ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. From December 2013 to January 2014, it is presented by Qualcomm Toq.December may seem like an odd time of year to double down on writing about fitness. The holiday season brings the culinary debacle of Thanksgiving...
This contributed piece on the importance of APIs is from Brian Koles, Head of Business Development at ChallengePost.If I told you that I had a computer with the fastest processor and best display ever, but that it would never connect to the internet, you would likely consider it obsolete. That...
So. You think apps are made my mad coders, silent geeks of wizzkids on energydrinks? That hackathons, Tizen challenges or AppBattles are in closed rooms, semi dark and massive LED screens? Think again! Or rather: Take a look at 3 minutes of people having fun in developing, in creating a...
Friday, December 13 in the early morning (at 7pm!) an odd bunch of nervous, happy people will walk into the Epitech in Toulouse. Nervous, because they can win money with their Tizen app or idea and happy because they are just a few months ago before these apps are to...
Samsung has been championing its own messaging app or potential platform for quite a while now. In the last few months it has added a whopping 50 Million to take its total number of users to over 100 Million. ChatOn comes preinstalled in the majority of Samsung's phones. Google...
Android is big in tablets. The problem is that no one has a clue how big it is. While Apple happily reports its rising unit sales for tablets, Samsung and other major Android distributors keep mum. Hence, we're largely left in the dark as to just how many Android tablets...
Lumia 1020 with Samsung Galaxy S4 and Motorola Moto XUbiquitous computing is taking over the world, one boatload of smartphones at a time. More than a billion smartphones will be shipped this year according to International Data Corp’s (IDC) World Wide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Smartphone shipments will grow 39.3% from...
Sorry, this not like the old days were words like "hot" and "sex" would get you to the top of search results. And yet we're talking about stripping to the bare bones to get dressed up in what might be the Emperor's new clothes. History In the beginning, a mobile (camera)...
In recent times Intel has been struggling in the Mobile Processor race with ARM dominating this sector. Intel will continue their fight in phones and tablets with their new range of processors, but there is another battle ground and that is wearables i.e Technology that you can wear, which...
If there’s one takeaway from the $11,111 Blossom One Wi-Fi-enabled coffee maker, perhaps it’s this: There simply aren’t enough things for rich people to spend their money on.Or maybe they just tend to be really ridiculously serious about coffee. After all, these owners can do everything from geeking out over...
OK, so you want to be a Tizen programmer, developer or just a guru? This week you'll have a brilliant excuse to visit St. Petersburg in Russia. Workshops, a challenge and many people to meet! Off-topic though pretty important too: It's one of the most beautiful cities you can visit...
Chris Croteau is an association director and the manager of platform and business management for Intel. He told CITE world that Tizen-powered devices should be commercially available “early next year.” We have already received Tizen, albeit in stealth mode, the Tizen based Samsung Smart Camera. Remember: You've probably been reading...
Japanese Mobile Carrier NTT Docomo are One of the first members of the Tizen Association and have not made it any secret that they want a Tizen phone on their network. What has not appeared are a user agent string on Samsung's website that points to the Model number as...
Another tidbit of Tizen related news? CrucialTec has developed a Biometric CrucialTec Trackpad (BTP) which is a combination of a fingerprint recognition sensor and a track pad. This function (the addition of OTP technology Optical Trackpad technology and improving the status of CrucialTec life in general by providing not only the...
It only seems like yesterday we were talking about 64-bit processors, well it certainly wasn't that long ago that Samsung also confirmed that they’re working on 64-bit processors as well. Now we have a “senior ARM official” reportedly confirming that the 64-bit CPU will make it to a Samsung...
With Tizen poised for centre stage (a little bit of drama), we knew that it was being tested by various Mobile Carriers world wide. Today ZDnet Korean reports that a prototype smartphone running Tizen is now being tested live by Korean mobile operators. Well, tickle me pink and call...
Guest author Rob Grossberg is the CEO of TreSensa, a game development and distribution company for the mobile Web.In April of 2010, Steve Jobs penned an open letter titled "Thoughts on Flash" in which he stated the "new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win". Facebook...
Like ever so often the world is divided in camps: Those that know, love A and hate B; Those that know. hate A and love B, Those with knowledge to see good elements in both A and B and Those who know little but are either in A or...
Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside introduces the Moto GMotorola today announced the Moto G, a mid-market smartphone designed to give consumers a high quality experience for the fraction of the price. The Moto G is the global successor to Motorola's well-received Moto X and sports better quality hardware than most cheaper...
This is a post in the ReadWriteHome series, which explores the implications of living in connected homes.When it comes to the connected home, it’s natural for people to assume they’ll be masters of their domestic domain. Unfortunately, some may wind up becoming victims instead. Just ask Marc Gilbert. He and his wife...
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