When you’re in the pub, lazing on a beach or just round at a mate’s place, your lazy landline is just sitting at home with its feet up doing nothing — but with Virgin Media SmartCall and a Wi-Fi connection you can put your landline’s free minutes to work wherever you roam. Wherever you are …
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ARM, which designs processors for smartphones and tablets, has disclosed a new graphics chip design with many more processor cores than in the current generation. A future Mali-T760 graphics processing unit (GPU) — due in products in the coming years — will have up to 16 processor cores, ARM said Tuesday in a statement. By comparison, the iPhone 5S’ A7 …
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The Australian government’s Attorney-General’s Department will not confirm whether it is discussing new policies against online copyright infringement with internet service providers (ISPs). Torrent search engine Isohunt recently shut down after a US court battle. (Credit: Isohunt.com) First reported by The Australian, the new Liberal government is alleged to have contacted Australian telecommunications providers and content creators to restart previously …
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NEW YORK — When Bang & Olufsen decides to go wireless, it doesn’t mess around. The company today unveiled a trio of new wireless speaker products: the BeoLab 17 bookshelf speaker, the BeoLab 18 tower speaker, and the BeoLab 19 subwoofer. The three are the first commercial speakers to utilize the new WiSA (Wireless Speaker and Audio) standard, which opens …
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Samsung on Monday confirmed that the child-friendly Galaxy Tab 3 Kids will soon be available for purchase in the United States. The 7-inch Android powered tablet is a brightly colored, youthful spin on the current generation of Samsung Galaxy Tabs. Related stories: Meet Samsung’s new toddler-friendly Galaxy Tab Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 review Samsung said to sign three-year, $100 million …
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Since both LG and Samsung confirmed that they were producing curved-screen smartphones, we’ve had just one question: why? We’ve yet to understand any real benefit to a curved phone. The companies making them can’t even agree on which way to curve them: the LG G Flex curves on the horizontal axis and the Samsung Galaxy Round on the vertical. With …
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The BlackBerry Z30 will finally make its way to the US via Verizon Wireless, but will anyone care? Vivek Bhardwaj, BlackBerry’s head of software portfolio, confirmed to reporters in a briefing Monday that Verizon would be the “exclusive” launch partner for the Z30, which launches sometime in November for $200 and a two-year contract. Related stories Best Password Manager to …
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SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Monday rolled out five software development kits to make it easier for developers to create apps for its various devices. The new SDKs include one for multiscreen capabilities and another for multiscreen gaming. Samsung also streamlined its mobile SDK, released a new version of its smart TV SDK, and updated its enterprise SDK. The SDK …
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Defying both the predictions of Wall Street and a commentariat that claimed reduced demand and poor sales, Apple has posted a Q4 profit that’s ahead of expectations. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Overnight, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of US$8.26 per share on sales of US$37.5 billion. This is up from the average analyst estimate, which forecast earnings of US$7.92 per share …
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Stand by for the best glimpse yet of the Google Nexus 10, the 10-inch tablet that has the iPad Air in its sights. With the Google Nexus 5 smart phone and new Android KitKat software expected any day now, the next Nexus 10 has reportedly shown up on Google Play. Readers of PhoneArena claim to have spotted the new Nexus 10 appearing briefly on Google Play, the …
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