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...
Samsung has a couple of development devices for Tizen out there, and now the first official Tizen-running tablet has been launched in Japan by Systena Corporation, a leading provider of IT solutions and cloud computing in the country. The tablet – a 10-inch unit with a WUXGA (1900 x...
The mobile market is about to get interesting. For years, Apple has dominated both market and profit share, with Google's Android more recently having severely cut into Apple's market share while also taking a bite out of profits.Meanwhile, almost completely forgotten in the mix is Firefox OS, Mozilla's browser-centric mobile...
Samsung smartwatch patent. Image source: Moveplayer.The first of a long line of expected smartwatches is likely to be announced next week. Next Wednesday, Samsung is likely to announce a very big new smartphone (the Galaxy Note III) and a very small mobile device, a smartwatch that may go by the...
The road to wearable watches has been long and bumpy, leading some to wonder whether this technology will ever be deployed.The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is "aggressively" hiring team members to work on the so-called iWatch.The company has begun hiring "aggressively" for the project in recent weeks, say...
Images of the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and 10.1 have been leaked by Moveplayer. We knew some possible specifications of the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 from a post I wrote last week. But more specifications of both models have been leaked. Although the image of the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 does appear...
It's official: patent litigation is a fool's game. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, the past few years of patent litigation in the mobile industry have yielded participants very little, as courts have swatted down suits on the basis of prior art, obviousness of the technology or other reasons....
As Google picks up its pace on rolling out fiber Internet service - announcing Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah in the past 10 days - one has to admire the sheer hubris of what it's doing. Just as in mobile, Google is forcing the industry to provide low-cost access to...
Last week, Google's Motorola Mobility division axed 1,200 jobs - about 10% of its workforce. These latest cuts were in addition to the 4,000 job reductions Motorola announced last August. In a statement released to the press, Motorola glumly stated:These cuts are a continuation of the reductions we announced last summer. It's...
My nephew called me the other day, the morning before Apple released it fourth quarter earnings last week, and asked me if he should buy Apple stock. His "friend," a stock broker, said he couldn't think of "one good reason why not to buy the stock."I didn't get a chance...
What do you do if your teenage daughter is addicted to videogames and Internet porn? For one South Korea family, the answer is to enroll your daughter in a horse riding therapy program. And by all accounts, it did the trick.Horse TherapyI guess that’s one way to sublimate your daughter’s...
Intel introduced a new wrinkle into the Windows 8 tablet market on Thursday by launching an upgrade of its entry-level Atom chip line best known for (under)powering netbooks. The more powerful but still low-cost Windows 8-compatible microprocessor challenges the need for Windows RT tablets powered by ARM chips.At the debut...
First, 3D came to the movie theater. Then companies like Samsung started to make 3D televisions to bring the experience home. Tablets and phones like the Motorola Xoom and some Android devices from LG took 3D mobile.Now, YouTube, Firefox and Nvidia are trying to bring 3D to the Web. Firefox...
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