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HTC First “Facebook phone” UK launch plans axed [Confirmed!]
Plans to launch the HTC First “Facebook phone” in the UK have been axed, with Facebook now focusing on finessing Home instead. A poor reception to the Android handset in the US, where carrier AT&T unexpectedly slashed the cost from $99.99 to $0.99 on contract after just a few weeks of sales, has been blamed Read The Full StoryRead similar
5m HTC One sales tips exec with demand still exceeding supply
HTC has sold approximately five million of its HTC One flagship smartphones, an executive at the company has confirmed, with demand for the phone still apparently outstripping supply. The sales statistics – which HTC is yet to officially endorse – come amid concerns that the company is losing key executives and struggling to raise the Read The Full StoryRead similar
Google Glass OLED Samsung display tipped for consumer model
Google’s consumer version of Glass will use Samsung OLED displays, reports out of South Korea have claimed, with the possibility of flexible panels being used for the futuristic wearable. The deal follows Google CEO Larry Page recently visiting a Samsung Display OLED production line, The Korea Times reports, and heavy-handed hints by the screen division’s Read The Full StoryRead similar
Shazam adds auto-tagging: Always listening to your music and TV
Shazam has revamped its iOS app with the iPad getting the spoils, including an auto-tagging feature that constantly keeps a digital ear open to recognize any music playing nearby. The new app reworks the Shazam homescreen to put more emphasis on social music discovery, listing what tracks contacts are listening to, and can automatically pull Read The Full StoryRead similar
Chevy Spark adds Fast Charge and route re-mapping to avoid range anxiety
Chevrolet’s Spark could slip under the all-important $20k barrier, assuming government eco-car subsidies work in your favor, with the EV priced up ahead of its showroom arrival in mid-June. The sticker price of the battery-powered Chevy will be $27,495, the company has confirmed, but it hopes a brace of tax credits, incentives, and a new Read The Full StoryRead similar
Google buys Makani Power for X-team eco ambitions
Google has acquired an innovative wind power generator company, Makani Power, bringing the team into the same Google X “moonshot” lab responsible for Glass and Google’s self-driving cars. Makani Power, which Google had already been partly funding as part of the Google.org “Renewable Energy cheaper than Coal” (RE<C) initiative, puts its generator turbines not on Read The Full StoryRead similar
HTC Desire 600 official: Dual-SIM Android with BoomSound and BlinkFeed
HTC has revealed its latest Android smartphone, the HTC Desire 600, a midrange dual-SIM handset with a quadcore processor set to go on sale in June. Packing Qualcomm’s 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 quadcore with 1GB of RAM, the Desire 600 has a 4.5-inch Super LCD2 qHD display and runs BlinkFeed – launched on the HTC One Read The Full StoryRead similar
Disney Research Aireal adds real force-feedback to Kinect gaming
Next-gen gaming won’t be truly immersive until it blows, Disney Research believes, and it has the Kinect accessory to fix that tactile omission. Aireal uses a focused blast of air, fired from a compact cannon designed to sit alongside a sensor-bar like Kinect, to make action on the screen feel all the more realistic; shown Read The Full StoryRead similar
Square mobile payments go live in Japan
Mobile payments provider Square has reached its third market, going live in Japan today. The launch – in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Corporation – marks Square’s first spread outside of North America, where it has been operating in the US and Canada from 2010. As there, the Japanese service will accept swiped payments via Read The Full StoryRead similar
Amazon Kindle Fire HD and HD 8.9 spreads: over 170 countries [Update: Appstore in nearly 200]
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ereader-tablets are set to spread, with preorders lighting up in over 170 countries from today. The 7- and 8.9-inch tablets – which run Amazon’s heavily customized Android platform – have been available in the US, select countries in Europe, and Japan for some time now, but Read The Full StoryRead similar
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