Mellisa Tolentino
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Twitter invades desktops with real-time notifications
Twitter has played a huge role in disseminating real-time information during major events like elections and in times of disasters. Journalists leverage the simplicity of the platform to deliver bite-size news or even links to pertinent articles. The only drawback to Twitter is that if you’re using a PC, you need to have the site ...
Apple rumor mill goes round & round: 2 iWatches, cheap iMacs, bigger iPhones + the rest
Fanbois may have something to truly cheer about with Apple said to be releasing a glut of new devices later this year. Naturally this is all just hearsay – as is the case with Apple – but the source seems to be a pretty reliable one. According to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Q3 will see ...
Facebook gets strict: Download Messenger or stop chatting!
In January, Facebook announced a 49 percent year-over-year increase in its number of mobile daily active users. Then, in its Q4 2013 earnings report, it said that its mobile daily active users had reached an average of 556 million. What this means is that more people are engaging with Facebook using their mobile devices instead ...
Microsoft, Quindell and others seek to own the smart car experience
This week’s SmartCar roundup features a software giant’s concept for the connected car platform, an app that diagnoses your car problems, and the largest telematics contract to date. Microsoft’s prototype connected car platform . At BUILD 2014, Microsoft revealed its prototype operating system for connected cars, one that could compete with Apple’s CarPlay as well ...
Twitter rolls out new look for desktop
Reports surfaced in February that Twitter was quietly testing a new design for desktops, with a handful of people given early access to test the new interface. The redesigned Twitter seemed to put a greater focus on images, which resembled Facebook’s look before the social giant decided to simplify things and make its site more ...
Lenovo’s IBM server acquisition faces government scrutiny
In January, Lenovo announced it was acquiring IBM’s low-end server business for $2.3 billion. Given IBM’s low-end server’s annual revenue of around $4.5 billion, it’s clear that this sector isn’t dying yet, as agencies dealing with sensitive information, such as the Pentagon, the FBI and the US’ biggest telecommunications companies, still buy these IBM servers. ...
Wearable tech tackles design barriers : WiFi onesies & more
This week’s WearableTech roundup features the remaining challenges for widespread adoption, a tech giant’s breakthrough discovery, and a walking hotspot. The great barrier . Online publication The Drum gathered insight from fashion and technology experts as to whether they believe that there is a barrier hindering mass adoption of wearable technology. Sean Kinmont, 23red founding ...
Cover alternatives for luxe lock screens on Android
Twitter has acquired Cover, an app that makes Android lock screens more useful, and its team for an undisclosed amount. Though the Cover team stated that the app will remain downloadable on Google Play, there may still be a chance that Twitter will eventually replace the app in exchange for a new lock screen app ...
Juicy ‘bio-organic nanotech’ can turbo-charge smartphone batteries in 60 seconds or less
Most smartphone’s batteries don’t even make it through a single day, especially if the person using the phone is frequently sending emails, posting on social media, listening to music, watching videos, and calling and texting, among other things. We consider ourselves lucky if it lasts after lunchtime. But the biggest problem isn’t so much the ...
iOS 8 to launch at WWDC, but what can we expect?
Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference is all set for June 2-6, 2014 at the Moscone West Center in San Francisco, CA. Like Google, Apple has opted for a lottery-type process in order to select attendees, instead of doing things on a first-come-first-served basis to give others a chance to attend the conference. Pre-registration for the lottery ...