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Twitter Pictures Come To Windows & Android Phones Save the Rainforest – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Twitter updated its Windows Phone 8 app today with a number of new features aimed squarely at photographers, including artistic filters, lens app integration, and the ability to play Vine clips in tweets. Though these features are new for Windows, this update isn’t the first addition if its kind. The social network added basic editing ...
AMD Leaving Laptops Just As Star Trek Enters – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is looking to Google to expand their OS options with traditional x86 and ARM-based processors. The new chips will run multiple operating systems, and according to AMD, Google’s Android and Chrome OS offer the perfect flexibility for third-party chip design and integration. Lisa Su, Senior Vice ...
Wireless Gestures With WiSee & Ebay’s Smart Walls – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed a new gesture recognition technology that could forever change how we interact with our WiFi networks. Using an adapted router and a few wireless devices, the new system called WiSee leverages WiFi signals to detect human movement without the need of any remote. By observing the ...
HTC’s Downturn & Gaming As Real As It Gets – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Matthew Costello, the Chief Operating Officer of HTC, has stepped down from his position. He’ll be replaced by the company’s president of engineering and operations, Fred Liu. HTC shares have been down 76% over the past two years, and they experienced a 98% drop in net income last quarter alone. This is the latest high profile departure ...
iRadio Signs Record Labels & Tech-Savvy Pigeons – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Apple just signed an agreement with the world’s third largest record label, Warner Music Group, to supply music for their upcoming streaming music service. Apple closed a similar deal with Universal Music, the world’s largest record label, last month. Sony is the only major label that has yet to sign on for Apple’s new music ...
Motorola’s X-Phone & Marching To August Possible By December – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Yesterday, Motorola executive Dennis Woodside discussed the company’s forthcoming smartphone live on stage from the D11 conference in California. The new flagship device, the Moto X will come packed with a number of standard features, but the most interesting additions are a series of sensors that will provoke the phone to act differently depending on ...
Apple Opens APIs & Google Takes Skee Ball to the Cloud – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook had some surprising things to say during his interview at the sold out D-Eleven conference. Cook pledged to open more of his company’s APIs to third party developers. Apple’s current policies are well-known for being restrictive. Cook weighed in on the current wearable computing trend. Apple is more interested in wrist ...
Conversations With Consoles+ Spinning Webs With Spiber – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
In today’s NewsDesk news roundup: Future Kinects will feature two-way conversation; Lenovo to push smartphone business in the US; Liberty Reserve founder arrested; Lambda Labs creating facial recognition app for Google Glass; Yahoo! exec to depart company; Samsung to use Atom chips in next-gen tablet; Raspberry Pis can be used to build supercomputers; Japan creates ...
Why Chrome 28 Beta Won’t Lapse & Verizon Fios Apparently Caps – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
In today’s NewsDesk Show news roundup (see full video below): Chrome 28 unveiled a day after predecessor was released; Google’s new photo search feature may violate privacy; Rhapsody releases redesigned iPhone app; Atari to undergo $22.2M bankruptcy auction; Microsoft releases Sculpt mice; Apple expected to unveil iOS 7 at WWDC; 3D-Printed Bionic Ear; and Verizon ...
Chrome for Android Updates & Microsoft Revisits Ad Wars with Apple – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
In today’s NewsDesk news roundup: Chrome for Android gets an upgrade; Adobe eyes Thumb Labs for an acquisition; Galaxy S4 surpasses 10M sales mark; Microsoft updates YouTube app, disables download; Corning takes on Apple’s sapphire glass; Foursquare mobile apps get updated; Google to launch new funding firm in the Summer; Mailbox coming to iPad; LinkedIn ...