Google readying tap-to-pay for Android Wear smartwatches Google may finally be ready to bring tap-to-pay to Android Wear, judging by evidence discovered in the Google Play Services version 10.0 by Android Police. Text prompt strings with messages like “Try holding your watch to the terminal again” make it fairly clear […]
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The Best PlayStation 4 Black Friday Deals Do. Not. Buy. A new PlayStation 4 Slim console until Black Friday. Even if your old console is broken and busted, we cannot overstate enough how you really need to wait it out for a week. You can do it! Just about every […]
Nokia To Unveil New Smartphones At MWC 2017 Before the days of the smartphone, Nokia handsets were amongst the finest in the industry. The Finnish business quickly evolved early cellphone technology hardware to include a better design, such as removing the antenna, and introducing a simpler user interface to make […]
Symantec Is Acquiring LifeLock for $2.3 Billion Symantec said it was acquiring U.S. identity theft protection services company LifeLock for an enterprise value of $2.3 billion. It expects to finance the transaction with cash on balance sheet and $750 million of new debt, Symantec said in a statement. Reuters first […]
Facebook to buy back up to $6 billion in stock SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said it would repurchase up to $6 billion of its stock beginning early next year. The Facebook board approved the buyback on Friday; the social media giant said in a regulatory filing after the markets closed. […]
Twitter accused of political bias in right-wing crackdown SAN FRANCISCO — Ariana Rowlands, a 20-year-old college student from Southern California, is half Mexican and half Welsh, a child of immigrants raised on telenovelas and burritos. She’s also a fervent conservative who regularly airs her political views on Twitter. “So proud […]
Hyperloop One settles ‘Gang of Four’ lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO — Hyperloop One, the startup trying to create a tubular form of high-speed transportation, has settled a lawsuit brought by its former chief technology officer and three other employees. A letter from Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd to staff Friday, which […]
Fake election news performed better than real news on Facebook The story receiving the most engagement on Facebook in the final three months of the election was about Pope Francis releasing a statement endorsing Republican nominee (now President-elect) Donald Trump. It was fake. According to an analysis by Buzzfeed, fake […]
Future of work: Internet-connected overalls SAN FRANCISCO — A man dressed like a utility worker approaches an electrical panel. As he moves to touch the metal box a light blinks. Sensors sewn into his overalls have cut the flow of electricity to the box. He can now work without the […]
Samsung Updates Android Nougat Beta For Galaxy S7 Devices Samsung announced the beta release of Android 7.0 Nougat for its 2016 Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge devices a week ago in three important smartphone markets: the United Kingdom, United States of America and South Korea. Beta programs are […]
