October, 2013

• 25 October

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  Cricket customers waiting for the iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C can stop twiddling their fingers and start reaching for their wallets. The prepaid carrier announced on Friday that the 16GB versions of Apple’s latest crop of smartphones is on sale. Following the trendy new sales structure, Cricket offers two ways to pay. You can buy …

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• 25 October

  Samsung eyes smartphone

  

  Samsung has its sights set on new wearable technology, according to a recent patent filing in Korea. Samsung has registered a design patent for eyewear that connects to a smartphone, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The eyewear includes earphones that allow people to listen to phone calls or music. According to the Journal, the eyewear shows information on the …

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• 25 October

  Samsung Galaxy S3 outpaces iPhone 5S, 5C in touch accuracy

  

  Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C have a bit of improving to do on the touch-accuracy front, according to new data from OptoFidelity, a Finland-based tech test and measurement company. OptoFidelity said that it used its own Touch Panel Performance Tester to measure the iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, and Samsung Galaxy S3. The device uses a robot to “touch” exact …

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• 25 October

  YouView and live Premier League games coming to Plusnet

  

  BT Sport and YouView are coming to Plusnet. The Internet service provider kicks off BT Sport’s live Premier League games next month, with YouView to follow. Plusnet is holding trials over the next few months of YouView, the online-connected set-top box that puts catch-up and on-demand viewing into your telly alongside your regular channels. YouView is currently given away free …

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• 24 October

  Qualcomm adds new high

  

  AMSTERDAM — Electrical wires hardly have the glamor of 4G mobile networks or invisibly small microchip transistors. But Qualcomm hopes a faster new version of technology called HomePlug will breathe new high-tech life into homes’ old wiring. Qualcomm’s Atheros division makes processors that let devices such as set-top boxes and wireless network range extenders communicate over power lines using HomePlug. …

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• 24 October

  ChargeKey adds a sync cable to your keychain

  

  One of my favorite products to come out of CES 2013 was the Nomad ChargeCard, a smartphone sync/charge cable barely larger than a credit card — and therefore able to ride around in your wallet. Nomad’s ChargeKey is its logical successor, a smartphone sync/charge cable that rides around on your keychain. I don’t need to hit CES 2014 to know …

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• 24 October

  BT ad banned for blaming Wi

  

  BT Broadband broadbanned! Advertising watchdogs have vetoed a BT Home Hub advert that tried to blame your Wi-Fi problems on your phone. “There’s no end of things around the home that can disrupt your wireless Internet,” burbles the now-banned advert, followed by shots of mobile phones and radios. Look at those fiendish mobile phones and radios, whispers BT between the …

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• 24 October

  Android 4.4 KitKat more for TVs than phones, report says

  

  Google could be turning on your goggle box with KitKat. The Android 4.4 update could do more for your television than it does for your phone, if new reports are to be believed. Korea’s ETNews reports that KitKat will feature an interface that’s designed to scale up to a connected smart TV’s larger screen, as well as improved interaction between a …

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• 24 October

  Taiwan fines Samsung for trolling HTC

  

  Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has slapped Samsung’s wrist and fined the company over an online smear campaign against rival HTC. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Back in April, the FTC kicked off its investigation into allegations that Samsung had paid students to post negative reviews about HTC products while at the same time recommending Samsung phones. The Washington Post is reporting that …

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• 24 October

  Android 4.4 KitKat update could focus on TV, report says

  

  Android 4.4 Kitkat could place added emphasis on connected televisions and not simply smartphones, says Korea’s ETNews. The publication cited sources familiar with the situation, who said that the next version of Android will improve the way that TVs and Android-powered devices work together. The report didn’t offer any specifics, but it did mention an enhanced user interface. Related stories: …

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