Mellisa Tolentino
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Twitter acquires Cover: It’s about to get seriously in your face!
In October 2013, an app called the “Cover Lock Screen” launched as in beta for Android devices. Cover is an odd kind of app that makes your lock screen more useful, because it makes the apps you use all the time available right there. Basically, Cover provides a quick and easy way to access your ...
Kinect may soon control your smart home
This week’s SmartHome roundup features the rollout of a new smart home platform, a fresh Kinect sensor for smart home control, and a clip-on meter to help homeowners mind their watts. Samsung’s Smart Home Service . At CES 2014, Samsung unveiled its Smart Home Service, a platform to enable smart TVs, home appliances, and smartphones ...
New Facebook infrastructure, key acquisitions towards connecting the globe
Facebook has about a billion monthly active users, making it the most used social networking platform in the world. Yet despite its high number of monthly active users, Facebook has yet to hook all seven billion people on this earth. In order to do so, Facebook’s participating in a string of initiatives to not only ...
Samsung’s newest toys: The Galaxy S5 mini and Note 4
Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5 back in February. Following this announcement, U.S., carriers began pre-selling the device from the end of March, with the phones expected to be shipped from April 8. The Galaxy S5 is bigger than its predecessor and sports a more rectangular look. Fortunately, the shiny plastic ...
HTC suffers another loss, will the M8 be its salvation?
HTC has posted its first quarter results and the company reported losses greater than analysts’ expectations. The Taiwanese company revealed losses of NT$1.88 billion, or $62 million, greater than the NT$1.71 billion average loss previously estimated by analysts. The company’s revenue for the quarter fell to NT$33.1 billion, from NT$42.8 billion a year earlier. A ...
Google takes on Amazon & Roku with Android TV
Google is planning something big for televisions, but it won’t be nearly as big as Google TV. A report from The Verge this weekend states that it’s acquired documents describing what Google is planning for your TV sets. Some of you may grunt and say ‘Haven’t they learned their lesson from Google TV?’ But the ...
SmartWorld Weekly : April’s most foolish gadgets
This week’s SmartWorld Series features a self-sustaining smart home, the latest in wearable tech gadgets, new partnerships between car makers and network carriers, and smart devices for the healthcare industry. For those who missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s a chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, ...
Amazon Fire TV vs. Chromecast, Apple TV and Roku 3
Amazon officially introduced the Fire TV this week, a small black box for streaming media to your TV, which only costs $99. Aside from streaming media, you can also use the device to mirror content on your Kindle Fire HDX, as well as play popular games. Fire TV features Voice Search, FreeTime, and ASAP, and ...
Nest’s new fire alarm goes up in smoke
Nest Labs, the creator of the Learning Thermostat, has issued an advisory informing users of the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm that there’s a crucial flaw in the device’s flagship feature. According to Nest CEO Tony Fadell, the company routinely conducts testing on its devices and has just found out that the Nest ...
Google’s secret plan to dominate wearable tech?
Google announced at the end of March that this year’s I/O event registration would be done differently, no longer offering tickets on a first-come-first-serve basis. Instead, I/O will open a registration period from 5:00am PDT on April 8th until 5:00pm PDT on April 10th, after which Google will randomly select from the pool of registrants to ...