There’s no doubt that Google wants to own all of the screens in our lives, from the little ones on our wrists (and thermostats), to the larger ones in our pockets and car dashboards. But of all the screens it’s now pursuing, the biggest one of them all is the...
Exciting times are ahead of application and platform developers with the release of Tizen Common as it has the ability to run on the Intel NUC DE3815TYKHE, which was one of the giveaways at the Tizen Developer Conference (as well as the Samsung Gear 2) If you have a...
Rumors of the demise of Google's Nexus line of "pure Android" devices have been greatly exaggerated. When Google launches the official release of the new version Android L later this year, expect a new Nexus device as well. True, Google is changing the way it rolls out high-end Android smartphones. It's...
Google doled out free smartwatches running Android Wear at its I/O 2014 developer event today, but that's not all. The company also handed out ... cardboard. Yes, really. Google encouraged a room full of thousands of developers and hundreds of press-types to take little sheets of cardboard and fold them into...
Google packed its I/O keynote presentation full of Android. The Android Wear software developer kit is ready to go, and Google laid out its plans for taking over your car and your living room. Android apps will soon run on Chromebooks and Samsung is making a Android Wear smartwatch. But Google...
Google announced that its Android Wear smartwatches are finally hitting the market. The Android LG smartwatch will be available to order today. Samsung is also getting into the Android Wear market with the Samsung Gear Live which will also be available for order today. The much-coveted Moto 360 smartwatch, however,...
The keynote address at Google's annual developer conference, I/O 2014, is over—but ReadWrite's coverage is just getting started. See below for a list of our stories so far, as well as our live-tweet coverage and video of the presentation.ReadWrite's complete coverage of Google I/O 2014:Google Previews The Next Big Release...
Google is about ready to set its yearly agenda. Its I/O conference, which starts Wednesday, is Google's main opportunity to showcase what it's been working on across its sprawling techno-empire. We don't know if Google will continue to throw everything but the kitchen sink into its keynote address like it...
A few weeks ago, I became a statistic. I was at a bus terminal in San Francisco when a stranger jumped out and grabbed my iPhone out of my hands.My adrenaline-addled brain did everything wrong—things like chasing the thief, which could have gotten me injured, or worse. (Just thinking of...
Guest author Chris McConnell, a designer, writer and entrepreneur, goes hands-on with the coolest consumer tech products at DailyTekk.I’ve got a problem. I love the camera on my iPhone. It’s become an appendage—like an arm, or hand. If it was amputated from my life I’d feel like I’d truly lost a...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.Yes, it’s tiresome how every new startup describes itself as an “X, but for Y." When an early employee of Uber started working on a doctors-on-demand service, everyone inevitably called it an “Uber for healthcare,” ridiculing it as...
A whole lot of “whoa” went into Amazon’s new Fire Phone. Its Firefly feature lets you look at anything, anywhere, and instantly buy it. Dynamic Perspective takes movement related gesture control to a degree not yet seen in smartphones. Mayday brings next generation customer service. The Fire Phone is packed...
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything.Let's disrupt "disruption."My boss, ReadWrite editor-in-chief Owen Thomas, and I disagree, feistily and frequently, about a variety of topics. We had profound differences of opinion...
The Russia Tizen App Challenge has been launched with the aim of bringing talented application and game developers to the new Tizen platform, for new challenges and above all new opportunities. The competition has started on the 9th June and is open to citizens of the Russia or Ukraine,...
A linux based phone, tablet, TV or anything will always feel a little inadequate without a real terminal application running on it. After all we love to look, prod, tinker as much as we can, and with the upcoming Samsung Z that is launching in Russia soon, we need...
For years, he told you to shut off the lights and turn the heat down. Now, for Father’s Day, you could make sure he’s covered with these easy-to-use smart home products and other connected devices.The best part: These items can be picked up from Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, Target, Apple...
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.Salesforce, the maker of online tools for tracking customers and helping employees collaborate, is the latest company to try and capture the buzz around wearable devices, following in the Nike-clad footsteps of Samsung and Apple. Earlier this week,...
Old skool and new gear combine nicely in the latest rebirth of Tetris, one of the most popular games of the 1980's. The game, developed by Russian developer Alexy Pajitinov, changed the way we were used to play games. It has been introduced June 6th, 1984 and is probably the...
The Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco was a great place to be, with all the Tizen demo's and hardware in the shape of the Tizen TV, Tizen Smart watches, Tizen Smart phone, and also the Intel NUC device, that runs Tizen common. There was also some excellent keynotes,...
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything.I finally traded in my old iPad 2 for a brand new iPad Air. I didn’t really want to, but part of my professional obligation is...
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