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Samsung and Chinese brands utterly dominated India's smartphone market in Q4 2016
TechCrunch - 25 Jan 2017 07:57
India is in the midst of a revolution: the Chinese smartphone revolution. For the first time on record, there were no Indian companies ranked among the top five smartphone sellers in the country during the most recent qu...
Apple reportedly close to India manufacturing deal in hopes of expanding reach in market
TechCrunch - 25 Jan 2017 17:26
The world’s second most populous nation is on track to become its second largest smartphone market, soon surprising the US, according to industry analysts. For Apple, however, it’s been a tough market to crack. A new...
Apple To Allow App Store Devs To Respond To Reviews When iOS 10.3 Launches
Tech Times - 25 Jan 2017 07:47
Apple already released the beta version of the iOS 10.3, which allows developers to respond to customer feedback and reviews at the App Store. The company said that the same feature is heading to the Mac in the future.
Neural Analytics Receives CE Mark for the Lucid System
Medical Design Technology - 25 Jan 2017 17:04
News The Lucid System is a battery operated medical grade tablet device. It uses a type of ultrasound called Transcranial Doppler to assess the brain's blood vessels from outside the body ... Contributed Author: Neural A...
Test Sleeping Pills at Home, Where You're Safe, Before Your Next Flight
Life Hacker - 25 Jan 2017 17:00
Light sedatives are one way to make flying easier if you have travel anxiety, are switching time zones, or just want to beat jet lag at its own game, but you should try them out at home before you hop on the plane. Here'...
Apple might be censoring LG UltraFine 5K display's reviews due to poor ratings
Mashable - 25 Jan 2017 17:20Insecure Scientists Build 1000-Watt 'Super Laser' 10 Times Stronger Than Stupid Regular Lasers
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2017 06:47
On Tuesday, an international team of scientists announced they successfully tested "Bivoj," a high peak power laser named after a legendary Czech strongman--and boy, they really want you to know it's really, really stron...
HP recalls 101,000 laptop batteries due to fire concerns
Engadget - 25 Jan 2017 16:50
HP is asking the owners of some laptop models to send their batteries in for a replacement to make sure their devices don't catch fire. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a notice about the recal...
Developers can now publish apps and games to Google's Daydream platform
Android Authority - 25 Jan 2017 16:46
Google has announced that from now on all developers can publish an app or a game to the Daydream platform via the usual Google Play process.
ZTE Blade V8 Lite Gets Wi-Fi Certification, Will The Smartphone Launch In US?
Tech Times - 25 Jan 2017 17:33
The ZTE Blade V8 Lite has obtained a Wi-Fi certificate, hinting that the smartphone could be released soon. The handset will be pre-loaded with Android Nougat and is said to be the successor to the Blade V7 Lite.
Netflix now lets you save downloads to your Android phone's SD card
PC World - 25 Jan 2017 17:19
Netflix shocked the world last year when it finally allowed many of its popular shows and movies to be downloaded for offline viewing, with nary any restrictions on how much you could save. Now it's making the feature a ...
No changes to NASA Research or Communications Under New Administration
SPACE.com - 25 Jan 2017 17:14
As reports filter out about restrictions on research and public communications at other federal agencies since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, a NASA official said Jan. 24 there have been no changes to the ag...
The New Radical, Cody Wilson, and the future of 3D-printed guns
The Verge - 25 Jan 2017 17:10
Technoanarchist Cody Wilson and director Adam Bhala Lough discuss their new documentary on cryptowarriors, which covers issues from home-manufactured weapons to Bitcoin to Donald Trump.
Apple iPhone screen manufacturer Japan Display to offer flexible LCDs starting in 2018
AppleInsider - 25 Jan 2017 17:03
Presenting an alternative to the OLED screens devised by companies like Samsung, Apple supplier Japan Display on Wednesday announced plans to start making flexible LCDs in 2018.
This Tiny Coin Contains a Microscopic Archive of 1,000 Different Languages
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2017 17:00
If you want to ensure your files are safe, it's a good idea to back them up in multiple places. And that's the basic idea behind the Rosetta Wearable Disc. Printed in microscopic text on one side is an archive of 1,000 d...
Robots, video games, sci-fi: The perfect VR film for geeks - CNET
CNET - 25 Jan 2017 16:58
The new film "Miyubi" is a geek heaven, mixing virtual reality with adoration for '80s video games and sci-fi. And it's winning over Sundance filmmakers too.
How Silicon Valley Is Trying to Solve Virtual Reality's Biggest Problems
Time - 25 Jan 2017 16:43
A new innovation may hold the key to the next breakthrough in VR
Apple Resellers and Service Providers Speak Out Following Simply Mac Closures
Mac Rumors - 25 Jan 2017 16:35
GameStop last week announced it is closing a number of non-productive Simply Mac locations throughout the United States, less than four years after acquiring and expanding the Apple Authorized Reseller and Service Provid...
Safety codes can lead to over-built bridges, higher building costs
Phys.org - 25 Jan 2017 16:30
A recent study by researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus examined a variety of bridge types along with design requirements under the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. The study concludes that while bridges are being bui...
Engineers develop 'smart glasses' that automatically focus on what wearer sees
Phys.org - 25 Jan 2017 16:25
The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end.
Possible way to test black hole information paradox in the lab
Phys.org - 25 Jan 2017 15:30
(Phys.org)--A pair of researchers, one with National Taiwan University, the other with École Polytechnique in France has come up with a way to test the idea of Hawking radiation and the information paradox in a lab sett...
Mark Zuckerberg Not Planning To Run For President, As He's Focusing On Facebook And Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Tech Times - 25 Jan 2017 08:15
Mark Zuckerberg has rejected claims that he is going to run for president. He argued that he is focused on running Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative but a number of observers are not convinced.