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When Apple first demonstrated Siri on stage, it was pretty impressive, although those first impressions quickly dissipated once the phone and the function was put to the test in real life situations.

Over the years Apple has been making various improvements to Siri, to make it better at understanding its users and to be more responsive, and a recent acquisition by Apple is proof that the Cupertino company is actively doing something to improve it. (more…)

Apple Acquires Novauris Technologies To Help Improve Siri original content from Ubergizmo.

T-Mobile’s CEO, John Legere, is known for being a rather chatty and outspoken fellow especially on Twitter, and a recent tweet showed the CEO’s excitement for the Windows Phone platform. According to his tweet, Legere writes, “That @windowsphone is awesome! Great for business customers, #amiright?!”

There is a small chance that Legere might be snubbing BlackBerry, a company that is typically known for its popularity amongst business and government circles. It was recently announced that BlackBerry and T-Mobile would be ending their licensing agreement with one another on the 25th of April which is when their contract is set to expire. (more…)

T-Mobile’s John Legere Tweets His Excitement For Windows Phone original content from Ubergizmo.

On April 11th the Samsung Galaxy S5 will be released in more than 100 countries around the world. Owners of Samsung’s latest flagship will be able to do something with their new device that they can’t do with any other, authorize PayPal payments using their fingerprints. Apple may have reignited the interest in fingerprint sensors, but its only good for authorizing purchases on iTunes and unlocking the iPhone 5s for now. Galaxy S5 goes above an beyond, being the first commercial implementation of an authorization protocol developed by the FIDO Alliance, which counts Microsoft, Google, Lenovo, BlackBerry, MasterCard and PayPal as members.

To start authorizing PayPal payments using the fingerprint sensor on Galaxy S5, users first have to go through a short setup process. It basically registers the device’s identity based on its cryptographic chip and then links the user’s fingerprint to their PayPal account. Once this is up and running, PayPal only asks for a fingerprint swipe when a payment needs to be authorized. Generally it asks for a log-in, and will continue to do so on devices that don’t support this protocol.

The protocol has been designed to never let the fingerprint record leave the device. What it does instead if use the sensor’s output to generate cryptographic keys which are then combined with keys from the device’s cryptographic chip to create a new key. This key can’t be used to copy the fingerprint used to make it.

So far the Galaxy S5 is the only consumer device that supports PayPal’s FIDO-based authorization system. PayPal hasn’t said if there are upcoming devices in the pipeline that will support the system as well.

Galaxy S5 First To Support PayPal Fingerprint Payment Authorization original content from Ubergizmo.

Twitter’s six-second video sharing service, Vine, has received a new feature today. Vine direct messaging has been added to both the iOS and Android apps. The feature allows users to send six-second clips to each other in a private channel. Users will also be able to share public Vines with each other in private. It is also possible to send Vines in private to multiple contacts.

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Vine Direct Messaging Launched original content from Ubergizmo.

Over the past few weeks we have been hearing a lot about an unreleased Huawei smartphone. The Huawei Ascend P7 has made numerous rounds of the rumor mill, we have seen leaked images and purported specifications. While all that is yet to be confirmed, at least we now know when the company intends to do that. Huawei has started sending out press invites for an event in Paris on May 7th. At the event it will officially unveil the Ascend P7.

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Huawei Ascend P7 Launches May 7th original content from Ubergizmo.