A Mozilla prototype of a $25 Firefox OS phone built with a Spreadtrum processor. Stephen Shankland/CNET Firefox OS, Mozilla’s ambitious attempt to establish a more open mobile operating system than Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS, is about to hit one of its biggest potential markets: India. Two Indian companies, Intex and Spice, will build a …
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Firefox OS 1.3 is the latest version of Mozilla’s open-source, browser-based mobile OS. Stephen Shankland/CNET Mozilla thinks it’s got an incentive to keep smartphone makers releasing new versions of its Firefox OS mobile operating system: money. The nonprofit organization contracts with handset makers and carriers to bring Firefox OS phones to market, and it’s structuring those partnerships to make sure …
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Envivio’s software can encode UltraHD video with HEVC compression at 60 frames per second. Envivio A French broadcaster just cut all the cables for 4K TV. Using new compression technology called HEVC or H.265, TDF is broadcasting the French Open tennis tournament live over the air at the very high resolution of 3,840×2,160 — four times as many pixels as …
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The Colfax backpack has an internal charging system. Co.alition Today, you have to worry about charging your phone, tablet, laptop, wireless access point, Bluetooth headset, and more. Tomorrow, maybe you’ll just have to worry about charging your backpack instead. A Colorado company called Co.alition started raising funds on Kickstarter on Tuesday for that idea, a gadget backpack called Colfax. The …
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Alcatel’s One Touch Fire E Sarah Tew/CNET Mozilla has a new partner, América Móvil, a carrier that will spread its Firefox OS mobile operating system to Mexico. The nonprofit organization is developing the smartphone OS as an attempt to counter some of the power of Google and Apple in the mobile market. Mobile operators and handsets are crucial to the …
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The ZTE Open C runs Firefox OS 1.3. Stephen Shankland/CNET ZTE has begun selling its $100 Open C Firefox OS smartphone on eBay in the US, UK, Germany, Russia, and many European countries, bringing the latest version of Mozilla’s browser-based mobile operating system, Firefox OS 1.3, to market along with a more powerful phone than last year’s ZTE Open . …
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Richard Ren, president of Huawei’s EU consumer business group Stephen Shankland/CNET PARIS — With the launch of Huawei’s Ascend P7 flagship smartphone on Wednesday, the Chinese company also launched a new phase of its ambition for global power. The Ascend P7 — which will go on sale in June across 33 countries in Europe and Asia for 449 euros (about …
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Huawei’s Richard Yu introduces the Ascend P7 in Paris on May 7, 2014. Stephen Shankland/CNET PARIS — Huawei on Wednesday launched its Ascend P7 , a new flagship Android model with which the Chinese company will try to improve on its third-place ranking in the smartphone market. The company signaled the arrival of the new phone at a press event …
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Firefox OS 2.0 will get a more active lock screen that shows a scrolling list of notifications and music controls.notification Mozilla Firefox OS, the mobile operating system Mozilla hopes will loosen the grasp Google and Apple hold over the mobile market, is getting a fresh look and new features with the upcoming version 2.0. Sören Hentzschel, a Mozilla representative in …
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The Nokia Lumia 930 will become a Microsoft product by the end of April, the companies expect. CNET The Chinese government has given its approval for Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone products and services business, clearing away a major roadblock to the mammoth $7.2 billion deal. Antitrust review of the Microsoft-Nokia deal in Asia had delayed the acquisition, which …
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