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Facebook Messenger App Now Displays Basic Info Of Non-Friends Who Chat With You
Facebook Messenger App Now Displays Basic Info Of Non-Friends Who Chat With You

by Staff on Thursday, May 21, 2015

Consider this scenario: You just got a chat message via the Facebook Messenger mobile app from somebody you are not sure you have met before. Is this person that cute one from Accounting, or worse, a psycho? 

 

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

Google Integrates Tweets Directly To Its Search Results On Mobile
Google Integrates Tweets Directly To Its Search Results On Mobile

by Staff on Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Google has now added tweets to its search results on mobile, through the official Google mobile app on the Android and iOS operating systems, as well as on web browsers made for mobile devices. The tweet-including search results can be triggered by using the keyword "Twitter" especially when googling for specific Twitter accounts and hashtags.

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

YouTube Kids Comes Under Fire From Child Advocacy Groups For Inappropriate Content
YouTube Kids Comes Under Fire From Child Advocacy Groups For Inappropriate Content

by Staff on Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Child advocacy groups are once again attacking Google's YouTube Kids mobile app for showing content that is not appropriate for children, and this time, they are adopting a more serious approach in airing their sentiments.

 

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

Xiaomi Now Opening Up Shop In The US, But Sans Smartphones, Tablets For Now
Xiaomi Now Opening Up Shop In The US, But Sans Smartphones, Tablets For Now

by Staff on Monday, May 18, 2015

Five years after its inception, Xiaomi is now opening up shop in the United States and Europe. But unfortunately for prospective buyers of the Chinese phone maker's handsets, Xiaomi is not yet including its smartphones and tablets. 

 

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Appears in: Cell Phone, Cell Phones, smartphone, Smartphones

How Facebook Is Winning The Internet
How Facebook Is Winning The Internet

by Staff on Friday, May 15, 2015

It is no secret that Facebook wants its users to be on Facebook as much as possible. After all, this social media giant's business model has always been predicated on keeping its users engaged within its pages for as long as it can, and in the process, keeping itself happy (by generating review via advertising to Facebook users) and publishers and merchants, too.

 

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

Apple’s First HomeKit-Enabled Devices To Arrive In June
Apple’s First HomeKit-Enabled Devices To Arrive In June

by Staff on Thursday, May 14, 2015

A year ago during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple introduced HomeKit, a protocol for connecting Apple devices to various third party smart home gadgets and accessories. But since that time, the tech giant has been rather quiet in discussing any HomeKit related stuff.

 

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Appears in: Apple, Internet, Mobile, Wireless

Microsoft Introduces Windows 10 Editions
Microsoft Introduces Windows 10 Editions

by Staff on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The upcoming Windows 10 operating system is scheduled for release some time this summer, and it will be released to 190 countries in more than a hundred languages. Microsoft has been rather secretive regarding the details of Windows 10, but just recently, the company posted a blog article that introduces its Windows 10 Editions.

 

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Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Verizon Wireless Acquires AOL For $4.4 Billion
Verizon Wireless Acquires AOL For $4.4 Billion

by Staff on Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Big Red has just officially announced that it is acquiring AOL for an amount of $4.4 billion (equivalent to $50 a share). Essentially, AOL will turn into a subsidiary company under Verizon Wireless, making it possible for the industry leading wireless carrier to aggressively push into the content and mobile video market.

 

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Appears in: verizon wireless

Apple Looking To Go Fully Green In All Of Its China Operations
Apple Looking To Go Fully Green In All Of Its China Operations

by Staff on Monday, May 11, 2015

Apple has recently announced that it will be working with all of its manufacturing partners in China in order to run its entire business operations there on renewable energy. The company has not provided any exact timeline for this plan, but it did convey that the whole process of converting all of its operations to go green will take some considerable time.

 

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Appears in: Apple, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, iphone, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Here Comes Linqapp: A Crowd-Sourced Language Translation App
Here Comes Linqapp: A Crowd-Sourced Language Translation App

by Staff on Friday, May 08, 2015

Introducing Linqapp, a social translation mobile app that has the ability to connect translators and native speakers with users who are in need of quick translation services. And it is making its debut in Apple's iOS platform this week. It is also already available via the Google Play Store.

 

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Appears in: Apple, Internet, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

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