With the hotly anticipated Nexus 5 and Nexus 10 hogging the headlines, the Google Nexus 7 must have felt left out — but now one retailer has slashed its price by 10 per cent to tussle with the Tesco Hudl in the cut-throat budget tablet market. Despite only being in shops for just over a month, the …
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28 October
Google Glass to get upgrade, will fit prescription glasses
Existing Google Glass Explorers will be able to trade in their Google Glass for an updated model that can fit prescription glasses and shades. (Credit: Google) Google has been working on making its headset more accessible, with a free trade-in for the upgraded model for existing Google Glass users who purchased their Google Glass before October 28, 2013. “Explorers will …
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28 October
Nvidia Shield embraces Android games by the thousands
Nvidia has opened its Shield gaming device up to the universe of Android games, adding console support to thousands of games originally designed for touch screens. The Santa Clara, Calif., graphics chipmaker said the Shield “Gamepad Mapper” allows users to create their own custom controls for thousands of games in the Google Play store, or users can use Nvidia’s default …
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28 October
iPhone 5S still more popular than 5C, stats suggest
Apple’s powerful iPhone 5S is still proving more popular than the iPhone 5C, according to fresh data from number-crunchers. Apple’s multi-coloured mobile lays claim to 1.7 per cent of the total global iPhone share, according to analyst firm Localytics, which gathers data by measuring online smart phone activity. The 5S meanwhile is estimated to represent a meatier 3.8 per cent of all the iPhones …
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28 October
Motorola unveils Project Ara for custom smartphones
Motorola has announced a new initiative to help smartphone users take handset customization beyond ringtones, wallpaper, and body colors to its very form and function. The Google-owned handset company on Monday announced Project Ara, a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones. An endoskeleton, or structural frame, holds the smartphone modules of the owner’s choice, such as a …
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28 October
Why Samsung needs to woo developers
SAN FRANCISCO — For Samsung, courting developers isn’t just a nice side project. It’s a push that’s vital to the company’s future. The Korean company is the world’s biggest mobile phone and TV vendor. It sells more Android smartphones than LG, Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, and Motorola combined, and many consumers equate Samsung’s Galaxy brand with Google’s operating system. As a …
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28 October
Samsung tops Apple in global smartphone shipments
Global smartphone shipments have reached an all-time high for the third quarter, according to a Strategy Analytics study released Monday. For the first time ever, more than 250 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in a single quarter, which is a 45 percent increase over last year. And Samsung topped all other phone makers for global market share. “Samsung shipped over …
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28 October
Nexus 5 leaks continue: White version outed, Nov. 1 teased
In white. 11/1. pic.twitter.com/5SSmtTGUg7 — @evleaks (@evleaks) October 27, 2013 The not-so-mysterious Nexus 5 rears its head again. The latest leak comes from @EVLeaks, which has generated a decent track record of posting pictures of devices ahead of their launch. It features a tweet showing a white version of Google’s latest pure-Android smartphone, clad in white with a black front …
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28 October
The little company trying to revolutionize how you find apps
Quixey has a novel way to shake up how we find mobile apps: let people type in their requests using normal language, and the company will dig up the appropriate program. Sounds pretty basic, right? Unfortunately, it’s not how the big app stores operate. Unless you know the name of the app, or are willing to scroll through lists of …
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28 October
LG G Flex curves and heals itself, but UK launch unlikely
LG is flexing its innovation muscles with the new LG G Flex, with the Korean company apparently confirming rumours of a bendy new blower. The G Flex boasts a 6-inch 720p curved screen to fit snugly round your phizzog — but British bonces should expect to remain sadly uncuddled. The G Flex was named by industry sources talking to my …
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