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Ford’s Alan Mulally In The Running To Be Microsoft’s Next CEO?
It might sound like something you’ll hear from a TV-based model search, but that’s the question that’s been on most tech-watchers lips since Steve Ballmer announced he’ll be stepping down from the position as soon as the company finds a suitable replacement. For weeks, much of the speculation centered on individuals that already occupy senior ...
How to Slay a Robot : Try These iPhone + Android Games
If you’re a fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, you’ve probably already seen “The World’s End.” It’s a movie about a guy and his friends wanting to relive their glory days by completing the Golden Mile, a pub crawl that entails drinking a pint of beer in each of the 12 pubs in their ...
What’s Next for Big Data? 5 Techies Share Their Visions
Big Data is a compounding phenomenon: as more data is produced each second, more ways to collect, analyze and monetize that data are unearthed. Understanding Big Data has helped companies, brands and retailers, determine what to do next in order to make clients happy. But countless challenges remain in managing that data, and the luster ...
Treat Your Earbuds with Fashion-Forward Headsets + More Smart Devices
This week’s SmartDevice roundup features a cool new Bluetooth headset, a smart way of monitoring your baby, and a fun way to digitize board games. Plus, a new crowdfunding site to help projects get the backing and mentor support they need. Deka We often see people wearing Bluetooth headsets, walking around and talking to ...
Nokia Going Out with a Bang, Launching 6 New Devices in October
Nokia will be holding an event on October 22, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, where the Finnish company is expected to unveil at least six new devices. According to sources, Nokia will be launching at least two new Lumias, one of which, the rumored Lumia 1520, will be its first (and last?) entrant in the ...
BlackBerry Cancels Friday’s Conference Call As T-Mobile Cans Its Phones
The dark clouds hovering over BlackBerry are getting thicker by the day. Over the last week, the beleaguered smartphone maker has announced one disastrous bit of news after the over. First was the delayed launch of its popular BlackBerry Messaging app for iOS and Android, which was pulled from both platform’s app stores over incompatibility ...
5 Tools to Encrypt Files for Dropbox, Salesforce, Office365 + More
In light of recent events regarding the NSA tapping into personal data mines without warrant, interest in securing the cloud has significantly risen these past few months. Most cloud providers offer secure services, but that doesn’t really assure users that hackers can’t get into their cloud accounts. And cloud users should keep in mind that ...
Tesla Joins Autonomous Car Race + More SmartCar News
This week’s SmartCar roundup features a new entrant in the autonomous car race, a kit that helps you get going, and reason why autonomous cars will decongest traffic but lawmakers may hinder the progress. Tesla joins autonomous car race Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced that the company is working to produce cars with ...
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX vs Apple iPad vs Galaxy Note 10.1 vs Surface Pro 2
Amazon has unveiled the third generation Kindle Fire, which it promises to be more powerful but at the same time, lighter than previous models of its eReader-cum-tablet device. The Kindle Fire HDX is available in two sizes, one with a 7” display, the other 8.9” display but the specifications are the same: “It’s been just ...
Concept Design for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Unveiled
Consumers haven’t been too pleased with how phone manufacturers are handling the device wars. With competition in the mobile space so intense, consumers expect OEMs to really step things up and deliver astonishing devices packed with features that people won’t need to think twice about purchasing. Though Samsung did better than most, delivering several Jedi-like ...