TiVo’s new Roamio DVRs provide a host of new improvements, including faster performance, better software, more tuners, built-in Wi-Fi, built-in/better support for whole-home solutions like TiVo’s Stream and TiVo Mini boxes, and out-of-home streaming. With the new hardware comes the inevitable question from the thousands of people who already own a current TiVo: “What about …
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18 August
Samsung to release a 12
Samsung will buck the trend toward small tablets with a 12-incher, according to the Korea Economic Daily. The Daily speculates that it will be released in October sometime, citing industry sources. The brief report adds that Samsung Electronics is still “engaged in development” of the device. The largest screen size on a Samsung tablet to date is 11.6 inches. The …
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18 August
Google patents ‘pay per gaze’ to track viewing of offline and online ads
As spotted by The Verge, Google has been granted a patent to track “gaze direction information” to see when users are looking at and responding to advertising in the both the real world and online. (Credit: Google/USTPO) US Patent number US008510166, which Google initially applied for in May 2011, details the use of a head-mounted sensor to determine when you …
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18 August
What is Ultraviolet?
The digital movie service is now live in Australia, but what actually is Ultraviolet and how do you use it? (Credit: Ultraviolet) Ultraviolet has been operating overseas since late 2011, and it’s now made it to Australian shores. But what is Ultraviolet and how does it work? To over simplify things, Ultraviolet is like a storage shelf for the digital …
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17 August
Firefox OS faces brutal road ahead
Can a browser transform into a phone? Firefox maker Mozilla certainly hopes so, but skepticism among analysts has been the backdrop to Mozilla’s claims of growing customer interest in its small, plasticky, and brightly colored Firefox phones. Those phones have seen rapid expansion of availability in their first month on the market, from initial sales only in Spain, to now …
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17 August
Tips for buying and selling used iPhones
With an Apple announcement expected in the coming weeks, iPhone season is upon us once again. And that means that anxious Apple fans are plotting their best options for selling their old devices to buy the new one. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer some advice to a reader about the best time to sell an old iPhone …
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17 August
Choose your next iPhone
September 10 appears to be D-Day for the next iPhone. We know it will run iOS 7. But beyond that, everything else is up in the air. Will there be one iPhone model or two? How big will the screen be? What will be the upgrades over the current iPhone 5? We don’t know the answers to any of those …
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16 August
Samsung Galaxy Gear watch will surf the Web, make calls
The Samsung Gear smart watch is set to be the surprise guest at the unveiling of the new Samsung Galaxy Note on 4 September — beating Apple’s iWatch by a long way. The hotly rumoured Galaxy Gear is expected to be a smart watch that runs Android and talks to your phone. Despite its small size, Bloomberg reports it will …
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16 August
BlackBerry CEO Heins to net $55.6M if fired after acquisition
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has little to lose if his company is eventually bought out. BlackBerry recently released a proxy filing dating back to May in which the company outlined its handling of CEO Thorsten Heins in the event it’s acquired and he’s removed from his post. According to the filing, which was obtained by Bloomberg, Heins would make $55.6 …
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16 August
iPhone 5S to get 128GB model, analyst reckons
The new iPhone will move the goalposts in terms of smart phone storage, with a whopping 128GB capacity option, according to one analyst’s predictions. KSI Securities industry navel-gazer Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the new iPhone will offer the bumped-up storage as an option for those who crave plenty of space for photos and videos, 9to5Mac reports. Earlier this year Apple released …
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