Aug 20
The inventors have entered their awesome new gadgets, gizmos and all-around great stuff, but now it’s up to you to pick which products deserve to be on Walmart’s shelves!
Aug 19
HTC and Beats Audio have had a loving relationship for a while now, but it seems the premium headphone company wants out of the deal after hardly seeing any positive results from the partnership. The partnership involves a 25% HTC stake in Beats, but the audio company is reportedly wanting to buy the stake back. […]
Aug 19
Twitter nabs former Google media ad sales chief to push TV and movie expansion
Posted in: Today's Chili
Considering how many people use Twitter to channel their inner Mike Nelson, it’s no surprise to see the social network pushing to cozy up to Hollywood. That’s why the company has poached Jennifer Prince, formerly Google’s head of entertainment ad sales, to pimp Twitter out as a “social soundtrack” for TV and movies. According to Variety, Prince will spend the first two weeks in the job meeting with cigar-chomping moguls, although Twitter has denied that it’s also getting into the original content business. Just imagine, all of this effort to make sure you can mock Simon Cowell during The X Factor.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Via: The Verge
Source: Variety
Aug 19
Whatever you feel about Beats’ audio, you can’t help but think that the company’s partnership with HTC hasn’t really worked out. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dr. Dre and Co. are planning to buy back the phone maker’s remaining 25 percent stake in the business — just a year after HTC reduced its stake by half. Either way, we’re hoping that this potential separation helps HTC get back to winning ways and frees up Dr. Dre to resuming prescribing those pills he’s now so fond of.
Filed under: Portable Audio/Video, Mobile, HTC
Via: WSJ Digits
Source: Wall Street Journal
Aug 15
InteraXon Muse “brain-sensing” headband scores funding for mind-controlled future
Posted in: Today's ChiliAdding to the list of wearable-technology that will one day dot our digital landscape, tech company InteraXon has scored $6 million in funding for what it calls a “brain-sensing” headband, the Muse. With this device, wearers will have their brainwave patterns read and will be able to perform simple mind-control activities, with more functionality said […]
Aug 15
This week the folks at Facebook have revealed – in short – plans to unleash their own form of mobile payments for real-world products. Though on the surface it would seem that Facebook’s creation of a so-called “mobile payment system” would interfere directly with what PayPal already has in place – including inside Facebook – […]
Aug 14
Lenovo has revealed its first-quarter earnings, showing a 23-percent increase in net profit that trumps what analysts had anticipated. Among the numbers, however, was one particular tidbit of information that further solidifies perspectives on the industry as a whole: Lenovo saw greater profits from its mobile devices rather than PCs. The PC industry has seen […]
Aug 13
Zynga CEO Don Mattrick makes changes, three executives to leave says sources
Posted in: Today's ChiliEarlier this summer, Zynga‘s previous CEO stepped down to make way for former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick, who has the substantial task of pulling the company from its dregs. As part of that task, Mattrick has reportedly made some restructuring changes and as a result three top executives will be resigning and leaving the company. […]
Aug 12
Facebook has acquired the company behind language translation app Jibbigo, Mobile Technologies, with the social network’s Tom Stocky having first announced the news on his Facebook page. The acquisition scored the social network both Mobile Technologies’ employees and its technologies, both of which will be heading to Menlo Park. Facebook has no plans to shut […]
Aug 12
BlackBerry officially seeking “strategic alternatives”, may go private after all
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt was rumored a few days ago that BlackBerry was pondering the idea of going private, which led to a lot of chatter about what the company could be up to. However, BlackBerry has officially come out and confirmed that they’re pursuing “strategic alternatives,” although the company said that nothing is set in stone just […]
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