Mellisa Tolentino
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What to expect from Xiaomi’s Mi5
Xiaomi, Inc., the world’s third largest phone manufacturer and currently the hottest tech startup in China, was awarded a Guinness World Record for selling 2.11 million smartphones in just 12 hours. This record was accomplished during the Mi Fan Festival 2015 wherein it sold 2.12 million phones and made $335 million in revenue. Aside from ...
Smart World Problems: When the concept is better than the product
This week’s Smart World Problems edition looks at the conundrum of maintaining connected device software, and the rising security concerns with smart cars’ hackability. Sometimes the concept can be better than reality. When the concept is better than the product Several manufacturers, from Samsung to General Electric, now offer home appliances with Internet connectivity. This allows ...
Ask Dr. Bitcoin: How do you teach children to use Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has seen some pretty dark times, but can the cryptocurrency overcome its most recent obstacles? The Bitcoin Foundation, the entity that’s been promoting the cryptocurrency, may be running out of money. The foundation could simply go away or reorganize into a much smaller group to cut the cost of operations. Making matters worse, another Bitcoin exchange, ...
Amazon, Belgian grocer launch connected kitchens with voice-control shopping
This week’s Smart Living roundup features a portable smart light and new tools that allow people to order right from their kitchen, as well as a new tool that takes the temperature guesswork out of cooking. Philips Hue Go Royal Philips has unveiled a new product that makes lighting your house more interesting. Called the ...
Farewell Internet Explorer, you were my first : What I’ll miss about IE
Last month, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela confirmed reports that Windows 10 will be shipping with a new web browser dubbed Project Spartan. This new browser will take the place of Internet Explorer (IE) as the default browser that enables Windows 10 users to connect to the Internet. Although many believe that once ...
Take the perfect selfie with these new-ish apps
The infamous selfie. It can draw followers in or completely turn them off. It’s warranted selfie schools for teens and celebrities alike, and helped Instagram become a billion-dollar app. Today we take a look at some of the newer selfie-specific offerings in the app world. For those with a smartphone, taking a selfie is ...
What you missed in the Smart World: Talking Barbie, billions invested in IoT
This week’s Smart World Series features a smart, talking Barbie doll, the latest on Japan’s smart home scene, a new smart car diagnosis tool that uses your phone, a smart pill to monitor stomach health, smart highways and more. For those who missed last week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance to catch up on ...
RIP OnLive cloud: Here’s your alternative gaming services
You may have already heard that OnLive, the cloud gaming service, will be going away by April 30, 2015. According to reports, Sony Corp. has acquired “important parts of OnLive,” which includes more than 140 patents, and has no plans of continuing the game service in its current form. OnLive’s patent and related technology will ...
New Invention platform for the connected world
This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features an API-first Internet of Things platform, a collaboration to provide an interoperable solution for connected devices and the ‘Invention Platform’ for the connected world. Apigee launches API-first IoT platform API management and predictive analytics platform Apigee Corp. launched Link, a software product specifically for the Internet of Things. Link ...
New in the #hashtag world: How 3 sites put a fresh spin on the pound sign
The hashtag has long been used in information technology to highlight special meaning. It was eventually used in Internet Relay Chat to label groups and topics. With the advent of social media, the hashtag found a new home. Social media has drastically popularized the use of hashtag (#), also known as the number or pound ...