BARCELONA, Spain — Ford’s smartening up its new cars with an app that helps you find a parking space. Parkopedia lets you search among 15 million spaces across Europe, showing which car parks have free spaces and listing how much they cost. It covers 3,000 towns and cities in 20 countries across the continent. The …
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26 February
Samsung on the Galaxy S5: ‘People don’t need radical redesigns every year’
BARCELONA, Spain — The Galaxy S5 was announced at an event in Mobile World Congress on Monday, but Samsung surprised those expecting a radical design change by unveiling a phone that looks almost identical to its predecessors, the S3 and S4. I sat down with Samsung’s vice president for brand, Stephen Taylor, to ask why. “I don’t think that people need …
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26 February
The two things that need to happen before wearable tech goes mainstream: Google and Apple
There’s a flood of wearable tech arriving early 2014, and it feels unavoidable. Look around and spit, and there’s a product in the works. Samsung, Sony, LG, Huawei, Pebble, Garmin. They’re all coming sooner or later, be it by wrist or glass. January, February, March, April: most of the wearable gear we’ve seen at CES and Mobile World Congress will …
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26 February
Blippar shows real
BARCELONA, Spain — Blippar, a visual discovery/augmented reality company that has worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Disney, Sony and Nike, has delivered a live demo at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that shows Google Glass delivering real-time object recognition augmented reality (AR) for the first time. Ambarish Mitra, founder and CEO of Blippar, signaled his desire to see AR move …
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26 February
BlackBerry CEO: We’re readying another flagship to win over new customers
BARCELONA, Spain — John Chen was at a recent charity event when an announcer unexpectedly called out his name and introduced him as the man who was taking over BlackBerry. Almost immediately, several attendees pulled their BlackBerry Bolds and began holding them up. At that point, he realized he couldn’t keep sitting, and stood up and said a few words …
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26 February
Spec showdown: Galaxy S5 vs. iPhone 5S vs. LG G Pro 2
Thanks to Mobile World Congress, the Galaxy S5 cat is out of the bag. How does it stack up to flagship rivals like the iPhone 5S and the LG G Pro 2? The copper Galaxy S5 taken with the S5’s own camera. (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) On the surface, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 looks a hell of a lot like it’s predecessor. …
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26 February
What mattered at Mobile World Congress, day 3: S5 apps, tough tablets, and BlackBerry’s return
Like at any technology show, the biggest product releases of Mobile World Congress dropped in the first couple of days. But the latter days of an event remain just as interesting. You actually have time (well, a few minutes anyway) to roam the show floor to find hidden gems and underdog products, and you can dig up a few juicy …
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26 February
A smart glove, smartphones, and the Ford Focus: 12 must
Mobile World Congress is on its last day and the avalanche of new smartphones, tablets, wearable tech, and wireless technology is beginning to slow. Honestly, so much stuff has come out of Barcelona, Spain, (some of which will even go on sale) that’s it’s difficult to sort through it all. And that’s why we did it for you. Scroll down …
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26 February
How much is the Internet of everything worth? Cisco says $19 trillion
BARCELONA, Spain — Are you curious why everyone is talking about the Internet of everything? Cisco CEO John Chambers gives 19 trillion really good reasons. Chambers believes the Internet of everything, also known as the Internet of things, will create $19 trillion (yes, that’s with a “t”) in economic benefit and value over the next decade. The Internet of things …
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26 February
Samsung wants you to make Gear 2 apps, ASAP
BARCELONA, Spain — Samsung on Wednesday introduced tools that will allow developers to create apps for the company’s new wearables and flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone. The company, speaking at a developer day at Mobile World Congress, released a software development kit for its Gear 2 smartwatch, which is based on the Tizen operating system, and an SDK for its S Health application. …
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