Following on the heels of rumors about HTC’s possible acquisition by Google, the Taiwan Stock Exchange has said trading in shares of HTC will be halted on Sept. 21. The TWSE said in a statement: TWSE announced trading in the shares of HTC Corporation and the securities underlying the company will be halted starting from …
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If you like websites that look polished and load faster, good news: A technology called OpenType Variable Fonts is about to arrive. Adobe, Microsoft, Google and Apple created OpenType Variable Font technology in 2016 so designers and website developers could customize their typefaces. A font adapted with the technology essentially comes with a bunch of sliders that let people pick …
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The iPhone 8 is an augmented reality phone. But guess what? The iPhone in your pocket might very well be, too. Before the new iPhones were announced, I told some coworkers that I thought ARKit and its apps — which promise to place virtual things in our real world — would be a bigger story than the new iPhones. Most …
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On Facebook‘s industrial-looking campus in Menlo Park, California, a mundane white wall makes up the exterior of one of the buildings, not far from Mark Zuckerberg’s desk. In April, the social network’s founder and CEO insisted someone put a plaque on the wall to commemorate the space. All over Facebook’s offices worldwide, the walls are decorated by work from artists …
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Weeks before Apple announced the iPhone X, Samsung threw down its own top-tier challenge: the Galaxy Note 8. The Note 8 is a tremendous phone, powerful and packed with features that include a dual-camera setup, a pretty good portrait mode and the signature S Pen stylus. But it also plays it safe, blending last year’s disaster-stricken Galaxy Note 7 and this …
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Samsung wants more of us to use Samsung Pay. So it’s launching its Rewards program in Singapore, the first country in Southeast Asia and the third in the world. The Korean electronics giant previously released the loyalty program in the US and South Korea in Nov. 2016 and March 2017, respectively. The program awarded Samsung Pay users points for each …
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Don’t expect a hologram of Princess Leia to pop out of the Hydrogen One phone, pleading “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” But in a different way Leia will be inside the $1,200 phone due to arrive next year. Red, the high-end cinema camera maker behind the Hydrogen One, said Friday that a startup called Leia is providing …
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This is part of our Road Trip 2017 summer series “The Smartest Stuff,” about how innovators are thinking up new ways to make you — and the world around you — smarter. Well before sunrise, I pull my SLR, a super-sturdy carbon-fiber tripod and a gargantuan $11,500 camera lens out of my car’s trunk. I’d driven two hours through the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Leading his division by a long way? Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox / Getty Images For a company that has given a good impression of being a touch dull in recent times, Apple still seems to bump into successes like a sleepwalker stumbles into doorways. Why, …
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At its IFA keynote, Microsoft has announced the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10 will start rolling out on October 17. The free update, originally announced in May, will include improved support for mixed reality and virtual reality devices, a new photo app and many tweaks to the overall design and usability of Windows 10. The keynote and accompanying blog post, …
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