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Samsung’s SDK for next Gear smartwatch reveals rotating bezel and specifications
We have known since last month that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is working on a new smartwatch set to be named the ‘Gear A’. Codenamed ‘Orbis’, the new smartwatch from Samsung will boast a round screen and run on Tizen, Samsung’s own operating system (OS). Last month Samsung began inviting developers to sign up for ...
Google launches Android One in Turkey, higher specs and price tag
On Tuesday, Google Inc. announced that it has expanded its Android One program to Turkey. This marks the first European country to be included in Google’s efforts to capture the smartphone market in developing countries through low-cost Android devices. Announced at Google I/O in June last year and subsequently launched in India in September of ...
Google News & Weather comes to Apple Watch, may be followed by Google Maps
Google has joined the scores of iOS app developers and brands who among them have more than 3,500 apps available for the Apple Watch. The search giant has updated its “Google News & Weather” app for iOS, first launched on iOS last fall, with Apple Watch support. It joins other news and weather apps already ...
Annual spend on mobile advertising to top $105 billion by 2019, says research
A study by analyst firm Juniper Research projects that annual mobile advertising spend will increase to $105 billion globally by 2019 and account for 44 percent of total digital advertising spend – more than doubling from a projected $51 billion this year. A significant portion of the projected increase is attributed to increased digital advertising ...
iOS again dominates enterprise in Q1, iPad faces increased competition
A report released Monday indicates that Apple continued to dominate in the mobile enterprise space during the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, with the company’s iOS mobile operating system accounting for nearly three-quarters of mobile activations. iOS devices made up 72 percent of global device activations in the enterprise in Q1 2015 – largely due ...
With the CoBattery case you never have to charge your iPhone again
A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students have taken to Kickstarter to fund a project aimed at eliminating the need to charge your iPhone. Relying on battery swapping instead of conventional charging, CoBattery is an iPhone case that comes with two rechargeable and swappable batteries. One battery stays in the case powering your ...
Report: China smartphone market declined in Q1, says IDC
A report released Monday by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that China’s smartphone market declined by 4 percent year-on-year with 98.8 million smartphones shipped during the first quarter of 2015 compared to 103.2 million smartphones shipped during the year-ago quarter. This, noted IDC, is the first time in six years that China’s ...
New concept images show off iPhone 7 design
As we reported a few weeks ago, Apple’s next iPhone is likely to be called the ‘iPhone7’ and it’s due for release in September. Now, commissioned by ComputerBild.de, well-known German designer Martin Hajek has released a collection of concept images that provide a glimpse at what the new iPhone 7 may look like. Here is ...
Gadgets to track your farts, pour better beer and make 30-second meals
This gadget roundup features a wearable health tracker that “sniffs your farts” in an effort to curb flatulence, a table-top beer dispenser that wants to save you from less-than-perfect store-bought beer and gizmo straight out of science fiction that wants to change how you prepare meals. A health tracker to curb flatulence Named ...
3 must-have Apple Watch fitness apps for a six pack and firmer butt
Runtastic has a range of more than 15 health and fitness apps that work across the spectrum of mobile devices. The company’s apps have been downloaded more than 120 million times and it has over 60 million registered users. Given those numbers, you are probably in good hands using their apps to manage your health ...