Swatch is adding a smartwatch to its colorful lineup of regular watches. Swatch Swatch will unveil its own smartwatch in the next two to three months. Known for its colorful and eye-catching line of watches, Swatch was initially dubious about entering the smartwatch business, CEO Nick Hayek told the Bloomberg news agency. But now the …
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Catch cult classics via Shout! Factory TV. There’s a new streaming-video service in town, and it’s free. Premiering Thursday, Shout Factory TV serves up a variety of TV shows and movies from the ’50s and beyond. You can watch your favorite TV shows or movies on your computer, smartphone or tablet. Roku device owners can download the Shout Factory TV …
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Hospitals are checking out Apple’s HealthKit as a cost-cutting measure. Apple Apple new HealthKit technology is getting its own examinations at some top hospitals to see if it can successfully monitor patients remotely and thus help trim medical costs. Among 23 of the leading hospitals questioned by Reuters, 14 have launched a pilot program of HealthKit or are in discussions …
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Android 5.1 Lollipop has officially popped up. Google Android 5.1 has made its first official appearance, though somewhat out of the blue. The update to Android 5.0 Lollipop is now available on Android One devices, according to the Android One website. Although Google hasn’t officially confirmed 5.1’s availability, the site specifically touts the latest update with the tagline: “Introducing Android …
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Microsoft is putting the kibosh on the Lumia 2520, its last RT tablet. CNET Microsoft has hammered a nail in the coffin of its Windows RT lineup. The software giant has stopped making its last remaining RT device, namely the Nokia Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet, a spokesman for the company told the Verge. This latest development follows news that …
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Apple iOS 8 is now at home on almost three-quarters of all iOS devices measured by Apple. Based on the latest stats offered by Apple’s App Store Distribution page, iOS has reached an adoption rate of 72 percent, leaving iOS 7 with 25 percent and older versions with 3 percent. The latest number for iOS 8 is up from the …
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Amazon may be in the market for some RadioShack stores. RadioShack Amazon may be eyeing RadioShack stores as a way to expand its online operations into the brick-and-mortar world, according to Bloomberg. Hit by plummeting sales over the past few years, RadioShack is reportedly considering the sale of half of its stores to Sprint and then closing the rest, unnamed …
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Tim Berners-Lee at MIT. Martin LaMonica/CNET The man who invented the World Wide Web believes that Net neutrality laws are critical for the future of the Internet. In a guest blog post written for the European Commission’s website, Berners-Lee discussed threats to “the openness that underpins the Web and the broader Internet.” He aimed his comments at Europe, but they …
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Amazon is offering students an easy way to pick up items on campus. Amazon/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Amazon is rolling out yet another service to expand its online presence into the real world. As of Tuesday, students at Purdue University will be able to pick up textbooks and other items they’ve ordered through Amazon at an Amazon-staffed center on campus. …
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Android 5.0 Lollipop finally registers on the market share radar. Google Android 5.0 Lollipop finally has enough market share to appear on Google’s radar. According to the latest version of the Android Developers Dashboard, published on Monday, Lollipop has found itself a home on 1.6 percent of Android devices. That percentage accounts for all Android devices that visited the Google …
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