What’s black and white and green all over? The Samsung Galaxy S4, which is the first smart phone to be handed a prestigious industry award for its sustainable credentials. The S4 has been certified by TCO, a body that evaluates gadgets to see how socially-conscious, environmentally-friendly and economical a device is. The certification shows that …
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16 May
Samsung Galaxy S4 sells 6 million, smashes S3 records
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has sold more than 6 million phones, selling as many in five days as the S3 managed in three weeks. Korean paper The Chosun Ilbo quotes an unnamed Samsung boss who claims the S4 shifted a whopping 4 million units in its first five days on sale. Samsung reckons that by the end of this month, more …
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16 May
Samsung Galaxy S4 video is shakier than rivals in test
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is an undeniable powerhouse of a phone, boasting a Full HD screen, a wildly fast quad-core processor and a host of Samsung software. It has an excellent 13-megapixel camera too, but how does it cope with capturing video? To find out, I’ve pitted it against the other smart phone top dogs, the iPhone 5, HTC One, Nokia …
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16 May
Samsung changes mind, will look at storage on Galaxy S4
Samsung has backed down on the Galaxy S4‘s limited storage after the phone appeared on the BBC’s Watchdog, saying it will try to squeeze its myriad features into a smaller space, freeing up more memory for apps. The Beeb’s consumer affairs show investigated the Android powerhouse’s claims of 16GB of storage, after users complained the phone has only half of …
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16 May
Google Now vs. Siri: Virtual assistants duke it out (video)
Now playing: Watch this: Google Now vs. Siri: The results speak for themselves 7:40 Good assistants — the kind you can’t live without — are hard to come by. For starters, they should always be on time; any lag simply won’t do. They should also get things right the first time, because who has time for inaccuracies? And, last of …
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16 May
Samsung to consider freeing up memory in Galaxy S4
Samsung is changing its tune regarding Galaxy S4’s storage after the phone appeared on the BBC’s Watchdog, saying it will try to squeeze its myriad features into a smaller space, freeing up more memory for apps. The BBC’s consumer affairs show investigated the Android powerhouse’s claims of 16GB of storage, after users complained the phone has only half of that …
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16 May
Drool
Though the white version of the LG Nexus 4 began floating around the Interwebs as early as January, it may officially hit the Google Play Store starting June 10. Related stories LG once out-iPhoned the iPhone. Now it’s exiting the phone business completely Don’t bother with Android tablets A look back at the cutting-edge tech of 2010 — and how …
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16 May
Google Glass apps: Striving for the familiar (hands
Scott Stein/CNET To hear the news today, yes indeed, Google Glass has a number of new apps available for it: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, CNN, Evernote, and even Elle Magazine join The New York Times, Path, Google+, Gmail, and Google Now, starting today. But, what does that mean? For those who haven’t worn Glass (and that’s most people), hearing “apps” suggests …
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16 May
Android to assimilate Bluetooth Smart technology
One of the many announcements flooding out of Google I/O that may have gotten lost in the shuffle is Android’s expected support for Bluetooth Smart technology. This may seem like an odd development, especially if you know that many Android devices already feature Bluetooth 4.0, the version in which Bluetooth Smart (that is, Bluetooth Low Energy) first appeared. What’s new …
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16 May
Pebble improves its app communication skills
Now playing: Watch this: Pebble Watch hands-on: how smart is this smartwatch? 4:09 The Pebble smartwatch certainly took its sweet time getting off the ground, but today the people who created Pebble say they have enhanced its application capabilities. Now able to talk in detail between phone and watch, Pebble apps promise true two-way communication. So what does that really …
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