April, 2014

• 4 April

  No Windows

  

  Intel shows off two identical tablets targeted at device makers. One runs Android (left), and the other Windows. If Windows-Android hybrids won’t fly, maybe clones will? Intel Hopes remain dim for Windows-Android hybrids. But, wait, there’s always cloning. At a company conference in China this week, Intel showed two identical tablet designs aimed at device …

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• 4 April

  Sony unveils unlocked Xperia Z1 LTE phone for $620

  

  Sony’s Xperia Z1 Andrew Hoyle/CNET Sony is now selling an unlocked version of its Xperia Z1 LTE smartphone in the US to the tune of $620. Up for sale on the Sony Store Web site, the phone shows up in black and purple, though only the black model is currently available. The purple edition is back-ordered with an expected ship …

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• 3 April

  Popular Android ROM CyanogenMod slips into new logo

  

  Out with the old, in with the new. Cyanogen Cyanogen, the company founded to promote the popular Android ROM CyanogenMod, released a new logo this week that its says represents the concept of choice. Looking at the logo, however, I can help but think it somewhat resembles the evil OmniCorp logo in RoboCop. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of things …

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• 3 April

  Apple sets WWDC 2014 for June 2 to 6

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple/Screenshot by CNET Mac and iOS software developers, mark your calendars: Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will take place the first week in June. Apple on Thursday announced that WWDC 2014 has been scheduled for June 2 to 6 and will take place …

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• 3 April

  Google: Can we please trademark the word ‘Glass?’

  

  Google Glass Google Soon, Google could hold the trademark to the word “Glass.” In an attempt to curb any copycatting of its computer-enabled eyeglass, the tech giant has been working to trademark the term “Glass” when written in Google’s stylized marketing logo font, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google Glass logo Google While the US Patent and Trademark Office …

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• 3 April

  Cómo reparar un teléfono después de un chapuzón

  

  Seguramente te ha pasado al menos una vez: un descuido tonto y terminas dándole un chapuzón a tu teléfono. Cada quien tendrá su propio remedio para secar un dispositivo mojado; desde meterlo en un recipiente con arroz, hasta introducirlo en el microondas (que terminará de arruinar el smartphone). Aunque no hay manera segura de reparar un teléfono mojado, puedes aumentar …

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• 3 April

  Benchmarks rekindle ‘premium’ Galaxy S5 rumors

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S5 isn’t on sale quiet yet, but fresh rumors of an even more premium version emerge. Andrew Hoyle/CNET In another pass at a rumor that simply refuses to die, newly discovered benchmarks allege that Samsung is prepping a bigger, more powerful Samsung Galaxy S5 . Related stories Samsung Galaxy F super-phone could have curved screen Metal Galaxy …

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• 3 April

  Apple: Samsung made ‘false statements’ during opening argument

  

  And so the Apple v. Samsung legal wrangling continues. In a California patent case, Apple filed a motion late Thursday asking the court to let it present previously banned evidence and testimony. At issue is whether Apple itself uses the patents it has accused Samsung of copying. Samsung’s attorneys, during their opening arguments Tuesday, said Apple doesn’t use them. But …

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• 3 April

  Will a Verizon Moto X really work on AT&T and T

  

  The dream of taking any mobile device to any wireless carrier may soon become a reality. The wireless market is going through a massive technological shift right now, one that will eventually make it possible to take your smartphone from one network and use it another. The switch to 4G LTE technology and the use of more spectrum bands to …

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• 3 April

  Optus brings more mobile connections underground on Sydney trains

  

  A year after the New South Wales government announced a plan to upgrade mobile coverage in Sydney’s inner-city rail tunnels, Optus has announced that its customers will now be able to stay connected underground from Redfern to Bondi Junction. (Cityrail Millennium Train image by Jason Antony, CC BY 2.5) The telco switched on network coverage for the Eastern Suburbs line …

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