Lenovo’s looking to extend its laptop dominance to Android devices, extending — or rather retracting — its range of Google-powered tablets to a new smart phone, the promising Vibe Z. The Vibe Z is a far cry from the company’s dismal IdeaTab from this time last year. Where that miserable bit of junk had an …
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3 January
Why do we fight over Android and iOS?
Why do humans get so passionate about something as relatively simple as a smart phone operating system? In the latest episode of Adventures in Tech, we enlist the help of a bonafide psychology pro to find out. Hit play on the video below to delve inside the murky depths of the human mind, and find out the stone-age group behaviour …
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3 January
Hands
The Nomad ChargeKey aims to solve a common problem: There’s never a sync cable around when you need one. You know the routine: You’re killing time at the airport and suddenly realize that your iPhone battery is down to 6 percent. There are USB charging ports everywhere, but you don’t have a cord. As long as you have your keys, …
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3 January
Corning preps 3D Gorilla Glass for gadgets
Corning says it’s time to take its chemically strengthened Gorilla Glass outside of the box. Related stories Samsung eyes 7.4 percent stake in Gorilla Glass maker Corning Hands-on with Corning’s bendable Willow Glass On Friday, the glass maker announced that it’s taking its best commercial success 3D, with a manufacturing process and plan that will make it easier for the …
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3 January
Anki brings EMP weapon to its real
Anki is infusing the toy cars for its real-world race track with even more video game flavor. A new update, released Friday, raises the customization list for its cars to 20 upgrades and adds new weapons, making its physical race track and software-fueled video game hybrid an even more complex media mashup. Some of the cooler additions: an Bond-esque electromagnetic …
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3 January
Snapchat update to close loophole after mass hack
Hacked photo-sharing app Snapchat is updating its app to close a loophole that saw millions of Snapchatters’ details leaked online — but is it too little too late? In a public statement, Snapchat says the update will tighten restrictions and allow you to opt out of the Find Friends feature, which sees the app gobble up phone numbers of your friends and …
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3 January
GlobalFoundries’ NY chip plant to get up to $10B boost
Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Technology Investment Company plans to drop $10 billion into GlobalFoundries’ semiconductor factory in New York, the company has confirmed. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published on Friday, ATIC CEO Ibrahim Ajami said that the $10 billion investment will be made over a period of two years. The funds will be used to expand the chipmaker’s factory …
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3 January
Temptation: AT&T offers T
Once upon a time, AT&T wanted to own T-Mobile. Now it wants to destroy its competitor. AT&T will offer T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line to switch their service to its network, the company announced Friday. It will give customers $200 credit for every line they transfer from T-Mobile. That credit will be available only to those customers who …
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3 January
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite set for 720p screen, leak shows
As we polish off the last of the Quality Street and stretch out the leftovers to one final turkey sandwich, our thoughts inevitably turn to slimming down a bit. Samsung is making the same new year’s resolution with the rumoured ‘Lite’ version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 — which will apparently sport a 720p screen. A device called the …
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3 January
T
T-Mobile is firing back at AT&T with words now, but it could launch a larger broadside at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The upstart carrier’s ever-colorful CEO, John Legere, responded to AT&T’s decision to sweeten the pot for T-Mobile customers to switch service providers, claiming that AT&T was bribing consumers to come back, “but they won’t be fooled.” Related …
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