Apple isn't doing too badly with iOS adoption rates: As it releases iOS 9 to the world today, the company also posted a graphic on its App Store support page showing iOS 8 installations have reached 87% of devices. iOS 7 made up 11%, with older software accounting for 2%. As Apple is always...
As far as consumers are concerned, virtual reality headsets have been in the pipeline for a long, long time. Consider the Oculus Rift, one of the most well-known of the new breed—it met its Kickstarter funding goal in September 2012, but won't be on general sale before 2016, making for...
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Guest author Kent Dickson is the CEO and cofounder of Yonomi, maker of a smart-home app. Smart homes should simplify our lives. When connected TVs in these residences come on, other devices are supposed to react. Ideally lights will dim, the phone’s ringer will mute and the speakers will stop playing...
We have been waiting for Tizen smartwatches to be compatible with non-samsung smartphones for a long time now, and there is some good news that was annouced at the Samsung Gear S2 showcase event. Samsung are allowing non-samsung devices to connect to suitable Android smartphones!!! There are a couple...
Samsung Gear S2 Smartwatch Samsung showcased the Tizen based Samsung Gear S2 at IFA 2015. The Smartwatch was Introduced by Younghee Lee, Executive VP Global Marketing for IT & Mobile Division, as a device that is "ahead of the curve" and it takes bravery to stay ahead of the...
From the beginning, HTC’s promise of delivering a consumer-ready virtual-reality headset by the end of the year seemed fantastical (in all senses of the word). How is the Taiwanese company, which announced the Vive early this year, going to release its VR system so quickly?The answer: It’s not. While a...
Guest author Kyle Samani is the cofounder and CEO of Pristine, a maker of video-based field-service solutions.Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are becoming hot buzzwords in the tech ecosystem. Giant companies are placing bets and investors are pouring capital into the space.Facebook bought Oculus for a cool $2...
According to a Recode report, Nokia may be entering the virtual reality fray with a headset of its own. Its sources peg a product unveiling for the Finnish company next week at an exclusive event in Los Angeles. See also: Virtual-Reality Films Could Put The Whole Industry In The SpotlightFrom a...
Streamlined blogging platform Medium rolled out a new login process Monday that throws the trusty old password out the window. Instead, you simply enter an email address or phone number, and a temporary login link lands in your inbox or phone—just like password reset or account verification links used by sites when...
When I dropped in last month on David Ulevitch, the CEO of OpenDNS, he was cheerily bounding around the rapidly expanding home base of his Internet security empire in San Francisco's SoMa district. He'd taken over the other side of the building where OpenDNS is headquartered.Now Cisco, an investor in...
Samsung’s premium SUHD range of TVs has already been selling in the tech giants homeland of Korea, and it seems that it has been well received, as there is confirmation that over 10,000 SUHD TVs have been sold since they went on sale in mid-February. The Samsung range of...
Apple supposedly wants to put a FaceTime camera in its next smartwatch, along with more wireless support, 9to5Mac sources say. Although its original Apple Watch has only been on the market for a couple of months, the company may have plenty of reason to focus on the next generation device already....
Microsoft hit gamers with a blizzard of announcements Monday at E3, the industry's big annual conference. You'll likely hear buzz about new, exclusive Halo, Forza, and Tomb Raider games. But one announcement blew Microsoft’s fans away: On stage, the company showed off a new demo of what it’ll be like to...
Asustek Computer Inc, the Taiwan-based company known widely as Asus, appears to be doing some window shopping—and it's eyeing fellow Taiwanese tech maker HTC, Reuters reports. The brief story's careful wording stops short of declaring the former's intentions, stating that "[Asus] has not ruled out the possibility of acquiring struggling smartphone...
Sony has now confirmed that their PlayStation Now game streaming service is now live and available on select Samsung Tizen Smart TVs in the United States and Canada. The Japanese company has been scaling up its PlayStation Now cloud-based game streaming service, which was previously only limited to the...
At a press event in San Francisco Thursday, Facebook's Oculus VR unit announced a hardware and software partnership with Microsoft to help bring its virtual-reality wares to market.First, we'll see a wireless Xbox One controller and PC adapter packed into every Oculus Rift headset package. Additionally, the Rift will natively...
As the virtual reality boom draws near, developers have to adjust to a new software-making reality. Fortunately, game companies joining the ranks are bringing new tools with them specifically for creators of games and apps. The latest: Unity Technologies. See also: Google Jump Will Revolutionize Making Virtual-Reality ExperiencesTuesday, Unity Technologies, maker...
Here’s some good news for Android TV users: Now there are apps you can download. Like, about 600 more of them.And it's good news for developers as well, who can have confidence their TV-optimized apps might gain an audience.It's all thanks to an update to the Android TV Play Store...
Blocks Wearables, a UK-based startup that’s been working on a modular smartwatch since early 2014, announced its plan Tuesday to release its first product through a crowdfunding campaign set to launch this summer. The company earned a finalist spot in Intel’s Make it Wearable contest in late 2014, and the...
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