IT&Software
Apple rings in new era of Services following landmark year
However, the rate of growth in App Store sales is gradually slowing. Between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, App Store customers spent a whopping $1.42 billion. CNBC notes that Apple's payouts to app developers grew by 30% between 2017 and 2018, but that figure only rose 2.9% in 2019. Apple on Wednesday said its Apple News service has reached 100 million monthly active users versus 85... [Full Article...]
SelfieType - Samsung's "invisible keyboard" for smartphones
Samsung has shown off five "cutting-edge" projects at this year's Consumer Electronics Show , including the "SelfieType", a virtual keyboard that uses a smartphone's camera. What Makes It Different From Other Virtual Keyboards? Now, Samsung's new keyboard sounds like an excellent smartphone keyboard alternative. Now, this does not project a virtual QWERTY keyboard layout onto the surface but... [Full Article...]
Facebook exec says it helped put Donald Trump in White House
A spokesman for Facebook said the last such dinner took place in October. After, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren called for transparency over Facebook's links to Trump. "He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser", Bosworth wrote on December 30. "So I'm not But he said, 'I'd like to congratulate you, you're numb... [Full Article...]
Amazon Echo Auto Launched in India for Rs. 4,999
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Now, Amazon is seeking to grow its Alexa voice assistant supporting lineup with the latest launch of the Echo Auto for the Indian market. Echo Auto is powered by your car's 12 V charging socket or USB port. Under the hood, the device is powered by a MediaTek MT7697 processor which enables hands-free voice control access to users' smartphones; and by its extension calls, messages and more... [Full Article...]
Audi AI:ME Making Its Mark In Vegas
They return to reality when they have arrived at their destination. The ordered food was delivered on time, coordinated by the AI:ME on the basis of the users' personal preferences and the car's navigation data. The concept will also be fitted with a 3D mix reality head-up display which was made by Audi and Samsung. As with with 3D television, two views are generated of each picture: one pixel for... [Full Article...]
Intel reveals its tiny modular gaming PC, Ghost Canyon
Moreover, the fact that you could add your own RAM, Storage, and OS surely made the unit worth every gamer's money. Earlier, Intel CEO Bob Swan kicked off the company's news conference by sharing updates from its "Mobileye" business, including a demonstration of its self-driving robocar navigating traffic in a natural manner. [Full Article...]
A smartphone with a five-day battery life may be in your future
They are used in some aircraft and cars, but previous attempts to bring them to mass production and phase out lithium-ion batteries have failed. Imagine owning a smartphone that had a five-day battery charge. Basically, you could only recharge them 100 times before they stopped holding as much power as they initially could. In real terms, the battery is expected to increase smartphone batter... [Full Article...]
TCL showcases foldable smartphones at CES 2020
Foldable phones aren't a new concept. It's a big deal as, even though the working TCL folding phone prototype is not ready for mass production, and if it is launched then it will be done so later this year, just by existing it will put plenty of pressure on big players like Samsung and Huawei, as well as new folding competitors like Motorola and others, to produce folding phones that don't cos... [Full Article...]