Mozilla’s upstart Firefox OS mobile operating system badly needs app support. And it may have found its answer in a 20-year-old programming language. Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal Mozilla The lack of apps are a common problem for operating systems challenging the two dominant mobile platforms, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Without crucial software like WhatsApp …
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4 June
Smart insole promises to stop stinky feet
Admit it: You’ve always wanted temperature-controlled shoes. Now you can have them. Vay Technologies Your smartphone can already control your lights, door locks, home heating-and-cooling system, speakers and more. Now it can arrange for comfy feet, too. The uGale is an app-controlled insole designed to keep your feet cool, ventilated and odor-free, or to heat them when it’s cold out. …
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4 June
Facebook launches stripped down ‘Facebook Lite’ for developing countries
Facebook Lite is part of the company’s latest effort to attract audiences in the developing world. Facebook Over the last decade, Facebook’s list of features and capabilities has piled pretty high. Now the company is stripping that way in a new app designed for customers with low-end phones and poor cellular connections. The new app, called Facebook Lite, weighs in …
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3 June
How to install Windows 10 Technical Preview as a virtual machine
Yep, that’s Windows 10 running in a Windows 8, er, window. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Windows 10 has arrived! Well, almost: as we now know, the final version will drop July 29. In the meantime, you can test-drive the OS in the form of the Windows 10 Insider Preview. If you have an old PC lying around, you could install …
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3 June
Shipments in wearable devices triple as prices dip
The wearables market continues to grow. Sarah Tew/CNET Wearable devices scored their eighth straight quarter of solid growth, according to a new report released by market researcher IDC. During the first quarter of the year, a total of 11.4 million wearable devices shipped around the world, triple the 3.8 million shipped during the same quarter in 2014, IDC said Wednesday. …
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3 June
The $169 Endless computer is designed for emerging markets
The Endless sits on the far right, and on the monitor you can see just what the Endless OS looks like. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI — Tucked away in a small corner at the Nangang Exhibition Hall at Computex is Endless Mobility, a Rio de Janeiro-based company that has grand plans to change the world with its $169 (£110, AU$217) Intel …
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3 June
Microdia crams 512GB into a microSD card, out in July
Unfortunately, Microdia didn’t have working samples for show, so you’ll have to settle for a picture of the packaging. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI — Just a few stands away from SanDisk here at Computex is Microdia, and while it doesn’t quite have the same brand recognition as the memory card giant, this California-based company also makes flash memory and accessories. It …
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3 June
Designed for Windows 10: Microsoft shows off ‘never before seen’ devices at Computex 2015
The Dell XPS 15. Dave Cheng/CNET TAIPEI — Microsoft’s corporate VP Nick Parker has revealed the first run of devices built specifically for Windows 10, from partners such as Asus, Toshiba and even FoxConn. The product reveal came at the end of the Microsoft keynote speech here at Computex 2015. The keynote covered much of what is already known about …
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3 June
Eye
This isn’t even the eye-tracking MSI GT72’s final form. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI — As gimmicky as having eye tracking on a gaming laptop sounds, the demo of the MSI GT72 concept I tried out here at Computex was actually quite compelling. All you need is a brief configuration to sync up your eye movements to the computer’s Tobii EyeX tracking …
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3 June
Hide or disable the Windows 10 system tray icon
Nicole Cozma/CNET Windows 10 will soon be upon us, and to the surprise of no one, Microsoft has added a reminder of the update to your current Windows installation. Though it’s a tiny one, the reminder comes in the form of a new icon that resides in the system tray. If you like to keep that area of your screen …
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