Samsung Electronics and Intel are banking that a little bit of cash will jump-start interest in Tizen, their upstart operating system. The two companies are hosting an app development challenge, and will award a total of $4 million in prizes to winning developers. Winning apps can garner as much as $200,000. Tizen represents a chance …
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Related stories T-Mobile data breach 2021: Here’s what it means for securing your data T-Mobile’s free MLB.TV offer is now available ahead of 2021 Opening Day T-Mobile perks now available for Metro customers MetroPCS subscribers have a reason to cheer today. The carrier just announced that it now offers the Samsung Galaxy S4 contract-free for $549 up front. With its …
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Getting tens of thousands of app developers to focus on anything other than iOS or Android at this point is a significant challenge, according to former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky. In a recent blog post, he wrote: Today app developers generally write apps targeting several of the mobile platforms. If you look at number of “sockets” over the past couple …
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Alleged photos of the rumored BlackBerry 9720 phone have popped up online. A slew of photos hosted by Thai BlackBerry Club reveal a traditional phone equipped with the standard QWERTY keyboard. Outfitted with BlackBerry OS 7.1, the 9720 is apparently destined for emerging markets. And the specs so far would indicate a low-cost device. A User Agent Profile document discovered …
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What does a photo taken by a 41-megapixel camera look like? It looks like this, as new photos confirm the hotly rumoured Nokia Lumia 1020 camera phone. Pictures attributed to the as-yet-unconfirmed Lumia 1020 have shown up on Flickr, once again giving away the name of the phone set to be officially unveiled on Thursday. Sadly, the pictures posted by …
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The US TV & Radio Free app might seem a little too good to be true. It streams unlimited live TV to your Android device, and it doesn’t cost a penny. The app offers an extensive list of channels: AMC, Bravo, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, Food Network, FX, MTV, NBC, Nickelodeon, Syfy, TBS, TNT, and lots more. Even more surprising: …
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Sprint’s merger deal with SoftBank might have received shareholder approval, but it appears the majority of those people have no desire to see what happens post-merger. Sprint announced Monday that out of the more than 3 billion shares of Sprint stock outstanding, holders of 97 percent of those shares will be cashing out in the deal, rather than receiving shares …
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Sprint has jumped through the last hoop in its effort to buy the remaining stake in Clearwire. On Monday, Clearwire shareholders approved a deal in which Sprint, which owns about 50 percent of the company, would buy the remaining shares of Clearwire for $5 a share. The companies said the deal is expected to close on Tuesday. Related stories T-Mobile …
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Android’s Jelly Bean operating system has finally toppled the older and uber-popular Gingerbread. According to Android usage data that Google released Monday, Jelly Bean now has 37.9 percent adoption and Gingerbread has 34.1 percent. This is an increase of 4.9 percentage points for Jelly Bean since last month. In June, Jelly Bean had 33 percent usage and Gingerbread had 36.5 …
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Headphones fitted with a stylish solar panel restore the power lost when playing music on your smartphone. (Credit: Andrew Anderson) Even the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and everyone has experienced that moment of dread upon seeing the red zone in a smartphone battery bar. Portable charging devices can help — although not if you’ve forgotten …
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With SK Telecom reportedly talking to Apple about LTE-A iPhones, we explore what might be ready for market when Telstra lights up its LTE-A later this year. New iPhones with LTE-A support would be a big win for Telstra. (Credit: CNET) According to The Korea Times, Apple has been in talks with South Korea’s SK Telecom about a long-term evolution …
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It appears that the smartphone music app Shazam is headed toward greener pastures. The company has just received $40 million in backing from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, according to Reuters. Apparently, Shazam plans to use the funding to continue to build out the TV portion of the app. “Shazam is defining a new category of media engagement that combines the …
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Consumers have been waiting for commercially available OLED TVs for several years now. So what’s the hold up? LG’s curved OLED TV has been promised for an Australian launch this year. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Back in 2012, CNET awarded LG’s 55-inch EM9600 the rather prestigious Best in Show at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It certainly wasn’t the first …
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The HTC One has a gorgeous chassis and a ton of camera tricks, the Samsung’s Galaxy S4 pauses and unpauses video when you avert your gaze, and in the Lumia 920, Nokia was one of the first to introduce wireless charging and an ultrasensitive screen you can control while wearing gloves. Yet compared with the real meat of what you …
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The Federal Communications Commission has given its nod of approval in regard to SoftBank’s $21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, the final regulatory hurdle for the acquisition. The FCC announced Friday that it voted unanimously to approve SoftBank’s buy of Sprint as well as Sprint’s purchase of the rest of mobile broadband provider Clearwire. “After thorough review, the Commission has …
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