The truth is in the code, and the code for the latest YouTube mobile app version is telling us the Google-owned streaming video subsidiary is nearing all-systems-go for a full-on music streaming service. It will offer free (ad-supported) and paid (ad-free) subscription models, automatic “radio” station creation, offline and background listening, and other features. Does […]
It would appear that the first appearance of the Nokia Lumia 520 as the most common smartphone in use across the world earlier this year was not just a fluke. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Instead we’re seeing this device continue to grow in popularity, quite likely because of its relative low cost […]
Microsoft has launched Xbox Video online, expanding the streaming media service from Windows 8.1 PCs and Xbox One to the web, ahead of its expected arrive on Windows Phone. The new site supports consumption of both previously purchased content – once you’ve logged into your account – and buying new media through the webstore, which […]
Earlier today, sources spoke to The New York Times about a suspected tapping of fiber optic cables as the means by which the NSA managed to gather vast amounts of Internet data. Following this, sources — which may or may not be related to the NYT’s sources — told the Washington Post that Microsoft is […]
Acer has added touch to its C720 Chromebook, creating the $200 Acer C720P Chromebook, an affordable 11.6-inch alternative to Google’s well-reviewed but expensive Pixel. The new C720P adds a 1366 x 768 touchscreen display to the C720, with Intel’s Celeron 2955U Haswell processor under the hood, and the promise of up to 7.5 hours of […]
There’s a system for shooting photos out there in the world of Apple patents, one that looks to take the light-field camera and make a version of it much, much smaller. Small enough to fit inside an iPhone, as it were. The patent for this system describes the likes of a plenoptic camera, better known […]
Having already released GTA III and GTA Vice City, the folks at Rockstar Games have announced this week that they’ll be bringing on the likes of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to Android this December. This release will be the biggest and the best in this sort of genre for the Android, iOS, or Windows […]
Smart lighting like Philips’ hue is great if your phone or tablet seldom leaves your hand, but sometimes you want a light switch on the wall where you’d expect it to be. The Goldee Light Controller promises to be just that, but it’s no ordinary switch: the minimalistic black square hides touchless-gesture sensors, an AMOLED […]
It’s time already to see the Moto G hit the market in the USA despite previous suggestion that we’d have to wait until 2014. That is, if you’re all about working with the GSM model of the device rather than the CDMA version, meaning you’ll be working with the likes of AT&T and/or T-Mobile rather […]
Google has once again expanded the gates for its Explorer Program, sending out invitations to developers in an opportunity to nab a pair of Google Glass. This follows a few times the program has been expanded in various ways, and makes good on a recent promise the company made to provide additional chances to get […]
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