By: Jack Clark Google united its hardware groups into a new division run by Motorola veteran Rick Osterloh to better design and propel its gadgets into the world. Osterloh will oversee products including Nexus phones and tablets, wearable computer Glass (now… Continue Reading
Facebook recently announced the release of dedicated apps for Windows 10. Now, users are able to use a fully featured and integrated application to check their Facebook pages enhanced with system notifications and seamless access to content and news. Additionally,… Continue Reading
By: Mark Hachman Microsoft has never formally commented on its future phone plans, save for a leaked email that suggests that Microsoft is committed to the Windows 10 Mobile platform and phones running ARM processors. But fans of the platform have… Continue Reading
By: Natasha Lomas Worldwide sales of smartphones declined year over year, from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016, according to figures from analyst Strategy Analytics, which it says is the first time in the history of what it dubs the “modern smartphone market”… Continue Reading
By: Agam Shah Intel could be on the verge of exiting the market for smartphones and standalone tablets, wasting billions of dollars it spent trying to expand in those markets. The company is immediately canceling Atom chips, code-named Sofia and… Continue Reading
By: Lance Ulanoff Even as Prince was emerging from a self-imposed cocoon to enjoy a late-in-life career resurgence, he was still keeping the Internet at arms length. This may not have been because he hated the Internet, or because, as… Continue Reading
Dropbox announced that they will be implementing a new feature where users can access their files on the cloud locally on their machines with no upfront cost in primary storage. The new technology, called Project Infinite, enables users to… Continue Reading
By: Ron Miller Red Hat made it clear a few years ago that it couldn’t rely on its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) glory forever. It needed a path to transformation and it saw a way with OpenStack and the hybrid… Continue Reading
By: JOEY-ELIJAH SNEDDON Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (‘Xenial Xerus’) is supported for 5 years with critical security, bug and app updates from Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu. And as a ‘Long Term Support’ release this version of Ubuntu become the new recommended install, the one that new users… Continue Reading
By: Richard Chirgwin There’s still too many unpatched Android devices, Google reckons: to wit, 29 per cent of mobes and tablets running The Chocolate Factory’s operating system are running out-of-date code. [Read more…] Source: The Register