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Amazon Developing Android Smartphone

Amazon is developing an Android-based smartphone to compliment its Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers, according to a new report. Two unnamed sources told Bloomberg that Amazon is working with China-based factory Foxconn to build the device. The retail giant is also acquiring patents

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‘Smart Glass’ Could Produce DSLR-Quality Smartphone Photos

Up and coming singer-songwriter Daisy Mallory is photographed as she warms up back stage for award-winning country music duo Thompson Square at their concert at Frontier City, on June 7, 2014, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Image: JEFF TUTTLE/Invision for LUDENs/Associated Press Newly developed

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UK Supermarket Giant Tesco to Release an Android Smartphone

Tesco’s 7-inch Hudl tablet, which was released in 2013. Image: Bloomberg Further extending its brand from supermarket giant to tech-savvy retailer, UK-based Tesco has announced plans to release its own smartphone. The company’s CEO, Philip Clarke, announced the news during an interview on BBC

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Glimpsing Gadgets, Technology at Consumer Electronics Show

The annual International Consumer Electronic Show ended this week, one of the largest tech gatherings in the world where new products are revealed. Ray Suarez talks to Washington Post reporter Cecilia Kang about the technology improvements and new design, from 3D printers to ultra HD televisions

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People Are Freaking Out After Seeing A ‘Floating City’ In The Clouds

To anyone not from one, cities can be pretty daunting. They’re big, unfriendly, fast, they float in the clouds, they’re just far from ideal for a suburban town. It’s the flying that gets us. The other things we can deal with. We just don’t like it when we find ourselves floating over China. It’s

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This Tiny Translator Fits In Your Ear And Translates Languages In Real Time

Imagine it. You’re on holiday, and you’re in a restaurant. You’re not convinced that the waiter speaks English, you’ve forgotten your phrasebook, and your grasp of the local language is sketchy at best. Besides point at the menu, smile, and say please, what can you do? Not much, right?

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