These are sketches of the conceptual developments for modules by Yezz. DDM Brands January has been a hectic month for Luis Sosa. In a matter of days, the CEO of Miami-based DDM Brands (and co-founder of Yezz) traveled from his headquarters in Miami to a Google developers’ conference in Mountain View, Calif., to yet another …
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Ubuntu’s software for phones swaps apps for “scopes”, which you find by hitting the orange Ubuntu logo. Rich Trenholm/CNET The first Ubuntu phone goes on sale in a limited run Wednesday, but don’t worry if you miss out: there’ll be around three more “flash sales” before the end of the month. The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition is the first …
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Flipboard Popular mobile news app Flipboard has finally made the jump to the Web with a website you can access from any browser. Starting today at flipboard.com, you can pick topics and read stories in a format optimized for the desktop, but with that magazine feel that’s made the apps so successful on smartphones and tablets. With the addition of …
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Scott Stein/CNET Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) , the initiative from Razer and Sensics to connect multiple VR software and hardware partners together, had a good handful of partners at CES 2015, and 13 more have been announced today. The new partners include Jaunt — a maker of cinematic VR experiences that already has apps for Google Cardboard — plus …
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The successor to iOS 8 may be more concerned about stability and performance than new features. CNET Apple may use iOS 9 to add greater stability and performance enhancements to its mobile operating system. Expected to be unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, iOS 9 will come packed with a number of “under-the-hood” improvements, according to 9to5Mac, which …
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Microsoft Lots of little-guy cloud companies offer oodles of free (or dirt-cheap) storage, but there’s always the risk they’ll go belly-up and vanish into the digital night, taking your important data with them. Microsoft, I suspect, will be around for a while. Of course, if you want oodles of storage from that company, you’ll have to pay for it, right? …
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Scribd Avengers and Archie fans, take note; Scribd just added comics to its e-book subscription service. For $9 per month, you get unlimited access to a catalog of 10,000 comics, ranging from classic issues all the way to the latest releases. Scribd teamed up with publishers Marvel, Archie, Boom! Studios, Dynamite, IDW/Top Shelf and Valiant to offer comics, and the …
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Apple Pay is now booked aboard JetBlue flights. JetBlue Apple Pay is trying to spread its wings by serving as a payment option on JetBlue flights. Beginning in mid-February, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners who fly JetBlue will be able to use Apple Pay to buy items in flight, including food, drinks and even upgrades to better seats. …
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James Martin/CNET As we wait for the Apple Watch to launch in April, there’s not a lot we can do to get a better idea of how the watch works. Screenshots and mockups of how apps may or will look on the watch keep popping up, but other than that there’s not much else in the way of a full …
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T-Mobile offers up a free tablet for Valentine’s Day. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile, sensing that love is in the air, has revived its Tablet on Us promotion. This coming Valentine’s Day weekend, the wireless provider will give you the 7-inch Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 for “free.” Related Links Alcatel One Touch Pop 7 is a colorful and customizable tablet Which wireless …
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Target Ticket will shut down in March, 18 months after its launch. CNET Retail chain giant Target plans to shut down Target Ticket next month, just 18 months after it launched the video-streaming service. The service, which launched in the fall of 2013, will be discontinued March 7, the retailer said Tuesday in a note posted to its website. The …
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Josh Miller/CNET LG’s G Flex 2 is set to make its first global debut outside of South Korea, and it’s headed to the high-tech island city-state of Singapore. The phone, which has been available in South Korea since January 30, is the successor to last year’s curved-screen LG G Flex . The phone will be available for pre-order on February …
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Samsung Unwanted advertising is par for the course when you’re watching broadcast TV, but do you expect it to be pushed into your lounge room by the TV itself? Reports are emerging that Samsung smart TVs have begun inserting short advertisements directly into video streaming apps, with no influence from the third-party app providers. The news comes just days after …
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Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple has posted record profit and sales. James Martin/CNET Apple’s making an even bigger jump into renewable power. CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said Apple is partnering with First Solar on its “biggest, boldest and most ambitious [renewable energy] project yet.” The two companies will build a 1,300-acre solar farm in Monterey County in California. The …
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The Torque is Kyocera’s first European phone. Kyocera Japan-based mobile manufacturer Kyocera announced Tuesday that it is entering the European phone market with its latest Torque handset. The GSM device will initially launch for the business-to-business (B2B) platform in Germany and France, starting in the spring. Though the company didn’t release exact pricing and timeline information, it estimates that the …
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