Posts Tagged ‘ device ’

Samsung Galaxy S4 in Aurora Red to launch exclusively with AT&T on June 14, pre-orders open May 24

May 23, 2013
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Samsung Galaxy S4 in Aurora Red to launch exclusively with AT&T on June 14, pre-orders open May 24

AT&T revealed today that it has exclusive rights to stock the new Samsung Galaxy S4 in Aurora Red, a new color variant announced earlier today when the smartphone passed 10 million global sales. The device will be available to buy both in-store and online from June 14, although pre-orders are opening on May 24 (tomorrow).…

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Cross-platform Google Play Games service unveiled with cloud saving, achievements and multiplayer

May 15, 2013
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Cross-platform Google Play Games service unveiled with cloud saving, achievements and multiplayer

Google has unveiled a video game center for its Android mobile operating system today, called Google Play Games. Rumors of a dedicated platform aimed at both casual and ‘hardcore’ gamers, featuring achievements, lobbies, leaderboards and multiplayer support, have been circulating for some time now. Today, at the annual developer-focused I/O conference in California, those rumors have been confirmed.…

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Sony quietly begins selling the Xperia Z in the US for $629.99, initially 3G version only

May 6, 2013
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Sony quietly begins selling the Xperia Z in the US for $629.99, initially 3G version only

Sony’s Xperia Z is now available for purchase in the US, after the company quietly began selling the 5-inch smartphone online for $629.99. The model on sale is the 3G HSPA+ model, as Xperia Blog notes, and there is no LTE version listed for now. That suggests that the 4G version is being saved for an exclusive carrier launch,…

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Mozilla launches Firefox OS 3.0 Simulator with push to device, rotation simulation, geolocation API, and more

May 2, 2013
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Mozilla launches Firefox OS 3.0 Simulator with push to device, rotation simulation, geolocation API, and more

Mozilla on Thursday announced the release of Firefox OS Simulator 3.0, polishing all the features in the preview release and adding a few more. You can download version 3.0 now for Windows, Mac, and Linux from Mozilla Add-Ons. The simulator installs as an extension in Firefox, so you’ll need Mozilla’s browser to try it out.…

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Pro tennis player David Ferrer accidentally tweets praise for Samsung Galaxy S4 from an iPhone

April 30, 2013
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Pro tennis player David Ferrer accidentally tweets praise for Samsung Galaxy S4 from an iPhone

Oops. We’ve got another celebrity promotion gaffe on our hands after tennis player David Ferrer sent out a tweet praising Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 smartphone from an iPhone, as noted by AppleInsider. The tweet noted that he was happy with the S4 and was using the new S Health feature to help with his training.…

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ISEC7 und BlackBerry schließen strategische Partnerschaft für BlackBerry 10 Readiness Services

April 29, 2013
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ISEC7 und BlackBerry schließen strategische Partnerschaft für BlackBerry 10 Readiness Services

29.04.2013 | 15:29 ISEC7 und BlackBerry schlieen strategische Partnerschaft fr BlackBerry 10 Readiness Services Hamburg (ots) - ISEC7 und BlackBerry schlieen eine strategische Partnerschaft. Als Partner von BlackBerry wird der fhrende Anbieter von Dienstleistungen und Softwarelsungen im Mobility-Bereich ab sofort Unternehmen bei der Umstellung auf die neue BlackBerry 10-Plattform untersttzen. ISEC7 bietet dazu drei BlackBerry…

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What is the proper etiquette for Google Glass in a public bathroom? Nothing, really, according to Scoble

April 26, 2013
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What is the proper etiquette for Google Glass in a public bathroom? Nothing, really, according to Scoble

At the TNW conference here in Amsterdam, Robert Scoble sat with Andrew Keen to discuss the privacy implications of the Google Glass hardware project. TNW’s early discussions of the Glass project strayed toward the lurid quickly, with one of our employees noting that the devices could be used to record sexual encounters, allowing partners to see…

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Sony launches second open source Android project, this time for its Xperia Z smartphone

April 23, 2013
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Sony launches second open source Android project, this time for its Xperia Z smartphone

Last year Sony launched an open source project to allow developers to tinker with the Xperia S and now, nearly six months later, it has introduced a similar AOSP (Android Open Source Project) for its new, water-resistant Xperia Z smartphone. The Xperia Z project is being overseen by Johan Redestig and Björn Andersson, the two engineers that ran…

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Google Glass code hints at spatial gestures, including two-finger browser zoom and winking to take a photo

April 22, 2013
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Google Glass code hints at spatial gestures, including two-finger browser zoom and winking to take a photo

Google appears to be planning an interesting set of gestures for its Glass project, letting you apparently use your fingers, head, and eyes to perform certain functions. Two examples include being able to use two fingers to zoom in and out of the browser, apparently just like on a touch device, as well as winking…

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Sanofi Announces Call for Submissions for Ignite: The Diabetes Ideas Challenge

April 16, 2013
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Sanofi Announces Call for Submissions for Ignite: The Diabetes Ideas Challenge

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Worldwide invitation to create and submit concepts for a potential next-generation insulin delivery device - Sanofi announced today that it is accepting submissions for Ignite: The Diabetes Ideas Challenge ("Ignite Challenge"). The web-based Ignite Challenge invites patients, caregivers, designers, engineers, and innovators from around the globe to submit ideas that could…

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