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Facebook Finds A Home On The HTC First
Facebook has finally unveiled its mobile plan: the Facebook Home. Facebook Home isn’t an operating system, but rather a way to transform your Android phone into a Facebook phone. In short, Facebook has found a way to dominate your mobile device, making it the center of attention so when you unlock your screen, Facebook will ...
What Is Bitcoin? Here’s a Little “Bit” of Bitcoin History For You
There’s so much talk about Bitcoin these days but some may not be that well versed in the topic. Seriously, what is Bitcoin and what is its purpose? Will it eventually be replacing the standard form of currencies in play, or will it be something that would soon fizzle and be forgotten? Let’s look at ...
Samsung Beefs Up Mobile Security with Absolute Security
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Samsung taps Absolute Security to fortify mobile security measures; Anonymous hacks North Korea’s Twitter and Flickr accounts; More Android users are active on Instagram; Samsung builds stores inside Best Buy; and Microsoft’s relevance dwarfed by smartphones and tablets. Samsung taps Absolute Security to fortify mobile security measures Later ...
Two iPhones Coming This Year, Google Readies New Nexus 7 for July
In today’s mobile news roundup: Revamped iPhone production slated for Q2 ; Second generation Nexus 7 coming in July; Vodafone shares drop after Verizon denial; and Android Jelly Bean getting traction with Google’s new math. Revamped iPhone production slated for Q2 According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple is already planning on ...
Top 20 Programming Languages of Hacker News Readers January 2013
Just like anyone, programmers are meticulous about their work as one simple line could ruin months of work. And reaching the ultimate goal may take longer if they are not using the language they are accustomed to. In April year, Hacker News conducted a poll regarding the top languages used by programmers in writing codes ...
Google Shopping Express vs Amazon, eBay + Walmart ToGo
Google revealed a new Consumer Service last week that allowed for same-day delivery of products coming from Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle and Toys“R”Us/Babies“R”Us, as well a local shops like San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, and the Bay Area’s Palo Alto Toy & Sport and Raley’s Nob Hill Foods. The only catch is that for ...
Remorseful Apple Faces Growing Competition from Facebook, China and HTC
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Apple apologizes to China; The Facebook phone; the Smartisan OS launch; and AT&T to pre-sell HTC One on April 5. Apple apologizes to China After Chinese government bureaus and consumers’ relentless efforts in forcing Apple to change its unfair warranty and repair policies for its devices, the Cupertino ...
4 Ways Driverless Cars Could Boost Productivity
A few decades ago we thought we’d all be riding around in driverless cars by now (thanks for nothin’ George Jetson). Well, the present is finally catching up with the future, and one of the most promising results of driverless cars is the boost in productivity it will provide to those once hindered by commute ...
The Real Tech Behind Google’s Nose Prank : Smells Funny
We all got pretty excited about Google’s latest Beta product, Google Nose, until we found out that it was just a part of Google’s notorious and regularly-schedule April Fools’ Day series of pranks. But would you believe that the technology for Google Nose is already in the works, and a product like Google Nose could ...
Beware of Google’s Bag of Gags : April Fools for Geeks
Though we at SiliconANGLE love pranks, we’re not about to pull one on you guys even if it’s April Fools’ Day. There are already tons of pranks going around the web and we don’t want to be the ones to drive you insane. Instead, we’ll be giving you a list of pranks going on today ...