Windows Phone 8.1 will ditch the “back” button and support up to 10-inch displays, it’s reported, with Microsoft also aiming to use the 2014 release to help push the smartphone platform further up into flagship territory. Codenamed Windows Phone “Blue”, the new version will see Microsoft address user satisfaction, WinSuperSite claims, paring away some of […]
Sonos PLAY:1 leaks in full
Posted in: Today's ChiliSonos‘s entry-level Play:1 speaker surprise was spoiled by Target, and now we can see what’s going on inside the box, too. Target isn’t processing any sales until October 13th, but SlashGear reader Steve managed to pick up a Play:1 ahead of time through eBay, and has shared some photos of the $199.99 streaming speaker with […]
Google Calico details emerge: Immortality, Obamacare, and millions of dollars
Posted in: Today's ChiliGoogle didn’t spill much on Calico, the Google Ventures founded biotech company that made headlines last month by taking on human mortality and challenging aging, but that hasn’t stopped new tidbits about the well-financed health startup from leaking out. Described as the brainchild of Google Ventures’ managing partner Bill Maris, Calico’s pitch to investors was […]
Sonos‘ upcoming – and currently unannounced – Play:1 speaker, the $199.99 entry-level model to the streaming media range, has been caught on sale early. A Target shopper flagged up the prematurely stocked speaker to The Verge, having spotted it in their local store already on the shelves in black and white. Full details of the […]
It’s no secret that Panasonic has been looking to jump ship from the plasma TV business, with word surfacing back in March that the company was looking to get out of the market. Now more concrete information has surfaced, with Reuters again reporting on the matter, this time with sources who claim Panasonic will be […]
The folks at Barclays Equity Research have proposed an intriguing idea, stating today that it believes Apple to be working on a 13-inch iPad running the new 64-bit architecture — which was recently called a “gimmick” — that could be a laptop killer (for certain types of laptops, that is). The theory is just that […]
Apple‘s big iPad launch event will take place on Tuesday, October 22, insiders claim, with the Cupertino firm tipped to not only reveal the new iPad mini 2 and iPad 5, but bring the new Mac Pro 2013 on-stage as well. The leaked date, according to AllThingsD‘s sources, will also see OS X Mavericks on […]
iTunes Radio reportedly heading for Australia, New Zealand and other regions in 2014
Posted in: Today's ChiliLast week, a job listing for iTunes Radio surfaced, calling for a music programmer in Canada who would help with the platform, indicating that users in the nation would likely be seeing it soon. Now “people with knowledge of the situation” have surfaced, telling the folks at Bloomberg that English-speaking countries beyond the US will […]
Samsung Gear Glass tipped for 2014
Posted in: Today's ChiliSamsung will launch a Google Glass rival, currently dubbed the Galaxy Gear Glass, sometime in Q2 2014 an insider claims, supposedly expanding its wearable family with a head-worn computer. The work-in-progress gadget is expected to arrive in April or May next year, according to Eldar Murtazin, following up the Galaxy Gear smartwatch which Samsung launched […]
If you believe the rumors, several major smartphone manufacturers are currently racing to bring curved screen smartphones to market. Several rumors have suggested that LG is set to launch a curved screen smartphone called the G Flex next month. A new series of rumors has surfaced claiming that Samsung is set to launch its own […]