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
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
The Gadget Show: News – Tech Round Up
In Web TV 119, Dionne brings you the latest news from the world of tech! For more videos, news and reviews go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzEJpVdgqNs
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
Qualcomm’s Toq Smartwatch Lets You Text Without Typing
Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch got the Dick Tracy treatment on Monday with a new feature dubbed ‘Toq Talk.’ Powered by Nuance’s voice-to-text technology, Toq Talk lets owners create and respond to text messages using their voices. Nuance is one of the industry leaders in in speech recognition and
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
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?
Nokia N96 in pictures: Megawhat Gadget & Technology NEWS 11.
11.02.08 WMC 2008: Nokia N96 revealed, Google Android launches, Sony Ericsson release W980 Walkman phone and Samsung launch F490 rival to the iPhone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFkAY6Y_dU
How iBooks 3 Beats Kindle
When Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road in three weeks, he typed it on one long scroll of paper so he wouldn’t have to slow the writing process. He probably never suspected that someday we’d read our books the same way. But turning pages, as it turns out, is a very 20th century (and 19th and 18th,