video calling service, has quietly announced that it will no longer offer an app for smart TVs starting in June. Confirmation of the shutdown comes via a support page — first spotted by the BBC — which explains that smartphones and tablets have proven to be a more popular platform for Skype users. Over […]
Japanese startup Whill’s Model M, a motorized wheelchair alternative, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. This means that the Model M can now be prescribed by physicians as a medical device and covered by insurance. Whill has raised about $12.85 million in funding so far from investors including the […]
Tower above your army of monsters, lean across the battlefield and make your opponent’s face explode. That’s Dragon Front, a virtual reality card game coming to Oculus Rift. While many VR games see you flailing your arms or head about, or swinging swords and shooting bows and arrows, Dragon Front is decidedly more chill. That’s […]
A panel session probing the perennial heads or tails of mobile device commoditization vs mobile device innovation here at MWC 2016 earlier today heard an interesting range of views. Speakers ran the gamut of mobile makers big and small (Samsung, Motorola/Lenovo and Wileyfox), through to chipset maker Qualcomm, alternative open Android flavor Cyanogen, and mobile operator […]
(Image: ZDNet/CBS Interactive) Apple has released a new software update for iPhones and iPads. Users should update as soon as possible as it fixes a major flaw that could allow some encrypted content used in iMessage to be unscrambled. The company said Monday that iOS 9.3 comes with a fix that would fix a flaw […]
At the official unveiling of the iPhone SE, Apple went out of its way to highlight why it needed this device, and it offered up some very interesting statistics as to how the iPhone 5S has been selling. First up, Apple has sold over 30 million 4-inch iPhones during 2015. Now that’s a very interesting […]