This post is sponsored by SanDisk. As a promotional post, it reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.While some gadgets get snapped up for their dazzling graphics, sleek designs, and responsive features, there's a key aspect that many people don't consider when they snap a device off the...
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are still video game consoles—sort of. But as Microsoft and Sony ready their next-gen machines to lay siege to the living room, only a many-armed home entertainment behemoth capable of being all things to all people will emerge victorious. Yes, that could still be...
Google’s Android operating system may be the rock star of mobile world, but it has another group of rock stars that are trying to knock it from its perch.Google, Samsung, HTC and basically every major Android hardware manufacturer have been hit with a patent lawsuit from the Rockstar Consortium, a...
Here is a presentation entitled "Introduction to the Tizen Ecosystem" It talks about the Openness and neutrality exhibited by the Tizen project which attracts other mobile device manufacturers such as Sony and ZTE who want to get involved to commercialise Tizen devices in their product portfolio in the future....
There was something odd in the latest issue of Wired magazine: eight full-page ads (totaling nearly 4% of the magazine) were taken out by traditional non-smartwatch companies like Rolex, Tudor, Seiko and Burberry.It seems bizarre that a magazine dedicated to exploring emerging technologies would dedicate so much space to a...
ReadWriteBuilders is a series of interviews with developers, designers and other architects of the programmable future.When CEO and founder Eric Migicovsky put his humble-yet-stylish Pebble smartwatch on Kickstarter last year, he was a little known player in the tech scene. Now, after raising millions in crowd-sourced funding and jumpstarting the...
Interesting news comes in all shapes and sizes and this weekend there was some interesting news which only has one source. The website Tizen Indonesia reported that the Chinese Telecommunications Giant Huawei has joined the Tizen Technical Steering Group (TSG) which is the main group that governs Tizen...
Intel’s BayTrail processors are based on their 22nm Silvermont architecture, the latest, greatest and full of promise. Intel has recognised the dramatic shift towards mobile devices, and is apparently ready to take on the challenge. Intel allowed Engadget to benchmark their BayTrial processor on an Android reference tablet. The...
Update October 2, 2013: A new Chromecast source has joined the lineup: Hulu Plus now officially supports streaming to Google's device. For more, visit this link. When Google took the wraps off its little Chromecast TV streaming stick this summer, it was cute, dirt-cheap and full of promise. And now… well,...
Sony and Microsoft are betting big on their first console launches in seven and eight years, respectively. But it's no longer just their show.Valve—the company behind Steam, the hit digital-games distribution service—has a wrench to toss into the living-room works. The company has just announced SteamOS, a wide-open operating system that...
Samsung has made its play for our wrists, and it's a doozy. Its showy unveiling of the $299 Galaxy Gear was clearly designed to position the smartwatch as a hot lifestyle gadget. The company showed off a slew of Gear features that work from the start—taking photos, speech commands, counting its user's...
The release date for Microsoft's new Xbox One is here at long last: November 22. The date primes Microsoft for the holiday season—you don't say!—but also puts it a week behind rival Sony, which will launch its PlayStation 4 on November 15.Microsoft's new console is now timed to launch on...
The CBS television network and other channels controlled by its parents returned to Time Warner Cable systems Monday evening, after the companies resolved an ongoing dispute. One key issue: Whether CBS would be able to sell its content to new, Internet-delivered pay-TV systems like Netflix and ones under development by...
This is a post in Back To School, an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers technology trends in education for parents and educators.Preparing for college can be emotional, hectic and, of course, expensive.According to the National Retail Federation, total back-to-college spending will reach $45.8 billion, the largest portion of which will...
Editor's note: This post was originally published by our partners at PopSugar Tech.Mix one part college dropout, two parts entrepreneurial spirit, three parts vision . . . and you've got a one-of-a-kind Steve Jobs. The movie starring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple visionary, Jobs, hits theaters Aug. 16. Apple's iconic...
Bloomberg reports that Samsung will indeed announce its own smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, at a press event on September 4.Not that smartwatches are anything new—see Pebble and Sony. And the rumor of a Samsung device has been going on for months. But if the wire service's two anonymous sources are...
Yesterday, news filtered out that Apple's board of directors is starting to get worried about Apple's precipitous slide. If Fox Business' sources can be believed, the board has expressed concern about the company's "pace of innovation." You don't say? As founder of MacWEEK all I can add is, "it's déjà...
It's easy to get sucked into the frenetic shiny-new-thing buying cycle—especially when it comes to gaming. Nintendo's Wii U is in the wild, and thanks to Microsoft and Sony, there's a powerful new generation of consoles right around the corner. The graphics are going to blow your mind, the games...
Last year, I couldn't wait to give the bigger iPhone 5 a whirl. Now I can't wait to give it up.Although I loved the way the 4-inch screen made reading, gameplay and video-viewing feel more immersive, over time that love turned to hate. Fighting to cram it into my small go-bag...
British eyeballs can rest easy now. The BBC is putting its two-year 3D television pilot program on hold, citing lack of viewer interest. When the Dr. Who 50th anniversary show airs during the 2013 holiday season, it will mark the last 3D offering by the broadcaster for the foreseeable future. The...
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